Chapter 220: The Problem of Arable Land
The implementation of spring ploughing matters is very good, so that Wu Shaogang is quite pleased, Huang Jiaming fully demonstrated his ability, but in the matter of business development, the overall improvement is not very big, Wu Shaogang sent Chengdu Fulu and Tubo to trade two business groups back, very profitable, but unfortunately the cycle required is too long, a transaction takes almost half a year, this does not meet Wu Shaogang's requirements, and it is by no means the next direction of development, really able to carry out large-scale transactions with Tubo, or need to completely occupy Chengdu Fulu, In that way, the trade with Tibet could be truly promoted. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Liu Yuanzhen, the new military horse envoy of Chengdu Fu Road, behaved very honestly, without any action, and the border pass of Tongchuan Fu Road basically settled down, and the border people who were worried for almost half a year finally felt the change.
The biggest change is still in Zhongjiang County, because the Hezhou Imperial Army is stationed around the eagle's beak, and because many people from Deyang Mansion looted to Zhongjiang County, the population of Zhongjiang County has increased significantly, the original desolate scene has disappeared, and all the land has been cultivated.
After several years, through the understanding and analysis of many situations, Wu Shaogang really felt a theory, any dynasty, if it wants to become strong, it must let the people get rich first, at least be able to eat and clothe, otherwise everything is not to be discussed, and the core of prosperity is that the number of yeoman farmers must occupy the absolute majority.
The so-called yeoman farmers, that is, farmers who have their own land, they only need to bear the taxes set by the government, and the standard of owning land is generally 30 mu to 50 mu, that is, a yeoman farmer's family, if they have 30 to 50 mu of land, they can ensure that their lives are worry-free, and they can also get a lot of income through the land for other living expenses.
The increase in the number of yeoman farmers who lived without a comfortable life would greatly promote the development of commerce and trade, and further promote the prosperity of the dynasty.
Everyone knows that the foundation of a country's economic strength lies in the size of the middle class, and the more the middle class, the richer and more stable the country will be.
The truth is so, but it is a pity that the Great Song Dynasty court could not do this.
In the south, especially in the Lianghuai and Jiangsu-Zhejiang regions, land annexation was very serious, and a large amount of land fell into the hands of the gentry and wealthy households, so that it could not be managed, resulting in a lot of land being barren, while the peasants who lost their land increased in large numbers, and they lost the land on which they depended, evolved into people of the destitute class, became displaced people, and became the largest unstable group.
The land annexation directly led to the decline of the imperial court taxes, and the Great Song Dynasty, which was originally supported by commercial and trade taxes, could also be maintained for a period of time, but unfortunately, the long years of war, a large amount of consumption, and the corruption of officials, so that the merchants could not bear the complicated taxes, and many merchants also went bankrupt because of taxes and became extremely poor.
The drastic decline in the number of yeoman farmers has also led to a heavy blow to trade and trade, and ordinary traders cannot sustain themselves.
Under such a vicious circle, the imperial court gradually became unsustainable.
It was under such circumstances that Jia Rudao vigorously implemented the Gongtian Law, with the aim of increasing the taxes of the imperial court, focusing on meeting the cost of military salaries.
Through the analysis of the many shortcomings of the Great Song Dynasty, Wu Shaogang recognized the Gongtian Law from the heart, and Jia Yidao's decision was correct, if the Gongtian Law could not be forcibly promoted, the imperial court would have been unable to maintain it, and it would not be able to take out the money and feed the army, so it is very likely that there will be a situation in the late Ming Dynasty, where the army will continue to mutiny, and riots will continue in various places.
If this happens, the Great Song Dynasty will fall in a very short time.
After all, there is a Mongol dynasty, and the people are already very powerful, but because of internal reasons, they can't spare their hands to conquer for the time being, and when they are relieved, the end of the Great Song Dynasty will come.
Wu Shaogang also knows that the public land law will eventually fail, it is impossible to carry it out, any good policy, it is necessary to have a group of people to implement, in the government full of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the government is completely corrupt, if you want to really implement the public land law, it is impossible, the powerful will always think of all kinds of ways to avoid their own losses, and in the end, the loss is still the foundationless homesteaders and merchants, the number of these middle class supporting the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty will be drastically reduced, and those who hold the sword of Shang Fang, Officials at all levels who have spared no effort to implement the public land law can also reap a great deal of benefits from it.
The final outcome was that the Great Song Dynasty fell sharply, and the ordinary people became even poorer, so that they were finally cornered, and when the Mongol army attacked, the Song army was crushed and could not resist at all, and the Great Song Dynasty finally perished.
Wu Shaogang was able to recognize the drawbacks in this, but he was powerless to change it in a short period of time.
