Taking control of the fields is something that Li Mu has been thinking about for a long time. To this end, he also consulted many ancient books to gain a comprehensive understanding of the recorded field system.
The earliest land system in China was the "well field system". The founder of the well field system was Dayu, the mythical flood-controller.
In ancient times, the climate was hot and humid, and hundreds of rivers overflowed. Rivers and streams, large and small, collided with each other, churning the mountains and plains into vast oceans. Emperor Shun ordered Dayu to take on the mission of water control, and named Da Fei, the leader of the Qin tribe at that time, as Yu
After thirteen years of assistance, Dayu lived up to expectations and the flood was subdued. After the flood receded, a large area of plain land was created, stretching as far as the eye can see.
The competition for fertile land and water sources gave rise to fights, and people fought and fought, causing chaos out of control. Faced with the chaos, Dayu invented the well field system.
The so-called "well fields" refer to the vast and flat fertile plains where the land is divided into numerous "well"-shaped large squares. Every eight families have a "well", and the middle one is a public field, which is cultivated by the eight families and the harvest is turned in.
The only water well in the country is located in the center of the public field. People come to fetch water every morning and exchange remaining items at the well. Surrounding the fields of the eight families are irrigation canals and roads. Ten wells are one mile, and ten miles are
Yishe, this weight and measure, is still in use thousands of years later.
People formed the Xiangwangli Community in the flat fields and did not invade each other. The population at that time was not large, and the square well fields drawn out by large and small alluvial plains were enough for the population at that time to live and cultivate.
But with the development of population, the "well field system" became no longer applicable. With the demise of primitive society, it entered feudal society. Monarchy reached its peak, and land became an important resource and target of competition in the hands of the monarch. In order to obtain
Countries are constantly fighting for land. In order to win the war, the monarchs of various vassal states initiated the transformation of private ownership of land, that is, rewarding military merit.
Then the Qin Dynasty unified the world and the situation changed again.
The purpose of using land to reward military merit was to win the war. Now that the war is over, Qin has unified the world. All the land belongs to Qin, and the struggle for land has come to an end. For the monarch, land is no longer the most important resource.
,So, what has become the most important resource?
The answer is population, because land requires people to cultivate it. Especially after the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it was discovered that many men died due to wars, leaving countless fertile fields uncultivated, and then realized that men were the most important productive force.
Several dynasties since the Qin Dynasty have all implemented stricter control over the population. They shared the pressure of land taxes on people and began to levy a "head tax", which changed from land tax to tax.
People. The advantage of this is that it increases the control over the people, but it also leads to disadvantages. People with land increasingly have financial resources and power. They can rely on these resources to gather landless refugees, and then form
It is difficult for refugees without land to stand out again and become slaves in the formal sense. So when Chen Sheng and Wu Guang rebelled, they would shout, "Is it possible for princes and generals to be peaceful?"
The fall of the Han Dynasty was also rooted in this. After the land was privately owned, the control of the land by the various lords exceeded that of the country, which led to the emptiness of the country, the rise of powerful powers, and an era of chaos. But there is also an advantage in the era of chaos. It must be
The level has broken down the old barriers and allowed the people at the bottom to have a way to rise.
After the fall of the Han Dynasty, China was hardly unified for a long time. The Three Kingdoms, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, more than 300 years ago, went through more than ten dynasties. The country did not last more than a hundred years. Although the country in this period realized the private ownership of land However, because the power of the monarch was greatly restricted by the clans, the reform of the land system has never been able to take place. This was also the era when the power of the clans was the most dazzling, and it was also the era when the five surnames and seven hopes were formed, which I miss the most. era. In a sense, the clans of this period already possess the ability to "depose and establish". The fundamental reason for this is the land they control.
When the Sui Dynasty once again unified the world, the two things Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty immediately set out to do were to reform the land system and curb the power of clans. The method he came up with was a "trinity" approach that synthesized the policies of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. .
The system of equalizing land, the system of renting and renting, and the system of government and military affairs.
The first is the land equalization system. The land is state-owned. If a man is over 20 years old, he will be granted 100 acres of land, of which 20 acres will be permanent land and 80 acres will be divided land. The land will be returned after death. This measure is to avoid underreporting the population. If people want to get land, they must declare it, otherwise they will not. This can ensure that the household registration system is perfected, and the state will collect rent from the people based on the land grant records. Regardless of rich or poor, everyone will pay a fixed amount of rent. In this way The pressure on the people will not be great. Furthermore, the improvement of the household registration system will also help to complete the government soldiers and corvee services, so it is called the "Trinity".
