Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 982

In the Pingyang government office, Fei Qian seemed to be in a trance for a few seconds as he watched the civil servants and generals gathered together in the main hall.

Once upon a time, with only three to five hundred soldiers, I managed to snatch a piece of land here in Pingyang, Bingzhou by means of some small tricks. Now more than three years have passed in the blink of an eye...

Now in the hall, not only these civil servants and military generals are gathered, but more importantly, in the area of ​​Pingyang, from scratch, from small to large, a large number of people have settled down now, and these people are Fei Qian himself The most important foundation at present.

All the way back from Diaoyin, what I saw was a busy and warm scene, which made Feiqian feel very comfortable.

For the people under the current rule, perhaps this is the beginning of a year of hope, and it is also the most energetic time of the year. The young crops begin to ripen and grow quickly at a suitable temperature, and it seems that they can feel the changes in the crops every day. , and at this time point, all kinds of corvee labor will not be conquered, and under the rule of Fei Qian, including Pingyang, a lot of hard labor is shared by the arrested Hu people...

There are less taxes and less corvee. Although the proportion of land rent is relatively large, it will be reduced by [-]% after five years of continuous farming, and the land you have cultivated can be obtained after ten years. This is very important for farmers who have never had a foothold. It is undoubtedly a matter full of hope.

In addition to these farmers, many people under Fei Qian's rule fought with Fei Qian and were wounded on the battlefield, but luckily they did not die because of their injuries, either because of their health or age, they could no longer go to the battlefield After all, these people can read a few words and numbers in the army, and they have no problem dealing with some superficial civil affairs.

Of course, there will not be too many people like this, only about a hundred, but it is enough to become a model of ordinary soldiers, to become the so-and-so of other people's family...

Of course, there are more soldiers who died in battle, or soldiers who were injured and died. In addition to being recorded under the stele of heroic spirits, besides enjoying the incense offerings that the people of the Han Dynasty attached great importance to, their families can also receive a pension , the most important thing is that the county government can also provide an ordinary job, or an errand, so that these families can continue.

This is enough.

Ordinary people are always easy to be satisfied. If they can come back alive, they are lucky. If they are not disabled, they are lucky stars. The smoke is rising, and as for the unfortunate death on the battlefield, the family can also be taken care of by the government. For soldiers, there is nothing more reassuring than this.

And Fei Qian is also preparing to promote a measure...

In the hall, looking at the civil servants and military generals who looked a little beaming on the left and right, he said slowly: "...all the lieutenant generals and soldiers will be granted land according to the law this winter according to the meritorious deeds!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the civil servants and generals in the audience were a little surprised.

The great righteousness of helping the community can stand up among the gentry, but it can't resonate with the common people.For ordinary people who are constantly farming every day, perhaps they will be happy and proud when Fei Qian is strong, but when these excited emotions recede like waves, these people still have to face day after day. Working, still has to worry about the last meal and the next meal.

Passion is just a momentary thing, but toil is a lifetime thing. It is obviously unrealistic to let the people shout slogans every day, and then forget all the bad reality and endure all the oppression and exploitation. It works, but sooner or later there will be problems.

In the early Han Dynasty, there was also land granting. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, according to the title system left by the Qin Dynasty at that time, from the 95 hectares of Guanneihou down to the [-] hectares of the public, the public soldiers, the soldiers, and the common people were the same. One hectare, but such a law was not implemented very well at the beginning. As time went on, this law became more and more unfeasible. From the initial reduction in the number of acres of land, it eventually became a two-handed share. Wood has...

In addition to the subsequent land annexation of the Han Dynasty, the public land controlled by the court became more and more scarce. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, even before the Han Lingdi period, there was no land to reward at all...

However, Feiqian now has a lot of land, not counting the area of ​​Pingyang, but just taking out the area of ​​Yinshan Mountain to distribute, and there can be a lot of land.

Nowadays, the number of soldiers following Fei Qian to fight is also gradually expanding. Even if the recruited Hu Qi are not counted, there are nearly [-] people, and behind these [-] people, one person is a family. The entire population, but it involves all aspects, so many people naturally become the most direct basis for supporting Feiqian.

