Yu Zhining, one of the eighteen scholars of the Qin Palace, was appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat. In the third year of Zhenguan, he was appointed as the crown prince Zuo Shuzi, and was appointed as the attendant of the Sanqi, and was in the third rank.

Therefore, after the former warrior returned to Chang'an, he talked about Li Muyun's exemption of agricultural tax in the county, and the eighteen prefectures impeached Li Muyun, so the imperialist leader thought of a solution and sent the minister to Shanyin County to look at him in the name of teaching him to study, so that he would not cause any unnecessary trouble. This is why Yu Zhining appeared in Shanyin County.

But Yu Zhining is not a repeater, he is also a living and thoughtful person. He is naturally resistant to Li Shimin's inexplicable orders. In addition, during this period, there were rumors that Li Muyun was corrupt and abused the law, concealing the real number of people in the county, and so on. This also made Yu Zhining feel a knot in his heart.

So after entering Shanyin County, he kept the escort team, put on casual clothes, and only brought an old servant to the countryside to visit, intending to find some "evidence" of Li Muyun to present to His Majesty the Emperor, so as not to be deceived by such a treacherous villain.

So when the old farmer said he was grateful to Li Muyun, Yu Zhining fell into confusion. On the one hand, there was the "facts" circulating among Chang'an officials, and on the other hand, there was the "gratitude" of the local people in Shanyin County. Who should we believe?

Thinking of this, Yu Zhining asked the old farmer: "You said you had hid in the mountains because of escaping the war, so you should be considered..." Speaking of this, Lao Yu paused, as if he wanted to say the word "escape from the people".

After all, there are only two people at present, and they are not on their own, and they are not on their own. If they make trouble because of their words, they will probably not be able to find a place to reason if they are beaten.

However, the old farmer didn't seem to mind his identity. Seeing that Yu Zhining hesitated, he took the initiative to say, "I'm going to hide it from this gentleman. The old man was indeed a fugitive from the people, but now it's not. Xiaoyao Hou has reimbursed the old man's household registration and distributed land to the old man's house. The old man is a serious and good citizen."

"Can you show me your household registration documents?" Yu Zhining saw that the old farmer seemed easy to speak, so he asked tentatively.

"The old man is from the Fucheng, right?" The old farmer didn't say that it was OK or not. After looking at Yu Zhining for a while, he asked about his identity.

Yu Zhining wanted to know something about Shanyin County, but it was naturally not possible without a reasonable identity. He immediately said through the words of the old farmer: "Yes, I am the chief of Sigong, who is in charge of the government affairs of the officials of our government."

Unexpectedly, Yu Zhining just finished, the old man changed his face. He bowed his hands and didn't even want to do anything. He threw it aside, opened the door of his yard, apologized and asked Old Yu to enter the house.

Yu Zhining was suddenly confused by the old man and waved his hand to tell him not to panic. After finally waiting for the old man to calm down, he said, "Can you bring your household registration documents for me to see?"

"Oh, no problem, no problem!" The old man agreed while running into the house. He had already taken out a piece of paper.

Yu Zhining took the household registration documents handed over by the old man, and you don’t need to read them. This thing is undoubtedly true, because there is no such paper among the people. After all, the Tang Dynasty government needs to rely on this thing to prove the identity of the people. If you can write one at will, wouldn’t it be a mess?

So after taking the paper and glanced at it, he returned it to the old man, and asked casually: "Lao Ning, I wonder if someone in your village does not have a household registration, but he also received the land?"

Don’t wonder why Yu Zhining knew that the old man’s surname was Ning. After all, he had just read someone’s ‘household registration book’. It would be strange if he didn’t know what the old man’s surname was.

Unexpectedly, after hearing Yu Zhining's words, the old man Ning was a little surprised: "How is that possible? It is naturally impossible to get the land without a household registration. Moreover, it is easy to apply for a household registration document. As long as you determine the identity of the "escaped citizen", you can add one immediately. By the way, you can also get the land. How can you directly do not get the household registration?"

Yes, what is said makes sense. Anyway, you can get household registration documents by registering. People are not fools. How can you not only have documents and land? In that case, wouldn’t the land be taken away at any time? Yu Zhining was embarrassed by the problem that he had just had a little bit of illness.

But after thinking about it, he still asked: "I heard that the county has reduced the agricultural tax. I wonder if it is true?"

"Of course it is true. This year, it is a new land, so don't pay taxes. From next year, it will be half a tax within five years, and tax exemption will be exempted after five years. This is a new measure that Xiaoyao Hou cherishes the people, so he has made. Because of this, many people with household registration in nearby prefectures and prefectures are also coming to our county." The old man said that the agricultural tax was immediately smiling, as if he had gained a huge advantage.

But then again, for farmers in the Tang Dynasty, it is indeed a happy thing to pay two stones of grain per strong laborer every year.

However, although the old man was happy, Yu Zhining was stunned. He rubbed his ears and looked at his old servant, but found that the old servant was also rubbing his ears.

So he could only ask the question he just now, and the answer he got was the same as before.

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On the way back, Yu Zhining's eyebrows were almost twisted together. This old man couldn't understand why the tax revenue in Shanyin County was like this.

Others are exempt from taxes in the first one to two years, and then increase year by year until they reach normal levels five years later.

But Shanyin County actually had an anti-Japanese war. At the beginning, tax was paid, but after five years, it was exempted. Why did this cause such a situation? What exactly did that guy Li Muyun want to do?

With a lot of questions, Yu Zhining visited other villages on the way, and the answers he got were almost the same as what Old Man Na Ning said.

In the end, Yu Zhining simply stopped asking because he found that if he continued to ask, his three views would be really ruined.

Because what seemed very unreasonable to him was very normal to the people in Shanyin County. This feeling made Yu Zhining feel like an alien who was not on the same channel as everyone else.
Chapter completed!