"What does it mean to scare a snake out of grass, or lure a snake out of its hole?" Han Daoxun asked hesitantly, "What does it mean to scare a snake out of grass, or lure a snake out of its hole?"
"At this time, our large-scale reclamation of wasteland and slopes has not touched the big local surnames, nor even touched the fundamental interests of the big guest households. We have only threatened them, which makes them still have a certain tolerance. Just sit back and watch me.
I was tossing around with my father in Anyang County and Linjiang County," Han Qian said. "My father always wanted to clear the land so that there would be no hidden fields and no hidden houses for the people. The country would have sufficient supplies and the people would be happy. We can describe it in this chapter.
The state should do this first, and do it most thoroughly, exempting all oral taxes and corvees, and spreading all taxes on the fields!"
Han Daoxun has been studying the tax collection and the conflicts between the wealthy families in the countryside and the local area for a long time. Of course, you can tell what Han Qian wants to do from a few words.
Han Qianshi wanted to implement a more radical restructuring in Xuzhou than he had imagined before.
Hiding acres of land, hiding small households, and large-scale breeding of slaves by wealthy gentry and officials have been abuses that have been going on for thousands of years.
While the land tax and Dingkou tax were lost in large quantities, the land tax and Dingkou tax collected by local governments were too concentrated on the middle and lower class landlords and common people, making them overwhelmed and even more willing to become slaves to the wealthy families or to escape from the mountains and forests.
The national treasury's annual revenue is insufficient, so it can only make a fuss about things such as the monopoly on salt, iron, tea and medicine, continuously increase the collection of salt taxes, and crack down on private salt sales to make up for the shortage of national supplies.
of exploitation.
Heavy corvee labor is also a key reason why the middle and lower classes are more willing to attach themselves to wealthy families.
The rise of Emperor Tianyou in the Jianghuai River and the recent wars in the south and north have dealt a heavy blow to the old powerful forces in Jiangdong, Jiangnan and West Roads, etc. However, they did not have the courage to carry out a complete land restructuring, and because it has become a routine for generals to support their troops, so
Stubborn diseases that have existed for thousands of years have a tendency to get worse.
Han Qian did not suppress land annexation, nor did he think of going out of his way to crack down on runaways and hermits. He just wanted to spread all taxes among the acres and eliminate all corvee labor.
All the systems in Dachu were imitated by the previous dynasty. The land tax was 1 in 15 taxes, which may not seem high. However, in addition to the land tax, one also had to bear the heavy Dingkou tax and various discounts, plus the annual levy.
One month of corvee labor is an embarrassing burden for ordinary people.
Han Daoxun had conducted in-depth research on Tian Shukou Fu, and Han Qian could easily get a lot of data at his fingertips.
Han Qian advocated that the land tax after the New Deal should be levied on the upper, middle and lower categories of land. On average, it would be about one dou of grain per mu and the price would be twenty. Compared with the previous land tax, it was more than double, and it was almost the same as that of ordinary people in the past.
The combined level of land taxes, taxes and many miscellaneous donations they bear, but due to the exemption of one month of corvee every year, the burden of ordinary people can actually be reduced a lot.
At this time, the privilege of exempting wealthy officials from Ding tax corvee no longer exists. No matter how many Ding households are hidden, they will not be able to play a role in tax evasion. The taxes they have to bear will increase due to the substantial increase in land taxes, not to mention Han.
Qian still insisted on finding out all the fields they had hidden.
After the new land tax is implemented, how much new tax sources can be depends mainly on how much land has been concealed by large local surnames and large guest households.
The recruitment of soldiers by the state camp and the hiring of laborers by the state and county to repair roads, cities, and dig rivers and canals were all funded from the newly added tax sources.
Han Daoxun wanted to carry out the restructuring wholeheartedly, but he did not expect to carry out such a thorough restructuring. He also knew that if he really wanted to do this, it would inevitably arouse strong resistance and confrontation among all the large foreign residents and local residents.
Of course, this is exactly what Han Qian needs to "stop the grass and scare the snake."
Only by alerting all the poisonous snakes lurking in the dark in a short period of time and carrying out bloody suppression at this time can it be possible to control the situation in Xuzhou in the shortest possible time and complete preparations for dispatching troops to Tanzhou before winter.
