Princess of the auxiliary country

After leaving the imperial study, Huo Jingzhi did not return to the Ministry of Industry. Instead, he left the imperial city directly, got on a carriage and returned to Ningyang Princess's mansion.

"Why did you come back so early today?"

Princess Ningyang was a little surprised when she saw him.

"Well, there are some things that need to be done."

Huo Jingzhi walked to the edge and sat down. After the servants served tea, he asked them to leave first.

Then he started to talk about the imperial study room.

"Is your Majesty planning to implement this?"

Princess Ningyang was a little happy, after all, this was a good idea for running the country that her daughter had come up with.

Seeing her like this, Huo Jingzhi felt helpless and nodded: "The emperor has made his attitude clear, but I feel a little uneasy."

Although he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that his wife informed the emperor of the matter without informing him, he didn't say anything more as the matter was done.

Moreover, this plan was what his daughter had thought of, and it was a very good plan. If it succeeded, it would be of great benefit to the people of the Yu Dynasty.

"Why are you worried? Although I don't know much about politics, I know this is a good thing."

"A good thing is a good thing, but there are also a lot of troubles involved."

Then, he analyzed all the twists and turns in it to Princess Ningyang.

"This policy is good, but it is not easy to implement it. The nobles of the court, the nobles, and the local gentry will not agree. Even if it is not done well, it will cause turmoil in the country."

"How serious?"

Princess Ningyang was also a little surprised.

Although she is a princess and knows some things in the court, she is not a serious court official. Although she can see some things, some deeper things are still somewhat unclear.

In her opinion, this strategy of sharing income from one person to another is a good thing. It can help the people and stabilize the country's tax revenue in the future.

Although the nobles and the tycoons will suffer some losses, no matter how much land they have in their names, giving out a very small part of it is actually nothing.

After all, most of these things for them were given by the imperial court. The imperial court did not want to take back all of them, but only required them to hand over a small part.

However, she ignored one thing, and that was human greed.

Who is willing to take their own things out?

And it’s not just taken once, but needs to be turned in every year in the future.

Think about the past, not only did you not have to hand it over, you could also get a little more from below and put it into your pocket.

Now it's fine. Not only do I have to hand it in, but I can't get it from below either. This loss isn't much, but it's still a loss.

If you let someone who has always taken advantage of you lose money, that would be like killing them.

"It's not like you don't know the greed of those nobles. Let's not talk about it. How did the Zheng family treat Yaoyao because of the braised food incident?"

"How much profit is that? The Zheng family wants to take over it, but if they fail, so many things will happen."

"If this is implemented on a per-acre basis, the losses will be much greater than the braised food. Will these guys be happy?"

Princess Ningyang only saw what these people said on the surface, and felt that if they showed it a little bit, even if they felt uncomfortable, the pressure from the court was there, so they had to listen.

But she didn't see what these people were hiding behind the scenes.

More than 20 years after the founding of the Yu Dynasty, the social environment was relatively stable and the population was constantly increasing.

According to normal principles, the Yu Dynasty still had rich land, and the population increase was not large, so there would be no shortage of food.     But in fact? In many places during the Yu Dynasty, people's lives were still below the standard, and many people still starved to death every year.

Are these people not working hard enough?

Of course not, but these wealthy families are oppressing.

Originally, the Yu Dynasty collected a capitation tax, which was an increase in tax based on head count, either in grain or in money.

For example, if a small town had 10,000 households when the country was founded, then when the land was first divided, every household would have one.

But twenty years have passed, are these 10,000 households still just 10,000 households?

Obviously there will not be only 10,000 households, because the society is relatively stable and the population has increased. The original one household may have been separated for some reason, and the number of people has increased.

But the land is still the same as before. If there is any major disaster or misfortune, these lands will be annexed by some people.

Then a problem will arise. The population will increase and the land will decrease. It is even said that many people no longer have land in their names.

At this time, the court still collected taxes based on head count, so what did these landless people pay?

As the population increases, those who originally owned land will have to bear more and more taxes. With only a small amount of land, they will naturally be unable to make ends meet.

At this time, some people in the local area will work hard to recruit some people and turn them into black households.

And these black households can be used to create other industries.

Help the wealthy people to open up wasteland, and then they plant these wastelands, and pay a large amount of food to their masters every year. These wastelands are not registered, and more and more are opened.

The wealth of these wealthy families is also increasing.

And these industries are all hidden.

Now that the land is being spread out, the court will inevitably re-measure the land in order to collect taxes in the future. So can the land in the dark be hidden?

Originally, these lands were all owned by themselves, and they could collect whatever they wanted. But now if the court does this, they will be divided.

In addition to these, there is also the matter of land annexation. I am afraid that it cannot be hidden well, and the court will not be able to liquidate it by then?

If one mistake is not made, it will bring disaster to the whole family. This is a complete compensation for the wife and the loss of soldiers. It is strange that these people can agree.

"So, this policy cannot be pushed forward?"

"The Emperor has made a statement and will do it even if there are difficulties."

"What I am worried about is not whether this can be pushed forward, but I am worried about letting outsiders know that this strategy was proposed by our family. Think about what we will face by then?"

Princess Ningyang's expression changed as soon as she heard this.

Duke Ji's Mansion is not weak, but it is far from being able to compete with all the noble ministers, nobles and gentry in the world.

"What about this?"

Now the eldest princess Ningyang was a little anxious. She originally only thought about the Yu Dynasty. At the same time, this policy was so good, and her own daughter had a big credit for it.

But I never thought it would be so serious.

"The Emperor did not tell anyone else that you submitted the policy, and he also told me that he would not tell anyone."

"But there is no airtight wall in the world. We are afraid that we will be in serious trouble this time."

Princess Ningyang was silent.

"The matter is now over. There's no point in worrying about it. If things like this happen in the future, you'd better talk to me first, and we'll make a decision."

Regarding his wife, Huo Jingzhi didn't complain about anything. Things were already like this, and there was really no need to make a fuss about it.

"You come with me to visit Yaoyao outside the city. I have something to ask her."