Chapter 226: Public Land Law

"My lord, Jia Youxiang strongly implemented the public land law in Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and his subordinates believe that they must encounter a strong backlash. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

"What Mr. said is, but this may also be Jia Youxiang's helpless move, and I also believe that the public land law will be able to be implemented, if Jia Youxiang does not do this, the court will not be able to take out money and grain, and it will not be maintained, he, the right prime minister, the privy envoy, watched the court be trapped by money and food, and finally fell into the abyss, and went home in disgrace.

"My lord, it's not that serious, if the imperial court can't come up with so much money and food for a while, it can open up sources and reduce expenditure."

"Mr. Hao, in the information from the capital, it has been explained the seriousness of the problem, the Jiaozi issued by the imperial court, twenty years ago, the consistent Jiaozi to the consistent money, five years ago the three Jiaozi can be exchanged for consistent money, and now the six Jiaozi are exchanged for consistent money, and it is still the proportion stipulated by the imperial court, the people and even ten Jiaozi are exchanged for consistent money, and the merchants are unwilling to exchange, the depreciation of Jiaozi to such an extent shows that the problems faced by the imperial court have been very serious, if it can not be corrected in time, it will really fall into the abyss."

Hao Jing looked at Wu Shaogang, his face was full of doubts, he was not very clear about this economic matter, and it was impossible to have personal feelings, but Wu Shaogang who crossed was very clear, and it can be summed up in one word, that is, inflation, in Beijing, Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, inflation has reached a point where ordinary people cannot tolerate it, if it cannot be stopped, the next thing is a complete collapse of the economy.

"Sir, that is to say, in twenty years, Jiaozi has only one-tenth of its original value, or even less than one-tenth, Mr. thinks, why is this happening?"

"This, the subordinates don't understand very well."

"It's very simple, there are too many Jiaozi issued by the imperial court, sir, think about it, there are too many Jiaozi, but there are still so many things on the market, and the number of gold, silver and copper coins has not increased significantly, so Jiaozi can only be worthless."

Hao Jing nodded, and suddenly realized, he patted his forehead.

"Alas, such a simple question, the subordinates have not been able to figure it out, it is really ashamed, wait a minute, the subordinates think about this public land law, maybe they can understand some of the truth."

Wu Shaogang looked at Hao Jing with a smile on his face and did not speak.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Hao Jing looked up.

"The subordinates have figured it out a little, Jia Youxiang implemented the public land law, on the surface, it is to let the imperial court increase money and grain and maintain the necessary expenses, but in fact, it can also inhibit the large-scale issuance of Jiaozi by the imperial court, and the imperial court has received more grain, which can be sent in kind, so there is no need to continue to issue a large number of Jiaozi.

"That's what the gentleman said, that's the truth."

"But in doing so, isn't it clever to take it, the fertile land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is worth thousands of yuan per mu, and the imperial court forcibly buys it with forty guanzi, and in the long run, is it possible that no one will rebel."

"No, the public land law implemented by the imperial court this time is the land restriction system formulated during the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, this land restriction system, the original intention is to prevent the cultivated land in the hands of the people from falling into the hands of the official eunuchs, resulting in the people having no land to cultivate, so that they become displaced people, becoming a source of turmoil, such examples abound in history, so the implementation of the public land law is aimed at the official eunuchs, the official households according to the population, determine the land that should be owned, and more than one-third of the land is purchased by the government."

"Listening to my lord's explanation, my subordinates also feel that the public land law is a feasible measure."

"Sir may be a little confused, I said not long ago that this public land law can not be implemented smoothly, but now I think that the public land law is feasible, in fact, this is not a contradiction, the fundamental reason is that the public land law is still strongly promoted by the government at all levels, and the goal of the public land law is for themselves, is it possible that they will do it to themselves."

"But the emperor has already made an order."

First, the cultivated land purchased by the imperial court in accordance with the public land law is leased by the government to the people for cultivation, but the output is determined by the locality, and officials at all levels can take the opportunity to increase the cost of leasing, so that the people who cultivate the land can take out more grain, part of which will be handed over to the imperial court, and part of it will go into their own pocketsAs a result, ordinary people are also included in the scope, once the public land law is implemented on ordinary people, many contradictions will break out in an instant, and a large number of people will lose the land they rely on for survival and become displaced people. ”

Hao Jing nodded frequently.

"Hearing your lord's analysis, my subordinates really understand, and my subordinates think that my lord can write a letter to the court to explain the stakes, so that the court can also be alert."

"If it doesn't work, the roots are already rotten, what can you do if you prune the withered branches and leaves of the tree."

