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Volume One Chapter 131 Selfish Struggle for Public Power

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    The spring rain enveloped Xingwen Village. On a slope outside the village, two girls, one tall and one short, each held an oil-paper umbrella and glared angrily.  Wang Chong, who was sandwiched between them, laughed and pushed with his hands, letting them each cover their own areas. He glanced at the sugarcane fields and lychee forests on the slopes, letting the thin strands of rain fall on him.  "Dig two more canals along the slope and connect them to the big canal. There is a lot of rain here, and the lowlands are easy to accumulate waterlogging. We use the labor of the big canal to provide food according to the big canal." Wang Chong ordered to take care of this area.  The Bo elder who owns a field of about a hundred acres shook his head and said: "The big canal is used to irrigate all the fields, so providing food is nothing. The farmers here can just dig the canals themselves. Why do they need to provide additional food?" Xingwen Village is under construction  The large canal diverts water from the Yongning River, which Xingwen Village relies on, to irrigate tens of thousands of acres of fields nearby.  Wang Chong used salt, grain and cloth in exchange for money to recruit workers, and all the elderly and women had to work. Almost all of the pitiful young men in Xingwen Village were conscripted as shop workers, and only the elderly and women were left.  It doesn¡¯t matter if you work slower, this is actually a disguised form of relief.  After the Bo people's food relief was cancelled, Wang Chong integrated relief and infrastructure construction into one project by building canals, houses in the village and roads. As a result, the Bo people in Xingwen Village were calm and did not suffer from food shortages.  chaos.  As a result, the food in the Changping warehouse of Xingwen Village is getting less and less. Even if the alliance last month used the supplies accumulated in the Changping warehouse to exchange for thousands of shi of grain, the total is less than 4,000 shi. The maximum support  Two months.  On the Chengdu side, the food organized by Fan Xiaoshi should be on the way, and on the He Guanglin side, there is no expectation of 5,000 shi, but 3,000 shi should be available. It is estimated that it will arrive in early summer, and with these 4,000 shi, it will probably last until  Autumn ripe.  Although 20,000 to 30,000 acres of new fields have been opened in Xingwen Village, and the total is expected to rise to 40,000 to 50,000 acres by the end of the year, there is no harvest in the first year.  There will still be a shortage of food after autumn, and then we will have to rely on these hundreds of acres of sugarcane fields and litchi orchards.  It is precisely because of this that Wang Chong is so concerned about this place and always comes to inspect it in person.  He said to Luo Zhong, the Bo elder: "This field is public land, and the farmers are tenants of the merchants. The money and grain given to them is just a reward for taking care of the fields. Opening the canals is another matter. You must remember the difference between them." Luo  Zhong nodded again and again: "The officials are taking care of us in different ways. I remember this." Wang Chong was speechless. These old fritters were translated into Chinese too quickly, and they were able to make love so smoothly and without leaving a trace.  Luo Zhong¡¯s words were true to his heart. This land is not the government¡¯s public land.  It is the public land of "Xingwen Trading Company", and Luo Chong is one of the managers of Xingwen Trading Company.  This trading firm included members of Wang Chong and others, as well as members of Dou Luozhi and various large Bo people.  In the future, the sugar cane and lychees produced in the fields will belong to the trading company and have nothing to do with Xingwen Village.  Wang Chong separated Xingwen Village and Xingwen Commercial Bank and used the money and grain from Xingwen Village to work on the fields of Xingwen Commercial Bank. This was false public benefit for private gain.  But the reason makes sense.  After all, they were helping the Bo people in Xingwen Village open fields and build canals. Even if someone found trouble, they couldn't say anything.  But in the future, Xingwen Trading Company will make money by selling sugar frosting and lychees, and then purchase grain from outside and sell it in Xingwen Village.  At the same time, it was also "sold" to Chang Pingcang of Xingwen Village. All the profits from this entry and exit went to Wang Chong, which was a bit taboo.  So this business is currently under Luo Canniang's name.  Based on this, Dou Luozhi always hinted to Wang Chong.  He had cleared his name with Luo Canniang earlier and consummated the marriage.  After all, this industry is just in its infancy, and its future is uncertain. Moreover, it only covers a hundred acres of land. The scale is too small. It is just an experiment. Wang Chong does not think so long-term.  