Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1608 Wealth and Pursuit

Guanzhong, Chang'an.

While Liu Bei and others were working hard in western Sichuan, Fei Qian received a heavy brocade box from Pingyang in Chang'an. After opening it, he didn't feel any joy. It took quite a long time until Huang Xu came in to report that all the generals had arrived, so Fang covered the brocade box and walked to the front hall with his hands behind his back.

When Fei Qian was young, he also often felt that some people kept their hands behind their backs, their shape was not good-looking, and they didn’t have the aggressive intention to stride forward vigorously, and from a physiological point of view, they couldn’t swing from side to side with their hands behind their backs to maintain the body’s posture. Balance and coordination are really worthless poses.

However, until now, Fei Qian has been walking with his hands behind his back at unknown times.

There are too many things to carry...

Various invisible pressures are pressing on the back. It seems that only in this way can I relax and remind myself to keep my back straight.

After entering the hall, Fei Qian had already resumed his original gait, strode into the festival hall, and then sat down on the mat.Everyone bowed to Fei Qian, Fei Qian returned half of the salute, and then invited everyone to sit down.

It is said to be sitting, but in fact it is kneeling on the mat, and at most there is another brocade cushion.

Stools and the like were actually made by craftsmen a long time ago, but in such a formal occasion, Feiqian still maintained the meeting method of the Han Dynasty, adopting the sitting mode of one table and one seat.

This has a little advantage. Kneeling hurts your knees, so you have to speed up the pace. Just like many companies in later generations will use the golden rooster independent posture to hold meetings, and even choose to hold meetings on the rooftop. The meeting place is too comfortable. Sometimes it will make the participants unable to fully concentrate.

Before officially starting the meeting, Fei Qian chatted for a few words, then smiled, saying that he would not deal with government affairs first, but said: "Today there is another great sage here, waiting for a certain general to come in..."

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked out. Naturally, Pang Tong and Xun Chen understood, and they also walked out together after Fei Qian. The rest, like Du Ji, Zhang Liao, and others were a little confused, but they followed suit, so A mighty group of people came out of the front yard.

In front of the courtyard gate were Xun You and Xu Ding, they thought they should be passed into the hall, but they didn't expect Fei Qian to come out to meet them in person, they were very moved, and quickly bowed down to salute.

Fei Qian chuckled, took a few steps forward, and helped Xun You and Xu Ding up. For some reason, he remembered the first time he met Liu Biao in Jingzhou, so he couldn't help using a little more strength in his hands.

The essence of human beings is actually a repeater plus pigeons plus real fragrance...

After Fei Qian took Xun You and Xu Ding from side to side, entered the festival hall again, and introduced each other again, he sat down again and began to deal with the current government affairs.

The most important thing at the moment is still Nongsang.

Although the climate of the Little Ice River in the Han Dynasty has gradually emerged, Guanzhong, which is covered by mountains, is still much milder and more humid than the north and north of the desert. In particular, the Wei River runs through the east and west, bringing abundant irrigation. The water source, so the foundation of Guanzhong's agriculture, was originally better than Bingbei. After two or three years of recovery and adjustment, it is now about to usher in a period of explosion.

"In Guanzhong, there are yellow soils, eighty-five of the upper ones, black loamy soils, 250 seven in the middle, and one hundred and sixty-seven of Bo, La, and preserved fields. The number of newly cultivated fields is unknown..." Of course, jujube is the clearest about farming and mulberry, so he didn't need to look at the wooden tablet in his hand immediately, but said loudly, "...to build water canals, one hundred and ten miles, to build waterwheels, more than two hundred, to build fertilizers, There are more than 1000 places, with [-] taels of official cattle, more than [-] carts..." (note to this chapter)

The numbers popped out of Zaozhi's mouth one by one, even the other people who didn't know much about Nongsang and Sang were refreshed, and felt that after hearing these numbers, they felt calm and comfortable.

"Therefore, the pre-year endowment..." Zaozhi said at the end, subconsciously glanced at the number calculated earlier on the wooden tablet again, and then said in a deep voice, "5 million stones are counted!"

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but smile with joy.In the past, Guanzhong had to rely on the food and grass imported from Hanzhong to live, but now it is not only self-sufficient, but also has a lot of surplus, which is naturally a joyful thing.

However, this is not the end of the joy, but just the beginning. After Pang Tong smelted steel and built the number of soldiers in the industry, and then Xun Chen described the profit surplus, money and utensils in commerce, etc. one by one, The mouths of the people in the hall couldn't be closed anymore, and they all laughed like flowers.

Although Fei Qian was also listening, his mind was not on these numbers, but on other things...

The annual endowment is the amount of grain and grass that Fei can potentially harvest. As for the total amount of grain produced in Guanzhong, it should be around 3 shi. Of course, such a high annual endowment is also due to the contribution of many refugees.

