During the days in Nanjing, Huang Zongxi also met many friends, including old acquaintances, new ones, official officials, officials from the country, and wealthy businessmen. After many days of gatherings and socializing, various friends met a large group.

The conference lasted for more than ten days, and everyone returned with satisfaction. The Fushe was no longer a group of leaders without a single scattered sand. They elected a new president. The new president was Huang Zongxi, which he had never expected. He also elected several vice presidents, including Gu Yanwu, Wu Yingji, Gu Guo, Zheng Yuanxun and others as vice presidents.

Li Chunjiang and Chen Zhenhui and five others were elected as honorary presidents and honorary vice presidents.

Fushe also joined forces with other societies, and it was a powerful momentum.

Finally, at the suggestion of Li Chunjiang and others, the restoration of the society and the alliances added social outlines. The first of them was to always be loyal to the Han Dynasty and always support the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

All members have made oaths, loyal to the Han Dynasty and the Han Emperor.

Fushe even got a privilege that they had the right to submit their suggestions to the court, convey their voices to the court, and convey their voices to the emperor. Of course, the comments from the members of Fushe must be handed over to the Fushe headquarters first.

To this end, Fushe also established a Fushe Council. Thirty-six directors were elected. The important matters in the future were discussed by five presidents and more than 30 directors, including the comments from the members, and after being submitted to the board of directors for discussion, most of which were approved, the President Huang Zongxi presented them to the court.

Li Chunjiang also announced that the court would withdraw funds from the Restoration Council every year, and the president and the ministers could also get an annual salary.

However, correspondingly, if the resumption of the society wants to hold a rally in the future, they must submit a report to the local government in advance, and the content of the meeting must also be backed up and reported.

Huang Zongxi felt that when he took money from the court, he always felt that he was bribed by the court, but Li Chunjiang insisted that this was to give the scholars a better environment and also to allow them to better organize the scholars' suggestions and report them to the court in a timely manner.

Huang Zongxi had to agree. In fact, the money was quite large. Because there were more than 10,000 members of the Fushe Society and many branches in various places, the court gave Fushe 10,000 yuan a year, and each president was 1,000 yuan a year, the vice president was 500 yuan, and each director and vice president of the provincial branch was 300 yuan each.

Li Chunjiang even pulled out a house in Nanjing and hung up the sign of Fushe Main Club to make it their headquarters.

According to the newly formulated social outline, the presidents, vice presidents, directors, and provincial and governmental directors are elected by members and then reported to the court, and the court will be appointed by the court. The term of office of each person is three years, and a maximum of two terms is required.

From this perspective, Huang Zongxi felt that he had become an official in the court.

The court was also dispatching officials in Fushe, with a supervisory board, dispatching multiple supervisors, and a supervisory chairman. These people were not selected by Fushe themselves, and were not even members of Fushe.

All important meetings in Fushe must be provided with them.

Huang Zongxi felt a little depressed about these additional conditions. But in the end, everyone passed it. After all, the court spent so much money. He would definitely not let go completely. The army also had to send military supervisors. Fortunately, the supervisors were also officials from scholars and would not be eunuchs, otherwise everyone would definitely not accept it.

After the conference, Huang Zongxi returned to his hometown Shaoxing.

Although he became the president, the provincial examination is important after all.

When he returned home, he heard that the contract exchange operations were being carried out in various places. When he heard that the contract exchange had to be levied 8% of the deed tax, Huang Zongxi felt a little dissatisfied.

As soon as he returned to Beijing, his family told him that the yamen had urged him to change the contract several times, saying that he would not change it again. In the future, if there is no new contract, the land, property and property will be confiscated.

The Huang family is in Huangzhupu, Tongde Township, Yuyao County, Shaoxing, a peaceful countryside.

The Huang family is also a wealthy landlord in the village. They usually rely on renting, collecting, lending and lending money. Many of their families do not work in production, and they only study for imperial examinations, then become officials, and use the money they earn to make land to lend money. This has been the case for generations.

"The summer collection has passed, and the rent should be collected."

Huang Zongxi told the housekeeper that most of the people nearby were tenant farming their land, and they all had a great arrears. The summer harvest was already available, and if they didn't go to the countryside to urge rent, I was afraid that the little money the farmers got would go in a blink of an eye.

"Uncle, the tenants of this year have already sent them. Even the owed people in previous years have been paid for. There are still owed people, and only the poorest families are left."

Huang Zongxi was shocked by the butler's words. When will the tenants no longer arrears of tenant rent or even refuse to resist rent?

Although Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, they are also areas that are important to the tuition.

