The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 101 Land Reform

Since May, the weather has become muggy, but fortunately, the rain is still constant, which relieves the heat to some extent.

After reading Jia Sidao's memorial, I found it quite satisfactory, basically speaking from a neutral point of view.This management system that is compatible with the Public Land Law has made many detailed regulations on the problems that occurred in the early stage of implementation. For example, Huizi banknotes cannot be used to replace silver and copper coins, and the amount of land cannot be concealed at will. The measurement shall prevail.If these regulations can be implemented, it can solve the four major problems raised by those who oppose the public land law.

What is Jia Sidao's intention?

Do we put national interests first, or do we have other plans?

If I wasn't a time traveler and didn't know about the treacherous minister Jia Sidao in history, maybe I would have thought that Jia Sidao was indeed a pillar of the country, and that he was worthy of great use just like Emperor Lizong.

I was a little confused, so I didn't think about the starting point of this memorial. In short, this memorial is completely feasible, and it is also consistent with what I mentioned at the court meeting.

Is it just that the public land law is the best land system?If it is, later generations have not used it, if not, what is better?

What kind of model should the land system adopt?

Public land law, land contracting, rural cooperatives, and large-scale farms, from ancient times to the present, the reform of land has always been the top priority of our country.For our big agriculture-based country, every land reform may cause turmoil in the whole society, and even a peasant uprising.

Fortunately, the population in this era is only about 1000 million. Even if the northern Han people who cannot escape are counted, it will not exceed 2000 million. The land is not as expensive as it is in later generations.But it must also be taken into account that the effective cultivated land in the Song Dynasty was not as much as in later generations.

I only insist on one point, that a few people must not be allowed to occupy most of the land, and the [-]% commercial principle cannot be applied to land ownership.

The feudal land system in the past 1000 years has created the backbone of our country, that is, the landlord class with the land as the core. This class can be said to be the real ruling class of the feudal society. They firmly grasp the lifeline of the society. Dao's domineering, also suffered repeated setbacks in the promotion of the public land law, and finally failed.

Alas, I sighed and thought, if only I could surf the Internet, search the Internet, and post some posts, I can get a lot of information.

Technology is the primary productive force, it is true.

"Guanjia, why are you always frowning tonight? What's wrong with you?" Quan Jiu said softly, "This is the ginseng soup that the imperial kitchen has just stewed. The official family always stays up late to replenish your body." .”

Quan Jiu's voice pulled my thoughts back, and I said, "Jiu'er, haven't you rested yet?"

"Not yet, Guan Jia, Jiu'er re-wrote the Wushu written by Guan Jia with the sisters according to the new writing method. No, I just finished it. Fortunately, I have a hard pen now. Quite a lot, it used to take several days, but now it can be done in one night."

"Really, so fast?"

"Well, the four of us do things in different categories, and each of us writes a part, and then put them together, it will naturally be faster. This is what the officials call efficiency."

I smiled and blurted out praise: "Hehe, yes, Jiu'er knows to mobilize everyone to work on the assembly line."

Quan Jiu was stunned: "Ah? What is an assembly line? This is another new official term."

The term assembly line is probably an imported product, and I don’t know the source. It probably appeared after the Western Industrial Revolution to improve production efficiency.I told Quan Jiu the meaning of the assembly line.

When muskets can be mass-produced, this assembly line production method must be adopted. First, it can improve efficiency, and second, it can prevent technology theft, unless the chief designer and all drawings are stolen.

I took a look at writing with a hard pen, and the writing format was from left to right, and suddenly felt close.

"En, very good." I drank a sip of ginseng soup and said, "Jiu'er, I was thinking about the land just now, and I had a headache."

"Land? Are the officials trying to promote the public land law?"

"The public land law is at best a transitional law. I'm thinking about what kind of method should be adopted for our dynasty's land system?"

"What do officials think is wrong with the current land system?"

"Most of the existing land is concentrated in the big landlord class, which can easily lead to inequality in society. If the majority of people cannot live without food and clothing, it may cause turmoil."

"Isn't the public land law specifically designed to solve this problem?"

"No, I think that the biggest purpose of Jia Sidao's public land law is to raise funds for the national treasury, but it can't fundamentally solve the problem. Now most of the production resources are in the hands of a few landlords. Jiuer, think about it, even if a hundred mu If the good land is handed over to a poor farmer, can he take care of it? Moreover, this is a nationwide phenomenon. The landlord class that owns the land is the core force of our government's economy. If they all unite to oppose it, life will be difficult for me. "

"This is really difficult, but Jiu'er believes that the official must have the ability to solve this problem. Official, there is one more thing Jiu'er wants to talk to the official."

"What's the matter, Jiu'er just speak the truth."

"Officials, Jiu'er is discussing with the Queen Mother recently how to reduce the expenditure of the harem in response to the government's increasing income and reducing expenditure. Let's discuss a method, and the officials will see if it is feasible?"

"Oh, how?"

"In the beginning, there was no budget for the expenditure in the harem. Depending on the distance between the palace and the empress dowager, each palace can withdraw arbitrarily different amounts of silver taels. We think that we can receive monthly salaries according to the number of people in each palace and their level, just like the ministers of the court. In this way, part of the harem expenditure can be controlled."

"What if it's not enough?"

"We will set a standard based on the current daily expenses in Lin'an, so that the lowest court ladies can also have a living guarantee. Of course, there is no way if they spend money recklessly."

"Well, this method is feasible, wait..." I suddenly remembered that many rich people in later generations manage their children's pocket money. They give them a certain amount of pocket money every month. If it is not enough, I can do odd jobs. In exchange for housework, many of them showed business acumen as children.

If I regard all the peasants or landlords in the world as my children, how should I distribute them?You can't eat from the big pot, and you can't ignore the status quo.

I thought for a while and said, "Jiu'er, come and listen to my thoughts."

"Well, please tell me the official."

"I allocate a certain amount of land to each peasant family according to the number of people. The ownership of this part of the land belongs to the peasants. The imperial court only collects very little tax or does not collect it at all. First of all, to ensure that they can live comfortably. If they have enough time and energy, they can rent land from the court, and of course the tax on this part of the land will be higher. The same is true for those landlords who own a large amount of land, and they have to pay more land tax for the excess If they don’t have the ability to cultivate so much land, they can sell the land in their hands to the imperial court, so that they can turn the forced repurchase in the public land law into their voluntary choice.”

"Officials, Jiu'er also thinks it's feasible, but there are still many details that need to be considered."

"This is natural. The land system in my imagination includes land ownership system, land use system, land planning system, land protection system, land expropriation system, land taxation system, and land management system. These cannot be completed overnight. In the next few days, I will convene relevant departments and ministers to discuss this matter, first determine the skeleton framework, and then slowly add flesh."