The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 616 The Great Ocean of People's War

Day two.

Cui Yan participated in the inner government meeting for the first time after returning to Tan County, but did not say a word during the whole process, quietly listening to the returning members of the inner government report the results of this relief to the people.

How much food was used, how many people were assisted, how is the livelihood of the people in the three prefectures now, these scattered but important tasks, Xun Yu asked them one by one, and then recorded them in the record and sealed them up for future use Easy to check.

After sorting out these details, Cui Jun, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, got up and submitted a list of officials who had neglected their duties and were greedy for money and food to the Ministry of Punishment.

Although there is a large team for disaster relief this time, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate is on the sidelines, people's hearts are greedy after all, and some people still commit crimes against the wind, and were finally arrested by the Metropolitan Procuratorate on the spot.

However, the Metropolitan Procuratorate only has the right to supervise and has no right to judge, so it still has to be submitted to the Ministry of Criminal Justice for review and conviction.

In terms of penalties, when the Lin Dynasty implemented the New Deal, it had set up a corresponding penalty mechanism. After several years of additions, it has tended to be perfect, so there is no need to worry about not being able to rely on it.

After Jushou took over the list, he immediately ordered a thorough investigation.

After another busy day, it was already noon.Xun Yu looked at the sky, and when he was about to announce his dismissal, Cui Yan, who had been silent all this time, stood up at this moment.

Cui Yan let out a long breath, then straightened his clothes very solemnly, and when he raised his head again, his eyes were full of determination.

"Everyone, on this trip to Jizhou, wherever he went, there were many bones, all the people he saw were disheveled, and all the sounds he heard were weeping and weeping. The mighty Yin and Yang are full of echoes of the inhumanity of the world. Where the rotten grass glows, Life and death all look up to the mighty heart of heaven!

We are officials, and we should help our lord and herdsmen on behalf of the sky, and we should go up to help the country and go down to help the common people.Now the people under the rule have no place to live, no home, no clothes to cover their bodies, no food to satisfy their hunger, they are in constant fear, and it is difficult to distinguish things when they are busy. This is all my fault! "

The implementation of any policy must start with a high-sounding reason.

But what Cui Yan said was the real experience of his trip, and he said it sincerely, which could arouse the sympathy of everyone in the inner palace.

Hearing this, everyone in the government affairs hall showed compassion and remained silent.

Xun Yu first sighed, and then said, "Ji Gui, you may as well speak up if you have something to say. My lord has always been benevolent in government and cared for the people, and always cared about the common people. As long as there is a policy that can benefit the common people, you will know what to say."

Cui Yan said loudly: "When I entered Xuzhou at the beginning of the past, Lin Changshi said that everything should be done to support the people's livelihood. Today, there is a policy that can make the world peaceful, the people live in peace, and benefit all people in the world."

After laying the groundwork for so long, Cui Yan finally revealed his purpose.

Xun Yu suddenly became interested, and asked, "It's He Liangce, Ji Gui, but it's okay to say!"

"Check the population, measure the land, distribute the fields, and reform the tax system!"

The words in Cui Yan's mouth are clear and clear, every word is pearly.

But as soon as this remark came out, a pot exploded in the government affairs hall!

This is amazing too!

They thought that Cui Yan had some good idea, but who would have thought that he dared to attack these four aspects!
Good guy, this is a reform!

Since ancient times, the foundation of a dynasty is land and population.

And if a dynasty wants to survive, it depends on taxes.

What Cui Yan said just now included all four aspects, who would believe that this is not a political reform?

Reformers since ancient times have all come to an end in dismay, and none of them ended well. Where did you, Cui Jigui, have the courage?
Furthermore, with your weight and official position, it seems that it is not enough to support a reform!

Unless... he, Cui Jigui, was just a pawn with someone behind him to support him.

The identity of this person is already revealed.

For a moment, everyone in the Government Affairs Hall immediately smelled a bloody storm.

Lin Zichu is going to have a big game!

Not only everyone was shocked, even Xun Yu was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Ji Gui, this matter is of great importance, and it won't be too late to discuss it after the lord returns."

Don't talk about it, the matter is serious.

Just like Pandora's box, if you don't open it, you will be safe, and everyone will not pay attention to it.

But once opened, the situation is irreversible.

Regarding Xun Yu's dissuasion, Cui Yan sneered, and continued to speak: "Xun Changshi, the government affairs hall always expresses their own opinions, so is it possible that today they are going to make an exception?"