"History of Ming Dynasty·Food and Goods 2·Tao Service" records: At the beginning, Taizu decided to establish the government of the world, and the tax on land of the people was 5 liters, 3 and 5 spoons per mu, and the tax on land of the people was reduced by 2 liters, and the rented land of eight liters, 5 and 5 spoons per mu, and the tax on land of the people was 1 liters per mu. However, Su, Song, Jia and Hu were angry that they were guarded by Zhang Shicheng, so they registered the wealthy families and the wealthy people as official land, and the tax on private rent books was as tax. Yang Xian, the Minister of Agriculture, used the fertile land of western Zhejiang to increase the tax on the land of western Zhejiang, and increased the tax on the acres by two times. Therefore, the tax on land of western Zhejiang was 2 and 3 stones per mu. Su was the most important, Song, Jia, Hu, Chang, and Hang were the second.

Although Shaoxing belongs to Zhejiang Province and is not as high as Susong area in Jiangnan Province, it is much higher than other places.

The highest tax on land rent in Suzhou is two or three stones acres. There are also taxes of about one stone acres in Song, Jia, Lake and other places, followed by Changhang Shaoxing and other places, which can be taxed seven or eight dollars acres.

Compared with the tax of one acre of three to five liters in Henan and other places, it is more than ten times heavier.

Although Jiangsu and Zhejiang are rich, people raise multiple mulberry and silkworms, and the prosperity of commodity trade, their income is much higher than that in other places, this heavy tax is indeed a heavy burden.

In the past, it was difficult to collect all the tenants of the Huang family every year. The tenants often failed to pay the rent, but they always had to resist rent. Some farmers directly did not pay the rent at all. Sometimes they even invited Qingshou to fight and beat out the servants who went to collect the rent.

Huang Zongxi has been worried about this in the past, especially after his father passed away, as the eldest son, he assumed the responsibility of his parents and took care of his mother and younger brothers.

Sometimes he would sigh that fortunately his home is not in Suzhou, so he is not as good as a tax of two or three stones. How can he continue to live?

In the past, in the Ming Dynasty, the land tax in Zhejiang Province was more than 2.752,000 stones. The Suzhou Prefecture was more than 2.89,000 stones, and the Songjiang Province also reached more than 1.29,000 stones. In Zhejiang Province, the land tax was not as good as that in Huangzhou Prefecture. In Suzhou, only one prefecture and seven counties. Song was even more than 2.29,000 counties.

Speaking of this heavy tax, it is said that it was because of the beginning of the country. Because Su Song and other places were originally Zhang Shicheng's territory and were tenacious in resistance, they destroyed Zhang Shicheng and placed heavy taxes in Su Song.

Huang Zongxi followed the housekeeper to the granary at home and found that the warehouse was indeed full of piles. He carefully grabbed a few handfuls and found that it was all fresh grains in the season, and the drying was very dry and the braised very clean.

"What's going on?"

"Uncle, don't you know yet? The imperial court recently issued a new edict, and the land tax in various places was changed, and it was unified to 20 kilograms of a mu in the south, 15 kilograms of Chinese tax and 5 kilograms of land. In the north, there were 16 kilograms of a mu, 12 kilograms of national tax and 4 kilograms of land. In addition, no matter north or south, one kilogram of grain is levied per mu, which is Dingyin."

The housekeeper explained for a while. Huang Zongxi understood.

"You mean that in the future, only 21 kilograms of grain will be charged per mu of land, and the silver will be charged for four cents and two cents. Then there will be no additional fire consumption. Even these four cents and two cents will include all the fire consumption surcharges and silver. There will be no additional Ding silver, and no free labor service will be charged?"

The housekeeper grinned and his goatee was shaking.

"That's right, the emperor's edicts were posted everywhere, and the consent was spread everywhere. There was nothing wrong with it. Unexpectedly, the new emperor was still very kind."

Huang Zongxi was stunned there. Twenty-one pounds of grain, but more than one dou. How many of them were levying in the past? Seven or eight dou of acres did not include the fire consumption of the additional levy, and Ding Yin, etc. The fire consumption of the additional levy alone would have several dou. If Ding Yin was added, half of the output per mu would have to be handed over to the imperial grain.

But now, it’s only a little over a dozen, which is equivalent to one-tenth of the taxes in the past.

The land in Shaoxing is still good. If you take care of it carefully and plant it for two seasons, the yield per mu will definitely be fine. However, because the land annexation in the south is serious, most of the land is in the hands of the landlords, so the people have to pay both taxes and rent, so the harvest left behind is naturally lower.

When you encounter various extras and extras, your life will be even more difficult.

Now, the court actually said that local governments are prohibited from levying more fire consumption, and no one will suppress grain prices or raise silver prices when they are harvested, and there will be no need to levy more fire consumption when they are paid. In fact, only four cents and two cents will be charged per mu.

"The grain station has collected summer grain, and I have collected grain with one hand and given silver coupons. The grain tax is indeed only collected in four cents and two cents, not a cent. There is no need to escort grain to deliver grain, and there is no need to pay extra fire. It has been more than fifty years since I lived, and it is the first time I have seen such a situation."

