There are many books that say that the Ming Dynasty died in land annexation, so how serious was land annexation at the end of the Ming Dynasty?

After Zhang Bin personally helped people complete a land annexation, there was a faint sense of guilt for aiding and abetting, which made him feel difficult to calm down for a long time, and he wanted to do something to improve the situation.

After sending Zhao Mu and the others away, he returned to the retreat hall to ponder, he thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't think of what he should do.

In the end, he understood, because he didn't know how serious the current land annexation was, so naturally he couldn't think of any countermeasures.

He decided to find out the current status of the land annexation first.

At this time, there was no Internet to search, and there was no library for people to consult, so he could only ask people.

Thinking of asking people, he naturally thought of his master Wu Shiqi, this old talent is indeed well-informed, and perhaps he also has a better understanding of the current situation of land annexation.

It's very simple to find Master Wu Shiqi, because his job is to give advice to Zhang Bin, and he usually doesn't leave Zhang Bin too far.

Soon Wu Shiqi came to the retreat hall, and Zhang Bin said with rare politeness: "Mr. Wu, come, please take a seat." ”

Wu Shiqi was a little flattered, he hurriedly thanked him, and then sat down respectfully under Zhang Bin.

Before he came, Zhang Bin had already thought about it, and it was estimated that he couldn't answer it when he asked about land annexation, because at this time there seemed to be no definition of land annexation, so Zhang Bin could only test it first: "Mr. Wu, I don't know if you can estimate how many jinshi, how many lifters, and how many talents I have in Daming." ”

Wu Shiqi was stunned when he heard this, he really hadn't thought about this question, he pondered for a while, and then replied: "Lord County Commander, this, the villain really hasn't estimated, I can only roughly guess it, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

It would be enough to have an approximate number, Zhang Bin nodded and said, "Well, just have a rough number, you say." ”

Wu Shiqi hurriedly continued: "This Jinshi is a little more calculating, because each session will take about three hundred, and with ten sessions, it is estimated that there will not be more than three thousand." The situation of each province is different, the larger ones may take more than 100 people per session, and the smaller ones may take more than 90 people per session, and they will be counted according to 100 people, and the two capitals and thirteen provinces will have about 1,500 people per session, and the 10 sessions will add up to about 15,000 people. As for the talents, there are about 2,000 people in the township test in each province, and considering that most of them did not come, that is, about 5,000 people, I am afraid that there are more than 70,000 talents in the two capitals and thirteen provinces. ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he immediately calculated in his heart.

Jinshi is exempt from tax of 2,000 mu per person, and 3,000 people are 6 million mu;

Each person is exempt from tax of 400 mu, and 15,000 people are also 6 million mu;

No one in Xiucai is exempt from tax for 80 acres, and more than 70,000 people are almost 6 million acres;

The total is 18 million mu, which seems a bit wrong!

He couldn't help asking: "Do you know how much cultivated land there is in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

When Wu Shiqi heard this, he said in embarrassment: "This, it seems that there is no fixed number, at the beginning of the Taizu Dynasty, there were about 8.5 million hectares in total, and the subsequent dynasties have increased slightly, and now, it is estimated that it will not be less than 9 million hectares." ”

One hectare is 100 mu, 9 million hectares is 900 million mu, and all the tax-exempt fields of Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai add up to only 5% of the entire cultivated area, can this kill the Ming Dynasty? It's impossible!

Zhang Bin couldn't help asking: "Is there anyone else's land exempt?" ”

This Wu Shiqi is very clear, he said like a few treasures: "There are still many people's land can be tax-free, such as the royal family, such as the princes and nobles, such as the ministers of the dynasty and Zhishi, such as the guards in various places, as well as the imperial relatives and eunuchs." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but suddenly realize that these people are the ones who account for the majority, and relying on the fame of the literati alone to pay off the tax-free fields will not be able to drag down the Ming Dynasty at all.

Seeing Zhang Bin's appearance, Wu Shiqi seemed to understand something, and he couldn't help but say tentatively: "Lord County Commander, do you want to know how much land is tax-exempt in total?" ”

That's right, land and land are not similar to this, Zhang Bin nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, yes, this official wants to know how much land in Daming is tax-free." ”

When Wu Shiqi heard this, he couldn't help sighing: "A lot, a lot, so much that it's unimaginable!" ”

Zhang Bin couldn't help but be curious: "How can it not be imagined?" ”

When Wu Shiqi heard this, he stood up and walked up to him and whispered: "Lord County Order, this is not a secret originally, but it is a bit taboo to say it!" ”

Just say what is the taboo in this matter, even if it is taboo, you have to know, he couldn't help but put his ear up and whispered: "You say." ”

Seeing this, Wu Shiqi could only say in a low voice helplessly: "Actually, most of the land is in the hands of the royal family and the princes, such as the royal princes, they are all unrestricted, as long as the land under their names is tax-free!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked, there was no upper limit, and he couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Then isn't there so much land in their name that it's scary?" ”

Wu Shiqi replied in a low voice: "Yes, there are so many that it is scary, like before Jiajing, the prince's fief was not very many, at most a few thousand hectares, after arriving in Jiajing, the prince's fief is tens of thousands of hectares at every turn, like King Lu's fief is as many as 40,000 hectares, King Fu's fief is also 20,000 hectares, and other royal relatives are less than 1,000 acres, more than hundreds of thousands of acres, they still keep accepting all kinds of contributions, and most of this Ming land has been scraped off by them!" ”

"Hiss", Zhang Bin couldn't help but gasp, at least thousands of acres, the number of royal relatives seems to be more than 300,000 at this time, that is to say, at least four or five billion acres of land are in their hands!

He couldn't help asking, "What about the prince?" ”

Wu Shiqi replied in a low voice: "There is no fixed number for the princes and nobles, there are tens of thousands of acres of land, and there is no need to pay taxes." ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he was shocked and said: "How much land do the people still have?" ”

Wu Shiqi sighed and said: "In this world, the royal family occupies at least sixty percent, the princes and nobles occupy at least one percent, and the guards are more than one percent, and the remaining ministers of the dynasty and Zhishi, meritorious literati and eunuchs also account for nearly one percent, and in the hands of the common people, there is less than one percent in total!" ”

Less than one percent, that's not less than 100 million mu, now the population of Daming is more than 100 million, Zhang Bin asked in disbelief: "One person is less than one mu, how is this possible?" ”

Wu Shiqi lamented: "Yes, one person and one mu can't survive, so ninety percent of the people have become tenants, tired and tired every day, just to have something to eat." “

"Hiss", Zhang Bin couldn't help but gasp again, land annexation, terrifying!

Ninety percent of the land is exempt from tax, no wonder the poor people of the Ming Dynasty can't even make up the salaries of more than 100,000 people.

Ninety percent of the people have been reduced to cattle and horses because they have no land, so it is no wonder that peasant uprisings have occurred one after another.

How can this Ming still be saved, or can such a Ming still be saved?