Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

There was silence in the Sheriff's Mansion.

Although some of the people present had heard of Mr. Mo's deeds before, they never expected that the seemingly young boy in front of them would be so murderous.

Kill someone if they don't agree with you.

And he killed one of the highest-status people present.

Representatives of the remaining four families among the 'Five Old Nobles' in Hanzhong looked at He Yuan's body lying on the ground, their bodies trembling and their faces ashen.

Half surprised, half angry.

After all, the five major families in Hanzhong County have always been able to call the shots.

Before Lord Mo arrived, even the Hanzhong County Sheriff had to look at their faces to act. How had they ever suffered such humiliation?

After a while.

I saw another patriarch of the Lu clan, "Lu Boli", stand up and said with a gloomy face: "Master Shengping is acting a little too domineering! Could it be that if we don't sign this contract today, Lord Shengping will still Do you want to kill everyone present?"

Hearing this, Mr. Mo thought seriously for a while, then nodded and said, "It's not impossible to kill them all..."

Lu Boli: "······"

other people:"······"

Lord Mo spread his hands and continued: "Actually, I hope you can help me figure things out in Hanzhong. After all, some of you may also know that I have always had a good relationship with the Meng clan."

"But I'm afraid you don't know another thing. That is that soon, the old general Meng Ao of the Meng clan will lead an army of 200,000 to Zhao."

"During this period, Old General Meng Ao is busy training new recruits, and he is worried that he has no place to show those new recruits blood."

"What's wrong?"

"How about I go say hello and ask General Meng to bring over 200,000 troops to Hanzhong to practice with you guys?"

Everyone: “·······”

this moment.

Many nobles in Hanzhong felt the unevenness of the world for the first time.

What is power?

What is connections?

With just one sentence, Qin could attract an army of 200,000 for him.

Such prestige silenced Lu Boli and everyone present, including Chen Jinghui and even a few people around Mo Jun.

Including Xiong Da, Yao Gui, Yue Nu, Zhu Yeqing and others, it was not until this moment that they suddenly realized that Lord Mo's power had reached this level without knowing it.

Seeing that everyone had stopped speaking, Mo Jun said directly: "Okay, don't waste time, I have finished what I have to say. Next, who is in favor? Who is against?"

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obviously.

Facing a man who could attract an army of 200,000 to him if he just disagreed, everyone present had no strength to resist.

It didn't take long.

I saw a person sitting at the back of the crowd signing his name first.

And with the first person, there will naturally be a second person...

It only takes a moment.

Everyone signed their names on the contract, even the representatives of the remaining 'four old nobles' were no exception.

As for the dead He Yuan, it's even simpler.

A guard randomly came over, dipped his fingerprints on the blood donation on the ground, and pressed it on the contract.

"Great, now our transaction is successfully completed."

After all the guards collected the contract, Mr. Mo briefly looked through it a few times, and then nodded with satisfaction.

Just as everyone was about to leave, Mr. Mo suddenly thought of something and reminded him: "By the way, soon I will send people from the government to your homes to inventory the farmland. I hope you won't hide anything by then. , after all...all the property in your family is registered with the county magistrate's office!"

Mr. Mo's last words were quite meaningful.

And when everyone who was about to leave heard this sentence, their bodies suddenly froze.

to be honest.

Originally, they really had this plan. After all, many people now have so-called "hidden fields" in their homes. Compared with ordinary farmland, these "hidden fields" are the real heritage of major families.

Because "hidden fields" are hidden fields, in other words, these fields do not need to pay taxes.

But it's a pity that Chen Jing's return to the position of county governor was not for nothing. No matter how hidden the property is, it is a fixed family property and cannot disappear in thin air. As long as you check a little more carefully, you can easily find clues.

Others had obviously thought of this, and they all looked at Chen Jinghui with resentment and hatred.

The result is in the next second.

Mo Jun suddenly said: "In addition..."

