What the emperor is determined to do, he must be able to carry it out openly.

A halfway emperor like Chongzhen kills a minister like a dog, but when it comes to Li Gan, it is impossible to use such drastic means unless it is absolutely necessary.

The people in the Tianyou Hall are similar to the cabinet of the previous dynasty, that is, the emperor's secretary. The emperor is also the prime minister, unless the emperor hides in the palace and does nothing, otherwise these people in the Tianyou Palace are also the secretary team of the real prime minister.

Implementing it on the surface does not mean that it can be implemented at the grassroots level, and there are policies at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

Now seeing that the emperor is determined to carry out reforms such as spreading the land into acres, Li Zhiyuan also said the disadvantages, and the rest can only discuss the follow-up policies.

Zhang Muzhi, the British prince who had not spoken, was not a Confucian student, and he did not have the sadness of a desperate predicament, and seeing that the atmosphere in the Heavenly Blessing Hall was a little wrong, he pulled the topic back to specific policies.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is okay to try it out in Wendeng Prefecture. However, if it is effective in the future and spreads throughout the country, this needs to be carefully considered. It's not just the questions that Master Lee said. ”

"For example, the population of Jiaoliao is not the same as the population of southern Liaoning. For example, in Wendeng, if there are 100,000 people and 1 million mu of land, and the 100,000 people's tax is added to the million mu of land, the average 10 mu of land is added to the tax of one person. ”

"For example, in southern Liaoning, there may only be 50,000 people and millions of acres of land. In this way, on average, only 20 acres of land will add one person's Ding tax. ”

"If this is still the case in Jiaoliao Province, then Henan is to Yunnan, Huguang is to Shaanxi and Gansu, isn't this difference greater? Therefore, this spread into the acre, but also consider how to spread? ”

"Is it according to the state and county stalls? Or is it a provincial average? Or is it the national average? In terms of the national average, it is necessary to consider the difference between one crop a year, three crops in two years, and two crops a year in the north and south, and a national census should be conducted. ”

"The province's average share should also consider the differences in population and acres of land in each state and county. If we don't cut it all together, we will gain in some places and lose profits in others, and it will definitely not work. ”

His meaning is very clear, the imbalance between the population and the number of acres of land, and the tax standards of each province are fixed.

Or, decentralize power and let local governments adapt measures to local conditions.

Or, centralize power and let the imperial court in the capital introduce a policy of national fairness.

In contrast to what Li Zhiyuan said, the British public felt that since it was definitely going to be implemented, it should not consider whether it was good or bad, but how to implement it.

Centralization of power is a very difficult task for a political regime.

Especially for such a thing as apportioning the land into the mu, as far as the organizational ability of the Dashun court is concerned, the better choice is to delegate power, let the local festival make measures according to local conditions, and take the province as a unit to adjust in the province.

Or...... It is really as Liu Yu said, train a group of young people directly under the emperor, serve as airborne officials, and conduct a nationwide inventory of acres of fields.

Li Gan deliberately avoided this question, and when he saw the situation in Wendengzhou, he already knew it in his heart, so he avoided this and only said: "Qing Yan is very true, Tianyou Hall is to consider these things." ”

Subsequently, the specific problems were quietly turned into large and general content.

"What I think, is it benevolent to spread the land into the mu? Naturally, it is not benevolent. ”

As he said, most of the tax per mu is still added to the people who have no land to rent. If there is profit, it is only those yeoman farmers, artisans, merchants, and hired laborers who have a little land. The rich are not profitable, and the tenants are not profitable. ”

"Besides, the majority of the tax payment comes from the rich households, and if the tenants do not pay rent, how can the rich pay the taxes? The rent must include the poll tax that is apportioned. What Li Qing said is indeed reasonable. ”

"But in the imperial court, a few million taels of tax silver can be added a year. This tax is too much money to raise soldiers and relieve disasters. The court must not be without silver. ”

"If we have to talk about benevolent government, we can only say that it is benevolent government of yeoman farmers and industry and commerce. At least the craftsmen and merchants don't have to pay for the silver. In the world, when there is no benevolent government that is praised by different people in the world, only part of the benevolence and part of the evil. ”

"According to what I have seen, I will not consider the inventory of acres of land first, but first summarize the tax silver, local silver, and ding silver of each province, and consider it on this basis."