Except for Dou Luozhi and other important figures from the minority ethnic group who had almost blind trust in Wang Chong, other large Bo people only regarded the merchants as fragmentary favors from Wang Chong.  When this is feasible and the profits are great, people in the village are attracted to plant sugar cane and lychees, and the business switches from raw material processing to only processing, then it will be considered a success.  "The pottery and blacksmith Xiaoshi invited from Chengdu and the sugar maker from Suizhou are here. The sugar cane and lychee are growing so slowly, I can't wait!" Xian Yumeng is in charge of this, but he is not interested in eating.  His interest is obviously greater than his interest in digging fields and canals.  And how Wang Chong will solve the problem of keeping lychees fresh and marketing them to distant places makes him even more excited.  Wang Chong was still not ready to reveal the answer to the mystery: "What's the hurry? It will take at least two or three months."  You put it on the fire and roasted it." Sun Xisou appointed Wang Chong as the appeasement supervisor, but he did not discuss this matter with Wang Chong, which really caught Wang Chong off guard.  Wang Chong shook his head and said: "We don't blame Sun Tuoyuan. It's because we have managed the situation too well and he wants to take advantage of the situation to take further steps. But I can't do this without me. No matter what the court thinks, he must make this statement first and let me hold him in his arms."  You must follow his thoughts. "What does it mean to go too far but not enough? This is Wang Chong's current situation.  He took advantage of the military intimidation of the imperial court and the power of Sun Xisou.policy, coupled with Tian Yougong's help and Wan Jian's "active cooperation", he used the "sin poison" technique to maximize the effectiveness of these resources.  Nowadays, the surrounding area of ??Xingwen Village is thousands of miles away, and the Bo people in various caves and even some neighboring slang caves are all in awe.  The Qianzhou Law that Wang Chong used as a cover was actually implemented.  Over the past month, Wang Chong has received hundreds of reports on the disputes in Yirentongdong, and he had to forward them all to Sun Xiso.  The words he used to threaten those Dongtun were just lies. He did not have the power to arbitrate disputes between the barbarians.  Based on this, Sun Xisou judged that the southern part of Lunan had been leveled. Many reports accused the Luo ghost masters of Huihui Prefecture in the south of fighting for people and livestock, which made him keenly grasp the opportunity to truly incorporate Huihui Prefecture into Wanghua.  "But it's too hasty" Wang Chong also felt keenly that Sun Xisou had also embarked on the path of taking credit for his actions, and he believed that the time was not yet ripe.  According to his idea, after Xingwen Village has established a solid foundation, and then uses medical, health, commerce and other means to firmly control the surrounding caves, then it can develop southward.  Now in a hurry to go south, there are only two results.  If the ghost master of the Luo family in Hui Laizhou does not bow his head, the situation in Xingwen Village and even Lunan will become unstable. If chaos breaks out in Luzhou again, Sun Xisou will become the second Jia Zongliang.  If the ghost master of the Luo family bows his head, there will be few Han people in Huihui Prefecture, and the imperial court will be out of reach, which will actually increase the power of Lu Nan, especially those in the south of Xingwen Village.  For example, Ada, who has been busy hoarding a lot, is still quite docile now.  It¡¯s hard to say what I will think about then.  "Although Privy Council Zheng is behind Sun Funuo, his party spirit is not deep, so there is nothing wrong with leaning on him." Xian Yumeng didn't think as deeply as Wang Chong thought, and muttered to himself.  Wang Chong was stunned, and then laughed. He seemed to be thinking about this from the wrong perspective. He was looking at the overall interests of the Song Dynasty.  Now I don't have the energy to grasp the overall interests, but I am trapped in this situation.  You have to start from your own point of view.  What you should think about is how to deal with it to ensure that you get the best benefit.  Can he convince Sun Xisou to give up his intention?  No, although Sun Xisou appreciated himself, he viewed it from the perspective of his achievements that helped him.  If you want to block his way.  This appreciation will turn into fear.  So what if you hold his thigh and help him complete this matter to get promoted?  "This is taking sides" At this time, Wang Chong finally realized that he had reached this level and must choose which path to base on in the field of power.  For Wang Chong at this time, there is no way to attract people of the level of Xianggong as a backer.  