Nanming: I can build wonders

Chapter 93
"Father-in-law, how are you doing recently?" Zheng Kezang visited his father-in-law for the first time since returning to Yizhou Island.

"Qin She, don't go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do. I think you want to trouble me, an old man again." Chen Yonghua was afraid of Zheng Kezang.

"Father-in-law, look at what you said, didn't I bring some special products from Luzon to visit you?" Zheng Kezang took out the dried fruit made by the three hamster workshops.

Chen Yonghua was not too polite, and when he saw the novelty, he took a sip immediately, "It's not bad, there are such good things in Luzon, well played!"

"Hahaha, it's the first time I heard that because of special products, I played well." Zheng Kezang was happy.

"There are many reasons for fighting, why not because of food?" Chen Yonghua joked.

"Father-in-law said so!" Zheng Kezang agreed with a smile.

Weng and son-in-law, drinking tea and enjoying dried fruit at the same time, are very happy.

The more they talked, the happier they were. Zheng Kezang suddenly remembered the purpose of this trip, and after chatting, they talked about the fields.

"Qinshe, if you have anything to do, just talk about it." Chen Yonghua could tell at a glance that Zheng Kezang had something on his mind.

"Father-in-law, I won't go around in circles anymore, what do you think of the land system in Yizhou Island?"

Zheng Jing's management of Yizhou Island has always encouraged production, so officials, troops, and common people are encouraged to farm.

The manor fields seized from the Dutch are called "official fields", which are controlled by the royal family. The fields reclaimed by civil and military officials are called "civil and military official fields", and the fields reclaimed by the army are called "yingpan fields".

"The system established by the king is very suitable for the situation that Yizhou Island is sparsely populated." Chen Yonghua said realistically.

"But father-in-law, what will happen if one day we rule the Central Plains, or the population of Yizhou Island becomes too large?" Zheng Kezang asked.

Chen Yonghua fell silent, this is the most difficult problem to solve in history, land annexation.

When it comes to land mergers, we have to talk about China's historical land system.

Before Emperor Yongzheng, there was a tax collection by the court called Ding Yin, which was poll tax.

You pay as many people as there are in the family. It sounds fair. It’s easy to collect taxes if you are an official. It’s counted according to the number of people. As long as you know how to count, you can collect money.

In fact, this is not the case, this Dingyin is unfair to the common people, and it is not easy for officials to collect money.

Since ancient times, most people in China have been farmers. Those who have land are naturally landlords. They have more land and more money, while those with less land are mostly poor people. Life is hard with less money.

The rich are naturally a minority, and most people have clean pockets.

If you receive small silver like this, the problem will arise.

Maybe a landlord's family has hundreds of acres of land, but there are only five or six people.

And a poor family may have only one mu of land, but there are more than a dozen people.

When the poll tax is collected, the rich have more money, have fewer family members, and pay less.

The poor have less money, more family members, and more money to pay.

is this fairObviously unfair.

The officials who collect taxes are also uncomfortable, because they often cannot collect the money.

The poor have no money, and now they are asked to pay so much money. They have sold everything, but they still can't make up enough money.

As for the rich, the richer they are, the more stingy they are. They don't want to spend a penny.

As a result, both the rich and the poor began to find excuses not to pay, and began to conceal their population.

Didn't you say tax per head?
Okay, there are eight people in the family, how about I understate and say that there are four people?

When the officials came to collect the money, they would go out and hide everywhere, anyway, as long as they only saw the four of them.

In this way, the officials cannot collect money, they cannot do business, they cannot complete the work, and they have a headache.

The imperial court also had a headache, because there was no money in the treasury if it could not collect the money.

"We really should consider one or two things." Chen Yonghua replied, because of the strength of the guards and the magic of Zheng Kezang, Chen Yonghua felt that he could see the scene of returning to the Central Plains in this life.

"If you want to make a change, you need to refer to Mr. Zhang Juzheng's whipping method, and be more radical. Dingyin will be incorporated into the land tax collection. Regardless of the population of a household, there will be no tax increase, only the size of the land." Chen Yonghua. Said.

"And, as far as I know, you have already done this in the Luzon Protectorate." Chen Yonghua continued, obviously doing his homework.

"As expected of Dongning Zhuge, I call it Tan Ding Ru Mu. This is exactly the inspiration I got from Mr. Zhang Juzheng's reform." Zheng Kezang gave a thumbs up.

Chen Yonghua shook his head, "Easy to say, hard to do!"

“How come you see?”

"It's easy to talk about civil and military officials, but do you know who has the most land in Yizhou Island?" Chen Yonghua asked back.

"I know, of course it's my uncles, Zheng Cong, Zheng Ming, Zheng Zhi, Zheng Rou and others." Zheng Kezang laughed, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's good that you know it well. If you want to implement the scheme of sharing the property with each other, they will be the biggest resistance. Then they will cry to Dong Guotai. What are you going to do? They are all relatives, so it's not easy to tear your face away." Chen Yonghua sighed.

"You don't need to worry about them. They are just a group of insects. Considering their feelings, how can we accomplish anything?" Zheng Kezang expressed his dissatisfaction with them in the most straightforward language.

Moreover, Zheng Kezang was afraid that they would not make trouble, so he just found an excuse to deal with them.

In history, it was this group of bird people who killed him. He was worried that he would have no reason to punish them, lest he bring down the world.

Chen Yonghua paused while drinking tea. It was also the first time he heard Zheng Kezang scolding his uncles.

Since ancient times, China has respected the rule of filial piety and respected the elders. Few people swear at the elders.

Chen Yonghua declined to comment on this.

"One more thing, it's also unfair to divide the land into acres, and the land is different, so there will still be a problem of uneven tax collection." Chen Yonghua expressed his thoughts.

"That's simple. Divide the land into upper, middle and lower grades according to the quality, and pay taxes according to the grade." Zheng Kezang has already had countermeasures.

This is the strategy of Emperor Yongzheng, and Zheng Kezang is crossing the river by feeling the Qing Dynasty.

"Qinshe, you want to change the taxation practice that has been around for thousands of years, and there will be many obstacles in implementing it." Chen Yonghua can't guarantee that this will be done.

If there is a mistake in this kind of reform, the officials who run the errands are likely to be smashed to pieces. There are endless cases in history.

"Fortunately, we are now small enough to turn around, and it will be more difficult to implement the control of the Central Plains in the future." Zheng Kezang has a clear understanding of the future.

Even the implementation of Yongzheng was full of difficulties, because the landlord Laocai, who had the right to speak in ancient times, naturally criticized and slandered the system that was unfavorable to them.

The most violent attack was Zhejiang.

The southerners are rich, and the landlords are not small.

At that time, when the Qing Dynasty was preparing to spread the land into the mu in Zhejiang, it encountered firm opposition in an instant.

In order to show their determination to oppose, a large number of gentry and landlords in Zhejiang united and ran to the governor's office in Zhejiang to make trouble.

If it weren't for Yongzheng's strong enough implementation, maybe there would be no recruiting.

Kou can go, so can I.

Similarly, Zheng Kezang is also very firm, because he just wants to disgust Zheng Cong and the others!

(End of this chapter)