Three Kingdoms: My Strategy Simulator

Although his power and status grew, for the sake of family and country, Li Ji could no longer make decisions based on his likes and dislikes on many matters.

If possible, Li Ji would like to stay at home with his lovely wife and enjoy playing with his children, instead of having to take care of the affairs of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty all the time.

But now the situation in the Han Dynasty has developed to this point, which means that the future of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty is all on Li Ji's shoulders.

A warrior who is strong enough to lift a tripod is called a hero.

The wise man who plans for the world is called a hero.

However, Li Ji also had his own joys and sorrows. As a teacher, he also saw the grievances that Guo Jia had suffered.

In the past, Yingchuan Guo thought that Liu Bei and Li Ji, who only had one county, could not reach their level.

Looking back after just a few years, do Yingchuan Guo think that I, Li Zikun, look a bit like before?
How Guo Jia was bullied by the Yingchuan Guo family and kicked out of the family tree, and how they drew a clear lineage apart and had to establish their own lineage. With a tilt of Li Ji's pen today, he was going to make the Yingchuan Guo family bow to Guo Jia.

Furthermore, if one completely stands on the side of the common people, even if nine out of ten powerful families are slaughtered, there will definitely be some that slip through the net.

If we look at it completely from Li Ji's perspective, except for the part of the powerful families in the world whose interests are completely tied to Liu Bei, it makes no difference who lives or who dies.

This is the mighty trend designed by Li Ji for the Han Dynasty, which will inevitably kill on the beach some of the noble families that have gone through the barbaric development stage.

Li Ji didn't really care which noble family was beaten to death on the beach.

Just like the waves will not hesitate or be reluctant to stay still because of a fish stranded on the beach.

The destruction of some aristocratic families was simply because it was necessary.

Li Ji was merciful enough to make a selection instead of just picking out a stack at random. He did not want to see some noble families with a relatively good style of doing things fall into decline.

The reason why he paid special attention to the Yingchuan Guo family was simply because Guo Jia was Li Ji's disciple.

Li Ji's answer might have been intentionally superficial, but the extremely intelligent Zhuge Liang had obviously gradually reacted.

To go or to stay, all depends on Li Ji's decision.

Li Ji actually secretly handed over the decision of whether Yingchuan Guo family should stay or go to the hands of Guo Jia, who had recently returned to Shouchun from Youzhou.

Li Ji did not care about the regret or gratitude of Yingchuan Guo family, but Guo Jia, who was closely related to Yingchuan Guo family, might need the regret or gratitude of Yingchuan Guo family in order to resolve the knot left in his heart when he was young.

"If Senior Brother Fengxiao knew the teacher's good intentions, he would be deeply moved." Zhuge Liang said with emotion.

"loquacious."

Li Ji said something unhappily, asking Zhuge Liang to sort out those noble families and powerful people who had been marked as "gone", and then keep those noble families and powerful people whose judgment was temporarily suspended.

For this part, Li Ji still needs to make further considerations and judgments based on the information from the Jinyisi.

Although in terms of the general situation, neither part of the decision would have much impact, but Li Ji naturally wanted to do things as properly as possible so as not to leave any obvious disasters for future generations.

Of course, how to "go"?
This also needs to be done very properly to avoid giving people a chance to criticize.

Zhuge Liang also took the opportunity to speak.

"Teacher, I have a suggestion for you."

"Oh? What plan does Liang'er have?" Li Ji asked.

"In the future, we will use the hands of Yuzhou's aristocratic families to investigate the land in Yuzhou. In order to prevent Yuzhou's aristocratic families from covering up for each other or colluding to commit fraud, why not let Yuzhou's aristocratic families go to Xuzhou for the investigation? And the Xuzhou aristocratic families can investigate in Yuzhou?" Zhuge Liang suggested.

Li Ji smiled and said.

"Liang'er, this plan is feasible and can indeed greatly prevent fraudulent collusion, but there are still loopholes. You must know that the connections of some famous families are not limited to one state."

"It seems that the only option is to strengthen supervision."

But when he thought of the huge workload, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but frown.

"Don't worry, Liang'er, just take a look at this document."

After that, Li Ji took out a document and pushed it in front of Zhuge Liang.

