"The appointment of Tang Chang in Qinghe County has made me suppress."

Zhang Xuan leaned over and said to Wang Yue: "I have checked, at the beginning of the country, the peak of Qinghe's acres was only 550,000, even if there was hidden and wasteland at that time, this time Qingzhang would never exceed 700,000 mu, but the following was levied according to one million mu, I think there is a problem here." ”

Wang Yue frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "Over the years, I have read a lot of books......

When he said this, Wang Yue was ashamed...... Although he accepted Zhang Xuan as a disciple early, there are really not many people he can teach others. In the past few years, he sorted out the teaching system of later generations, and only then did he publish a few pamphlets, which are far away from the university!

However, Wang Yue is a person who knows shame and is brave, he dives into his heart, studies carefully, and reads a lot...... Not to mention, Wang Yue's knowledge has advanced by leaps and bounds in recent years, increasing day by day.

Of course, his interest is not in poetry and articles, nor in the history of emperors.

Wang Yue is concerned with the economic changes over the millennia, especially many interesting phenomena, one of which is the taxation of the Sui Dynasty.

Because Wang Yue found in the history books that Emperor Wen of Sui once lamented that his taxes were already so low, why could there still be ordinary people who couldn't live?

This is indeed a good question, Wang Yue began to look for historical materials, and gradually, he found an astonishing fact, how the farmland of the Sui Dynasty was converted into the standard of later generations, about 2.2 billion mu!

As we all know, the red line of cultivated land formulated by later generations is 1.8 billion mu, and the territory of the Sui Dynasty is far less vast than that of later generations, and agricultural technology is backward, so the arable land must be greatly inferior.

But why are the official figures of the Sui Dynasty so staggering?

"The Sui Dynasty inherited the fiscal and taxation system of the two Jin and Southern and Northern Dynasties, implemented a strict equalization system, and did not have any large-scale preferential and exemption policies...... The treasury of the Sui Dynasty was full, and the grain in Taicang was enough for decades, and the rope that wore the money was rotten...... But this dynasty died twice, and Emperor Yang of Sui built a lot of construction, did so many big projects, and had so many measures...... What do you think of these contradictory situations, superimposed? ”

Wang Yue asked Zhang Xuan with a smile.

Zhang Xuan frowned, pondered for a long time, and suddenly stroked his forehead with his hand.

"Master, you are so tall! The disciple finally figured it out! Zhang Xuan groaned: "The Sui Dynasty is not like the Two Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, they do not have the problem of gentry preferential exemption. However, the wealthy families below still want to make money, so the officials lied about the number of acres of land and frantically levied more land endowments. The nominal tax of the common people is very low, but because they bear the number of acres that do not exist, the actual amount of land they have to pay is several times more than the nominal amount! ”

"Got it, got it!"

Zhang Xuan bowed his head, "This explains why the Sui Dynasty had so many official taxes, a prosperous scene, while the people were miserable, and the second generation was the opposite." ”

Also, it was precisely because of too much taxation and too much accumulation that Emperor Yang of Sui had to spend a lot of money to relieve the pressure. But he didn't expect that the people had been stripped away, and with a little pressure, the people would not be able to bear it, and the smoke would be everywhere, and the rebels would rise in all directions. ”

"In fact, the Tang Dynasty also inherited this set of things from the Sui Dynasty, but the Tang Dynasty was repaired, and the impact of the war at the end of the Sui Dynasty did not cause an accident immediately...... However, in the early Tang Dynasty, it had to use troops against foreign countries many times, and even caused the Anshi Rebellion, so that the later feudal towns were divided. ”

When Zhang Xuan said this, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and his hands and feet trembled.

He finally figured out why Master mentioned the Sui Dynasty......

Since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty has faced the problem of continuous loss of finance and taxation and the inability to collect taxes...... Therefore, the core of all changes is how to collect taxes, but I have never thought that there will be trouble just in pursuing the amount of taxes, and even the trouble is no less than not being able to collect them!

Just like the emergence of a Ming monarch, the ministers desperately cooperate with the emperor, be a famous minister, a clean official, and be famous for centuries. Once the emperor is weak, the big guy will override the emperor, enjoy the authority, and make a fortune.

The same is true for the people below.

