I am Da Song

Chapter 146 The most advanced land tax law since the ages
Regarding the plan to dredge the ancient Bianqu, Zhao Huan said: "The dredging of the canal can be handed over to the Ministry of Industry as a national policy, and it does not need to be limited to the front line of the ancient Bianqu. Relief with work, resettlement of soldiers and refugees."

This national policy has great benefits, at least much better than Xiang Jun's.

First of all, it is to strengthen the infrastructure construction and be able to greatly promote the infrastructure construction.

It must be admitted that under the private ownership of land in the Song Dynasty, private agriculture was highly developed, and a large amount of grain was stored in the hands of wealthy households.

They have enough food to supply the whole country and sell it everywhere.

However, due to the backward transportation conditions, a large amount of grain is piled up in the warehouses of rich households, so that the wine and meat of rich families smell bad, and the roads are frozen to death.

A large number of channels have been opened up, and the well-developed water transport will greatly facilitate water transport and sell grain to all directions.

As for the large amount of land accumulated in the hands of wealthy households, Zhao Huan didn't really care much about it.What he wants is a highly developed economic society, not an era of average poverty for everyone.

Targeted changes to the tax bill in the future will greatly ease the pressure on the poor.

Secondly, the development of water conservancy can greatly alleviate the flood of the Yellow River, and use more tributaries to discharge floods for the Yellow River.After waiting for the country to be strong, use more powerful means to govern the Yellow River.

Worried about the deterioration of the policy during the implementation process, it became like Emperor Sui Yang's large-scale construction and collection of corvee.Zhao Huan specially instructed the three prime ministers: "During the construction process, the people are not allowed to be conscripted, and the people are only recruited to work with salaries. Even if the 10,000+ forbidden troops do not want to work anymore, they must be allowed to leave at any time."

Li Gang immediately said: "The minister will discuss with the Taiwan admonishment and monitor this matter together."

The left phase and the right phase seemed to swallow a fly in an instant, and they were disgusting.This guy hinted at his intimate relationship with Tai Jian all the time, and Tai Jian seemed to be a tool for him to fight for power and profit.

I don't know why the officials indulged him so much and turned Taiwan's remonstrance into a well-known tool of party struggle.This is really a great discredit to the authority of Taiwan's remonstrance.If things go on like this, Taiwan's admonishment may no longer regain its former status.

Could it be that the officials want to purge Taiwan's admonitions and clean up the supervisory system again?

Zhao Huan didn't say much, even if the initial placement of the [-] imperial troops was settled in this way.

Then Zhao Huan asked, "Does the imperial court have a regulation on granting land to the people?"

Mei Zhili replied: "Reporting to the official family, the imperial court has initially restored the order of Jingji Road, Jingxi Road, and Jingbei Road. It is doing its best to count the wasteland and rent it out to the common people as official land."

"No land granted?" Zhao Huan asked in surprise.

Mei Zhili looked excited, and said: "This is the best time to promote Wengong Fang's tax law. It is better to use official land, which is inefficient, and you must first measure the land and determine the ownership of the land."

When it comes to Wen Gong Wang Anshi, the three prime ministers in the hall all admire him.

Regardless of whether you admire it in your heart or not, you must at least show admiration in front of officials.Because we all know that the officials admire Wen Gong very much.

When mentioning Fang Tian's average tax law, Zhao Huan's expression lifted, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

The Fangtian Average Tax Law is one of Wang Anshi's most important tax reform bills. It targets the uneven distribution of land taxes across the Song Dynasty, and the fact that landlords and rich people hide their land to evade taxes, and the tax burden is imposed on small and medium-sized landlords and farmers.

Therefore, a plan was formulated to actually measure the land and determine the tax amount according to the amount of land occupied, that is, the square land average tax law.

This bill, even if it doesn't need to be seen by future generations, the emperor of the Song Dynasty knows that it is an excellent bill.

If it can be successfully implemented, the Song Dynasty can definitely avoid the 200-year cycle of the feudal dynasty.Make the Song Dynasty a millennium dynasty with long prosperity.

Because even in later generations, before Zhao Huan traveled, human wisdom could not find a more suitable agricultural tax.Except for a complete exemption!
When Wang Anshi first implemented this decree, he cleared 240 hectares of land in Jingdong, Hebei, Shaanxi, and Hedong, accounting for 340% of the country's taxable land at that time.

But it is obvious that this decree has greatly offended the interests of literati and powerful people. Even if the emperor of the Song Dynasty followed suit and implemented it four times in the Jingyou, Qingli, Huangyou, and Jiatuo years, he had to be forced by the literati. The pressure is terminated.

If it is implemented again during the Jingkang period, it means that the Song royal family will try to advance this decree for the fifth time.

Is it possible for Zhao Huan to accomplish what the previous emperors have not accomplished?
Zhao Huan was excited, not only was it possible.And this may be the biggest opportunity yet.

Because with the invasion of the Jin people, the area within [-] miles of Tokyo City was full of ghosts and ghosts. The scholar-bureaucrats and tyrants suffered heavy losses, and a large amount of land lost their ownership.

Zhao Huan asked Mei Zhili, "How does Qing plan to deal with this matter?"

Mei Zhili said: "The Song Dynasty implemented the two-land system before, and the land was divided into public land and private land. I plan to take this opportunity to implement the public land law."

"Public land law?"

Mei Zhili nodded, and said: "All the land that the folks can't borrow or prove their ownership will be taken as public land."

"Continue talking." Zhao Huan said with concern.Although this decree is not humane, it is not a big deal in a feudal society.As far as Zhao Huan knew, Jia Sidao seemed to have done this kind of thing.It shows that this decree can be promoted.But Mei Zhili should not be such a reckless person, I think I have something to add.

Mei Zhili continued: "If only this is the case, the interests of the people may be damaged. I decided to add a land granting law while implementing the public land law. That is to make up [-] mu of good land for each household."

After Zhao Huan thought for a while, he understood the meaning of Mei Zhili's words.The public land law does not have much impact on the grassroots people. If they did not lose their land deeds during the war, the land would still belong to them.Even if the land held is less than [-] mu, the government will record it and grant it to him in the future.If the land deed is lost, it is simpler, just wait for the imperial court to grant the land.

The point is that this decree has a very far-reaching impact on the powerful and big landlords, and they face a dilemma.If it is not declared to the court, the land will be directly confiscated by the court and become official land.

If the declaration is made, it means that the imperial court knows the amount of their land and will collect taxes on the number of acres of land in the future.If you want to hide the land loan, it will be very difficult to evade taxes.

And in addition to this, it can save the local government one more trouble.After the war, there will definitely be evil gentry and tyrants who invade the unowned fertile land and claim the fertile land of the common people as their own.The government has to spend a lot of energy adjudicating the case and judging the ownership of the land.

As soon as this decree was promulgated, all officials were purged.There is no need for everyone to fight. If you can't get the land loan, this land is the official land.

The biggest problem now is that Zhao Huan once again stood opposite the scholar-officials and powerful landlords.

It is necessary to think further about how to make these people pay food honestly.

(End of this chapter)