Three hundred and fiftieth chapters eight strategies
Jian Yong opened Bai Tu's important letter. After looking at it for a few times, his face quickly turned green.
If it weren't for Bai Tu's serious look, Jian Yongzhen suspected that Bai Tu was deliberately embarrassing the court - how could he agree?
There are many things on the letterhead, eight in total.
The first one belongs to Bai Tu himself, which means dividing the river to govern - with Jiangling, Shouchun, and Guangling as the boundaries. Bai Tu will not give up the jurisdiction of the General Mansion in the south. This is not only responsible for Bai Tu himself, but also for Bai Tu himself.
He has civil and military command under his command, and is responsible for the wealthy families who rely on him.
Although it is a land-locked border, in Jian Yong's opinion, this is the most normal and almost the only condition that can be agreed to!
After all, compared to the "bottom line" in this regard, Bai Tu even took the initiative to return Nanyang and northern Jiangxia...
However, starting from the second article, it has become "nonsense"!
The second article can be summed up in two words - imperial examination.
The letter also included the meaning of "imperial examination" and even suggested that if the court didn't understand something, the general's office could send someone to give guidance.
But...is this a matter of guidance?
Meriting talents and becoming an official through examination? This was obviously anti-court political incorrectness in the Eastern Han Dynasty!
The third article is in the same vein as the second article, and can be summed up as - establishing official schools.
That is to say, we will promote county schools and county schools to break the monopoly on knowledge...
Of course, Bai Tu did not say that we would go as far as the Song Dynasty where the imperial examination became almost the only system for selecting officials. He only proposed that the imperial examination should be carried out in parallel with the imperial examination, similar to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
But compared to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Bai Tu's imperial examination also mentioned arithmetic, mechanical science, natural science and other categories. It was not just about being an official, but also some germination of "textual research".
After all, transition takes time!
"Mr. Bai's heart can shine like the sun and the moon, but these two, three... are they too impatient?" Jian Yong said in a stiff tone.
"Don't worry, the general's office is doing it now. If the court can't do it well, I can provide guidance." Upon hearing this, Bai Tu's tone was harsher than Jian Yong's.
Obviously, Tang Taizong's long-term strategy of "making all the heroes old" was now considered by Jian Yong, or rather by the imperial court, as a strategy to bring chaos to the country, which made Bai Tu helpless.
"Then the ratio between the imperial examination and the imperial examination..." Jian Yong still wanted to struggle to see if Bai Tu had left any room.
"In short, the General's Mansion will hold imperial examinations every three years from now on, and encourages foreign students to serve, and also encourages local students to travel far away to promote the General's Mansion's strategies." Bai Tu said directly.
Translated, if the imperial court does not pay attention to the imperial examinations, the talents cultivated by your official schools will flow to the general government. On the contrary, if it attaches importance to the imperial examinations and is unwilling to spend money to support the official schools, students from Chu will account for half of the court in the future.
Of course, you can break the pot and ignore both, but if the court agrees, it must be spread to the world and the envoys will know about it. If you can't do it, you will not only break the trust of the general's government, but also the world!
Jian Yong moved his lips but didn't say anything - after all, he also came from a poor family. Although he felt that Bai Tu was making things difficult for the court, he also had expectations for this deep down in his heart.
The fourth article requires the imperial court to support agriculture and allow industry, which is to promote the essence of Shennong and other measures like the General's Office, and at the same time relax the restrictions on industry and workshops.
As for pure commerce, Baitu's attitude has always been "don't care". All localities have the responsibility to ensure the peace of trade routes, but commercial taxes have also been rising again and again. Compared with industry, Baitu basically neither restrains nor restrains merchants.
No support, just... not only can we guarantee not to use them to slaughter pigs, but also eliminate the banditry in the territory, which has already made the General's Mansion very popular with businessmen under the background of "comrades".
It’s just that this tax is really painful. Compared with agricultural tax and industrial tax, commercial tax is the heaviest.
After all, it was Lu Su and others who had calculated everything in every possible way so that they could make money without getting rich suddenly.
