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Chapter 602 Land Reform Proposals

Half an hour later, Bai Fan stopped the drilling machine and nodded in satisfaction. This shield machine (shield tunnel boring machine, which appeared in history since 1840) has a simple structure and is easy to operate. Although the size is not big, it can be said that it is really unprecedented to try to build a shield machine that can be used for the first time in this era.

Bai Fan's idea is that as long as this thing can be worth hundreds of people digging rocks together, it is worth spending a month of steel and labor on it.

Li Jiancheng was puzzled when he saw Bai Fan get out of the car and gesticulate to the Zhanshan Beast. He stepped forward and asked, "Jian, didn't you say that the first batch of iron cattle in the iron and steel plant was the focus? What happened?" A drill beast? What does Datang want this for? Do you want to drill through Zhongnan Mountain?"

Bai Fan shook his head and said, "Where is it that I want? It's your precious third son Li Chengxun. His teacher Li Chun aspires to build bridges, but Chengxun aspires to build roads. He wants to build a straight road leading to Bashu, opening roads across mountains and building bridges when encountering waters.

I saw the drill mountain beast in the academy, and pestered me all day to ask for one, saying that it was going to cut through the Qinling Mountains, but I had no choice but to agree to it. "

Li Jiancheng was speechless, why is the reason still on his own son?

But Li Er was not so easy to fool around, he opened his mouth and asked: "Jian Zhi, you are the master, and he is the disciple, how dare he not respect the master's order? You say that there is nothing you can do about being entangled, I don't believe it."

Bai Fan is speechless, he sees it through but doesn't say it, he is still a good friend, Li Er must have exposed it on purpose.

"Chengxun is 20 years old this year, and he has reached the age of marriage, but he has never gone on a blind date. Ping'er and I have tried to persuade him, but it has been fruitless. How can the boy start a family without the road to Shu?
This matter was found out by my mother-in-law, and it was all blamed on me, blaming me for teaching the disciples wrongly, so, for the sake of my brother-in-law and apprentice, I can only speed up the road to Shutong.

Moreover, it is urgent to connect the Shu Road, which is also a major national plan. Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty truly rise to the top by connecting Bashu and Wuyue in the west. These two things depend on Master Li Chun and Chengxun. "

Li Er nodded and said: "Okay, that's a good statement, connecting Bashu and Wuyue in the west, if this happens, I can foresee that the Tang Dynasty will be at least three times more prosperous than it is today."

"If that's the case, isn't this Zhanshan Beast a little less?" Li Jiancheng asked tentatively.

Bai Fan: "..."

Everyone laughed. When King Jin heard that his son's marriage was blocked, his position changed instantly. A Drilling Beast thought it was too late to build roads.

After Bai Fan's explanation, I found out that the group of Zhanshan Beasts has already produced ten units, for nothing but to get through the Qinling Mountains.

"In short, how much can Tieniu produce in a year? Immortal grains have been successfully bred this year, and they will be widely planted in Chang'an next year." Li Er asked.

Since weapons and armor are hopeless, it would be nice to get some more iron bulls.

"Tieniu can produce about [-] units a month, of course, they are used by ordinary farmers, not our hand-made big ones.

There are still about eight months between now and next year when it will be put into use, so we can only produce [-] units. I am afraid that our promotion of grain cultivation will still need to rely mainly on manpower.

Moreover, the breeding in Chang'an County is successful, and the seeds obtained can't be eaten in Chang'an alone. I estimate that it can cover two state roads. We can promote it in Hedong Road and Luoyang, and add Chang'an as the second food The sub-breeding area should be able to cover the whole country in the next year. "

"Okay, let's do it like this." Li Er was overjoyed.

Who knew that Fang Xuanling frowned when he heard this, pondered for a moment, and decided to remind him: "Your Majesty, there may be something wrong with this plan. Both Hedong and Luoyang are lands full of nobles. If we are the first to distribute the immortal food Give them, I am afraid there will be no return."

Bai Fan was puzzled and said, "Why? Who of them dares to covet my fairy food? Are you impatient?"

"No, they don't dare, but they control the land in both east and Luoyang. We give them seeds to plant the land, but they will not hand it over to the state after harvesting. Because of the laws of the Tang Dynasty, scholars are tax-free, and nobles are scholars. so……"

this……

Li Er pondered, and Bai Fan finally realized that the privileges of nobles in ancient times were unimaginable. Nobles occupy.

It wasn't until Fang Xuanling mentioned it today that Bai Fan understood that his ancestral home in Baijiazhuang was a commoner, so he kept paying taxes year after year.

Later, I had the Marquis of Lantian, and I never took care of these things anymore. I thought it was because I was too powerful and no one would dare to mess with me, but now I realized that it was the privilege of the nobility. .

There are quite a few rural landowners, but if they are not nobles, they are just a larger and richer peasant family. When it comes to paying rent and taxes, they are still unavoidable.

Du Ruhui sighed: "This will be difficult. Immortal grains are of great importance. If they are planted elsewhere, they will be too far away from the capital for fear of safety. So we choose Hedong and Luoyang, but if they are only distributed to ordinary people, then the envious immortal grains The nobles who have been here for a long time are definitely not willing, so this matter is quite tricky!"

Bai Fan said with firm eyes: "In this case, let's change the rules. There will be no more tax exemption for scholars. From His Majesty the Son of Heaven to butchers from private households, all have to pay taxes. Isn't that all right?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head and said: "How can it be so easy? There has been tax exemption for scholars since ancient times, and the eternal rules can be broken as soon as they are broken? Don't look at your kid who once violated the authority of five surnames and seven families, but if you offend all the nobles in the world, you will be smashed." Even if you are number one in the world, you will not be able to hold on to other people's jobs."

"Hmph, can't bear it? If you can't, then you have more people than anyone else? See if there are more nobles or more commoners? At worst, there will be an agrarian revolution in which the local tyrants will divide the land, and the land under the world will be shared by the people of the world. Let's see who dares not hand it over Tax?" Bai Fan snorted coldly.

Li Er patted him on the shoulder and shouted: "Don't be reckless, the land matter is of great importance, one bad thing will cause civil strife, let's go, go back to the Yizheng Hall to discuss, we must come up with a plan as soon as possible, and the next farming time is only eight years away." It's been a month."

The crowd rushed back to the Chang'an Palace from the Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant without stopping. Li Er immediately summoned all his confidants to the Palace of Political Affairs to break the monopoly of the nobles' land. With the support of all nobles, Datang may have to face this problem now.

I think at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was because the nobles in the world were too greedy, and they were still not satisfied with [-]% of their wealth. Taxes caused public grievances to erupt into chaos, and the Han Dynasty experienced the tragedy of its prosperity and death.

Later, in the Eastern and Western Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and Sui Dynasty, including the current Tang Dynasty, the rise of the royal family relied on the balance of the interests of the nobles. Therefore, the royal family will not easily stand against all the nobles unless it is absolutely necessary.

Even with Bai Fan, a clumsy freak, many big nobles can't hold their heads up and dare not resist, but in fact, the vast majority of people bear it not because of fear, but because Bai Fan is a talent, a talent worth investing in, If you follow Bai Fan, you can hitch a ride. Datang is prosperous because of Bai Fan, so when the tide rises, everyone will become richer and stronger with Datang. So as long as Bai Fan doesn't take the initiative to provoke, no one wants to provoke Bai Fan, or even show a little Fear is nothing.

　Today's Chapter 2, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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