After all, his level is too low.  It means being used as a chess piece, and the backer must be at the level of a local official, such as Xu Guangning before.  ¡°Perhaps Xu Guangning is a warm-hearted person, but he is basically still an old party member.  It was not a good choice, and it was expected that he would be transferred this year. It was impossible for Wang Chong to abandon his career in Xingwen Village and Shuzhong and join his family as a clean customer.  In fact, Wang Chong has no choice.  Xingwen Village was managed by Wang Chong as one of the foundations, and it was inevitable to embrace Sun Xisou's thigh.  This person was unknown in Wang Chong's memory.  By the time the two Song Dynasties were communicating with each other, they probably had not done anything major.  This also has advantages. Relying on him means cooperation and mutual benefit, rather than working for him.  However, it was unreasonable for Sun Xisou to push Wang Chong to the flames of public opinion in Shilin. It can be seen that this person currently has no long-term cooperation with Wang Chong, but only treats Wang Chong as a knife.  This made Wang Chong very unhappy.  Another Bo elder, Luo Wan, came hurriedly and interrupted Wang Chong's thoughts: "Official, there is a disturbance in the official land!" Wang Chong explained to Luo Chong again and returned to the village. Sure enough, in the center of the village,  , downstairs of the Xiangsi, hundreds of people were crowded and shouting non-stop. Tang Wei was explaining at the top of his lungs, but these people were not satisfied.  "What's going on?" Wang Chong appeared, and the noise was much lower. Tang Wei wiped the sweat on his face and sighed: "What else could it be? There are no customers in the village now, and the gap between everyone is not big. Officials  No one is satisfied with the land being leased. " Xingwen Village was established for the future establishment of a county. Taking advantage of the opportunity of land reclamation, the official land was set aside in advance to prepare for a rainy day.  The official land is mainly professional land to support officials, while the other official land is used to maintain the government office and handle miscellaneous tasks.  In addition, Xuetian can also be regarded as a type of Guantian.  With Guan Tian, ??government governance can be implemented smoothly.  The reason why the imperial court was willing to support Xingwen Village was that with these thousands of people as a base, the official government could be established in advance. When there were more Han people, the establishment of a county would be a matter of course.  At present, Xingwen Village has designated four hectares of land as official farmland, one hectare as Zhizhai postal field, one hectare as field management field, one hectare as township company land, and one hectare as school field.  The two hectares of farmland were divided between Zhongqian and Wang Chong. The fixed rent for this farmland was the official salary of Wang Chong, the farm manager of Xingwen Village and the Gobo people.  According to the three-year gradual promotion system, in the first year?I can only get one bushel of land rent per mu, which works out to ten shi of grain.  In addition, he only has an official salary of twelve quid per year. From this point of view, he is not a serious official.  Compared with other officials on official assignments, he received less subsidies such as lumi, material money, additional expenses, ministerial money, firewood, salt, and oil.  Xian Yumeng, who followed Wang Chong over, smiled and said: "If we were in Chengdu and everyone couldn't hide, how could they fight for the land of the tenants?" Yes, I didn't expect this. Wang Chong lamented that local government affairs are complicated.  There were different circumstances in the place, and he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen.  Official land is exempt from secondary taxes and discounts and can be cultivated by customers or tenants of the fourth and fifth classes.  However, in mainland China like Chengdu, there have been years of abuses, with officials and large households indirectly inheriting official land through customers, and even misappropriating and encroaching on it.  Tenants from private households with no connection or background have to bear the responsibilities of many miscellaneous factions. Although it is not as strict as in the Tang Dynasty, when they had to pay for sericulture and mulberry classes, but they are far less relaxed than tenants. Therefore, the government recruits tenants for official fields.  Every household knew it was a trap, and not many people were willing to take on tenants, so the government sometimes had to allocate forced tenants.  Considering this situation, Wang Chong, Tang Wei and others felt that there would not be many people to share the four hectares of official land, and they would have to work hard to find people.  