Da Song Private Investigator

For Hwarang's invitation, Sima Guang was still a little nervous.

After sitting down in the living room of Huafu, Sima Guang immediately asked, "I wonder if Mr. Hua has any important matters to discuss with this official?"

Hwarang smiled: "Didn't Master Sima say that the tax revenue is very low, and I have come up with a way to increase the tax revenue of the government office. I wonder if Master Sima is interested?"

When Sima Guang heard this, his eyes immediately shone. The Song Dynasty judged an official's political performance, largely from the perspective of tax revenue. It's easy, after the three-year period expires, he may be able to enter the capital and enter the center of the court.

Although excited in his heart, Sima Guang still suppressed it very well, and asked, "I don't know how the playboy can increase taxes?"

Hwarang smiled: "Are there a lot of uncultivated land outside Huainan City?"

Suddenly hearing Hwarang mentioning the land outside Huainan City, Sima Guang was startled. He was so smart. As soon as Hwarang mentioned the land, he thought of Hwarang's idea, but he felt that Hwarang's idea was not quite right. It's feasible, Sima Guang is not a fool, why hasn't he thought about this, but it's too difficult to use those lands.

Although those lands are deserted, they are not available to anyone who wants to use them.

Sima Guang was a little embarrassed, and said: "I understand what Mr. Hua means, but those lands are all owned, and it may not be easy for people to open up wasteland."

Hwarang smiled. Of course he had heard about these things a long time ago. In any dynasty, there were land enclosures. Those nobles and nobles had a lot of land in their families, but they would rather leave it unused than let others cultivate it. Even if it is cultivated by others, the exploitation is extremely severe, and there are many ways for these people to obtain land. Many of them are for those lands that no one wants. The distribution of land in rural areas is similar, except that these people have more and bigger land. Some have hundreds of acres, and some have almost thousands of acres. The madness is simply staggering.

Of course, with so many lands, many of them have owners, but they are hidden. That is to say, although these lands are in the name of a big landlord, they are not recorded in the court records.

In more than ten years, Wang Anshi's reform will have to liquidate the land of the whole country, tax those lands according to their fertile level, and find out those hidden lands. It is also because of this that Wang Anshi's reform has been opposed. Of course , There are many reasons for the failure, and it cannot be blamed only on the average tax of Fangtian (Fangtian average tax: order the whole country to clear the land, verify the land owner, and classify the land into five grades according to the quality of the soil, as the basis for land tax collection .)

There is a lot of resistance to Fang Tian's average tax, and Hwarang never thought of doing this, but now he has to do this. Of course, he didn't do it thoroughly. It is enough to get the land in the city and distribute it to the soldiers. As for the other people, the people in Huainan City have food and drink, so there is no need to worry.

Therefore, although it is not a reform, some of the properties are the same.

How to deal with those big landlords, Hwarang has thought of a way, but what he needs now is Sima Guang's consent. Sima Guang was among the most opposed to Wang Anshi's reform. Now that Hwarang raised this situation, it is normal for Sima Guang to object.

So at this time, Hua Lang smiled calmly and said: "Lord Sima, I understand what you mean by difficulty, but as long as we take back those lands and distribute them to those soldiers, our government's tax revenue will increase. Quite a lot, and it also solves the food problem of those side soldiers, Mr. Sima may not know that the salaries of those side soldiers are very low, and it is really not easy to support a family."

After hearing Hua Lang's words, Sima Guang was slightly tempted, but he still hesitated, and said, "Young man, those big landlords care most about their own land. If we forcibly expropriate it like this, I'm afraid it will cause trouble." Sima Guang is a very orthodox official. Although he has the heart to do things for the people, his greatest wish is not to cause trouble. This way, he will be promoted. If he does things for the people when he is promoted, it will be a good thing, but there will be troubles. Things he doesn't want to do.

In other words, such an official would have a bright future in an era of political clarity, but in troubled times, I'm afraid there would be no way for him to survive.

Renzong's affairs are not bad, Renzong is kind, the people live in paradise, and the Song Dynasty has just been established for decades, and everything is flourishing. Sima Guang caught up with the good times.

Seeing that Sima Guang was so frightened, Hualang smiled and said, "Lord Sima, don't worry, if there is no trouble, there are only tens of thousands of soldiers in Huainan, and only a few thousand people willing to work in agriculture. We only need to expropriate a few thousand acres. [-] mu of land is enough. For those landlords, it should not be very big. I heard that in our Huainan territory, there is a landlord who owns thousands of mu of land, and that land can feed hundreds of people. He owns it all by himself, Master Sima can see it?"

In fact, a landlord has a lot of land, Sima Guang can see it, as long as those landlords don't cause trouble, but how can he speak his mind in front of Hualang at this time?

After some fiddling, Sima Guang asked: "Since Young Master Hua is so determined, let's do it, but I don't know how Young Master Hua wants to do it?"

Hwarang smiled: "Simple, these big landlords have a lot of money in their hands, I'm afraid they have done a lot of illegal things. If we want to expropriate the land, we should start from this aspect. They must either hand over the land or go to jail. Ku, Lord Sima, do you think this method is feasible?"

Sima Guang thought for a while, and finally nodded: "This is a good idea. If that's the case, how about leaving everything to the young man?"

Sima Guang still didn't want to wade into this muddy water.

Seeing this, Hwarang smiled and said, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate for me, a detective, to come forward. Lord Sima should investigate first. If you find out that those big landlords have done anything illegal, first record it, and then we will investigate it." How about discussing it again?"

Sima Guang had no choice but to nod repeatedly, and said, "Okay, since the dude has said so, I will send someone to investigate after I go back." Hua Lang smiled: "That's right, when you go to investigate, tell those Yamen servants, just say that if they do a good job, I will reward them later, just to make sure they are satisfied."