Seeing what Fang La did in Jiangnan, Shi Jin thought of a person in history - Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang.

When Li Zicheng captured the capital, he was also arrogant, and he also treated the officials of the Ming Dynasty like dogs, and he also harmed the people.

Again, their endings are similar.

The first battle was defeated, and then there was no day to turn over.

Without a stable chassis and an effective political system, once the war is unfavorable, the trees will fall and scatter, and it will never be possible to gather and fight again.

Just like when Li Zicheng was defeated at Shanhaiguan, he was defeated for thousands of miles, and there was no chassis to hold on to and regroup.

Don't look at Fang La's offensive now, it seems that he is going to sweep the south. But while he himself committed his own death, while harming the ordinary people who were the foundation of his own troubles, he also killed all the officials indiscriminately.

This makes it difficult for Fang La to be recognized by ordinary people and scribes.

It can be said that Fang La is now offending all those who should be united!

As long as the war is unfavorable, the forces of the other side will collapse immediately, and there will be no nine out of ten!

Shi Jin shouted: "That Fang La is now angry and resentful, but I am afraid that those scribes now also think that we are thieves who kill innocents indiscriminately like Fang La." Now we have conquered the land of the three states, but there are too few of our literati who are willing to take refuge. Now we are all relying on a few of you literati to barely support it, and if we continue like this, even if we lay down the chassis, we will have no one to manage and govern! The way it is now must change"

Zhu Wu said: "Big brother, we must let people know that we Liangshan and Fang La are different. We have strict military discipline, do not harass or harm the people, and we also attach great importance to and desire literati. Big brother, I think we can make a fuss about Zhang Zhizhou to promote us. Zhang Zhizhou still refuses to surrender, we are still treated with good wine and food, and we dare not be disrespectful at all. ”

Shi Jin asked: "Then how do you think we should publicize and attract more literati to join us?" What are your good ideas? ”

Zhu Wu smiled and said, "Big brother, if you just rely on our subordinates to publicize, I'm afraid the effect won't be too good." But can we ask someone to help us? ”

Shi Jin asked suspiciously, "Who?" ”

Zhu Wu said: "Mr. Gongsun! Mr. Gongsun was a Taoist, and many scribes maintained good relations with Taoists. If the Taoist behind Mr. Gongsun helped us to promote and build momentum, the effect would be very different! ”

Hearing Zhu Wu's reminder, Shi Jin suddenly came to his senses. yes, yes. When he went up the mountain, he said that as long as I showed my strength, he would help me publicize, win over Taoists, and recommend talents!

Shi Jin shouted happily: "Okay, I'll send someone back to the mountain to ask him to do something!" ”

Wu used this time to accept the government affairs of Yizhou, and in the past few days, he was very troubled by the cumbersome government affairs.

And more importantly, during this time, Wu Yong found a big problem when dealing with the tax revenue from the fields.

After a hundred years of annexation, a large amount of land is now in the hands of wealthy squires, and most ordinary people have no land at all.

The wealthy squires owned a large amount of land, but they only had to pay a small amount of field labor.

Ordinary people had only a small amount of land, but they had to bear most of the land tax and labor.

Wu Yong checked the land deeds retained by the government and found that if he followed the current tax system, he would not receive much silver at all.

After thinking hard for many days, Wu finally figured out why all this happened!

After Cai Jing came to power, he restored Wang Anshi's Fangtian Equal Tax Law and the Green Seedling Law.

Wang Anshi's idea was good, but unfortunately, with the rule of officials at that time, it was impossible to achieve fairness and justice.

Just like the Green Seedling Law, in February and May of each year, when the harvest is not good, the government gives the peasants loans and grain loans, and takes two or three cents of interest every six months, which are repaid with the summer and autumn taxes respectively.

Wang Anshi's initial idea was to increase government revenue, limit the exploitation of peasants by usury, and alleviate class contradictions to a certain extent. (This is a bit like the modern state appointing banks to issue low-interest agricultural loans.) But even in modern times, because banks do not make money from agricultural loans, many banks are reluctant to lend, and can only be forced by the state. That's okay, it's that banks don't want to lend. ）

But when the Seedlings Law was actually implemented, there was a problem.

Because most of the peasants were illiterate, they had to pay for scribes and then apply for them at the yamen.

Unscrupulous scribes took advantage of the opportunity to manipulate and manipulate, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials exploited layer by layer. The two-cent interest stipulated in the law was changed to rise dozens of times.

The peasants preferred to avoid the government rather than take out loans. "Pray to the rich family, increase the interest and take it".

There is also the Fangtian Average Tax Law, which is to clear the land, verify the landowner, and classify the land as a fifth grade according to the quality of the soil, as the basis for the collection of land taxes in summer and autumn.

Wang Anshi is expecting to clear a large amount of concealed land and increase government revenue. It can exempt some farmers from paying taxes and get benefits.

But how to determine whether the land is good or bad is in the hands of the officials.

The landlords colluded with the government to divide their own fields into bad and the common people's fields as good, and used all feasible means to evade the corresponding taxes.

In this way, the landlords paid less taxes, and the common people paid more taxes, but also heavier. Once the harvest is not good, it will immediately go bankrupt, and the land will be seized by the landlords.

Land annexation is very serious, resulting in a decrease in land tax revenue year by year.

The expenses of the imperial court increased year by year, coupled with the huge expenditures of the royal family and the extravagant and corrupt clans, the surplus of redundant officials in the state institutions, and the huge military expenditures used to resist the Liao State and the Western Xia, etc., which made the finances of the Great Song Dynasty unable to make ends meet.

If it weren't for the Song Dynasty's emphasis on commercial taxes and filling in a lot of holes, I'm afraid that the Song Dynasty would have been unable to support it for a long time.

But even so, it still can't meet the growing expenses.

In order to cater to the preferences of Emperor Zhao Ji of Daojun, many officials in various places are desperately searching for people's fat and ointment, and at the same time filling their own pockets. This led to the increasingly serious exploitation of the peasants at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the uprisings became more frequent.

Wu Yong said according to the government affairs he had contacted during this time: "Big brother, although through Taoist propaganda and explanation, many people will eliminate their misunderstandings about us. But if we don't have our own way of doing things, we still can't distinguish us from thieves. Although it is not yet appropriate for us to raise the banner of rebellion and statehood, I feel that it is appropriate to clearly state our policy of governance. Only in this way can the eldest brother not only be a thief who can only cause chaos and destruction in the eyes of the literati, but a master who has the ability to govern the world, so as to attract the attention and recognition of the literati! ”

Shi Jin asked, "Then what kind of policies do you think can better attract their attention and recognition?" ”

Wu Yong thought for a while and said: "Now Cai Jing is adhering to Wang Jinggong's new law to make the people angry, big brother, we can implement the old law, so that we can gain the favor of the Yuanyou party." ”

Zhu Wu objected: "Back then, Wang Jinggong wanted to change the law because the imperial court had reached the point where it was indispensable. The same is true for Cai Jing's coming to power. The old method was followed, and it was impossible to maintain the imperial court. If we propose to implement the old law, it will be difficult to impress those with lofty ideals! We must come up with a better and more suitable tax law, so that the scribes can see our governance skills, so that we can get the approval and support of those scribes! ”

Hearing Zhu Wu's objection to his idea, Wu Yong said with some dissatisfaction: "Can you think of a better way to implement taxes?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Wu was suddenly unable to refute.

Shi Jin heard Wu Yong's idea and fell into deep thought.

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