As far as Zhang Mingtu's future brother knew, Ruihai had suffered a lot in this matter.

It seems simple to find out the corresponding land and assign it to the corresponding people. In modern times, you only need to look through the corresponding documents. But in this era, it is very difficult.

Many landowners and local civilians engaged in various transactions, and the land changed hands several times, but was not officially registered.

There may be hundreds of acres of related land, but only about a hundred acres are officially registered and recorded in their personal names.

What’s more crucial is that the government has different standards for different taxes. For those who own more than 300 acres of land, the tax will be higher, and for those who own more than 500 acres of land, the tax will be higher.

But because of this, the discontinuation of many characters will not be completely registered under the name of one person, but in a large family, there will be someone who specifically and accurately sets the relevant standards and measures.

If the land holdings far exceed the relevant limits, hidden fields will be used.

During this period, many people basically lived in related villages and towns, and knew each other. Therefore, an official figure did not know under whose name a piece of land was sold, but local people knew very well which landlord their land was sold to.

All these data need to be re-counted and registered.

In Xingguo, Ruihai spent several years struggling before gradually sorting out the relevant data. It was with the help of Zhang Mingtu that he was able to cut the Gordian knot and clarify the local situation.

The situation was the same in Jianyi, but it was much more complicated in Jiujiang County.

Since Jianyi and Xingguo took the lead, many local tyrants in Jiujiang County had specifically inquired about the local situation and knew that once the land was clearly accounted for, the next step would be to collect taxes according to the rules set by Ruihai.

No one wants to have their taxes increased significantly for no reason.

After all, the original tax collection was done by the local county magistrate notifying their chief clerk, who in turn notified the wealthy households in various places. The wealthy households then collected a lot of rice from the local villagers through issuing orders and using their prestige.

As long as the relevant taxes are paid, the authorities will not care where the taxes come from. Therefore, there are quite a lot of hidden fields and households.

The tax rate for high-quality land is 70%, for medium-quality land it is 60%, and for low-quality land it is 50%.

The corresponding standards are officially formulated.

If the output is too much, you can keep it for yourself. If the output is too little, the government will also charge the same standard.

The business in the area where Jiujiang County is located is particularly developed, and there are many problems arising in this regard.

There are so many problems that it is difficult to deal with them. Even with Ruihai's level, it will take a long time to sort out the local situation.

Ruihai needs a detailed personnel report on the local situation, otherwise it will be difficult to implement all operations. Even the small piece of cake that Ruihai has divided with great difficulty will be difficult to distribute normally to the people he wants.

The thought flashed through his mind, and Zhang Mingtu smiled and said, "It seems that there is no way to determine the corresponding situation clearly at the moment, and we still need to make some efforts.

However, there are certain gains. The grain production near Wangjia Village should increase to a certain extent. For a clear comparison, it is best to select the same fertility level and the same batch of good farmland for comparison."

Rui Hai nodded: "Just take charge of this matter, I trust you."

After saying that, he took some documents and walked towards his office area.

Zhang Mingtu took a quick look and found that above was the household registration changes and distribution of fertile land related to historical figures during this period.

Just one look at the picture of Tibetans gave him a headache. His future book of life and death was also mentioned by his future brothers. The water in it was so deep that it could drown a person.

Over the years, the standards for different grades of fertile land have been enough to make people's scalps tingle, coupled with the fields that have been deliberately concealed for land reclamation, the land changes over the years, and the flow of people.

There are also people who hide in the deep mountains and forests and become refugees or bandits.

Trying to figure them out one by one is enough to make one's scalp numb.

The people sent out to investigate also found it difficult to figure out the situation in this regard.

Some people don't have this ability and simply can't understand this complicated situation.

After all, the relevant information was previously concealed by landlords and ordinary people. The fields they reclaimed were not registered and were only in their own names, so they did not have to pay more taxes.

Some people are well aware of this, but they simply don't want to investigate it thoroughly. There are huge interests involved, and their families may have concealed a considerable amount of land.

Therefore, they will not investigate the internal situation they know about, but will just submit a report at random.

All the people in Jiujiang County were more or less involved in this incident.

It would be difficult for Ruihai to conduct regular inquiries into the land properties in various places and then collect taxes normally. Jiujiang County is rich, and the people here are not ordinary people. Some of them even serve as officials in Kyoto.

If Ruihai continues to implement the relevant policies, it will only lead to extremely tragic consequences.

The people under his command would even use this to make money by deliberately certifying the wasteland of common people as top-quality farmland, and the land of rich businessmen and wealthy people as ordinary property.

This is a holistic and systematic problem. Ruihai knows the situation, and even the Xingguo and Jianyi regions are in this state.

It's just that the place is small, Ruihai can still sweep everything with clear evidence, but it would be difficult in a larger place.

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