Under the current circumstances, this is a very good method. However, its hidden dangers are also quite big, because history has proved that this method was no longer effective by the mid-Tang Dynasty. The reason is that the growth of population exceeded the land As a result, the people have no land to divide, but they still have to pay rent per capita, which will inevitably breed conflicts.
Another fundamental reason is that in order to achieve the purpose of annexing land, local aristocrats and wealthy families use various methods to exploit ordinary people, such as expropriation, recruitment of refugees and naturalization, etc. As a result, the land that should have been ordinary people has been A large amount of money flowed into the hands of local wealthy families. However, the imperial court exerted very little control over local areas, and the land equalization system was destroyed as a result.
The land equalization system was destroyed, and the Trinity suddenly collapsed. Without land, the people were naturally unwilling to declare their population and bear taxes, and the phenomenon of underreporting continued. The household registration system collapsed, and the government soldiers and corvees could not complete their duties. This is why in the late Tang Dynasty, The disintegration of the military system and the failure of the imperial court's control over the army were the fundamental reasons for entering the era of "Jiedushi". During this period, Jiedushi had become a new warlord force. They controlled the land and could provide the common people with a meal. Naturally, he controlled the army.
It is now the early Tang Dynasty. Due to the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the population has dropped by tens of millions. The registered population is only more than 3 million households and more than 12 million people. This population is based on the current land stock of the Tang Dynasty. For example, that is enough for everything. The imperial court did not care much about the annexation of land, and from the perspective of maximizing interests, the annexation of land by clans during this period was good for the country, because the cultivated land The more, the more food.
But since Li Mu came through time and brought with him the knowledge learned from later history textbooks and knew the hidden dangers and shortcomings, he could not just sit back and ignore it. Moreover, due to his arrival, the formation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs started the industrialization process of the Tang Dynasty.
This is like a butterfly flapping its wings, which will lead to many uncontrollable changes. As long as he wants to continue doing his own thing, he must regulate all aspects of the system to coordinate with what he is doing.
Therefore, the land system must be reformed.
The word reform itself already indicates the difficulty. But reforming a system that is now implemented without any problems is even more difficult because you cannot give a reasonable reason. This has always been a problem.
About Li Mu.
At this time, his experience as a game designer greatly helped him.
Being a game designer is actually a frustrating job. As a game designer, you have to face two types of people. The first is players. As a player, you naturally want the game to be fun, and it is best to spend less money, or even no money.
Spend money and play for free, which is equivalent to the common people. But it costs money to develop games, to operate games, to spend money to run servers, to publish and maintain them all, so it is impossible to say that it is free, wool.
It can also be found in sheep. These are equivalent to the expenses of the court, the army, foreign wars, etc. They are not matters of whether the emperor is fatuous or not, but necessary expenses.
As a game designer, there is a boss dad above him. Why does the boss open a company? Is it because "games make you happy"? Of course not. The boss dad wants to make money, he wants to make a profit. Even money
After making a certain amount of money and turning it into numbers, he still has to brag. Compared with the big guys from all sides, even if he puts all the big guys under his feet, he becomes the "Khan of Heaven", and he still has to brag.
Compare yourself with those who came before you, and those who come after you. Your name will go down in history, and you will be awesome forever.
This is the goal of Li Mu's current boss father, Comrade Li Shimin. As the second heir to the company, he killed the first heir, and he must prove his awesomeness.
Li Mu has suffered from this kind of splintiness. During the closed beta of "Heroes of the Tang Dynasty", he was responsible for the data balancing team. He was often scolded by players in the morning, grandson! I have already recharged six yuan, why don't I go crazy?
Pretend! I was scolded by my boss in the afternoon, grandson, even if I charged six yuan for pretending to be a cheat, I don’t want my job anymore!
As a result, I worked overtime at night. On the one hand, I modified the explosion rate of the first recharge, and on the other hand, I made some GM accounts to refresh the screen in the server. Wow, haha, the explosion rate of this game is really high. I paid six yuan and got an orange outfit...
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It’s also very difficult.
This kind of experience has given Li Mu, a former data balance master, a different kind of thinking. Although the questions are difficult, there are still ways to solve them, and the existing land stock is so large that there is a lot of room for moving around. It is like a game.
During the closed beta, even if there are some criticisms, you can still reset the server to recover when the time comes, so it’s still okay.
Li Mu didn't start with Li Shimin, because Li Shimin has been very unreasonable recently. Today, on a whim, he decided to pick a few "lucky players" and send out a few "invitation codes" to give it a try and see how the reaction was!