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In July of the 11th year of Qianyuan, many old nobles in Uzang, Qinghai and Monan provinces started rebellions due to the "Abolition of Slavery Order".

Emperor Qianyuan ordered Helianyue, Wenxuan, and Peng Youyi to quell the rebellion. In just over three months, all the rebellions were quelled.

Afterwards, about 18 old Tibetan and Mongolian nobles, their families, and servants were exiled to Montenegro Province, Dongfan Island, Andong Province and other places as hard labor.

Farmers and herdsmen in Uzang, Qinghai, and Monan thus started a new life without the oppression of slave owners...

The time comes to the twelfth year of Qianyuan.

Since last year it first launched a three-pronged army with nearly 200,000 troops to attack the Qinghai-Tibet area, and in the second half of the year it suppressed the rebellion in Us-Tibet, Qinghai, and Monan provinces, the Damei court had no major military plans this year.

That is to say, the Nanyang Navy may have some battles with the fleets of Western countries in the Nanyang region, some frictions with Vietnam, Myanmar and other countries in the southwest region, and some disputes with Yarkand and Oara in the Western Regions.

Without orders from the central court, the standing armies stationed at the border would only engage in small-scale battles with hostile forces, and it was unlikely that a real war would break out.

The eighteenth day of the first lunar month.

Liu Sheng held an important meeting in the Wenhua Palace. In addition to several military ministers, there were also leading officials from the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Finance.

After the meeting starts.

Liu Shengdao: "From the fifth year of Qianyuan to the tenth year of Qianyuan, we spent five or six years implementing the land clearing order and census order, and achieved remarkable results."

"But if we want to change the backward tax and service system of the previous Ming Dynasty, the implementation of the Qingtian Order and the Census Order is only the foundation."

"Now that the foundation has been laid, it's time to move on to the next step. Therefore, I have decided to use three years to implement the concept of 'sharing the land between the peasants and the gentry as a whole and paying the grain as part of the errand'."

"I have known about this matter a long time ago. I believe that all the ministers are also mentally prepared. Let's discuss this matter carefully at today's meeting."

After listening to Liu Sheng's words, some of the ministers sitting in the hall were deep in thought, while others immediately started communicating with their colleagues around them.

"It's easy to say that people are divided into acres, but it's probably very difficult to implement the idea of ​​government and gentry working together as errands to pay the grain."

"Since ancient times, officials have had the privilege of being exempted from service. Now that I, Dawei, want to be exempted from this privilege, what do the courtiers think and how do the middle and low-level officials agree?"

"In the final analysis, the affairs of the imperial court must be handled by middle- and low-level officials. Now we have to exempt them from their privileges... Well, it's difficult."

Although the Wenhua Hall was not small, a lot of the officials' discussions still reached Liu Sheng's ears.

These discussions also reflect the attitude of these "cabinet bosses".

At first glance, even if no one explicitly opposes it, most people are not optimistic about it.

Liu Sheng's expression was indifferent, as if he had anticipated this situation and didn't care much.

The sharing of farm work and the work of officials and gentry as errands and paying grain are actually related to a traditional system of the feudal dynasty, that is, servitude.

The so-called "dividing a small amount into an acre" means that a small amount of silver is spread into the land tax and collected together with the land tax.

What is Ding Yin?
It was a poll tax, which was actually a form of servitude.

In feudal dynasties and even in some countries of later generations, service was an obligation for citizens. In later generations, many military services were abolished, but the military service system still remained.

This shows how important service is to a country.

If the country is reduced to a family, there will always be someone who has to cook, clean, make money, etc. If you don’t do it and I don’t do it, then the family will have to live on.

At the national level, if everyone does not pay taxes and is unwilling to shoulder their due obligations, then the country will not be able to survive.

As early as before the Ming Dynasty, there were wealthy people who used grain and silver to replace their servants.

After Zhang Juzheng reformed and implemented the "One Whip Law", many labor services were officially replaced by banknotes, and then the government used the collected labor money to hire people to do work.

These levies were mostly collected based on the number of people in a family, so they were also called "head tax" and "ding silver" among the people.

However, whether it was in the Ming Dynasty or today in Dawei, the "poll tax" belonged to the local government - it was collected by the local government and then used in the local area.

When the officials in the former Ming Dynasty were corrupt, more money from miscellaneous tax collectors such as Ding Yin went into the pockets of local officials.

Some corrupt officials even used clever excuses to levy exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the name of the court for their own selfish purposes, making local people miserable.

When the people could no longer survive, they naturally rebelled.

