As soon as Sun Chengzong's voice came out, the people below were cheering.

Some people also questioned: "Who are you?"

Sun Chengzong bowed in a group and said, "I am Master Sun next to Taizun. Sun tells you the elders and fellow villagers here for Taizun. If you have any questions, please ask Sun?"

An ordinary person asked, "Master Sun, how can I ask the fifth day of last month? What is the basis for?"

Sun Chengzong said immediately: "Then the day of the contract is established. Look at the land deed in your hand. The red deed does not count. If it is a white deed, as long as the contract is established within the fifth day of the previous month, it will be invalidated. The landlord creates a deed and pays the silver deed, so there is no need to report it to the official. If the silver deed is clear and the silver deed is forced to force you, even if you come to the county government, there is a great honor to decide for you."

"In addition, from now on, all land deeds of land close to the Jialu River in this county that are close to 30 miles away from the Jialu River will be prohibited from being purchased and sold before the county is registered in October."

After hearing what Sun Chengzong said, the people looked at Tian Qi at hand.

But when you see someone happy and someone sad, you will of course be the seller, and you will of course be the buyer.

One person held the land deed and shouted: "I dare to ask Master Sun that buying and selling land deeds is independent of the people, and the government never interferes. There is a saying on the contract paper, and the two companies that buy and sell have no regrets. Now some people want to rely on the debt, but the government does not uphold justice, but they still help the evildoer. How dare they ask whose claim this? If something goes wrong, will Mr. Sun dare to take this responsibility? Or is it too respectful to take responsibility?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people were in an uproar.

Everyone looked at it and the speaker was wearing a robe. Someone knew that this person was a county student named Lanzishan. The Lan family is a local family. They not only do business, but also have a lot of land in the local area.

Lan Zishan has been training a famous teacher since he was a child. He became a county student three years ago and was promoted to a student this year. I heard that he is very appreciated by the provincial supervisors. The provincial examination is likely to go further next year. If he passes the juren, the Lan family's reputation will be even greater.

So no wonder Lan Zishan speaks so arrogantly.

Sun Chengzong glanced at Lan Zishan and said immediately: "The court rules say that anyone who buys and sells land and houses without establishing a contract will be whipped fifty, but whoever is only whipped forty."

"When will the government ignore the matter of establishing a contract among the people? Sun said just now that if it is a red contract, the government will not ask about it. But if it is a white contract, it means that the people will establish a contract by themselves. Those who have not traded it by themselves and have not been cut off will be whipped forty!"

As soon as Sun Chengzong said this, Lan Zishan couldn't help but take a step back and thought to himself who this person was? He was so powerful and so familiar with Xingming.

The so-called red contract is an official contract, and the white contract is a civil contract. When the people buy and sell land, they usually establish civil contracts first, and then go to the government to pay for the transaction.

In this way, there is no need to go to the yamen twice, and the clerks in the yamen have collected the money twice. The government turned a blind eye to the people's first establishment of civil agreements and would not seriously investigate it.

But Lan Zishan, and Sun Chengzong was talking about things according to the court's laws. Yes, the matter signed by Tian Qi is the business of our people. Why should the government interfere? If you go to the top, believe it or not, I will go to the higher yamen to sue you?

So, Lan Zishan and Sun Chengzong were talking about reasoning, so Sun Chengzong also talked about reasoning with you. This is the ten ways of breaking the official line. Whether it is according to your principles or my principles, you have nothing to do.

What about Li Magistrate of the County of this county? He had just eavesdropped behind the door for a long time and saw Sun Chengzong suppressing Lanzishan.

So Magistrate Li came forward. But when Magistrate Li walked to the yamen, the people said one after another: "Greetings to my parents!"

Li Zhixian nodded and said to the people below: "What you said just now, this county understands that the matter of dam silting is beneficial to the people, so why don't you do it?"

"Besides, this prohibition on land deeds was ordered by Lord Wu Zun, and this county is also ordered to act."

Sun Chengzong glanced at Magistrate Li and thought to himself that this person was still afraid of death and was afraid of offending the local gentry, so he pushed the responsibility upwards.

But this is also the way to be an official.