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"How to lure the snake out of the hole?" Han Daoxun asked.
"Everyone in the world calls my father a treacherous traitor, so he wants to continue his treachery and take the initiative to write to Jinling, requesting that Zhang Ping be retained as the military supervisor in Xuzhou," Han Qian said with a smile, "my father is now the defense envoy of Xuzhou.
When the Xuzhou camp is set up, and when the time comes when Sima Yizhou serves as the military envoy, it is natural that he should ask the imperial court to send an army supervisor to reflect mutual trust, right?"
"You must let all the vipers who are alarmed take the initiative to contact Zhang Ping!" At this time, Han Daoxun finally understood what Han Qian's overall plan was.
"Yes, the troops in our hands are too limited, and we cannot withstand too much damage, so we can't do it without tricks!" Han Qian said.
Han Daoxun nodded and said: "At night, I hosted a banquet for Zhang Ping and other officials in Xuzhou at Furong Garden, so I raised these two matters before the banquet for everyone to discuss."
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The duck industry in Xuzhou has already reached a large scale at that time. It is also the most easily available meat in the area and is cheap to raise.
There was a feast of hundreds of ducks in Furong Garden at night, which seemed a bit shabby, but apart from the sweet-scented osmanthus duck, fruit-wood roast duck, roast duck, and stewed duck, there were no duck blood, duck tongues, duck paws, duck livers, duck hearts, and duck gizzards.
It can't be used as a dish, but it can also make different dishes. The dishes are put out one after another, but they also look dazzling and rich.
In the eyes of the world, the Han family and his son also like to eat duck too much, but few people know the painstaking efforts of the Han family and his son.
Xue Ruogu, Li Tang, and Qin Wen, no matter how cold and distant their attitude was, they still attended today's night banquet. In addition to Feng Liao who has been working beside his father Han Daoxun during this period, Han Qian also invited Feng Yi,
Kong Xirong attended the night banquet.
Just after Feng Wenlan and Kong Zhou were ordered to death by God Blessed Emperor and their homes confiscated, Han Daoxun, Han Qian and his son openly used the Feng brothers to serve and invited the Feng brothers as guests. This inevitably made the court look bad, but the officials who were invited to the table did not say anything.
What.
If the Han family and his son want to be a prince, even if they don't quarrel with the imperial court, they obviously don't need to pay special attention to the imperial court's attitude as to who they want to use and who they want to invite as guests.
The first thing discussed during the dinner was the issue of setting up camp.
The fifty-two states of Chu recruited brave men from the local areas and organized them into state camps for the purpose of defeating thieves and catching bandits. However, if there were states that were guarding the border to defend against enemies or those with extremely important status, they would set up line camps.
Important states can set up marching camps, but it is not necessary to set up defense envoys or military envoys. However, states with defensive envoys or military envoys must set up marching camps.
The camp in Xuzhou will not invite elite soldiers from the imperial army or the bodyguard army to be stationed there. Naturally, the Han family and his son will set up the camp on their own. This is the basis for the Han family and his son to stand on their own in Xuzhou.
Feng's slaves were unavailable, so they implemented a military system in Xuzhou. There were no mature conditions for setting up a camp on the basis of the military government, so they could only recruit troops to form a camp.
Of course, no matter which method the Han family father and son recruit soldiers, and Han Qian serves as the military envoy, he personally controls the military power of Xuzhou, and renames the prison camp, state camp, and water camp to Xuzhou.
The first, second, and third battalions of the army were commanded by Tian Cheng, Xi Chang, and Yang Qin respectively, and all the officials would not be bored to criticize them.
In addition, Han Qian also suggested that Gao Shao serve as a judicial officer and join the army to take charge of prisons and arrests of thieves.
When it came to writing to the imperial court to retain Zhang Ping as military supervisor in Xuzhou, although Zhang Ping himself was quite surprised, everyone felt that this was just a pretense of the Han family and his son. Perhaps they felt that their foundation in Xuzhou was too shallow and they were not interested in the imperial court.
Just showing weakness to buy more time.
When it comes to spreading all the taxes and miscellaneous donations into the acres, measuring the acres across the state, and exempting them from corvee, the officials here look grim and can't sit still.
