Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 291 The land belongs to the state
For Lao Zhu, it was quite happy to have a private visit via Weibo that looked pretty good.Even if it's just a quick look at the flowers, Lao Zhu really thinks that overall it's not bad. It can barely be regarded as a peaceful country, and the people live and work in peace and contentment.

As for the slight problem, but Lao Zhu also thinks the problem is not serious.After all, it is actually not realistic to want to be truly perfect and perfect.

As long as it's generally good, that's obviously enough.Even if he is a workaholic and has a strong desire to control, Lao Zhu will not be greedy for perfection.

Old Zhu understands this truth, and Zhu Yunying naturally understands this truth too.As long as you see that the people of Ming Dynasty are doing well, that's fine.Although in the "capital" like Yingtianfu, the overall situation at the foot of the Son of Heaven is relatively better, compared with some remote villages, the conditions are much better.

But no matter what, Zhu Yunying felt that the current Ming Dynasty was indeed very good.

It may not be a prosperous age, but it can barely be regarded as governance.After all, the time since the founding of the Ming Dynasty was too short, and the foundation was relatively poor, which naturally meant that it needed more time to develop. Zhu Yunying still had some patience for this.

However, Zhu Yunying also understands that this also requires more efforts from him, and requires the joint efforts of the civil and military officials of Ming Dynasty and the common people.

Zhu Yunying, who was in a fairly good mood, returned to the palace, naturally going about her own business.Occasionally go out for a private visit on Weibo, but that's just once in a while, he still needs to sit in the palace more often.

Old Zhu was in a good mood, looked at Zhu Yunying and asked, "Yinger, what kind of regulations are you planning to use for the tax system you mentioned last time?"

In history textbooks, there are still some places that can be used for reference.

The current Ming Dynasty is basically a two-tax law.But in addition to these taxes, there was corvée.It is very common to have Lijia regular service, uniform corvee and miscellaneous official service.

Without hesitation, Zhu Yunying said to Lao Zhu, "My grandson thought of two methods, one is called the one-whip method. Basically, it is to combine the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies of all states and counties into one, and collect the silver taels together, and pay them by mu .”

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, and saw the benefits, "If this is the case, the tax system may be simplified, making it easier to collect taxes and making it difficult for local officials to cheat."

"Yes, this can indeed reduce the cost of taxation and increase the tax revenue of the court. Moreover, before the taxation and service were irrelevant, now that the service law has been unified, it can indeed save some trouble for our Ming Dynasty. The money of the Ming Dynasty is getting more and more In the future, you don’t have to just think about taxes and food, it can also be gold and silver property.”

"Furthermore, there are indeed so many land mergers nowadays, so that our people can get rid of the land and have more livelihoods."

Lao Zhu thought about it for a long time before he said, "In this way, some places are not very good. You know some places, and we, the emperor, can't control them. Moreover, once a whipping method is started, some corrupt officials will be punished. Nonsense, thinking about it, it is necessary to increase corvee taxes and disturb the people."

It is quite normal in this era that the imperial power does not go to the countryside.Moreover, in some localities, it is inevitable that officials and gentry will collude with each other for protection or interests, and collusion between officials and gentry.

Zhu Yunying looked at Lao Zhu and said with a smile, "We think there is another one called Tan Ding Rumu. Let Ding Yin be distributed into the land tax and abolish the poll tax. Furthermore, the restrictions on household registration are lowered so that people can move freely. "

Lao Zhu was about to jump up all of a sudden, a little angry, "If you do this, our household registration system will be ruined!"

Well, if the distribution is divided into mu, it is indeed basically to shake the household registration system established by Lao Zhu.

"Grandfather, this really makes people move. But we still need to find out how many acres of land are in each place, and distribute taxes on an equal basis. Those who have a large number of people must have a lot of land. , Those who have fewer people will also have land. From now on, those who have more land will pay more, those with little land will pay less, and those who have no land will not pay."

Hearing Zhu Yunying's words, Lao Zhu immediately realized, "Are you planning to deal ruthless blows to those gentry?"

Zhu Yunying nodded with a smile, and said to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa Huang really wanted the support of those noble gentry when he conquered the world. After Grandpa Huang ruled the world, he did treat those people well. But now that the world is stable, we can be tougher. Whoever dares to show his teeth, we will cut off his whole family!"

Lao Zhu was not displeased at his grandson's murderous words, "In this case, it's a good thing."

"Yes, the burden on the poor is less. But those rich households and those officials are basically miserable." Zhu Yunying smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "The officials and the gentry pay the food together, we are not afraid of those people making trouble. "

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "This stall is divided into mu, it seems that the officials and gentry have to pay for the grain, but if the common people have no land, they can only be tenants to the landlord. At that time, the landlord may increase the number of tenants. Land rent."