"This……"

Xun Yu was at a loss for words for a while, and at the same time gave Cui Yan an annoyed look.

This is saving you!
There are those who want to calm things down, and those who watch the excitement and don't think it's a big deal.

Tian Feng stood up immediately, and laughed loudly: "If there is a good plan, Cui Yushi might as well say it bluntly, this inner palace has never been anyone's word."

Say it quickly, I'm pretty good!
Tian Feng is head iron, Cui Yan is upright, the two have a good relationship.Now Cui Yan seemed more prepared, how could Tian Feng not respond.

Cui Yan nodded his thanks to Tian Feng, and then continued: "Someone thinks that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Household Department will send officials to measure the land and acres in each state and determine their ownership. At the same time, the population will be checked and the household certificate will be issued. For those People who have not been registered must also be re-registered, and the land will be distributed together.”

The so-called transfer post is the identity card of this era, but it is only a temporary proof.

The reason is that in this era, people rarely leave their hometowns, and their mobility is extremely poor. Only when they need to go out of the city to do errands, they will go to the village to obtain the household registration card.

But these years of frequent wars, this temporary identity card has long lost its due effect.

Therefore, Cui Yan suggested that while the population is checked, household stickers should be issued to everyone, and the attributes should be changed from temporary to permanent.

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the hall suddenly became restless.

Especially those members of the aristocratic family, all of them were shocked, their gazes towards Cui Yan were filled with murderous intent.

Even some officials of the Xuzhou Group had unnatural expressions on their faces.

Cui Yan's move can be described as an indiscriminate attack, and he ruthlessly attacked everyone present, even himself.

Let me talk about the population check first. This is a good thing to see, because it can know the number of people under the rule.

But in today's troubled times, no matter whether it is those aristocratic families that have developed for 200 years or the new nobles like Xuzhou, which one has not hidden some people?
It is popular in this era to support scholars, and the number of guests can often symbolize the prestige and status of individuals and families.

And these guest parts are the hidden population.

There are even more refugees who are attached to aristocratic families because they cannot survive.If we really want to start counting the population, the lid will not be able to cover it.

Those refugees who did not sell themselves into slavery, but attached themselves to the big families, were bound to be resettled. Without these people, how would those big families cultivate the large amount of land in their hands?
In this way, the loss is not insignificant.

But even such a big loss is nothing compared to the second one.

In this era, even officials have to pay land rent, but part of it can be exempted.The part beyond the reduction or exemption still needs to pay the land rent.

Although those aristocratic families had hairpin tassels from generation to generation, only a few members of the family were officials in the court.Compared with the land properties they have acquired in the past 200 years, the tax exemption amount is estimated to be less than one percent.

It is really necessary to re-measure the land. It is estimated that the money and food that these aristocratic families have to hand over every year will be more than a hundred times!

Not only the aristocratic family, even these Xuzhou upstarts have more and more fields every year.

Originally, he only needed to pay one yuan, but if Cui Yan was allowed to carry out this policy, he would have to pay tens or even hundreds of yuan every year in the future.

Who is willing to pay a lot of money from his own pocket to the court?

Since ancient times, cutting off people's wealth is tantamount to killing their parents!
Therefore, Cui Yan, who proposed this strategy, naturally became the target of everyone's murder.

What a good strategy, this is simply cutting flesh with a knife!

Cui Jigui must not stay here!

Compared with the first two policies, the third clause, the distribution of land, can only be regarded as a supplementary clause, prompting the rapid loss of the population controlled by the aristocratic family.

Most of the people who are willing to attach themselves to the aristocratic family are unable to pay taxes due to a disaster year, so they have to do it as a last resort.If they were given a chance to choose again, the people would definitely choose to farm by themselves instead of continuing to work for the family.

Cui Yan's first three strategies are exactly three sharp knives, piercing the vitals of the aristocratic family!
Even so, it is still not enough.

While everyone was talking about it, Tian Feng smiled happily, and continued to ask: "Cui Yushi's first three strategies can be said to be old-fashioned words for the country, but I don't know how to change the fourth strategy to reform the tax system. ?”

Hearing this, everyone immediately glared at Tian Feng, and even hated him.

Watching the excitement is not a big deal, is it?
Cui Yan replied: "Someone thinks that counting tax and oral tax should be banned, and land rent should be increased instead. Relying on the law of garrisoning land, the common people don't pay ten taxes and five taxes for land rent!"