But they didn't expect that with officials like Wang Chong around, no one would worry about the tenant farmers' official fields being exploited. Furthermore, they heard that there was no land tax on the official fields.  After three years of land rent, there was only two bushels per mu, so they all started fighting.  "Compared with the normal law, it is enough to share the tenants if you are promoted to the first class of households. The village chief, Dubao, Baozheng, and the township company officials are not allowed to share the tenants. If there are still many households, lots will be drawn, and it will be changed every three years. Those who have not paid the rent amount  In addition to the official land, if there is land, houses and properties above the third class, they must be transferred to the fourth and fifth class households who have the ability to farm. Each household cannot continue to rent for more than three years.  Official land cannot be transferred to tenants, otherwise it will be taken back that year." Wang Chong made decisions on the spot and perfected the official land tenancy law.  The normal method is to follow the fifth-class household law. Only customers and fourth- and fifth-class households can share farming. If they are promoted to first-class households, third-class households can share farming.  In Xingwen Village, there are still young people. The households living in one courtyard are the first three-class households, while the fourth- and fifth-class households are mostly divided into fields.  But he is still alone and living in the same house with others.  As for the proletarian customers, there are currently none in Xingwen Village, and Xingwen Village has opened fields.  Even orphans have been given a field. If they can't plant it themselves, they have to give it to others to farm.  Tang Wei frowned: "Fourth and fifth-class households are almost unable to farm, so only third-class households are allowed to share the land?" Wang Chong blinked: "As long as a Bo girl marries a Han and is assigned a courtyard to live alone, she will be a third-class household. Come now.  There are more Han people in Xingwen Village. There are more than 200 single people. If you are worried about how to sell it, you can use the official land to promote it. " Tang Wei and Xian Yumeng suddenly realized why they didn't expect the two things to happen.  association.  Official land also had to be harvested. The fields allocated to the fourth and fifth-class households in Xingwen Village had to be transferred to others for farming. If they wanted to inherit the official land, they could only transfer it to others for farming. This broke the rules.  "Official lands are changed every three years. Although the township secretary has more things to do, the disadvantages of official lands can be somewhat solved. It would be great if the prefectures and counties in the mainland could also implement this method."  After Wang Chong's description was written down, Tang Wei and Xian Yumeng noticed another benefit of Wang Chong's method.  Wang Chong sighed: "The most taboo thing about worldly law is that it is not easy to change over time. If it accumulates for a long time, small disadvantages will turn into big harm. When Xingwen Village was founded, everyone in the Xingwen Village can roughly understand the situation.  There is not much room for development. In this river valley, I think the limit is three to five thousand households. I can roughly see how the government will change. As long as the township officials do not die too quickly, this method can be maintained for thirty years.  If it goes on for a long time, disadvantages will inevitably occur. In the mainland, the years are changing, and the disease is too serious. It is impossible to do it without resorting to war. " Deliberately emphasizing the change of official land tenancy every three years not only makes the official land more abundant.  Giving full play to the role of social security to help Xingwen Village overcome the difficulties of starting up was still out of Wang Chong's selfish motives.  He wants Xingwen Village to form a mechanism that can operate independently without relying on the government. No matter who will be in charge of Xingwen Village in the future, with the "village love" of Xingwen Village here, no one can even think of replacing him in Xingwen Village.  The influence of the village.  However, this kind of thinking, immersed in the official land tenancy farming method, gave Tang Wei and Xian Yumeng a deeper interpretation.  The scribes had already announced this method and explained it. The noise outside finally calmed down. There were old men holding their daughters and sisters, looking at the Han people, and began to think about the idea of ??establishing a household with the Han people so that they could farm official land as sharecroppers.  Each household can share twenty acres of official land, and a family of three will no longer have to worry about their livelihood.  The matter was resolved, but Tang Wei and Xian Yumeng were immersed in Wang Chong's emotion.  "Shou Zheng, you also insist on paying a fixed amount of grain rather than a fixed amount of money for the official land tenant farming. Why do you still need to implement the green crop law and issue green crop tickets instead of directly borrowing grain from Changpingcang?" Xian Yumeng noticed this again, this time  It was already April. In Xingwen Village, old people were working to dig canals and open fields. Women joined the "female patrol" led by Luo Canniang, and some were recruited by the township secretary.??Cleaning streets and maintaining facilities such as public toilets, but not everyone has a job. Without a job, there is no food to eat. There is no income in the fields now, so we can only borrow young crops.  "I want to build the Changping Granary in Xingwen Village into a balancing warehouse, which only balances money and goods, so it can't do too many chores. For simple relief, we will build another Guanghui Granary. The Qingmiao incident is special, so we will build another one.  Green crop service. Changpingcang is a reservoir, and its purpose of existence is to balance externally and internally. Therefore, the physical land rent of Guantian is purchased by Changpingcang, and some additional money is provided to the government and officials.  To strike a balance between the high and low grain prices, in addition to involving grain dealers and using grain as loan capital, the green crop grain is also sold to the green crop grain service by Changping warehouse.  The purpose of closing warehouses is to ensure that the responsibilities of Changping warehouses are single and reduce management costs. "Although Xingwen Village is small, the government affairs that can be carried out are similar to those of Zhiping Tianxia.  Of course, Wang Chong does not yet have a complete and clear overall concept, but he already has some ideas on Chang Pingcang.  Xian Yumeng said worriedly: "But Changpingcang is still governed by the old law. If Shouzheng is gone, I don't know what harm will happen." Tang Wei recently discussed the matter at the Guanxiang Division and said with a smile: "Shouzheng had expected this.  That's why we set up another township appointment in the township department, and asked the elders of the township appointment to inquire about Changpingcang. Now that Shouzheng and we are gone, the township office is still controlled by locals, and the new officials want to take action on Changpingcang.  , it¡¯s not that easy.¡±  One of those ideas, not yet fully formed.  It's just a trial and error now.  The Lantian Township Covenant was Lu Dajun's idea and was implemented in his hometown together with his brother Lu Dafang. It was an ideal way to reorganize the village according to the patriarchal system and achieve autonomy. The township covenant established by Wang Chong as a Bo elder in the township was different.  More focused on economic matters. ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? How can the rural covenant evolve in the future? The stage of Xingwenzhai is too small, and the results derived from it are difficult to implement in the world, but some basic laws can be grasped from it.  Xian Yumeng buried his head in calculation.  He frowned and said, "Chang Pingcang has to be financed by the government after all, but Xingwen Villagethe government side, apart from some grain supplies allocated by Sun Fufu, plus the official land, there is no capital anymore." Tang Wei sneered:  "Xiao Hei, have you forgotten that the Han people in Xingwen Village are exempt from classes and labor for three years, but the Bo people are unavoidable. Although there are few, it is still money. When Xingwen Village develops and grows, the tax revenue will probably be higher than that of the inland states.  The county is still good enough." Xian Yumeng thought about it for a second.  He patted his thigh and said, "I forgot about this. Our Xingwen Village is the most cool tax place in the world!" This is of course a joke, but Xingwen Village is indeed special.  The main household is Jiangbo, the village is built by the government, and the land is opened by the government's organized labor, so tax collection is a matter of course.  Regardless of the land, it's just the houses where people live, and there is a house tax every year. If you open a shop on the street, there is a city tax.  Foreign merchants sell things in the market near the inn, and they pay additional taxes.  The households in Xingwenzhai are not divided into rural and urban households. The assets are calculated based on the fields and houses together, and the classification of households is also based on this standard.  The taxes and duties borne by the rural and urban households in the mainland are all concentrated in one place. If the officials from the mainland come here, at first glance, they will feel that the tax collection here is extreme.  