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Chapter 579
"In the Great Qin Dynasty, men between fifteen and sixty years old were granted [-] mu of land, and women over fourteen and above were granted [-] mu of land. Slaves, maidservants, and tribal songs were also included in the grant of land. The rule of the people was changed to two years. At the same time, the land tax in the territory was lowered. The officials who governed the people were three people and seven people, and the officials who were waiting to be returned to the government were four people and six people. The slaves were half of the people. Distribute it to the common people." Yang Zheng summed up the land equalization system in the document concisely.

In addition to the field tax, there is also a tune to be handed over.

Pay according to the property of each place.

For example, Liang, Xi, He, Qi, and Bing prefectures had developed animal husbandry, and each household handed in five sheepskins every year.

Several prefectures in central Sichuan were well-developed in weaving, so each household handed in one piece of silk and ten catties of hemp every year.

Some counties and counties are good at making pottery, blacksmithing, fishing, and growing tea, and they adjust it according to the actual situation.

For developing counties and counties such as Shuofang, Beidi, Juyan, and Jiuyuan, all transfers are exempted.

Rent and transfer of labor, rent is land tax, transfer is a local specialty, and labor is corvee. The Qin State generally exempts corvee, and two meals a day are provided for major projects, and those who respond gather.

Of course, a 15-year-old man cannot cultivate [-] acres of land at all. With cattle, [-] acres is the limit.

The remaining [-] mu is Beitian, and [-] mu is mulberry, hemp and tea fields.

In addition, Yang Zheng also set up a weaving bureau in central Shu, following the old system of Zhuge Wuhou, supervising the production of Shu brocade for export to countries in the Western Regions.

Shu brocade is more precious than gold.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, porcelain was already fired, but it was Jiangdong and Hebei, which had too high requirements for soil, and Qin State temporarily ignored it.

"In order to implement the land equalization system, we must first check the population and measure the land." Wei Guan said the key point.

The land is not the key. After years of wars, Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Shuzhong, and Hexi are full of no-man's land.

Population is the key.

But whose hands is the population in?

The gentry is powerful!

There are 90 people registered in the Shuzhong government, but more than 200 million people are confined by the gentry tyrants...

"There are rumors that the Sima family's land occupation system has three steps, and Gu's land equalization system also has three steps. The first step is to equalize the land, the second step is to liquidate the population's land, and the third step is to tax the soldiers, peasants, officers and soldiers together!"

The average field is to stabilize the current population and increase the productivity of the registered population.

To liquidate the population and fields is to swing the knife at the gentry.

One-piece taxation is the ultimate mission of Daqin.

The current state of Qin is still in its infancy stage, and interest groups are concentrated in the army, which will not become an obstacle to the land equalization system.

Yang Zheng, the founder of the country, couldn't do this, and it will be even harder for the next generation.

Because the interest groups facing the next generation are stronger, the situation is more complicated, and they encounter greater resistance.

The powerful gentry in the state of Qin are indeed a force, but they are far from being as powerful as the powerful families in the Central Plains.

Not even the gentry, the Huangfu family, the Zhang family, and the Suo family can only be regarded as scholar families, and the few families in Longxi are just powerful, with their own Wubao and private army, and they are like a small emperor behind closed doors.

Don't move them now, and when the Sima family licks their wounds and the military confrontation between east and west, there will be no such good opportunity again.

With the land occupation system and the population and land in the Central Plains, the strength will definitely recover quickly.

Even in the next few decades, it will become stronger and stronger, gradually reaching a peak.

At that time, Qin State will not talk about unifying the world, and even living in the current territory will be a problem whether it is guarded or not.

The population and money and food for war.

Sima Zhao can still lose two or three more times, but if Yang Zheng loses once, the consequences will be disastrous.

It is Yang Zheng's invincible military power that maintains Qin's cohesion.

In a word, if you do it now, the resistance will be the least, and if you do it later, the resistance will increase exponentially.

Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Yang Zheng to have such a big appetite.

This is already a change.

Or a reform initiated by the monarch.

The root of the land equalization system is actually a redistribution of interests, and it is also an opportunity to weaken the powerful.

"Your Majesty is worthy of being the mighty ruler of the world. If this strategy is implemented, our Great Qin Dynasty will definitely usher in a prosperous age like that of the Han Dynasty!" Zhang Fu said excitedly.

Yang Zheng smiled, Xihan is not the apex in his mind.

"If the land equalization system is adopted, what should happen to Haoqiang's existing land?" Lu Zhi said another key point.

The land in Haoqiang's hands is not as small as it is on the roster.

Suo Jing looked at Yang Zheng nervously.

The Suo family is one of the best in Hexi.

In recent years, Suo Li and Suo Yong have also entered the imperial examination and became local county magistrates or Tuntian school lieutenants. Together with Fan Zhong and Zhang Li, they are called the Five Dragons of Dunhuang.

Yang Zheng said: "I only admit their benefits, and don't liquidate their population and land at this stage. The Daqin implements the land equalization system, not to be an enemy to them, but to let the powerful scholars not take what they shouldn't, and give the common people a bite to eat. , just like Sima’s family, they were fishing out of the marshes. In less than four or fifty years, the rich will have fields and fields, and the poor will have no land to stand on.

The people occupying the land will certainly not be able to defeat the powerful gentry.

The field occupation system is like a potion of aphrodisiac, which can stimulate the Central Plains in a short period of time, but in the long run, the problem will become more serious.

The world is in chaos, except for the few gentry tyrants who can seize the opportunity, most of them will be submerged in the torrent of history.

Xun, Chen, Zhong, Jia, Zhuge, Guo, and Wang, who were very prosperous in history, disappeared in obscurity in just a few decades?

Even the Sima family gradually disappeared in history.

"The Great Qin is stable and strong, the people are prosperous and healthy, and the gentry will last forever!" Yang Zheng said.

To some extent, the ancient gentry tyrants and the country had common interests.

Yang Zheng couldn't do it to eliminate all the tyrants of the gentry, and even later generations didn't have the ability.

The old gentry is gone, and the new one will grow in the body.

Suo Jing and Zhang Fu cupped their hands repeatedly, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Wei Guan stroked his beard and smiled.

Lu Zhi also nodded with a smile, "The Master said: I heard that those who have a country and a family do not suffer from widowhood but inequality, and do not suffer from poverty but anxiety. Gai Jun has no poverty, harmony without widows, and peace without indifference. Your Majesty can think of it." This strategy can be used by heaven and man!"

Yang Zheng blushed, how much he weighed, of course Lu Zhi knew that Yang Zheng was reading on his hands.

So Luzhi can only be attributed to heaven and man.

"Don't worry about scarcity, but about inequality!" Yang Zheng exclaimed in admiration.

Later generations continue to belittle Confucius and oppose Confucianism, but only in this era can we know the greatness of these masters.

Some people have some truths, and they are also applicable to future generations in 2000.

The reason why Chinese civilization is brilliant is also because of them.

Scholars in this era can mount a horse to cut people down and dismount to rule people.

This is how the land equalization system was passed.

In fact, many people present also advocated the suppression of tyranny in history, such as Wei Guan, Zhang Fu, Chang Ji, etc.

Wei Wu also vigorously used Liang Xi, Du Ji, Zhang Ji, Man Chong and others to attack the powerful, so that Cao Wei was strong.

The vanity case launched by Emperor Wei Ming was a suppression of the powerful nobles. Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Xia Houxuan, Zhuge Dan, Ding Mi and other officials of the second generation were all relegated.

(End of this chapter)