Zaoyi was the first to express his approval. As a person who basically deals with farmers all day long, he knows how eager farmers are for the land, so he said happily: "Your Majesty, this is a great move!"

The rest of the people present also agreed, because they actually knew that although Fei Qian only mentioned ordinary soldiers, could the people present be missing?
So everyone couldn't help being a little happy, and they all praised.

So the first civil affairs matter was finalized, and it went very smoothly...

However, Fei Qian knew that granting land was not a good thing.

Once the land can be bought and sold, it is like opening Pandora's box, and many things will fly out.

But it is unrealistic to ban land sales.

It's like in later generations, while leaving a huge back door, it is covered with words such as "transfer", "rent", "use", etc., but in essence it is like "transfer in place", it is still a kind of Euphemistically worded business...

If it is now stipulated in the Han Dynasty that land trading is not allowed, first of all, whether the gentry will riot as a whole, whether it will lose the enthusiasm and initiative of production is a very serious problem.

A regime that maintains social stability through force suppression will cause problems sooner or later. If it wants long-term peace and stability, it must choke the throat of the ruled class below, and then put a rope on it, so as to command and control the ruled class .

And for the Han Dynasty, or for the vast majority of feudal dynasties, what is the most important magic weapon?
It is the land.

The more land controlled in the hands of the imperial power, the greater the authority of the imperial power, and the more land controlled in the hands of the big clans in various places, the greater the power of the aristocratic families. Sooner or later, they will be disrupted again and brought together into the hands of the big clan, then the old routine from peace to chaos will be repeated again and again...

So how to control, or prevent, or regulate such a situation?

In fact, Fei Qian also had some headaches, but he had to face it.

This is a big project, and it is also a structure that must be gradually established at this stage. Otherwise, when the gentry gradually invades in and takes control of the countryside, it will increase the difficulty and bring Come to unnecessary trouble.

However, Fei Qian knows that there is a ready-made regulation, and it seems that it can be used for reference...

"From the beginning of this year, all taxable taxes will be calculated on the basis of acres of land, and there will be no separate collection and calculation..." Fei Qian looked around and said slowly, "...What do you guys think?"

"Exemption, calculation, this... I'm afraid it will reduce a lot of taxes..." Du Yuan squinted his eyes and began to estimate how much impact it would have if the tax was reduced.For him, after all, he manages the logistics of Pingyang and even the entire Bingbei area, and he is naturally the most clear about the word of mouth...

There are mainly three kinds of taxes in the Han Dynasty, land tax, also known as land tax; calculation tax, or oral tax;

Among them, the land tax is very low, no more than 55/[-] tax, and the higher one is [-]/[-], and the additional grassland tax is only [-] yuan per hectare per year, which can be said to be the lowest land tax in ancient times, but in comparison, The poll tax in the Han Dynasty and other taxes converted from the servitude are relatively heavy, especially at the present time.

For a normal peasant household, in addition to the "household tax" of 200 qian per household, each adult man needs to pay another 300 qian If it is necessary to spend money to exempt the "dead soldier" from serving as a substitute for going to the border, it will cost 2000 yuan, and the Han law also stipulates that this responsibility, even if it is disabled or old or weak, such an item is It can't be exempted, "stop the insomnia and salty out".

In terms of population tax, at the very beginning, children under 14 years old, regardless of gender, had to pay the oral tax before the 23rd year. Among the 23 qian, 3 qian went to Da Sima as a special military expenditure, and the remaining 20 qian It belongs to the Shaofu, that is, the emperor. The adult population tax has to be paid until the age of 56, and each person pays 120 yuan per year. The merchants and slaves are doubled. The adult population tax is all attributed to the Dasinong to manage.

This kind of population tax caused many farmers to be unable to bear children, and even deliberately killed the children born, causing many human tragedies. This extreme situation attracted the attention of the Han Dynasty, and finally changed it from 7 The levy begins at the age of...

In order to collect more population tax, it is also to encourage childbearing. If a woman reaches the age of 15 and is not married, she must start to collect heavy tax, which will be increased every three years. To become the highest level of "Dead Without Han", the first requirement for a family is to have enough money, otherwise the first level of "leftover fighters" alone is enough to collapse an ordinary family...

