Lu Dynasty

Chapter 293 Land
As the saying goes: Caring makes chaos.I know that Jia Xu said this kindly to remind me, and it also shows that he cares about me very much.With Jia Xu's personality, if it wasn't for relatives or people he cared about, Jia Xu would definitely not say such superfluous words.Now that he said it, it means that in Jia Xu's mind, I am no longer as simple as the lord.Seeing Jia Xu smiling awkwardly, I said, "Master Jia, I hope you can be my children's teacher in the future, what do you think?"

When Jia Xu heard what I said, she was a little surprised immediately.Because in his and Guo Jia's hearts, even if I am not the emperor, my son will definitely be the emperor.When I ask Jia Xu like this, it means that I want him to be the emperor's teacher!Guo Jia suddenly felt envious of Jia Xu. You must know that the reason why Cai Yong didn't suffer too much from the disaster of the party was because he was the teacher of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.And Wang Yue was able to become famous as a big man because he once taught Liu Bian and Liu Xie's swordsmanship.Emperor teacher, for the subjects of an empire, that is a supreme honor, especially a powerful empire.

Jia Xu said with a sinking face, "Baxian, I refuse!"

"Why?" It wasn't me who asked, but Guo Jia.In Guo Jia's view, Jia Xu is rejecting my kindness, and if Jia Xu becomes the emperor's teacher, especially he was my teacher.Guo Jia believed that one of my sons and I would be the founding emperor, and that such an emperor's teacher would surely be famous through the ages.No literati can refuse such a beautiful thing as a long history, and some even risk their lives to win a chance to be famous in history.There used to be no one who said that: even if it doesn't last forever, it will still leave a bad reputation forever.

Jia Xu said: "The descendants of Baxian must be emperors. If I am their teacher, although I can get the honor of being an emperor's teacher, I really have nothing to teach Baxian's children. With Baxian's ability, unify The world is just around the corner, and after the world is unified, what use are my tricks and tricks? What the Son of Heaven pays attention to is righteousness!"

"Master Jia is wrong!" I said seriously: "After the world is unified, your tricks and tricks will become more important. At that time, what my children will have to deal with is no longer the visible enemy, but the hidden enemy. Internal opponents. I don’t expect them to use schemes to deal with people, but at least they won’t be caught by other people’s schemes. Only by mastering those schemes that harm others can we prevent them! Master Jia, do you think that after we unify the big men, we will not Do you need a trick?"

Jia Xu said: "It's all unified, so what's the need for conspiracy? To be an emperor, you only need to practice kingly and benevolent government!"

"Jia Shi is one of the few resourceful people in the world, but why is your vision so short-sighted?" I laughed and said, "There is still a world beyond the big men. The world is so big that there are more than dozens of big men!"

Jia Xu said disdainfully: "Those barbarian lands are full of smog and miasma, what benefit do we get?"

"Master Jia, you are wrong again!" I said, "The barbarian land you mentioned is actually a fertile place. If we can move my Chinese people there, their life will be even better. Think about it, the land that has always been What is the reason for the replacement of dynasties? It is nothing more than because the land has been annexed too much by aristocratic families. It can persist for thousands of years, or even change for thousands of years. By then, I think our descendants have already figured out the idea of ​​feeding and clothing the common people. In this way, the dynasty we build will soon be the dynasty dreamed of by Qin Shihuang. It will be passed down from generation to generation!"

Jia Xu and Guo Jia were stunned by my ambition, and Guo Jia said tremblingly, "Master, you mean you want to build a dynasty that Qin Shihuang dreamed of! Then...then what should we do to stop and delay the land? What about the merger?"

I smiled and said: "First of all, we must suppress the generation of aristocratic families. Aristocratic families rely on land. I state-owned the land, banned land transactions, and then distributed it to farmers for planting. We do not collect land taxes and poll taxes from farmers, but only Transaction tax. It is the tax in commercial transactions, so that the common people can have enough to eat."

"But my lord!" Jia Xu asked, "If we don't collect agricultural taxes, our taxes will definitely be beyond our means!"

"Who said that?" I said with a smile, "We don't collect agricultural tax. Those grain farmers will definitely not be able to eat it. Naturally, they will sell it. Then we will not be able to receive transaction tax? At that time, the state will buy the surplus grain in the hands of farmers." Store it, or use it as military rations, it’s fine! Our tax revenue mainly comes from commerce. Have you noticed that many aristocratic families control the commercial routes, which makes them so rich. We develop a lot of trade and charge high commercial tax, and then use the commercial tax to buy the surplus grain in the hands of farmers, so as to restrain those merchants, keep them from getting too rich, and let the people get rich. Only by hiding wealth among the people is real wealth. No matter how rich the country is, The common people are poor and hungry, but they still want to rebel, and the country still cannot last forever."

Jia Xu sighed and said: "My lord can see clearly! The common people have something to eat, so who is willing to take risks with their heads? Hiding wealth from the people, many schools of thought have this concept, but who can know how to hide wealth from the people? Yes, everyone will do it, only the Lord can think of how to do it! Xu is really lucky to be able to witness the birth of this great dynasty!"

After listening to Jia Xu's words, I knew he was lamenting seven points and flattering three points.I laughed and said, "Throughout the dynasties, all their eyes were limited to the land, and they desperately suppressed commerce, but they didn't know that it was commerce that really made the country rich. Even if it was just a one-time barter, it was also a form of commerce. And we You can’t just focus on the Great Han. There are bigger places besides the Great Han. To the west there is Rome, which is the legendary Great Qin, to the east there is Dongying, to the south there are various countries, and to the north there are Russia and Siberia. What the big man doesn’t have is what the big man lacks, so instead of giving it to the uncivilized natives, why doesn’t the big man teach them the way of survival and etiquette?”

Jia Xu said: "My lord, how can we teach them the way of life and etiquette?"

"Master Jia!" I shouted, "Do I still need to talk about this kind of thing? If they are obedient, we will assimilate them, teach them the culture and etiquette of the Han people, and then let them join our Han nationality! At that time, there will be no foreigners in the world. We are all Han Chinese, what else can we not discuss? As for the disobedient..." I didn't go on, Jia Xu also knew that there is only one way to deal with disobedient ones, and that is to kill them!

Guo Jia asked a crucial question: "My lord, what you said is based on the fact that the dynasty we have established can exist for thousands or even thousands of years. The smaller it is, how can everyone have land to grow?"

(End of this chapter)