Su Mingzhe announced that after the land taxes are paid, they will all be reserved for local purposes and no longer need to be turned over to the national treasury.

In other words, it is no longer the emperor and the court who have the final say on how much land tax farmers pay for farming, but the county magistrates and gentry in various places.

As soon as the news came out, the court was in an uproar, the scholars were in an uproar, and the whole world was in an uproar.

No one can understand it.

This order is completely inconsistent with the policy of "strengthening the trunk and weakening the branches" that has been implemented since the establishment of the feudal dynasty.

Su Mingzhe didn't care whether these scholars could understand what he meant.

Anyway, he did it to promote this national policy.

Directly order the local Jinyiwei to go to all villages in the countryside to promote the campaign throughout the year.

As the news spread, people in remote areas still had little reaction.

After all, they couldn't believe that the imperial court would be so kind to the people.

However, the people in the Jiangnan area were the first to explode.

You know, the capital of the Ming Dynasty in this world is in Jinling City.

The reading rate in the Jiangnan area exceeds 10%.

As soon as the imperial decree came out, the local people knew about it.

The local county magistrate couldn't hide it at all.

Since the imperial court no longer requires the common people to pay taxes, then the fields that were previously ‘affiliated’ under the names of Master Juren and Master Jinshi should be returned, right?

The local gentry and jinshi lords had the intention not to repay it.

After all, it’s hard to let go of good money!

In order to pay less land tax, these poor people attached the land to themselves, and they themselves were responsible for a lot of things.

Now, the imperial court has issued an order to get their fields back, and no one is willing to do so!

However, it is impossible for them not to pay it back.

After all, if they really lose their conscience and refuse to return their fields, even if these farmers have no evidence and cannot appeal, their reputation among the villagers will be ruined.

In ancient times, reputation could really be eaten.
Chapter completed!