Of course, there are also rewards, as long as a woman is pregnant, her husband will be exempted from counting for one year.

Even so, the taxes levied still cannot meet the huge expenses, so the so-called "contribution fee" was added later, which means that the people all over the world are voluntary donations, so all adult men and women, each year It is necessary to "dedicate" an additional 63 yuan to the emperor for his court expenses.

Secondly, local corvee is also the heaviest burden on peasant households.

Every male who is 17 years old and above the household registration must serve one month of unpaid labor in the place where the household registration is located every year, engaged in civil engineering, building bridges and roads, regulating rivers and canals, transferring grain and grass, and other infrastructure or labor.

The levy of corvee is limited to [-] days, but as long as the quality of the project is not up to standard, it needs to be reworked. At this time, it is called "don't count it as corvee", that is, it is not counted in the fixed period of service, so in practice, the time of corvee Usually more than a month...

Under Fei Qian's rule, it was an exception.

Why are the farmers in Pingyang now thinking that Feiqian is very good and a good official, and even spontaneously come to welcome Feiqian's return? A very important reason is that many of the local corvee workers are captured by Xianbei people Instead, the burden on farmers near Pingyang was reduced, so basically there was no phenomenon of farmers fleeing due to corvee.

Although the appearance of refugees is strictly prohibited in the Han law, whether it is a county guard or a county magistrate, as long as there are refugees under the rule, they will be punished with serious crimes, but the problem of refugees has been repeatedly banned, and it is also a big problem that plagues the Han Dynasty regime...

"It's possible to avoid talking and counting..." Xun Chen nodded and said, "...if you reduce the tax and use it to recruit people, you can gather people around you... If you eliminate the counting, it will benefit business and promote people's livelihood also……"

Linghu Shao and Wei Liu on the side also nodded repeatedly in agreement.

And Jia Xu, who just joined in, looked at his nose and mouth silently, making it clear that you are free to do it, and I don't have any opinions...

In the Han Dynasty, refugees were often given preferential treatment such as exempting oral taxation and changing service, etc., and then attracted them to resettle. Therefore, everyone including Xun Chen was no stranger to such measures. , Ship owners, that is, like the fuel surtax of later generations, it is only taxed on people above the middle class, and it is also a measure that can promote commerce.

Taxing vehicles and boats was a pioneering work of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The fuel surcharges of later generations are more or less civilized money grabbing, and consumption only when driving, while Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty plundered shamelessly. As long as there are cars, boats, livestock, and slaves in the family, they must be taxed, regardless of whether they have it or not. If you use it, you must pay taxes. If you don’t pay taxes or pay less taxes, you will be allowed to report to each other, and you will be issued a whistleblowing order. The whistleblower will be rewarded with half of the found property. As a result, the effect is naturally quite ideal...

In fact, the most important thing about this incident was that it weakened the development of many middle classes in the Han Dynasty, which led to the entire Han Dynasty finally making great strides towards extreme polarization.

Regarding these matters, people like Zaozhi, Xun Chen, Jia Xu, and even Du Yuan, Wei Liu, Linghu Shao, etc. who belong to the gentry who are more or less familiar with people's livelihood and political affairs are more or less understandable, but as for Huang Xu, Zhang Liao, etc. , but some half-understood, a little at a loss, so they didn't have any opinions...

Fei Qian looked at Xun Chen and the others, and knew that these people probably regarded what he said just now as an expedient measure, the same as a temporary measure to attract refugees, so he coughed twice and emphasized: "Everyone! , what I mean is not to exempt the oral tax and counting money for a while, but to start from this year and never collect it!"

Jia Xu, who looked like a wood carving, suddenly raised his head, his narrowed eyes widened, and he stared straight at Fei Qian.

But no one noticed Jia Xu's strange behavior, because the other people also looked surprised, and they all found it incredible...

what?
Permanent exemption?

Everyone in the hall looked at each other.

This is easier said than done, let’s not talk about the reduction in tax revenue caused by it, if it is really implemented, and then because of insufficient money, it will be reversed, then the reputation that has been established with great difficulty will be completely collapsed...

Could it be that this Fei Qian lost his head because he just became Marquis of Pingyang?

(End of this chapter)