Three Kingdoms Swept the World II

Chapter 472 Government Reform
Qin Feng hasn't been home for a long time.

During the continuous war, even if he was in Yecheng, he would spend the night in the barracks.

Victorious, he can finally go home.

During the cruelest time in Yecheng, the back house of Qin Feng's mansion was not disturbed. Qin Feng wanted to let the children grow up happily.

It was snowing heavily outside, and there was already half a foot of snow on the ground.And in the room, it was extraordinarily warm.

Qin Feng sat in front of the elder son Qin Yan's bed, stroking his red and hot face, and sang, "Close your eyes now, sleep well, and have a sweet dream..."

Qin Yan, who had a cold and fever, closed his eyes during the singing, but asked, "Father, who taught you to sing this song."

Qin Feng is full of love for children, "My parents taught me, their parents taught them, and it has been passed down. One day, you will also sing to your children."

This cold-blooded and ruthless prince on the battlefield is at home at this moment, singing a bedtime song full of fatherly love for his children.In fact, Qin Feng's children were very scared before. They had heard the earth-shaking sound of killing ghosts and gods more than once, but now they are not afraid at all, because their father has returned.

All the children were sitting or lying around to listen, and Qin Feng stretched out his arms to embrace them.They had never heard such a song before. They leaned against Qin Feng's body and fell asleep.

The sick Qin Yan also fell asleep, and he is about to recover.

Qin Feng was surrounded by sleeping children, two sons and four daughters, all of whom were indispensable.This made him dare not move. When he looked back for someone, he found his wives were crying.

Cai Yan and the others were always moved, and it was very difficult to coax them to sleep.And in Qin Feng's loving bedtime song, all the children fell asleep peacefully, the greatness of fatherly love.

If Qin Feng's subordinates could see this scene, they would definitely be shocked.A vassal with iron blood unexpectedly has such a kind side.Perhaps, it is really because of this aspect that makes Qin Feng different from princes like Cao Cao.

On this snowy night, there is no roar of the evil dragon. The evil dragon spreads his wide and warm wings, and protects his children and his mermaids under his wings.

The wives of the Qin family hope that this moment can last forever.

……

winter leisure.

After the war ended, Qin Feng began to rectify the government affairs drastically.Only with a stable place and a stable rear can he go further on the road to hegemony.

In the places after the war, a lot of waste is waiting to be rebuilt.In order to stimulate the enthusiasm of the people to rebuild production after the war.Qin Feng began to implement the land equalization system, and generally lowered the land rent to [-]%.The land rent in other princely places is generally [-]%, and there are more farmers without land, only a mouthful of food donated by the landlord will not starve to death.

On Qin Feng's side, there is only [-]% of the land rent, and the tillers have their fields, and the enthusiasm of the people for production has skyrocketed.This system alone has brought Qin Feng all the support from the grassroots.

China has always been a big agricultural country in ancient times, but Qin Feng will not stop developing industry and commerce because of this.On the contrary, more support should be given to commercial policies, so as to prosper the economy.

Qin Feng now not only has a county, but a state and a half.He ordered Zhou Shan to restart the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce.It is hoped that the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce will take the lead and lead the great development of industry and commerce under its rule.

Before the feudal lords challenged Dong, Qin Feng closed down the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce all over the world.In Zhou Shan's view now, the lord's original decision was so wise.In order to obtain money and food, the princes wantonly confiscated the materials and wealth of the merchants, and the commerce of various places suffered a fatal blow.And because the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce withdrew in a timely manner, there was no loss.If it was later, it must be the target of the key confiscation and attack.

The Huaxia Chamber of Commerce has a strong foundation, although Qin Feng closed the Chamber of Commerce before the princes called for Dong.However, the sales talents, technical talents and materials of the chamber of commerce were all brought out.The world is in chaos, and these people are willing to follow Qin Feng.Although he moved with Qin Feng, his loyalty has increased to a higher level.

With sales talents, technical talents, official support, and a huge land and population as the market, it is only a matter of time before the Huaxia Chamber of Commerce rises again.

In China now, farmers are the main body and the largest population group.If you want to prosper the market, you must make farmers rich.Qin Feng's reduction of land rent, on the one hand, allows farmers to have enough food and clothing, and on the other hand, makes farmers rich.

At first glance, after Qin Feng reduced the rent, his money and food income decreased.However, the surplus grain in the hands of the people can enter the economic circulation link in the form of commodities.After the entire business is mobilized, Qin Feng's tax revenue must skyrocket.Use money to buy food from farmers and make farmers rich.Accelerating economic circulation, economic and agricultural prosperity, Qin Feng's money and food income will be more.

Farmers are the foundation. If you want to develop the economy in a large agricultural country, you must first enrich the farmers.The foundation of Qin Feng's wealthy farmers is the land equalization system, that is, the government distributes unowned land to small farmers according to the number of people for cultivation.

