Xuande

Chapter 794 Liu Bei Made a Decision Against His Ancestors
Liu Bei clearly pointed out that former officials, officials, and powerful landlords used various relationships to evade the land-duty order since Emperor Guangwu, and concealed the number of land properties and servants in order to evade taxes. significantly reduced.

The tax revenue due to the imperial court could not be obtained, so it had to intensify the exploitation of civilians, and adopted various extra-discount tricks to obtain income, which caused anger and resentment.

Such a situation must not continue in the Third Reich. Exactly collecting taxes on the richest group of people in the entire Han Empire is something that the imperial court must complete in the next period of time.

Dutian is not only to determine the land, but also to determine the tax. Whoever opposes the court in this regard must be prepared to lose his head.

In addition to this regulation, the most important regulation of the Du Tian Law is to determine the principles of granting land after the success of Du Tian.

However, this regulation is not one-size-fits-all, and there are different rules in different regions.

For example, the Dutian Law stipulates that, with the county as the unit, how much land can each person own in a county with a total population of more than 20; in a county with a total population of more than [-], how much land can each person own; County, how much land can be owned and so on.

The only thing that remains the same is that men can own twice as much land as women because of their stronger labor force.

All in all, this regulation mainly determines that the amount of land per capita in densely populated areas will be strictly limited, while in undeveloped areas with sparse population, the amount of land per capita can be greatly increased.

Including Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Jiaozhou.

For example, in Rinan County of Jiaozhou and Lelang County of Youzhou, the most remote areas, each young man can legally own [-] mu of land, and each young and strong woman can legally own [-] mu of land.

In the same situation, in the core areas of the Central Plains such as Yingchuan County, Runan County, and Peiguo, each male can only legally own [-] acres of land, and each female legally owns [-] acres of land.

And there is an additional clause in this rule.

That is to say, in the [outlying states and counties] within the law, foreigners are allowed to be used as slaves for agricultural production, whether private or official, they can be used, and there is no upper limit on the number.

Each foreign slave only needs to pay a quarter of the head tax of the Han slaves to the imperial court, and complete the registration.

Of course, if these foreign slaves are not well managed and troubles arise, the imperial court will seriously hold them accountable, or implement a concept of slaves making mistakes and holding the master accountable.

In the entire Dutian decree, the number of outlying states and counties stipulated by the imperial court is really quite a lot.

The concept of outlying states and counties is divided into outlying states and outlying counties.

Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and Yizhou are all outlying states.

Residents of outlying states can own a higher amount of land than residents of inland states, generally two to three times based on population estimates.

Among the outlying states, there are also outlying counties. Outlying counties generally have more land quotas than other counties in outlying states.

Liangzhou's Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Jincheng County, Wuwei County, Beidi County, Longxi County, Zhangye Subordinate State, and Zhangye Juyan Subordinate State belong to [Frontier County].

Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, Yanmen County, and Shang County in Bingzhou are also remote counties.

Dai County, Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, Xuantu County, and Lelang County in Youzhou are also outlying counties.

Yongchang County, Yizhou County, Cang County, Yuexi County, and Qianwei County in Yizhou belonged to the country and also belonged to the outlying counties.

Kuaiji County in Yangzhou is a remote county.

Yulin County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, Rinan County, Hepu County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, and Zhuyazhou in Jiaozhou are all outlying counties.

These places were designated as outlying counties by the imperial court, and the amount of land that could be held here was far from that in the Central Plains.

This setting method is not only to equalize land rights and complete the redistribution of land wealth, but also to increase the land reserve in the hands of the government, leaving room for land distribution for the possible baby boom explosion in the future.

On the other hand, it is also to further stimulate the transfer of population to remote states and counties.

If someone can't bear the strict land division method in the Central Plains, then they can go to the remote areas. In the most remote areas, the amount of land that a family of five can get will be comparable to that of a medium-sized landlord in the Central Plains.

Moreover, the imperial court will also give preferential treatment and support in terms of agricultural livestock, agricultural tools, seeds, housing and taxation, and promise to provide medical support.

As long as you are willing to go, the imperial court will accompany you, and the imperial court will accompany you to reclaim land, and try your best to protect your life. You just need to work hard and turn the wasteland into your own cultivated land. After one or two generations of hard work, future generations will enjoy the blessings up.

During this period, if the natives and savages who may appear in remote areas make rebellions, the imperial court will use the army to wipe them out. The imperial court will use military force to ensure the safety of their production and life, and will never deceive people and leave them alone.

The imperial court will contribute money and people.

This is a compensation method set up by Liu Bei for the whole world after saving the land. It is mainly aimed at families with more land and clan members.

After paying a large amount of taxes and giving up a large amount of land, they can choose to send their clansmen to settle in the south of the Yangtze River to obtain a large amount of land to make up for their losses.

Although this method is a bit hardcore, it is at least a compensation method.

