Chapter 594: Food and clothing line

The mission of sending the Goryeo envoy was part of Jie Hu. Last year, Huang Shen, a businessman from the Song Dynasty, set up a line with Goryeo on the orders of Luo Zheng, the Dengzhou shipping envoy.

Then Tang Silang's treasure ship suddenly appeared at the mouth of Bailong River, and Huang Shen was immediately and ruthlessly abandoned by the Koreans.

Today's Minister of Civil Affairs of Goryeo, Jin Ti, is on Zhang San's ship.

In fact, the costumes of the Song Dynasty, Goryeo, Japan, and Jiaozhi are all similar, and Zhang San is not so unaccustomed to seeing Jin Ti.

Jin Ti didn't know that the young man in front of him was the famous maritime overlord.

Zhang San's identity in front of him was that he was the assistant secretary of the schooner chosen by Tang Silang because of his deep connections in Hangzhou.

The only literati.

Jin Ti saw Zhang San and came over and asked: "Lang Jun, why can't I understand this trip? Why haven't I seen the coast after so many days?"

Zhang San smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, it's just today. When you see the color of the sea water becomes lighter and the seabirds follow, you will almost reach Hangzhou."

Jin Ti was shocked: "Mr. Lang, don't be joking! According to the itinerary, we are still near Haizhou. How can we get to Qiantang?!"

Zhang San said: "Your envoy should hurry up and prepare his own affairs. After Mr. Da passed the verdict on Hangzhou, the Shipping Department has very strict rules: when the envoy arrives, he must have the scepter and documents issued by the king before he can issue customs protection, and

You can only enter Beijing by water, not by land. Seeing that the Peach Blossom Water is coming, I have to get you there before the river floods, right?"

Jin Ti couldn't help but exclaimed: "If it's true, this is like flying with the wind."

Zhang San said: "Mr. Da said that even envoys must abide by the rules of the Song Dynasty. Engraving plates and copper coins are not allowed to be transported out of the Song Dynasty."

"But the young master said that Goryeo is a little China, and I will fight for you in front of the officials. The classics of saints and Buddhist scriptures will not be affected, and other commodities such as silk, porcelain, etc. will not be affected. Also, Dali bronzes are re-export trade. Are you willing?

It’s absolutely fine to buy it.”

"After receiving the imperial edict, Mr. Da relaxed. However, all books are only allowed to be purchased at the Zhaowen Bureau of the Municipal Shipping Department, and the rest are classified as privately prohibited. All ships must be strictly inspected when leaving the port. Your envoy, please be careful.

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"Also, envoys can move freely on the deck of this ship, but they cannot go below the deck. Meals are delivered to your stern cabin every day. Be sure to eat tea and kiwi preserves, otherwise you will get sea sickness."

Tea, bean sprouts, jam, and scurvy will not naturally occur on Chinese ships.

Jin Ti quickly handed over his hand: "Yes, yes, how dare an envoy from a small country violate the laws of the Celestial Empire. I wonder who the eldest gentleman and young master you are talking about are..."

Only then did Zhang San realize: "Mr. Da is the second person in the third class of the imperial system department, Su Shi and Su Zizhan..."

Jin Ti was surprised and happy, and his heart was beating wildly: "Snow Mud Hongzhao Su Zizhan?"

Zhang San nodded: "That's right. The young master is the most beautiful woman in the country, and is now the Shaanxi economic strategy and pacification envoy Su Mingrun. I dare not say the name out of my mouth, but I think your envoy also knows it."

Only then did Jin Ti react: "Yes, yes, yes, Lang Jun and them are both from Shu. This time I did not enter the Song Dynasty from Dengzhou, so I really made a profit! Can I meet Su Changshi after I land ashore?"

Zhang San smiled and said: "As long as it is not official business, Mr. Da is very approachable. It seems that your envoy is also well-read in poetry and books, so he should be able to talk to Mr. Da."

"Be good to you. You first go to Hangzhou to visit some eminent monks and ask them to be accommodating. It will be easier to meet Mr. Da."

Jin Ti was so happy that he bowed and said, "Thank you sir for your advice. Thank you sir for your advice."

Zhang San raised his eyes to the southwest and pointed at a seagull in the sky: "Look! We're here!"

In February of the fourth year of Xining, the Korean envoy Jin Ti arrived in Hangzhou and met his idol Su Shi.

Chen Xiang, the governor of Hangzhou, received him and sent him off to Bianliang.

Renchen and Wang Anshi requested the sale of Tianxia Guanghui Cangtian, Changping Cangben on Hebei East, West and Jingdong 4th Road.

Taking into account that Shaanxi Changpingcang was still well-stocked, Zhao Xu followed the move and moved Shaanxi Guanghuicang's land sales proceeds to Jinghu Water Conservancy Capital.

In the past, because there was a lot of open space for horse supervisors and herding horses in Hebei Province, the imperial court specially set up the Farming Division and leased 7,000 hectares of fertile land to the people.

