With the emperor's encouragement, Wen Jin became much more courageous, and his thoughts broadened instantly.
As a prime minister, although Wenjing's status was not high, he had access to more information and knowledge than even the two thousand stones of the local county.
I have long been familiar with the allusions, stories, policies, laws, edicts, and literary prohibitions of the Han Dynasty, and I can even recite them by heart.
Now, this knowledge clearly appeared in Wen Jin's mind. He just recalled it briefly and put together all the laws and regulations on horse administration issued by the emperors of the past dynasties since the founding of the Han Dynasty, as well as various laws and regulations in the Han Dynasty.
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He was slightly respectful and boldly expressed the solution in his mind: "If Your Majesty wants to make the people raise more horses, in my humble opinion, you may use the method of fake farmland and fake horses for officials and people...
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"Fake horse?" Liu Che showed a meaningful smile: "It's interesting, sir, please give it a try in detail!"
This person's answer surprised Liu Che. If Liu Che hadn't confirmed that this person was not included in his cast, and that this person would not have had the opportunity to come into contact with those actors, then he would have really suspected that the secret had been leaked.
Wen Jin bowed and said: "Nowadays, the country fakes farmland, and gives official farmland to the people, and collects rent and taxes every year. The fields are like this, and the horses and animals should be like this as the ministers think!"
Liu Che nodded in agreement.
The so-called fake is a loan.
The Han government has always liked to lease state-owned land to landless farmers in order to alleviate social conflicts and protect the people at the bottom.
For example, the current Shanglin Garden has almost become a paradise for landless farmers in Guanzhong.
After Liu Che came to the throne, he cut the land rent level in Shanglinyuan to one-tenth in one breath.
Although it is a loss compared to growing your own land, it is much better than working as a tenant or even selling yourself.
And these measures are effective.
On the one hand, the country has benefited. With the help of the fake land policy, Shanglinyuan can now reclaim at least tens of thousands of acres of land every year.
On the other hand, the people also got a chance to breathe. At the very least, after bankruptcy, besides being tenants and slaves, there is another way to go.
However, at present, this policy is basically only available to farmers in Guanzhong.
People in other places can only rely on luck.
Of course, in some respects, the land reclamation and immigration policy launched last year is actually a variant and enhanced version of the past fake land policy.
Han people have always been smart. They can draw inferences from one example and use their imagination to scare people to death.
About twenty years later, during the reign of Xiaozhu, the Han Dynasty came up with such a fake horse trick.
However, Xiaozhu calls it ‘Xi 11’
Why is it called ‘Xi 11’?
Because the core of this policy is to use horses as a resource to lend to the people, and the horses as the principal will be recovered after three years. In addition, the people need to pay one-tenth of the number of foals produced by the loaned horses as interest.
If the foal is less than one, it will be converted into money, grain, and cloth.
Is this policy a good policy?
Of course!
In the early days of implementation, the whole world was in a state of joy, with everyone rushing to raise horses and trying their best to borrow horses from the government.
History records that in the first few years of the implementation of the National Day policy, "there were horses in the streets and alleys, and there were flocks of horses in the streets." The "Salt and Iron Theory" even praised "there were flocks of cattle and horses, and farmers used horses to plow the land, and the people were all
ride'.
Although Liu Che did not witness that time, judging from the text, it was indeed a golden age.
But unfortunately, this golden age lasted too short.
A few years later, the country faced financial difficulties and tight military spending.
After Xiaozhu tried his luck, he felt that he was still unsatisfied and wanted to expand his financial resources, so he decided to implement the "11% Interest Rate" policy.
First, he imposed an additional tax on six livestock.
The so-called six livestock are horses, cattle, sheep, dogs, pigs, and chickens. All are taxed at a unified tax rate of 2%.
Then, under the pretext of national affairs, they levied additional horse money.
Finally, the original voluntary application to the state to raise horses became a compulsory assessment and compulsory collection of horse interest taxes.
Anyone can imagine the consequences of any policy once it changes from voluntary to mandatory by the state.
Wang Anshi's green seedling method and the armor-preserving method were all ruined in this way.
Piggy's breath is eleven, so naturally he can't escape this vicious circle.
The government and officials at all levels have put their hands into Xishili to reap the benefits, adding more taxes and levies at every level. What is even more frightening is that they have also applied the same methods used to collect land taxes and grains to Xima.
Taxes intentionally injure horses or refer to deer as horses.
Then use this to blackmail and extort people.
Countless people who originally wanted to make a fortune by raising horses have gone bankrupt, or even lost their families.
As a result, the situation immediately changed from everyone vying to raise horses to one where whoever raises the horse is in trouble.
So much so that during the reign of Emperor Zhao, in order to encourage people to raise horses, they stopped the horses.
This is undoubtedly an extremely ironic fact!
With such a lesson learned from the past, Liu Che naturally knew what to choose.
Of course, Liu Che also wanted to hear the opinions of Han Dynasty officials, especially those at the grassroots level.