"Tianyou Hall has been thinking about it all these days, is it adapted to local conditions? Or is it uniformly shared across the country? Or do you keep the total amount of taxes and silver in each state and county unchanged and share it directly? ”

Since he admitted that he was not benevolent to the tenants who accounted for the vast majority of the population, this dispute of benevolence and violence did not go on, and the emperor himself admitted that this was not benevolent, and it would be meaningless to talk about this again. If the emperor is a hooligan, who can control it?

And the word "benevolent government" has changed its flavor a few days ago.

A month ago, weavers and artisans in Jiangsu broke out into the "Walking and Resting" movement.

Restless, Wu language, that is, stop, do not do. Together, it is the whole industry. The meaning is clear.

On the one hand, this proves that with the implementation of the switch trade policy in Dashun, it led to the further development of the germination of capitalism in Jiangnan.

Lighting a candle always casts a shadow.

The sprout of this thing cannot only be wealth, without struggle, and this kind of mass workers' movement for profit is bound to appear.

Weavers and craftsmen put forward demands for increased wages, piecework wages, and increased work rights.

Don't agree, don't return to work.

The means of struggle were obviously much more advanced, and they took advantage of the large-scale purchases of Western merchants and the imminent delivery of goods.

A leading group was also organized to suppress weavers who were disobedient and had to go to work; Help is given to workers who have difficulty in food and clothing due to rest.

The matter was so vigorous that the local authorities had to report it to the imperial court.

During the court discussion, Li Gan dug a big pit, asked the ministers, and asked, "If you agree to the request of the craftsman, wouldn't it be benevolent?" ”

However, during the court discussion, some ministers of Jiangnan told the emperor solemnly: The existence of the imperial court is not for the name of fighting for benevolence.

Now that there will be a car, it is said that it is not benevolent politics at all, it is just to get money, and it will be very interesting to think about it when the court is discussed.

In the Heavenly Blessing Palace, even if individuals have their own thoughts, and the emperor has said so, then he can only obey orders and consider formulating a specific policy.

As for opposition, that is the characteristic of the court, not the characteristics of the Heavenly Blessing Palace.

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In Weihai, Liu Yu took eight naval cadets who were considered confidants to prepare for this trip to Japan and do a big deal.

Bai Yunhang didn't know that Liu Yu was going to Japan, but he heard that Liu Yu was leaving Weihai for a while, so he waited for Liu Yu in Weihai early, blocking the only way for Liu Yu to go.

Looking at the houses being built in Weihai, the hungry people recruited were willing to work without paying a salary every month after they had enough to eat.

It seems that this kindness of life can be maintained for a year or two without giving money.

The strange building complex called the "Northern Industries Chamber of Commerce" has become a little larger, and is now able to produce some simple woodware, and Bai Yunhang does not know what to produce in the future.

Liaohe, Yalu River and other places, the large thick oak in the old forests in the deep mountains of Northeast China has also begun to be transported, piled up, and dried here. It looks like it's going to build a ship.

He didn't understand either, he was just waiting for Liu Yu.

Stopping Liu Yu, Bai Yunhang said directly: "Lord Liu, if you can implement it this time, you will get a great benefit." At the very least, the workers under your hands don't have to pay the human tax. ”

Liu Yu got off the horse, smiled and arched his hand at Bai Yunhang, and motioned to the steamed buns and others who followed to disperse first.

"What, Lord Bai, are you here to see you off? Or is it a request for credit? ”

"Hey, Lord Liu laughed. In the next is neither to see off nor to invite merit. Just to be honest. Lord Liu doesn't have acres of land, but he runs a workshop and does business, and this stall into an acre is of great benefit to Lord Liu, isn't it? ”

Liu Yu smiled, and said in his heart that this method of spreading into acres is a palliative thing that does not cure the root cause, and it is not aimed at the landlord class.

Bai Yunhang's words are indeed right, for himself, the biggest benefit is to contribute to the development of industry and commerce.

If you don't say anything else, you will calculate it with a black conscience, if there is a poll tax on Ding Yin, then you have to pay more poll tax when you open your salary.

It is true that there is less poll tax and lower labor costs.

Bai Yunhang is a smart person, it is estimated that he saw that he had recruited more than 10,000 people to burn bricks and dig soil to build houses here, and he thought of how much money these more than 10,000 people would get if they had to pay the Ding tax, which was all young and strong.

