"What does it mean to have land without taxes? What is a tax without land? ”

Dingwang Zhao Huan was a little confused when he heard it, so he asked.

The taxation method of the Song Dynasty was relatively special, not one-size-fits-all, but divided into five classes, layer by layer. The more property you have, the higher the taxes you have to pay...... This is true in theory, but it is not true in practice. When wealthy families buy land, they often use "white deeds" instead of going to the government to transfer their ownership. In this way, there will be a situation where the land is transferred and the tax is not paid.

However, this is not the biggest problem, after all, the field is still on the register, and there is a place to collect taxes. Wealthy households can pass on the land tax, but once the poor households cannot afford it, the local tax collectors still have to find the rich households who buy the land. Therefore, the situation of concealing land began to appear.

Hidden land is the disappearance of the field, and if there is no more, naturally no taxes will be paid.

According to the official records of the Song Dynasty, there were nearly 525 million mu of land in the country at the time of the Zhenzong Dynasty. But in the Renzong Dynasty, it suddenly dropped to 228 million mu...... Nearly 300 million acres have been reduced! It's incredible!

The later Xining reform was actually related to large-scale tax evasion in hidden fields. Under the auspices of Wang Anshi, the Great Song Dynasty court carried out the "Fangtian Average Tax Law", and nearly 130 million mu of hidden fields were found on the five northern roads alone. The country's cultivated land has also recovered to about 460 million mu.

The increase from 228 million mu to 460 million mu seems to be a lot, almost doubled, and it is not much less than the 525 million mu during the Zhenzong Dynasty. However, this increase is taken into account the reclamation of Xining Kaibian, Jinghu Reclamation, and the conversion of a large number of herdsmen into cultivated land. Therefore, there is still a big gap from the real amount of cultivated land. If we take into account the expansion of the national territory since the founding of Yasukuni, even without counting the land of the Liang and Jiaozhi countries, the real number of cultivated fields in the Great Song Dynasty will not be less than 660 million mu!

In other words, at least 200 million acres of cultivated land have been hidden by powerful landlords!

If 60 percent of them can be dug out, there will be 120 million mu, and even if there is another discount, there will be 60 million mu, which is enough to solve the problem of granting land to military households.

"I see, ......" Zhao Huan listened to He Li's explanation, and finally understood what was going on with "there is no tax on land and no land on taxes", and he asked Cai Jing and the others, "Is what He Qing said true?" ”

Cai Jingdao: "What He Li said is basically true......"

This can't be denied, Fang Tianjun's tax law was promoted by Wang Anshi, and Cai Jing himself participated in it, how can you say that there is not?

Zhao Huan nodded: "According to He Qing's view, should the law of equal taxation of Fangtian be restored, and all the hidden fields of the people should be found out in order to increase national taxes?" ”

"The investigation should be investigated, but the tax increase may not be."

"No tax increases?" Zhao Huan asked, "What do you do to check it?" ”

"What's the use of raising taxes, my lord? The imperial court is now Fengheng Yuda! ”

"Doesn't this mean that a rich country is strong and a strong army?" Zhao Huan said, "If there is more money, the soldiers will naturally be stronger." ”

"The king," He Li said, "the minister does not agree with the statement that the country is rich and the army is strong. ”

"Oh? Why? ”

"The minister dares to ask His Highness, if the strongest soldiers and horses are the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhou State, or the Jin State?"

Zhao Huan looked at Tong Guan. Tong Guan replied: "Your Highness, the soldiers and horses of the Zhou State are the most prosperous, the Jin State is second, and the Great Song Dynasty is even more second. ”

"What about taxes? Is there more of the Great Song Dynasty, or are there more of the Zhou Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom? ”

Zhao Huan said: "Since there are many big songs!" My financial resources are ten times that of Zhou, and dozens of times that of gold! ”

In fact, the financial difference between the Song Dynasty and the Zhou State was not so big, and the Song Dynasty now earns about 100 million a year. And Zhou's annual income is also more than 10 million, which is at most six or seven times the difference.

He Li asked: "Since the wealth of our dynasty is ten times more than that of the Zhou State, why are the soldiers and horses not as strong as the Zhou State?" With ten times the wealth, you can't raise soldiers and horses that can defeat the Zhou State, can you use eleven times or twelve times the wealth to cultivate? The minister thought it was impossible, this rich country and strong army are not certain! ”

"A rich country and a strong army are not necessarily ......," Zhao Huan said to himself, "but there is a reason, if the country is rich and the army is strong, and the country is poor, the army will be weak, why am I afraid of the Zhou State and the Jin State?" He Qing, in your opinion, how can I be strong in the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty? ”

This young prince, the future official of the Great Song Dynasty, is now a little impressed by He Zhuangyuan's talent!

What kind of shrewd old foxes are the few rulers in the Chongzheng Palace? Seeing Zhao Huan's expression and hearing the tone of His Royal Highness King Ding, he already knew it in his heart.

Since the prince of the Great Song Dynasty likes He Li, the big guy is also happy to see him jump into the pit by himself......

He Li said: "The minister thinks that the law of Zhou State to strengthen the army can be used for reference. ”

"The law of strengthening the army of the Zhou State is ......"

"Suppress mergers and give land to raise soldiers." He Li said, "This method is improved from the law of the Sui and Tang Dynasty soldiers, and it is called a new one, which is actually retro." ”

Zhao Huan nodded, "Is this method feasible in my Great Song Dynasty?" ”

"It's possible, but it's not easy." He Li said, "The Western Army, the Shuofang Army, and the Lingzhou Army all have Tianfu soldiers and knights, and since the Western Army, Shuofang Army, and Lingzhou Army are feasible, how can the rest of the armies be not?" It's just that the Central Plains is full of people and the land is narrow, and there is not enough land to grant. The only way to do this is to enclose the fields and send tens of millions of acres of hidden fields to the soldiers. If the field is granted, hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers can be obtained at your fingertips! ”

Hearing this, Tong Guan, who knew the situation of the Western Army, Shuofang Army, and Lingzhou Army very well, had to sigh in his heart.

