Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 609

"My lord, what I mean is that these lands may be distributed to those poor people so that they can also cultivate land."

Land is the most important thing. As long as there is land, basically you can't starve to death.

However, there are still many people in Datang who have no land, or only have very little land, and they can barely make ends meet by being tenants for others.

Take the people near the Great Buddha Temple as an example.

The Great Buddha Temple has [-] mu of fertile land, but they only have [-] monks, and these [-] monks are not engaged in production. So who planted these lands for them?

They are all nearby people, and they are all tenants of the Great Buddha Temple.

These tenants basically don't have any land, and their lives are difficult. If they don't plant land for the Great Buddha Temple, they will have nothing to eat.

Moreover, in Qin Tian's view, if these monasteries are eliminated, the people will not be given some benefits and benefits, and the people will have to complain again, leaving them with no place to put their souls.

The poorer people are, the more unsatisfactory their life is, the easier it is to be obsessed with beliefs, because it can temporarily escape their difficulties in life.

Now that there is no such thing, their lives have not improved, and sooner or later something will happen.

The society will be more stable if the land is distributed to the people. What's more, the people in other places in the Tang Dynasty will be able to share the land when they see the land of the temple. I am afraid that the people in other places will respond positively?

Dividing land has always been a very tempting thing for the common people.

Qin Tian stood up and said something, and the court officials immediately rolled their eyes after hearing this.

"My lord Qin, what you say is so unreasonable. Why should the imperial court's land be distributed to the common people? If it is given to them, they only pay taxes, which will greatly reduce the imperial court's income."

"That's right, it's better to sell these lands. After selling them, you can still collect taxes..."

Many people in the court were talking about it. In their opinion, plucking the hair twice is the best result for Datang.

Li Shimin was also a little tangled listening to the discussions of the officials.

He naturally knew what the ministers meant. They wanted these fertile lands. If these fertile lands were sold, it would not be of much benefit to the people, but for Datang, it could really make them richer all at once.

But he didn't really want too much land to be concentrated in the hands of these officials, which would be unstable for Datang.

He glanced at Qin Tian, ​​who stood up again, and said, "Could it be the king's land on the coast of the land, the land in the world belongs to the Tang Dynasty, since those people are the people of my Tang Dynasty, what's the point of giving them the land?" No? Isn’t the land of so many people in Tang Dynasty distributed in this way? As for taxes, it’s easy to say, as long as those who get these lands can collect more grain from them in the first three years, after three years, the land belongs to them All of them can be collected as usual.”

The land of any dynasty was distributed to the people free of charge by the court, and then the court collected taxes from the people.

This is basically the case at the beginning of the dynasty, but the annexation was serious in the later period, and many people gradually lost their land. Once this happened, the dynasty would be in danger.

As Qin Tian said this, there were still people in the court who objected, and some even roared and scolded Qin Tian, ​​but Qin Tian stood in the main hall, but he was as calm as water.

There are a lot of words, and it's useless to talk too much, as long as Li Shimin can understand it alone.

Li Shimin looked at the situation in the court hall, and after a long time, he finally said: "Okay, follow what Qin Aiqing said, and distribute the land to the people who don't have land or have very little land."
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The morning recedes, and the sun is surprisingly good at noon in early autumn.

The sky of Chang'an City is cloudless and beautiful without support.

On the way back to the mansion, Qin Tian found many people gathered in groups, as if they were in a hurry, but Qin Tian didn't care much.

As soon as he arrived at the mansion, he saw a servant who was also in a hurry to go out. At this moment, Qin Tian felt that something was wrong.

"What are you going to do?" Qin Tian stopped the servant and asked.

"Master Hou, Uncle Fu asked me to buy salt."

"Buy salt?" Qin Tian frowned slightly: "Isn't the salt in the house enough for a month? Why do you still buy it?"

"It's not only enough for a month, but now it's enough for half a year, but Uncle Fu still wants to buy it."

"Is it enough for half a year?" Qin Tian was a little speechless. It must be that Uncle Fu ordered someone to buy it before he came back, but what are you doing with so much salt?
"Go and call Faber."

The servant hesitated for a moment, but hurriedly called Uncle Fu.

Not long after, Fu Bo came over.

"Young master, are you back?"

Qin Tian glanced at Uncle Fu and asked, "What do you buy so much salt for? I heard it's enough for the government to eat for half a year."

Although salt is a daily necessities, the price is not particularly expensive, but it is used every day, so there is a lot of demand. Salt for half a year is not a small expense.

Asked by Qin Tian, ​​Fu Bo immediately reacted a little fiercely: "My lord, you don't know that the price of salt has increased, and it has increased a lot. I heard that it will continue to increase. If you don't buy it now, you will need to spend more in the future." The money is enough, Madam thinks we should stockpile it for a year, and Sihaiju also needs a lot of salt, so we can’t buy it.”

"Ma'am, that lady?"

"Mrs. Tang."

Qin Tian smiled wryly, he knew it was Tang Rong, and she was the only one who cared about such a thing, but Qin Tian was stunned for a moment again: "Why is salt so expensive all of a sudden?"

"I heard that the salt production decreased this year, so less salt was brought to Chang'an City. Then, the price of salt was pushed up."

If there is less production, the price will naturally rise. This is an unchanging law, but as far as Qin Tian knows, the salt production this year is not very low. How could it be less?
I'm afraid someone will do something about it.

Qin Tian thought for a moment, and said to Uncle Fu, "You don't need to buy any more salt."

After all, Qin Tian left the Hou Mansion directly and rushed to Shangshu Province.

When they came to Shangshu Province, some other officials were busy, and they were talking about the price of salt.

"I heard that the price of salt in the corner of the mouth has increased. It's really strange."

"Who says it's not? Mr. Tang from the Ministry of Household Affairs has already gone to investigate. I don't know if there is any result of the investigation."

"This matter is easy to investigate. There are only two reasons. Either there is a shortage of salt, or there are people hoarding the goods. If the salt merchants stock up on these things and don't sell them, the price of salt will rise in a few days."

"........."

When everyone was talking like this, when they saw Qin Tian, ​​they were stunned for a moment, and quickly got up: "Why is Lord Hou here?"

"Where is Mr. Tang?"

"In the household department, I heard that the price of salt has increased, and he is investigating."

Qin Tian nodded and didn't say much to these people. He turned around and went to the household department again. He just wanted to find Tang Jian and inquire about the specific situation.

This matter should not be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)