"Lord Bai, let's not go around in circles, please say something directly. Let's not talk about grasshoppers on a rope now, but I hope to achieve this policy of spreading into acres. If you have anything, just say it. ”

Bai Yunhang took a deep breath and arched his hand: "Then I'll just say it down." Lord Liu is smart and erudite, and he should be able to know that once the tax policy of apportionment into the mu is changed, the money will definitely be able to be collected more, but if it is said that this is benevolent government, I am afraid that it may not be. ”

"There's another thing in the future, I want to ask Lord Liu for help. As soon as this policy comes out, even if I have a reputation for disaster relief and the people love it, there will definitely be people who will incite dissatisfaction. For example, if someone will definitely increase the land rent, and then say that the official is in bad government, they will have to increase the rent, and this spearhead and dissatisfaction will be pressed on the head of the official. ”

"That's why ...... I also asked Lord Liu to help me in this matter, and I can do it beautifully in the future. Otherwise, the previous efforts will be wasted, and it doesn't matter in the future, but if Lord Liu wants to develop industry and commerce, if he is an industrial and commercial employee, he will have to pay Ding Yin, which is very bad. ”

Liu Yu laughed, shook his head and said that this shameless appearance is a bit interesting. But this person is indeed a capable official, and if he can think of this step, there is no doubt about his ability.

"Since Lord Bai has said so, what else can I say? If you have any ideas, just say it. ”

"Yes, in the lower ancestral hometown of Gannan ......"

Bai Yunhang said his thoughts, and this idea was not shocking.

After careful study, what Bai Yunhang wants to say is also very related to the national uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty more than 80 years ago.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan seemed to be singing and dancing, but in fact it was erosive to the extreme, and the Ming Dynasty allowed the existence of slaves, so that the big landlords in Jiangnan and other places came up with new tricks.

[There is no food in the abdomen, no skirt on the knees and ankles, and no skin on the hips and backs. 】

[The slave girl is not worthy of a son-in-law, and her melon is broken early; Women are not coupled, cut their freshness first]

[The name of the tenant shall not be repeated with the deceased master's family, which is to avoid it]

[If the tenant wants to marry a daughter, he will give the silver to the landlord first, and the name is 'river example']

not only oppressive, but even "true beginning, night power"; Taboo; Pseudo-early and night right tax; When all this kind of work was played, some places were stunned and returned to serfdom.

In the year of Jiashen, the 17th year of Chongzhen, and the first year of Yongchang, the capital was breached, the old emperor hanged, and the new emperor was a "rogue", which greatly encouraged the tenants and slaves in the south of the Yangtze River.

It can only be said that the word "tradition" is very magical.

In the year of Jiashen, in Jiangxi, where Bai Yunhang's ancestral home is located, Jinggangshan, Ji'an, Luling and other places, a vigorous uprising broke out against the king of razing.

Cracked clothes for the flag, cut the hoe for the blade, shouted the slogan of "shovel the master and servant, the noble and the low, the rich and the poor are peaceful", called himself the king of bulldozing, occupied Jinggang Mountain, confiscated the landlord's property, and burned the slave deed.

In Huang'an and Macheng, Hubei Province, riots also broke out in Huang'an and Macheng, and slaves gathered in Macheng, posted a "traitor" inscription, embroidered a big red flag, and wrote four big characters "All people are united in one heart".

Ruijin at the junction of Jiangxi and Fujian, He Zhiyuan, Shen Zhichang, Zhang Sheng and others launched an uprising in Ruijin, putting forward the slogan of "subdivision of tenants in eight townships, rent reduction and interest reduction".

The occupation of the countryside made the government decree not go out of the county government, forced the landlords to come forward to sign rent reductions and perpetual tenant contracts with them, and simply put forward the view of the "natural law school", which held that the tenants should obtain the corresponding land ownership after improving the land and paying for their labor.

Changting in western Fujian and Ningdu in Ganzhou established political power in the countryside, so that the county government could only control the county seat, and finally forced the county lord to come forward and set up an inscription to reduce the land rent and reduce the annual festival.

After the great change of "heaven and earth overturned" in the year of Jiashen, the magical uprising at the end of the Ming Dynasty made Liu Yu call for expertise: Shaanxi, Gansu, Yulin, Mizhi, Yan'an, Hubei Jute, Jiangxi Jinggangshan, Western Fujian, Southern Jiangnan, Ruijinningdu, Jintan, Maoshan in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui...... The place where the red flag is rolling 200 years later is also the red flag 200 years ago, and even the place is exactly the same.

The Jiangnan slave rebellion and tenant change in the Jiashen year vigorously gave birth to a new leasing system.

Although it has existed for a long time, it was this slave rebellion and tenant rebellion that quickly spread it in Jiangnan.

This is exactly what Bai Yunhang wants to say to Liu Yu: perpetual tenant rights.