As a king, Zhao Xi has the so-called ancestral laws, and he has never thought of uniting the front with civil servants.
Therefore, when Wang Anshi threw out the Qingmiao Law at first, he just wanted to use Wang Anshi as an innovator to promote the reform of the dynasty.
He never thought of favoring any party. This is why Zhao Xi extended the Qingmiao Law to the court and distributed it widely in all states, prefectures and counties in the country and the court. This was to widen the differences among the civil servants and ensure the implementation of some of his ideas.
Zhao Xi also prepared some ideas for reclaiming wasteland. When Wang Anshi's farmland water conservancy law appeared, he no longer needed to launch his own satellite.
At this time, Zhao Xi really stayed close to Wang Anshi and supported Wang Anshi unconditionally... At least from now on, Wang Anshi doesn't have any distracting thoughts, but is almost to the point of betrayal and alienation.
Look at other ministers and courtiers. This cannot be explained by conservative thinking and being content with the status quo.
It is not a matter of hoping for the stability of the country and muddle along, but a resistance to interests that are touched. It is a matter of alignment when there are differences between family and personal interests and the interests of the people of the country.
Originally, he had always wanted Wang Anshi to carry the thunder, but at this time, Zhao Xi also had to share some firepower with Wang Anshi.
"Any reclamation of barren land that involves many prefectures and counties and where the private sector is unable to organize can be temporarily shelved until the Green Crops Law is discussed later. The remaining provisions of the Farmland Water Conservancy Law can be regarded as passed through collective discussion."
"I also have some content to improve the farmland water conservancy law. I will record it and add it later when the farmland water conservancy law is promulgated."
This is not to pick the peaches of Wang Anshi, but to sincerely share some firepower for him.
Zhao Xi could leave Wang Anshi alone and let him join in. Then the trouble would be Wang Anshi, not Zhao Xi.
Regardless of whether Sima Guang offended him or felt pity for Wang Anshi, Zhao Xi's mood at this time was that he wanted to do this.
"First, all fields that have been idle for two years or more belong to the state. Note that it is state land, not official land or imperial land. Regardless of the original ownership of these cultivated fields, as long as they have not cultivated them for two years, they are ownerless.
The field is the country’s field.”
"Second, as stated in Wang Xianggong's Farmland Water Conservancy Law, newly reclaimed wasteland will be exempted from two taxes for three years. Another addition is that after three years of newly reclaimed wasteland, one acre per ding can be left as rations.
field."
"The ration fields are recorded in the register, registered by each state and county, and reported to the Ministry of Household Registration. Such ration fields may not be transferred or sold, and they will not pay the two taxes for life, and are regarded as private property."
"Whenever a clan is eliminated, or a household is eliminated, those who have heirs will inherit it, and those who have no heirs will take it as public property of each village and li, and will be used as food fields for immigrants."
This is a provoking matter. Wang Anshi was originally going to be responsible for it, but now Zhao Xi is taking it upon himself.
The civil servant's resentment should still be with Wang Anshi at this time, right?
This is really annoying! Just saying that it will be ownerless after being abandoned for two years will make too many people feel pain.
Thinking again about the reporting of farming by states, counties, and counties this time...it's really scary.
The reason why states, prefectures, and counties report farming is because of the Green Crops Law, and the purpose of the Green Crops Law is to inhibit annexation.
Therefore, when reporting the number of cultivated fields this time, in order not to appear too conspicuous, those annexing families will definitely shrink the number of acres when reporting it, or simply leave aside those barren cultivated fields.
Now that the imperial court has promulgated the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, it has directly turned the farmland that has been abandoned for two years into an ownerless land...~How much loss will this cause to those annexing families!
Maybe... maybe Zhao Xi announced the Green Crops Law to the public and allowed states, counties, and counties to report the number of cultivated fields on their own. The purpose was not for the Green Crops Law, but purely for the Farmland Water Conservancy Law.
Even more than ten years ago, the number of cultivated fields in the country was investigated because of the new currency, just for today...
Furthermore, I am afraid that if Wang Jiefu has submitted the Green Crops Law, or if the Farmland Water Conservancy Law has not been submitted, he will still introduce certain measures, right?
It’s scary to think about it!
As for Ruzhou officials, it was just a small mistake. Just because they caught up with this point, Zhao Xi was very kind and made all the officials involved in Ruzhou go bankrupt.
Who dares to stand up and say that he reported the error because of a mistake?
Even if the annexers wanted to do so, local officials would not dare to take the blame for them!
One link is linked to another, and each action is to lay the foundation and prepare for the next step.
I'm afraid Wang Anshi is also in it at this time without knowing it?
In other words, the entire court was unaware of it.
In fact, Zhao Xi is very determined to cancel the two taxes only for farmers.
How to put it this way, agricultural taxes were abolished in later generations, and when the agricultural taxes were abolished, the per capita gross national product may not be much different from today's Song Dynasty, or even worse than today.
But Zhao Xi also knew that the food had to be eaten one bite at a time and the people had to be provoked bit by bit. It was better not to do it too harshly before all the civil servants were defeated.
Once the two taxes are abolished, it means that those powerful officials and rich surnames will no longer have any advantage in annexing land.
If it is just a matter of clearing some barren fields, and at most there will be some complaints, then canceling the two taxes will cut off people's financial opportunities.
If you do that, you will give your ministers too many excuses to criticize you.
Although the two taxes account for less than 20% of the current imperial tax revenue (it was originally 30%, because Zhao Xi created many emerging industries, resulting in the proportion of agricultural taxes declining year by year), it still cannot change that the country is still an era of small-scale peasant economy.
It was still an era based on agriculture.
Therefore, the idea of abolishing the two taxes can only be postponed.
When emerging industries increase, the demand for labor increases, and people can have enough food and clothing without leaving farmland, it will somewhat change people's dependence on land.
By then, even if there is no need to suppress annexation, the trend of annexing land will naturally dissipate.
By then, perhaps the land will be a drag on people.
Of course, intensive management of land will also arise~~
If you think too much, it will require the realization of agricultural modernization, which is too far.
The Farmland Water Conservancy Law was passed in this way, and the two points added at the end by the officials seemed to have no intention of soliciting opinions...
Han Qi wanted to speak several times, but could not find a valid reason... The comparison chart of the sharp decrease in farmland is the biggest reliance for the implementation of the Farmland Water Conservancy Law and is also irrefutable evidence.
That was reported by all the officials of the entire country, state, prefecture, and county. Even if it is false, it cannot be said to be false.
Sigh...can't this court and this country be stable? We have to find something new to create something new!
"This meeting is not confidential and does not fall within the scope of the confidentiality law..."
Uh... I briefly thought about whether to incite the ministers to cause chaos before the imperial court promulgated it?
Look at the officials' confident expressions... let's forget it, it might be another trap, and whoever comes forward will bury whom.
In fact, Zhao Xi really did not dig holes at this time. The farmland water conservancy law benefits the people of the country.
Zhao Xi wanted to write the document in the political hall, sign it himself, and publish it in vernacular through the Cuju Express in each state government, so that it could be widely distributed throughout the country so that even the lowest level people could truly understand it.
this policy.
It is all too common for policies to be distorted by those who convey them.