The original intention was to collect rent to help raise horses, but as a result, the Hebei Farming Division could not maintain a balance of payments even in good years. Wang Anshi simply asked Zhao Xu to abandon the farming affairs and turn the army into a people-oriented one.

In Gengxu, because the Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Army Road had already been heavily used for Shu banknotes, the Yongxing Army's salt banknote purchase field was completely abolished, and the profits from the salt release were used as the principal for Xue Xiang's shipment to the south of the Yangtze River.

In the Xinhai period of 1911, Zhao Ding, who was imprisoned in Hubei Province, wrote a letter saying that the head of the cave was harsh and exploited the people without restraint, and everyone in the barbarian tribe wanted to return to the Central Plains. A merchant named Zhang Qiao from Chenzhou also wrote a letter saying that there was great profit in the south and north rivers.

The imperial court sent Zhang Dun to know Kuizhou and prepare to inspect Jinghu North Road to control barbaric activities.

The spring breeze of February blows all over the land of Shaanxi. In Su You's words, the imperial court has finally come to its senses. What else is there to say? Hurry up and seize the opportunity and let's divide the land!

Later generations of experts and scholars commented that in the imperial examinations of the Song Dynasty, those who passed the examination were all landlords and spokesmen for the landlord class, because after research, more than 70% of them were scholars from families with an area of ​​more than 100 acres!

The textual research was very careful, but the consideration was not comprehensive and sufficient, and the current social situation at that time was ignored.

The land equalization system in the Tang Dynasty stipulated that each male and middle male would receive one hundred acres of land. In the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty Xing Lingkou was located in Lintong County, Shaanxi Province in later generations. Seeing that the village was being forced to the side, he asked him to receive thirty acres of land.

Thirty acres of land attracted the emperor's personal attention.

By the Song Dynasty, the land standard in Dingkou had been greatly reduced. This was related to the growth of population and the decline of national power. Except for Sichuan, Zhejiang and Fujian, in other areas, one Dingkou was about 40 acres.

A household of two people was basically the smallest family unit in the Song Dynasty. Therefore, considering a family with a hundred acres as a landlord class is a bit like comparing the past with the present and changing the concept.

The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system, but some people began to carry out local exploration and reform of the tax system. The overall tax system was gradually reduced to two categories from the previous twenty-eight taxes-Tian Fu and Ding Yin.

The land tax for one husband is four shi per forty acres, which means one dou per mu. From a written point of view, this is actually quite low.

Moreover, even this kind of land tax cannot actually be collected. Generally, countries can only collect one-third of it.

Why? Because farmers have too many other burdens.

A man with forty acres can grow enough food for a year, which Su You called the "subsistence line."

The reason why the country has a heavy burden is that there are too many people living below the food and clothing line.

Moreover, more and more farmers have lost their land due to annexation and can only survive by renting crops.

The interest rate on renting land is always high, and when there is a famine, it is as high as 80% of the income. In normal times, it is half of the income, which immediately pushes farmers from the "food and clothing line" to the "hunger line".

Lu Huiqing once talked to Zhao Xu about his family's income: "In Suzhou, I all have fields. He always gets an acre of money, and harvests four, five, and six dou of rice every year. However, there are often arrears. For example, if you harvest once every two years, you will get a harvest from the field."

Three dou of rice, fifty qian per dou, but only one hundred and fifty qian.”

This is the reason why Su You looked down upon the income from the fields after he came to the Song Dynasty, but the Su family's 200 acres of public land in Longli has not increased yet.

But this is not the case for other people. If one acre is rented and charged 150 yuan, then wouldn’t it be appropriate for us to build several thousand to tens of thousands of acres?

Lu Huiqing's words must have been an ambush in front of the emperor, and he deliberately avoided the essence of the matter.

The essence of the matter is that in the Song Dynasty, there were two acres of land, a lot of money could be borrowed, and the high salaries of upper-level officials made it really easy to annex!

Su You attributed this problem to an economic problem, and economic problems should be solved using economic methods.

The fundamental solution is to make land even less valuable and make it unprofitable to annex land!

Farming requires manpower, and manpower costs money.

In Weibei, a large amount of farmland was reclaimed by the Xia people who brought them back to Shaanxi. They were originally farmers on the Hetao Plain, and they also faced cruel oppression from the upper-class ruling group.

With advanced surveying methods and reclamation models, a large amount of arable land appeared in Zhenrong Army, Deshun Army, and northern Weizhou.

The family-style three-dimensional farming and interbreeding agriculture model designed by Su You can certainly increase grain production, increase the variety of non-staple foods, and increase the production of livestock and poultry.

But there is no doubt that it greatly increases the average labor cost per unit land area.

This is intensive farming.

For small households, this is definitely a huge blessing, but for large landowners, this is tantamount to a disaster.

This is a clever and subtle way of robbing the rich and giving to the poor.

Coupled with the improvement of agricultural technology in various places, the planting of alfalfa, the promotion of shed farming, the rise of raising chickens, ducks and fish, the planting of fruit trees, and the use of various fertilizers, the 40 acres of land that used to be only enough to raise a small amount of land is now

It can feed a family of five.
Chapter completed!