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"Then what is Dayun's most planted crop now?"

"Rice, rice ear, rice." Jiang Nan thought for a while, and added: "If Brother Chu wants to ask, the crops that farmers mainly sell for money include some tribute-level fruits, such as lychees, For the large-scale planted fruits such as Qiuqian fruit and Zhujia fruit, these three fruits, including Shatangju, Yueli, and Cangshu, can all be counted."

"Dayun has a vast land and rich resources, and a large population. Naturally, there are many types of food."

"Then what is the current arable land area of ​​Dayun?"

"I don't know about that." Jiang Nan shook his head: "Although Dayun has prospered these years, the problems in the past have not been resolved."

"The number of land, the number of people, the number of arable land..." Jiang Nan said this, glanced at Gu Feixue who was sitting counting money not far behind Chu Tianshu, and smiled without saying a word.

Everything is unspoken.

Chu Tianshu nodded: "Is there an approximate number?"

"I'm going to look for this from the superiors." Jiang Nan shook his head: "It stands to reason that there should be some, but I don't know why, the higher authorities have classified these things as secret."

Even though he said so, Jiang Nan's eyes always hinted that Chu Tianshu was going to seek answers from Gu Feixue.

Chu Tianshu turned his head and glanced at Gu Feixue.

"Where did you get so much money?"

Gu Feixue raised his head: "What?"

"Nothing." Chu Tianshu sighed: "You continue."

"There's something wrong." Gu Feixue pouted.

"Where are the farmers around Tianjing?" Chu Tianshu asked, "How much land does each household have on average?"

Jiang Nan looked at Chu Tianshu in surprise: "Brother Chu, isn't he a native of Tianjing?"

"It should be said that I didn't know about it." Chu Tianshu smiled.

"Among the [-] miles of Tianjing city, there is not a single piece of land owned by peasant households."

A chill rose from the soles of the feet to the top of the head.

"No land at all?"

"That must be nothing." Jiang Nan smiled, and then glanced at Gu Feixue who was counting the money: "The royal family, the royal family, has always been very powerful in the country."

"The land belongs to the royal family?"

"It belongs to the royal family." Jiang Nan nodded: "More than ten years ago, when the Qin Fuzheng was not yet the auxiliary government, there were still a few memorials to admonish the current national policy."

"However, because these memorials were rejected by the first emperor, or there were obstacles in the later implementation, they are impractical, and not many people know about them now."

"However, there is a memorial, which is in the agricultural conference, which is discussed every year, and is postponed by the emperor every year."

"Not rejected?"

"Not good." Jiang Nan spread his hands, his handsome face was full of regret.

"This memorial..."

"Return to the land." Jiang Nan slowly narrated the memorandum: "Qin Fuzheng thought that the problem of Dayun's past was that the powerful and the landlords were powerful, while the common people were weak."

"Most of the powerful and landlords can have privileges, they can not pay taxes, they should not be in the military service, they should not be in labor service, they should not be in labor service, etc."

"Furthermore, after they seized the land, along with the lives of a large number of peasants being squeezed out, the powerful and landlords even passed on some unavoidable taxes and labor that should have been borne by them, the powerful, to the small people. .”

"This, little brother Chu thinks it's right?" Chu Tianshu looked at the south bank of the river.

"It should be considered correct."

"Everyone thinks so."

"The consequence of such a situation is that the imperial court cannot collect taxes; the country cannot obtain strong labor to serve as soldiers; all local industries are withered."

"Qin Fuzheng believes that if this continues, the country is bound to perish."

"During those times, farmers rebelled in Dayun every year."

"Many people even prefer to leave their hometowns and go to some weak countries, or go to deep mountains and old forests."

Chu Tianshu listened quietly.

It sounds like the background of any land reform in history is the same.

"Based on this situation, Qin Fuzheng's opinion is to divide the land among the people."

"It means that from the royal family down, everyone takes out a part of the land and distributes it equally to the common people who don't have land."

"And, take this opportunity to determine the land in the world and check the domestic population."

"After the land is divided, reform the tax system."

"Abolish the redundant taxes and labor in the past, and cancel those that cannot be cancelled. If they cannot be cancelled, they will be negotiated into a small number, and no longer be collected based on the amount of land occupied."

"Tsk." Chu Tianshu shook his head: "Such a memo has not been rejected?"

"Such memorials are definitely impossible to implement." Jiang Nan smiled indifferently: "But the first emperor is actually not easy to reject it directly."

"Except for the royal family to pay for the land, everything else is actually quite right."

"The first emperor probably also wanted other people to pay for the land, so this memorandum, which sounds unreliable at first, was not rejected, but was discussed again and again."

"Later, because the proposer of this memorial, that is, Qin Fuzheng, his status became higher and higher, so fewer and fewer people dared to reject this memorial."

"And because Qin Fuzheng's decision was too correct, the late emperor was actually quite afraid that others would bring up this memorial."

"Everyone was scared too."

"Gradually, this memorial has become something that will be put on hold every year for further discussion and dragged until next year."

"However, because of the existence of this memorial, the land around Tianjing was directly delegated by the late emperor to the tenant farmers for cultivation."

"In order to demonstrate his benevolence, the first emperor deliberately lowered the rent."

"Ordinary landlords, when renting land to tenants, often charge [-]% of their harvest, some [-]%, and some even [-]%."

"But the emperor only charges [-]%."

Chu Tianshu nodded: "It is indeed low, but what about taxes? What about various taxes? What about various calculations?"

"Taxes are inevitable."

"However, such things as gifts and calculations can be paid off through work."

"Is this also one of the emperor's benevolence?"

"Of course it can be counted." Jiang Nan nodded: "Although it is a measure to demonstrate benevolence, it will still cause a series of problems."

"Steal people?"

"Steal people!" Jiang Nan nodded: "Brother Chu is quite transparent, maybe he really should take the test and become an official."

"Forget it." Chu Tianshu shook his head.

Jiang Nan laughed loudly: "Look at me."

Chu Tianshu obviously embraced a road leading to the sky. Where does he need to take any exams?

"I benefited a lot from communicating with Brother Jiang today." Chu Tianshu thanked: "Thank you Brother Jiang."

"It's all trivial things, and I can't be thanked by little brother Chu."