This sentence is equivalent to Cui Yan's final fatal blow, directly piercing the hearts of all the aristocratic families!
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the land rent was taxed at [-] yuan. Later, Emperor Wen reformed and reduced the land rent by half, which became [-] yuan.

Calculated according to the ratio, one-thirtieth of the land rent is not high, or even very low.The common people produce thirty shi of grain, but they only need to hand in one shi of grain, which can be said to be quite light and poor.

But has the life of the people improved?

not at all!
The reason is that the word "tax" still comes first, followed by tax.

The tax here refers to the poll tax.

Those under the age of 25 are required to pay 120 qian per year, while adult men and women have to pay [-] qian per year.

This year's harvest is bumper, and after paying the land rent and taxes, the people still have food to eat.

However, if there is a natural disaster next year and there is no harvest in the fields, the land rent will not have to be paid, but the poll tax will still be unavoidable, and even a cent less will not do!

Calculated according to all the taxes handed in every year, the poll tax accounted for almost 90.00% of the total tax!
It is not difficult to understand why there are refugees.

In the disaster year, the common people can't eat enough for themselves, so how can they have the money to pay the tax?
Then they can only throw away the land and run away, but people can't live without food, and in desperation, they can only sell their bodies to aristocratic families, begging for a living.

From this point of view, the policy of poll tax is the reason why the aristocratic family can annex the land and absorb the population so quickly.

The aristocratic family absorbed a large amount of land and hid a large number of people, but only paid land rent and no taxes.Over time, the aristocratic family became stronger and the court became more empty, so it was not uncommon for the dynasty to change.

This wave is tantamount to the court playing itself to death.

Therefore, the poll tax, in the eyes of Lin Chao, is a disorderly government, and even the root of the world's long-standing evils!
If it is not abolished, even if you can level the world, it will be difficult for the world to have a prosperous life for more than 50 years.

Cui Yan's strategy directly added the original poll tax to the land rent.In this way, everyone pays taxes according to the number of acres of land. Whoever has more land and wealth will pay more taxes, which is relatively fair.

You aristocratic families want to annex the land?
Go ahead!

Anyway, paying taxes is indispensable.

You people have to pay me as much as the common people pay per acre of land, and you can’t do without a penny.

So as soon as Cui Yan's words came out, the Government Affairs Hall, which had already exploded, became even more noisy.

If the first three strategies tied the hands and feet of the aristocratic family, then this last strategy is the real fatal blow!

At the same time, a hint of understanding flashed in Tian Feng's eyes.

No wonder a few days ago when Lin Zichu asked a certain farmer about the results of farming, it turned out that it had been premeditated.

Thinking so in his heart, he scanned for a week, and after reading the anxious and angry expressions of everyone in the hall, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Lin Zichu has always used despicable methods, but he has to admit that they are really effective.

To deal with these aristocratic families, even killing them all is useless.Once a crop is killed, another crop will grow again.If you want to do it once and for all, you have to cut the knife from the root.

It's just that such a strategy of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot will inevitably encounter strong resistance from all the aristocratic families, even if they risk their lives, they will fight to the end with you.

So whether this knife can be cut off is still open to question.

But at this moment, Wang Yun's heart had already sunk to the bottom.

At this time, he suddenly realized.

It turned out that Lin Zichu had been backing down all along, and he had been waiting for this moment!
Before the new paper incident, Wang Yun thought that Lin Chao would use one or two generations to slowly weaken the aristocratic family.

After the Xuegong incident, Wang Yun thought that the Lin Dynasty was going to hollow out the foundation of the aristocratic family within ten years.

Today he finally understood that Lin Zichu didn't want to wait even one year, not to mention one or two generations!
As long as this decree is implemented, the decline of the family will be a foregone conclusion in an instant, and it will be irreversible.

No, he must not allow this situation to happen!
So the next moment Wang Yun stood up and refuted loudly: "Cui Yushi's words are words that harm the country and the people. You must not listen to it!"

After Wang Yun's words fell, Sima Fang also stood up and echoed: "That's right, the people used to have a tax of [-] one, so they can live and work in peace and contentment. Now Cui Yushi wants to change the tax to [-] and [-], so it's hard to force the people to sell their children and daughters." If a civil uprising is provoked, Cui Yushi will be guilty of a great crime!"

In order to prevent Cui Yan from carrying out these four strategies, the two old fellows who seldom expressed their opinions on weekdays went into battle shirtless at this moment and took the lead in launching a counterattack.