However, Wu Shaogang can implement a thorough reform on Tongchuan Fu Road.
Encountered the war of Tongchuan Road, the powerful and rich suffered a devastating blow, when Liu Quan rebelled, he killed a lot of officials, looted a large number of rich households, the number of powerful and wealthy families who could escape from Tongchuan Fu Road was very small, Wu Shao just took over the Tongchuan Road, full of devastation, a desolation.
This is just what can make Wu Shaogang start from scratch, and the premise is to stabilize Tongchuan Mansion Road and stabilize the people.
Wu Shaogang has done this step, the powerful Hezhou Imperial Front Army can ensure the stability of Tongchuan Fu Road, can make the people stable, and the next step is to solve the land problem.
A year passed, because it was impossible to free up their hands in time to clarify the ownership of the land, so a large amount of land was directly controlled by the government at all levels, and the people who cultivated the land were nominally blocking the land of the government and bearing the taxes stipulated by the government.
Next, Wu Shaogang was about to start to establish the number of yeoman farmers and allocate a large amount of land to landless peasants.
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Huang Jiaming gave a detailed introduction to the statistics of cultivated land and the situation of spring ploughing that has begun.
The motivation of the peasant households is very high, almost all the land is cultivated, except for extremely remote places, there may be a small amount of barren land, and there is no possibility of barren land in villages where households are concentrated.
Last year, the wind and rain were good, and there was a bumper harvest of grain, and in addition, the government at all levels strictly enforced the regulations, so that the common people had surplus grain in their homes, and their livelihood was at least guaranteed.
The land owned by the remaining wealthy households was also leased out by the government, but the taxes obtained were returned to these wealthy households according to a certain percentage, so that they could also feel at ease.
About 70 percent of the cultivated land in Lufu Prefecture of Tongchuan Prefecture has become land directly managed by the government, about 10 percent belongs to homesteaders, and 20 percent belongs to land owned by wealthy households.
It can be seen that the remote Tongchuan Road, the matter of land annexation is also very serious.
"Mr. Hao, Mr. Huang, what I mean, the government at all levels can only leave a small amount of land, and the rest of the land must be divided out and owned by peasant households, the specific proportion is that the government retains about 10% of the cultivated land, and the remaining 60% is all divided, according to the standard of the number of households, each household has at least 40 mu of land, with 60 mu as the upper limit, if the peasant household has a particularly large population, it can be appropriately relaxed, and it can be appropriately relaxed to own about 80 mu of land."
"The land that originally belonged to the yeoman peasants should be maintained in the previous situation, and the governments at all levels should re-register and make a record, issue documents, and make it clear, and the land owned by the rich households should also be clarified, but it is necessary to warn the governments at all levels that the land owned by the rich households is not allowed to exceed 30% of the total amount of cultivated land, and if this standard is breached, the governments at all levels will be punished, and their land transactions will also be invalidated."
"Farmers have to be allowed to own the land, so that they can really feel at ease, the labor invested in the land will be greatly increased, and the government can really collect agricultural taxes to support its own expenses."
"Tongchuan Fu Road is far away from the capital, it is a remote place, business transactions are far from being able to compare with the south, I was thinking about making a breakthrough from business transactions, now it seems that such an idea is unrealistic, even wrong, the people are not fed and clothed, survival has become a problem, where can they buy what goods, businessmen come here to trade, goods can not be sold, the same can not earn money, how can they still come to do business."
"The next step is fundamentally the problem of cultivated land, once this problem is solved, I believe that the prosperity of Tongchuan Fulu is just around the corner."
"Mr. Huang's analysis is accurate, we must be agriculture-oriented, supplemented by commerce and trade, which has been the focus of our government's jurisdiction and management in recent years."
"From now on, the government at all levels will begin to allocate land and cultivated land, make it clear to each peasant household, and issue documents, this matter must not be delayed in the slightest, and whoever fails to implement it will be punished."
"I am not worried that the situation grasped by the government at all levels is inaccurate, but what I am worried about is that some officials, thinking that the opportunity has come, will act arbitrarily and fill their own pockets, which will greatly damage the prestige of the government and make it difficult for the people to completely trust and rely on the government."
"If there is an official who acts recklessly, after figuring out the situation, or after investigation and verification, you can cut it first and then play it, some people ask for money and don't want to die, don't kill a few people, I'm afraid no one cares."
Hao Jing and Huang Jiaming both looked at Wu Shaogang, listening carefully to every word Wu Shaogang said, when Wu Shaogang said that he was ready to kill those officials who were wrongdoers, the two of them showed a soothing look on their faces, they knew that with such measures, anything could be implemented very well. (To be continued.) )