In recent years, Guanzhong's business has developed significantly due to loose policies. Not only the caravans and shops backed by various aristocratic families have grown rapidly, but even some merchants with commoner backgrounds have also increased their investment.

In Li Chengqian's opinion, this is a good thing. It can ensure that he has enough to eat, and he can also use the remaining money to create more value, so that his family can eat meat and wear a few feet of new clothes during the New Year.

, what a good thing this is!

However, sugarcane is sweet at both ends. With the development of industry and commerce, a large number of land is rented out and sold at low prices in narrow villages like Guanzhong. The price is basically enough to pay taxes and a very small amount of food rations.

Why does such a thing happen? You must know that in the eyes of ordinary people, land is their lifeblood. No matter how hard it is, they will not give up. If they can dig out the land for food, the lives of their whole family depend on it.

this.

And it is so common. You have three points of land and I have five points of land. The accumulated amount is so huge. This also attracted the attention of Changsun Wuji, who is in charge of the household department. After a series of investigations and visits, Changsun Wuji wrote a book

Arrive at Chengqing Hall.

After reading Changsun Wuji's memorial, Li Chengqian handed it to Fang Xuanling at the bottom right, turned his head and said in a deep voice: "Uncle, I have heard about the low-priced land, but I didn't expect it.

The number is so large, and so many households are involved, no, this situation must change!"

"Yes, Your Highness, this situation must be changed, otherwise if things go on like this, the momentum of land annexation will be uncontrollable. The key reason why the former Sui Dynasty collapsed so quickly was that the people lost the land they relied on for survival.

Although they can now get more remuneration than farming by entering workshops, joining caravans, and doing odd jobs, the instability will also double their risk of losing their families."

Taking the example of the industrial zone and military industrial zone led by Li Chengqian, each family also opened a lot of workshops and adopted a one-stop business model of self-production and self-sales, following the example of Donggong.

This has triggered a labor shortage problem. If there are more workshops, a lot of manpower will be needed to work. However, the number of servants in the family is limited, so they reach out to the farmers. Anyway, after you farm the land and pay taxes, you have nothing left.

If you don't have anything to lose, you might as well come to work with us and earn more money.

Yes, their approach plays into the hands of the common people. Nowadays, there is no money for food. Even if the family has a lot of land, how much can it be sold at the price of three yuan per bushel of rice? They are immersed in hardship on the land.

Working for a year is not as much as working in a workshop for half a year, so there are cases where land is rented out or sold at low prices.

After letting out a long breath, Li Chengqian held the case in his hand and sighed: "The low price of grain hurts farmers. It's time to reduce agricultural taxes!"

Li Chengqian's emotion comes from the bottom of his heart. Taking Yongzhou as an example, there are grains shipped back from Linyi and other places by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Industrial Zone. The price of grains and rice here has always been very low. Even if there is a small natural disaster, it will not have any impact.

, so the common people’s food cannot be sold at a high price.

Of course, the court had anticipated this situation from the beginning, but there was no way. Both the emperor and the ministers of civil and military affairs were frightened by the famine. They had been accompanied by such and such famines in the half of their lives.

, the scene of starving people everywhere loomed in their minds, so no matter what the consequences would be, they still buried their heads in storing food.

"Your Highness' words hit the nail on the head. The land system of our dynasty is the land equalization system, while the tax system is the land equalization system. This system is based on the land equalization system. Now if rent and interest are reduced inappropriately, it will not only lead to the devaluation of land, but also

It will cause a large number of refugees. Nothing is more important to a country than this. I deeply believe that rent reduction and interest rate reduction are..."

Later, Fang Xuanling explained in detail the relationship between the land equalization system and the land distribution system. The land equalization system is a system of allocating land based on population that has been implemented from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the present. In the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, due to the long-term war in the north, people were displaced, and the household registration

Due to migration, a large number of fields were deserted, and national tax revenue was seriously affected. In order to ensure the source of national tax revenue, the Northern Wei Dynasty allocated the land it controlled to farmers, and farmers paid taxes to the government and assumed certain corvee and military service.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taiwu continued to implement the land equalization system, stipulating that every man should receive 70 acres of open land, 20 acres of mulberry or hemp land, and 40 acres of open land for women. The open land must be returned to the state after the death of the recipient.

Mulberry fields or hemp fields are permanent fields, which can be passed down to descendants and can be bought and sold on a limited basis. The slaves receiving the fields are the same as the common people, but there are restrictions on the number of people receiving the fields. The prince's family is limited to 300 people, and the common people's family is limited to 60 people.

One cow is entitled to sixty acres of land, and a family is limited to four cows.

Princes to governors were all given Yongye land, in descending order from one hundred hectares. Officials in the capital were all given position-divided land, from one crystal to five hectares in descending order according to rank. In addition to position-divided land, foreign officials were also given a certain number of public land.

The income from official land is part of the official salary, while the income from public land is the office expenses of the government office.

Because Wudechu followed this system, it played a certain role in restricting land annexation. The number of homesteaders increased, which was conducive to the recovery and development of agricultural production, laying a solid foundation for today's Zhenguan era.

Moreover, the stipulations of renting Yongdiao are based on "people". Regardless of the amount of land or property, the same amount of silk and millet must be paid according to Ding. The county captain is responsible for collecting Yongdiao. It begins to collect in August and is transported to Chang'an or Chang'an in September.

Specify the location. Rent is the field rental, and delivery will begin in November after harvest.

The method of using silk in lieu of labor in the renting system, under the simultaneous implementation of the land equalization system, ensured that farmers had sufficient time for farming while having land to cultivate, and would not delay the farming time due to serving outside, and promoted the development of agriculture.

develop.

"Okay, the pros and cons have been explained very clearly. After you two go down, you can discuss it with some important ministers of Hongwen Palace to see how much reduction is appropriate. We will hold a court meeting in Chengqing Palace in three days." After speaking, he said to the two of them.

He waved his hand to indicate that they could exit.

After Fang Xuanling and his two men withdrew, Li Chengqian frowned deeply. He had already expected the current situation after participating in politics for many years. However, he had been busy with political struggles and wars and had no time, and his business had not developed to this extent, so he had no time for it.

Just lead but not release.

But now that Wei Zheng had just started to arrange the arrangements, this fatal disease broke out. It was really a leak, and the rain all night added fuel to the fire. At the same time, it also reminded him of what Feng Deyi said in the first year of Zhenguan: Slow medicine can save the disease.
Chapter completed!