Wanli Youming

Chapter 220 Success in Rent and Interest Reduction

Chapter 220 Success in Rent and Interest Reduction

"The Zhu family in Jiading, the Gu family in Wuxi, and the Mao family in Huzhou come to worship!"

On the second day, Shen Shixing had just finished his breakfast and was practicing Baduanjin with Zhu Yijun in Yuting Middle School when he heard his family member Shen Bing report that several noble families had come to see him.

Shen Shixing frowned slightly after hearing this.

But immediately, Shen Shixing stretched his brows again, and smiled slightly, thinking that these gentry who refused to make concessions to benefit the people were not stupid, and this was also good, so that they could better demonstrate their ability to mediate.

So, Shi Shihang ordered: "Let them wait for me in the study!"

Not long after, Shen Shixing smiled and cupped his hands to meet these people.

"Yesterday, we thought about it. What Ge Lao said was not unreasonable. It involved the difference between profit and righteousness. However, our Nanzhi Township eunuch, who passed on Confucianism, could value profit over righteousness, let alone this time. Whether Ge Lao can become a country in the future, how can he not support Ge Lao as a villager?"

Gu Bingren, who came with these gentry, first laughed and said to Shen Shixing, and then said: "So, after I went back last night and figured it out, I asked my family to go back and contact the people from the Agricultural Social Workers' Cooperative, and agreed to reduce the rent and reduce the rent." Interest and processed money!"

"Yes! We also want to understand. We can ignore Haigangfeng, but we have to listen to what Elder Ge said, and we have to think about it carefully. After thinking about it, we understand the deep meaning of Elder Ge."

Zhu Banghe, a prominent Jiading family, also spoke with a smile.

Other gentry also expressed their views in the same way.

Gu Bingren also continued to smile and said: "So we came to tell Mr. Ge early this morning, so that Mr. Ge can understand that our family intends to support Mr. Ge."

"Thanks to the support of the lords, so that the servant's work can be done easily! The servant is very grateful."

Shen Shixing said with a smile, and said: "Then invite people from the government to come and go to the public tenants together. Don't smuggle tenants to evade the deed tax, or even collude with the subordinates to secretly make a deed. Such behavior is not ours. Such a moral person! Only in this way can the government have the obligation to ensure that the contract is well implemented."

As Shen Shixing spoke, he looked at the gentry: "Is that so, gentlemen?"

"Yeah yeah!"

Everyone had no choice but to reply with a forced smile.

"In addition, it is necessary for us to set up collegial associations of the gentry in our respective counties, just like the peasant cooperatives and industrial cooperatives, and to conclude township agreements with the agricultural cooperatives and industrial cooperatives!"

"It is agreed that once a dispute arises in the future, it will be negotiated between the societies, instead of being at war with each other like now!"

"For the township agreement, the government should also notarize it. Paying a copy of the township contract tax to the government is not to increase the government's income, but to make the government willing to recognize the township agreement."

"The government represents the imperial power, and we have to admit that this world belongs to the Ming Dynasty. All power comes from the imperial power. Even if the Wu people want to help and manage each other, they must be recognized by the government."

"And this township agreement is for each other in the future, Wu people can solve their own affairs as much as possible, don't disturb the government again, waste the court's money, waste the court's money, it is also our own money, let alone go to the end of the fight The level of feud."

"For example, at the moment, it is necessary to conclude a village agreement that the increased taxes on large households should be improperly transferred to tenant farmers and hired labor after the officials and gentry pay grain and errands together, so as to avoid gaps in the village."

As Shen Shixing spoke, he asked the gentry: "What do you think?"

All the nobles and gentry forced their faces and smiled authentically.

Now that they have decided to give in, they will naturally not continue to insist on this matter. After all, they have indeed been frightened by the pro-democracy movement in the past few days, and they hope to restore peace as soon as possible, and don't let the government make any more trouble.

Of course, they are also worried that if they don't make concessions, they will be caught as a model. After all, the hearts of the gentry are already divided.

Therefore, if you persist, it is very likely that your family will be eaten by the noble families of the same county as the joint court.

Therefore, Shen Shixing successfully mediated the dispute between the scholars and the people in Nanzhi within a short time, so that the squires in Nanzhi finally agreed to reduce rent and interest rates and process money, and also recognized the existence of agricultural cooperatives and labor cooperatives, and set up a squire association. Collegiate Society.

Later, the Cotton Chamber of Commerce, the Salt Chamber of Commerce, etc. were added, making Daming have many more social groups in Nanzhi at once.

This has allowed many students and children in Nanzhi to be unable to be elected as officials at the age of 50 or [-] because the local imperial examinations in Nanzhi are too heavy, and have more employment opportunities.

