Infrastructure: I survive in troubled times

Chapter 284 Thief Essence (four more)
During the Song Dynasty in history, there were experts in the court who thought it was very troublesome to collect grain and cloth, so they replaced it with money, which resulted in a shortage of copper and money.

The Song Dynasty was forced to formulate laws on the prohibition of copper and money.

Private people are not allowed to buy, sell and use copper utensils, only the court can collect copper, and the crime is serious and sentenced to death.

But this effect is still very poor. One of Wang Anshi's reforms is to abolish the money ban.

In the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were frequent shortages of money.The Yuan Dynasty stipulated that gold, silver, copper and iron goods were not allowed to go into the sea.

Zhu Yuanzhang simply closed the country and waited until credit currency, that is, paper money was circulated on a large scale, before there was no money shortage.

But printing more banknotes is even more terrifying and can overwhelm the economy.

"If it doesn't work to collect taxes according to the acre of land, what about the head?" Lin Nanzheng asked, "No matter how many fields your family has, the court only depends on the person to collect taxes."

"That's fair!" Jiang Shuisheng said brightly.

"I was deceived." Cao Huaimin glanced at the innocent and he snorted softly.

"What's wrong with this?" Jiang Shuisheng looked at him puzzled and asked.

"The people who made this policy are thieves and thieves." Cao Huaimin looked at them with bright black eyes and said, "In the early years of every dynasty, more than half of the people died because of wars and plagues. .The imperial court collects taxes based on the head, not the acre of land. You have the motivation to open up wasteland, and if you open up an extra acre of wasteland, it is your own."

"Ah! Understood, if the harvest is based on the farmland, who would be foolish to open up wasteland!" Jiang Shuisheng suddenly realized, "Sure enough, it is a thief."

"In the middle of the dynasty, the common people worked so hard to open up almost all the land that could be reclaimed. When there are more people and less land, they should collect taxes according to the amount of land." Ye Yunyu looked at them with clear eyes and said.

"This is too treacherous!" Jiang Shuisheng couldn't help smacking his tongue.

"Don't think it's treacherous. In fact, it's the same in every dynasty and generation." Hong Lianshuo looked at them coldly and said.

The most famous method of whipping by Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty was to assign the Fu to the land and expropriate it on the basis of mu.

In the Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty, the stalls were divided into mu, and those with more land paid more, those with less land paid less, and those who had no land did not pay, all for the same reason.

Don't think it's new, this trick has been used before, it's not new, it's just useful.

Was Yongzheng that great?He ended the poll tax for thousands of years, but the motive is probably that the land acquisition is serious, the poll tax will not come up, and the wasteland is finished, so we can collect more tax based on the land.

"This division of land, whether it is to collect land or grant land, will not be because of how good it is for the people, and the court will not charge more taxes because of it. To put it bluntly, it still can't stop the land annexation and the ultimate fate." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with dark eyes and said.

"Then what are you going to choose?" Lin Nanzheng looked at her curiously and asked.

Hong Lianshuo's bright black eyes lit up with a smile, like a peach and plum blossoming, and said with a slight smile, "Choose the most suitable one."

This is simply a lie, Lin Nanzheng slandered in his heart, and said angrily, "Doesn't you mean you didn't say it?"

"I said it! It depends on whose interests you defend." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with bright black eyes.

"You have rejected the support of the gentry from the very beginning." Han Qinhu raised his eyebrows and looked at her and said, "You are thinking of making decisions for the people."

"I don't want to be controlled by others, become a puppet, and be at their mercy. It's better to show the horses and horses earlier." Hong Lianshuo looked at them arrogantly and said, "If they don't like it, they can find like-minded people, so as not to delay their promotion and fortune, and honor their ancestors. But if you become a puppet, you may become a new emperor's nomination certificate and be sacrificed."

"This is a road that no one has ever traveled before. It is full of unknowns, and the road ahead is also full of thorns and bumps." Lin Nanzheng looked at her worriedly with his obsidian eyes.

"No! Some people walked past, but they all failed." Hong Lianshuo's clear eyes reflected their figures.

"Who?" Everyone looked at her curiously and asked.

"Wang Mang!" Hong Lianshuo said lightly as he glanced at their red lips.

"Isn't he usurping Han, a chaotic thief?" Chen Zhongyuan said without thinking.

"Listen to me, he introduced the land owned by the imperial court, that is, the system of colonization. Private sales are not allowed, and the land owned by each family is capped. If it exceeds, it will be confiscated and distributed to the neighbors or relatives of the landlord. The peasants have the imperial court to distribute them to the peasants. The lower limit of land ownership is also stipulated. If the lower limit is not reached, the imperial court will be insufficient." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with bright eyes and said, "Freeze the slave trade, gradually eliminate slavery, and achieve equality for everyone. "After a pause, he said, "Everyone has to work, the second-rate, and those who do nothing will be punished, otherwise they will serve labor under the supervision of the government."

"Yeah!" Chen Zhongyuan's big copper bell-like eyes almost fell out of the window, "Just that, I think he's a good person! He's really on my side! Good guy, great guy."

"Then why didn't it work?" Jiang Shuisheng asked curiously.

"Simply put, the power of the nobility is too strong, so he naturally failed." Hong Lianshuo said simply and easily, "I can only sigh, Wang Feihuang, Mang Feilong, who let him meet Liu Xiu! I can only sigh fate It's unfair."

"Tell us about it!" Chen Zhongyuan looked at her with green eyes and said.

"I'll tell you about this later." Lin Nanzheng pointed to himself with a smile.

"So! These can be found in history, so there is no need to make such a fuss." Hong Lianshuo said as he looked at them with glints of light in his dark pupils.

"Then why didn't it work?" Han Chuhu frowned and looked at her and said.

"It's not the right time! Just like fighting a war, it pays attention to the right time and place, and this policy is the same. Only by following the trend can it come naturally!" Hong Lianshuomeifeng looked at them lightly and said, "Speaking of fighting wit and courage with the gentry, there is a more famous person. ."

"Who?" Jiang Shuisheng asked curiously.

"Han Wudi!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with dark and bright eyes and said.

"Tell me!" Jiang Shuisheng and the others looked at Hong Lianshuo hopefully and said.

Ye Yunyu pursed her lips and snickered, Xinghe eyes looked at Hong Lianshuo with a smile without blinking.

"What are you laughing at?" Hong Lianshuo looked at her with a hint of surprise in his eyes and said.

"I think I know what you're going to say?" Ye Yunyu stretched out her hand and smiled slightly, "Please! We still want to listen to you. Your words are easy to understand."

"Then I'll talk about it. After listening to it, you will feel that nothing is new. We just follow the path of our ancestors." Hong Lianshuo's dark eyes swept over them and said.

(End of this chapter)