"From the above data, do you see any problems? Well, the official thinks there are at least four of them......"

"First, the great families have embezzled a large number of the country's population. From the sixteenth year of Yanxi to the sixth year of Jingyao. In ten years, the population controlled by the state has disappeared by 220,000 people, even if in recent years, because of the Northern Expedition, the general has recruited 50,000 or 60,000 Dingkou to fill the army. But in the past ten years, people have not multiplied? Don't young men grow up to be strong laborers? Therefore, in ten years, at least 200,000 mouths have been swallowed up by the family! ”

"Second, land annexation is serious. My Shuzhong is known as the country of abundance. I am too little to cultivate ten acres of land with strong laborers, and it is actually more than 40 years that an average household can cultivate ten acres of land. Why is that? This shows that a large number of anointed lands have been occupied by powerful people and families. Ordinary people can only reclaim some barren fields in the corners! And it is these barren fields that some insatiable guys refuse to let go! It is still counted from the sixteenth year of Yanxi to the sixth year of Jingyao. In the past ten years, 10 million acres of cultivated land on the national list have disappeared! This person may die, and it makes sense to make up some great plague and the whole village of dead people. But where did the land go?! Swallowed by silverfish! ”

"Third, the country's economic foundations are about to collapse. My Han is different from the pseudo-Wei and Eastern Wu. Our base is yeoman farming! Our taxes and soldiers are all from homesteaders! However, due to the existence of the first two items, the state has less and less control over homesteaders and land. In order to get enough money and food to support the operation of the country and military operations. We had to increase the squeeze on the remaining yeoman farmers! The yeoman farmers now controlled by the state have to hand over seventy or even eighty percent of their harvest to the state every year – in fact, they are already struggling with life and death! If the situation cannot be reversed quickly. Then there are two things that will happen: first, a large number of yeoman farmers flee and seek refuge in the estates of the great families. 2. Another Yellow Turban Uprising! And in either case, the consequences are the same: the collapse of the country! ”

"Fourth, the rule of the officials has reached the extreme! In the sixteen years since Yanxi, the export profit of Shu brocade and the profit of salt and iron have become less and less. This is completely counterintuitive! You need to know that my Fuxing Society has cooperated with Mijia firms over the years, and I know that the turnover of Mijia firms is rising wildly every year! However, the export profit of this Shu brocade was less than one-third of the Yanxi period...... Da Si Nong, it can't be that you are greedy for ink, right? ”

Mi Zhao heard Guan Yi's inquiry, and got up with a wry smile: "Da Sima, don't you know the character of the lower officials?" Besides, because everyone is a shareholder of each other. For so many years, the Fuxing Society has sent people to check the accounts of the Mi family's business every year. ”

"Well, tell me, what's going on?"

"What else could it be? Many state officials have privately divided a lot of weavers, and the Shu brocade produced by these weavers has become their private property. In the past ten years in the country, the weavers have been reduced by at least half, so the Shu brocade that my Mi family got has also been reduced by half. Moreover, even if we sell it and hand it over to the state, we will have to go through two accounts. ”

"Which two books?"

"One is for Shang Shutai, and the other is for His Majesty's inner court. In fact, even our Shu brocade sales are less than half of what they were in their heyday. The rest of the profits will also be handed over to His Majesty for one-third of his own person. Otherwise, where does Your Majesty have the money to do something he likes......"

Mao Jiong and other young people who had just entered the decision-making body of the Han government couldn't help but widen their eyes when they heard such a dark secret for the first time. But before they could speak, they expressed their anger in their hearts. Guan Yi has already slapped the case hard: "How can this be reasonable, I Fuling Industry of Fuxing Society provides him with the Yongan Corps every year." All the extra money was given to the inner court, which was at least 30 million. Fuxing Salt Industry has his shares, and the annual dividends are no less than 80 million! That's more than 100 million! My Fuxing Society alone gave him more than 100 million private money! How is it not enough?! ”

Of course, the filth in this, as the first and second largest shareholders of the Fuxing Society, is actually Guan Yi and Mi Zhaomen's Qing. They just took this opportunity to brainwash these new staff members.

"Hey, Yi is out of shape." He got up and made a gesture, and then continued: "After finishing Shu Jin, this official will talk about Yan Zheng." As we all know, in the third year of Jingyao, the official invented the Zhuo Tsutsui method. The production of salt wells in various places has increased at least three to five times, but this salt tax ...... Hehehe"

Speaking of which, Guan Yi is really big for a while: what kind of mess did Lao Tzu take over? Jiang Wei, my general. You're right to think of the Northern Expedition. But how can there be a reason why the rear is getting worse and worse, but your Northern Expedition can succeed? Chen Yuan, your nickname is loyalty. You are loyal to the emperor, but what about the country?

