Datang Library

Chapter 605 There Are Decisions in the Palace of Political Affairs

"Ahem, Your Majesty, let's go too far. Now we are talking about the land issue in Hedong and Luoyang." Bai Fan looked at Li Er, who was distracted by Du Ruhui, and reminded him. Quite attractive, this leader isn't called for nothing.

Li Er was a little embarrassed by Bai Fan's words, and he finally brewed his emotions, so he was swayed away in an understatement. Why did you get all the attention when you were a hero, but when I wanted to be a hero, you were silent?Is it short of a 40-meter sword?Li Er had a heart-to-heart discussion.

If Bai Fan heard this, he would definitely burst out laughing. His Majesty Li Er is still very cute, but you have to choose a partner and a time when you are a hero. How many people do I need to cover the girls in the brothel?How many people do you cover the slave class?Can it be covered?Not to mention you as an emperor, I am afraid that even the Supreme Emperor and the Li family will not be able to cover you.

Du Ruhui went on to say: "Actually, [-]% of the land in the hands of the nobles can't be planted just by buying slaves, and a large source of labor is tenants, long-term workers and the like.

Many civilians choose to become tenants because they have too few acres of land to grow and eat. They rent and plant the land of landlords or nobles.

The same goes for long-term workers, even worse than tenants. They belong to those who have no land in their hands and have been hired by the master’s family to farm for a long time. Individual freedom, although the class status is not good, but it is still a commoner.

In addition, there are part-time workers, that is, to help wealthy households who are too busy to earn remuneration during the busy farming season.

These, plus some of the nobles' own servants, can really take care of the [-]% of the land. "

"Didn't the imperial court encourage wasteland reclamation? If you have the energy to rent other people's fields, why don't you spend your energy to open up wasteland yourself? It may be difficult for two or three years, and your own land will increase, so you don't have to be exploited by others." Bai Fan asked road.

"It can't be calculated like this. There is no harvest for three years of land reclamation and farming, and many people can't take care of food and clothing. How can they persist for three years?
The reason why tenants, long-term workers, and short-term workers choose to farm for the nobles is actually a kind of self-protection. From the perspective of the court, it is because individuals are unable to survive the famine, so they choose to rely on others, or in other words, everyone works together to survive the famine. famine.

For example, for each family, you give them hundreds of acres of good land, but they only have a few laborers, and even no cattle. Seeing that the fields are barren and can’t be planted, how can they be rich?
Relying on the nobles is different. The nobles are rich and have sufficient purchases of cattle and farm tools, which greatly increases the intensity of farming. This is also the reason why they farm for others.

Because the aristocrats acted as the organizers of concentrated labor at this time, everyone worked together to plant [-]% of the land in the hands of the aristocrats, regardless of exploitation, at least the ability of everyone to fight disasters in groups has been greatly enhanced, which is why the common people see that the land is extremely uneven There is also no reason for objection. As long as the nobles occupy a large area of ​​land, as long as the source is legal, it is different from the ordinary people who steal fish and meat by stealth, and it is not all bad.

It's just that the nobles have been cultivating the land to collect food and collect money, instead of paying taxes, the disadvantage is that it will increase the burden on the court. "

Hearing this, Bai Fan understood, and laughed at himself, "It seems that the 98 people in our Baijiazhuang would rather go hungry and cold than be slaves to others, isn't it a little silly?"

Li Jing sighed: "It's not stupid, it's very stupid. Your father is a stubborn donkey. He doesn't want to live anymore, and he's not afraid of starving his son to death? Send someone a message and you won't almost freeze to death."

"Uncle, my father is gone, so please be merciful."

Li Er opened his mouth and said: "Most of the Baijiazhuang are members of the military, so the arrogance and iron bones are not forgotten. The status of scholars, peasants, businessmen, and common people is not low, so who would bend down to be a slave until life and death?

Now that Keming has explained it thoroughly, how about you kid, do you understand?Can there be countermeasures? "

Bai Fan gave Li Er a blank look, you are an emperor, you have a lot of talents, there are ten or twenty people here, you ask me the countermeasure?

"Your Majesty, I just understood it, and I haven't thought about it yet. You should ask the elders here for countermeasures."

Li Er smiled and said: "Them? Look at them, don't say there is no countermeasure, even if there is a countermeasure, who would dare to stand up and say it? Whoever is the first bird is the public enemy of the world's nobles, whether it is a new noble or an old noble, there is no one. His shelter is gone, this is a job that offends the whole world.

So, apart from me, only you can handle this matter, maybe even I can't handle it. "

When Du Ruhui heard this, he was about to speak again, but Li Er waved his hand to stop him: "Keming, you've tried your best to be honest and straightforward. I know that you and Jian Zhi have a life-threatening friendship. Are there few people here who have a life-threatening friendship with him? You have tried your best Alright, let's leave it to the two of us.

All of you present here are my old brothers. I don’t want you to sacrifice yourselves, but I beg you to support me and Jian Zhi. If the Tang Dynasty wants to achieve unprecedented glory, we must all work together. "

"I am willing to die for Datang and His Majesty!"

Bai Fan has been lost in thought for a long time without saying a word. He has never been afraid of the danger of a thousand blades or an enemy of the whole world. He was not afraid when he was alone in the past, but now he is still not afraid of dragging his family with him. He is more confident than Li Er. It's not because Bai Fan has a gang of beggars, but Bai Fan can abandon everything, but Li Er has to rely on the imperial power. The only thing Li Er can't abandon is the throne, so Li Er said that it is most appropriate for Bai Fan to come forward.

After pondering for a long time, Bai Fan finally spoke up: "Since our ultimate goal is to let the nobles pay grain taxes like the common people, then what method to use is a matter of implementation. The first thing is the promulgation of government orders. There is only an agrarian revolution in the Tang Dynasty. .”

"What is Land Revolution?" Everyone was puzzled.

But Li Jiancheng, who has read a lot of books at Bai Fan's place, understood it, and said in a low voice, "My son-in-law, reforms in ancient times are a struggle of blood and fire. Regardless of success or failure, 'reformers will die from the law' is an eternal confession, you... ..."

Bai Fan smiled and comforted, "Father-in-law is worrying too much. I'm just talking about changing the decree of the land. It's not a large-scale reform. As long as the means are used well, four taels can make a difference."

Li Er laughed and said, "Okay, it's a good deal, I'd like to hear about it."

"The court nobles are divided into two groups, the old and the new. At the same time, the small nobles know that they have no right to speak, and they have always followed the big nobles.

The new aristocrats are headed by everyone here, and the old aristocrats are headed by the five surnames, seven families and many big families. The small and medium-sized nobles at the lower level wanted to be dissatisfied and make noise, but they couldn't make a scene. Whoever dared to gather a crowd to stand out at that time would be treason. "

Bai Fan's outline was eloquent, and everyone thought about it carefully after listening to it. This is indeed the case. The fear of land changes is to cause civil unrest. After the civil unrest is resolved, the land policy can be boldly implemented.

"However, how can we get rid of these big nobles who can be the leaders? We can't still use the sword to kill people." Hou Junji frowned. Last time, he slaughtered the Li family in Longxi because of him, and the Hou family often provoked them in the future. Trouble, overtly and secretly, Lao Hou suffered a lot, so he was afraid once.

"That's right, of course you can't use a knife to kill people. Besides, besides the old nobles, there are upstarts. We are all the leaders of the upstarts. Can we kill each other?" Bai Fan laughed.

　Today's Chapter 3, thank you for your support.

　　
　
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