Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 61
The left and right shence armies each have two soldiers and horses, and they have followed Zhang Chengye into Hanzhong.Li Ye transferred all the remaining soldiers and horses to Zhang Chengye's control.

The left and right Shence Army teams are also former Shence soldiers. Most of the soldiers were recruited from Shu and Hanzhong. The soldiers have not returned to their hometowns for many years.

As for whether to worry about soldiers fleeing, that doesn't exist. High wages can naturally keep people. Li Ye hopes to move some of the population from Shu to Chang'an. These soldiers' families are a good choice.

It is not a good thing that the population is not abundant in the capital city of Gyeonggi.

As for Sun Kui, Li Ye had collected the atlases of farmland in various counties, and then summoned him. After all, he had to have something in his hand for the field tax, and he could only talk when he had data.

Sun Kui also didn't know why the emperor summoned him, and when he heard the emperor's question, he knew that something was unusual.

Li Ye said: "During Taizong's reign, the world's annual income was more than 980 million yuan in rent, more than 740 million dendrobium millet, 35 million pieces of Yong and Tiao silk, more than 400 million tons of cotton, and more than [-] pieces of cloth. (Taizong During the years, the main tax in kind was collected, and money was assisted.) During the reign of Dezong, more than [-] million guan and [-] million hu were collected every year. After I ascended the throne, Chang'an's annual income was less than one million guan, and the rice was less than one million hu. What does Ai Qing think? ?”

Sun Kuiju Wu replied: "The war is endless, the population is dying, and the towns don't pay taxes, so that's why."

Li Ye was not satisfied with this answer. It was not what he wanted to attribute the failure to collect taxes to the objective wars and feudal towns.

"I heard that the two taxes in summer and autumn, every time they are collected, the number of households has decreased. The common people call it the "extinct household tax". What does Ai Qing think?"

Sun Kui said: "The imperial court clearly ordered that there is no need to collect taxes except for the two taxes. Most of the prefectures and counties have sidelines, and the large households have hundreds of thousands of fields. In addition to paying the imperial tax, the tenants have ten times the land rent. Therefore, on the day of tax collection, The people are dilapidated, and there are those who flee with their families."

Li Ye nodded, finally someone understood.

"Land annexation is becoming more and more serious. Those who cultivate the land have no land, and those who do not cultivate the land stretch for hundreds of miles. What does Mr. Sun do to deal with it?"

Sun Kui was silent. It was not easy to let the big family spit out the land.

Li Ye naturally has countermeasures, and this time is the best time.

The power of the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty has been wiped out, and the powerful families are also weak because of the bandits in the Yellow Nest. At this time, the imperial court controls the army. This is the time to attack the surviving family in Chang'an.

Li Ye said: "I want to reform the two taxes. The commercial tax is recorded in currency. The original tax is one for thirty.

For men within [-] mu, the land tax shall be paid at the rate of [-] mu, and for those exceeding [-] mu, the land tax shall be paid at the rate of [-] mu. "

When Sun Kui heard this, his eyes widened, "This..."

If the land exceeds [-] mu, the tax will be three times the tenth, and if the land is barren, the tax will be ten times the penalty.

Your Majesty is taking action against these powerful families.

As the governor of Jingzhao Prefecture, Sun Kui naturally knew how crazy the dignitaries were enclosing land a few days ago, and the unowned land became the private land of these officials after registering with the county government.

How can these dignitaries farm their own land? Even if the desolation is there, I'm afraid I'm going to bleed a lot.

Sun Kui secretly let out a long breath. To be honest, Sun Kui was also very jealous when he saw the unscrupulous enclosure of land by the rich and powerful, but he dared not.

Being the governor of Jingzhao Mansion is a position to offend people. If something happens, protect the nobles. The royal censor will not let him go.

It is difficult to advance, and it is also difficult to retreat. How dare you easily pass the handle into the hands of others.

He did the math, and his family had more than 1000 mu of land, and there were more than ten men including servants, which happened to be within a hundred mu, and they only had to pay the normal tax of ten to one.

Anyway, if he can't punish himself, Sun Kui has no objection.

"Your Majesty is wise, this move will definitely suppress the trend of land annexation."

"Sun Gong is willing to complete this business with me!"

"..."

Your Majesty is going to drag himself into the water, Sun Kui is a little hesitant, after all, he has offended all the dignitaries of these aristocratic families.

Li Ye also guessed what Sun Kui was thinking. A person with brains would definitely not want to accept such a thing, and continued: "I really think that the tiller will have his land, and the common people will not worry about famine. Grandpa Sun was born in the hometown of Confucius and Sage." , the sage said, to establish a life for the living and the people, Sun Gong does not agree with this statement."

Sun Kui frowned slightly. The hat was a bit too big. The emperor stood on the moral high ground. If he dared not agree with the saint's words, he would not be an official anymore. When he left the palace gate, someone would throw shit on him.

"Your Majesty takes orders!" Sun Kui went on to say, "Your Majesty has not said, if there is a barren field, whether it can be taken back to the government."

Sun Kui wanted to ease things up a bit. The dignitaries of the aristocratic family returned the land, and His Majesty the Emperor turned a blind eye, and let it be.

But Sun Kui underestimated the emperor's determination to punish the nobles of the family.

Li Ye said: "Why do you want to collect it? Take it back to the government. I have no one to plant it. In the hands of the rich, I can get taxes and taxes. How happy it is."

"I expect that the rich will be prevaricated, and those who produce less than [-]% of the normal farmland will be regarded as barren land."

Sun Kui secretly mourned for these dignitaries. His Majesty the Emperor is... going to cut the roots of these people!

But even so, the emperor still did not let go.

Li Ye said: "I want to call well-learned scholars from the Imperial Academy to write books and discuss things, and to record all those who take advantage of others in the book."

As for whether to announce it to the world, it depends on whether these vampires really know each other.

This one can be regarded as the ball of a family that is tightly held. If you lose money, you can still earn it, and if you lose land, you can still buy it.

Sun Kui shook his head and said to himself, "But these aristocratic families don't know it yet!"

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There were many wars in Chang'an, ten households did not exist, and there were many unowned lands. As soon as Li Ye came to the throne, he ordered the 21 counties in Chang'an to sort out the land and households, and make a book one by one, and all the unowned lands were registered.

I don't know who was the first to try to register the unowned land on his own head. It was only a small piece of land. It is a good thing for the government. Unowned land cannot be taxed. , Hang the head, then you can collect taxes.

The imperial court also encouraged people to diversify.

Such a good thing would naturally not fall on ordinary people. If the land of ordinary people is enough to plant, how can we help them cultivate the land? Naturally, the government officials and clerks in the county will benefit first.

Once the hole is opened, it is like a flood.

No matter how thick the neck of a yamen servant is, it can't keep up with a hair of the nobles of the family.

Right under Li Ye's nose, the Pei family, Liu family, Chen family, Kong family, including the royal family's family, staged a grand drama of fighting for land. The land of the beloved is also taken by stealth and turned into one's own.

Thick-skinned, rare in the world.

At this time in Chang'an County, the servants of the Pei family and the Kong family were still fighting for a piece of irrigated land.

Chang'an lacks water, and a whole piece of irrigated land is naturally eye-catching. In the end, the Kong family gained power and took this land as their own.

"I think the master will give me some rewards!" Kong Er thought so.

(End of this chapter)