They have been at the grassroots level for a long time, are familiar with the people's sentiments, and are well versed in accidents. They must consider issues more broadly than the emperor who lives in the palace.
For example, they must know what kind of tax rate can ensure that people have the passion to raise horses without causing the country to suffer losses.
Therefore, Liu Che asked: "From a public perspective, how appropriate is it for a fake horse to be treated as a tax?"
"The duties and powers of the minister are beyond the discretion of the ministers..." Wen Jin looked at the giants and said humbly and very wisely.
His answer made the two thousand stone people present feel very comfortable, and they all felt that this person was a talent who could be promoted and cultivated.
Even Liu Che let out a sigh, showing some admiration for this guy's cleverness.
The reason is very clear.
There are many people who can expand their imagination to this point like Wenqin.
For example, among the ministers in Lantai, there are many people with similar ideas.
After all, the Liu family has been playing with fake fields for decades. As long as the emperor is so interested and has a smart mind, he can quickly think of this level.
But there are very few people who can put themselves in a right position and still understand their status and be able to bend and stretch even after receiving the emperor's praise.
There are many smart people in this world, and there are also many talented people.
However, after making some achievements, there are many people who raise their tails to the sky, hold their heads high, and only have eyes for themselves.
Why did Feng Tang leave the sigh of "Feng Tang Yi Lao" in the history books?
The phrase 'I don't know what to do' is at least half responsible.
In this world, if you want to succeed, you will never succeed without talent.
But if you only have talent but don't know how to be a good person, you will just become a technical geek, a staff member and a think tank.
Only those who are talented, know how to behave, know how to advance and retreat, and understand the world can reach the pinnacle of life.
At least for now, in Liu Che's view, this literary ban has the foundation for success.
Liu Che has always loved to do things along the way.
So, he smiled and said to Prime Minister Zhou Yafu: "Prime Minister, I think that for capable officials like Wen Qing, Prime Minister might as well give them more responsibilities in the future and give them more space to display their talents..."
Zhou Yafu immediately bowed and said: "No, I will obey the imperial edict!"
When Wen Jin heard this, he immediately kowtowed and said, "How dare your Majesty praise such a humble minister with so little talent? There are so many people in the Prime Minister's house who are far more talented than a humble minister..."
Liu Che laughed and said jokingly: "My dear, you are too humble, which is not good. You should be more confident and bolder. I have always advocated that scholar-bureaucrats, ministers, ministers and marquises should lead the people to change, give more loyal advice, and give more advice.
Give me some good advice!”
Being teased like this by Liu Che, the originally solemn and tense atmosphere was suddenly diluted a lot.
All the ministers relaxed their mood and said: "Your Majesty is a saint, and I congratulate you from all over the world!"
This is also what Liu Che hopes to see.
Liu Che did not hope that today's itinerary would be filled with large sections on anti-corruption and promoting integrity.
The government and the opposition should focus their attention and focus on political reform.
Therefore, he doesn't even talk about the affairs in Taipu Yamen now.
These matters are handled by the court lieutenant and the imperial censor.
As the emperor, Liu Che did not need to intervene to avoid causing a huge political turmoil.
"There is some truth in what Wen Aiqing said. I will consider Aiqing's opinion. Now, please step aside and I will ask others to see if they have any different opinions..." Liu Che said with a smile, actually
Above, because of this literary ban, part of Liu Che's Ma Zheng ideological context has been revealed to the public.
The rest of the people, as long as things don't go their way, will know how to extend on this basis.
Therefore, Liu Che casually took two steps and came to an official who seemed to be the imperial censor's yamen, and asked: "Do you have any comments or suggestions?"
This is an official who is about forty years old. Judging from his rank, he is about Qianshi. He should be the backbone of the imperial censor's yamen.
Liu Che deliberately chose him because he wanted to see if there were any talents under Chao Cuo that he could discover.
At the same time, it is also adding sand to the Yushi Dafu Yamen. At present, under the leadership of Chao Cuo, the Yushi Dafu Yamen has become more and more likely to become Chao Cuo's one-word hall.
This is not good!
In particular, the Yushi Dafu Yamen is equivalent to the emperor's eyes, ears, and mouth. On many official matters, when the emperor is not suitable to speak, he will speak on his behalf.
If the Yushi doctor's office is high and low, they are all Chao Cuo's people.
Then the emperor's eyes, ears and mouth would inevitably malfunction sometimes.
Of course, what's more important is that after asking the Prime Minister's questions, they will naturally give some opportunities to the Yushi doctor's people.
Let people know that the emperor is very fair and will never make a decision just based on one-sided words. It can also form an image in public opinion that the emperor's political affairs are supported and supported by both the government and the opposition.
This is of great benefit to the promotion and implementation of policies.
If only the emperor himself could make a decision with a slap on the butt.
When the people below are carrying out the work, they will inevitably act in a submissive and subversive manner, or even resort to unfair means.
But if the policy is introduced after consulting everyone's opinions.
So, whoever dares to cause trouble is going against the world and the whole world.
