In other words, in fact, Ying Zheng didn't want to treat Feng Qujian like this.

However, there is no way, you Feng Quji is the right prime minister of the general government, and almost half of the entire court is your people. Land reform is a matter of great importance, and it involves a wide range of interests, and it has been shaken to the interests of almost all aristocratic groups, and the first thing to ensure in order to implement the land reform policy is that the imperial court cannot be disordered.

And how can you, the right prime minister who leads the government, stay out of the matter? Naturally, you have to be dragged into the water, and you will point out the matter of redistributing the land, and the officials will not make trouble. If there is no chaos among the officials, there will be no chaos in the court, and if the court is not chaotic, the court will not be chaotic, and if the court is not chaotic, the land reform policy will be effectively implemented downward.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, Feng Quji has always been at odds with Li Yang. If the land reform does not pull Feng Qujian into the water, he is very likely to take advantage of this matter and take the initiative to cause chaos and oppose Li Yang.

Therefore, the matter of killing Feng Qujian was a strategy that Ying Zheng and Li Yang had discussed early on.

Of course, although Feng Quji was pulled into the water, it doesn't mean that he won't secretly use the land reform to incite the people below to oppose him.

However, for Ying Zheng and Li Yang, as long as you yourself say in the court that you want to redistribute the land, it is enough. Even if you oppose it behind your back, so what?

You can't stand up and openly lead the opposition, and you don't dare to go too far, because if there is really an uncontrollable situation because of the land reform policy, the first person to use it to calm the anger of the public is you, Feng Quji.

Therefore, today's Lafon goes into the water, which is equivalent to the fact that the land reform has no obstruction in the court.

As for the army, Ying Zheng is much more relieved, because military power has actually always been in the hands of Ying Zheng, which is why the post of Tai Lieutenant has been set up, but this position has been vacant, and it was not until not long ago that Meng Tian was allowed to take office, the reason is that Ying Zheng has always attached great importance to military power.

Therefore, the army is a piece, and there is no policy, whether it is right or wrong, it must be the emperor's obedience.

In addition, the army's hundreds of thousands of active-duty troops are all military industrial fields that have been replaced by annual salaries, and the current land reform policy has no interests to the soldiers of the active-duty army, and it is impossible to oppose it.

To put it mildly, even if a few generals want to oppose it, then they don't have the courage to oppose it, because the sergeants below will not follow suit, and Meng Tian above will not allow you to oppose it.

Now, the civil ministers and military generals have all done it, and Yingzheng knows that it's time to get to the point.

So, he turned to Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, since everyone agrees with your opinion, let's talk about your gentle strategy!" ”

Li Yang nodded and smiled: "Back to Your Majesty, regarding the matter of land annexation, as far as the ministers know, most of the people who annex land are upstarts who have made meritorious contributions in the past. Of course, there are also many old scholars, such as the minister is the largest landlord, the minister receives the grace of His Majesty, the marquis, the food of ten thousand households, Dongyang County two counties, except for the local scholar land, most of the fields are the fiefdom of the minister. Therefore, the land annexers are all people who have received the emperor's favor in the past, and most of them are meritorious officials. Therefore, if Your Majesty collects the fields that have been rewarded by the ministers in the past and redistributes them to the imperial court, the ministers will inevitably feel a little unfair in their hearts, so the ministers think that if they want to return the fields under the world to the imperial court and redistribute them, they must be compensated. ”

Everyone nodded one after another, feeling that Li Yang had hit the point.

After all, everyone has sold their lives for the court, shed blood, sweated, and some people have made great contributions, and now the court wants to take back the land without compensation, which is too chilling for everyone.

"Well, that's something I didn't take into account." Ying Zheng bowed slightly, and pretended to think that Li Yang was very reasonable, and then said, "Then how do you say to compensate?" ”

Li Yang said: "This compensation, to be honest, is indeed a problem. The compensation is too much, but the treasury can't afford it, and the compensation is less, which inevitably chills the hearts of the heroes and soldiers in the past. However, there is a ready-made solution that can be used as a reference. ”

"Oh? What is the ready-made solution? Ying Zheng asked.

Everyone also looked at Li Yang, wanting to hear what he had come up with.

At this time, Li Yang stretched out four fingers and said, "The annual salary system!" ”

"The annual salary system?"

Everyone was shocked.

And Feng Quji, Li Si, Meng Tian and some other people, at this time, suddenly understood why the emperor asked about replacing the military industry as soon as he came to the Qilin Palace, it turned out that all this was to lay the groundwork for land reform.

This time, Feng Quji and Li Si have to admire Li Yang and Yingzheng, this singing and harmonizing, the cooperation is really seamless. If you don't experience it carefully, it will really make people think that today's events have developed naturally to this point.

And at this time, Ying Zheng was still acting, frowning: "You mean...... The policy of replacing military fields with annual salaries? ”

"Yes!"

Li Yang nodded and explained: "Your Majesty, the current policy of replacing military fields with annual salaries can actually be used for reference. Since the pre-Qin period, land has belonged to the imperial court, and land is not allowed to be bought and sold. Therefore, the land they annexed could not be pursued, but the land they annexed was not counted in the compensation. In this way, things are much simpler, and everyone is given the corresponding annual salary directly according to their military merits. In exchange for the land that was rewarded before, the minister believes that everyone can't say that the court is unfair, after all, in the past ten years, more than 100,000 meritorious soldiers and soldiers who have made meritorious contributions have been treated like this, and now it is just to make the world's meritorious soldiers the same. ”

Ying Zheng slapped the desk and exclaimed: "Wonderful, this strategy is very proper!" What do you think? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, with a wry smile, and finally had to nod: "The ministers think this strategy is feasible!" ”

Although Li Yang's plan is also very tricky, because it means that only the land allocated by the emperor for rewards at the beginning is recognized, and the land that everyone buys from the commoners with money and grain later does not count. Moreover, under the pretext of not prosecuting you for breaking the law in buying and selling land, they openly ignored the land obtained by annexation.

