In a small thatched hut,
There was a broken table that was shorter than it used to be, and a stool. A pen, and a stack of documents.
A woman sat behind the table,
Big Dog Hu stared at her in a daze,
For a moment, he looked at her skin that was whiter than snow,
For a moment, he looked at his pitch-black hands. He had never seen such a white and beautiful woman.
You asked him how beautiful she was,
He couldn't say,
He just felt that she was definitely not a mortal. She was definitely not even a woman. A woman, at most, was as beautiful as the daughter of the landlord at the village entrance,
How could she grow up like this?
When she looked over,
He shrank to the side, afraid that if she looked at him, his soul would be taken away by this immortal.
Fortunately, there was a "short-haired ghost" in linen standing beside the immortal, so he reluctantly came forward.
The young "immortal" spoke in a very pleasant voice:
"Name."
"Big, big dog Hu."
"How many people are there in your family?"
"There are six people in my family. Two of them are children,
One is my wife. There are also my father and mother. "
The population had long been counted. The woman in front of the table only needed to flip through another booklet,
When she saw Big Dog Hu's name, "There are four adults in your family,
Two children. Then,
A total of eighteen mu of land. Your parents are already old,
Their children are still young, so it's fine. Why didn't your wife, Liu Guiying, come to register? "
Big Dog Hu came to this so-called "Registration Office" just to risk his life,
When he heard "eighteen mu",
He couldn't even care less about the panicked immortal,
He jumped three feet high, and his dark and dusty face was already smiling. He hurriedly said, "Isn't my wife's land still mine? She's taking care of her parents and children at home. I'll take it on her behalf! "
However, the "immortal" stopped his pen. "Big Dog Hu, there are two things that we've sent people to the countryside to publicize. Before you get the land certificate, I'll say it again: First, every farmer has to be allocated land. Including women. So, your wife also has four mu of land in your family's eighteen mu of land. These four mu of land are registered behind her name. You can take it on her behalf, but the grave certificate for these four mu of land still has Liu Guiying's name written on it. "
"Second, this land is not yours alone. This land belongs to all the brothers and sisters of the world. Of course, you have your share too. However, now that this land has been allocated to you, you are basically farming for yourself and for all your brothers and sisters in the world. A small portion, thirty percent, will go to the Revolutionary Army's Holy Treasury. The majority, seventy percent, will be kept for yourselves. "
Big Dog Hu didn't care about the "first place" that the "Immortal" said in a soft voice. After all, in his heart, he was still thinking about it.
After all, even his wife was his. If he wanted to sell it, he could sell it, let alone his wife's land.
But when he heard the second one, he was stunned. His face turned green as he muttered, "This, isn't this still paying rent to the landlord? Isn't this still renting someone else's land? "It was just changing the 'landlord' to 'volunteer army'.
What's more, he still had to pay thirty percent!
Didn't those old landlords also say nice things? A few of them boasted that they would rent it for 30% of the rent a year. In the end? Bah!
As he thought this, the "immortal" in his eyes instantly turned into a "demoness".
The extremely beautiful young woman in front of him seemed to have guessed his thoughts. She smiled.
"In the past, some landlords also said that they would collect 30% of the rent. Even the officials and emperors of the dynasty also said that they would collect 30% of the rent. But that wasn't considered an exorbitant tax. Collect 30%, collect 30%, the officials collect 30%, and the landlords come and take another 30%. In the end, they come three times a year and collect 30% each time! Every time they collect rent and taxes, the country gentry will use those big boxes with other mechanisms to deceive the villagers. Here in the Revolutionary Army, there is no exploitation by the landlords, no exorbitant taxes. It is only a 30% tax once a year. "
Big Dog Hu instantly revealed an extremely horrified expression, as if his thoughts had been seen through.
The young woman struck while the iron was hot. After a lot of persuasion, she finally made Big Dog Hu believe that the Revolutionary Army indeed only collected 30% of the tax once a year.
However, when Big Dog Hu left, he still revealed his displeasure from his original extreme joy. He didn't understand that he had been deceived.
Although the "short-haired ghost" had helped him seize the property of the rich man who had forced his family to sell their land and house, and divided the floating wealth. He was very grateful. However, at this moment, it reminded him of the worries he had towards the dynasty of the past. If it was really for the good of the poor farmers, why didn't they just give him the land deed and divide the land instead of taxing it?
The land would only be at ease if he had the land deed in his hands.
They said that the land belonged to the brothers and sisters of the world, Big Dog Hu thought. In the past, the emperor also said that the land belonged to his family.
'Forget it,' he thought. 'After all, I have 18 mu of land to plant. In any case, the land that I have in my hands is mine anyway. 'Even if the "short-haired ghost" wants to take it back, I won't give it to him!'
This was the last thought that flashed through his mind before he walked out of the dilapidated house.
.....