Zhu Yunying was not surprised that Lao Zhu could think of these things, he knew that his grandfather was a genius.

In fact, this is indeed the case. It seems to harm the interests of landlords and officials, but these landlords also have other methods for many things.For example, by that time, these people can pass on the cost of taxation to the tenants, and the pressure on the tenants will still be great at that time.

Zhu Yunying naturally understands that it is a good tax system to divide the income into the mu, but this kind of policy is not necessarily perfect, and there are still many loopholes.

Of course, Zhu Yunying is clear about this truth, and he also knows that it seems to be quite good, but such a policy may not be able to solve all the problems, this is just a reference standard for Zhu Yunying.

Looking at Lao Zhu, Zhu Yunying pretended to be mysterious, and said proudly, "Grandfather, in the whole world, is it the land of the king, the shore of the land, and the ministers of the king. This world belongs to Daming, and it belongs to our old Zhu's family." Yes, the land naturally belongs to Lao Zhu’s family.”

Lao Zhu nodded, the reasoning was the same, but he was also a little strange, "That's it, what's the matter?"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yunying said triumphantly to Lao Zhu, "Since the land belongs to the country, our Ming's land will belong to the country in the future. The land belongs to the country, and we generously let the people farm."

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment, he seemed to have guessed something, but he was not sure now.For some thoughts of his precious grandson, Lao Zhu sometimes really doesn't understand how his grandson can think and dare to think so much, and some things are really beneficial.

Zhu Yunying continued, "Grandson has always been afraid of land annexation. At that time, the people will have no land to grow, and there will naturally be turmoil. Before that, Suner changed the treatment of some scholars and tried every means to avoid mergers, which would result in tax collection. This It’s not a solution, there is a way to drill after all.”

"So you want to start from the root?" Lao Zhu was a little excited, stood up and said, "If the land belongs to the country and the imperial court, private trading is not allowed!"

Zhu Yunying nodded, and said with a smile, "That's the reason. The land is owned by the state, and we will lend the land to the people. Every ten years, the land will be redistributed according to the book. This is also because the population will increase. The field is available."

Lao Zhu was very excited, and said to Zhu Yunying, "That's the reason! In this way, our people will have land to farm, and they don't have to go to the landlords and gentry to farm. If the landlords and gentry want to buy more land, it will be gone. thought."

The land was nationalized and distributed regularly.Coupled with the fact that each person is divided into acres, this means that many people have to pay taxes for farming, and the more fields there are, the more taxes they pay.

Zhu Yunying continued, "Actually, if it was like this at the beginning of the founding of the country, it would be better for us to act now. It's just that we don't want to harvest the land wantonly now, otherwise there must be turmoil in the world."

Lao Zhu was not embarrassed, but felt a little regretful.At the beginning, in order to stabilize the world, he did make some compromises, and he did not consider some things very comprehensively. It seems that some hidden dangers have been left behind, which is not very convenient for his children and grandchildren.

"We will not take back those private fields now." Zhu Yunying smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "There are still a lot of fields in this area. If those gentry or common people want to plow and buy and sell fields, they can naturally do so. We I’ll admit it. But apart from this part of the land, there are many other public lands.”

Lao Zhu also nodded. Now, besides some of the land in Daming is "privately owned", a lot of it belongs to the state, which is the land of the imperial court.

All of this naturally means that Zhu Yunying can take action, and the land is nationalized, and it is not a one-size-fits-all, so that some people below will not feel that their lives have been cut off.Of course, those people may also find it troublesome, and it will become more and more difficult to buy land in the future.

Zhu Yunying continued, "The fields of the Weisuo, the fields of Huangzhuang, including the new cultivated land that has been developed one after another, all belong to the imperial court. These are our guarantees, and it is good to distribute them to the people in the future. If you want to farm There are many connections, and we are not afraid that the people will have to rely on the landlords and gentry if they have no land."

Old Zhu's eyes were filled with coldness, and he said to Zhu Yunying, "If someone down here makes trouble, we will take it back to the field!"

"Actually, my grandson also understands that this policy will also give some people below the opportunity to take advantage of it. It's just that we have fixed some policies and strictly supervised them, which will probably save trouble." Zhu Yunying smiled and said to Lao Zhu, " This policy is good and benefits the vast majority of people, and that's enough."

This is what Zhu Yunying said in his heart. He knows that there is no so-called perfect policy, and many policies may be slandered by the people below.

However, the emergence of such policies is more beneficial to the vast majority of Ming people, and this is enough.Even if it hurts the interests of some people, I don't care.

Now Zhu Yunying has the confidence to throw back all doubts, the knife in his hand is sharp enough!

(End of this chapter)