In the Pingyang Mansion, Fei Qian looked at the civilian, military and military generals gathered in the main hall, and seemed to be in a trance for a few seconds.

Once upon a time, he only took three or five hundred soldiers, and with some small means, he grabbed a piece of land here in Pingyang, Bingzhou, and now more than three years have passed in the blink of an eye......

Now in the hall, not only these civilian, official and military generals are gathered, but more importantly, in the area of Binh Duong, from scratch, from less to more, now a large number of people have settled, and these populations are the most important foundation for Feiqian himself.

All the way back from Diaoyin, what I saw was a busy and warm scene, which already made Fei Qian feel very comfortable.

For these people under the rule now, perhaps this is the beginning of the hope of the year, and it is also the most energetic time of the year, the green seedlings begin to ripen and grow quickly at the right temperature, and the changes in the crops seem to be felt every day, and at this time node, there will be no conscription of all kinds of forced labor, plus under the rule of Fei Qian, including Pingyang, many hard labor is shared by the captured Hu people......

Although the proportion of land rent is relatively large, after five years of continuous farming, it will be reduced by 50%, and after ten years you will be able to obtain the land you cultivate, which is undoubtedly a hopeful thing for farmers who have not had a foothold for a long time.

In addition to these farmers, there were many people under Fei Qian's rule who followed Fei Qian to fight and were wounded on the battlefield, but fortunately they did not die of their injuries, either because of their bodies or because of their age, they could no longer go to the battlefield, so they were replaced by some small officials at the top and bottom of the local area according to their merits.

To become such a person, of course, there are not too many, only about a hundred or ten, but it is enough to become a model of ordinary soldiers, and become the one who is in someone else's family......

Of course, there are more soldiers who died in battle, or soldiers who died of injuries, in addition to being recorded under the Heroic Monument, enjoying the incense offerings that the Han Dynasty people attached great importance to, their families can also receive a pension, and most importantly, the county government can also provide an ordinary position, or an errand, so that these families can continue.

That's enough.

Ordinary people are always easy to be satisfied, to come back alive, is lucky, if there is no cripple, it is a lucky star, if there is no injury at all, or just a flesh injury, and even bring some trophies, then it is even more smoke on the ancestral grave, as for the real misfortune to die on the battlefield, the family can also be taken care of by the government, for the soldiers, there is nothing more reassuring than this.

And Fidive is also ready to promote an initiative......

In the hall, looking at the military generals who looked a little jubilant on the left and right, he said slowly: "...... All officers and soldiers in the army will be awarded according to the size of their merits and according to the law this winter! ”

As soon as these words came out, the military generals under the seat were all a little surprised.

The righteousness of Kuang Fu Sheji can stand up among the scholars, but it can't resonate with many common people. For the ordinary people who work endlessly every day, perhaps Fei Qian is strong, they will be happy and proud, but when these excited emotions recede like waves, these people still have to face day after day of labor, and they still have to worry about the next meal.

Passion is only a momentary thing, but hard work is a lifelong thing, want to let the people shout slogans every day, and then you can forget all the bad reality, endure all the oppression and exploitation, this is obviously unrealistic, even if it is useful for a while, sooner or later there will be problems.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there was also a grant of land, according to the Han law, according to the title system left by the Qin Dynasty at that time, from the Guannei Hou 95 hectares downward, until the public soldier is one and a half acres, the public pawn, the soldier, the Shu people are the same are one hectare, but such a law was not able to be implemented well at the beginning, the more later, the result of this law is more and more unfeasible, from the beginning of the reduction of the number of acres of the field, and finally become a two-handed, wood has a ......

In addition to the subsequent land annexation of the Han Dynasty, the public land controlled in the imperial court became more and more scarce, and by the Eastern Han Dynasty, even before the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there was no land to be used for rewards......

However, Feiqian now has a lot of land, not counting the area of Pingyang, just taking out this area of Yinshan to distribute, there can also be a lot of quantity.

Now the number of soldiers who follow Fei Qian's campaign has gradually expanded, even if you don't count the recruited Hu Qi, there are nearly 10,000 people, and behind these 10,000 people, a person is a family, although more than 10,000 households do not represent the entire population under Fei Qian's rule, but it involves all aspects, so many people have naturally become the most direct basis for supporting Fei Qian.

