The legend of the king of crossing

Chapter 18 Controversy over Public Land Law

Yuan Ji and the three of them showed excitement on their faces, especially the two young people Wen Lu, who seemed to be able to realize their lifelong ambitions by joining Longya. In fact, I know that these three people still don't understand the essence of Longya. This has to be done slowly.

It can be seen that the ancients were much simpler than the moderns.

I looked at the three of them, and said with a little excitement on my face: "Temporarily, Longya will set up five departments, the General Affairs Department, the Security Department, the Supervision Department, the Intelligence Department, and the Commercial Department.

Responsible for coordinating the overall situation, formulating the various systems of the organization, reviewing the personnel who join the organization, and passing on the decision of the organization to other departments. The personnel of the General Affairs Department must all be core members of Longya. Information from all over the world and from all walks of life is to give full play to the role of elaboration and extend it to all corners. Wherever there are people, there must be people with my dragon teeth. happy event and so on.The Ministry of Security is responsible for the safety of important people in our dynasty, assassinates those who endanger our country, such as Liu Zheng who defected to the enemy and traitorous country, and gradually eliminates Tianya. The Ministry of Supervision is responsible for supervising officials and supervising the words and deeds of major industry organizations , the Ministry of Commerce needs to make money for the organization, and the people in Longya have to eat.These departments are subordinate departments of the organization and must do things under the leadership of the organization. They are also sharp knives to achieve the purpose of the organization.My preliminary plan is that the security department will be in charge of Mr. Junshi, the intelligence department will be handed over to Junshi, and the supervision department will be handed over to Song Rui. Of course, this is just your status in Longya. As for the affairs of the court, you must not relax. "

"I will do my best, Your Majesty, please rest assured."

"Well, let's set the location of Longya in the Shifeng Tea House first. I will ask Wei Xiaosi to buy all the nearby houses and change the name to the Shifeng Chamber of Commerce. Let's act in the name of the Chamber of Commerce. After you go down, you will be careful. Think it over and see if there are any gaps in my conception."

"Following His Majesty's will, I will retire."

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Since I moved to Ninggan Palace, I often stand in front of the window on the top floor without knowing it, staring at the palace compound in a daze.

It seems that all this has nothing to do with me, I am just a passing tourist, a lonely time traveler.

I don’t know I’m a guest in my dream, am I having a long dream?

It's been almost a month since I came here, and I still can't accept the fact that Lingshan has left.

These days, I gradually get used to getting up early.

During the court meeting, the two factions of Xie and Jia had a dispute again, and the reason was the public land law.

Chen Zongli, Minister of the Ministry of household affairs, fired first.

"Chen Zongli has a book to play."

"Chen Aiqing, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, many officials on Zhexi Road have recently reported that this public land law has caused panic and even resentment among farmers. After discussion, I hope that Your Majesty will cancel this law."

In terms of the land system, the Song Dynasty was compared to the Han and Tang Dynasties before, and compared to the Yuan and Ming Dynasties later. It can be said that it was the dynasty with the most fully developed land private ownership.The Song Dynasty inherited the practices of the Mid-Tang and Tang Dynasties, and there were no restrictions on the sale and possession of private land.The annexation of land in the Song Dynasty was mainly carried out in the economic way of free trading. "The rich and the poor have no fixed status, and the fields and houses have no fixed owners. If you have money, you can buy it, and if you have no money, you can sell it." It is not legally allowed to seize and annex land.

Land is the most constant "regular product" in an agricultural society. In the Song Dynasty, households with regular products were called principal households, and those without regular products were called clients.Customers are mainly landless tenants and hired workers.According to the amount of property, the main households are divided into big landlords, small and medium landlords or wealthy peasant households, and ordinary small landowners.

With the corruption of politics, the land was more and more concentrated in the hands of big landlords, and the imperial court gradually lost control, so they had to issue Huizi to quench thirst by drinking poison, or rely on and buy money to catch fish.The result is that "the national economy is trapped in the production of paper money (paper money), and the rich are trapped in peace and purchase", and no one can come up with a better way.

In March of the fourth year of Jingding (1263), Jia Sidao decided to implement the public land law in an attempt to save the increasingly serious financial crisis.

However, the public land law directly involved the interests of bureaucratic landlords, and Li Zong could not make up his mind. In the end, Jia Sidao threatened to resign from office before it could be implemented, but it was only tried in some areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.

In July of the fourth year of Jingding, less than half a year after the implementation of the Public Land Law, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance claimed that "Chinese and foreign expenditures are insufficient."Although the flattery of Jia Sidao's cronies is not ruled out, the public land law will not be completely ineffective in alleviating the financial crisis.However, the public land law could not fundamentally solve the financial crisis, but instead became a new source of social unrest during the Jingding period.

I glanced at Jia Sidao and said, "Chen Aiqing, since the implementation of the public land law, it has increased the national treasury a lot, and it has not disturbed ordinary farmers. How could it cause their uneasiness?"

"Your Majesty, this public land law has four major drawbacks. First, it is called buyback, but it is actually a robbery and deepens the social crisis. For example, it should be a hundred guan for an acre, but only forty guan, and most of them are paper money. ), so it is not surprising that they were opposed by the big landlords. Secondly, officials cheated and bought back unfairly, which intensified social conflicts. Officials in charge deliberately exaggerated the calculation of the number of acres of their fields and forced them to increase the number of buybacks, causing some people Households went bankrupt and had no land to sell. The superintendents were harsh, unscrupulous, and even inflicted corporal punishment indiscriminately, forcing some desperate households to commit suicide. Thirdly, official land collection rents will lead to a collection of heads, which will lead to class conflicts. Finally , print the Huizi, buy back the public land, and increase inflation. The detailed description of these four points has been written in the memorial, please read it your Majesty."

I signaled Xiao Qi to take the memorial, looked at Jia Sidao and said, "Master, what do you think?"

Jia Sidao didn't get up, and responded indifferently: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will supervise the shortcomings of the public land law."

"Okay, that's all for now."

"Your Majesty, my minister Ma Tingluan has a book to play."

"Ma Aiqing, please tell me."

"Your Majesty, the four major disadvantages mentioned by Mr. Chen cannot be underestimated. This West Zhejiang Road is the most important tax in the Song Dynasty. Please think twice, if it goes on for a long time, the people's anger and resentment will become more and more serious. My government's finances and people's hearts will be greatly improved. Affected."

"The ministers and others seconded the proposal." Most of Xie Daoqing's faction stood up and said.

Before I could open my mouth, Jia Sidao stood up and said, "Master Chen, Lord Ma, the public land law was ordered by the late emperor. After half a year of implementation, our granary in the Song Dynasty will basically be full of grain. If it is not for the public land law to hoard grain and grass, I will go to the front. I’m still empty now. I would like to ask my lords, is there too much land in my family, and I’m only going to talk about it because of this? Or do you have a better plan in my mind, which can ease my finances? Or is it because of this public land? Is the law a suggestion from me, Jia?"

Ma Tingluan said urgently: "Lord Jia, I'm just talking about the public land law, why did you get involved in other things?"

Jia Sidao slightly raised his tone and said: "Hmph, you are a sour scholar, you can't come up with effective strategies, and you always like to point out other people's methods. Is this the morality of a scholar?"

"You..." Ma Tingluan was speechless for a while, but just looked at me.

Na Jia Sidao also looked at me, as if he was waiting for my verdict.