"Why, the people have handed over the grain, have silver coupons in their hands and surplus grain in their warehouses, so they took the initiative to come and pay the tenant rent and the arrears over the years."

In fact, the people do not want to default on the arrears or resist rent.

If you owe debts, you feel that you are holding a mountain. If you can do it without owing, you will starve your wife and children to death, and you can only have no choice but to ow or even rent.

But now that there is a surplus, everyone will think of paying off the debt as soon as possible. Only when there is no debt can you be light, and only when there is no debt can you straighten your back.

The tenants are also grateful. They clearly know that they planted the Huang family's fields. The Huang family has always had a good reputation in the village and will also treat villagers during the disaster year. When someone is ruthless in funerals and marriages, they will also borrow money.

Especially when the imperial court asked local governments to reduce rents and interest rates, the Huang family responded immediately and took the initiative to clear out debts with the villagers. They exempted everything they should be exempted, and they also cleared what they should be cleared, rents and interest rates were also reduced.

Everyone thinks that the Huang family is doing business and doing things authentically. Now that everyone has food, no one will default on it again.

"Many people have added three or five dou more to the boss, saying that they will exchange contracts this year, and our Huang family will make another fortune, and everyone is willing to help."

The Huang family really wants to break a fortune. Changing a new deed is not just a contract, but also a deed tax. Originally, the deed tax was paid only after the deed was established during the transaction, but now it is just a deed not a transaction. But the court has to impose this deed tax. To put it bluntly, this is a property tax that was taken to the big households.

Just like Emperor Wu of Han calculated the calculating order, according to property taxation, Emperor Wu of Han collected 10% of property tax, and the small handicraftsmen collected 5%. Later, many people were unwilling to declare property, so Emperor Wu of Han issued a calculating order, and the whistleblower encouraged him.

This order broke countless wealthy families at that time.

Now, the court has to exchange deeds and impose deed taxes, 8% of which is also a very heavy tax.

Fortunately, the deed tax is better than the calculating order. The calculating order is directly taxed by 10% according to the amount of property. Now the deed tax is only 8% based on the value of houses and land, and the remaining deposits such as gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, calligraphy and paintings do not need to be taxed.

But even so, for landlords like the Huang family, the tax is also very heavy, because their biggest property is land and houses.

The Huang family has more than a thousand acres of land, all of which are top-notch good land. In Shaoxing, a place with extremely high land prices, a good land price is generally around 100 yuan. This means that the Huang family's land is worth more than 100,000 yuan. If houses and shops in the city are added, several farms will be added.

Together, the Huang family exchanged the contract. It would cost about 10,000 yuan.

The Huang family does have some money, but that is in the past. After my father passed away over the years, the family still lost a bit. Another thing is that the family actually bought more land and didn’t have much cash.

The Huang family was embarrassed by taking out 10,000 yuan at once. Especially the Huang family had paid the owed payment for five years, which was also paid thousands of yuan at once.

"Uncle Fu, how much money does the family still have?"

"There is only about one thousand yuan in cash in the family, and there are five thousand yuan in the bank."

Huang Zongxi frowned. "How much food is left in the shop?"

As a landlord, the Huang family also has a grain shop in the city, selling the rent collected from their own fields and doing some grain processing business.

The Huang family has more than 1,000 acres of land, and can collect more than 1,000 stones of rent every year. Now, after the rent is reduced, at least 700 to 800 stones of rent a year.

"The food in the store plus the newly collected rent is about a thousand stones."

Huang Zongxi calculated that the price of grain is relatively expensive now. Even if rice is sold for three yuan per stone, it can be sold for three thousand yuan. Add up the money from the family and the bank. If the rice is sold, it will only be nine thousand yuan. What's more, the money from the bank can be withdrawn at any time, but the grain cannot be sold at once.

Thinking of this, my eyebrows were even more twisted.

He sighed sadly, slowly climbed the stone steps along the slope, passed four willow trees lined up side by side, passed under the plaque door with the words Feng Xian, and walked into the Huang family with the Taipu Gong Mansion hanging.

As soon as I entered the door, I found that there were many cages piled up in the hall of my home.

The mother, wife and sister-in-law are busy.

"Mom, what are you doing?"

Huang Zongxi's twelve-year-old eldest son Huang Baiyao and his ten-year-old second son Huang Zhengyi found that his father came in and came over.

The eldest son Huang Baiyao is quite precocious and has been studying with his father since he was a child. He has been a child of a formality. He hurriedly replied, "My grandmother is asking her mother and aunt to take out their dowry jewelry and silk fabrics."

"What to do?"

He had already thought of something and was still extremely surprised.

The mother turned her head and looked calm.

"I know the situation at home, and the housekeeper has calculated it. Our family has to pay about 10,000 silver dollars in exchange for the contract. However, the family can't afford so much money, the land cannot be sold now, and the grain cannot be paid at once, but the deed tax must be paid immediately."
To be continued...