marquis of jingan

Chapter 225 Shen Yi's Great Ideal!
Shen Yi knew a little about Guiji.

It is probably that people of the same clan will deposit their land property under Shen Yi's name, and send a part of their income to Shen Yi every year. This part of the income will not be much, nor will it be very small. It is about half or seven of the annual court tax. to make.

Of course, there are also some juren who, in order to please their clansmen, receive less, or even take nothing.

Specifically, it depends on the ratio negotiated by both parties at the time of posting.

This kind of thing is a "win-win" thing for Juren himself and the people in the clan. After all, both parties will get some benefits, and the only thing that gets hurt is the court's taxes.

However, since the imperial court has this policy, it naturally has its reasons. This tax-free policy can be said to win over the scholars of the world, especially the entire elite group, so as to be kind to the scholars. The scholars below have no intention of rebelling.

At the very least, those who have the ability to pass the exam have no intention of rebelling.

However, everything has to be paid attention to. The policy of exempting people from taxation is naturally beneficial to the country's rule in the early days of the dynasty, but after 100 or even 200 years of the dynasty, the number of recruits will increase, and this policy will Gradually the harm outweighs the benefit.

Shen Yi escaped with the excuse of "headache", not because he wanted to fight against this era and the rules of this era.

After all, he is just a small juren now, even if he rejects the deceitful offer of the Shen family clan, other juren would do this kind of thing, it is useless and useless.

Moreover, land annexation and tax avoidance are only a part of the scholar class. Those clan relatives who also have tax-free privileges, honorable relatives, and nobles will annex no less land than scholars.

As land annexation becomes more and more serious, the contradictions between classes will also intensify, and this contradiction will eventually become a butcher knife on the neck of the ruling class.

However, judging from the current rice price in Chen Guo, the society of this feudal dynasty is generally stable, so Shen Yi doesn't have to worry about the great changes in the world.

And the reason why Shen Yi didn't want to "send" to these fellow clansmen was because he wanted to farm the land himself.

Of course, it’s not about farming the land yourself.

In this era, there is no chemical fertilizer, the soil is only allowed to be plowed once a year, and because there is no pesticide, the yield of crops will not be particularly high. The yield of some crops is only one-fifth or even one-tenth of that of later generations.

Therefore, Shen Yi really wanted to build a piece of land by himself, and then find some people to study the knowledge in the field.

Although researching agriculture is the most thankless job, and the cycle is often more than ten years or even decades, especially in this era where there is basically no scientific research environment, if you want to increase production and income, basically you can only go overseas to introduce new crops species, or to breed new varieties.

But there are some things that always have to be done by someone.

When Shen Yi came to this world, he always wanted to leave something behind.

He was going to be an official, so he naturally didn't have time to do these things himself, but after he became an official and had the ability, he really wanted to build a plot of land in Jiangdu, and then find someone to think about these things by himself.

Even if it takes ten, 20, or even 30 years, not to mention anything else, as long as the rice in the field grows one more ear, one more grain grows, and it falls on the heads of the common people, more people will be fed .

From Shen Yi's point of view, this is very meaningful.

And if he gave the [-] acres of tax-free quota under his name to these clan members in the clan, then it would be difficult for him to secretly set up experimental fields in the future.

After all, if the field needs to be taxed, people from the yamen will come twice a year, and there will be no secrets in Shen Yi's experimental field.

Shen Yi left with the excuse of having a headache, just to find a way to find a way to keep the tax-free quota without offending the same clan.

This era is still the clan era.

Clan power is deeply entrenched.

For example, for a new recruit like Shen Yi, if he wins the new examination, he will naturally receive the full support of his fellow clan. Contribute money and efforts.

But in that case, Shen Yi would naturally have to pay some price, for example, after becoming an official, he would serve as a background for these tribesmen, and help them in some places where he could lend a helping hand.

In this era, it is difficult for a single person to break away from the clan.

For example, Shen Yi, although the Shen family didn't help him much on weekdays, but at this time these clansmen came to his door, if Shen Yi refused to do so with a cold face and completely offended these clansmen, maybe these clansmen would make a fuss, Shen Yi's future It's gone.

Just when Shen Yi was having a headache, his father, Shen Zhang, walked into Shen Yi's room. He looked at Shen Qilang who was frowning, found a chair and sat down, and said, "Yi'er, there are so many elders here, why don't you leave me alone?" It's very impolite to leave at the next sentence, and it's rumored that people are going to gossip about our family."

Shen Zhang also sighed: "It will be said that after our family is developed, we will no longer recognize people."

Shen Yi smiled at Shen Zhang: "Our family is better now, and they came to the door. When we were not well, we didn't see them come to recognize us."

"That's what it says."

Shen Zhang said slowly: "But don't reach out and hit the smiling face."

He looked at Shen Yi and said, "Your third uncle just told Weifu that if you feel that [-]% of the land rent is not satisfactory, they can give our family [-]% and they will keep [-]%."

The so-called "field rent" is only the land tax collected by the imperial court. Chen Guoshi is using the two-tax law, which collects taxes according to the land area. It will make the common people unbearable.

As long as Shen Yi allocates the [-] mu of land to his name, then the [-] mu of land will be removed from the tax collection list of the imperial court, which means that no matter whether it is the imperial court or the local officials, they will never be able to collect a grain of grain from it. , a field tax of one copper plate!

From this point of view, these Shen family members would probably be willing to pay [-]% of Shen Yi's land rent, not to mention [-]%.

After all, if it is handed over to Shen Yi, there is only one level like Shen Yi, and if it is handed over to the county government, it is unknown how many people will get their hands on it.

"It's not about the amount of money."

Shen Yi looked at Shen Zhang's wrinkled face, for the sake of his father's face, he finally didn't make up his mind, but sighed slightly, and said: "Father, you go and tell them that our family only wants them [-]% land rent, after [-]% land rent, it will be given to your father to take care of the old man, but..."

Shen Yi said slowly: "Our family doesn't get rewarded for nothing, so we can't ask them for two hundred acres of fertile land for no reason. Father, you can go and tell third uncle that our family only needs...one hundred acres."

Shen Yi wanted to leave [-] acres of tax-free land for himself, and set up experimental fields in Jiangdu or the outskirts of Jiankang in the future.

Not only would such a compromise plan not offend the same clan, but after the news spread, the people in Jiangdu would probably say that Mr. Shen was a man of integrity, and that he could only charge half of the land he delivered.

Seeing that Shen Yi was relieved, a smile appeared on Shen Zhang's face, and he said, "Okay, dad will go tell them now."

He looked at Shen Yi and said again: "Yi'er, so many uncles and elders, as well as relatives from your mother's side, are here. You can't see anyone in the house all the time. After a short rest, go out and have lunch with them a meal."

Shen Qi nodded silently.

"I know dad."

(End of this chapter)