Before he finished speaking, the people who had just glared at Chen Jinghui suddenly looked like frightened wild cats. They quickly looked away and hurriedly walked out the door.

"...Please, the leader of the Lu clan, please stay for now."

Mo Jun didn't care about other people's reactions and just finished the second half of his words.

As soon as these words came out.

Lu Boli's expression suddenly froze.

The other three representatives of the 'Five Old Nobles' who were walking side by side with him just now seemed to have not heard Lord Mo's words at all, and they began to speed up their pace.

It didn't take long.

Among the old nobles in the entire county governor's mansion, only Lu Boli was left alive.

Lu Boli had no choice but to take a deep breath, slowly turned around, saluted Mr. Mo and said, "I wonder what the purpose of Mr. Shengping is to stay with the next person?"

Mr. Mo smiled softly and said, "Clan Chief Lu, don't be nervous. I am not keeping you here for the property, but for another small matter."

"It's a coincidence. In fact, I have already arrived in Qunshan County three days ago. Originally, I planned to build a house in Qunshan County for rest. Unexpectedly, I was recruiting workers in Qunshan County. At that time, we actually couldn’t recruit anyone. Do you think this is weird?”

"Hiss~~~"

Although Mo Jun hadn't finished speaking yet, Lu Boli took a deep breath when he heard this, feeling that his whole brain was about to burst.

Although he does not personally manage some of the affairs of the Lu family today, he has also heard about some of the things that people below him do.

Although Lu Boli knew about the things his dental shop was doing, he didn't pay too much attention to them.

But he never expected that one day, these guys would actually cause such a huge disaster to him.

At this moment, Mr. Mo continued: "Later, I went to the dental shop of the Lu family, and it turned out that the dental shop of your family actually offered me a high price of 30,000 gold coins, and I also wanted to pay for it. Only by purchasing the land deed on a barren mountain can I build my mansion.”

"I feel that this price is a bit damaging to the market, and I wanted to go to the government to ask for an explanation. But I didn't expect that the shopkeeper of the dental shop actually told me that if I could get an explanation from the government, he would cut off his head. Give it to me."

"Clan Chief Lu, what do you think...how should we solve this matter?"

Lu Boli's cold sweat began to flow uncontrollably. After hearing Mr. Mo's last words, Lu Boli bowed deeply and said, "I will definitely give Mr. Shengping a satisfactory answer."

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Mr. Mo is obviously not a very generous person.

So that night, the head of the sharp-mouthed man from the Yaxing branch of the Lu family was brought to Lord Mo.

Moreover.

In fact, we can’t blame Mr. Mo for being petty in this matter.

After all, he was willing to admit defeat. He said that if Mr. Mo went to the government to complain, the sharp-mouthed man would have to cut off his head and give it to him.

A man, a real man.

You have to keep your word!

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Another half month passed.

With Chen Jinghui's assistance, all the property contracts of all the landowners and nobles who signed the contracts that day were delivered to Lord Mo.

Mo Jun counted and found that all the land deeds amounted to more than 1.7 million acres.

After getting this data.

Even Mo Jun couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

You know, although the farmland in Hanzhong County is still fertile, overall, the area of ​​Hanzhong County is not very large, and it is far from comparable to Nan County, let alone the land of Bashu.

According to Chen Jinghui's estimate, the total farmland in the entire Hanzhong County is probably more than 2 million acres, not more than 3 million.

But now only a hundred families have actually taken out more than 1.7 million acres of land deeds. One can imagine how serious the land annexation problem in Hanzhong County is.

"Sir... Sir, is it really okay for us to do this?"

Even Chen Jinghui was shocked by Mr. Mo's amazing act this time. To put it bluntly, Mr. Mo's behavior this time was no different from that of a robber or bandit.

Even though the major nobles in Hanzhong were so willing to hand over the land deeds, he could guarantee that these people would not give up in the future.

There is a certain background behind these people.

If all the nobles in Hanzhong unite, even for Lord Mo, there will be a lot of pressure.

