Wang Chengen was inexplicable.What does the emperor mean by this?
This world is naturally the emperor's, the emperor is the true dragon emperor, what kind of thieves, prisoners, widows, etc., what are you afraid of?
Wang Chengen doesn't know Chongzhen's sorrow!
Now that the peasant uprising is in full swing, Li Zicheng has come out, and Zhang Xianzhong will be alive in two years, and Houjin will soon make a detour to Mongolia to take Shenjing.The Japanese are also getting more and more intense, and the most hateful thing is that the Japanese have colluded with many powerful tribes along the coast.This Ming Kingdom is really a big mess.Chongzhen summoned the system.He checked the things in his mall again, Daming knives, fire guns, compressed biscuits, etc., and felt a little better.Now that all the supplies are in the mall, and he can buy them as soon as the time comes, all he lacks is silver and horses.It looks like another wave of tax collectors will be sent to collect taxes.There are also horses, Chongzhen decided to go to Weifu to check the horse farm in the western suburbs, how many horses are available?
Of course, the main thing is that he wants to distract.Soon Chongzhen changed into a silk robe, he rode a tall horse, carried a bow and arrows, and dressed up as a gentleman who went out to play.Heiwei, Wang Chengen, and some guards dressed up as family dogs and followed Chongzhen closely.The group soon left the Shenjing City.This is the first time Chongzhen has set foot in the suburbs, he found that sweet potatoes and corn are planted everywhere, a bumper harvest scene, and even the air seems to be fragrant?
It seems that sweet potatoes and corn have been promoted very successfully in the suburbs.While breathing in the fresh air, Chongzhen asked Wang Chengen, "Does Wang Daban know where my horse farm in the Ming Dynasty is?"
”Wang Chengen was stunned.Why did the emperor suddenly ask the horse farm?
Didn't my Ming Dynasty keep horses in the people?
Where are there any specialized horse farms."
Emperor Qi."
Wang Chengen replied respectfully, "There is no official shepherd of horses now, and the horses are all kept in the private sector, and they will be gathered when they are used." ”Chongzhen asked strangely, "Wouldn't the fact that horses are fostered in the people increase the burden on the common people?"
The common people are already very miserable, they have to pay the land tax, they have to serve the conscription, and now they have to help the government raise horses?
”Wang Chengen replied in wonder, "Emperor Qiqi, this is the policy formulated by Emperor Taizu of my dynasty, all military households who raise horses can be exempted from paying field taxes, and the state has also allocated fixed pastures for horses to graze." ”Chongzhen sighed.Although he used to love to read history books, but the history is vast, and he is not particularly clear about many things, especially Ma Zheng of the Ming Dynasty, he really didn't know it before!
He only vaguely remembered that the Ming Dynasty had a horse farm in the western suburbs, but Wang Chengen told him that the horse farm was gone?
Depressed.But anyway, it's mainly about distraction, it doesn't matter, the group chatted while walking, Chongzhen was thirsty.There happened to be a farmer's house in front of him, and Chongzhen was going to find someone to borrow some water to drink, and by the way, he would try the farmer's meal.Wang Chengen knocked on the firewood door.After a while, an old man came to open the door, followed by a big yellow dog, grinning teeth and not fierce, but the dog was too thin, and the coat color was not bright, which affected its image.The old man looked at Chongzhen and his party suspiciously.Wang Chengen stepped forward and said gently, "Don't be afraid, old man, we came out to play in the city, and we are thirsty and hungry here, and I want to ask you to buy some food and tea." ”After speaking, Wang Chengen took out a piece of broken silver and handed it over, this old man seemed to have never seen so much silver, he looked at it greedily.However, this old man is obviously not a greedy person, he waved his hand and said, "This silver is too much, please come with the old man and me, drink water, eat something, where do you need any money?"
”Chongzhen took the broken silver and stuffed it into the old man's hand, and said with a smile, "Old man, take it quickly, so many of us will eat your family poor." ”Hearing Chongzhen say this, the old man was embarrassed to accept the broken silver.The old man brought tables and chairs and put them in the shade of the trees in the courtyard, and then he went to fetch well water, boiled a pot of coarse tea and brought it to Chongzhen.Chongzhen found that this pot was made of stoneware, the spout of the pot was bumped, and the body of the pot was actually patched?
Can a clay pot be patched?
It's weird.However, a broken pot is reluctant to throw away, which shows that the family is not having a good time."
Guest, please drink tea first, I'll kill the chicken."
The old man's son Wei Wei said that he seemed to be afraid of offending Chongzhen and his party.While waiting for the meal, Chongzhen found a horse tied to the courtyard, which was very skinny, almost skinny.Chongzhen asked strangely, "Uncle, is this your horse?"
Why is it so skinny?
”The old man sighed, "This is a military horse, the official master put us here to raise, we have no food for it to eat, the previous pasture field was also occupied, this horse is getting thinner and thinner, hey, if the horse dies, our whole family will go to prison." ”Chongzhen looked at the large cornfields and sweet potato fields outside and said, "Aren't there a lot of sweet potatoes and corn in the field?"
Sweet potatoes, vines, and corn leaves can be fed to horses. ”The old man poured a bowl of tea for Chongzhen, the tea was light yellow, and there was a piece of tea on it.In fact, it is not right to say that it is tea, this is a kind of tree leaf, which is often used by farmers to soak in water and drink, and a piece can make a large pot, which is extremely thirst-quenching."
Those lands are the land of Huangzhuang, even if the wild vegetables on the edge of the ridge we can't pull at will, we are military households, and now we are tenants of Huangzhuang's land, but we still have to bear the burden of raising horses, bitter!"
The old man chattered.Chongzhen finally understood.This old man belonged to a military household, and originally had a few acres of land, and his family helped the government raise horses, and the government exempted them from the land tax.In addition, there is a large pasture to the south, where alfalfa and other crops are grown, and this pasture is not allowed to be cultivated, and is used by all horse farmers for grazing.I don't know what happened later?
This ranch inexplicably belongs to a certain official, and the old man doesn't know what this official is called.Later, the fields of all the people on their side became Huangzhuang again, and they became tenant farmers.Military households do not need to pay rent for raising horses and farming, but their fields belong to the Huangzhuang and must be rented.And the horses raised by the old man belong to the government, and Huangzhuang is not responsible.Chongzhen was about to die.Didn't he abolish the Imperial Village a long time ago?
Didn't he order that fields below ten acres should be exempted from land taxation a long time ago?
These garbage eunuchs.Chongzhen knew that the imperial village of the Ming Dynasty was managed by eunuchs, and these eunuchs formed a party for personal gain, colluding with the ruffians and hooligans, which can be described as doing all kinds of evil.And he has already ordered the abolition of the Huangzhuang, and these garbage people are still exploiting the peasants?
Although Chongzhen was angry in his heart, he didn't show it on his face.But Wang Chengen was almost scared to death.