Liu Muzhi curled up his lips: "Well, I'm afraid you have to be fully mentally prepared. Madam has always been very kind to you, and Miaoyin is with you life and death, but after all, they are in the position of a high-ranking family.
, In this way, unlike the previous demotion, where at the end you at least have the status of a scholar and can still keep a living, you can directly demote to the common people, which means that the final foundation of the noble family will also be destroyed.
I'm afraid that even Madam and Miaoyin won't agree. The truth is indeed on your side, but the descendants of a noble family drag hundreds of thousands of people into the family and take away people's livelihoods like killing their parents. This is no small act."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "Fat man, I have fully considered this. It is quite cruel to them, but for the country, there is no other way. I will not destroy the jobs of these hundreds of thousands of people, but
Shattering the jobs of millions of ordinary people in the Jin Dynasty, which one is more serious? Do you need to say more? Now we are taking advantage of the Northern Expedition to destroy the Hu and expand abroad. Before the popularization of printing, these children of aristocratic families and scholars still had some knowledge and culture.
If you have the advantage and make meritorious service in the army, or if you have political achievements as an official, you can naturally keep your title or even be promoted."
"Aren't hundreds of Yu Yue's children from aristocratic families joining the army this time? There are also children from aristocratic families who are serving as officials in various places in the Jin Dynasty. They don't have to worry about their jobs. As long as they contribute to the country and benefit their lives, they can
If we continue to enjoy the current treatment, we must not look down upon those parasites who have accomplished nothing and only rely on their status as scholars and the fields handed down from their ancestors to continue sucking the blood and fat of the people."
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Jinnu, Jinu, I think you take it too much for granted. Yu Yue and others, including people like Xiang Wang Hong, Xie Hui, and Fu Liang, are willing to come out to do things, and they are not interested in just a few thousand people.
This kind of industry in the manor, but to control the power and earn more benefits for themselves and their family, but no one can guarantee that their family can control the power forever, especially in the central power of the DPRK.
If the family fortune of future generations falls into decline, it is human nature to give the descendants a guaranteed meal. If you reduce the last knight to a civilian, you will break this final guarantee, even if it is Yu Yue
Even Wang Hong and others would not agree."
Liu Yu shook his head: "According to what you said, those who have a knighthood can always keep a knighthood. In the end, they will be reduced to the lowest baron. If they have newly made meritorious services and are newly promoted to knighthood, as long as they are promoted, their descendants will always have an iron rice bowl.
You can always occupy the land of the knights, just a few thousand acres as you said, let's give another discount, even if it is 500 acres, my Dajin will only give a few dozen acres of land to a young man, and ordinary people's families will only have 100 acres of land.
About ten acres, when you and I were in Jingkou, we only had dozens of acres of thin farmland at home, and we still had to pay taxes. In other words, ten households may only cover the land occupied by one scholar, and this scholar still did not have to pay taxes.
Do you think this is fair? After decades of development, there are hundreds of thousands or millions of scholars who do not pay taxes and occupy land. Where does the country's land come from, and where does the country's food tax come from?
Coming?"
Liu Muzhi gritted his teeth: "This is indeed the case. This is why Wudi was completely left to the aristocratic families in the past and taxes were paid based on the land area of the estate. Although this would allow the estates of the major aristocratic families to conceal a large number of people.
, but this problem of several titles in one family or even dozens of titles in one family can be digested and solved internally. In any case, the court can always collect a certain amount of tax."
Liu Yu sneered: "Is this a good thing? Ordinary people only have thirty or forty acres of land because of land occupation, but they have to pay taxes of one or two hundred acres. In the end, they have no choice but to go bankrupt and sell themselves, and work as tenants in the manor of these aristocratic families.
, banker. Just like when the Diao family came to Jingkou and wanted to force me and other Jingkou people into slavery. But they used the method of opening a casino to cheat money, so that each of us owed huge gambling debts and had no choice but to sell ourselves into slavery.
In other places, they don't even use this hand, they just annex the land directly. In the end, the people of the entire Wu area become the servants of the villagers and Hakkas of the aristocratic families, and the entire land of the Wu area becomes the hands of the aristocratic families. They want to hand it over.
If you don't want to pay, you can't pay it. Even in the face of a powerful enemy, when the Qianghu invaded, they took out some grain to form an army, as if the country owed them a debt. These grains and grass should not be taxed.
Did you hand it in?"
Liu Muzhi sighed: "Which is the lesser of two evils? We must control the tax exemption of knights within a certain range. This is the only way. Otherwise, we will let people with knights go around and annex land according to their titles, or the country
Dividing land is not something that a Wu district can afford. In fact, before we implemented this kind of decree on the reduction of titles, many children of aristocratic families in Jiangbei used their existing titles to occupy land and run businesses. This was why we
That’s what’s allowed.”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "That is just a temporary expedient to make the family willing to immigrate to Jiangbei and enrich Jiangbei with dealers from Wudi. It cannot last long. And you also said that even our newly developed Jiangbei land,
They will all use this method to occupy and rob. Then they will also come and occupy the newly occupied places we conquer. After I fight hard to destroy Yan in Qingzhou, this place will also become their private land, and even the newly occupied areas in these areas will become their own.
The Han landlords and powerful families will also imitate their example, so who are we fighting for in the world? Is it for the common people of the Jin Dynasty, or for these aristocratic families?"
Liu Muzhi said calmly: "Jinnu, don't you understand? People serve in the army and make meritorious service. If they get a knighthood, they will also become scholars. Do you think that only aristocratic families want to live forever and find a hereditary replacement for their descendants?"
Jobs? Ordinary people want the same thing! It’s just that they don’t have the power of aristocratic families. You can still trade with them, reason with them, talk to them about the difficulties of the country, and let them accept the current surrender. If you follow the
The common people also say the same thing. They have worked hard to get a knighthood, but in the blink of an eye the next generation may be gone. Are they willing to do it? Ask your brothers if they can accept it if the grandchildren return to the field."
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "This is the country's decree and the country's will. You have to accept it even if you don't accept it. Otherwise, everyone will follow suit. The number of knights will only increase but not decrease. The civilian knights will be exterminated upon death, and they will even receive tax exemptions."
No more, then people in the world will inevitably be full of resentment. Specific operations can be discussed, such as retaining the nobility for the time being, but the land allocation and tax exemption will be in line with the reduced nobility, and then stipulate a period of ten or twenty years. If
If you fail to maintain the title, your title will be downgraded, but this principle cannot be violated."
This chapter has been completed!