If Wei Wuji didn't have the previous words, and suddenly said that he had a plan to govern the country, Chu Huan would just smile indifferently at most, and would never take it to heart, this Wei Wuji looks like he is only in his thirties, although he has been a hero since ancient times, but Chu Huan does not believe that such a young scholar will have any great strategies for governing the country, in Chu Huan's opinion, the person who can really help the society and have a good strategy should be experienced, insightful of world affairs, full of experience, how to say that he is older.

However, with the previous tirade, Chu Huan really didn't underestimate this scholar, his expression was solemn, and he asked: "I don't know what the good policy said about the prince Wuji?" Wuji Gongzi is right, Xiguan is revived, the population is the first, and now Xiguan is vast and sparsely populated, the first point is to let the displaced Xiguan refugees return to their hometowns as soon as possible, and there are many people in order to do things. ”

Wei Wuji stared at Chu Huan, pondered for a moment, and finally said, "Juntian." ”

"Juntian?" Chu Huan was stunned, Pei Ji stroked his beard, and already asked: "What the prince Wuji said about Juntian, I don't know how to understand?" ”

Wei Wuji said: "The wasteland is owned by the government, and it is under the control of the government. ”

Chu Huan was a little confused when he heard this, and asked, "What Wuji Gongzi said is more general, is it ...... Can you elaborate on that? ”

"Chu Du, if you have a big strategy and make it simple, the key is to be able to use it." Wei Wuji said solemnly: "To put it bluntly, it is to directly collect all the wasteland and ownerless land into the ownership of the government, and then test and calculate the cultivated land area, demarcate the area, and then count the population of the local people, according to the number of men, the average field, and rent it to the people." There are advantages and disadvantages of cultivated land, and then detailed planning can be made according to the advantages and disadvantages of cultivated fields, for example, each male can average ten acres of land, if the best field is allocated, two acres can be reduced, and if it is inferior land, two acres can be added to ......! ”

Pei Ji was thoughtful and asked, "Is Wuji the prince saying that Juntian has no object?" Can a sharecropper too? ”

"Exactly." Wei Wuji nodded and said: "The so-called Juntian is not divided into any objects, and the taxes are collected according to the head of each male household, and the taxes are also collected according to the head. Of course, the ownership of all fields was initially subordinate to the imperial court, but the adults could also add decrees that if the land was cultivated for more than a few years, for example, if the land was cultivated for more than 15 years, the ownership of the land could belong to the peasants, but this kind of land was forbidden to be bought and sold, and only cultivation was allowed...... And the most important point is that the taxes collected by the government are extremely low. After a pause, he explained: "The purpose of Juntian is to let the people have land to plant, as well as hope and hope, at the beginning, Juntian is actually the same as tenant farmers renting the landlord's land, all belong to the situation of renting, if this is the case, those tenant farmers may not return to their hometowns, so we must let the people understand the actual difference between landlords renting land and government Juntian, so that they can feel the actual benefits." ”

Chu Huan listened a little big, this kind of internal affairs, he lacked the most, although he was a little confused, but he had an excellent understanding, and he also vaguely understood some of the meanings of Wei Wuji's words.

"Does the so-called practical difference mean light taxation?" Chu Huan didn't understand much about internal affairs, so he asked cautiously.

Wei Wuji nodded and said, "What Chu Du said is that it is light taxation. Wuji has investigated before, the tenant farmers in Xiguan, before the war rented the landlord's farmland, 50% of the income had to be taken away by the employer, the remaining 50%, the tenant farmers also need to bear nearly 30% of the tax, left in the hands of the few, can only support the family. ”

Chu Huan knew a little about this.

"Chu Du implements Juntian, naturally he can't do this anymore." Wei Wuji said: "Fortunately, the imperial court exempts Xiguan from paying taxes for three years, and the part of the tax paid to the imperial court can naturally be exempted. ”

"To cultivate with the people, fifty percent is too much at the beginning." Chu Huan shook his head and said, "Prince Wuji must have already thought of the most suitable share?" ”

"Chu Governor wants to revitalize Xiguan, and the Ministry of Household Affairs can't do without silver, so the tax still has to be collected, according to Wuji's plan, within these three years, the tax will be collected thirty percent, which is enough to let the people relax." Wei Wuji said: "Tenant farmers have land to cultivate, and in the past, they could only leave less than 30%, but now they can get 70% of the harvest, of course they are willing to return to their hometowns." From the beginning, the difference between land equalization and landlord land rental was reflected in the taxation...... But Wuji said that the biggest advantage of Juntian is that the people can produce with peace of mind and full of hope, and the core point is that the land belongs to the cultivated land after it reaches its life. ”