The young woman, Lin Daiyu, put down her pen and frowned as she looked at the booklet in her hands. Yesterday, the Revolutionary Army's registrar had given her a booklet and told her to use the booklet to comfort the farmers if she encountered any of the aforementioned situations. He said that the booklet was filled with valuable experience that the Revolutionary Army had gathered in the process of besieging cities and destroying villages. Seven out of ten farmers would think so.
However, she was not an idiot who only knew how to follow the booklet. She scanned through the booklet and had many doubts. It was no wonder that Big Dog Hu went out so worriedly.
It could be seen that in the end, he still had doubts and could not understand it.
It was not just Big Dog Hu. Lin Daiyu could not understand it either.
She had read the history books thoroughly, so she naturally knew what the "equal-field system" was. She also knew that the Revolutionary Army had always used the slogan of "land to the tiller".
However, the Revolutionary Army's method was quite different from the equal-field system in history.
Firstly, the equal-field system was carried out back then. The land without owners was distributed to the landless farmers according to the number of people. The land belonged to the dynasty, and after a certain number of years of farming, it would belong to the farmer.
However, the Revolutionary Army's "Land Returning to Yuan Mu System" stated that the land was shared by everyone in the world. The land was also distributed to the landless farmers. However, it did not state that the farmers could obtain the land after farming for a few years.
Secondly, in the history books, whether it was the Northern Wei Dynasty that implemented the equal-field system or the later dynasties, most equal-field systems would distribute the land without owners after the war to the farmers for farming. The land that was already occupied by the village gentry would not be used for equal-field purposes.
Now that the Revolutionary Army was in Yunnan, they were registering all the land and seemed to be preparing to distribute it, including the landlords'. Most of the landlords who refused had their strongholds, manors, and fences breached and were captured.
What was the Revolutionary Army planning to do? How was Mr. Shou going to fulfill the promise he made to her?
She had a lot of thoughts running through her mind, but she did not show it on her face. She only talked about another matter that she did not understand. She said to the Revolutionary Army soldier who helped her with the registration, "Xiao Zhang, why is it that I've been sitting here for two days, but only one farmer came? Who is obstructing the land distribution registration? "
The soldier who was sent to protect the registrar was surnamed Zhang, and his name was Yilang. He was one year younger than Daiyu, but he had been in the Revolutionary Army since he was a child. Before she came, Qi Lirong had told her that when she went to the countryside, if she encountered any problems, she should trust these soldiers and consult them.
Although these soldiers were young, they were very experienced in all kinds of struggles in the countryside.
For example, Zhang Yilang's father died when he was three years old.
When he was seven years old, everyone said that his mother seduced the tribe leader in order to protect the family's land. She was chased out by the tribe leader and jumped into the river that night to die.
His mother was fished out, without a single piece of clothing on her body. She was lying wet on the mud by the river, and all the clansmen were pointing at them and whispering. He cried until he almost had no strength left. He heard the tribe leader say, "Child, your mother has done such a shameful thing. You should leave. There is no place for you here."
From then on, he became a traveling merchant. He walked around looking for scraps of cloth from one house and thread from another. In the wind and rain, he only wore a single piece of clothing and was barefoot. He was unkempt.
When he was ten years old, the Revolutionary Army had just started an uprising. They were still weak and were being chased by the imperial court's army to suppress the bandits. When they passed by this place, they saw Zhang Yilang peddling barefoot in the snowy night. A young soldier in the Revolutionary Army picked up the child, put on shoes for him, and took off his only winter coat to protect him from the cold. The other soldiers formed a human wall to block the wind and snow. They took out their own biscuits and gave them to him. They also asked him where his home was.
Zhang Yilang looked at these "short-haired thieves" who were in ragged clothes and had snowflakes on their heads and bodies. He did not speak.
However, in the Revolutionary Army, someone soon found that they had a little tail. From then on, they could not chase him away.
Therefore, he joined the Revolutionary Army when he was ten years old.
Qi Lirong told Daiyu that there were many soldiers in the Revolutionary Army who came like this.
They grew up with the Revolutionary Army. As long as they could survive, they were usually the most loyal. Because of the years of exposure, they were almost instinctively sensitive to the struggles in the countryside.
The Revolutionary Army had sent such soldiers to protect the registrar and deal with the matters in the countryside for the land registration of the entire Yunnan and the subsequent distribution of the land.
At this moment, hearing Lin Daiyu's question, Zhang Yilang smiled and said, "Mr. Lin, what did you say this village was called?"
"Yan Village. How is this possible … "Lin Daiyu paused for a moment before realizing what was going on.
In the past two days, when she flipped through the name list, she found that most of them had the surname Yan. The only one who came to register the land was surnamed Hu.
A word appeared in her mind almost instantly — Clan.
Zhang Yilang looked at her enlightened expression and said, "In the countryside, clans live together. Usually, one village is more or less a clan. For a well, two villages were willing to fight to the death with their young and strong men. In such a place, the Emperor's words are not accurate. Only the Clan Head Zongzi and Zongzheng's words are accurate. The county magistrate had the final say in the county. In the countryside, the ancestral hall has the final say. "
If she wanted to push forward with this almost frozen work, it seemed like …
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