Wear it with the house, but I am a black household [Quick Transmigration]

Chapter 256

The search in Yintian has been going on for several months, starting from the capital, spreading to the surrounding areas, and then extending to all states and counties.

Originally, in Emperor Xingde's vision, the result of this incident was nothing more than a group of officials were liquidated, and then some hidden fields were found out, and as the emperor, he once again became a wise king in the mouths of the people.

But things are not as simple as he imagined!

First of all, it is not only the officials of the Ministry of Households and the supervisory censor who have Yintian, but the whole Chu family. All the people with fame and reputation have more or less irregularities in each of them.

Some have countless fertile fields under their names, and because of their fame, they don't have to pay taxes.

Some of the fields under their name are all wasteland, the output is 'less', and the tax is even less.

These are superficial, and more secretive are the so-called mountain people.

In ancient times, not everyone yearned for big cities, but some people liked to live in deep mountains and old forests. The reason is very simple, because there is no need to pay taxes.

People from the government can't find them, so naturally they can't collect taxes.

If this is the case, Emperor Xingde will bear it. After all, the mountain people are also a minority. It is said that the harsh environment and lack of resources can make people live like savages.

Therefore, no one is willing to hide in the mountains unless it is absolutely necessary.

But in Dachu, a relatively novel situation appeared, that is, the privileged class with capital would buy a large amount of labor, and then send them to the mountains to open up wasteland, allowing them to stay there for many years.

What they need to do is to go there once a year to transport supplies, and then bring out the food produced by the servants.

That is, domesticated mountain people!

It's fine if it's a small number. Emperor Xingde can't go to war for the problem of one district and one place, but the results from the investigation show that this happens in almost every place.

In serious cases, it is not limited to the mountain people, even those villagers who were originally good people have become their slaves bought by them.

Take Yuzhou for example. There are more than 7 villages in Yuzhou, and the total number of villagers is more than [-]. However, half of these people are slaves of major households in Yuzhou.

Under the protection of the big households, they don't need to pay poll tax, and the land tax is not handed over to the government, but to their masters, and their masters - those big households, relying on the fame of their families, pay taxes Sometimes, it is often to pay less, or even not to pay.

As a result, the tax collected by the entire Yuzhou is less than one-third of the actual amount.

Coupled with the disasters that occur every one or two years, the taxes paid by Yuzhou are pitifully small, and occasionally capital funds are needed.

Under the influence of Emperor Xingde and the officials in the capital, Yuzhou is a particularly remote and poor state, and its economy ranks among the bottom of Chu all the year round. Therefore, everyone does not have too many demands on Yuzhou, as long as it does not bother to go to the capital. .

However, the reality dealt a heavy blow to Emperor Xingde. The remote location and barren production were all illusions!

That land is a bit out of the way, and the population is less than other places, but that doesn't mean it's really barren and desolate, with a sparse population.

On the contrary, there may be many more people than imagined, but those people have become domestic slaves.

Domestic slaves do not need to register with the government, and the children of domestic slaves are also domestic slaves. As long as the master does not let them go, the ancestors will be domestic slaves for generations.

All the production of the slaves belongs to the master's family, and has nothing to do with the government.

After so many years, how much have those big households in Yuzhou swallowed up the treasury?When Emperor Xingde thought of this, he had a heart attack.

At the moment, I can't take care of any previous plans. I have transferred countless people, and even the newly appointed military officers, and asked them to bring soldiers and cooperate with civil servants to search and measure the state capitals one by one, making sure not to miss any trace of land.

As for those people who became domestic slaves, Emperor Xingde didn't want to take care of them, but it would be more troublesome to involve them. The royal family still uses a lot of slaves, so it's really hard to manage.

But Anxi gave an idea, "Father, don't worry, just find out all the hidden fields and let them pay taxes every year. Without the expenses of free land, they must not be able to afford so many slaves, right? After all, slaves also need to eat. If the emperor is still worried, why don't you issue an order to regulate the amount of slaves."

Emperor Xingde's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "What kind of regulation is it?"

Anxi smiled slightly, "Household slaves are also the people of Dachu, so we can't be squeezed hard just because we sell ourselves as slaves. Of course, we also need to protect the interests of the master's family, and we can't let those who buy slaves suffer, so it's better to set up a Quantitative. For example, an adult male slave must guarantee 100 catties of food a month and four sets of clothes a year. There is no need to give less, and of course there is no need to give more. What do you think, Father?"

Emperor Xingde thought about it for a while, and felt that it seemed good. The amount of food was stipulated, so the master could not treat the slaves harshly, and they had to be fed.

Calculated according to the amount of enough food for each person, the more domestic slaves the master raises, the more food he needs to pay.In the eyes of those masters, these slaves are not as valuable as food, and if they eat too much, they have to let go of their contracts of prostitution, so that they can become good citizens again.

As far as slaves are concerned, being a slave can guarantee that they will not worry about food and clothing, but don't even think about any extras.For those who have nowhere to go, this may be a good way, but those who have been slaves for several years and have ambitions in their hearts will not think that such a life is so good, penniless, and can see the end at a glance .