And the National Taxation Department also has an extra deed tax income, just collecting the deed tax paid by these social groups is not a small amount.

Wanli ninth year, December.

Hangzhou West Lake.

It snowed continuously for three days.

Hai Rui, who was inspected by the tax inspector, was standing in a pavilion with a lavender fire and was looking at the white snow scene. At this moment, Lu Kun came over:

"Butang, after Mr. Shen Ge returned to his hometown for mediation, the gentry in Wuyue and Yue have basically made concessions. They are willing to reduce rent, interest and processing money. They promise not to arbitrarily cut wages or drive out tenants, and abide by the contract."

"In addition, they also voluntarily handed over the deed silver, hoping that the government will supervise it, and ask the court to issue relevant punishment regulations! However, the local government has asked the Ministry to ask the court to issue an order on whether the deed tax and tax money should be collected."

"Shenwu County is Shenwu County after all, he knows His Majesty's thoughts."

Hearing what Lu Kun said, Hai Rui laughed and said, and said with a long sigh: "In this way, it's finally done, all the people who were sent by the pro-military division to the industrial and agricultural cooperatives were withdrawn, and the rent was reduced. This is the end of the campaign of reducing interest rates and processing money, let the common people actively farm next year, since the rent and interest rates have been reduced, we will try to collect more food next year and send more children to school!"

Hai Rui stretched out his hand to catch the snowflakes as he spoke, and said with a smile, "This heavy snowfall, the coming year must be a bumper year!"

Lu Kun bowed his hands and said yes.

……

"Master Wang, you are going to enjoy the snow again!"

"Master Wang, do you want to buy some firewood to go back?"

"Master Wang, it's cold today, you better not go out."

Because the officials and gentry in Nanzhi finally chose to make concessions and were willing to reduce rent and interest rates, the class conflicts in Nanzhi were eased a lot.

The hired workers working in Wang Xijue's house saw Wang Xijue go out at this time, and they were cheerful, so they took the initiative to say hello.

Wang Xijue chose to go out no matter how cold the weather was or how heavy the snow was because no one was blocking the door of his house.

After all, he hasn't been out for a long time these days.

And when Wang Xijue went out, he laughed when he saw the order in the market was restored, the factories resumed work and production, and both the scholars and the people began to greet each other.

And because he heard the sound of locomotives accompanied by yelling in and out of the alleys in Taicang, he felt very peaceful as if he was listening to Sanskrit.

Even when these hired workers and tenant farmers who came to the city to sell dry firewood greeted him, he smiled and nodded in response.

And when he asked him if he wanted to buy some firewood to go home, he actually asked his servants to buy it with money. He also watched these ordinary people walking through the winter snow, and suddenly tears filled his eyes, and he said in his heart:

"It feels so good to have a quiet time!"

"Even if there is no 300 million taels of bait from the imperial court, it is worthwhile to benefit the little people. After all, peace is rare!"

"I should have taken the initiative to reduce the rent and interest rates a long time ago. There is no need to wait for Shenwu County to come, and Bai has been complained by the villagers for so long, which also made Jiangling and Hai Rui look down on me, Wang Xijue!"

"Not to mention being besieged for so long, why didn't you have this awareness at the beginning? If you have to imagine that Gu Bingren and these tyrants who are agitating behind the scenes can win, you are really blinded by profit!"

After Wang Xijue lingered for a while to look at the snow scene of the Jiangnan market, he came to Suzhou by boat.

Because Shen Shixing had already asked him to visit Huqiu with him, when Wang Xijue came, Shen Shixing was already waiting here, and had the boy servant cook tea around the stove, and talked with several traffickers in this area. Immediately greeted him: "I thought Yuan Yu that you were going to miss the appointment."

"Ge Lao is going back to Beijing in a few days, how can I miss my appointment?"

Wang Xijue said something with a smile, and said in a low voice: "All the evidence of the crimes of the evil gentry in this village has been sent to the Jinyiwei stationed in Taicang."

After hearing this, Shen Shixing smiled and nodded: "Okay, from now on, there will only be prosperity and peace in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Yeah, it should have been like this."

Wang Xijue replied.

Shen Shixing also continued: "After the papers are submitted and the Du Zhisi approves the money, it is time to buy the properties and craftsmen of the evil gentry who have corrupted the image of our Jiangnan Shilin, so as to avoid being ruined by the above raids. Increasing the number of unemployed people will also make up for the loss of rent and interest rate cuts.”

"Benefiting the country above and benefiting the villagers below is the right way!"

Wang Xijue also said something with a smile.

(End of this chapter)