What's more important is that this time Mr. Mo himself is not reasonable!

However, in the face of Chen Jinghui's worries, Mo Jun fiddled with the land deed and said casually: "Let them make trouble for a while. Let's wait and see when they can hand over the memorial!"

Lord Mo naturally knew that this group of old aristocratic forces would not give up so easily, but he did not serve as Lord Shengping for nothing. Now the power center of the Qin State, Lord Mo has also deployed many people.

Let’s talk about the simplest concept.

Even if Chen Jinghui, who is now the governor of Hanzhong County, wants to sue Mo Jun, if his memorial is not rejected seven or eight times in the central organization, Mo Jun will be able to take his surname.

Mr. Mo has never thought of being an upright official.

the reason is simple.

There may be someone in this world who can single-handedly change the entire era.

But this person is definitely not Mr. Mo.

If Mr. Mo were a piece of white paper and he was thrown into a vat of ink, he would not have the slightest certainty that he would not be corroded.

But if Mr. Mo is an ingot and thrown into a vat of ink, he is sure to become the hardest and blackest one in the vat of ink.

He can do good things, but he will never be a good person.

"Sir, what will happen to these land deeds next? Will they be returned to the common people?"

"No need, we keep these land deeds."

It is naturally impossible for Mr. Mo to do something stupid like returning the land deeds to the common people. This era does not belong to the common people.

Mr. Mo is almost certain that if he returns the land deeds to the common people today, it is estimated that within ten years, these land deeds will be back in the hands of the landowners and nobles.

In this era, as long as the nobles think about it, they have 10,000 ways to take away the fields from the common people.

As for pursuing the idea of ​​democracy and equality in one's own fiefdom, that is even more of an act seeking death.

Again.

When everyone is accustomed to darkness, if a beam of light suddenly appears, everyone's first reaction will be to assimilate or extinguish it.

But if a darker place suddenly appears at this time, everyone will be more likely to accept it, and they will even feel longing and yearning for it because of his mystery.

Therefore, if you want to legally and reasonably allow Hanzhong civilians to own land that can support themselves, the only way is for Mo Jun to become the largest 'landowner' in Hanzhong.

"Chen Jinghui, next you issue a notice to everyone. From now on, all civilians in Hanzhong County who farm will have to rent fields from me and pay 50% of the grain tax every year."

"Sir, is this... tax too high?"

After hearing Mr. Mo's instructions, Chen Jinghui's expression suddenly changed.

An important reason why he was willing to serve Lord Mo was that he thought Lord Mo's arrival would bring changes to Hanzhong County. But now, isn't it the same as before?

Facing Chen Jinghui's words, Mo Jun calmly shook his head and said: "This tax is enough. The low price of grain hurts farmers. In the future, the price of grain in the HZ market must be artificially controlled by us to maintain it." Stablize."

"And now Hanzhong County has planted 'new grain seeds'. Even if only half of the harvest is left, it will be equivalent to the entire harvest of previous years."

oh!

yes!

Hanzhong County is planting "new grain seeds" this year, and the output is at least double that of previous years.

Chen Jing slapped his forehead, almost forgetting such an important thing.

"In addition, I will bring some new 'vegetable seedlings' over time. You can also make an announcement to allow the common people of Hanzhong County to grow some vegetables in places where it is inconvenient to grow 'new rice seeds' and other grains." The land is used to grow soybeans and the new vegetable seeds I brought.”

"When these vegetables mature, I will send someone to buy them."

Mo Jun has now finished his development period. Now that he plans to develop Hanzhong County, he can carry out drastic reforms without having to act as secretly as before.

"Yes, I have noted it down."

Chen Jing replied respectfully.

Finally, Mr. Mo looked at Xiong Dadao: "The [New Mo Mansion] side can almost start construction now. If you are too busy by then, you can ask Heiyu and the others to come from Xianyang."

Xiong Da nodded and said, "I understand!"

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