Chapter 69 On Politics

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"Shen Aiqing, do you still have the strength to accompany me to the last morning dynasty today?" After one night, Zhao Zhe accompanied him almost all the time. At this time, he was still a little energetic. But looking at Shen Yijun and the others, they were already exhausted.

Shen Yijun was busy shaking his fat and knelt down. With a solemn face, he said: "Weichen's life has already been given to the emperor." Even if it is on the knife mountain, the oil pot will never frown. What's more, it's just a long time? ”

"Okay, okay." Although what Shen Yijun said was exaggerated, it also made Zhao Zhe feel quite pleased.

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An hour later, take a hot bath. After breakfast, Zhao Zhe appeared in front of the dragon chair in the Qianqing Palace. And His Royal Highness is already full of civil and military ministers from all walks of life. Xiao Duozi stepped forward and shouted: "The emperor has arrived~"

"See my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Zhong Aiqing is flat." Zhao Zhe waved his hand and sat on the dragon chair casually. I picked up the refreshing ginseng tea and took a sip slowly. This ginseng is the best wild ginseng that Cai Guyan insisted on letting him bring back. Although there is no shortage of these things in the palace. But this is Yan'er's thoughtfulness, and he said that he hoped that Zhao Zhe would think of her when he drank this ginseng tea. Sure enough, this little woman still has some brains. At least when Zhao Zhe took a sip, he couldn't help but think of Cai Guyan's voice.

After he slowly put down the teacup. Shen Yijun took a half step forward sideways, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has some data, and I want to inform my colleagues." ”

After Zhao Zhe nodded, Shen Yijun took out the sorted out data report from his cuff. coughed twice, and in extremely concise words, the data was accurately reported one by one.

At first, the ministers were a little unaccustomed to it, and Gaine usually spoke or wrote songs. There will be many adjectives, modifiers. A tirade of thousands of words often does not involve much substantive surname. Even on top of the twists and turns, there are many ambiguous words. This can be regarded as a way of being an official, which can be attacked when advancing and defended when retreating. It's not too good to talk too much.

But as he briefly introduced each piece of data, he reported it again. In everyone's minds, there is basically a very clear concept. Most courtiers, how many people and how many fields there are in a country, will have some idea. However, it is necessary to be meticulous to see how much tax revenue the state comes from the peasants. And how much is the average annual harvest per farmer population? Before today, even Shen Yijun, the head of the household, did not have a very clear data.

And a courtier who can stand in this position, even if he is a military attaché, cannot be a simple-minded person who can't do simple arithmetic. According to Shen Yijun's data, after a little calculation, everyone has a bottom in their hearts. If the data is true, I am afraid that the vast majority of farmers in the world will not have a very comfortable life.

"These, Shen Aiqing and the people from the Hanlin Academy have roughly checked them several times last night. It should be authentic, even if the raw data collected may not be accurate. But it can be roughly reflected that this result is not very healthy now. Zhao Zhe closed his eyes, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate, paused and said: "Even in ordinary years, the common people are living an extremely miserable life. Once something happens to a natural disaster [***], Zhong Aiqing can be imagined. Last year, the floods in the Yangtze River basin and the drought in the Central Plains. It is to make the farmers who can only barely survive in ordinary times have no way to survive. Only then did they take a reckless riot and rebel. Do you have any objections? ”

"Your Majesty, the old minister agrees with the emperor's point of view." Yan Yu took a step forward, bent down and said respectfully: "The farmers in the world are the ones who are the most peaceful and self-guarding. If it were not for the time when life was at a loss, it would never be possible to take the risk of rebellion. The detailed data listed by Lord Shen, Lao Chen also figured it out. The root cause of the unrest is not in fact natural disasters. Rather, it is because the income of farmers is too low to save surplus grain. Once something unexpected happens, I'm afraid it will be immediately unacceptable. Now that troops are dispatched to quell the chaos, they can only treat the symptoms and only have the effect, but not the root cause. Lao Chen thought that when the problem of low income of peasant households was solved as soon as possible, only then could we make Zhao Jiangshan gradually stable. ”

Immediately afterwards, many ministers seconded the proposal. It's a plain deal. If only the people of the world could eat enough, they would not starve and freeze. Those who want to riot and rebel cannot incite people.

"Your Majesty, Weichen proposed that the proportion of taxes levied by the imperial court on peasant households should be reduced. Now the ratio of three out of ten should be reduced to two out of ten. In this way, the people will be more or less better. The person who said this was Ho Hongqing, a university scholar in the cabinet.

This person is in his forties, white-faced and bearded, and he looks very good. Zhao Zhe glanced at him lightly, although he personally thought that his proposal was not necessarily very good. But at the very least, he was using his brains to figure out how to increase farmers' income. Zhao Zhe himself believes that how to solve the problem of peasant households' income is a step that must be taken to pick up this raged country, and it is an imminent step.

Farmers' returns are too low, and sooner or later it will be a time bomb. Maybe one day, it will suddenly explode again. Only when farmers live and work in peace and contentment, will the Dazhao Jiangshan be stable. Otherwise, everything will be in vain. After all, 100 million people are farmers, what a huge and terrifying force this is.

Sure enough, He Hongqing's proposal came out. Immediately, some people objected: "Scholar He is wrong to say this, most of our tax revenue comes from peasant households, and if it is only 2 out of ten, it will lose nearly 30 million yuan of tax revenue every year." How is this good? ”

He Hongqing's face turned red, and he immediately retorted angrily: "Scholar Xi is really ignorant and fearless. Now that the Holy One is politically enlightened, it will reduce the amount of corruption[***] and waste. Even if it is reduced by 30 million, 100 million is enough for the operation of the imperial court. Not to mention, instead of spending a lot of money every year to suppress the mob. It is better to save that money and return it to the farmers. and reassure them. Don't you know that harsh government is fiercer than a tiger. ”

Xi Yongtai, a scholar of Xi, is over 50 years old. His eyes were blazing, and he said with some disdain: "Scholar He is really narrow-minded, and Xi still believes that reducing the tax ratio is not a long-term good strategy." What's more, if the 30 million is distributed to every farmer, it is only 300 yuan. This can't even talk about curing the symptoms, so how can we cure the root cause? After a pause, he bowed to Zhao Zhe and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen has some ideas, I don't know if I should talk about it or not?" ”

"If Xi Aiqing has a good proposal, he should naturally talk about it." Zhao Zhe looked at him indifferently.

Xi Yongtaino sighed, then cleared his voice and said: "Weichen believes that the low income of farmers is not just because of taxation. Since the founding of the Great Zhao Empire, the tax revenue of peasant households has basically remained at about three out of ten. But why, did the farmers live in peace and stability before? And now, the farmers are becoming more and more miserable? In fact, the reason is very simple, at the beginning of the founding of the dynasty, Taizu redistributed the land. Almost every farmer will have a piece of land of their own, and they only need to pay taxes and no rent. And as hundreds of years passed, the rich and powerful began to quietly and gradually acquire or forcibly annex land. In the last hundred years, this trend has become more and more intense, so that more and more peasant households can only rely on the landlords and become tenants. Half of the harvest went to the landlords. And the remaining half is just enough to make ends meet. Wechen thought that the annexation of land by the elite class was the culprit. ”

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