After all, the development dividends of industry and agriculture are created by the ministries of the general government and the people. Businessmen also have the right to enjoy them, but they cannot let middlemen grab the big ones...
At first glance, although it goes against the agricultural-oriented principle, it seems better than the previous two?
However, there was a small note in it that made Jian Yong want to vomit at Bai Tu - a promise to reduce the grain tax to one in ten taxes within five years, and to abolish the grain tax within ten years!
"Mr. Bai, this is too high-minded and reticent. Without grain taxes, how can the court be supported and run?" Jian Yong resisted the urge to spit out his saliva.
"That's why we need to expand official land. Now that Guanzhong is in decline, I heard that the imperial court is about to restart Guanzhong Water Conservancy? I think this is a great opportunity. I will take advantage of this moment to return the land abandoned by the wealthy family to official ownership and develop it.
Collective farming, coupled with the continued development of agriculture in the future, will also significantly increase output. As long as industry develops, industrial and commercial taxes will be enough to give the court enough power to purchase excess grain from farmers to fill the treasury!"
Bai Tu's concern for the court made Jian Yong somewhat unable to say anything to refute, but...the concept of food tax as the basis was deeply rooted in the hearts of the Eastern Han people.
And looking at the fifth and sixth points, Jian Yong feels that the fourth point is not the most embarrassing.
The fifth point is that the independence of the royal family's industry cannot be tampered with, and future generations cannot be granted the title without merit...
The purpose of the white picture is very clear, that is, to point out the imperial family's occupation of the imperial court.
After Liu Bang unified the world, he said to his father, you used to say that my eldest brother is hardworking and willing to work, and there is a lot of land in the family, but I am idle... But now all the land in the world belongs to me.
However, Bai Tu wanted to tell Liu Xie, don't listen to your ancestors, the world belongs to everyone in the world, not your ancestors, nor you.
In fact, the old Liu family in the Han Dynasty did quite well in this regard. Mainly because after the Seven Kings Rebellion, starting from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the old Liu family was relatively cruel to their own people.
If you don’t make a mistake, you will automatically cut it from generation to generation.
For example, before Liu Bei launched his army, he was just a straw sandal maker...
Compared with the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, the clan in the Han Dynasty did not cause so much trouble, because the clan of the old Liu family could be reduced to common people as their relatives gradually became distant.
In the Ming Dynasty, no matter how the old Zhu family was demoted, they were guaranteed to be sixth-grade generals. Although most of them had no real power, the number of descendants eventually even strained the finances. In the Qing Dynasty, it was even lower, but there was still a guarantee, and not only the clan
, and the elders of the Eight Banners.
The old Liu family was actually quite good in this regard. Bai Tu specifically mentioned it just to prevent the slightest glitches. After all, if the Han Dynasty was revived again, it would really leave an "orthodox" impression in the hearts of the Chinese people.
Even if it is as difficult as the royal family of a certain island country, it will naturally be more stringent towards the clan members.
According to the rules of Bai Tuhua, the emperor does not have the right to title his own sons, and all rewards that can be given to future generations must be taken from the royal family's own inner treasury.
As for the proportion of tax revenue input into the internal treasury, there cannot be any increase - I believe that as long as this rule is set, future courtiers will spontaneously watch the emperor.
Mainly, we should stop granting titles without merit, otherwise the emperor would easily grant a title to his son as a county prince. If the county prince's taxes were originally going to the court, wouldn't it be given to the royal family in vain?
It's just that in Jian Yong's opinion, it's not enough for the emperor to give his son a title. What you draw according to the rules... will be painted on the emperor's face, right?
The sixth point is the criminal law, which not only abolishes the possibility of being imprisoned and ransom for serious crimes, but also implicitly means that "everyone is equal"!
The seventh point is the abolition of life-long contracts and the abolition of slave status, no matter whether official or private, the maximum is only ten years.
The eighth point is a crazy emphasis. All the above requirements are treated equally by everyone, regardless of age, gender, whether they are slaves or not...
Except for the first one, the eight conditions were not so much about fighting for benefits as they were about setting rules for the court. This made Jian Yong not optimistic about these eight strategies, but Bai Tu no longer had the intention to negotiate.