After Zhuge Liang opened it and looked at it for a few breaths, his pupils shrank noticeably and he spoke in horror.

"Teacher, do you want to abolish the Ding tax?"

Li Ji replied calmly, "For the long term, the Ding tax must be replaced."

What is the Ding tax?

That is the head tax, and its specific implementation is the "oral tax" and "calculated tax" of the Han Dynasty today.

This is one of the two major taxes in the Han Dynasty at this stage: "land tax" and "people tax".

The existence of the "Ding Tax" is why the wealthy and powerful families would constantly hide their population, and why when the harvest was poor, the people had to sell their land and themselves into slavery.

Now the young version of Zhuge Liang received such shocking news and was stunned for a while before he subconsciously reminded.

"Teacher, if this matter is not handled properly, I'm afraid the whole country will be in turmoil."

"Isn't the Han Dynasty turbulent enough now?"

Li Ji asked a question in return, leaving Zhuge Liang speechless. He gradually calmed down and turned his attention back to the document, carefully considering every word.

Zhuge Liang stared at this for a long time, and then he let out a long sigh and spoke from the bottom of his heart.

"If this 'tax-sharing policy' can be implemented, it will be of great benefit to the people of the world."

Zhuge Liang is still a young seedling now, but precisely because he is a young seedling, it is easier for Zhuge Liang to accept emerging things.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's attitude change in an instant, Li Ji couldn't help but think of his previous efforts to persuade Liu Bei.

He really stayed up all night, his mouth was dry and he presented countless data and examples. Only then did Liu Bei gradually realize the importance of "equalizing the land tax".

To put it simply, the "taxation based on land area" policy means abolishing all head taxes and calculating taxes based on the actual land area cultivated by the people.

In this way, not only can the actual taxes that ordinary people need to pay be greatly reduced, but the labor force can also be effectively liberated to a certain extent.

This is also one of the necessary foundations for the imperial blueprint that Li Jiwei drew.

Otherwise, with the burden of the Ding tax on people every day, many people would not dare to give up their land, and there would be no cost for trial and error. They could only work in the fields all day to avoid not being able to pay the Ding tax next year.

Combined with Li Ji's improved military household system, which specifically improved the status of soldiers, the "taxation per mu" and the "military household system" were the two legs that Li Ji established for the future empire.

However, the system of "equalizing the land tax and the capitation tax" undoubtedly greatly damaged the interests of the wealthy and powerful families and caused a huge increase in the taxes they had to pay.

Combined with Li Ji taking the opportunity to check the land in Yuzhou, in a sense it was undoubtedly a way for the troubled families to stab themselves with a knife and bleed themselves. Only those who could keep smiling and firmly support it after bleeding could board the giant imperial ship that Li Ji was preparing to build.

Now, Yuzhou has undoubtedly become the "experimental field" prepared by Li Ji for the "taxation per acre". Once it is successfully implemented in Yuzhou, it can then be implemented in the entire territory under Liu Bei's rule.

In this way, Zhuge Liang understood why Li Ji was willing to let the Yuzhou aristocratic families check the land information in Yuzhou.

In order to take back the land occupied by the Yellow Turbans, the Yuzhou families naturally needed to investigate all the land as much as possible, and the more the better. Naturally, it was impossible for them to conceal it.

The real opportunity for wealthy and powerful families to falsify information is actually the information on land ownership, so they can take the opportunity to seize the fertile land cultivated by the people.

Just like changing an owned fertile land into an unowned fertile land, or changing ten acres of fertile land owned by a certain citizen into ten acres of dirt farmland in a remote corner, these are just parts that the actual executor can modify at will with just a flick of the pen.

Even if there is a second verification later, as long as the total area of ​​​​the fields and the fertility level are consistent, it is impossible to find each farmer in detail to inquire and check again.

If it were the tax law of the past Han Dynasty, this practice would naturally be very profitable for the aristocratic families.

After all, the taxation in the Han Dynasty was heavier on people than on land.

Even though the information on the land acquired by the noble families was clear, those who went bankrupt as a result were taken as illegal laborers.

Letting those unregistered households cultivate the land for the wealthy and powerful families not only allows them to evade a considerable portion of taxes, but also provides enough money and food for their family members even if they do not work in the fields. (End of this chapter)