Chapter 187: If you can't bully, it's over
Among the three elders, there are not ordinary people, but this proportion is very small.
Before the three elders became the three elders, they were basically the military masters of Hongxiang.
Because the merit is high, the treatment is good, and the treatment is good, so there is naturally extra energy to run some other things.
The military merit system of the Qin Dynasty, coupled with hundreds of years of conquest, can be said that every family has a title.
According to this system, the first-class duke, the rank of a duke, can get a hundred acres of arable land.
With the unification of the six kingdoms by Qin, the land in Guanzhong was no longer enough.
So Qin Shi Huang began to give a large amount of land to the soldiers of the Six Kingdoms, one is to stabilize the hearts of the people, and the other is to let these meritorious soldiers move out, which can play a deterrent role, so as to stabilize the rule of the Qin Dynasty.
The idea is good, the reality is actually good, and the effect is indeed there.
But with the coming to power of Qin II, everything completely collapsed.
As for saying that every household has hundreds of acres of arable land, this king can only laugh if he is not hungry.
The fact is that because the military merit system began earlier, it has a history of hundreds of years.
Therefore, the land in Guanzhong has been very tight, but the Qin Dynasty has been constantly fighting, and the young and strong labor is constantly losing.
There was a serious shortage of people engaged in agricultural labor, so after the Qin Dynasty recognized the private ownership of land, the issue of land annexation began in Guanzhong.
And after Qin unified the six countries, it was okay at first.
However, with the successive launch of various national projects, the conscription of laborers is not only the people of the Six Kingdoms, but also the Qin people.
As a result, the land was abandoned again, but taxes still had to be paid.
What is even more terrifying is that although the state recognizes the private ownership of land, in order to protect economic resources, the land tax must be directly handed over to the state.
At this time, the landlords will show their magic powers, take over your land, but do not go to the government to transfer the ownership, in fact, the land is taken, but it is still in your name, then, you still need to pay the land tax.
The reason why Haoqiang is Haoqiang is because people are deeply rooted in the local area, and you ordinary people can't fight at all.
So, when the first piece of land is sold, the hole in the back will get bigger and bigger.
Until you sell all the arable land, this time can only be said to be a preliminary completion goal, and it is still far from the complete end.
If you don't have land, you still have to pay the land tax.
How to pay without arable land?
Just go to Haoqiang to rent arable land and cultivate, so he came out when he saw the tax tithe.
What does that mean?
The land leased from Haoqiang, you have to give half of the output to Haoqiang, take the rest to pay taxes, and then the rest is your own family.
Therefore, the actual situation that Wang Buyu learned through the scouts is that those who have completely lost their land in Guanzhong are two or three out of ten, and those who have lost half of their land are five or six out of ten.
In other words, seven or eight out of ten people have sold more than half of their farmland, and where does this farmland go?
These three elders are now making this request, obviously with ulterior motives.
Xiao He, who was behind the "Wang Shang ......", was a little worried that Wang's attitude of not being hungry would cause the disgust of the three elders and destroy the previous bright prospects.
"When the country is first established, it is natural to have a new scene, if everything is business as usual, what is the meaning of the existence of the new country?" Wang Buyu waved his hand, directly interrupting Xiao He's persuasion.
"Your Majesty, this ......"
The three elders were stunned, they obviously didn't expect that Wang Bu's attitude would be so hard.
Even if they have come up with public opinion to exert pressure, they still haven't been able to make Wang Buxing worry.
Not all of the three elders are big landowners, but a large part of the three elders are big landowners.
After the accumulation of capital in the early stage, after reaching a certain level, they began to be kind to others.
The support of its own tenants, coupled with external operations or alliances.
Therefore, on the surface, they are petitioning for the old Qin people, but in fact, they are petitioning for the interests of those landlord classes.
They thought that at this critical moment, Wang Buyu should agree in order to gain their support.
But they obviously wouldn't have thought that Wang Buxing would have figured out the actual situation in Guanzhong a long time ago.
Of course, compared with the original Han Kingdom, it will be more difficult to execute here, because the Haoqiang in Guanzhong has not been moved.
In history, Liu Bang only got the support of Guanzhong after only three chapters of the law with them, but he wanted to ask for more for Mao?
What's the matter?
Look at Lao Tzu young and easy to bully?
"The King's ......"
"Rank ......" Wang Buyu directly interrupted the other party's words, and the previous courtesy and treatment changed directly.
Regarding this issue, the bottom line in Wang Buxing's heart is not to be discussed.
He wants the support of more people, not the support of these local powers.
Have you ever heard that the law is different from county to county? How high or low the taxes are levied by each county? When soldiers from various counties and counties go to the battlefield, can they have a higher survival rate because of their origin? Lone said that he would treat all Han people equally, and would not make you inferior to others just because you are an old Qin person, so the land issue, this is a matter of principle, and Lone will not change his mind! ”
Wang Bu said that it was an explanation, but in fact, the meaning of the warning was stronger.
How was the distribution within the Han Kingdom done?
Wang Buxing had already been vaccinated in advance, and the scouts had already spread among the people in various places.
Those who resist hard, resist softly, and what the outcome is, these people know it in their hearts.
Now the king is not hungry, and his power is so great that there is no opponent in the world.
Although the old Qin people have blood, this blood will not be aimed at the Han army, because the Han army can bring changes to their lives, and those landlords and heroes cannot, and even will only continue to oppress them.
"Your Majesty, we just mentioned it casually, and it wasn't as far-reaching as we thought......"
"That's right! Right! Right! Or the king looks farther, we old guys can't compare......"
"If the king can say this, I will be relieved in my heart, the king is simply the gospel of all the people in Guanzhong......"
"We just want to see how persistent the king is in dealing with a thing, good! Great goodness! The people of Guanzhong can finally live with peace of mind......"
The words of praise were one after another, and the previous explicit hints turned into tests in an instant.
Although it's a bit of that, it completely changes the original intention of these people.
The main thing is that no one will think that the sword of the Han army will not be able to cut their heads, and no one will think that the Han army will not dare to cut off their heads.
In the face of the bloody lesson, at this time, they still dare to throw their faces to the king is not hungry?
That's not the old birthday star eating arsenic.
"Well, since that's the case, let's go back to appease the people first, and wait for the Han army to go to various places to receive it......"