Chapter 323: Substitute Servant (Page 1/1)

"Your Majesty, this year's autumn harvest has been a bumper harvest in all parts of Datang, the price of grain has risen, and this year's autumn endowment has increased by more than one percent compared with last year." In the Taiji Palace, Dai Xuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said with a flushed face.

The increase in taxes by one percent is a remarkable achievement, comparable to the speed of China in later generations, how can it not make Dai Zhou excited.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty, the growth of national strength and the prosperity of the people are the harbingers of the prosperity of my Tang Dynasty."

The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all happy, the Tang Dynasty was full of national endowment, and the national strength was full, and everyone was also happy.

Li Shimin suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, the Tang Dynasty's governance of the Yellow River and the expedition to Tuguhun were imminent, and the sufficient treasury gave him great confidence, and he had to pay an extra 10% of taxes, and there were too many things that could be done.

"This is the credit of all Aiqing, and I am here to thank you for the people of the world." Li Shimin stood up and saluted the courtiers.

"The merits of Weichen are not worth mentioning Your Majesty."

The ministers hurriedly said modestly.

Li Chengqian was listening to the government on the sidelines, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but snort in his heart: "Compared with Merton's merits, you are indeed not worth mentioning. ”

Li Chengqian had already seen the detailed list of autumn taxes, and the large-scale growth of field taxes depended on the popularization of the quyuan plough and the method of fighting drought, and among all the taxes, the growth rate of commercial taxes was the most astonishing, and the commercial taxes accounted for a great contribution, among which the taxes paid by the merchants of Mojia Village and Mojia Village accounted for a large proportion.

However, the courtiers automatically ignored Merton's credit, and everyone didn't say a word about it, Li Chengqian sighed helplessly, and couldn't help but look outside the palace, secretly figuring out his own way of governing the country in his heart.

At this moment, the biggest contributor to the increase in Tang Qiufu was lying on the soft couch with a pair of panda eyes, screaming in pain.

"Tap, tap!"

In the Mo Mansion, Zi Yi was using ice cubes to apply the bruises on the eyes of Da Tang Mo Dun, and the purple clothes moved a little bigger, and Mo Dun couldn't help but gasp and exhale the pain loudly.

Seeing this, Ziyi shed tears in distress and said, "The prince is too ruthless, he is so ruthless to you." ”

Mo Dun snorted and said, "The young master doesn't suffer a loss, and he is no better!" ”

There are a few more opportunities to be able to beat the crown prince of the dynasty, and Merton can be regarded as an unprecedented and unprecedented, and Merton from later generations has no concept of respect and inferiority, how can he be beaten by Li Chengqian and not fight back.

Ziyi was startled, and hurriedly said: "Young master, beating the crown prince is a capital crime, if the emperor blames it, then what should I do!" ”

Merton waved his hand indifferently and said: "Don't worry, Li Chengqian has the best face, and he will definitely not admit that he was beaten by me. ”

Rao is like this, Ziyi is also uneasy in his heart, knowing that Merton has repeatedly assured, Ziyi is a little relieved.

"Where's Fauber?"

Merton suddenly didn't see Fauber today, and couldn't help asking.

"Chang'an County wants to assign the task of serving in the conscription to each village, and Fu Bo has already gone to the county government instead of Mojia Village, and now he should be back soon!

Datang implemented the Juntian Law and implemented the rent regulation, stipulating that all Juntian families, no matter how much land the family granted, must pay taxes according to Ding, and after collecting the taxes, they will be subject to forced labor.

Sure enough, Ziyi's voice fell, and Fu Bo walked in from outside, and saw Mo Dunyu report: "Young master, the conscription of Mojia Village has come down, and the conscription assigned to Mojia Village in the county is a simple task. ”

Merton shook his head and said: "When Mojia Village is developing, this is the time of employing people, and all the conscripts are paid for in accordance with the regulations of the imperial court. ”

In ancient times, conscription can be described as a very important work, some large-scale projects in the imperial court are almost all conscription to build, the Great Wall of the Seven Wonders, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which are all requisitioned a large number of people to complete.

The conscription was too heavy, the people's grievances were monstrous, the levy was light, many important projects could not be completed, and some wealthy households were unwilling to serve the conscription, so it slowly produced the silk substitution service, and there was already a trace of the prototype of the conscription system in later generations.

The Sui Dynasty was born in the Sui Dynasty, when Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty implemented the policy of "light taxation and thin endowment", and the second year of the emperor's reign stipulated: over 18 years old is Ding, and he must bear the rent and forced labor; At the age of 60, he was exempted from rent and forced labor, and later it was stipulated that all those who had reached the age of 50 could be substituted for labor.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he further developed the system of accepting silk as a substitute, stipulating that all men who were unwilling to serve hard labor could use silk or cloth instead, which was equivalent to three feet of silk every day, which was called Yong.

"You have to pay silk for service, there are nearly 1,000 households in Mojia Village, how much silk cloth do you need, where is there so much silk cloth in Mojia Village!" Ziyi exclaimed.

Merton smiled slightly, and said without any worry: "In previous years, it was all Najuan on behalf of the army, but this year I am afraid it may not be." ”

Fu Bo nodded and said: "Young master is wise, I heard that in previous years, there was too much silk cloth in the imperial court, and the treasury had nowhere to store it, and many of them had become moldy and discolored. ”

Merton nodded, knowing in his heart that this was the first step in the changes that the imperial court was making for the cotton shock five years later. I am afraid that in the next few years, I am afraid that the payment of silk will become the payment of money.

When a carriage of silver money pulled down the Chang'an City County Ya, the news that Mojiazi paid money for all the villagers of Mojia Village instantly spread throughout the Tang Dynasty.

"There are at least two thousand servants in Mojia Village! The Mo family is really willing! ”

Unless the rich and ordinary people go to serve obediently, no one is willing to accept silk as a substitute, not to mention two thousand, and the money required must not be a small amount.

"The people of Mojia Village are really lucky to meet such a good family owner."

Chang'an City was full of discussions, and everyone was very envious and jealous.

"Why are we so miserable, and why are we still in forced labor?"

Many people complained in their hearts.

Although it does not cost money to serve as a laborer, it is very tiring, and it is not an easy task for an adult laborer to bring his own dry food, and to serve more than a month of servitude.

In particular, this year's conscription in Guanzhong is very heavy, the eldest grandson Wuji has taken away a lot of labor to manage the Yellow River, there are many wealthy households in Chang'an City, and most of them accept silk as substitutes, and the conscription evenly distributed to each village is much more this year.

When the news of Mojia Village's Najuan service spread to a village in the south of the city, many villages suddenly exploded, and Mojia Village has always been the main force of servitude, and this year there are more than 2,000 people in Mojia Village, so they may have more work.

All of a sudden, all kinds of unbalanced psychology emerged, especially after Li Zheng assigned the task, the villages in the south of Chang'an City suddenly exploded.

Under the impetus of well-intentioned people, an undercurrent against Mojia Village has surged.

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