The imperial court has preferential exemptions, and they do everything possible to hide the land and refuse to pay taxes and serve.

But once you can't resist, then simply jump out and help the court collect taxes, if you want a penny, we have a way to get three pennies!

Anyway, when it comes to karma leeks, we are professionals!

Zhang Xuan was terrified.

He was really scared.

In the past, Zhang Xuan has always believed that suppressing the gentry, clearing the acres of land, and giving equal land is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people.

But with the master's reminder, Zhang Xuan realized that there may really be a possibility, and what he advocated will become a law that harms the people, and it is even possible that the once-powerful Sui Dynasty collapsed for this reason.

The increase in taxes in the imperial court definitely does not mean that the common people can live a good life, and it may even be a disaster!

"Master, why do I think that those Confucian scholars of science talk about light and meager endowments, talk about resting with the people, and say that the wealth in the world is fixed, the court seizes it, and the people lack it...... These views seem to make sense! ”

Zhang Xuan spread his hands, "Master, if this is the case, what is the point of our change?" ”

The dignified Zhang Xuan, a warrior who never regretted his death, was shaken, uneasy, and panicked at this moment!

Wang Yue smiled calmly, "So we people must be in awe and study it carefully...... With the advancement of Qingzhang, with the consolidation of finance and taxation more and more efforts. There will be more and more moths of all kinds. However, I firmly believe that there is nothing wrong with our path, but we need to be more stable and comprehensive! ”

Zhang Xuan thought so, and said from the bottom of his heart: "Master, if it weren't for your escort, even if the disciple became a Qingzhang, he would definitely be ruined." And it's no one else's fault. I thought that I was doing it for the good of the people, but I didn't know that I had harmed the people. ”

"Master, what do you think is the key to this matter?"

"It's about power!"

Wang Yue said without hesitation: "The key is in whose hands the power is, as long as it is strong enough, any rules will serve you." On the contrary, you will always be a leek, no matter where you are. ”

Zhang Xuan took a sharp breath, "Master, then what are we going to do?" ”

"Naturally, it is to try to give power to the people at the bottom...... There are many aspects to this power, such as indoctrination, literacy and the proclamation of the law to them so that they can protect themselves. There is also the punishment of evil and the promotion of good, so that the people can have hope...... All in all, don't think that everything will be fine if you have a clear field and an average field, what we need is to build a new world! ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head again and again, and threw his body to the ground.

He even felt that the most correct thing in his life was not to categorically support Zhu Houxi in the Great Rites Conference, but to be able to apprentice to Wang Yue, what this master brought to him was absolutely beyond imagination!

"Master, such a big thing is complicated, I'm afraid that the disciple won't see the day of success."

Wang Yue chuckled, "Whoever thinks that there is a perfect day and history will come to an end is a fool!" You say, don't you? ”

"That's right!" Zhang Xuan said happily: "What we can do is to constantly improve, keep making up for the shortcomings, and keep moving forward!" ”

Their master and apprentice had a heated discussion, but the prince Zhu Zaiji, who was in Qinghe, was so angry that his face was blue.

"What Qinghe Cui family, what ancestral hall, what thousand-year-old wealthy family, what kind of charity...... It's all fake! Fake! ”

The little guy was so angry that he had a lung explosion, and in his hand, there was a file of the Yuan Dynasty, which was sent by Dongchang, according to the above records...... The so-called Cui family ancestral hall is a Buddhist temple at all...... It's just that it was destroyed in the war later, and it has nothing to do with their Cui family.

Thinking about it, the Cui family has been destroyed for hundreds of years, how can it be possible to leave the ruins of the ancestral hall, which was discovered by the descendants of the Cui family.

That's one thing...... These so-called descendants of the Cui family are not surnamed Cui at all, their surname is Zhang!

They may even be a gang of thieves!

fled back to Qinghe from the mines in Jiangxi, and relied on the money accumulated from the private mining to disguise himself as a good and charitable person.

As for how they hooked up with the magistrate of Qinghe, I also have to thank the master of the magistrate, this person is the uncle of the Zhang family!

And the county magistrate, from beginning to end, was kept in the dark, of course, this may also be fake.

In the face of these results, Zhu Zaiji's young heart was seriously damaged, what else is true in this world?