Mr. Liu has always been very skilled at playing tricks on face like this.
"I hold the book to be the censor of Shi Yuan, and I am ignorant of the fact that I will die to report to your majesty..." Xu Shi had an example of literary prohibition, and this person showed more confidence and magnanimity. He bowed his head and said, "I think that what the literary historian said before,
Perhaps it is not unreasonable, but I am in charge of laws and regulations. I am not dedicated to my duties and do not say a word. I only use the laws to try to explain them to Your Majesty!"
Liu Che nodded and held the book as censor. In the Han Dynasty system, his powers were limited.
According to the regulations: the censor holds the book and is in charge of the law and handles the right and wrong.
To put it simply, he is a judicial interpreter.
Of course, the Han Dynasty did not have judicial interpretation and a supreme judge.
Therefore, the duty of the censor holding the book is generally to help the censor doctor and censor Zhongcheng understand the law and provide advice for the formulation of the law.
In history, by the time of Emperor Xuan, the censor holding books ushered in an era of rise.
Emperor Xuan placed great emphasis on the censors holding books and regarded them as experts in national laws. He often listened to and accepted the opinions of censors holding books. Therefore, censors holding books were renamed censors holding books and became giants. They could even compete with Jiuqing.
Fight in separate courts.
Today, their status is still very low, only six hundred stones.
But generally, those who are qualified to serve as censors are those who know the laws and past policies very well.
The reason why these people are not taken seriously is also very simple. They stay in the archives every day. Unless summoned by their superiors, they squat in the archives and study laws and policies. Who knows who they are?
Generally in the Han Dynasty, the censor holding the book is the same as the Taishi official. They are all hereditary.
There are many situations where the grandfather is a censor holding books, the father is a censor holding books, and the son is also a censor holding books.
These people are well-known die-hards and stubborn heads among the Han Dynasty Legalists. Even within the Legalists, not many people like them.
But the nobles of the Huanglao sect respected these people very much.
Therefore, their life was not too bad.
He is often invited by some old nobles to serve as tutors to teach their children and study law.
Liu Che also didn't expect that he would be able to click on a censor holding a book. He couldn't help but sigh, he must be so lucky!
Liu Che doesn't like holding books as a censor.
The reason is that at the beginning of his previous life, when he was banned, the emperor's father sent a censor holding a book to explain the etiquette system to him for half a month, which made his head explode.
Therefore, since he came to the throne, Liu Che had never summoned any censor who held a book according to tradition and asked them to explain the past, present and evolution of the Han Code to him. He would rather let Yan Yi and Ji An memorize the Han Code.
However, the censors who held the book seemed not to have forgotten this mission at all.
So, taking the opportunity, he appeared at Liu Che's side.
Today, they finally got a chance.
Liu Che had no choice but to know that he couldn't escape this time, so he had no choice but to say: "Please give me a try!"
"No!" The man bowed his head and bowed again, and then said: "In the past, Emperor Gao ordered Xiao Xiangguo to establish laws. The code of thieves said: "Thieves who kill and injure people and livestock are subject to the same law as thieves!" Emperor Taizong ordered: "Kill, kill, and injure livestock."
, all ordered to pay for it with ordinary people! In the ninth year, dogs were banned from entering the garden and damaging livestock. I think that the laws imposed on cattle, horses and livestock are still too few and light, and are not enough to deter evil spirits and protect the people and livestock. Your Majesty, please
Add a shock to the people to make them aware of the crime of hurting animals and make them love animals!"
After hearing what he said, Liu Che also remembered it.
This is indeed a loophole in the current Han Code.
At this time, the state's protection of important strategic livestock such as cattle and horses is indeed somewhat soft.
As a result, some folk knights deliberately killed and injured the cattle, horses and sheep of the people and the government, and then dropped some money and dragged the corpses back to have a feast. Even theft of cattle and sheep among the people has become a common practice in some places.
Foodies don't care about the law in order to eat, let alone a law that is flimsy and has no deterrent effect.
Liu Che nodded and said to him: "The opinions raised by Ai Qing are exactly what I want! Prime Minister and Yushi doctor, please discuss it after you go back and come up with more stringent and severe laws. What I mean is that from now on, cattle thieves will
Death will be inflicted on those who steal horses; those who maliciously injure people and livestock will be compensated with three times the amount of the penalty; those who inadvertently injure will be compensated with the penalty of three times the penalty!"
This is natural. In Chinese history, the protection of cattle and horses will continue to increase in the future, and the slaughter of cattle and horses will even be banned for a time.
Moreover, to encourage people to raise cattle and horses, it is natural to provide them with supporting insurance measures.
A simple, crude and direct deterrent with the death penalty is more effective than all propaganda and legal education.
"No!" Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo nodded immediately.
However, Liu Che's shadow on the profession of book-holding censor has not been eliminated to this day.
Therefore, he immediately skipped the topic, laughed, changed the target, and ran to ask other people.
In this way, Liu Che asked about four or five more people, and got enough supporting voices and opinions from all aspects and angles. (~^~)