Under the rule of Feiqian Guanzhong, it is natural that the [-]-year-old tax was implemented for a hundred years, but this so-called [-]-year tax may sound like a small amount, but in fact, it is not the case at all.

"Hanshu Shihuozhi" records: "Han Xing, according to the Qin Dynasty, the princes remembered that the people lost their jobs, and there was a great famine. Every meter and stone was five thousand, people ate each other, and more than half of the dead. Gaozu used the law to save money. Land rent is prohibited, and the tax is one for fifteen."From the time of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, the policy of "[-] tax for [-] years" was implemented, and until the time of Emperor Wenwen of the Han Dynasty, there was an edict of "half the land rent", that is, the policy of "[-] tax for [-] years".

It has continued until now.

However, these [-] taxes and [-] taxes do not mean that the land is divided into [-] or [-] shares, and then the state collects one of them, but has a special calculation method.

"Fifteen taxes and one tax" means that after the landlord collects five-tenths of the land output from the tenant farmers, which is half of the output, the landlord then pays a tax of one-tenth of the land output to the state.That is to say, the land output is ten shares, and after the landlord and the tenant farmer split 50.00-[-], the landlord will pay one share of tax to the state.That is, the land rent rate is [-]%, and the tax rate is one-tenth.This is the real "Fifteen Tax One".

As vassals of landlords, tenant farmers do not have household registration, so naturally there is no channel for paying taxes to the state alone. Similarly, the so-called "thirtieth tax one" does not mean that the landlord pays one-thirtieth of the land output to the state. Instead, it should be understood that the land output is ten shares, and then [-] to [-] shares, tenant farmers get seven shares, and pay three shares to the landlord as land rent, and the landlord then pays one share to the state.

That is, the ground rent rate is 30.00%, and the tax rate is still one-tenth. "Fifteen tax one" and "thirty tax one" are not the meaning of tax rate "one-fifteenth" or "one-thirtieth".Or strictly speaking, it should be recorded as "ten, five, tax one" and "three, ten, tax one".

In general, the self-cultivating farmers who own the land, that is, those who own the land, pay one-tenth of the tax to the state.This is clearly written in the "Han Shu Shihuo Zhi", "Today, one husband holds five families and manages a hundred fields. The annual income is one and a half stones, which is one hundred and fifty stones of millet. In addition to the eleventh tax of fifteen stones, the remaining one hundred and thirty-five stones .”

It can be seen from this that in fact, the burden of the owner-peasants has not changed at all. The only thing that has changed is the land rent of the tenant farmers who are attached to the big landlords. Paying water, electricity, sanitation, property, etc., may be less than one-tenth of the salary, and renting a house...

In the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the tax rates of big landlords and self-cultivated farmers were the same, but it was obvious that big landlords reaped more, and the gap in the amount of wealth accumulated year after year was also constantly widening. The risk borne by self-cultivated farmers was obviously higher than that of landlords. In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the landlord class will only rely on the balance in their hands to absorb more and more land assets that the self-cultivating farmers have to sell, so as to expand again.

Therefore, the emperor of the Han Dynasty felt that this would not work, so he reformed the tax system. "Tax" can reduce the burden on the tenant farmers and ease the suffering of the most basic people, and secondly, it can also restrain the speed at which these big landlords accumulate wealth. use……

The so-called use of tax rate regulation is a mild placebo. Unless the land holding tax is ruthlessly collected, the poor will always be the grassroots.

Therefore, Fei Qian did not focus on the tax reform at the beginning, but slashed at its own roots, and established a hierarchical tax system based on juetian, forcing the big landlords to want to maintain more interests. It is necessary to make more contributions and obtain more meritorious service than ordinary people, otherwise it will decline in the process of passing on from generation to generation and become ordinary people.

This may be another level of fairness.

Regarding this point, in fact, many gentry in Guanzhong, including Hanzhong, are also very unhappy, but on the one hand, it is true that they cannot compete with Fei Qian now, and on the other hand, these gentry children are actually waiting to see...

In the eyes of these gentry children, ten or eight years is not a long time at all, but who is the biggest landlord in Guanzhong and North?

It is the big Han hussars general Fei Qian!

The refugees are farming, and these refugees are equivalent to the tenant farmers of the great Han hussar general Fei Qian!
After five or eight years of paying the exorbitant land rent, if Fei Qian, the Hussar General of the Han Dynasty, still survived, would he be willing to really give these lands to these refugees?

It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.Pursue wealth when there is no wealth, but often no pursuit after real contact with wealth, this is the normal state of human beings, and it is also a drawback of human nature.

Even if Fei Qian's generation can do it, what about Fei Qian's next generation?

So these gentry children are not in a hurry. Even though there are some opponents, many people are still waiting, watching, and watching.Sima Yi can even sharpen his knife for 30 years, and the other gentry children are actually not bad.

