Chapter 452: King Tang Loves His Sisters

So,

The news that the Tang King was about to marry the Guo sisters and the Qiao sisters spread quickly throughout Lin'an like a spring breeze.

However, when this matter reached the ears of Fu Wang Zhao Yurui, it changed its meaning.

As the saying goes, if the superior likes something, the subordinates will like it even more.

Zhao Yurui couldn't help but murmur, could it be that the Tang King likes sisters?

So the Zhao clan daughter who was originally scheduled to marry the Tang King also changed from one to two, and they were also sisters.

When Lin Chen heard the news, he couldn't help but twitch his mouth.

Maybe there will be rumors about the Tang King's good sisters in this secret realm.

But these are all misunderstandings!

Anyway.

Lin'an was festive and lively when the Tang King got married.

Compared with the Southern Song Zhao family, who forced ordinary people to have no way to survive, at least the Tang King's governance was moderate, and the livelihood of the people improved visibly.

The people in the Central Plains have been like this since ancient times.

As long as they can have a small piece of land to make a living, they are willing to live a peaceful life.

Only when they can't survive anymore will they let the powerful see what a prairie fire is.

Lin Chen knew this well, so he handed over the land reclamation to Lu Xiufu and other conscientious ministers.

Facts have proved that he made the right choice.

These diehard gentry in various places were defeated by knives and means.

Even Liu Mengyan, who had previously received money to protect the land of a certain gentry in Lin'an, failed to do so.

The refugees got the land and the seeds of farm animals rented by the government, so they at least had hope for life.

When the harvest came, all over the south were golden rice branches.

If there were no accidents, the whole south would usher in a great harvest.

This is good news for the new Tang Dynasty regime.

Otherwise, even if Lin Chen took out the baggage from the system backpack, he would not be able to feed the tens of millions of people in the whole south.

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Chenjia Village.

This is an inconspicuous village near Yangzhou.

Before the Southern Song Dynasty was destroyed, due to heavy taxes, Jia Sidao ordered the capture of labor.

None of the more than 30 young men in the village escaped.

After Jia Sidao was defeated in Dingjiazhou, the young men in Chenjia Village planned to escape, but they did not expect to meet Lin Chen who was gathering the defeated army.

So, these young men became Tang soldiers in a daze.

These young men in Chenjia Village thought they would become a wing army and become cannon fodder to fight against Mongolia.

Who would have thought.

After entering the Tang army camp, these people had their first full meal.

After the King of Tang entered Lin'an, a dozen older young men in the Chen family were trained and transferred to the local area to open up wasteland with refugees.

In just half a year, the population of Chenjia Village, which was originally lifeless, increased from more than 70 people to more than 300 people, and the wasteland was as much as 1,000 acres.

In fact, the south of the Southern Song Dynasty had been developed long ago.

Compared with the north, rice can be planted twice or even three times a year in the south.

From a certain perspective, this is why the Southern Song Dynasty court was so absurd, but it could last so long.

Possessing the right time and right place.

"Uncle Chen!"

Just as the young and old people in Chenjia Village went to harvest rice, a county government official came up.

These ordinary people in Chenjia Village were naturally afraid of the official officials.

Only Uncle Chen, who was called, had a calm expression. He just put down the rice and stood up slowly.

"Captain Wang, what are you doing in Chenjia Village this time?"

Nothing else.

This year's taxes have to be paid.

Hearing about the payment of taxes, the faces of the Chen family changed slightly, and their eyes were full of distress.

It was not easy to get a good harvest, and the golden grain had to be handed in.

Uncle Chen nodded calmly when he heard the words, and asked how much the tax was.

If it were according to the old rules of the Southern Song Dynasty, 70% of the taxes could be collected!

After working for a whole year, the people might not even have enough food to survive.

But when Wang Dutou said the amount of tax to be collected, Uncle Chen was shocked.

"Why? 40%?!"

"Those who pay 40% are refugees who rent farm tools and seeds from the government. If they don't borrow these, they only need to pay 30% of the autumn tax." Wang Dutou's servant wiped the sweat from his forehead and explained.

Hearing this, everyone in the field was silent for a moment, and then exclaimed in disbelief.

"Really only 30%?!"

"Are you kidding?"

"Wang Dutou, come and have a drink of water and tell me in detail!"

After Wang Dutou's explanation, everyone in Chenjia Village was convinced.

The King of Tang not only collected only 30% of taxes, but also abolished all miscellaneous taxes!

"Your Highness, the King of Tang, is really a wise king!"

At this moment, the people of Chenjia Village, who received the harvest of their labor in their hands, muttered this sentence.

Of course.

If it was just a decree to collect taxes, Wang Dutou would not have come here in person.

"Uncle Chen, I know you have served in the army of His Royal Highness the King of Tang. The Tartars in the north are going south again. There is an order to recruit young and strong soldiers. Report to the county after the autumn harvest."

As a servant, Wang Dutou was so respectful to Uncle Chen, which was related to this.

After all, there were still many young men in Chenjia Village serving in the King of Tang's army.

On hearing this, a fierce look flashed in the eyes of the honest man called Uncle Chen.

"I didn't expect that the Tartars would only eat and not remember. After the autumn harvest, we will take the young and strong people in the village to report to the county."

Similar things also happened in various places in the south.

"Boss, after paying the taxes, there is still a lot left!" A woman thought carefully.

In addition to the rations and seeds left, the extra food can be sold to the government at a fair price for money.

The money he got was enough to buy a few pieces of coarse cloth for his children to make clothes.

Listening to his wife's chatter, the man just nodded silently, thinking about the news of the county government recruiting soldiers.

If the Tartar went south, wouldn't his hard work in the past six months be in vain?

While Qiao Xuan and others were busy with the autumn harvest, Lin Chen was not idle either.

With his wedding coming up, his master refused to leave the Guo Mansion, let alone meet him.

In the imperial study, Lin Chen dealt with important government affairs in various places during the autumn harvest.

For example, local officials who levied more taxes.

These people are really not afraid of death for money.

Lin Chen looked at what was written in the memorial and shook his head.

It must be said that the Jinyiwei is indeed useful.

Cooperating with the supervision of various places is enough for Lin Chen to understand the trivial matters happening among the people in various places.

As for these guys who reached into the tax collection, he naturally did not intend to show mercy.

When he entered the Jinyiwei prison, he knew how stupid he had been.

At the same time, Lin Chen intended to hold an imperial examination after the autumn harvest to fill the vacancies of the old officials of the Southern Song Dynasty.

As the saying goes, it is hard to find a three-legged toad, but are there not many two-legged literati?

The Southern Song Dynasty was just like the Northern Song Dynasty, with too many officials and too many staff.

With the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, these officials and staff were naturally abolished.

If there are real scholars, they can also stand out in this imperial examination.

During this period, there was another thing that surprised Lin Chen.

That is, the progress of recruiting soldiers in various places was unusually smooth.

That's right, in order to deal with the million-strong army of Kublai Khan heading south.

Lin Chen naturally also ordered the recruitment of 100,000 soldiers and trained them.

But he didn't expect that the number of 100,000 would be full in almost a few days.

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