Officials with four surnames did not show up, and the officials present were more or less involved with wealthy residents.
The Han family and his son arrived in Xuzhou the year before last. They first relaxed the land ban, secretly accepted bribes, and allowed the large residents to reclaim wasteland. At this time, they suddenly had to measure the acres of land, spread all miscellaneous donations into the acres, and then significantly increased the land tax.
Isn't it true that the Han family and his son are trying to make money anyway?
Just looking at the guards in the governor's house, who dared to say "no" at the banquet?
Everyone was chatting and laughing at the beginning of the banquet, but when the new land tax was mentioned, the atmosphere suddenly became subdued.
Regardless of what others said, Han Daoxun announced on the spot that he would promote Zhao Kuo to serve as the prefectural secretary to join the army, and to serve as the chief secretary of Qianyang County. He would take the lead in clearing land acres from Qianyang County and carry out the reform of dividing land into acres.
The night banquet ended quickly in a melancholy atmosphere, and other people left one after another. Feng Liao had a residence in Qianyang City, and Feng Yi and Kong Xirong could live there. However, after the banquet, Feng Yi and Kong Xirong did not hesitate.
Leaving in a hurry.
Han Qian invited them to drink tea in the east courtyard and asked them about their meeting with Yao Yishui and Chun Shisanniang in the afternoon:
"You guys went to Le Camp in the afternoon and you should have met Chun Shisanniang. What do you think?"
Feng Yi laughed and glanced at Kong Xirong; Kong Xirong remained silent.
Han Qian did not break his persistence in asking for answers. Seeing that they were unwilling to say more, he changed the topic to something they were concerned about and asked: "You said that it is boring to farm and raise ducks in the village all day long. What about that?"
What are you willing to do in Xuzhou?"
"Our status is very embarrassing. If I really want to ask for an official position from you, I'm afraid it will embarrass you, but it's really boring to spend all day in Zhuangzi. If it doesn't work, Xi Rong and I will be your followers. We are qualified.
Right?" Feng Yi said with a shy face, as if he was letting Han Qian arrange it.
Han Qian pondered for a while and then said: "Kong Xirong can first go to the camp army and start as a low-level military attache. As for Feng Yi, are you willing to go to Facao and follow Gao Shao, or go to Hucao and train with Zhao Kuo for a period of time? Qingzhang Tianmu
Zhao Kuo is said to be in charge of the matter, but the matter will be very complicated, and we will have to ask your brother Feng Liao to help when the time comes. But as you said, we still have to take care of the court's face and cannot officially grant you official positions."
Kong Xirong had practiced boxing and kicking since he was a child, and he was very familiar with the formation of troops. However, he was used to being Feng Yi's follower these years, and his temperament did not show up.
Han Qian now has to find a way to separate Kong Xirong and Feng Yi, so that maybe both of them can grow significantly and achieve something in the future.
As for the more than four hundred Feng clan members, although most of them are uneducated and unskilled playboys, there is still no problem in selecting ten or twenty useful people.
Feng Yi can still maintain his attitude now, knowing that his Feng family is really not qualified to pick and choose. If Han Qian and his father are willing to use them to do things, the Feng family will have opportunities in the future.
If they really deal with mud all day long, and Jinling has forgotten them more than ten years later, they will almost completely become mud-legged, right?
Now that Han Qian arranged for them to do things, Feng Yi was very excited. He came over and asked thiefly: "Do you want to take action against the Fan tribe?"
Feng Yi is a dandy, but his knowledge and brain are definitely not bad.
Han Qian smiled and remained silent.
"I went to Fa Cao to learn some things, and I can always help you a little. Kong Xirong has always thought of being able to charge into battle one day, but you can't really let him rush up to kill the enemy so stupidly, how about you keep him?
Do you want to work by your side?" Feng Yi said, a little worried about Kong Xirong.
He knew that the resentment in Kong Xirong's heart was too deep and he needed to kill to vent it. He was worried that if he had the chance to go into battle, he might really fight without caring about his own life.
Han Qian said: "I will arrange for Xi Rong to be with Tian Cheng, and Tian Cheng will take good care of him!"
