Nongmen Space: Farming lady is not easy to mess with

Chapter 275

The emotions in Jing Yunyan's eyes were a mixture of doubt, excitement, and expectation, and at the same time, there was a slight embarrassment that his knowledge was not as good as the person in front of him.

With a loud voice, she ruthlessly removed the last fig leaf from the officials, her face full of mockery.

Looking at her calm and natural expression, he couldn't help feeling admiration in his heart.

Shu Yingtong played with the silver coin in his hand, "It looks like it is benefiting the people, but in fact it is increasing the burden on the people. My villagers could have paid taxes directly with grain and cloth, but the government threw the problem directly to the people."

"Not only do they have to worry about whether God will reward them with food, but they also have to take out money to pay taxes when the grain is not ripe. When the harvest season comes, they also have to worry about whether merchants who buy agricultural products will maliciously lower prices."

Tax reform is just a means to consolidate the regime of the rulers, and it cannot make the farmers who have bent their backs stand upright.

The sorrow of the feudal monarchy society is so realistic.

"Then... isn't there any benefit?" Jing Yunyan leaned on the back of the chair and reached out to pick loquats from the plate in her free time. Anyway, she is idle, she likes sweet food, not sour food.

"Yes, to promote the development of the commodity economy. When the official roads in various provinces are repaired and the transportation is developed, agricultural products will be commercialized and the handicraft industry will be developed day by day. Many farmers will abandon farming and go to business. Relatively speaking, a group of people will be rich."

This major reform, in particular the elimination of the poll tax, was a milestone.

"But there are also disadvantages." She moved the map, pulled down the lower part, and drew several large circles in the north and northwest with her fingers.

"Look at these places, the products are far less rich than those in the coastal areas. The weather conditions are bad, and I can't eat enough. Where can I ask them to exchange money? Local officials will definitely not care about the lives of the people for the sake of political achievements. If the people are forced to die , if they rebel, they will bear the brunt."

Jing Yunyan stared at the place where her finger circled for a long while, his eyes suddenly brightened, and he put the peeled loquat into her mouth and got up to wash his hands.

"Ma'am, I admire her~" He held her face with a smile and kissed her forehead forcefully, and immediately spread paper and rubbed ink.

"It has nothing to do with me. These things really happened, but you don't know it."

Shu Yingtong calmly ate the loquat in his mouth, and leaned over to watch him enumerate the disadvantages of the policy and how to deal with them.

As the sky was getting dark, he was still concentrating on writing, and she silently lit an oil lamp and placed it on the corner of the table.

After taking the finished page, I have to admit that people born and bred in this era have an absolutely profound understanding of tactics.

The disadvantages of the policy will be reflected in the later stage. She just gave him eye drops in advance, and he immediately made a corresponding supporting supervision and enforcement system, making the tax reform that stays at the surface level with an iron fist to make it truly benefit the people .

The differentiated tax system is fine-tuned through tax rate, tax base and other elements, which is fair and flexible, and conforms to the actual situation of local economic development.

A series of severe measures aimed at officials' private tax increases are quite harsh.

To put it bluntly: if you are greedy, stop doing it. There are a lot of people waiting to pull these corrupt officials down to make room for them.The court is short of money, but not short of people.

She raised her eyebrows and looked at the vigorous handwriting on it, and twitched the corners of her mouth. It's a pity not to be an emperor.

Shu Yingtong leaned on the edge of the table to look at what he was writing for a while, and suddenly said quietly: "Actually, your policy is quite absurd."

"Huh?" He stopped writing, raised his hand and moved his wrist, then turned to look at her helplessly, "What do you say?"

He wrote for a long time, his head was about to explode, and he finally formulated various countermeasures.

She watched it for a long time, and suddenly said something ridiculous, why didn't she say it earlier.
The pitiful and resentful eyes made her want to laugh a little, she pursed the corners of her mouth and reached out to squeeze the back of his neck gently.

"In my impression, people are generally self-sufficient in grain, oil, rice and noodles. They grow their own food and vegetables, raise two pigs if conditions permit, and most families weave their own cloth to make clothes. Even if they need to trade in the market, they use Most of them are also copper coins."

"Most families in Huanshan Village have never even touched silver. Silver has always been the payment method for the upper class and large transactions. If my guess is correct, we are not a major producer of silver."

Even if there are silver mines, they are mined underground, which is fundamentally different from those natural silver mines in other countries.

Silver mines are not abundant, the mining technology is backward, and the refining technology is backward, so it is impossible to produce a large amount of silver.

Otherwise, the common currency of the common people would not be copper coins.

"Well, the imperial court sold porcelain tea and silk cloth to other countries for silver. But we are not interested in their things." The neck was kneaded very comfortably, and he reached out and hugged her on his lap There was a hint of pride on his face.

Shu Yingtong didn't know whether to laugh at him, and shook his face left and right.

"Wake up, how beautiful is it? A country that is not rich in Tibetan silver, chooses precious metals rich in other countries as its own currency like a sick mind. Where do you have confidence?"

"Porcelain, tea, silk, these are not the necessities of life, haven't you noticed? The government exported a large amount of these, and on the surface it did earn a lot of silver, and it also made many regions that specialize in these things relatively rich."

"However, have you ever thought that I am not self-sufficient in silver. If there is a trade crisis, those places that do not rely on farming as their main source of livelihood will cause food prices to skyrocket due to the need for a large amount of food. Then the things produced in the local area will accumulate in large quantities If it can’t be sold, many people will die.”

As long as there is a long-term shortage of silver imports, inflation will break out immediately. If there are more natural disasters and diseases, the country will be almost exhausted without being attacked by others.

Jing Yunyan put on a bitter face and let out a long sigh, "Oh, it's too difficult. Copper coins really can't do big transactions. Who can push a cart of copper coins to buy things?"

As he was talking, he suddenly felt blessed, and threw himself into her arms excitedly, "Hey Tongtong, how did you solve it? We can follow suit."

"Issuing banknotes, people can get interest and security by depositing money in the national bank. You can't follow suit, the imperial court's reputation is too bad, once the superiors can't stand the temptation of printing money, banknotes are not currency, but waste paper. Moreover, this kind of In an era when wars are imminent, as a commoner, I think money is safer in my own pocket.”

As she was talking, she realized that the man hadn't responded for a long time and was busy with other things, and the collar button was bitten off by him again.
"Can you be more serious! Let's talk about policies!"

He solemnly supported her and walked towards the bed, "Well, let's discuss in depth how to carry it through to the end."

(End of this chapter)