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Chapter 43 The Queen Mother is immortal (43)

"How is it possible that you can't afford it? Imperial Grandma, please don't be alarmist. I also visited privately incognito. Are there any farms and fields near Chang'an City that I haven't visited?"

Emperor Jianyuan continued to refute with an ugly expression.

During the years when Jianyuan's New Deal failed and was abolished, he was depressed and unable to take part in politics. He would leave the palace in casual clothes to hunt and play when he had nothing to do. Sometimes he would trample on other people's crops and pay compensation in other people's names.

His brother-in-law Pingyang Hou was the biggest victim.

So he thought that he had seen the suffering of the people, and even stepped on other people's fields himself.

I didn't see anyone dying or alive.

"Do you know how many princes there are near Chang'an?

Do you know how much of the land near Chang'an belongs to nobles and nobles, and how much belongs to ordinary people? Are the so-called common people you see common people? And don’t you know that Chang’an is already the richest place in Daqian. If the people in Chang’an were in dire straits, Daqian would be even more chaotic than in the late Qin Dynasty.

All in all, the Ai family and Da Sinong agreed that it was not possible to increase the tax, let alone to close the tax in advance.

Unless you can do one thing..."

For Bai Sheng, preventing him from causing harm to the people was the most important thing, so it was naturally impossible for him to agree. However, in order to prevent Emperor Jianyuan from becoming rebellious, he had to confront her head-on and forcefully issued the order regardless of everything, so Bai Sheng did not say anything. He said it directly and left some room:

"The Ai family's request is not too much. Starting today, if you can only rely on yourself and no one else, you can grow enough for you and your three daughters on twenty acres of land, plus Wei Zifu's five people." All the taxes and rations that people need to pay, and then you think it is very reasonable, if you are very willing.

The Aijia will no longer stop you.

How about, if you think it’s not enough, the Aijia can help you add some more. Let’s calculate based on Chao Cuo’s calculation that a family of five has 100 acres of farmland. I’ll give you 100 acres of farmland, and try to rely on that 100 acres. You don’t even need to support Ai’s family or your biological mother. Just support you and Wei Zifu, and take care of your three daughters. Then you pay all the taxes, exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are not counted. You only have to pay according to the current regulations. Just fine.

A family of five has a hundred acres of farmland. No matter where they are, they are wealthy households among common farmers. "

"If you think one year is too long, you can just plant for one season. We will calculate it after one planting season.

It also allows you to see the sufferings of the people! "

She had experienced hardship when she was a child. Her father died when she was young, and her brother and sister were separated. When she became the queen, her brother was still working as a servant for others.

It is precisely because he has endured hardship that he knows very well how much pressure the rulers’ casual increases in taxes will put on ordinary people. Bai Sheng made these requests at this time because he felt that if Emperor Jianyuan himself could plant them himself How does it feel to have a hundred acres of land, and then look at the little harvest that you have worked so hard for a year, and after deducting daily expenses, it is not enough to pay taxes!
  Many rich people, especially those who have been rich since childhood and have never experienced hardship, have no concept of poverty.

You may even think that the poor are poor because they don't work hard, etc., and take this idea for granted and there is no problem. Only when they work for a few days with nothing and live like real poor people for ten days and a half, or even longer, can they wake up or understand.

Just by listening to what others say or reading in books about the wars and chaos in the former Qin Dynasty and the people's dire straits, how can we have any idea?
  Emperor Jianyuan was obviously very unconvinced at this time, but he was not stupid. He knew very well that this must be his imperial grandmother's provocation. Whether it was a person cultivating a hundred acres of land, or relying on the harvest of that hundred acres of land to make a living and pay taxes. It's definitely not a simple matter.

If only it could be achieved easily.

It was impossible for his royal grandmother to say that.

So after hesitating for a while, he did not answer the question, nor did he directly talk about gambling. He only said that his plan to increase the tax was not completed yet, and he would come back to discuss it in two days, and then retreated with the ministers.

When I got back, I scolded Da Sinong first.

After scolding, he didn't forget to ask:
  "Tell me carefully, why did the Imperial Grandmother tell me that one hundred acres of land only requires the payment of three and a half acres of land? Isn't this still too much? How big can the harvest of two or three acres more be? The benefits!
  What impact will the harvest of two or three acres less have? Can they starve their whole family to death? "

"Your Majesty, let me give you a deduction. If you agree to the request made by the Empress Dowager, and go farming now, and successfully obtain an income of three hundred shi of corn, then we will use these three hundred shi of corn as our income. Basics, minus your expenses and taxes paid.

Direct simulation can also be effective, but it may not be as impressive as what the Queen Mother said. "

Da Sinong actually quite agreed with the Empress Dowager.

So at this time, of course, I am willing to follow the ideas described by the Empress Dowager and try to persuade Emperor Jianyuan.

"Okay then, you come and calculate how much you have to pay!"

Emperor Jianyuan said indifferently.

"Based on the calculation of a family of five, the first is the field rent of 30 taxes per 1, which requires ten shi of corn, and the second is the calculation and oral tax, which requires 300 fen. One shi of corn can only be sold for 30 fen, so It also requires ten stones.

The donation fee is eighty to one hundred cents.

So Yue Mo wants to sell another three shi of corn.

You need to serve one month of regular service every year. Should Your Majesty go and serve in person, or should you spend 300 coins? "

Da Sinong did the math and continued to ask.

"Of course it's money, just three hundred coins!" Emperor Jianyuan said happily and naturally.

"For two years of military service, I think Your Majesty should have spent the same amount of money. However, it is impossible for ordinary people to save enough to pay for two years of military service at once. They can only save one month of military service every year. In this way, If you save for twenty years, the military service reward will be enough."

“The cost here is a full forty-three stone.

The daily food and drink for five people costs about one hundred dan. Please note, Your Majesty, the food and drink here does not refer to big fish and meat, but the standard of not starving to death. Ancestor sacrifice requires about 300 dan, which also costs ten dan.

Clothes and bedding cost 1,500 cash.

This is the cost calculated on a balanced basis when many clothes and bedding can be used for five to ten years.

At this point, the two hundred and three stones are gone.

This is without any excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If you include the excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes and the daily salt needs, it would be good to have fifty shi of grain left every year.

That can only be achieved when there cannot be any marriages, illness, additional taxes, and various unexpected situations. "

Having said this, Da Sinong fell silent.

And looked up at Emperor Jianyuan.

(End of this chapter)