However, you must know that the land obtained by annexation is the big one.

It's just that now that the emperor has made up his mind to redistribute the land in the world, if you dare to say that you don't agree, isn't that looking for death?

Therefore, since you will return the land to the imperial court if you disagree, it is better to get compensation from the annual salary than no compensation, right?

Moreover, what Li Yang said is right, in the past ten years, everyone's meritorious service is just a reward for the year, and now this kind of plan is just the same in the world. So, there's no reason why you disagree.

At this time, Zhili Neishi, who was in charge of the state treasury, came out and said: "Your Majesty, just in this way, the state treasury may not be able to bear such huge expenses!" ”

Feng Quji couldn't help but worry: "Your Majesty, what Ji Kai said is extremely true, there are hundreds of thousands of people who have received knighthoods for meritorious service, and they all receive annual salaries, and the treasury will not be able to afford such a huge expenditure." ”

Everyone also realized this and nodded their heads.

At this time, Li Yang said: "Lord Ji Kai and Feng Xiangzhi are worried, but there is no need to worry!" ”

"Oh?"

At this moment, Feng Quji and Ji Kai were stunned for a moment, and turned their heads to look at Li Yang in surprise, Feng Quji said: "Do you have a solution to it, Prime Minister Zhong?" ”

Li Yang smiled: "Feng Xiang only calculated the huge expenses that had increased, but he did not calculate the expenses that could be added to the treasury after the land was redistributed. ”

This time, not only Feng Quji was even more confused, but even everyone couldn't understand it.

Ji Kai bowed his hand and said, "Please also ask the Prime Minister to teach me!" ”

Li Yang stood with his hands on his shoulders, looking like a high-ranking person pointing at the country, and said with a smile: "Lord Zhili Neishi, Feng Xiang, you are right, the land is returned to the imperial court, and the annual salary of hundreds of thousands of people who have established military meritorious titles in the past is a huge expense, but you might as well think about it differently, the fields used to be concentrated in the hands of these nouveau riche, and the people only got three tenths, and the imperial court only got two land taxes, and it is said that the field taxes cannot be received in full from time to time, so in fact, the land taxes that the imperial court can basically collect back to the treasury are only one-tenth, and where did the other six or seven go?" Nature is in the hands of these nouveau riche who have annexed the land. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yang glanced at everyone, and then said: "The country is poor, the people are poor, and the money and grain of a country are all in the hands of these nouveau riche who own land. Now that the land reform has been implemented, the land has been recollected and redistributed to the imperial court, and the people have regained a large amount of self-cultivated land, so that even if the imperial court collects three-tenths of the tax, the people still have seven-tenths of the surplus grain in their hands. ”

"Ladies and gentlemen, the imperial court has collected more than in previous years, but the people have forty percent more grain than in previous years, so isn't this increase in the tax on one percent of the field not enough to pay the annual salaries of the hundreds of thousands of people who have established military titles in the past?"

"Moreover, not only can they pay for this expenditure, but they also solve the suffering of the people, who can pay seventy percent of their output, enough to survive, and even have surplus food, so that even in a year of famine, there will not be a great famine like this year. It can be said that land reform is not only beneficial to the common people in the world, but also beneficial to the society of the country, and at the same time, it is also worthy of those who have made military achievements in the past. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yang looked at Ji Kai and Feng Quji, and smiled: "Two, do you think the analysis of the true phase is reasonable?" ”

The two of them were already stunned.

Because they really did not expect that after the redistribution of land, the land tax could be raised, adding a huge amount of revenue to the national treasury.

At that moment, Ji Kai was convinced and said, "The lower official has been taught." ”

And Feng Quji was also completely speechless to refute, so he had to admit: "The prime minister is very good at calculation. ”

Xie Fengxiang complimented. Li Yang smiled, and then said: "However, what Feng Xiang said before is actually very reasonable, the expenditure of the annual salary is indeed too huge, if it is completely implemented according to the current military seniority, it is inevitable that the active soldiers in the army will not be able to live for the army, after all, they have been serving the country, and most of the people who have established military meritorious titles and sealed lands in the past have long been free to enjoy the peaceful days brought by my Great Qin." Therefore, this year's salary, according to its appearance, should also be divided into two kinds. ”

"Oh? There are two types? ”

Suddenly, everyone was shocked.

Ying Zheng was also very curious, because this matter had not been discussed before.

So he hurriedly asked, "What are the two types?" ”

Li Yang said: "One is the in-service salary, which is the current set of seniority according to the military merit title and position level. The other is for retirement, which means that they are no longer serving in the military and political system of Great Qin, so their seniority is naturally lower than that of the same title in office, which is more reasonable for everyone. Otherwise, if the same title, whether in office or not, all get the same salary, then who would want to continue to work in the army or in the government? There will inevitably be a psychological imbalance. ”

It is indeed more reasonable for everyone to divide the annual income into two types: in-service and retirement.

If there is a time-traveler at this time, you will know that this is not the retirement salary system for those in the system in the later generations!

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