Chapter 1040 Research 2

As a new-style official, Lin Sen has a strong sense of practical investigation.

He did not listen to Zhang Erjing's words. After all, the butt determines the head. Zhang Erjing's interests in the countryside were damaged, so naturally he would not speak well of the farmers.

Lin Sen and his assistant went to the countryside the next day to listen to what the local people had to say.

They rode bicycles and really saw the unique scenery here on the road.

On both sides of the road, several women in their thirties or forties were holding long bamboo poles with a hook and shovel at one end.

A coal truck passed by, and they pulled the matchmaker off the truck as if nothing had happened. The driver could only speed up while cursing.

However, these experienced women chose a section of the road that was not easy to walk.

Lin Sen made a rough estimate. At this moment, dozens of kilograms of coal were lifted from the car.

Zhao Xiaolong was young and energetic, and when he saw this, he wanted to scold him, but was stopped by Lin Sen.

If a few words of scolding could change this problem, the world would not be so difficult to govern.

Lin Sen didn't forget that he was here to find a problem.

If there is a conflict with the villagers now, nothing will be investigated next.

Therefore, at this time, you must first break into them and integrate with them.

"Auntie, the harvest is good."

Lin Sen greeted warmly.

After all, stealing coal is not a glorious thing. These women actually know it in their hearts. None of the young girls who want to save face would do such a thing.

They are all middle-aged women who have experienced the erosion of time and have a clear understanding of life.

Because they know this is disgraceful, they are also afraid of being laughed at by outsiders. Lin Sen's slightly approving and non-discriminatory tone immediately gained the favor of these women.

"good."

One of the women laughed.

"If you do this, the passing drivers may have objections."

Zhao Xiaolong said something.

"As much as they have objections, we still have objections. Our road used to be clean, but since their coal trucks started passing by, the whole road has turned dark."

A woman said dissatisfied.

These words made Zhao Xiaolong speechless, and he found that things were not as simple as he thought.

If it were him, if the roads in his village were crushed and dirty by a group of large trucks, he would also feel resentful.

Villagers with high moral standards can restrain themselves from stealing coal, but who will solve their road problems?

The transportation of coal is to develop Dahua's economy, so it is unrealistic not to allow drivers to pass here.

Zhao Xiaolong thought for a while and found that there was really no solution to this problem.

Lin Sen and Zhao Xiaolong lied that they were reporters from Nanjing and came to investigate some difficulties in the countryside, and then published them in newspapers.

If someone big sees it, they will find a way to solve it.

When they said this, the villagers became very enthusiastic towards them and led them to their homes to sit down and chat.

During the chat, Lin Sen learned about many current problems in rural areas.

For example, the issue of land sales.

During the Ming Dynasty, land could be bought and sold freely, which resulted in the phenomenon of land annexation.

Some rich and powerful people can take advantage of the difficulties at home to buy other people's land.

The consequences of this were of course very bad, and could even be said to be one of the direct causes of the uprising by Li Zicheng and others.

Therefore, after Dahua divided the world, it prohibited the free sale and purchase of land. At the same time, it also formulated a stepped tax rate system to prevent land mergers.

However, with the development of society, this policy has also become somewhat rigid.

For example, in the village Lin Sen investigated, there was a family who had found a good job in the city and wanted to move everyone there.

However, in this case, their family's world will be abandoned and they will have to pay taxes.

This land has become useless to their family, tasteless to eat, and a pity to abandon.

If Dahua's land policy is more flexible and allows buying and selling under special circumstances like this, it will still be good for Dahua's development.

In this way, the family can obtain more funds and have more capital to do business in the city.

And those who buy their land can focus on farming instead of half-heartedly.

In this village, Lin Sen found that many people were struggling with whether to go to work or farm at home.

Farming at home, the upper limit is only fifty acres, and you can't make much money. It's even better to go to the city to find a good job.

However, if they are allowed to buy another 50 or 100 acres and use mechanized planting, their income can exceed that of working and they can concentrate on farming.

Lin Sen thought for a long time at night and wrote a memorial suggesting adjustments to land policy.

In his opinion, Dahua no longer needs to worry about land annexation.

The reason why there were land annexations in the past was because the social security system was extremely backward. Once people fell ill and needed emergency help, they had no choice but to sell their land.

Now, Dahua's security system is relatively better. It is very rare that people need to sell their land to survive, so there is no need to worry that some people will not be able to survive because of losing their land.

Furthermore, there are now many job opportunities in Dahua, and there is no upper limit on the demand for manpower. As long as you are willing to work, you cannot go without food.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the negative consequences of land annexation.

On the contrary, after land annexation, it is also conducive to mechanized concentrated planting and the liberation of labor.

After finishing writing, Lin Sen was a little panicked.

After all, that land policy was drawn up by the Emperor of Heaven himself.

Can the Holy Emperor of Heaven be at fault?

Questioning the decision of the Holy Emperor of Heaven, are you tired of living, tired of living, or tired of living?

Reason told Lin Sen that there was no need for him to write this memorial. He could just pretend that he had not seen the actual situation in the countryside. If he solved some minor problems, the task would be successfully completed.

However, as a person with an awakened mind, he couldn't help but want to express his views.

More importantly, he is still young and vigorous, and does not have the dawdling mentality of old officials.

Now that he discovered this problem, he wanted to solve it.

Therefore, he finally wrote this memorial.

However, he did not send it immediately. After all, there was only one Zhumadian in the survey area, and the sample was too small.

Maybe, only this place is like this, and other places are still not suitable for free buying and selling?

It must be said that officials who have received new education have a much more rigorous way of thinking.

And this also caused Dahua Shao to make many mistakes.

The new generation of officials in Dahua can be said to be the most elite group of officials in the world.

It is precisely because of them that Dahua can develop rapidly and in an orderly manner.