Zhao Yun stood up and walked around the study. Zhao Yun said: "Since the founding of the Song Dynasty by Emperor Taizu, more and more cultivated land has been occupied by nobles and local powerful people. At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were very few people who occupied 10,000 acres of cultivated land. For example,
When Zhu Meng's house was confiscated, the discovery of 300,000 acres of cultivated land was shocking and made the world look at him with suspicion."
Zhao Yun shook his head slightly, sighed in his heart, and continued: "However, later on, it has become common for people to occupy 10,000 acres of arable land, and 100,000 acres of arable land. For example, Han Shizhong, a famous general who has made great contributions to the country, owns more than 100,000 acres of arable land.
, even Zhang Jun has 600,000 acres of cultivated land. As for Qin Hui and others, the cultivated land under his name is already countless. Compared with them, Yue Fei's one thousand acres of cultivated land can only be regarded as superficial."
Chen Guiyi looked heavy. He knew that the problem of farmland was serious, but he did not know that the problem had reached such a serious level.
Of the 328 million acres of cultivated land, the imperial court only occupies 20 million acres. This is almost equivalent to no land. Is this world still the imperial court’s?
Zhao Yun added: "Today, even those who own millions of acres of cultivated land, there are more than a dozen in our Song Dynasty, and there are already countless people who own hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated land. All the cultivated land is occupied by them, and their cultivated land is occupied by them."
Crossing counties and states, connecting the earth to the sky, it is so spectacular, but when looking at the people, many of them have no place to stand."
Speaking of this, Zhao Yun said bitterly: "The development of cultivated land has reached this stage, can we do it without changing it?"
Chen Guiyi stood up, raised his hand to Zhao Yun and said, "May I ask Your Majesty how to change it?"
Zhao Yun said: "To implement the law of farmland to households, all the official land of the imperial court will be distributed to the common people free of charge. Each household has thirty acres. The common people only have the right to use it, and the ownership belongs to the imperial court. As long as the common people abide by the law and pay taxes according to the law, the cultivated land can be used.
For life, the right to use the land can be inherited by the children after death. However, once a felony is committed, or if taxes are not paid for three years in total, the cultivated land will be recovered without compensation.
After the distribution of official land from the imperial court is completed and the support of public opinion is gained, the land distribution to the noble, powerful and big landowners can begin.
The imperial court set a system for them to pay taxes according to the number of acres of land: 10 taxes for less than 100 acres, 10 taxes for more than 100 acres and less than 300 acres, 3 taxes for more than 300 acres and less than 600 acres, 1 tax for more than 600 acres.
A tax of 10% for less than 1,000 acres and 50% for less than 2,000 acres, a tax of 10% for more than 1,000 acres and less than 6% for less than 2,000 acres, and those with more than 2,000 acres will be punished and forced to hand over their excess farmland. Then, the farmland they handed over will be distributed to the landless people.
Every household can have arable land."
After hearing this, Chen Guiyi was inexplicably shocked, his face was very serious, and he remained silent for a long time, repeatedly thinking about the pros and cons of this farm-to-household method.
Zhao Yun didn't rush him, slowly walked back to his seat, picked up a cup of tea, and sipped it lightly.
After a long time, Chen Guiyi solemnly said to Zhao Yun: "Your Majesty, once this law is implemented, the world will be boiling. Not only the powerful landowners will rise up to resist, but even the princes of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree, because they are also
Everyone occupies ten thousand acres of cultivated land.”
Zhao Yun said calmly: "Of course I know they will object, so what I want to do now is to reform, not to treat guests to dinner. Since ancient times, have reformers ever seen a harmonious house?"
Chen Guiyi added: "If a family occupies 100,000 acres of cultivated land, and in order to avoid handing over the cultivated land, they immediately separate the family and give all the 100,000 acres of cultivated land to their children, uncles and nephews, what will the court do?"
Zhao Yun said: "Let them divide it, I would rather they divide it."
Chen Guiyi was surprised and asked: "Why is this?"
Zhao Yun sneered and said: "If a powerful man breaks up his family, will these people obediently hand over the income from the farmland to this powerful man? No, human nature is selfish, and the cultivated land under his name will be recognized by the court.
, why should they still be controlled by that powerful person? Isn’t it better to set up a faction of your own and be the master of the country? "
Chen Guiyi nodded and agreed with Zhao Yun's words.
Zhao Yun added: "At that time, these people will be the masters of their own affairs, and this powerful force will naturally be dispersed. Will he still have the ability to resist the imperial court? The people who get his cultivated land have no time to support the imperial court for their own interests. How can they do it?"
Listen to his nonsense. In this way, if a powerful family is divided and a powerful power collapses, the people in his family will have farmland and the court will have tax revenue, so why not do it?"
Chen Guiyi nodded and said, "If they use force to resist the farmland-to-household law, what should be done?"
Chen Guiyi looked at Zhao Yun, as if to see how determined Zhao Yun was.
Zhao Yun's eyes gathered together and he said firmly: "Anyone who opposes the reform will be imprisoned or killed. The military has Wei Jun Wang Han Hong in charge, so there will be no chaos, and there are 50,000 new troops newly formed.
Army, this army is my private army and can be mobilized at any time. Anyone who dares to take the lead will be killed. I want to see how many people dare to be stupid!"
After hearing this, Chen Guiyi felt Zhao Yun's firm confidence and praised: "Your Majesty's plan to transfer cultivated land to households is cleverly conceived. It actively lures big landowners and powerful men to separate their families. They think they have escaped handing over cultivated land, but in fact they have fallen into a trap where they will never return.
There is no solution to this situation. It is an upright conspiracy. It can be compared to the favor order of the Han Dynasty, and I admire it very much."
Zhao Yun felt happy and more confident about the implementation of the farmland-to-household law this time. If the farmland-to-household law is successfully implemented, the remaining bills will be easier to promote, and the reform is expected to be successful.
However, this land has always been the most valued property. To implement this bill, the difficulty is tantamount to changing the world. Zhao Yun is also extremely cautious.
At this time, Chen Guiyi said: "Your Majesty, if all the big landowners and powerful people split up, and there will be no extra land for distribution to the common people, how will this be dealt with?"
Zhao Yun smiled slightly, with a cold light in his eyes.
Chen Guiyi saw the look in Zhao Yun's eyes and already guessed Zhao Yun's countermeasures. There were only two countermeasures. One was to encourage land reclamation, and the other was to search for the crimes of the big landlords and powerful men and confiscate their homes.
Chen Guiyi felt awe-inspiring in his heart, but he could only deal with it this way. All the land in the world was occupied by powerful people. They wanted money, people, and food. If they didn't take it back, the country would be destitute, and the world would be in chaos sooner or later.
Chen Guiyi nodded and then said: "Your Majesty, I believe that a reason should be found for implementing this household-based farmland law, so that the people of the world can see the evil consequences of big landowners and powerful men occupying large tracts of farmland, and then the court will gradually implement this method on the grounds of avoiding past mistakes and avoiding future ones.
In this way, the imperial court will not only occupy the rightful position and be famous for its work, but it will also be easier to gain the support of the people."
Zhao Yun nodded, "This is a good idea. First, let the world see that it is they, the big landowners and powerful men, who have caused the problem. The court is here to solve the problem, not to create it. With public opinion and paving the way, there will indeed be resistance.