I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 800 Share some for Fu Bi
As the new year approaches, there should be very few court affairs, but this year is extremely lively.

Workshop City is ready to sell new industrial technologies... The profitability of Workshop City's products has been verified by Guochao.

Therefore, for a while, everyone in Bianliang was talking about another sale of the workshop city.

For grassroots, although this kind of selling has nothing to do with me, it is quite enjoyable to talk about.

"I heard that this year's auction, the imperial court does not restrict the participation of Tibetans and party members, and even the barbarians in the southwest can sell..."

"It should be! Regardless of whether Tubo or the Dangxiang National People's Congress territory, it is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and they are all the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and they have all been rewarded by the court..."

"However, I have heard that after the people of the Song Dynasty sell the craft, they can set up factories in the northwest and southwest. If the people of Tubo and Dangxiang sell the craftsmanship, they are not allowed to build factories in the Yinxia area...~"

"What did you hear? I heard that it's all in the newspaper! Although Tubo and the party members can't go back to the northwest to set up factories, they demand that the local prefectures and counties of the country not refuse to cooperate..."

"The key point is that the imperial court did not prohibit any workshop from using party members, Tubo or even barbarians in the southwest."

"China is barbarian and Di, and barbarians are barbarians; barbarians are Chinese, and barbarians are Chinese... Don't say anything about Dangxiang and Tubo, they are all the people of our Great Song Dynasty!"

The Song Dynasty is tolerant, even if it has been hostile for decades, after the unification into the Song Dynasty, the people of Bianliang agreed.

This is also because the foreigners living in Bianliang are very generous.

As for the newspaper, some party items and Tubo customs are published from time to time, and some foreign writers are even invited.

This is the guidance of the imperial court!
In Zhao Xi's mind, there is no such thing as a foreign race in the newly recovered territory.

For the imperial court, these aids were needed to govern the appeasement of the new frontier.

Let the nobles of the foreign race have a sense of belonging, let the people of the foreign race have a sense of belonging, and let the so-called foreign race truly become the people of the Great Song Dynasty, which is the real recovery.

The sale of the workshop city is already a hot topic in Bianliang, and people are looking forward to this gluttonous feast in the business circles of the Kingdom...~
On a certain day, "Shi Lun" published the news that the imperial court was discussing a substantial reduction in agricultural taxes...

This is no longer a matter limited to wealthy families, it is closely related to all people in the entire country.

In terms of agricultural tax, this dynasty mainly followed the two tax laws of the previous dynasty.

In the early years, for the collection of the two taxes, it was generally collected in kind according to the old rules, roughly one bucket per mu per year.

At that time, there were both "thirty and one tax" and "twenty and one tax", and more than half of the land of the gentry did not pay tax.

Therefore, most of the burden of rent and tax falls on the bottom-level people who have no power or power.

Because the two taxes are collected in kind, there are so-called "branches" and "transformations".

What is branch transfer? That is, when the households paid in kind, the imperial court, in line with the idea of ​​"making up for the shortage with surplus", tried its best to let the households not pay locally, but to pay them to the army stationed on the northern border. place, so it is called a branch.

The collection of the two taxes is generally collected in kind, but it is not static.Instead, sometimes you have to "make money with wheat", and sometimes you have to "make silk with money", etc., which is called change.

The change itself not only tormented the common people, but more importantly, the officials who handled the change took advantage of the generation difference in the process of the change, and made a lot of profits by speculating.

After Zhao Xi ascended the throne, he borrowed a tax compilation law from the later Ming Dynasty, coupled with the talents of Wang Anshi and his son, it has changed the tax burden to a certain extent.

However, at the beginning, the commercial tax of the Guochao only accounted for [-]% to [-]% of the tax revenue of the entire court, and the disadvantages of the three redundancy of the Guochao have not been completely resolved.Zhao Xi did not dare to make major adjustments.

The measures to open up wasteland and reduce agricultural taxes were hindered by the development of the country's industry...

This time, Zhao Xi ordered "Shi Lun" to build momentum first. To put it bluntly, he wanted to use public opinion to lower the agricultural tax as much as possible.

And Fu Bi, because of poor communication in the cabinet for the first time, cooperated with the officials to publish the adjustment of agricultural tax in the report.

This day is the day when the workshop city will sell...

It was also on this day that "Shi Lun" published a piece of news on the inconspicuous page about the emergence of a dingkou sales market in the country, and it was accompanied by an explanation of the imperial court's regulations prohibiting the sale of dingkou.

It would have been unnecessary to use such a method, and the cabinet could have directly promulgated the agricultural tax reduction and exemption decree after the cabinet discussed it. Originally, Fu Bi thought that he could give his official career a perfect ending.

However, most of the elders believe that once the imperial government reduces or exempts the agricultural tax by such a large scale, or even has no tax for life on the newly opened land, it will affect the cultivation of the current cultivated land, and even further affect the problem of industrial employment, which is a disorder that damages the imperial court.

The reason is a reason, from different angles, there will be different views.

For example, Han Qi, Mr. Han Ge, among the Han family's farmland in the entire Xiangzhou, almost [-]% belong to the Han family, that is to say, there are [-]% of Xiangzhou's tenants.

Once the imperial court governs in this way, there will inevitably be the possibility that the tenants will open up wasteland and gradually separate from the Han family... What about the Han family's farmland?
Workshop City considered the relationship between the court officials and local industry participants, so they chose a holiday to sell.On this day, Fu Bi volunteered to be on duty in the cabinet...
Except for the article published in "Shi Lun", there seems to be nothing unusual about this day.

"Zirong, what do you think will happen when the agricultural tools and handicrafts are sold out this time?"

It was also at this time that Zhao Xi summoned Su Song, Shen Kuo and others to the Hall of Qinzheng as a reward, a celebration, and a reward for their team.

"Officials, although the country's industry is prosperous, I think that no matter merchants or courtiers, the emphasis on farming and mulberry affairs is not comparable to that of new products in the heart industry. According to my analysis, although farm tools only account for [-]%, the money and food obtained from the sale may not be comparable. It will be more than half..."

This time the farm tools are sold out, Su Song is still confident.Although the power problem cannot be solved as the officials thought, even after the improvement of farm tools, the use of animal power can also reduce labor to a considerable extent.

For example, the conventional plow, although still the basic principle of the curved shaft plow, has increased the coulters to three columns, and added plow blades, and can even be used with a wide rake.This can triple the original efficiency.

For example, the valley windmill, the workshop city uses a connecting rod device, so that the valley windmill can be connected to the water wheel, and it can work continuously by using hydraulic power.

For example, the grain pestle also changes the stone to iron or copper, and also borrows various devices, which can borrow animal power and water power.

To be honest, in Su Song's eyes, this revolution in agricultural tools is an agricultural revolution, a major revolution that greatly improves the agricultural industry.

All new agricultural tools have been verified countless times by the workshop city.

"That's good, it can increase wealth and relieve some pressure."

This is not only a matter of reducing pressure on Fu Bi, but also an excuse for those ministers who are circling in their own interests to switch.

(End of this chapter)