Even if there are no corrupt officials, the labor money collected on a per capita basis such as Ding Yin is still a big burden to the people. Even if the labor money is used for local purposes, it is not very fair to the poor people.

For the country, it will further widen the gap between the rich and the poor and create resentment among the people...

After discussing with the ministers for a while, Liu Sheng said: "Everyone, please first tell me your views on 'dividing a small family into an area'." When Ma Shiying was the governor of Nanzhili, he wholeheartedly cooperated with Liu Sheng to implement reforms, and he had already become a leader. He became a general of Da'ei's "reform faction".

Two years ago, Liu Sheng transferred him to the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and made him the minister of military aircraft.

Although many people are not optimistic about the second step of reform this time, Ma Shiying confirmed that this is a good time for him to express his loyalty to Liu Sheng.

He has done a lot of preparatory work for the reforms of "sharing the land between the peasants and the land" and "the government and the gentry working together as errands to pay the grain".

Upon hearing Liu Sheng's inquiry, he immediately stood up, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that if Dawei wants to have long-term peace and stability and get rid of some of the chronic diseases of the previous dynasty, 'spreading a small family into a single family' is a good strategy that must be implemented."

Many ministers attending the meeting looked over.

Liu Sheng smiled and nodded slightly.

Ma Shiying was encouraged and continued: "In the late pre-Ming Dynasty, land annexation was serious in various places. The rich had endless fields, and the poor had no place to stand."

"However, the local government levied silver coins on a daily basis. This is just adding insult to injury to the poor people."

"In addition, because the poor people cannot afford to pay small silver, and the local government cannot collect the money, the local government has no money to do things for the people, which makes the local people's livelihood worse and worse, and the gap between the rich and the poor more obvious."

"What's more, during the Ming Dynasty, some local officials colluded with wealthy households to pass on the money that should belong to them to the poor."

"Although our current administration is relatively clear, it may not be able to eliminate the existence of such corrupt officials."

"The implementation of 'dividing a small amount into an acre', and dividing the amount of dingyin into an acre of land for collection, will undoubtedly greatly alleviate many of the above-mentioned problems."

Spreading a small family into a farm would definitely harm the interests of large and wealthy households, but for the court and poor people, the benefits were also obvious.

The people at the bottom will always make up the majority in this world. If the country wants to have long-term peace and stability, the people at the bottom cannot be left without a way to survive.

The people attending the meeting at this time were all important officials of the imperial court, and they naturally understood the above principles.

So after listening to Ma Shiying's words, many people nodded slightly in agreement.

Ma Shiying's performance made Li Yunzhong, the left servant, feel some crisis.

Therefore, when Ma Shiying finished speaking, he immediately stood up and added: "After the Qingtian Order was implemented, the court has full control over the number of acres of land in each party. It is indeed a good opportunity to implement the 'dividing the land into acres'."

"In addition, in order to curb annexation, I think we can also collect levy silver according to the number of acres of land per household."

"For example, if the land is less than 30 acres, the amount of labor silver will be collected per mu; if the land is above 30 acres and less than 100 acres, the amount of labor silver will be collected per mu, and so on."

"In this way, in addition to inhibiting mergers, it can also increase local bank income. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone."

After Li Yunzhong, other ministers also expressed their opinions on "dividing a small family into a small family."

For example, the treasury silver is divided into two parts, one part is retained for personal use, the other part is turned over to the national treasury, etc.

In line with the general trend, almost all ministers present at the meeting expressed their approval for the implementation of the policy of “divide a small portion into an acre” policy.

This was a bit unexpected for Liu Sheng.

But after thinking about it, he understood again.

Of course, many of these ministers attending the meeting are from large landowners, and their interests will be harmed by being "divided into acres".

However, Liu Sheng revealed his idea of ​​rectifying land taxation in his early years, and later continued to encourage the development of commerce and trade.

Therefore, in the past few years, officials with a little knowledge have asked families to reduce their land holdings and increase their industrial and commercial industries.

In addition, the salaries given to officials by the Da'ei imperial court were quite high.

Now it is Liu Sheng, the founding emperor, who is in office again, and the authority of the imperial court is at its peak.

Naturally, these important officials in the imperial court would not confront Liu Sheng because they "shared the family" - they didn't have the guts, nor the ability.

In this way, the policy of dividing one person into one mu was easily passed.

After a short rest.

Liu Sheng said: "Since there is no problem with the policy of 'dividing a small family into an equal share', please tell me your thoughts on the idea of ​​'officers and gentry working together to pay for food'."

When Liu Sheng's words came out, the Wenhua Hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. (End of chapter)