Moreover, when they opened and closed their mouths, they all used the common people as an excuse, which seemed extremely mocking.

"What Wang Shangshu and Sima Shangshu said is reasonable. The Thirty Taxes is a national law that has been implemented for hundreds of years, and how can it be easily changed. If you change it rashly, it will inevitably attract people to fight against it. At that time, you, Cui Jigui, will never be forgiven for your crime!"

Another family official stood up and said, even pointing the finger at Cui Yan directly.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of family officials stood up to object.

In his speech and demeanor, he was no longer satisfied with preventing the implementation of the New Deal, but even wanted to put Cui Yan to death.

Seeing so many people objecting in unison, Xun Yu couldn't help but smile wryly.

Since Cui Yan said these four strategies, he has anticipated this situation.

Of course, it is not that no one supports Cui Yan.

Tian Feng, Xun Chen, and Ju Shou immediately stood up and expressed their support for the New Deal.Cui Jun and Zang Hong, who also belong to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, also expressed their support.

However, the remaining Xuzhou department officials chose to remain silent.

After all, no one is willing to take the initiative to cut flesh, and it is reasonable for them to do so.

Seeing that the two sides are about to start a war of words and guns, which seems to be endless, Xun Yu had no choice but to stand up and smooth things over.

"Don't worry, everyone, this matter is of great importance, and we will discuss it later, and discuss it later!"

Nearly half of the people in the government affairs hall opposed the new deal, so the matter had to be left alone.

For this result, Cui Yan was not disappointed at all, and even watched it with a smile throughout the process.

It was only after the assignment was made that the important officials of the inner mansion headed by Xun Yu, including Xun Chen, Ju Shou, Tian Feng, Cui Yan and even Cui Jun, Zang Hong, etc., all came to the gate of the Lin Mansion in unison.

At this time, the sky was getting late, and scattered snowflakes floated in the sky again.

After the door of the Lin Mansion was opened, it was still Uncle Fu's smiling face that had never changed for thousands of years.

"My lords, the Patriarch welcomes you!"

Tian Feng suddenly sneered, and said: "Everyone, it seems that Lin Zichu will arrive early and we will come."

The expressions on other people's faces were not as relaxed as his, especially Xun Yu, the leader, sighed after hearing the words, and strode towards the mansion.

In the study room at this time, Lin Chao was sitting in the main seat, and Xin Pi and Zhao Yun were sitting on the left and right.

When everyone pushed the door and entered, just in time for the secret conversation between the three of them to end, Zhao Yun and Simpi got up and left.

After the two left, Lin Chao looked at the people covered with snowflakes, and couldn't help laughing: "Everyone is so leisurely and elegant today, and they all came here. Don't you want to have a meal?"

As he spoke, Lin Chao waved his sleeves, motioning for Uncle Fu to serve him some tea.

After everyone was seated, you looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said a word
Originally, he was holding back the words, but when he saw Lin Chao, he couldn't say anything.

After a long time, it was Xun Yu who took the lead with a wry smile and said, "Zi Chu, you played a bit too big this time."

"It's not big, it's not big at all, the big one is still behind."

Lin Chao shook his head and smiled, his gaze was already looking into the distance, as if he could see the scene thousands of miles away through the door.

At the same time, it is the place where the common people are resettled in Tan County.

It was completely dark, and the light snow in the sky continued to fall.

Even so, nearly ten thousand people gathered in the camp, and some even lit torches.

But among these common people, there were a few people who spoke loudly.

Because of being too excited, these people had already blushed and their voices were hoarse.

"Everyone, today the state government is discussing matters, and a high-ranking official proposed to give us land, no matter men, women, old or young, [-] acres per person! The distribution will start in the spring of next year!"

As soon as this remark came out, the crowd of onlookers suddenly became overwhelmed, and all of them showed joy.

Land is the foundation of their lives and their lifeblood.

Now they have become refugees, and the original land has long been abandoned.The government is willing to distribute the land to them again, such a good thing is unimaginable.

Everyone has a herd mentality, not to mention the common people of this era, even the highly educated talents of later generations are the same.

When there are too many people, it is easy to be controlled by emotions, and there is no place for rationality.

I just had a full meal in the past two days, and I heard about the great news of the land distribution. For a while, the people only had joy in their hearts, and they didn't care about the source and authenticity of the news.

After the commotion, someone in the crowd asked those in the middle: "Is what you said true or not, I've never heard of such a good thing!"