It's easy to teach the field, but it's hard to keep the field! The knights of the Western Army and the Shuofang Army could still keep their land, but the government soldiers had been losing their land in recent years, and many of them had fallen into poverty and could not afford military service......

Zhao Huan turned his head to look at Cai Jing, "What does the old lady think?" ”

Cai Jing wrinkled his old face and said, "But how can tens of millions of acres of hidden fields be unearthed so easily?" In the first year of Zhenghe, Taifu Temple set up a rice field office, which specially checked the hidden fields of Gyeonggi, Jingdong and Xixi, and there has not been much harvest so far. How easy it is to find out tens of millions of acres! ”

The matter of Qingtian land inspection has always been done, but there is not much effort. In history, this rice field was in charge of Yang Jian, Zhao Ji's confidant, who offended many people, and until the Xuanhe period, he finally squeezed out more than 34,000 hectares, that is, more than 3.4 million mu.

Of course, these more than 340,000 acres are squeezed out of middle-class homes and barren mountains and wastelands, abandoned embankments, and beach silt that are not suitable for farming. The real wealthy and powerful, Yang Daguan did not dare to touch it.

Otherwise, not to mention more than 340 million acres, it is not a problem to increase ten times!

However, at present, Yang Jian is the minister of the Zhou State, and there is no black-hearted official to preside over this rice field affairs, so not much land has been detected.

And Cai Jing is now suddenly mentioning rice field affairs, which is actually digging a pit.

He Li has now proposed to inspect the land and include the fields, so it is indispensable to get a site for him to go to the pilot. With He Li's current status as a Beijing official and his background, a county parent official can be a county official. If it weren't for the kind of county where the country is full of heroes, He Li might have been able to make some achievements.

So Cai Jing easily pushed the rice field out of the house......

The rice field is from Gyeonggi and Jingxi Yintian!

These places say that there is no hidden field, that is really a joke, carefully check, 30 million acres is not a problem. But after checking, you are the public enemy of the Manchu dynasty.

However, this pit was not dug by He Li alone, Zhao Huan is also Cai Jing's target!

Of course, Cai Jing knew that Zhao Ji liked Zhao Kai, the king of Yun, and had always had the idea of abolishing the long and young. But Zhao Huan is not only the eldest son, but also a descendant. Zhao Kai is the third son (the second died young), and he is a concubine. Replacing the eldest son with the third son of the concubine is really against the feudal etiquette.

Therefore, Zhao Ji did not dare to propose to make Zhao Kai the crown prince, but he pressed the title of the prince and did not give Wang Zhao Huan.

If Zhao Huan became the public enemy of the Manchu Dynasty because of the land issue, then there would be much less resistance to making Zhao Kai the crown prince......

Where did Zhao Huan want to get the sinister heart of the official, so he went down the underworld pointed out by Cai Jing, and asked He Lidao: "He Qing, how about you go to the rice field?" ”

Of course, He Li knew that it would not be easy to inspect land in Gyeonggi and Jingxi, but he was still willing to give it a try.

The reason is very simple, because Kaifeng Mansion not only has relatives and nobles, but also clear streams.

As long as the clear stream is led to the retro change, the relatives and nobles will not be able to stop the land inspection and clearing.

If the hidden fields in Gyeonggi and Jingxi are all pulled out, do you want to hide elsewhere?

"The minister is willing to go to the rice fields." He Li said loudly, "The minister should smear his liver and brain, and swear to detect tens of millions of acres of fertile land for the Great Song Dynasty!" ”

Zhao Huan turned his head and said to the important ministers of the two governments: ""Begging and Merging and Parallel Juntian Shu" will not be discussed for the time being, let He Qing try it in the rice field affairs first, if you can detect thousands of fertile fields, it is always good no matter what." ”

"The king is wise."

Cai Jing took the lead in expressing his position.

This matter was discussed by Zhao Ji and King Ding, and the current handling plan is also safe, and Zhao Ji will not object to it. Therefore, the remaining nine rulers also expressed their support.

After discussing the things that offended the landlord class, the topic in the Chongzheng Hall turned back to the Quartet.

According to Zhao Huan's idea, he should participate in the Quartet and send troops to Datong.

However, the two governors were not so bold, so they could only choose one of them between staying out of the matter and waiting and watching.

Zhao Ji thought for a while and said: "Whether to stay out of the matter, or wait and see, it is difficult for us to decide, when Xiangyang is playing." Cai Qing, Tong Qing, each of you writes a piece of music, explains the reason, and sends it to Xiangyang. ”

"The old minister obeys."

"Slaves obey ......"

and Cai Jing and Tong Guan's recitals were sent to Xiangyang Mansion together. It is still Zhao Huan's own recital, which is to ask for instructions to strengthen the inspection of land and clear fields in Gyeonggi, Jingxi and other places.

And Zhao Ji's imperial approval was also quickly sent to Kaifeng Mansion, and on the issue of the Four Kingdoms cutting gold, Zhao Ji supported Tong Guan's suggestion. and ordered Tong Guan to serve as the commander of Heshuo Xuan, and uniformly commanded the two Song armies to exert pressure on the Jin State.

On the issue of land inspection and land clearance, Zhao Ji also approved his son's decision and agreed to let He Li and He Da Zhuangyuan go to jump into the fire pit......

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