Chapter 695

Shen Kang smiled and pointed to the image above, and said: "This thing is called potato, and this one, called corn and maize, are all extremely high-yield and easy-to-grow grains, if they can be introduced to my Ming Dynasty to widely promote planting, it should be able to benefit the people." ”

According to historical records, potatoes were introduced to China in the Wanli period, and the earliest record of corn was in the "Gongxian Biography" written in the 34th year of Jiajing.

Liu Yuan asked suspiciously: "You actually know Fanbang characters?" ”

Shen Kang said with a smile: "If you know a little bit about it, you can only understand it roughly, and the rest can only rely on guessing one or two points." ”

Liu Yuan nodded, and didn't bother with why Shen Kang was able to understand English, but thought for a while, and said: "If you can reopen the sea market, you can trade seeds, first try to plant them on a certain scale, and if it is really effective, and then promote it nationwide, this process will take three or five years." ”

Shen Kang nodded with a smile and said, "However, these methods can only delay the hunger of the people, but they cannot completely revive the economy of the Ming Dynasty." ”

Liu Yuan stroked his beard with a smile and said, "What do you think?" ”

Shen Kang frowned slightly, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.

Liu Yuan smiled, raised the teacup in front of him, and said, "When Jiajing was ten years old, Gui Cao once proposed the "One Whip Method", which was mentioned in the text when you handed it to me last time, so you should have agreed with it, right?" ”

Shen Kang smiled and replied, "Sir really knows the subtleties, and the students both agree and disagree. ”

Liu Yuan put down the teacup, looked at him indifferently, and said, "Then tell me your opinion." ”

A whip law stipulates that the land endowment, forced labor, and other miscellaneous levies of each prefecture and county shall be combined into one article, and the silver taels shall be collected together and paid according to the conversion per mu. This greatly simplifies the tax system and facilitates the collection of taxes. At the same time, it makes it difficult for local officials to cheat, which in turn increases fiscal revenue.

From the perspective of the historical process, the "One Whip Law" inherited the two tax laws of the Tang Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, which was a social change with far-reaching historical influence in Chinese history. It is not only a passive move to intensify social contradictions in the Ming Dynasty, but also an active choice for the development of the commodity economy in ancient China to a certain extent.

Shen Kang nodded and said: "A whip law is the result of more than 100 years of reform of various enslavement systems in the Jiangnan region, so what is uncontrollable is that it itself has the characteristics suitable for the Jiangnan region. ”

Liu Yuan nodded slightly and said, "Go on." ”

Shen Kang continued: "A whip law was originally used to levy silver for officials and take it for officials, but after the implementation of a whip law, it did not achieve the goal of eliminating the harm of miscellaneous labor. On the contrary, it became a name for increasing the tax on forced labor, in order to increase the burden on the people. The second is the problem of fire consumption, because the tax law stipulates the payment of silver, and the so-called "fire consumption" occurs in the process of silver melting and casting. Fire consumption has become an ingenious means of local agglomeration, and it has also become a heavy burden for taxpayers. Finally, the official tax is silver. When the people paid the taxes, they would convert the grain and other outputs into silver, so they had to concentrate on exchanging them with the merchants when paying the two taxes, and the merchants took advantage of this to raise the price of silver, which caused the end of the silver and the grain being cheap. ”

Shen Kang paused and said, "If there are two tax branches in the north and south, the phenomenon of oranges in the south and oranges in the north can be avoided." The students believed that a whip law still needed to be improved, and when it was perfected, it would greatly improve people's livelihood and the imperial court would also alleviate financial problems. ”

Liu Yuan said with a smile: "You're right, you have to write these articles first, and then serve them in front of the king when the time is ripe." ”

On this day, Shen Kang just thought that Liu Yuan was just talking casually, but he never expected that after he really stepped into the Ming Dynasty, he would rarely be able to think quietly about these people's livelihood and academic issues as he is today, but he was entangled in the officialdom struggle all day long.

In these struggles, he did not dare to make a wrong step, because every wrong step he took not only implicated himself, but also countless innocent officials and ordinary people.

The night was as cold as water, and a big ship was quietly moving, constantly approaching Shen Kang's boat.

The boatman was originally sitting on the bow of the boat, and when he saw the big ship approaching, he actually stood up and pressed the hat on his head, and the snowflakes on the hat fell in a flutter, covering the smile on the corner of his mouth.

Soon, Wei Wuyi noticed the approach of the big ship, and strangely woke up Meng Fanrui beside him.

"Uncle Meng, look at that ship, is it a little familiar?"

Meng Fanrui is a martial artist, and he only sleeps lightly, he opened his eyes and looked at it, snorted, and said angrily: "This is the ship that attacked Uncle Ben's turtle grandson!" ”

I don't know who panicked first on the boat, Shen Kang and the others ran out wearing coats, and Wu Yang said angrily: "Boat man! Don't turn the bow of the ship yet! ”

The shipman remained silent and did not answer.

Jiang Liu scolded anxiously: "The master rewards you with food, you are so unusable!" Get out of here. As he spoke, he shouted: "Wuyang, you go and hold the boat!" ”

Shen Kang grabbed Jiang Liuxuan and said, "It's great to have friends from afar, Brother Jiang, don't worry." ”

Shen Kang was a little puzzled, why Fan Sanye came uninvited at this time, but when he thought about it, he was relieved.

The shipman is probably Fan Sanye's person, since he met Fan Sanye in the Defu Mansion, this boatman has followed him all the way, thinking that he is monitoring them.

Since he didn't treat them unfavorably along the way, it naturally proved that Fan Sanye had no ill will towards them.

The boat man looked up at Shen Kang and said with a smile: "Shen Gongzi is transparent." ”

Wang Lucao turned his eyes to look at Shen Kang and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Shen Kang smiled and said, "Brother Wang, along the way, we are being guarded as domestic animals without knowing it. ”

Wang Lucao also smiled, regardless of how cold the weather was on this day, he still shook the folding fan, looked like a handsome son, and said with a smile: "No wonder along the way, no more water bandits stepped forward, Fan Sanye's power is really not small." ”

Jiang Liuxuan squinted and glared at the two of them, big: "I can't get used to seeing you lightly, but he once wanted to kill people and oversell goods, and he clicked us." ”

Shen Kang grinned, turned his eyes to see that the big ship was already close at hand, and he said quietly: "Wei Wurui, protect Mr., if there is danger, protect Mr. to respond to Tianfu safely, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

Wei Wuyi arched his hand and said, "Yes!" As he spoke, he stepped aside and stood beside Liu Yuan, not leaving an inch.

Meng Fanrui was relaxed, that day in the Guide Mansion, Fan Sanye secretly plotted against Meng Fanrui, causing Meng Fanrui to be poisoned, all relying on Shen Kang to treat his body in the way of others, before he wanted to return to the antidote, and after Meng Fanrui detoxified, he locked Fan Sanye in the cabin and beat him, which was considered to be dissipated.

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