After listening to Jiao Da's talk about the clearing of the fields near Beizhuang, Jia Lan pondered for a moment and said: "According to this statement, the government has indeed achieved a lot of results in clearing the fields this time?"
"In my opinion, it's just a lot more!" Jiao Daodao said: "It's not like the government didn't clear the husband in the past. I remember that when the emperor was in power, the court had to clear the husband more than once, but which time was it not just a formality?
The people in the government only want to be entertained with good food and drink, add or subtract the number of acres in the account books, and then add up the number of registered tenants, and then check the number of escaped households, and there can be no more. Who knew that the government would actually become serious this time...
The big houses in Zhuangzi around were like a fire in the Dragon King's temple, and they were all panicked."
Jiao Da talked endlessly, and Jia Lan also listened with interest. This is the real situation in the countryside that cannot be read in books.
Daxia was founded less than a hundred years ago. As for land annexation, although there are already signs of it, it is not as serious as in the last years of a general dynasty.
The most important thing among these is that the imperial court has always maintained an attitude of restraining annexation.
By extension, it is the court's attitude towards literati.
Emperor Gao's criticism of Cheng and Zhu, coupled with the large-scale surrender of scholars in the late Ming Dynasty, and especially the various ugly behavior of the bureaucrats after the Shun army entered the capital, resulted in the Great Xia Dynasty being very restrained in its preferential treatment of scholars.
Not only the land rent tax cannot be exempted, but even the official servants can only be exempted or exempted depending on the situation, not to mention the countless handymen that have existed in all dynasties.
Although mergers were ultimately unavoidable, restrained tax reductions and exemptions expanded the court's tax base. This is why the Xia Dynasty, which had only been in existence for less than a century, was able to be reorganized under the governance of Li Xuanzhu and others during the reign of Emperor Jiayou.
A large amount of money and food were prepared for the Northern Expedition.
Regrettably, after more than 30 years of hard work, the Supreme Emperor failed to realize his wish to banish the wolf and live in Xu, leaving behind a mess on the verge of bankruptcy.
Fifteen years after Emperor Chunzhi came to the throne, the imperial court was busy trying to fill up the previous holes. Unfortunately, natural disasters continued over the years, and the harvest of the land dropped sharply, making progress slow.
Faced with such a difficult situation, Emperor Chunzhi clearly realized that it was necessary to increase revenue rather than reduce expenditure, and land tax, which accounted for more than 60% of the court's income, became the emperor's top priority.
Although land annexation was not enough to create the fiery situation of the previous dynasty, due to successive natural disasters, a large number of refugees fled their hometowns to eat everywhere. As a result, for a full twenty years, even the fish scale atlas was not updated in various places. As a result,
The yellow book of tax files can only use data from the Jiayou period.
This will inevitably lead to chaos in tax collection. In order to ensure tax revenue, the imperial court can only bite the bullet and force local governments to collect and turn it over, thus increasing the burden on the people.
Many knowledgeable people have already written to the court, requesting that personnel be sent to reorganize the local area and clarify the tax system. However, this patchy response has not had a great effect.
The key is land.
Emperor Chunzhi was a monarch with a strong ability to withstand pressure. He could calmly resolve the turmoil caused by natural disasters for many years, as well as the slander behind his back. After many battles, he firmly controlled the situation of the court.
The emperor single-handedly opened the curtain of Qingzhang Field.
Faced with the dilemma, he clearly realized that the Qingzhang was just a means. The purpose was to increase tax sources for the court, while taking into account fairness and appropriately reducing the burden on the people.
Money and food, money and food, Emperor Chunzhi has no shortage of reputation, but he also ignores reputation. Anyway, over the years, his reputation as a mean and iron-rooster has been widely spread among the people.
He doesn't care.
Money and food, he only has money and food in his eyes.
The people below did not realize this, and they suffered immediately.
"The surrounding wealthy families thought that the imperial court was just showing off as before. Many people disapproved of Qingzhang, and at most they sorted out the account books of the tenant Dingkou, but they never expected...
I thought that only a few household officials would come, but what was waiting was a team of hundreds of people. They divided into several teams and immediately measured the fields skillfully, and made a fish scale atlas on the spot. p>
By the time they reacted, the fields had already been almost measured."
His words were filled with sarcasm towards these wealthy individuals.
Jia Lan listened very carefully. Jiao Da seemed carefree, but in fact he paid great attention to many details of the official Qingzhang. Jia Lan learned many things from him that he had missed before.
The most intuitive feeling is that the court's actions this time are not just slogan-like announcements in the newspaper, but really went through a lot of preparations.
Jia Lan tasted the work of clearing the father-in-law of Shuntian Mansion with a certain sense of ease.
[You are truly worthy of being a master...]
Jia Lan secretly admired it.
Zhongyi County Prince's Mansion.
The courtyard was completely white, and Xiao Tianfang was sitting leisurely under the eaves. There was an iron kettle on the stove next to him, with steam rising from the spout.
"Sir, please have tea."
Xiao Tianfang picked up the kettle and poured tea into the cup of Wen Ruihe, who was sitting opposite him. The latter thanked him repeatedly.
Wen Ruihe doesn't have any hobbies. He only loves drinking tea. In his free time today, he was sitting by the courtyard making tea by the stove. Xiao Tianfang also joined in after seeing it.
After taking a sip of hot tea, he felt his whole body warm, and let out a sigh of satisfaction. Xiao Tianfang looked at the sky and said with a smile: "Although it is severe winter, it is a rare sunny day. No wonder Mr. has such a leisurely mood." p>
Wen Ruihe chuckled and said: "It's just half a day's leisure in my life. A lazy person should ask His Highness to forgive me."
Xiao Tianfang stretched out: "The winter snow has dispersed. This winter, things are booming around Shenjing, and even the imperial court is booming."
These words meant something. Wen Ruihe nodded in agreement, took a sip of tea and said, "This Mr. Sheng Hongsheng is really not simple, he lifts his weight with ease!"
Xiao Tianfang's eyes flashed, he lowered his gaze to look at the tea in the cup, and said with some emotion: "That man really has a unique vision. It is not that there are no people suitable for the work of the emperor in the civil and military affairs of the court. But now looking back, this Lord Sheng Hong is indeed
He is the most suitable person and the person who does the best job."
Contrary to what most people imagine, Shenjing seems to be surrounded by many dignitaries and court bureaucrats. No official would choose to clear the land from Shenjing. However, Sheng Hong chose to do the opposite.
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Everyone thought that Sheng Hong was destroying his future. Unexpectedly, two months later, Qing Zhang's progress was so fast that everyone was surprised.
Wen Ruihe was the first to figure this out. After praising him, he told Xiao Tianfang what he was thinking.
"Your Highness, using Shenjing to break the situation may seem difficult, but in fact it is the easiest to get started! That Shanda man is capable, but not reckless. He is also testing the attitude of the man in the palace!"
After understanding Sheng Hong's plan, Xiao Tianfang couldn't help but look at this man with admiration.