After hearing what Li Magistrate Li said, the people clapped and said: "Lin Qingtian, he is really a good official who ruled the people!"

Lan Zishan and several other gentry secretly said that it was the prefect's idea, and this would not work. We should go to the prefecture to ask for an explanation.

It is the early morning when it is sunrise.

Several cypress trees were planted in the back hall of Guide Mansion.

It is said that these cypress trees were planted by the state officials in Guide during the Yongle period. Planting cypress trees also means that pine and cypress are evergreen.

However, the state official later offended the powerful people in the state, causing chaos, and was impeached and dismissed. Later officials left these cypress trees in the back hall of the government office, which also meant to be a warning.

Now under the cypress tree, the birds are singing crisply.

Lin Yanchao was teaching Zhan Ming, and was practicing a set of health preservation skills.

Previously, Shen Shixing wrote to Lin Yanchao. In addition to daily inquiries, the letter also explained to Lin Yanchao a few words to avoid being an official and fighting, and to get along with the upper and lower levels.

The last time he returned home to visit Lin Yanchao, he also warned Lin Yanchao to be indifferent to his actions, quit fighting and yelling, and wrote a diary to alert himself.

Lin Yanchao read Shen Shixing's letter and remembered Lin Yan's words again, so he carefully reflected on it.

So I woke up early every day and asked Zhan Ming to teach myself to practice qigong, one to cultivate one's own character and the other to strengthen the body.

The weather is just right today.

Lin Yanchao practiced this set of health exercises and gradually felt like an old man was practicing Tai Chi.

Just then he saw Tao Wangling, and Yuan Keli was waiting aside.

Lin Yanchao knew that something was wrong with the government office, so he finished his work and stood in his horse stance for a while.

After Lin Yanchao mixed his breathing well, a servant brought incense tea and Zhan Ming added clothes.

After Lin Yanchao rinsed his mouth with tea, spit it in a spittoon, put his hair together, walked to the pavilion and sat down, and took apples from the fruit pot.

At this time, the apples were not injected with pesticides, so they ate them directly. At this time, Yuan Keli and Tao Wangling walked to the pavilion and reported to Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao took the official document and read it, and his eyebrows relaxed at first.

It turned out that the following counties reported the matters, and at the beginning of the year, the Dingkou in the county was counted. First, the tax and service were prepared, and second, the matter was preparing to prepare for the bookmaking in the late autumn. Now the counties have already counted the population.

When the Yellow Book was created in the ninth year of Wanli, there were a total of 37,633 households in Guide Mansion.

The mouth is 281,957.

By the beginning of this year, counties have shown that the total number of households is 38,639, an increase of 1,06 households over the ninth year of Wanli.

The Ding mouth was 305,288, an increase of 23,331 compared with the ninth year of Wanli.

You should know that this is a yellow book made in the ninth year of Wanli. In the tenth year of Wanli, the Guide Prefecture flooded and drowned tens of thousands of people. Then there was a great famine. At this time, Lin Yanchao had just come to take office.

Now in the 12th year of Wanli, the population of Guide Prefecture has not only not decreased, but has increased slightly. This is a symbol of political clarity.

Data tells it all.

But Lin Yanchao asked: "Didn't the counties below write nonsense? Or would you fill in the hidden population book?"

The population was very concealed in the Ming Dynasty. In order to escape, the people either became refugees or dedicated their land to fame officials and gentry, and then entrusted themselves to the names of wealthy families.

So some people estimate that the population at the end of the Ming Dynasty even gave data such as 60 million to 200 million.

It is certain that 60 million is the registered population, but 200 million is to calculate the hidden population that the government has not counted.

The hidden population does not have to pay taxes, but there is no land, houses, and the test is not possible. According to Lin Yanchao, the population of Guide Mansion is not registered, at least tens of thousands, which is not an exaggeration at all.

Of course, as an official, Lin Yanchao would not force the population to count, which is a very offensive thing.

After listening to Lin Yanchao's inquiry, Yuan Keli replied: "The statistics of Dingkou is to rebuild the yellow book. Once he enters the yellow book, he will have to pay grain and service."