In this way, the slaves of the master's family will be more mobile, and there will be no situation where the ancestors have been slaves to the family for generations.

"Of course, we have to stipulate that when a slave is sick, the master must be responsible for the treatment, and if he can't be cured, he can't drive him away." Anxi smiled and dug another big hole.

In ancient times, treating diseases has always been a big problem, including in the palace, if a servant is sick, the favored one is fine, and at the same time as being removed, the master will take care of it and let the doctor take a look.

But if you are not favored, you are waiting for death.

The cost of seeing a doctor is astonishing. If there are more slaves, the money for seeing a doctor every day is enough to feed a pot of food for these masters.

Emperor Xingde nodded, sent Anxi down, and then sent people over to discuss.

Anxi walked out of the hall, turned his back to Emperor Xingde in the hall, smiled lightly, but it made people feel refreshed, as if he was very happy, and the servants waiting outside the hall thought that he was rewarded by the emperor again.

But in fact, Anxi's mood is not as good as it appears, of course, it's not too bad.

Anxi made a suggestion to Emperor Xingde, in fact, he wanted to see if he could go to the court to do business, and at the same time test his attitude towards him.

As expected, no matter how much Emperor Xingde liked him, he never thought of letting him appear in court again, it was just a superficial effort.

Anxi was not the real Zhao Tan, and he didn't care about Emperor Xingde's attitude, but what really made him a little depressed was that Emperor Xingde was really poisoned, but as a doctor himself, he couldn't treat the disease himself.

And to be honest, he was quite curious about the effect of this medicine.Anxi thought with interest.

Under Anxi's intentional or unintentional promotion, the matter of Yintian has spread throughout Dachu, and searches and rectifications have been carried out everywhere.

Hidden field has almost become the topic of everyone's gossip, and it is a new topic that lasts for a long time and a new news pops up every day.

Today, it was revealed that the Li family has ten acres of hidden land, tsk tsk tsk, I didn't expect his family to be so rich, and still keep pretending to be poor.

Tomorrow, the Zhang family is unreliable, and even reported the son-in-law's hidden land, and the harmed son-in-law was fined and the land was confiscated, and they themselves got benefits.

The boy from the Liu family joined the search team the day after tomorrow and went to search and measure land all over the country. It is said that if one mu of hidden land can be found, he will be rewarded with a tael of silver.

And so on, and so on.

The whole capital city is very lively, the only quiet place is Prince An's Mansion.

No, Prince An's mansion is not quiet either, because Princess An is about to give birth.

The servants were anxious to and fro, those who brought water delivered water, those who brought food delivered food, it was basically a mess.

Fortunately, the stable woman invited by King An was reliable, and quickly calmed down the place, and let people arrange it in an orderly manner.

Li Yunqian was helped to lie on the bed in the delivery room, and then all the servants around her were kicked out, leaving only Po Wen to watch.

There were cries of pain in the room, and time passed. Three hours later, the princess gave birth to a pair of twins.

It's a real twin!

When Anxi was making arrangements, he found several candidates. There were widows whose relatives had no one and whose husband had passed away.There are also women whose husbands died and were kicked out by their husband's family, but their mother's family did not want them.The children in their womb are all the posthumous children of their husbands.

Anxi asked them to make a deal with them. If they were willing to give birth to the children to him, he could arrange a new identity for them and arrange their future life.

During this period, Anxi did not disclose his identity, and did not even let his hidden guard reveal his true colors.

Some women agreed, while others, reluctant to have children, refused.

If he agreed, Anxi had someone secretly take him to the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, eat and drink for him, and wait for the child to be born before sending him away.

For those who were reluctant to bear their children, Anxi asked them to find a job for them, so that they could afford to raise their children.

Li Yunqian's "birth" this time was because Anxi received the news from the suburbs of Beijing that the promised woman was going to give birth, so this happened.

When the woman gave birth, she was secretly sent to Prince An's Mansion by the secret guards, and Li Yunqian also completed her 'birth'.

Since then, the young princess of Prince An's mansion was born, and Prince An has a descendant.

Li Yunqian teased the two little guys, and the more she watched, the happier she was, "Has the woman made arrangements? There won't be any problems, right?"

"No, don't worry, no one knows the truth except Anxi." Anxi said with a smile.

Dark One is the person in charge of the whole process, and Dark Two is the fake woman.

In the beginning, the search for someone was carried out secretly by An Yi, while An Er was responsible for finding Zhuang Zi and training the people on Zhuang Zi.

After the woman entered Zhuangzi, she always thought that she had gone to Qianzhou in the north, and the people around her all spoke the Ganzhou dialect.And the hint to her is that the person who traded with her was a wealthy businessman from Rengan Prefecture, so no matter what, she would never have thought that her child would become the heir and princess of Prince An's Mansion.

The other people in Zhuangzi are all from Qianzhou. What they know is that their master is a wealthy businessman in Qianzhou, and the woman who gave birth is the master's wife, and they will take them back when they give birth to a child.

After listening to Anxi's introduction, Li Yunqian nodded reassuringly, it's reliable.