Chapter 105 Two Famous Memorials in Section 105

A few days before Zeng Guofan went to Shanxi, Tang Xuan had already returned from his hometown.Thanks to his timely return and timely diagnosis, his mother was dragged back from the underworld. Before leaving home, in order to be able to work in the Zeng Mansion with peace of mind, Tang Xuan used the remaining money to entrust an uncle of the same family to buy a few acres of land for the family in the neighboring capital before returning. Tang Xuan brought back to Zeng Guofan a jar of pickles made by his mother, finely cut them into various shapes, and prepared them with high-quality sesame oil. He brought back a pair of pickles made by his mother to each of the dozen or so people in Zeng's mansion. Na-made cloth shoes.

Tang Xuan also brought back a stomach full of new things... The original land property of Tang Xuan's family was six mu, which was accumulated one by one from the time of Taizu, and accumulated to this figure until his father's generation.In a good year, every mu of land has to be handed over to the government for two liang of land and two hundred catties of official grain, and the rest of the grain can be taken care of by oneself, or sold or eaten at will.But in the past two or three years, the rules of the imperial court have changed drastically. Not only is the land raised to five taels per mu of land, but the purchase of official grain has also increased to four hundred catties.Hunan was originally not a major grain-producing province. It is already a good harvest to grow 600 catties of grain per mu. In a normal year, it can only receive more than 500 catties. After deducting the grain purchased by the government, the remaining grain cannot be eaten for four months. However, he had to take out more money to buy food from the government to fill the gap.At that time, the government purchased grain at a cheap price, so cheap that it was worthless.Because it was purchased by requisition, no matter how cheap the people were, they had to sell it. This was the task of the field household, and it was absolutely difficult to make a trick.But when the common people had to buy back from the government because of the lack of food supply, the food sold by the government was astonishingly expensive, almost five times the purchase price.The government's actions have caused great public dissatisfaction, but the imperial court has adopted a new trick this year, allowing local government offices to collect land from farmers in advance.This trouble is even more chaotic. When you come to Dangzhi County, you will collect land for one year in advance. When I come to Dangzhi County, I will collect land for two years. Recently, some prefectures and counties have become bolder and proposed to collect land for three years at a time. The landlord also said that he could get a 10% discount.The people's grain hadn't been received back then, but the land had been handed in several years in advance!

The extent to which the local government plundered the people was greater than any year since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, regardless of the life and death of the people! The household department has always been Mu Zhang'a's administrative area, and no one else dares to touch it.Although the suffering of the people in the Qing Dynasty was somewhat related to natural disasters and man-made disasters, it was also the result of Mu Zhang'a's mismanagement. When Zeng Guofan was on duty at the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he saw cases flocking to him from all over the country. The number of cases and the uniqueness of the cases all hit record highs.These are all the negative effects brought about by the tax increase and pre-fetching of land.

Now it seems that the policy of the imperial court must be changed. If things go on like this, "Hong Xiuquan" will appear everywhere!However, it is not easy to get involved in the affairs of the Ministry of Accounting and discuss changes to the charter of the Ministry of Accounting.The household department used to be Mu Zhang'a's jurisdiction, but now it is Zhuo Bingtian's territory. But now, Zeng Guofan wants to speak for the people even if he spells out Wusha; for the long-term peace and stability of the Qing Dynasty, and for his own loyalty.Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!

In the early morning of the next day, Zeng Guofan handed over the two papers without hesitation. When Zhezi arrived in the palace, Emperor Xianfeng took a look and saw that it was a matter of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Without thinking about it, he wrote the six words "Submit to the Ministry of Households for review". The two documents were handed over to the Ministry of Household the next day, and the Ministry of Household did not dare to say anything about the two documents submitted by Zeng Guofan, and asked the emperor to make his own decision.Zhezi returned to Emperor Xianfeng's hands cleanly that night.

Only then did Emperor Xianfeng take a closer look. To prepare for the sufferings of the people: Flat silver price: