I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 210 The dispute over the new land policy of the Han Dynasty

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Meng Guang stared at the two dark circles and said.

Obviously, he didn't sleep well last night.

In other words, he didn't sleep last night.

"Meng Qing, it's okay to say it."

"Your Majesty, please take a look." Meng Guang took out a document from his sleeve and stretched out his hand.

The outstretched hand seemed to be trembling slightly.

By this time, the atmosphere in the hall was still relatively normal, and the ministers may not yet know what Meng Guang's document represented.

Huang Hao took it and presented it to Liu Chan.

Liu Chan also opened and watched as usual.

But halfway through the reading, his expression changed. He glanced at Meng Guang in surprise, and then said, "Meng Qing, I'm afraid..."

"Your Majesty, since the introduction of paper in the court, all localities have been able to record the local household registration in a detailed manner, including preliminary statistics, and then the court will send officials to review, or even review in multiple batches and proofread repeatedly."

As soon as Meng Guang said these words, the atmosphere in the court instantly changed.

What is Meng Guang doing?

Liu Chan wanted to say something to interrupt Meng Guang, but Meng Guang continued: "I found out that the number of acres of fertile land in Shu County and Ba County counties all had problems with unclear verification, and the difference was huge. So I thought that the imperial court More officials should be dispatched to carefully inspect the fields in the two counties."

Speaking of this, the atmosphere in the hall became even weirder.

Isn't this Du Tian?

This is a very sensitive issue.

He was so sensitive that Liu Xiu, the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, once issued a decree to release land, but the prefects of more than a dozen counties all submitted fake orders.

That was the founding emperor!

Liu Xiu was furious and killed more than a dozen eunuchs and forcibly transferred the fields, which later triggered local rebellion.

In the end, Liu Xiu's transfer of land had a certain effect and created a balanced situation, but it did not have much impact on the wealthy families.

After Emperor Ming, the expansion of local powerful people began to be completely out of control.

So much so that the entire Eastern Han Dynasty was almost enveloped by the powerful families.

Over time, deep-rooted rules are formed.

In other words, people have accepted and recognized its existence from the bottom of their hearts.

I believe that the power structure of the world should be like this.

This issue was still followed by Cao Cao and others after the war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

When Cao Cao was young, he wanted to curb the powerful family, but he soon discovered that doing so might kill him.

As a result, Cao Cao also reached a compromise with the powerful families, forming the current structure of Cao Wei.

Sun Wu was even more serious. Sun Ce was only a military commander, not a county magistrate. After the Sun family became dominant in Jiangdong, they could only rely more on Jiangdong's wealthy families.

Ji Han is relatively relaxed, because Ji Han has a top talent in government, Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang used all available means to achieve a balance of power among all parties in Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang promulgated a number of laws and strictly enforced them. The fundamental purpose was actually to curb local tyrants.

But Zhuge Liang cannot eliminate the powerful. This is determined by a variety of complex factors.

The most fundamental reason is that land and population are the most important means of production in this era, and the interests of the powerful are land and population.

If this problem cannot be solved, there is no way to get rid of the powerful.

In essence, the powerful are an enhanced version of the landlord class.

Continuously sucking up people and land is their background.

So after Meng Guang raised this matter, the atmosphere in the court completely changed.

"What do you think, gentlemen?" Liu Chan immediately threw this problem out.

The courtiers began to discuss.

But no one stood up to speak, and Liu Chan became embarrassed.

He looked left and right, then called his name: "Du Qing, what do you think?"

Du Qiong's appearance immediately attracted the attention of many people.

Du Qiong is not only admonishing doctors, he is also too often.

Taichang is the head of the Nine Qings, and he is a native of Chengdu. He has extremely high prestige among the local gentry.

This is why Liu Chan asked him.

Du Qiong said: "Reporting to your majesty, I believe that the matter of consolidating the fields is naturally for the court and the world. However, I believe that under the hard work of your majesty and the prime minister, it is not what the great minister said and what the court and local officials said. It is normal for the verified acres to have certain access points. If there are problems, correct them. There is no need to make a fuss, so as not to affect people's hearts. The Prime Minister's Northern Expedition has brought good news one after another. If some people want to seek personal gain at this time and affect the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty, He is the sinner of my big man!"

Du Qiong's volume was not loud, but his tone of voice was ups and downs, calm and full of momentum.

And he spoke very skillfully, and he did not deny Meng Guang's mention of Du Tian.

The reason for not denying it is also very simple. This is a strategy once promulgated by Emperor Guangwu. If we deny Dutian, wouldn't we deny Emperor Guangwu?

Ji Han regarded himself as the orthodox Han Dynasty. Wouldn't it be politically true to deny Emperor Guangwu?

He did not deny Du Tian, ​​but he denied Meng Guang.

He said that Meng Guang was making a fuss out of a molehill, and that Yizhou's hidden fields were far from reaching the point where it needed to be cultivated.

He also said that some people wanted to seek personal gain, which meant that Meng Guang took advantage of the popularity of paper-based offices and felt that he could control the place, so he wanted to find trouble.

Its real purpose is just to gain personal gain from it.

Finally, he forcibly linked this behavior with Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, rising to the level of political correctness.

After this series of punches, who else dares to take it?

Liu Chan nodded. Meng Guang said: "Your Majesty, I am definitely not seeking personal gain! I am doing it for the great Han Dynasty!"

As soon as he said these words, Li Heng couldn't help but said in his heart: Meng Xiaoyu, how can you be so stupid with your mouth! There is a reason why you, who is from Luoyang, came here with Liu Bei. You are so senior and can’t get along very often! I already taught you how to say it! It’s all clearly written in the memorial!

Li Heng glanced at Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi understood. He stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I have something to say."

"Lu Qing, it doesn't matter if you say so."

"I believe that the purpose of land transfer is to check the household registration of people and to pay taxes. This is what the chief agricultural officer needs to consider and it is his responsibility. I think there is nothing wrong with him raising this point, but what Du Gong said is also very reasonable. .”

Lu Zhi said calmly.

"Then what do you think about this matter?" Liu Chan asked.

He suddenly felt that this Lu Zhi was unusual. He spoke in an orderly and impartial manner.

Lu Zhi said: "Du Gong said that hiding the field is not serious. It is normal for the court and the local government to have errors. I also think that certain errors are normal. People from the Ministry of Revenue only need to make corrections based on these errors. There is no need to make a fuss about it." "

Liu Chan immediately said: "Then there is no need to discuss this matter."

"But after all, there are some errors, which shows that there is indeed a small group of people who hide their fields and evade taxes. We cannot turn a blind eye, otherwise more people will rush to hide their fields."

Liu Chan nodded immediately and asked Du Qiong, "What do Du Qing think?"

"What Shiying said makes sense." Du Qiong said.

He really couldn't find the flaw in Lu Zhi's words.

The other ministers seemed to nod, but did not express their disapproval.

Since it is only a small group of people and this matter will not expand, is there no problem?

"Where's Meng Qing?"

Meng Guang said: "I second the proposal."

"That's no problem." Liu Chan breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that he was overthinking.

Unexpectedly, Meng Guang said: "Your Majesty has not read the memorial."

"Ok?"

"It will be after Your Majesty has finished reading."

Only then did Liu Chan realize that he had indeed not finished reading. He only saw the Dutian part and couldn't help but ask questions.

He continued to read, and when he saw the back, he was a little surprised: "Meng Qing's intention is that those who find hidden fields will make up for the past taxes?"

"Yes, it's reasonable and legal."

"It makes sense, but what do you mean when you say that those with more than 100 acres of land will be taxed 70%?"

When Liu Chan said these words, Du Qiong's heart skipped a beat, but he was not too surprised.

This issue has been discussed just now, and Yin Tian is only a small part.

This means that if this matter is carried out within a certain scope, even if we want to investigate, not much will be found.

"Currently, according to Da Sinong's statistics, Baixin's family's farmland is between thirty and one hundred acres. There are very few that exceed one hundred acres. I think those who can exceed one hundred acres must be hidden fields."

"So you want to charge 70% tax?"

"I think there is no problem."

"Why?"

"This part of the land is hidden. Why should it be hidden? I am worried about paying taxes. How many fields did it have before? There may not have been that much before. It was forcibly merged. Since there are hidden and forced mergers, I thought the court imposed heavy taxes. , it is reasonable to increase the revenue of the treasury!”

"Your Majesty, I have something to say." At this time, another person stood up, it was Wangyou, the right choice man.

What kind of official is Youxuanlang?

Affiliated to Shangshutai, the officials of Shangshutai are the emperor's ministers. This started from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in order to deprive the prime minister of his power.

Of course, in Jihan, the emphasis is on the outside and the inside.

Emphasis on the outside and light on the inside means that the power of the foreign ministers is very heavy. The foreign ministers refer to the ministers of the outer dynasty, the prime minister and the nine ministers.

This is determined by Ji Han's basic national conditions.

Historically, after Zhuge Liang died, there was no chancellor. In fact, it was Liu Chan who took over power.

Jiang Wan's later position was Shangshuling. Shangshuling was in Shangshutai, and he was a Taiwan minister. He was a minister of the inner court because he could not open a government.

"Wang Qing, it's okay to say so."

Wang You said: "Seventy percent is too heavy. Bingtian is indeed against the law. I think it is enough to punish the missed taxes. From now on, we will pay taxes strictly according to the tax. There is no need to modify the tax policy without authorization, otherwise there will be chaos."

As soon as Wang You said this, he immediately won the approval of many people.

"Your Majesty, I also feel that the tax policy cannot be changed rashly. This is the national policy of the Han Dynasty. Modifying it without authorization may cause chaos." Zuo Xuanlang Chang Xu also stood up and said.

Immediately, several more ministers stood up and expressed their agreement.

"Your Majesty!" At this time, a loud voice sounded in the hall.

When everyone looked around, it was Shi Ma Yong, the imperial censor.

"Your Majesty, Yintian and Bingtian are both against the law and must be punished!" Ma Yong said, "Now that Your Majesty is kind, he only collects 70% of the tax. They should thank Your Majesty!"

When Ma Yong said this, everyone was suddenly confused.

Fuck!

What's the difference between your 70% and robbery!

You robbed me, why should I thank you?

(End of this chapter)