Sun Lan said, "I have also discussed with Rong Li, this matter is very involved, and it is inconvenient to take the clear road, so I can only take the path of dense folding." ”

If you cross the clear road, there will be a lot of people who will come into contact with this excerpt, and the news will not be hidden.

If it is handed in the form of a secret fold, the contents of it can only be seen by the confidants and lords.

Compared to the former, the latter is much more confidential.

Changsheng couldn't help but wrinkle his eyebrows, "If it's just for Sister Jinghui's test, it doesn't have to be like this." ”

If one is not good, it is enough to make countless enemies, and I am afraid that I will fill my life.

Feng Yi said, "At first, it was because of this, but after the secret fold was written, I found that the meaning was more than that. ”

Changsheng was a little anxious, but he still listened to Fengyi's explanation.

Feng Yi said, "I remember that before Alain and I joined the army, the last lesson taught by the master of the academy was 'The Cause of Troubled Times'. Master, let's explore the root causes of troubled times. If I remember correctly, the Master has compiled this into a book......"

Changsheng nodded.

She is also an upperclassman, and the content of her studies is closer to the current situation and politics, and she has taken similar courses.

Feng Yi continued, "On this topic, I remember that many of my classmates said that it was the royal family's greed for money and tyranny, because of their fault, so that the world was in chaos, and some people said that the officials and eunuchs were complicit, which made the people of Li suffer from deep suffering, and some people said that natural and man-made disasters were frequent, and the people turned into mobs. Dongqing is like this, Nansheng is like this, but the answer to this question is really so superficial and simple?"

Changsheng said, "Naturally not, these are only part of the reason, but not the main cause. ”

Coincidentally, Changsheng also took the same class a while ago.

She asked her grandfather to open a small stove and learned a lot from this wise old man.

What leads to the demise of a country cannot be local factors, but factors related to the whole.

Feng Yi said, "I think so too. After entering the barracks, I consulted with several military advisors and had different opinions. The military adviser once talked about the problem of the treasury in the last years of the Dongqing Dynasty, and the imperial family was so happy that the misappropriation of military supplies was a problem, but it could not hide the fact that the treasury revenue was declining year after year. The problem is that, according to a recent population survey, before the destruction of the country in Dongqing, the population did not decrease but increased, but the tax and silver of the state treasury did not increase but decreased. What is wrong with this place? Is it just because someone has embezzled tax money to enrich their own pockets? How can it be so simple......

Changsheng said, "Brother Rongli, these ...... It's not that I haven't thought about it, but no one dares to move. ”

What Feng Yi said, Changsheng naturally thought about it, and under the guidance of her grandfather, she also analyzed a lot of content.

Even if the understanding is not as profound as Fengyi, the general direction is correct.

Because the five kingdoms under heaven were all divided by the Great Xia Dynasty, the enslavement system of each country was similar as a whole, only the details were different.

The so-called endowment is to take land as the object of expropriation, and service is to levy the head of the person, which can be in kind or manpower.

Taking Dongqing as an example, Dongqing's enslavement system is quite complex, and the overall template of the Great Xia Dynasty period is still followed.

If you don't want to serve, you need to pay a certain amount of money and food per capitation, and even if you don't serve, you still have to pay a certain amount of poll tax. There aren't that many taxes, but it's also a trick to talk about.

A certain percentage of the field endowment is drawn according to the average yield of the field.

What is land occupation?

The average area of land occupied by a household.

For example, Ma's father has one billion, poor man A has zero yuan, and the average savings of the two are 500 million.

It is easier to understand the yield per mu, the output of an acre of land is 10%, and the government extracts 50%, which is quite low, and even reached 80% for a while. In other words, if the peasants have worked hard for a year's harvest, the government will take 50 to 80 percent, and the remaining 20 percent will be given to the people, and these two percent will be deducted from the family's poll tax and other miscellaneous taxes.

This little bit of rice and grain can't even be eaten, let alone evenly handed over to the government to be exempted from heavy forced labor.

If conscription is levied on your family, then go out obediently.

Of course, these fingers are aimed at ordinary people, and the nobles of the noble clan have privileges, tax reductions and exemptions, and a little drizzle can cope with it.

In the early days of the founding of the Dongqing Dynasty, there was indeed a lot of fertile land in the hands of ordinary people, and the amount of land occupied was not too outrageous, but natural disasters and man-made disasters were not predictable by manpower, and many fields were resold to the scholars at low prices by the people. The scholars and other high-level officials obtained more land from the hands of the people to achieve the purpose of annexation, and the land in the hands of the people became less and less, but the taxes collected according to the amount of land occupied were not much less.

Generally speaking, it means that the income is low, but the taxes paid are not low, which means that the people have less money in hand.

As time went by, the people were overwhelmed, and more and more people sold themselves to the nobles as serfs or hired farmers, so as to fight for a living.

After the land annexation, the nobles had more and more fields in their hands, but as a privileged class, they actually owned much more land than theoretically, which meant that the more land they had, the more fields they could exempt, and the higher their income.

Not only that, but the nobles were able to use their privileges to reduce the already low taxes.

The poor people are getting poorer and poorer, and the rich people are getting richer.

The number of people who pay taxes is decreasing, and the number of tax-paying scholars is not increasing, and the overall treasury revenue is naturally declining.

Coupled with the embezzlement of taxes and silver by various local governments, it is no wonder that the treasury revenue can be high.

The treasury has no money, and it is so poor that it can't even pay the officials' salaries, and this country eats jujube pills.

Dongqing's situation is not so bad, but the royal family can't stand it too profligately, and he will kill himself as he writes.

Changsheng remembered the words of Mr. Cheng Jing, the master of the academy - taxation is the foundation of the country.

Those who say that money is like dung should swallow dung.

Not to mention the distance, the rise and fall of several recent dynasties shows the importance of taxation in the treasury.

If this piece is to be moved, the contradiction between Jiang Pengji and the Shi clan will become more and more intense.

Whether the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind, the bastards who propose tax reform will be pulled out to sacrifice to the heavens.

Changsheng looked at Feng Yi, his eyes full of struggle.

"Don't worry, I'm measured. Feng Yi knew that Changsheng was worried, and said gently, "The lord will not be unaware of the stakes involved. She is also an elder who watched me grow up, and if she really wants to operate on people, she will not take me and Alain, two stinky boys. ”

To put it bluntly, he and Sun Lan bundled together, and the amount was still not enough.

If you really want to reform, most of them are also calculating which unlucky scholar clan will sacrifice the whole family to God for God.

This time it seems to be extremely risky, but if it is right, Fengyi can fight for 20 years less.