Zao Yi was the first to express his approval, as a person who basically deals with farmers all day long, he knows how eager farmers are for land, so he happily said: "This move of the prince is very good!" ”

The rest of the people present also agreed, because they actually knew that although Fei Qian was just talking about ordinary soldiers, could he be less than the people present?

Therefore, everyone was inevitably a little happy and praised one after another.

So the first civil affairs matter was finalized here, and it went very smoothly......

However, Fei Qian knew that it was not a good thing to grant land.

Once the land can be bought and sold, it's like opening Pandora's box, and a lot of things will fly out.

But if you want to ban the sale of land, it is unrealistic.

It's like in the later generations, while leaving a huge back door, and then covering the so-called "circulation", "renting", "using" and other words, but in essence, it is still a kind of euphemistic wording of the business......

If the Han Dynasty now stipulates that land sales are not allowed, first of all, whether the scholars will revolt as a whole, and whether they will lose their enthusiasm and initiative in production is a very serious question.

Sooner or later, if a regime wants to maintain long-term peace and stability, it must choke the throat of the ruled class below, and then put a rope on it, so that it can command and control the ruled class.

And for the Han Dynasty, or for the vast majority of feudal dynasties, what is the most important magic weapon?

It's the land.

The more land controlled in the hands of the imperial power, the greater the authority of the imperial power, and the more land controlled in the hands of the big clans in various places, the greater the power of the big clans, and if it is still dealt with according to the current system, sooner or later the scattered land will be re-disrupted and gathered into the hands of the big clans, then the old routine from peace to chaos will be repeated again and again......

So how to control, or prevent, or regulate the occurrence of such a situation?

In fact, Fei Qian also had a headache, but he had to face it.

This is a big project, and it is also a structure that must be gradually established at this stage, otherwise when the later scholars gradually invade and control the countryside, if they want to make any changes, it will increase the difficulty and bring unnecessary trouble.

However, Fei Qian knew that there was a ready-made regulation, which seemed to be something that could be used for reference......

"From the beginning of this year, all taxes are calculated on the basis of acres of land, and there is no separate collection and calculation ......," Fei Qian looked around and said slowly, "...... What do you think? ”

"Excuse me, count, this ...... I'm afraid it will reduce taxes a lot......" Du Yuan squinted his eyes and began to estimate how much impact it would have if he reduced his oral taxes. For him, after all, the management is the logistics of Binh Duong and even the entire northern region, and he is naturally the most aware of the things in this area......

There were three main types of taxes in the Han Dynasty, field tax, also known as land tax; arithmetic, or oral endowment; Then there is the conscription, also known as the change of service or force tax.

Among them, the land tax is very low, but thirty taxes one, the high one is one-fifteenth, and the additional levy tax is only 55 yuan per hectare per year, which can be said to be the lowest land tax in ancient times, but in comparison, the poll tax in the Han Dynasty and other taxes converted from the change of service are relatively heavy, especially at the present time.

In addition to the "household fee" of 200 yuan per household, each adult man also needs to pay another 300 yuan per year for "more endowment", which is only the price of "pawn", that is, the substitute fee for duty at the border, if it is to spend money to exempt the "pawn" from service, it is to pay 2,000 yuan, and the Han law also stipulates that this responsibility, even if it is disabled or old and weak, such a project cannot be exempted.

In terms of population tax, at the beginning, children under the age of fourteen, regardless of gender, must pay the oral tax before 23 every year, of which 3 money belongs to Da Sima as a special military expenditure, and the remaining 20 money belongs to Shaofu, that is, the emperor to use, and the adult population tax needs to be paid until the age of 56, each person pays 120 yuan per year, and the merchants and slaves are doubled, and the adult population money is all attributed to Dasi Nong for management.

Such a population tax caused many peasant households to not be able to have children, and even deliberately killed the children born, resulting in many human tragedies, this extreme situation attracted the attention of the Han Dynasty, and finally changed to be levied from the age of 7......