Whether there is, and whether it is hard or not, are two different things.

Doing so can not only divide a group of big families who are not very willing to fight against the imperial court, and soften the opposition, but also further screen out the real diehards, and at the same time, it can further obtain a group of people who are willing to go to remote areas to develop.

Although Liu Bei also had a large-scale plan to migrate the population to the south to develop, it is obviously very good to be able to transfer a group of people to these remote states and counties through the Dutian Law.

Of course, this requires Liu Bei to equip these remote states and counties with a relatively complete government and living system, and must control the local administration and military in a certain sense, otherwise it will not be enough to create a relatively peaceful and stable production environment.

In this regard, Liu Bei has made some gestures that can be used as symbolic significance.

For example, in order to collect income from Xianglin County in Rinan County, he sent an army to Rinan County to quell the rebellion.

This was something unimaginable in the ruling and opposition parties before.

Is it worthwhile for the emperor to dispatch a battalion of troops to quell the rebellion in Rinan County, a wild place where the sky is high and the emperor is far away?
Liu Bei did this not only to quell the rebellion and regain lost ground, but also to show the whole world that you don't have to worry about someone hurting you when you go to remote places. If there is, the Han army will be your solid backing.

The army of the big man is everywhere, even in Rinan County at the ends of the world, the army of the big man will come at a gallop, and the future enemies will be severely defeated, leaving no one behind.

Your land and life safety will be protected by the Han army.

This statement is of great significance and will have a major impact on the entire resettlement development process.

However, the impact of the Dutian Law on the world is obviously not so simple and direct.

In the first stage, Liu Bei announced that the Dutian decree would be fully implemented in the area north of the Yangtze River. The governors of the states and counties in the area north of the Yangtze River immediately began to check all the land and population under their jurisdiction, and carried out a comprehensive land measurement operation.

Put aside all work for the time being, except for the necessary work, all officials and officials are fully engaged in land surveying and population counting operations, and households across the country should also fully cooperate with the government's land surveying and population counting operations, and there must be no confrontation.

The 16 officials and clerks in the Han Dynasty should set an example by first supporting the imperial court’s decree on land-duty, accepting land-duty on their own initiative, accepting family property audits from relevant departments, and registering tax-paying land.

Start with yourself first, and then ask others.

For this reason, Liu Bei, as the emperor, was the first to explain his own land wealth and the population and land size of the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, as an example for the world.

And at this time, Liu Bei also made a decision that surprised the world and could be called a violation of his ancestors.

He decided to let the royal family obtain the land according to the latest land grant rules, and sell all the land that originally belonged to Liu Bei to the government at the market price.

He doesn't want it anymore.

Because Zhuo County does not belong to the category of outlying counties, but belongs to outlying prefectures, and then calculated based on the population of 70 in Zhuo County, the non-official civilians in Zhuo County can have 130 acres of land for each young and strong man, and the non-officials are young Strong female Ding can have 65 mu of land.

Liu Bei's family itself has a male master Liu Bei and a female master Han Ning, and the other eight concubines, that is, a young male and nine young females, and the rest of the children are all under the age of 14. , not counting Dingkou.

However, the emperor and empress have no official rank, so they are regarded as the same as the common people. Therefore, the amount of land that Liu Bei's family can hold in the ancestral land of Youzhou is currently 710 mu.

Liu Bei originally owned 370 acres of land and property in Youzhou.

So he announced that he would sell all the land to the government except for the 710 mu of land he had retained, for later distribution. Afterwards, he asked the government to register the amount of tax-paying land for himself, so that he could pay taxes in the coming year.

As the emperor, he should take the lead in paying taxes, abide by the laws and regulations of the court, and lead by example.

At the same time, Liu Bei also demanded that most of the 26 mu of land owned by the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, be sold to the government.

To be honest, when Liu Bei was an official, he never purchased land property for himself in the local area.

But what he didn't know was that in his hometown in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, although the clansmen stopped doing business, they bought a lot of land. During the year, he continued to help Liu Bei purchase land and enrich his wealth.

When Liu Bei left Youzhou, his family’s land property was only two to three thousand mu. Over the years, the amount of land property has directly increased by more than ten times, reaching a rather terrifying figure. At the same time, the entire Liu family in Zhuo County Zhuo County The amount of land also exceeded 26 mu.

The last time Liu Bei went back to his hometown, he asked his clansmen to cultivate and read family heirlooms instead of engaging in business. He wanted them to be honest, cultivate the land, study and be a man, and save him some snacks. In the end, he didn’t expect these people to be able to do farming and study heirlooms. Come up with flowers.

Not only did he buy the land himself, but some people who wanted to curry favor with Liu Bei actively donated it to him. The land assets of the family snowballed like a snowball.

Moreover, during the implementation of the slave restriction order, because of the royal family, even though Liu Bei did not confer marquis or officials on any of his clansmen, he still received special treatment.