Chu Huan listened carefully, but Pei Ji sighed: "What the prince of Wuji thinks, it is really groundbreaking, throughout the ages, only princes and generals can be given fiefs, and tenant farmers can get land, which has never been heard of before." ”

Wei Wuji smiled: "Mr. Pei, as I said, if ...... Well, it's just an inappropriate analogy, if you were a tenant farmer, the court equalized the land, gave you land to cultivate, and the taxes charged were very low, and more importantly, if you could cultivate the land for fifteen years, the land could live in your name, what would you think? ”

"If I were a tenant farmer, I wouldn't dare to think about it." Pei Ji sighed: "How can any tenant farmer have such a dream. ”

"Yes, it's just a dream for the tenant farmers." Wei Wuji said: "Tenant farmers rent and cultivate landlords' land, busy all year round, but barely fill their bellies, day after day, year after year, generation after generation, nothing happens, all the same, even for this chance to live, they have to sell their self-esteem, once they offend their employers, they can't even rent land, they can only starve to death." Suddenly, one day you are told that the government gives you land, and you can own the land after fifteen years of planting, who can not be ecstatic? ”

"This can not only stimulate the people's enthusiasm for farming, but most importantly, control the mobility of the people." Chu Huan gradually tasted the great benefits of this equal land, "Before getting the ownership of the land, in order to obtain the land, as long as there is no big change, the peasants will naturally try their best to cultivate for fifteen years, and when the fifteen years are over, they have obtained the ownership of the land and have their own fields, so it is even more impossible to leave their own cultivated land...... If it can really be implemented smoothly, Xiguan will definitely be stable. ”

Wei Wuji gave a thumbs up, "Chu Du is wise, and he can see its benefits at a glance. After a pause, he said: "The purpose of Juntian is to stimulate the people's enthusiasm for cultivating land and let them engage in production with peace of mind, but the most feared thing about this policy is that after everyone has land, there will be private land transactions due to various circumstances, and once this happens, the foundation of Juntian will be seriously damaged as soon as possible, so ...... On the surface, after 15 years, the farmland can belong to the peasants, but in reality, the government still has to control the ownership of the farmland. ”

Chu Huan asked, "Is that what Wuji Gongzi just said about prohibiting private land trading?" ”

"Yes!" Wei Wuji said: "Juntian At the same time, the decree prohibiting private land transactions must be recorded, of course, this decree is not in a hurry to be made public, after all, fifteen years is still a long time, and when the time limit is reached, this decree can be promulgated." Although the fields are nominally peasants' own, as long as they are forbidden to trade, in fact, if they are still renting the land of the government, they do not have the right to dispose of the land privately, and they cannot destroy the utility of the land itself. ”

"As soon as the Juntian Order is issued, if everything goes well, the people can produce with peace of mind, the government can collect taxes with peace of mind, and the barren fields can be fully utilized......!" Pei Ji's eyes couldn't help but show admiration, "Wuji Gongzi, you, Juntian Strategy, are really a great policy for governing the country." ”

"At the same time, most of the people will presumably benefit, and in addition, it can be linked to forced labor." Wei Wuji is talking about the excitement, his ideas, not on a whim, but carefully studied for many years, he knows that it is of great significance, but all along, whenever it is mentioned with people, it is scoffed at, tenant farmers give land, at this time, it seems ridiculous, unbelievable, but Chu Huan, who is in a high position today, is listening carefully, and showing great interest, which makes Wei Wuji not feel excited, only feel that after searching for many years, he finally found a confidant, and most importantly, he learned from Chu Huan's attitude, Feeling that his ambition was likely to be useful, he was excited, "Chu Governor wants to make the people want to be in Xiguan, and the decree issued by him is naturally to treat everyone equally." The reconstruction of Xiguan, the paving of bridges and roads, the opening of ditches and canals, the repair of embankments and dams, these are all indispensable, and it is also indispensable ......to be forced into service! ”

Chu Huan finally discovered at this time that the inner knowledge of this infatuated down-and-out scholar was far more powerful than what he showed on the outside, and immediately asked, "Wuji Gongzi also has good advice for forced labor?" ”

"Booth into the house!" Wei Wuji did not hesitate to say: "For all the people who are registered in the household register, within the specified age, the Chu Governor can give each male a period of time to be forced into labor. For example, every male needs to have 20 days of forced labor within a year, and no one can be exempted from these 20 days of forced labor. In the past, the gentry and wealthy families were exempted, just like a flood, the people could only go into battle to fight the flood because of the conscription, and the whole gentry and wealthy clan, no one contributed, when others fought the flood, they were dragging their families with their mouths, carrying family property, and avoiding other places...... In fact, the flood really can't withstand it, those ordinary people don't have much wealth, and the losses they receive are far less than those of those big families, but it is those people who bear the conscription in front, do you say they can be convinced? ”

"If it were me, I wouldn't be convinced." Chu Huan sighed.