After a short silence, Mao Jiong, who had the hottest temper, stood up: "Da Sima, Da Si Nong." Jiong used to be in Yunnan in seclusion, completely unaware that the country was terminally ill. Listening to the analysis of the two Shangguan today, I realized that the situation of our group is already in danger. There is nothing to say, the lower officials obeyed the orders of the two upper officials, and it was a big deal to provoke the infamy of the previous life, even if he was killed by the car like Shang Jun in the end. The lower officials must also catch the silverfish of this big man one by one, and line up with iron nails to nail them to death! ”

"Hehehe, Meng Ming. It seems to be in terms of function. This punishment of corrupt officials is a subordinate duty, right? In Guan Yi's mind, Chang Ji, who is the contemporary Hai Rui, got up and said: "Da Sima, please give the subordinate enough power." The lower officials promised that within three years, the state taxes and cultivated land would be restored to at least eighty percent of what it was in the sixteenth year of Yanxi! ”

Watching his new staff members stand up one by one to express their attitudes, Guan Yi was very happy: It really makes sense that all dynasties want to reform and like to use young people.

However, reform is actually a redistribution of interests. And when it comes to interests, it's really a big issue that no one can ignore.

In the reforms of later generations, there is a saying that makes a lot of sense: "If you don't give me a way out, I won't give you a way out." ”

Reform will certainly affect the gains of the vested interest strata. If you go to cut other people's flesh with a knife, and don't find hair growth for others as compensation. This kind of brutal reform is bound to fail in the end. Reform was initiated by a part of the ruling stratum with a conscience and a sense of responsibility. They themselves belong to the ruling class. If, in the process of reform, no new points of interest growth are found to appease the ruling class. Then it will provoke a collective opposition from the entire ruling class – and such a reform will surely fail.

As far as Guan Yi is concerned, what he is going to cut is the bureaucracy and family class of the entire Shu Han. Although when it was cut, it must have been cut badly by the Yizhou family. But the Jingzhou faction and the Dongzhou faction will be cut the same, and they will feel the same pain! If you don't give these people a new chance to make a fortune in advance, regardless of whether your reform is beneficial to the country, these people will all rise up and make trouble! At that time, Guan Yi was useless even if he was a powerful minister!

"Ladies and gentlemen, there are four things we are going to do."

"I'll respectfully ask Da Sima to show me!"

"The first thing is to re-clean up and review the household tax!"

As mentioned earlier, the household tax is the first weapon to limit the excessive expansion of the family, and as long as it is implemented in place, it can effectively limit the scale of the family. The size of the family was limited, and the yeoman farmers were naturally protected.

"This matter, please host it with Da Si Nong, and here at Da Sima Mansion, please ask Ning Guo (Yang Ji) to co-organize."

"I'll take my orders!"

"The second thing, inspect the whole country and clean up the silverfish! In this matter, please take the lead of Maotong and co-organize Zhongle! ”

"I'll take my orders!"

"The third thing is to encourage reclamation. An adult man shall reclaim no more than 20 acres of land on his own, and an adult woman shall not exceed 10 acres. No land tax for three years! In this matter, the Dasi Nongfu must first do a good job of the inventory level of the existing acres before it can be implemented. ”

"Mi Zhao takes orders!"

"The fourth thing. Reform the salt tax and abolish the Salt Captain's Office. The national salt farms changed the monopoly system to the on-site taxation system. Private ownership of salt works is allowed! This matter will be supervised by the official himself! ”

If the first two articles are subtraction to the detriment of the interests of the ruling class. The latter article is an addition: if your household tax level is raised, it will inevitably free domestic slaves and reduce land holdings, and the interests of the corresponding families and bureaucrats will be greatly damaged. Where to make up for it? Salt!

I will allow you, the great families, to enter the salt industry, and the existing salt farms in the country can be sold to you. Let you produce and sell your own, and I will only pay taxes.

Guan Yi dared to do this, of course, he had confidence: the largest well salt mining area in the entire Shuhan was now in the hands of the Fuxing Society. He was not afraid of these families taking control of other salt farms and raising prices wildly for profit. In fact, in this policy, Guan Yi of course let those families who cooperated with his own reforms enter the salt industry first. And after the introduction of a number of families into the salt industry, the price of salt will inevitably fall - which will once again benefit the people of the country. At the very least, the disease will be greatly improved - the salt mines in the Sichuan Basin are rich in iodine. With this alone, the gathering of the hearts of the people of Shu Han will enter the fast lane!