Liu Bei was very angry, and ordered the family to liquidate the family property very early on, without any concealment, otherwise, even if it was his own family, he would never let it go. For this reason, he even sent Liu Hui back and asked him to lead troops to supervise the family. Liquidated assets and then came up with accurate figures.

The family members complained about this, but they did not dare to protest, for fear of angering Liu Bei and causing disaster, so they all cried bitterly in front of Liu Hui, trying to cry miserably, in exchange for Liu Hui's sympathy.

But Liu Hui didn't have any intention of hiding it for the family, and he didn't feel sympathy at all.

Just kidding, when he was a child, he was bullied by the villains of the clan. If Liu Bei hadn't helped him, he still didn't know what kind of gloomy childhood he would have spent in his childhood, and he has always been brooding about what happened back then, and never let it go.

Now that he had this almost opportunity for revenge, he couldn't be happier to see those people who had bullied him lower their brows and lower their eyebrows in front of him.

These people have never had a good relationship with him and Liu Bei. Liu Bei didn't give a single penny to fund his business, but he obtained so much land by relying on Liu Bei's prestige. It is shameless enough to say it is shameless.

That being the case, Liu Hui will make these people spit out all the things that don't belong to them.

Like Liu Bei, Liu Hui didn't have much family values ​​after being bullied since he was a child. Although his father Liu Bolue had some ideas and persuaded him about the matter of taking action against the family, it was useless.

And to be honest, it is a very hateful thing for the Dutian decree to strike at the people of the world, but if it is done against oneself first, to show that one is no different from normal people and abides by the rules, then at least in name it sounds much better Yes, I can stand still.

At least no one will say that they have double standards, at most they just say that they don't recognize their relatives and are cold-blooded and ruthless.

By the way, Liu Bei announced the dismissal of the governor of Zhuojun, and replaced him with a young man with little qualifications but a good name, and asked him to take Liu's first operation, so as to set the record straight and spread the word to the world .

I'm serious!
Just ask if you are afraid!
As Liu Bei's public declaration spread throughout the imperial court, people in the core decision-making circle also stood up one after another, publicized the achievements they had made long ago, and declared that they would always follow in Liu Bei's footsteps and strictly abide by the requirements of Dutian Order. Accept the imperial court's Du Tian.

They will pay taxes in strict accordance with the regulations, never evade taxes, and never hold Liu Bei back.

Han Rong, Cao Cao, Zhen Yan, Yan Wen, Yan Zhong, Gai Xun, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Guo Yuan, Ruan Yu, Xun You, Gao Shun, Liu Yong, Pang De, Dong Juan...

Wait, etc., a series of political and military leaders, each with a familiar name, they all put on the form, expressing that they will strictly abide by the land-duty order, resolutely obey the requirements of the land-duty order, pay taxes, and never embarrass the court.

Some families who own too much land even announced that, like the Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County, they will sell part of the land to the government to solve the problem of paying too much tax.

For example, Cao Cao made a public statement, disclosing that the Cao family sold more than [-] mu of land to the government, so as to reduce the tax payment.

The Zhen family and the Xiahou family also made public one after another, disclosing their family's movements. Together, the three families will sell more than 20 mu of land to the imperial court.

As they issued declarations one after another, selling the land to the government, the government and the public shook collectively, and the entire Luoyang City was also shaken.

Some petty officials who didn't know much about this matter were greatly shocked, thinking that the high-ranking officials and dignitaries had taken the wrong medicine and instantly became saints, one or two of them transcended themselves to the world, and they would be flying in the morning Become a fairy.

Why did you obey the Dutian Order so much?
Why did the upper echelons of the imperial court seem to have reached an unprecedented consensus?

However, those who have heard a little about this matter and know some inside information, such as some officials in the cabinet who have a close relationship with top decision-making powers, have a different view on this matter.

Kuai Yue and Cai Mao followed closely outside the top circle of power, and expressed to Liu Bei that they would follow in Liu Bei's footsteps, abide by the requirements of the Land Duling Order, and sell part of the family land to the government to reduce the amount of tax payment. Kung fu is better than many cabinet officials.

But in private, these two people also have a lot of slander against the core power circle.

On a certain holiday after the list was made, the two of them got together to drink and chat. During the chat, they came to the matter of Du Tian's decree. They each talked about the family's arrangements and preparations, as well as some interesting rumors recently.

"Yidu, I heard people say that when Liu Jingsheng went to Jiaozhou to take office, he brought his second son with him. He planned that the eldest son would stay in the ancestral business, and the second son would go to Jiaozhou to open up new industries. The whole family went to dozens of people, old and young. According to Dutian According to the regulations of the decree, they may not be able to get tens of thousands of acres of land in Jiaozhou, is there such a thing?"

(End of this chapter)