"Therefore, the gentry and wealthy families must also serve according to the number of heads, and they will definitely be able to win the hearts of the people." Wei Wuji said: "Of course, Chu Du can issue a decree at the same time, and Wuji personally calls it Fu and Fu Mutual Adjustment. ”

"Assignment and intermodulation?" Chu Huan only felt that this word was a little novel.

"The meaning of the mutual adjustment of endowment is also a sentence, more endowment can be less, more endowment can be less." Wei Wuji paused slightly, thought for a while, and then explained: "It's like a gentry who has 20 days of forced labor, but he doesn't want to serve it, then he can pay more taxes instead of forced labor, and the government issued a decree, if one day of forced labor is equal to one bucket of rice, then his 20 days of forced labor can be replaced by 20 buckets of rice, and in the same way, if some people are unable to pay the prescribed taxes because of poor production or because of poor income, then they can be replaced by forced labor, so that they can be flexible and solve many contradictions. Mowgli calls it the intermodulation of the Fu and the Vice! ”

Pei Ji couldn't help but clapped his hands and said, "Okay, Wuji Gongzi, I'm convinced." Xiang Chu Huan said: "Second brother, the policy offered by the prince of Wuji today is really a good policy for governing the country, once the decree of the Juntian Decree and the mutual adjustment of Fu and Fu is promulgated, the refugees who are displaced abroad will inevitably return one after another, and I even think that those refugees who are forced to become exiles will also abandon bandits and follow good practices because of these two decrees." ”

Chu Huan had already clapped his hands and laughed and said: "Big brother, I finally understand today that a person can be a hundred thousand soldiers with a pen, and if he can make those rogues willing to go home to farm, it is far better than sending troops to recruit and suppress." ”

"If it can really be implemented smoothly, the population of Xiguan will inevitably grow rapidly." Wei Wuji said with confidence: "Not only the refugees who are displaced in Xiguan, but I am afraid that the people from other places will also come to Xiguan?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Xiguan Juntian, of course, is limited to the people of Xiguan." Wei Wuji said: "But after the land is equalized, the tenant farmers have their own fields to cultivate, and the most affected is probably the gentry class in Xiguan, who used to hire a large number of tenant farmers to cultivate for themselves at the lowest price, but now the tenant farmers have other roads, and the land of the gentry has a difficult situation of hiring people." Their fields cannot be left uncultivated, they can only improve their salaries and hire long-term laborers, so it is very likely that the people in other places will enter Xiguan and become the hired laborers of the gentry......! ”

"Makes sense!" Chu Huan bowed.

Wei Wuji said: "As long as the Juntian Order and Fu Zheng continue to adjust each other, Wuji believes that it can bring great wealth to the government and stabilize the lives of the people, and Xiguan will inevitably become rich and powerful...... With the powerful Xiguan Road, if Xiliang sends troops to attack, Xiguan may not be afraid. ”

Pei Ji has nodded again and again, he is very familiar with the military, but he is not as good as the military in internal affairs, what Wei Wuji said today, he is difficult to think, thinking that the country is rich and the people are strong, then no matter what he does, he will be handy, this Wei Wuji seems to be a down-and-out scholar who came to run, but who would have thought that such a person would have a talent for governing the country.

Speaking of this, Wei Wuji had already taken out a booklet from his arms, and the booklet was already a little panicked, "Chu Du, this is Wuji's detailed elaboration of the Juntian Order and Fu Yu for many years, as well as the method of implementation, please take a look at it!" ”

Chu Huan took it and opened it to look at it carefully, Wei Wuji said softly: "The implementation of these decrees is easy to say, but the implementation is very complicated, involving a lot, first of all, we must inspect the land, measure the use area of the land, so that it can be used for the use of the land, in addition, we must count the household registration, find out the head of the land, and by the way, we must count the land area owned by the local gentry and wealthy families, many gentry and wealthy families conceal the land area, avoid taxes, and the inventory statistics are correct, I think a large part of the taxes can be increased, in addition, Although the people have land, the biggest problem is to solve the ...... of grain and cultivation tools! ”

Chu Huan listened to Wei Wuji's narration while flipping through it, suddenly sighed, got up and bowed deeply to Wei Wuji, "Prince Wuji is worried about the world, although he is in a down-and-out position, he does not forget to work for the country, this is the real peerless countryman, Chu Huan represents the people of Xiguan, thank you Prince Wuji!" ”