"Isn't there any other way to solve this?"

"No, sir, I might as well tell the truth, even if I go to the imperial court, responsible for the implementation of the public land law, it is helpless, Jia Youxiang's move is indeed for the consideration of the imperial court, in order to be able to maintain the operation of the imperial court, and he also donated 10,000 acres of public land, driven some of the adults in the court, and donated part of the fertile land, but the imperial court did not have an in-depth understanding of the situation in the two Huai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions, let alone the power of these local officials, they are intertwined and intertwined, and have formed a force that cannot be shaken by the outside world, And for a long time, some of them have been greedy for money, fish and flesh people, have long had no conscience, there is a good saying, thousands of miles of officials are only for money, if there is no source of money, just live on money, these officials are afraid that they will not be able to do it for a day, in this case, if they want to implement the public land law, how can they succeed. ”

Hao Jing was silent, although he was not particularly clear about the situation in Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he completely believed in what Wu Shaogang said, and it should be said that under such circumstances, the forcible implementation of the public land law could not succeed.

"Jia Youxiang's move, it seems to be for the imperial court, but it will make the rich Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas, suffer a heavy blow, to say that among the officials, there are also many upright people, they are doing things for the people, they may support the public land law from the heart, but these people can not form a climate at all, after all, the public land law is first for the officials, if the official team, someone first stands up to support, will encounter the opposition of others."

"There must be officials who support the Gongtian Law, what I'm worried about is that those petty people, taking advantage of this opportunity, curry favor with Jia Youxiang, not to really implement the Gongtian Law, but to attack the ordinary people, in order to invite the court and Jia Youxiang, if such a situation really occurs, the court will be even more unsustainable."

After saying this, Wu Shaogang found that Hao Jing's expression was very bad.

"Mr. Hao, don't be so disappointed, we can do a good job of Tongchuan Fu Road, I think this public land law can be implemented in Tongchuan Fu Road, at least part of the content can be used for reference."

"Your Excellency is talking about the field restriction system."

"Yes, it is this land restriction system, but if you want to really implement the field restriction system, it is very difficult, just say that in Tongchuan Fu Road, there is no problem within three or five years, but ten or even twenty years later, it is difficult to say."

Lu Xiufu, the county commander of Luxian County, took the initiative to come to the government.

"My lord, the public land law mentioned in the imperial court newspaper is thought by the lower officials, and it should also be promoted on Tongchuan Fu Road."

"I don't know how Lord Lu thinks about it."

"This time the division of land, the Yamen of Fuzhou County has figured out the basic situation, and the lower officials feel that the public land law should be implemented for those officials and wealthy households, they own too much land, so they say that such a situation exists in Lu County."

"There is some truth, I don't know how Lord Lu decided to acquire these cultivated lands and how he is going to proceed."

"Do it according to the requirements of the imperial court, and the lower officials think it is feasible."

Wu Shaogang looked at Lu Xiufu and shook his head slightly.

"The price of cultivated land in Luxian County is different, the price of cultivated land outside the city is about 30 guan, and in remote places, the price is about 10 guan, if it is converted into Jiaozi, the price will be higher, according to the price stipulated by the imperial court, each mu of land is only 40 guanjiaozi, far from being able to compare with the price of cultivated land itself, if we are forcibly acquired, what is the difference between it and Ming robbery."

"This, what my lord means, is it to buy it according to the actual price, if that's the case, Xia Guan thinks it's not necessary at all."

"Lord Lu, what you said is right, the acquisition of cultivated land, there is no need for the time being in Tongchuan Fu Road, the officials and wealthy households who have cultivated land here have suffered disasters, the family background is not very good, and the gap with ordinary people is not very big, if we blindly follow the requirements of the imperial court, the implementation of the public land law, I am afraid it will cause too many complaints, besides, Tongchuan Fu Road has been exempted from taxes for three years, it has only been a year, and the local prefectures and counties have actually collected agricultural taxes to maintain their own expenses, It would be counterproductive to implement the public land law at this moment. ”

"What the lord means, the lower officials understand."

"Well, when the county government is the director, don't mention anything about the public land law for the time being, Tongchuan Mansion Road and Lianghuai and Jiangsu and Zhejiang are incomparable, what we need is stability, we need to let the people really live a rich life, as for other matters, whether it is the emperor's decree, or the imperial court's edict, if it is inconsistent with the actual local situation, it can be temporarily not implemented, Lord Lu, Lu County is the location of the government, and all the things done will arouse the attention of other prefectures and counties, so these major matters, In the future, communicate more with the government to avoid inconsistencies. (To be continued.) )