In order to collect more population tax, but also to encourage childbirth, if a woman reaches the age of 15 and is not married, she must start to collect heavy taxes, which will be increased every three years, and the maximum is five, that is to say, in the Han Dynasty, if a woman wants to upgrade to the highest level of "dead and without a man", the first condition of the family is to have enough money, otherwise the first level of "leftover fighters" alone is enough to collapse an ordinary family......

Of course, there are rewards, but if a woman becomes pregnant, her husband is exempted from paying for one year.

Even so, the taxes collected still could not meet the huge expenses, so the so-called "contribution fee" was added later, that is, the people of the whole world were willing to give, so all adult men and women had to "give" an additional 63 yuan to the emperor every year for their court expenses.

Second, local forced labor is also the heaviest burden on peasant households.

Every male who has reached the age of 17 is required to serve one month of unpaid labor in the place of household registration every year in the place of household registration, and is engaged in civil engineering, building bridges and roads, harnessing rivers and canals, transferring grain and grass, and other infrastructure construction or labor.

The levy is limited to 30 days, but as long as the quality of the project is not up to standard, it needs to be reworked, at this time it is called "do not count as conscription", that is, it is not counted in the fixed service period, so in practice, the time of conscription is often more than a month......

Under Fidgen's rule, it was an exception.

A very important reason why the peasants in Pingyang feel that Feiqian is very good, that he is a good official, and even spontaneously come to the mecca to welcome Feiqian's return, is that many of the local conscripts have been replaced by the captured Xianbei people, which has reduced the burden on the peasants near Pingyang, so basically there is no phenomenon of peasant households fleeing due to forced labor.

Although the appearance of displaced people is strictly prohibited in the Han law, whether it is a county guard or a county order, as long as there are displaced people under the rule, they must be punished for serious crimes, but the problem of displaced people has been repeatedly prohibited, and it is also a major problem that plagues the Han Dynasty regime at present......

"Don't talk, count, or ...... feasible," Xun Chen nodded and said, "...... If you reduce the amount of money and use it to recruit people, you can gather the surrounding area...... If it is not calculated, it should be beneficial to business, and it will also be ...... to promote people's livelihood."

Linghu Shao and Wei Liu, who were on the side, also nodded again and again in agreement.

And Jia Xu, who joined the newcomer, was silent, looking at his nose and nose, and his nose and mouth, making it clear that you are casual and I have no opinion......

In the Han Dynasty, the displaced people were often exempted from oral taxes, changed servitude, etc., and then attracted them to resettle, so everyone including Xun Chen was no stranger to such measures.

Taxation of cars and boats was the initiative of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The fuel surtax of later generations is more or less a relatively civilized money grab, and there is a driving to consume, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is a more shameless plunder, as long as there are cars, boats, livestock, slaves and maids at home, they must be taxed, regardless of whether they are used or not, all taxes are paid, and those who do not pay taxes or pay less taxes are allowed to report to each other, and the edict is promulgated, and half of the property found is rewarded to the informant, and the result is naturally quite ideal......

In fact, the main thing about this incident was to weaken the development of the middle class in many Han dynasties, leading to the eventual stride of the entire Han dynasty towards extreme polarization.

Regarding these things, people like Zao You, Xun Chen, Jia Xu, and even Du Yuan, Wei Liu, Linghu Shao, etc., who belong to the scholar clan, know more or less about people's livelihood and political affairs, and how much can still understand them, but as for Huang Xu and Zhang Liao on the side, they seem to understand and are a little dazed, so they don't have any opinions......

Fei Qian looked at Xun Chen and the others, knowing that these people were probably seeing what he said as an expedient measure, and a temporary measure to attract displaced people, so he coughed dryly twice and emphasized: "Everyone, a certain meaning is not to exempt oral taxes and calculations for a while, but from this year, it will never be levied!" ”

Jia Xu, who originally looked like a wood carving, suddenly raised his head, his eyes that were originally narrowed into a line widened, staring straight at Fei Qian.

But no one noticed Jia Xu's abnormality, because other people were also surprised, and they all thought it was incredible......

Yes?

Permanently exempt?

The people in the hall looked at each other.

This is easier said than done, not to mention the resulting reduction in tax revenue, if it is really implemented, and then because there is not enough money to spend, the reputation that has been built up with great difficulty will completely collapse......

This Fei Qian, could it be that he just became the Marquis of Pingyang, so he was dizzy?