I am Da Song

Chapter 293 Gold Business Road, Wealth Flows Continuously

Lease?

All the ministers looked sideways, and did not expect the prime minister to propose such an idea.

Mei Zhili said: "Actually, it's not a shocking idea. The subjects depend on the country's land for their livelihood, and paying land rent to the country has been a matter of course since ancient times."

"Xiangzhe, Hulu from all over the world, the country mainly focuses on Jipi. As a vassal, the Hu tribe only needs to pay a tribute to the country."

"The amount of tribute has always been set by Honglu Temple. For example, the tribute allocated to Koryo includes ginseng, famous horses, bows and arrows, gold and silver, brocade robes, and sulfur. The difference is uncertain."

"The offensive content assigned to Sanqi Buddha Kingdom is ivory, tortoise shell, and animal skin."

"Do you know how to determine the amount of this tribute?"

All shook their heads.

Zhao Huan asked: "Then prime minister, what are the rules and regulations?"

Mei Zhili said regretfully: "I don't know either. Because since ancient times, there has been no clear regulations."

Zhao Huan leaned back on the soft couch helplessly, it seemed that the Central Plains had been too bold since ancient times, and didn't care much about precision and rigor.

The most typical is mathematics and gunpowder.

In the 5000 years of the Central Plains, there was no such conceptual logic system as "The Elements of Geometry".

"Elements of Geometry" is just Euclid's summary of old mathematical theories, but there is nothing advanced about it.But it turns knowledge into a new kind of mathematics that is clear, orderly, and logical.

This has caused many people in later generations to criticize the ancient science of the Central Plains for not having a system of theorems.

Not to mention gunpowder, until modern times, the Central Plains did not consider the precise ratio of gunpowder.Especially the exact ratio after a few points.

At the national level, the state's jurisdiction over land area is also very vague.Of course, this is also related to the times. Most countries in this era do not have this concept.

Mei Zhili said: "When I inspected Taixue recently, I found that these students invented a particularly interesting map. The map of Gyeonggi Road they drew is very accurate. All parts are scaled according to the same size. How many acres of fertile land are in an area? It can be calculated on the map."

Ji Xiang didn't quite believe it, and asked: "If this is the case, what do officials need to do? Just measure against the map."

Mei Zhili smiled and waved his hands, and said: "For the real thing, Ji Xiang can go to Taixue to see it in person later. I heard that the Longyou Governor's Mansion set up a well field system on the map, cutting the pasture into neat well fields. Distributed to the nomadic tribes."

"I think that since the map is very accurate, why not accurately count the area of ​​the pastures and collect tribute from various ministries according to the pastures."

"For example, Longyou thinks that the potential affected side is under the command of Bojie. How many hectares of pasture do they occupy? One thousand hectares? Ten thousand hectares? Longyou can collect grazing tax according to the specific number."

Liu Kai said solemnly: "But the ministries of the grassland are extremely resistant to paying taxes to the imperial court. If the tax collection is suddenly announced, serving and serving are the same as registered households. I am afraid that it will arouse resentment among foreigners like the Jin Dynasty, and make the resentment gas poisonous. in the bone marrow."

Speaking of this, Zuodu Yushi was very good at it, and said: "This is easy. The Hu people are not disrespectful to the royal family, they are aloof. They also have to pay tribute."

"Longyou Governor's Mansion can use the name of discussing the tribute to call the chiefs of the various ministries. There must be a regulation on how much tribute each ministry will pay, which ministry will pay more and which ministry will pay less."

"At that time, the amount of tribute will be determined based on the area of ​​the pastures of each ministry. It will not only facilitate the establishment of laws, but also convince the public."

Zhao Huan glanced at the chief constitution, Li Daitao was really good at changing concepts secretly.

And several other ministers, after hearing this line of thought, discussed with each other excitedly.

What's the most important thing about Frontier?Is it the army?No, it's taxes!It's money!

It is an eternal military principle that the soldiers and horses are not moved, but the food and grass go first.

For any long-term military deployment, the first consideration is always how to ensure logistics.

As long as there is money and food, the Central Plains can continuously recruit troops from the interior and station in the frontiers.

In the past, the central plains had to rely on a large amount of manpower from the rear to maintain important military towns and fortresses on the frontier thousands of miles away.

But now the border can be taxed according to the land, even if the frontline fortress is thousands of miles away, there is no need to worry about supplies.

They directly control hundreds or even tens of thousands of hectares of nearby land, and the tribes on these lands have to pay taxes, money and food to them.

Leave enough logistical allowances, and there will still be a lot of wealth left to be handed over to the treasury.

Expansion of territory will become a very stable and rich source of finance for the Central Plains.

If the Central Plains also marched into Siberia, it would not face any supply difficulties, the terrain was bitter and cold, and there would be no constraints such as population support.

The local indigenous farming tribes, nomadic tribes, and Naizhi fishing and hunting tribes all have to pay taxes to the Song garrison.

Even if one mu of land costs a penny, or simply a hundred mu of land costs a penny, as many indigenous tribes can be supported in the local area, as many Song garrisons can be supported in proportion.

So everyone in the Chuigong Hall discussed the plan in detail for a while, and Zhao Huan ordered: "In this way, the Longyou Duhufu will go back to the plateau to conduct a detailed investigation according to the customs and customs of the people, and then make a letter and make a decision." How much rent is collected for each mu of pasture. The third envoy will discuss it, and this charter will be determined in this way."

"In the future, when the territory is expanded, all good land will be taxed according to the mu, and the pasture will be rented according to the mu. As long as there is a place where the Song Dynasty garrisons, we will check the territory of the Song Dynasty and collect taxes from the Hulu tribes on the territory. Only The tribute is only collected by the distant Juji tribe whose military strength is not enough."

"The Zhengshitang and the Honglu Temple have also set a tribute regulation. How to determine the amount of tribute paid by each country's vassal state, whether it is based on the territory or the population, will be announced to all countries."

Several ministers who were named responded immediately.

If you count the rent and tax of opening up the territory, the use of the army in Longyou by the Song Dynasty is undoubtedly very fruitful.

It is equivalent to the military achievements of the Song Dynasty in the direction of Longyou for decades, and all of them will be recovered in one day.

Of course, winners always get paid for winning.

Being able to win is the quickest and most direct way to plunder another country's wealth.

But Liu Qi was not interested in these violent plunders. Instead, he advised: "The officials and ministers thought that the basic taxes and wealth of the Hulu were just superficial in the recovery of Longyou. No. The real wealth lies on the Silk Road and the Ancient Tea-Horse Road.”

"Now these two golden commercial routes are all under the control of our court. There are hundreds of caravans traveling in the territory of Longyou Duhu Mansion every day. This is the case every day, and the wealth is constantly flowing. But the court does not take any money. The minister really sees it. I'm burning with anxiety."

Ji Xiang Yang Shi laughed loudly and said, "Liu Duhu is jealous!"

(End of this chapter)