In ancient Chinese society, the tax system evolved with the change of land property rights.

The collapse of the Juntian system is a historical landmark in the history of the ancient Chinese social taxation system.

The "Two Taxation Laws" reflect not only the changes in the tax system, but also the evolution of land property rights after the middle of the Tang Dynasty.

With the development of social economy, private property rights in the Song Dynasty have become the general trend.

"Land can be bought and sold freely, but ordinary farmers simply can't afford to buy a piece of land and develop it!"

"No ploughing cattle! There are only three ploughing cows in the entire Yuelong Village! ”

With the development of the commodity economy, land, as the most important resource of production, can enter the market without restriction and become a commodity and be freely bought and sold.

Most of the peasants standing outside Meifu are farmers who have experienced the catastrophe and famine, and they are all poor.

As land increasingly shows its value as a commodity that can continue to increase in value, it further stimulates people's desire to maximize their own interests, and the privatization of property rights expands more and more without any restrictions.

Zhou Yuandao: "They were exploited and oppressed by the landlords, if it weren't for the fact that they couldn't survive, they wouldn't have resisted!" ”

Under the situation of "not establishing the land system" and "not suppressing mergers", most of the available production resources are owned by private individuals.

Before and after the "Anshi Rebellion", the government military system was gradually replaced by the conscription system, and the people basically did not need to undertake military service.

In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the two taxes incorporated the money that represented the levy of forced labor into the two taxes. The process of converting servitude into taxation is intensifying.

In the Song Dynasty, although the people still had the obligation to serve in the national law, in practice, the state successively stipulated that money could be used as a substitute for service, and all kinds of forced labor had begun to transform into a substitute for service.

As long as you have money and power, you can live a very nourishing life in the Great Song Dynasty. But for ordinary people, it is not easy to obtain a piece of self-cultivated land!

In fact, there are not much restrictions on the sale and purchase of land, and even then, the circulation of land is only in the upper strata of society.

Mei Xiaohan said, "What if I hire you to plow the land for me?" ”

Everyone was excited after hearing this, and said: "If Mei Gongzi is willing to ask us, we are naturally a hundred willing, but Mei Gongzi, you don't have so much land that you need people to cultivate!" ”

Zhou Yuandao: "Mei Gongzi really wants to buy land? ”

Mei Gongzihan was thinking about bringing new seeds to this land for experiments, and he was worried that he couldn't find so many people to plant them, and now it seems that this worry is completely unnecessary.

Mei Xiaohan's treatment for peasants who are willing to come and farm for him is half of the total output, and according to the output of 600 kilograms per mu of land, these farmers can get 300 kilograms of grain for planting one acre of land.

The yield of high-yield crops per mu is more than several thousand kilograms, which is enough to meet the dietary needs of these farmers on a daily basis.

"Mei Gongzi, are you really willing to hire us to farm for you and give us half of the harvest?"

Mei Xiaohan said: "Not bad! As long as you follow me to work, I will cover all three meals a day! ”

Not only that, but after the grain is harvested, I will give each of you a consistent amount of money!

Everyone showed incredible expressions, they couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen to them.

Not only do you not have to worry about eating, but you also have an extra income. This is something they would never dare to think of.

"No, no, no... We would never dare to agree to this. ”

"Yes! Yes! We can't say yes! ”

Mei Xiaohan said: "What? Do you think I give too little food? ”

"That's not what we meant!"

"Is that because I gave less money?"

"Mei Gongzi, the grain grown cannot be divided into five, giving us thirty percent is already unlikely, and we will never dare to accept the condition of fifty percent!"

A peasant dressed in tatters said: "I really didn't expect that there would be such a good person as Mei Gongzi in the world, such conditions are too rich!" ”

Many people began to wipe their tears and expressed their willingness to help Meifu farm.

"From today on, we are the people of Meifu, as long as Mei Gongzi says a word, we will go to the soup and go to the fire, we will not give up!"

A middle-aged man patted his chest and said: "Mei Gongzi, we peasant men can't do anything else, some of them are inexhaustible strength." ”

"Don't say it's one acre of land, give me ten acres of land, and my iron ox can also plant!"

Mei Xiaohan looked at the strong man in front of him and said, "It's not enough to have a body of strength!" Farming is also about science! ”

"Okay! I will do whatever Mei Gongzi says! ”

"Tie Niu, you should talk about your daughter-in-law! It's more than 20 this year, right? ”

Tie Niu said: "Twenty-two! My father died early, my mother was sick again, the family was too poor, where would there be a girl willing to follow me! ”

Looking at Tie Niu a little embarrassed, an old man said: "The male should marry, and the female should marry... What's so embarrassing! ”

Mei Xiaohan wants to bring the modern planting concept to Yuelong Village, whether it can be promoted in the entire Great Song Dynasty in the future, Yuelong Village is a very key place!

The first thing to do is to buy land, Yuelong Village now has more than 3,000 acres of idle land, divided into upper, middle and lower three types.

Of these, paddy fields and dry land account for two-thirds, with more than 500 mu of paddy fields, more than 1,600 mu of dry land, and 1,000 mu of mountainous land.

Mei Xiaohan looked at the villagers outside the Mei Mansion and said, "Fellow villagers, please don't be impatient!" After I buy the land, I will register with me. ”

Since the formation of class society in ancient China, for a long period of time, the state ownership of land, also known as the king's ownership system, has been implemented, which means that all the land in the country is owned by the king alone.

The Book of Songs says: "Under the whole world, it is not the king's land." ”

The land of the whole country can only be divided, rewarded, granted or reclaimed by the king.

Of course, under such a system, private individuals do not have ownership of land, let alone buy and sell land as a commodity.

In the Song Dynasty, there was no explicit prohibition on the sale and purchase of land, and land sales and transactions were often carried out privately between the Damen and the big families.

Mei Xiaohan quickly bought 600 acres of land, including paddy fields and dry land!

The price is also very reasonable and fair, only three taels of silver per acre.

The next step is to start the distribution and registration of these lands. Mei Xiaohan handed over such a job to Zhao Hu.

There are people coming and going in Mei Mansion every day, and most of these people come spontaneously to help Mei Xiaohan tidy up the yard and prune the branches and leaves of the trees.

Through the count, there are a total of 36 people in the Mei Mansion. Since they are all voluntary helpers, the number of people is adjusted every day.

Mei Xiaohan decided to standardize the management of the people up and down the Mei Mansion, register these people, and give a certain amount of compensation, after all, everyone needs to live.

To live, you must have money and silver.

In the future, as the land area expands, the scale of growing crops, vegetables, and fruits will continue to expand, and more and more people will be needed.

Now is the time to develop a large number of talents!