"There are no benefits for the counties below to report to Dingkou more. There is no way to please the Futai for this."

Lin Yanchao nodded when he heard this.

"There is another matter, which is the following of the canal transportation yamen, saying that the canal ship must be inspected in Huai'an this year before Xu goes north."

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but snorted when he heard this.

Last year, the Jialu River was silted and the grain ships in Guide Mansion could not be transported, so Lin Yanchao changed the prescription and let the grain soldiers of our mansion go to Linqing and then buy grain from Linqing to go north.

As a result, he was later written by the river governor Li Zihua. Although the memorial was suppressed by Shen Shixing, the imperial court ordered the grain transport yamen this year to allow all grain ships south of the Yellow River to be inspected in Huai'an, and only allowed to go north and not to do such a thing as buying grain halfway, so as not to disturb the grain prices in Linqing.

Li Zihua was obviously the governor of the river, but he actually took charge of the canal transportation. Such a dog took the rat just to disgust Lin Yanchao.

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but think, Li Zihua, how long will you be proud of yourself in the position of the Governor of the River.

Then Lin Yanchao thought to himself that he was angry, and it was not in line with Shen Shixing's instructions on the qi and fighting.

So Lin Yanchao said, "I understand, let me know about this first."

Tao Wangling said: "Teacher, it seems that we must clear the Jialu River before July and let the canal ships go north. Otherwise, if the canal period is delayed, we will be held accountable by the Ministry of Revenue."

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "There is no greater merit for being an official than managing rivers, and no more important than the grain transportation. How can this be explained? Controlling rivers is a merit, and grain transportation is the duty. If the rivers are managed well, the court will not reward you. If the warship is done, you will lose your black hat."

"Now, both are possessed by the teacher, and it is really a success or defeat. Besides, before, I was a teacher, I told the emperor in the memorial that I would let Guide Mansion be governed within three years. Now there are countless people in the court waiting to see the jokes of our mansion. Do you think I am tying myself?"

Listening to Lin Yanchao's words, Tao Wangling and Yuan Keli couldn't help but smile.

Lin Yanchao looked at the two and said, "Is it still laughing?"

Tao and Yuan both said they dare not.

Then Lin Yanchao read the next official document. After reading it halfway, Lin Yanchao frowned.

Lin Yanchao asked, "What's going on? Why do these people gathered together to buy land by the Jialu River? Our mansion repeatedly said that you should not leak the dam and silt land, so why did the news leave?"

Seeing Lin Yanchao's face turned solemn.

Yuan Keli said: "Students have investigated. Judging from the official documents in each county, some of the land deeds were signed before the government order to build dams and silt land. Some of these people wanted to buy them long ago, but they accidentally got the news, and some got the news from some unknown places, but the rest were signed near the date of the government order."

"Some of them said that the landlord owed them money and rented the land to pay off their debts, some were ancestral property, brothers and sisters-in-law disputes, some said they forgot to register and register in the government, and some even wanted to rob them openly."

Tao Wangling said: "Teacher, in this lawsuit, there are more than 28,000 acres of land involved in total. If calculated based on silting, a total of more than 100,000 taels of silver will be involved."

"These people are all local tribes, officials and gentry. After they learned that the teacher was preparing to dirt out the yellow and irrigate, they tried to embezzle the people's land. Some places were closed, and some were the family members of the village who helped the evildoer and even invaded the land and fertilized themselves."

Yuan Keli sighed: "I now know why the teacher said before, why should we enlighten the people's wisdom? Most of these ordinary people are ignorant, and then they are deceived or forced by shameless scholars, and they unknowingly sell their land at home."

Tao Wangling said: "Fortunately they didn't know that the teacher had the trick of buying and selling all land deeds after the fifth day of the previous month, otherwise they would have changed the date of the contract in advance."

"Now the villagers all know that the government wants to crack dams and silt land, so it is not easy to trick them into rewriting a land deed."

Lin Yanchao said: "But even so, the officials and gentry will not give up. You see, they have handed over the lawsuit to our government. They also said that if our government does not allow it, they will go to the province to appeal, or even go to Beijing to file a lawsuit!"
To be continued...