In fact, the Bo people do not have much burden. The house tax is only levied symbolically based on the area. For a square meter, one penny per year. A house pays 30 pence per year. This year, work can be used in lieu of tax.  The errands are even more welfare, the young pawnshops have income, and even the female patrols made by healthy women are paid at two-thirds of the standard for young men.  Different from the prefectures and counties in the mainland, Xingwenzhai has a blank sheet of paper. Taxation can be realistic and truly fall on the head of the head. It will not be due to changes in people and land, and strong households will have to hide their property and have to pay it to weak households.  This is not only preparation for the establishment of the county, but also provides tax sources for the future operation of Xingwen Village.  With the village agreement and ethnic relations mixed in, even if Wang Chong left, the new officials would not dare to rashly increase taxes, otherwise there would be a civil unrest.  But there is a huge problem here. As Xian Yumeng said, Xingwen Village needs to build Changpingcang, maintain operations, and support officials. However, the current income is only official land. Where does the money come from?  Of course it was Wang Chong and others who borrowed it, and the one who stepped forward in Wang Chong's place was this "Xingwen Trading Company".  The grain organized by Fan Xiaoshi and He Guangzhi from Chengdu and Kuizhou was lent to Changpingcang in Xingwen Village in the name of a trading house.  This matter was also common practice in the Song Dynasty. Even in Bianliang, the government often borrowed money from civilians and merchants.  When Yuanyou came to power, the imperial court abolished all the new laws. Merchants from all walks of life in Bianliang petitioned the imperial court to demand hundreds of thousands of yuan in debt borrowed by the Kaifeng Prefecture. The whole world laughed. This jokeWhat is hidden is the active economic exchanges between the government and the people during the Song Dynasty.  Xingwenzhai has borrowed so much debt, how should it repay it?  There are naturally many ways, one is tax exemption, the other is selling land, the third is providing policies, such as promulgating local decrees to encourage other households to grow raw materials for businesses, etc.  It can be seen from this that Wang Chong¡¯s selfish motives were exposed in Xingwen Village.  With the public rights of Xingwen Village, we established the reputation of Xingwen Village.  However, the public interests of Xingwen Village were hollowed out and turned into the private interests of Xingwen Trading Company.  When Xingwen Village develops, these debts alone will be enough to tie Xingwen Village firmly to the carriage of Xingwen Trading Company.  If others want to cause trouble in Xingwen Village, they must completely smash Xingwen Village and start from scratch.  "This it looks too ugly, it's not good" Xian Yumeng realized again that the cool tax in Xingwen Village was just a cover, standing here to pave the way for Xingwen Trading Company, which Wang Chong, himself and others had a share in.  , the more he thought about it, the more he felt that they had almost knocked out the bones of Xingwen Village and sucked out the marrow. Even a foodie like him felt a little ashamed.  Tang Wei said disapprovingly: "We are just guarding against those greedy officials. The court, the locals in Xingwenzhai, and us all benefit from it. Why not? Besides, how can we plant trees so that others can enjoy the shade?"  ? Just say that Xingwen Village uses land to pay off its debts. Who has the confidence that Xingwen Village will rise and come here to buy land and property? "Wang Chong borrowed grain and supplies from Xingwen Trading Company to spend all his remaining capital.  In Xingwen Village, the big Bo people were also tied to him.  In the plan, Xingwen Village will continue to expand the city area, and the expanded areas are mortgages for Xingwen Trading Company.  In time, by renting out those sites, there will be a lot of income every year. Naturally, this must be based on the prosperity of Xingwen Village.  "That's right, if we don't hold on to the public interests of Xingwen Village and someone else is in charge, it will be the door to usurping the local people's private interests. We still have a lot of things to do, and we can't do it without profit. Xingwen Village is our foothold.  Land." Wang Chong nodded and said with a clear understanding in his heart.  Why does he have to have a backer?  Just like when he was regulating Xingwen Village, the struggle for power came not only from above, but also from below.  Sun Xisou wanted to use him as a knife wielder, so he made Sun Xisou understand that once the knife was used, he would never be able to take it off!  "The ghost master of the Luo clan in Gui Lai Province" Wang Chong's thoughts suddenly turned to this important matter, his thoughts turned around, and he smiled in relief.  "We will help Sun Fu handle this matter, give him a ride!" ps:
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