The implementation of the land equalization system affirmed the ownership and possession of land, reduced land disputes, and was conducive to the reclamation of unowned wasteland, thus playing a positive role in the recovery and development of agricultural production.The implementation of the land equalization system, the reduction in the associated new rent adjustment and the implementation of the three-head system will help the peasants who are attached to the powerful nobles to get rid of the control of the powerful and powerful, and transform into state-registered households, so that the government-controlled The number of small farmers has greatly increased, ensuring the source of taxes and labor, thereby enhancing the centralization of communism.

If the local powerful gentry cannot control the population, Qin Feng's power will of course be strengthened.

The class of the gentry developed from the time of Guangwu Zhongxing, and now it has become a local emperor-like existence, controlling a large number of people.This runs counter to the rulers, and is what any rulers do not want to see.

But starting from Emperor Guangwu, the gentry could not lose their tail.

Qin Feng will never inherit the blood-sucking insects from the Han Dynasty, and his land equalization system will definitely greatly weaken the local influence of the gentry.In order to further weaken the power of the gentry, Qin Feng implemented the rural cooperative system on the basis of the land equalization system.The cooperative system can unite the peasants. On the one hand, it can prevent the grassroots government from failing to do its job well.

After the land equalization system, another important decree of Qin Feng was to eliminate the privileges of the gentry that began with Emperor Guangwu.In other words, the gentry also had to pay taxes.The gentry occupy huge land, but they do not pay taxes.The income of the noble class is almost [-]-[-] with that of the imperial court.That is to say, the gentry and the imperial court divided the wealth of the world equally.

As a result, the imperial court lost half of its income, which is why the Eastern Han Dynasty has not been strong.In layman's terms, all the money was earned by the gentry, and they didn't pay taxes, so the government was a fart.

It seems that people like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were all developed by relying on the gentry.Most of the officials under his command are gentry, and those who are not gentry will soon become gentry.Therefore, the princes like Cao Cao, knowing that the gentry had divided too much wealth, could not do anything to the gentry.Because in this way, they will become polished commanders and perish.

However, Qin Feng is completely different, he developed completely on his own.The vast majority of his subordinates are people who have come out of the grassroots and come from poor families.Due to the control of Qin Feng's thoughts and the characteristics of his powerful group, although his subordinates have certain rights and will be rich in the future, they will not be on the road to becoming a new gentry.Because their rights are only functional rights, and they can be dismissed at any time if they do not do well, rather than political and economic privileges.

The gentry held political and economic rights. To put it simply, political privileges meant that the gentry were able to be officials regardless of their ability. The most obvious economic privilege was that they did not pay taxes.

The people under Qin Feng's influence can only be officials if you have the ability, and pay taxes like ordinary people, so they will not follow the path of the emerging gentry.Doing so will dampen the enthusiasm of your subordinates?No, Qin Fengfeng made his subordinates, regardless of their family background or poor family background, successful and famous, enough to make their offspring cute.

However, in the power of the princes such as Cao Cao, those from a poor family cannot achieve success.For example, Guo Jia won many decisive battles for Cao Cao.But Cao Cao didn't dare to add officials to Guo Jia, even if Cao Cao controlled the court and became prime minister, Guo Jia was still a military teacher offering wine.The military division does not have any real rights. It is a supernumerary position fabricated by Cao Cao himself, and he is a "little" staff officer.

This can be seen.

But Qin Feng is completely different, and his subordinates will be more motivated.As for Xun Yu, who was born in a noble family, the vision of these great talents will not be limited. Talented people will surely have a good future if they become famous.As for mediocrity, you can completely ignore it.

The new land system has benefited the general public. The people cheered Qin Feng's name. Even in the middle of winter, the enthusiasm of the people could not be frozen.In the hearts of the common people, Qin Feng is their great savior and the closest leader to the common people throughout the ages.

However, the gentry could no longer exploit and oppress the people, and they were very dissatisfied that their bloody interests were destroyed.

Jizhou is much better here. Qin Feng's well-known father-in-law took the lead in responding to Qin Feng's policy and took the initiative to pay taxes, which made the Jizhou nobles dare not say anything.However, the gentry in Qin Feng's newly acquired territory and Bingzhou are colluding with each other and brewing a conspiracy to overthrow Qin Feng's rule.However, due to the strength of the Qin army, these gentry did not dare to mess around for the time being, but they still united, refused to implement Qin Feng's new policy, and secretly threatened the people not to leave their land to reclaim wasteland.

The local power of the gentry is strong, and the common people have been oppressed for many years, fearing the persecution of the gentry.So although there are good policies, they are willing to reclaim their own land, but they dare not.

After spring, when it was time to clear the wasteland, things exploded.Jizhou has already started large-scale reclamation, but there is no movement in Bingzhou. According to the intelligence guard, it is because of the persecution of the gentry that the people dare not reclaim their own land.

Refusal to carry out the ruler's order is an extremely serious situation, and Qin Feng must not allow it to develop, so he summoned his military advisers immediately.However, the gentry has controlled the place for hundreds of years, so things are not easy to handle.

Just like later generations, Qin Feng is about to start a head-on confrontation with the bad-minded gentry landlord.

(End of this chapter)