I am Da Song

Chapter 147

Emperor Zhao Song tried to implement the Fangtian Average Tax Law five times. The most important reason is that this tax law is really attractive.After seeing the results of his first promotion, no emperor could bear this temptation.

Only the implementation of the five roads along the Yellow River in Jingdong, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, etc. will clear up 50.00% of the country's land.

What is this concept?There are 24 roads in the Song Dynasty, and as we all know, during the Song Dynasty, the economic center of gravity has shifted to the south.

Huainan, Jingxiang, Sichuan, Huguang, and Jiangnan are the most prosperous areas of the country's economy.

It is conceivable that if the Fangtian average tax law is extended to the south, the land area under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty will take off in an instant, and it may not be impossible to triple or quadruple it suddenly.

This means that even if the country has just experienced the invasion of the Jin people and the country has suffered a tragic Jingkang disaster, Zhao Huan can still achieve taxes far exceeding those in the prosperous age.It is possible to achieve the feat of taxation of [-] million.

After all, in the south, the economic foundation has not been greatly affected by the war.In order to keep the prosperity of the south, the imperial court did not hesitate to send the No.1 general Yue Fei to the south to clear the situation.

Now in March, the Shenwu Youjun has swept across the Huaihe River and Huaihe River like a torrent of steel, and is consolidating the front line, cleaning up the bandits, and consolidating the grain roads for continuing southward.

The bright prospect of the implementation of tax equalization law in Lianghuai and Jiangnan is close at hand. Zhao Huan has a firm attitude and will never make the mistake of Emperor Zhao Song's weak character and easy compromise.

Said to the prime ministers: "Fangtian equal tax law will be advanced with the march of the Shenwu Youjun. Since I came to the court, my Great Song Dynasty has implemented a system of paying food for officials and gentry!"

"The unfinished great cause of Duke Wen must be carried forward in my hands!"

The three prime ministers in the hall looked calm, it wasn't that they didn't have feelings for this harsh system.Instead, he had already guessed this kind of result, and it could even be said that his heart was numb.

Today's officials can be said to dislike scholar-bureaucrats in all aspects, and they don't want to use knives against scholar-bureaucrats all the time.

From the moment when the Ding Fu was reduced and exempted, people of insight knew that the officials would definitely take over the banner of Wen Gong and Wang Anshi, and continue to attack the privileges of the scholar-bureaucrat class.

It's just that Wengong is targeting the privilege of exempting literati from corvee, and the officials are targeting the privilege of exempting literati from land taxes.

Looking at the three prime ministers with numb faces, Zhao Huan raised his brows in surprise, and asked, "Why don't you persuade me? I thought the ministers would strongly oppose it. I am ready to argue fiercely with the courtiers." .”

The left side and the right side look at the nose at the same time, and the nose looks at the heart, directly pretending to be a wooden man.Don't you, Li Gang, love to seize power? Here is a chance for you to express yourself.

Li Gang couldn't learn from the two prime ministers, after all, the officials still pointed at him to handle the government affairs.I had no choice but to ask: "The officials are sages, the implementation of the new policy should be in accordance with the weather, and the ministers dare not speak nonsense."

Zhao Huan lacked enthusiasm, the fighting power of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty was really different from that of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty.

If the old Zhu family dared to attack the scholar-bureaucrats and force them to pay taxes, they could point at the emperor's nose and beat the tax-collecting eunuchs to death.

As a result, in the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi slashed at them, they glared at each other, and then silently paid the tax.Zhao Huan slashed at them again, and they didn't even have to stare at each other. Instead, they paid the tax just like a pissed-off daughter-in-law.

Zhao Huan was furious and asked, "Is my scholar-bureaucrat in the Song Dynasty not bloody at all? Will they secretly collude to resist the New Deal?"

Li Gang was helpless, resist?How can I resist!

Resign?If someone dared to resign, the officials immediately approved it.Leaving aside whether it can threaten the official, to be reasonable, everyone is still very reluctant to part with this official position.After all, the salaries of officials in the Song Dynasty are really quite a lot, and the treatment has never been seen before.No one wants to sacrifice their own interests for the privileges of others.

If you don't resign, you will only have to fight to the death with the officials.

This item, the literati and bureaucrats tried it out with the courage accumulated over 200 years.

But it took only ten days to lose to the tragic reality. More than 300 high-ranking officials, who were supposed to be well-clothed and well-fed, had wives and concubines in groups, but now their bodies have been eaten up by Nanjing wild dogs.

Of course, the situation of those who survived is not so beautiful.Being kicked out by the Shenwu Youjun, he fled around and was in danger.

This unprecedented situation in a millennium, a hero like Li Gang can't understand it at all.

Logically speaking, the literati and bureaucrats were united and did not hesitate to turn the table to fight the emperor to the end. It should be a situation where both losers.

But the fact is that the officials only used one hand to easily lift up the entire country's scholar-bureaucrats.While hanging and beating, he also encouraged the opponent to resist more fiercely.

I really don't know whether the imperial power is too strong, or the scholar-bureaucrats are too weak.

The three prime ministers all chose to lie flat, and the government and gentry paid their food together, so it was settled like this.After the charter was announced to the imperial court, the land tax was strictly collected from officials, gentry and other classes who occupied 70.00% of the imperial court's land.

The imperial court’s taxation system for scholar-bureaucrats appeared in the Central Plains hundreds of years in advance.

Relying on 10,000+ disciples of the Eight Banners, the Qing Dynasty easily suppressed the resistance of millions of scholar-bureaucrats and enforced the integration of officials and gentry.

Although Zhao Huan did not have such an army of 10,000+, he was fortunate that the fighting power of the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty was too weak, and they barely achieved the same effect.

Of course, Zhao Huan dared to reform the government and slashed at the scholar-bureaucrats, so he naturally had his own mainstay.

This mainstay is the powerful citizen class in Song Dynasty.Especially urban residents in the Gyeonggi area.

They do not need to pay land tax, but mainly pay Ding Fu.Zhao Huan exempted this item, not only pulling out a strong army, but also cultivating a class that firmly supported him.

After cutting off a large piece of meat from the scholar-official, Zhao Huan naturally wanted to give benefits to his supporters.Then he told Li Gang: "After the officials and gentry pay the grain together, the national tax will increase significantly. I sympathize with the sufferings of the people, feel the heart of the soldiers to serve the country, and order the world. From now on, all Song soldiers and their families will be exempted from Ding Fu forever." .”

Li Gang immediately praised: "Since ancient times, the magnanimity of the kings has never surpassed your majesty. The official caressing and leading the land is the blessing of all people."

"Sycophant!" The left and right ministers cursed secretly at the same time.I don't believe him. Li Gang didn't expect the officials to have such a plan.

Apparently, when the government conscripted soldiers, it was planned to wipe out the privileges of scholar-bureaucrats and distribute them to the common people all over the world.

The short-lived privilege of the Shenwu Youjun has finally been further expanded today, and it has become the right of all subjects of the Song Dynasty.

Unlike the slightly closed class of scholar-bureaucrats, soldiers under the conscription law spread all over the country.Every commoner in the Song Dynasty who has reached the age of [-] must go to the army to serve for three years.This means that after generations of soldiers have served in the military, it will not be long before the people of the whole country no longer need to pay Ding Fu.

(End of this chapter)