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Chapter 395 Land and Statistics ([-])

Song Jianming was waiting for the emperor to ask, but he smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, Rong Chen stood up and asked you ministers a few questions."

The emperor still laughed, and raised his hand: "Yes!"

Song Jianming patted his knees and stood up unhurriedly. Seeing the eyelids of the ministers who took the lead in singing the opposite tune in the hall twitched, he felt that the fox surnamed Song was holding back some bad tricks again.

"Master Cui." Song Jianming first saluted Cui Shu, Minister of the Ministry of War, and said with a smile, "Master Cui, do you know that in the first year of Jingning, how many mu of land was taxed in the whole country, except for the army?"

Cui Shu frowned, and Song Jianming looked at the many ministers present: "Everyone here, does anyone know?"

The ministers whispered to each other for a while, but no one was able to answer. Several subordinates of the household department lowered their eyes in silence in a tacit understanding. The emperor laughed: "I can guess a little bit about this."

The emperor of the Song Jianming dynasty handed over his hands, and the emperor said: "In the first year of Jingning, the summer grain and autumn grain, rice and wheat were collected for a total of 500 million shi. Calculated on the basis of one shi for every four mu of land, the total arable land is about [-] million mu."

Song Jianming smiled and said: "Your Majesty has a good memory, I admire you! The actual area of ​​fertile farmland for tax payment is 570 mu of land. Including the areas affected by drought and flood disasters, the actual amount of grain paid is lower than one stone of grain for every four mu of land. .”

The emperor nodded, expressing his understanding.

Song Jianming continued: "Then everyone, guess again, how many mu of land will be taxed in the whole country in the tenth year of Jingning?"

At this time, everyone present had a vague premonition, especially the ministers of the abolished land tax faction, almost everyone's face was not very good-looking.

Song Jianming raised a finger and said, "It's 570 mu of land. Everyone, where did the 1000 million mu of land that was lost in ten years go? Then let's guess again, Jingning 20 years, What is the area of ​​arable land for grain collection? 310 million mu! In the 30 years since Jingning, the area for grain collection is only 460 million mu!"

At this time, the smile on Song Jianming's face disappeared, and was replaced by a serious face that was almost full of anger. He continued: "30 years, just 30 years, everyone, where did the more than 4000 million mu of land that disappeared go? ? My lords present, can someone guess?!"

There was no sound in the hall. The emperor had already known this set of data before, but after hearing it again, he was still very shocked.

At this time Song Jianming said again: "Let me tell you another set of data. In the first year of Jingning, excluding military households, there were 68 million self-cultivating farmers with less than 80 mu of arable land, and the number of tenant households was 20; In ten years, the number of self-cultivating farmers with less than 700 mu of arable land was 900 million, and the number of tenant households increased to 30; in the 300th year of Jingning, the number of self-cultivating farmers with less than 100 mu of arable land was more than [-] In the [-] years of Jingning, the number of self-cultivating farmers with less than [-] mu of arable land was more than [-] million, and the number of tenants was more than [-] million.”

If this data is not shocking, the following is even more shocking.

Song Jianming bowed his hands to the emperor again, and said: "Your Majesty, according to the information and calculations that I have consulted over the past few months, the area of ​​Naliang cultivated land recorded in the Zhenguan period of Tang Dynasty was about 2000 million mu, and it was recorded in the Tianyou Dynasty. The area of ​​arable land in China was less than 4000 million mu; during the Chunhua period of the Song Dynasty, the area of ​​cultivated land for receiving grain was about 8000 million mu, and in the second year of Xuanhe, there were only less than 4000 million mu left!"

"There are more than 800 million mu of land, and at least [-] million mu of land needs to be taxed. In this way, how can farmers survive? If they can't survive, how can they not rebel? Cui Shangshu, Mr. Cui, tell me, what is it? What is the way to bring disaster to the chaos of the country?!"

At this time, the ministers who opposed the land purchase tax, headed by Cui Shu, Minister of the Ministry of War, looked ashen.

Everyone reads history, but no one has ever read it from such a tricky angle.

These data are easy to say, but actually calculating them is an extremely cumbersome process.

Because in fact, the taxation system and tax rate of each dynasty are different, especially at the end of the dynasty, there are countless exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in various pretentious names, and there are various fraudulent arable land areas. It is simply impossible. How long has this person surnamed Song counted?

No matter how surprised these people were, Song Jianming continued: "Your Majesty, according to my calculations, from the first year of Jingning to the 39th year of Jingning, the average area of ​​grain-paying cultivated land decreased by [-] million mu each year, and the number of tenants increased by more than [-] per year on average. However, since the purchase tax reform was implemented, in the past six months, the area of ​​grain-paying cultivated land has only decreased by more than [-] mu, and the number of tenants has not increased but decreased, decreasing by [-] households!"

The emperor really did not expect this number!Hearing this, breathing stopped.

The decrease in tenants means that there are more people with land and property!
This is a happy event!

Song Jianming knelt down again, solemnly kowtowed three times to the emperor, and then said loudly: "Your Majesty, the truth is true. I know that I didn't think carefully before, which caused many people to lose all their property and even ruin their families because of the land tax. I am willing to apologize for my mistakes!" He took off the black gauze hat on his head, put it aside, and continued: "I don't need to be a minister or a secondary assistant, but the purchase of land tax is to benefit thousands of people and extend the country. What a good strategy! Your Majesty, please persevere, and don’t listen to the sophistry of villainous villains in the court!”

(End of this chapter)