: One person is shortchanged

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

: One person is shortchanged

On the first day of March in the third year of the First Yuan Dynasty, at the great court meeting, the Han Dynasty officially announced that the four counties of Hexi, Wuling County and the Western Regions Protectorate would trial "sharing the land into acres".

As soon as the emperor's edict was promulgated, all the virtuous writers jumped into action.

There is a large amount of doctoral literature written every day, and the memorials denounce Huo Guang, Zhang Yue and others.

However, at this time, the Han Dynasty was still a classical country. Although virtuous literature was inconsistent, it could not shake the rule of the Han Dynasty.

Contrary to the virtuous writers, the people of Guanzhong strongly supported it.

After more than a hundred years of development in the Han Dynasty, despite the strong suppression of the central government, in fact, even in the most prosperous Guanzhong area, the gap between the rich and the poor is getting wider and wider.

The problem of land annexation is also becoming increasingly serious, but it is better than that of Guandong County.

After the "unification of Ding and Ding taxes", the burden on the peasants who were the foundation of the empire was greatly reduced.

As for the families of military aristocrats, their most important priority was not their land, and the imperial edict also provided some compensation to the affected heroes and princes.

As for the affected powerful people in Guandong, their strength has dropped to the extreme after the relocation of the tomb of the former emperor and the recent Wang family rebellion.

Therefore, it was actually the best time for the Han Dynasty to implement the policy of "unifying Ding and Ding taxes".

It was already April of the third year of the First Yuan Dynasty when the emperor's edict was officially conveyed to the Western Regions.

"I sincerely obey the imperial edict and may your Majesty live forever!"

Zhang Yue happily accepted the edict from Chang'an.

"Thank you for your hard work, Duke Du. Please come in and drink tea!"

This time it was Du Ling, an old acquaintance, who was responsible for issuing the edict.

At this time, Du Ling had already assumed the position of Changshi, and gradually drifted away from virtuous literature.

Du Ling laughed when he heard this and said, "The tea produced by Marquis Yunyang is considered to be the best in the world, and the officials below are full of gluttonous desires!"

Zhang Yue laughed and said, "If Du Gong likes it, Yue will welcome you anytime!"

Du Ling followed Zhang Yue to the living room, where they drank tea while exchanging their views on the politics of Chang'an.

Gradually, the conversation between the two turned to the matter of "unifying Ding tax".

"How did the prince come up with such a clever plan?" Du Ling asked.

Zhang Yue said while making tea, "Does Mr. Du know how the Wang family has such power?"

Du Ling said, "The Wang family has such power. Firstly, they trade with the Xiongnu; secondly, they rely on concealing their population..."

Zhang Yue asked, "What Duke Du said is true. If the Wang family couldn't hide their numbers, how could they have gathered such a force?"

Du Ling had thought about this problem for a long time. Hearing this, he said, "Of course it is absolutely impossible!"

He looked at the teacup in his hand and asked, "Did Marquis Yunyang do this to prevent the local government from concealing its population?"

Zhang Yue sighed and said, "Yes, and no!"

Du Ling didn't show any pretense and asked bluntly, "Why is this?"

Zhang Yue sighed and said, "What does Duke Du think of today's big men?"

When Du Ling heard this, he naturally knew that Zhang Yue did not want to hear any words of praise.

After thinking for a while, he said, "Although today's Han Dynasty seems to be in bloom, it is actually full of hidden dangers..."

Zhang Yue nodded with satisfaction and said, "Du Gong deserves to be called a wise man. The Wang family's rebellion actually showed that the Han Dynasty did not have enough control over the local area, especially the Guandong County..."

Du Ling slowly drank the tea in the cup, "Aren't you afraid of being remembered by the powerful people of Guandong by doing this?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said nothing, but continued to drink tea.

When Du Ling saw this, he suddenly thought of the rumors that had been circulating in Chang'an about Zhang Yue's assassination.

At this time, Du Ling turned the topic to the topic again.

"Does the monarch think that the policy of "unifying taxes and taxes" can restrain local tyrants?"

Zhang Yue said, "Of course, if this strategy can be successful... local officials will not have to keep an eye on which household has a new member all day long."

"Not only that, if this strategy is successful, household registration control can also be relaxed, and poor people can also move to places with fewer people and less land!"

According to later generations, farmers are freed from the burden of human labor and no longer need to tie themselves to the land. The floating population in civil society will also increase, which will further promote the prosperity of the commodity market.

People of later generations once commented on "the stalls entering households", saying that this move removed the shackles from the poor.

At the same time, it also cuts off the way for local officials to make money. All kinds of crimes with clever excuses will be severely investigated and dealt with, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to landlords and corrupt officials.

When Zhang Yue thought about it, the obstacles to the implementation of the "unification of Ding and Ding taxes" in the Han Dynasty at this time should be much smaller than those in later generations.

You can succeed in future generations, there is no reason to fail now or later.

But he was misled by later textbooks.

Most of the later generations only mentioned Yongzheng's implementation of the reforms of "dividing farmers into acres" and "officials and gentry receiving grain from one body", but did not mention the follow-up matters.

In fact, during the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, these two reforms were unsuccessful and were abolished just after Yongzheng's death.

Du Ling said, "Aren't you afraid that the history pen is as sharp as a knife?"

Zhang Yue smiled and said, "Of course I am afraid, but as long as the big man is still there, it is impossible for virtuous writers to cover up the sky with one hand!"

Du Ling asked, "What if one day the big man is gone?"

Zhang Yue picked up the teacup and drank it all in one gulp, saying, "If the big man is gone, let the world comment on it!"

Du Ling sighed, stood up and worshiped: "The subordinates are not as good as the kings, Ling should also follow the example of the kings!"

Zhang Yue shook his head, but thought in his heart that although Confucianism is powerful, it cannot control culture forever.

He was thinking in his heart, and unconsciously said it out loud, "There is no eternal dynasty, and there will be no eternal school of thought!"

When Du Ling heard this, he was startled at first, then he stood up suddenly and bowed to Zhang Yue.

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Although Chang'an has agreed to trial the "unification of Ding and Ding taxes" in the Western Regions.

But it was not that easy to implement it. Under so many confusions, Zhang Yue didn't know where to start.

"One person can be a good judge, and two people can be a weak man!"

Zhang Yue held another Western Region general meeting for discussion.

After receiving Zhang Yue's notice of the meeting, officials from all over the Western Regions hurriedly prepared planning charts for their regions and rushed to Luntai.

After Liu Yi received the notice from Luntai, he immediately handed over the work at hand to Ali and Aihe.

He himself took the planning book of Dawan Road and hurried to Luntai.

Different from the past, this time there were people building roads everywhere along the way.

When arriving in Wensu, Liu Yi stopped at a construction site on a whim.

"My servant pays homage to the nobles of the kingdom!"

A construction site supervisor saw Liu Yi walking towards the construction site and hurriedly greeted him.

Liu Yidao said, "Are you the supervisor here?"

The man bowed, "So that your noble lord will know that I am the overseer in charge of this place!"

Liu Yi nodded, and then walked to the construction site with his two followers.

Seeing Liu Yi walking in, the people building the road suddenly panicked and fell to the ground one by one, not daring to move.

Liu Yi looked at these decent people, frowned and said, "Are you from that country?"

"For the record, noble man, these are slaves bought from body poison..."
Chapter completed!