But now the old Sima is pursuing the victory in the scriptures, while the young Sima has not yet fully grown up. Do you want to make him fall in love with Brother Zhu sometime?
In the festival hall, after hearing so many good things, everyone couldn't restrain their excitement. Some admired it, and some sang it. Fei Qian smiled and nodded slightly.

Fei Qian looked at the smiling people in the hall. Among these people, can they gather here? Now, naturally they all have certain pursuits, even including the newly joined Xun You and Xu Ding, and these people have gained a certain amount of wealth. After gaining authority, what else will one pursue?

These are the problems we will face in the future, and these problems are far more difficult than the current problems...

After a while, Fei Qian's smile remained unchanged, as if it had been like this from the beginning, he stretched out his hand, and lightly tapped twice on the table, the voice in the hall suddenly stopped, and everyone agreed He straightened his back, folded his hands and listened quietly.

"At present, the military and civilian affairs in Guanzhong are both important..." Fei Qian said slowly, his voice was not loud, but he was very powerful, "Soldiers, one is to train new soldiers, and the other is to teach martial arts... For these two, you are in charge, and you will come up with a regulation within three days...Ziping, you will follow Wenyuan for the time being and help him train his troops..."

Zhang Liao stood up and bowed his hands to accept the order.

Xu Ding hurriedly stood up and said yes together.

"People..." Fei Qian signaled Zhang Liao and Xu Ding to sit down, and then continued, "There are many things... If there is hope for a good harvest this year, do you want to report... The number is a little insufficient. In this matter, Shi Yuan and Qinglong Temple Let's do it together...Xiufu, you will assist Shi Yuan to choose a site and establish a foundation, don't slack off...it's the same, give a regulation within three days..." Qinglong Temple also needs to be rebuilt, so the civil engineering will be done together To Pang Tong.

There used to be a lot of warehouses in Guanzhong, but many were burned during the war.These rebellious soldiers just robbed the warehouse of food, and they often set fire to it habitually. Is this the instinct of human beings when they do evil?If you set it on fire and set it on fire, then you can leave no evidence and pretend that there is no such thing?So, rebuild again.Fortunately, the basic stone bars and everything are there, so it's not a fresh start.

Pang Tong and Wei Duan looked at each other and took orders together.

"Someone wants to make cotton this year..." Fei Qian turned his head to look at Zao Zhi, then glanced at Du Ji again, "The number of acres of this kind of cotton needs to be expanded. In addition, the second school of agriculture and engineering will start after the tax this autumn. Acceptance of the department...Zijing still needs to put in more thought, and Bohou also needs a lot of help...Agronomy details, I read it, and there are some changes, I will take it later, and I will revise it, and it will be submitted within three days ..." Fei Qian patted the scrolls of letters next to his hands, and then motioned for the guards to deliver the letters to Zaozhi.

Jujube and Du Ji were originally together, so there was nothing wrong with it. Although I felt that the agricultural rules were not passed at one time, they were within the normal range, so I was ordered not to mention them.

Fei Qian nodded, and then said to Xun Chen and Xun You: "With the help of Gongda, you can relax a little... The business and goods are complicated. Although the business in Hebei and Henan is currently shrinking, there are still new things. Sichuan and Sichuan are newly attached, and the mountain roads are difficult to walk. Second, the Western Regions are newly opened, and the road is long, and you need to be careful... In addition, Chang'an City Square has been damaged and needs to be rebuilt. This matter is also entrusted to the two, three days within……"

After thinking about it for two or three days, Xun You didn't have the stingy pettiness like some people, so he officially joined the political group under Xun Chen's leadership, but because of his original official position, he still needed to talk to Liu Xiehe Cao Cao said, go through a process...

Feiqian plans to separate a part of Bingbei's business and trade to Chang'an, and Bingbei Pingyang will mainly keep things like workshops. Too much business will also lead to some complicated and unstable flow of people, so Chang'an, as a new business center, naturally It was mentioned on the agenda.

Uncle Xun Chen and his nephew naturally had no objections.

The main matters have been arranged. It is naturally impossible to finish the specific operation in a few sentences now. Instead, we have to wait for the person in charge to deliver the specific charter before studying it, and then specific to the detailed project. .

Fei Qian looked around, and said with a smile: "Today I have called everyone, apart from making decisions on military and civilian matters, there is another person who I want you to meet..."

After finishing speaking, Fei Qian clapped his hands and asked the guards to bring in a person from outside the hall. Everyone in the hall couldn't help but turned their heads together, their eyes widened in surprise...

"It turned out to be him..."

　Latian refers specifically to the fields plowed when there is no rain in autumn.

　　Preserved fields specifically refer to the fields plowed when the ground is frozen in severe winter and the land lacks nutrients.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)