"Of course it's true, what good can I do by lying to you!"

Seeing someone questioning, the person who spoke before said with a displeased face: "The state capital today is very different from previous years. If we encountered natural disasters in previous years and people like us rolling in the mud, how could the state capital be ashamed?" look at you?
But this year is different. The state government can't help but let us go to the city, and even gave us a ration of life.I lied to you, but the food in my stomach will not lie to you! "

After being refuted, the person who questioned before was blushed and reflected on his face full of shame.

The man in the middle continued to shout: "Why is this year different from previous years? It's because the current state capital is governed by Liu Gongxuande, the prince of the dynasty. Xuande is a magnanimous man who loves the people like a son. At the most critical time of the war this year, Lord Xuande came to the city and fought the enemy himself. Even if the bandit army was strong, at the last moment of the fierce battle, Lord Xuande vowed to protect us to the death and did not let the bandits enter the city.

What's so strange about such a benevolent Lord willing to give us land!

And today's official is the one who has been following Duke Xuande all this time, and he is educated by Duke Xuande with the way of benevolence and righteousness every day, so it is only natural that he becomes a good official. "

As soon as this remark came out, the emotions of the onlookers were immediately ignited, and they shouted Xuande Gongrenyi!
After this burst of emotions passed, the face of the man in the middle suddenly changed, and he shouted angrily: "Mr. Xuande wanted to give us the land, but someone was unwilling, so this matter was not carried out!"

"why?"

Immediately, some people shouted.

There has been no hope, and people don't care.But just seeing hope, but instantly despairing, this sense of gap is unacceptable to everyone.

So, the people were once again ignited, only this time with anger.

"Just now you said that Lord Xuande loves the people like a son, so why don't his officials give us land?"

"That's right, how dare the officials of the state government refuse to listen to Duke Xuande?"

After a while of rhetorical questions, he directly asked what the people wanted to ask but dared not ask.

The man in the middle said loudly: "Everyone be quiet, be quiet! Mr. Xuande is currently fighting in Qingzhou, and he must not know what happened in Tan County. Those corrupt officials saw that Mr. Xuande was not there, so they began to plot Feng Yang violated the law and didn’t want to give us the land.”

As soon as this remark came out, nearly ten thousand people onlookers fell silent.

Although very helpless, it is common sense in this era that the people do not fight with officials, so what can they do?
But when he thinks that the land that should belong to him is controlled by some people, he will inevitably feel extremely painful.

After the atmosphere of silence lasted for a while, the man in the middle said loudly again: "Everyone, we can't swallow our anger, we must seek justice!"

"How?"

someone in the crowd asked.

"Go make trouble, go question them! I know which officials are unwilling to distribute the land to us, and I happen to know where their mansions are. He is a leader, so let me go to ask for an explanation!"

Hearing this, the common people wanted to move, but they dared not respond after all.

Then a voice rang out from the crowd: "If the higher-ups investigate and cut off our food, what should we do?"

"How to pursue it, why should we pursue it! If there is no land, even if the state government is willing to help us, what will we eat in the spring of next year? Will we starve to death by then!

Rather than being starved to death, it is better to ask for an explanation.The truth is that the law does not blame the public, not to mention that Mr. Xuande has always loved the people like his son, and will never punish us for this. "

The common people in this era are already martial arts, and seeing this man's words are convincing, plus Xuzhou has indeed been extremely lenient to the common people in the past two years, and there is still resentment that the land has been taken away...

Under the support of various conditions, the fear of the people was temporarily suppressed.

Instead, it was a monstrous rage.

"Okay, I'll go with you and vow to seek justice from these dog officials!"

"Someone is going too!"

"It counts as one!"

"Go together, go together!"

The fear was suppressed, the anger was ignited, and the next moment it turned into an unrivaled force and rushed into the city.

……

In the dark, when Xin Pi and Zhang Yun saw the scene of this passionate group, smiles appeared on the corners of their mouths.

"General Zhang is good at it!"

Xin Pi gave Zhang He a thumbs up, smiled and praised.

"Sir, I'm sorry, how can the last general have such wisdom, all these are the methods taught by the supervising army."

Xin Pi smiled and said: "Even if Chang Shi personally taught it, General Zhang can display it like this, it is enough to show that the general has the talent of a general.

Once the common people move this time, the general trend will come! "

　This chapter has a lot of dry stuff. It analyzes the root causes of the demise of ancient dynasties. I hope everyone will not be too dry.

　　
　
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