Chapter 101 Land Reform

Since May, the weather has become muggy, but fortunately, the rain has continued, which has somewhat relieved the heat.

After reading Jia Rudao's recital, it is quite decent, and it is basically expressed from a neutral point of view. This management system, which is in line with the Public Land Law, has made many detailed provisions for the problems that arose in the early stage of implementation, such as not using Huizi banknotes instead of silver and copper coins, and not arbitrarily concealing the amount of fields, and must be subject to the measurement of the official field department. If these regulations can be implemented, they will solve the four major ills raised by those who oppose the public land law.

What is Jia Rudao's intention?

Is the national interest at the foremost, or is there something else planned?

If I weren't a traverser and didn't know the historical annihilator Jia Nidao, maybe I would think that Jia Nidao was indeed a pillar of the country, and I felt that he was a great person like Emperor Lizong.

I was a little confused, so I didn't think about the starting point of this recital, but in short, this recital was completely feasible and in line with what I mentioned at the court meeting.

Is this public land law the best land system? If so, it was not used in later generations, and if not, then what could be better?

What kind of model should be adopted for the land system?

The Public Land Law, land contracting, rural cooperatives, and large-scale farms have always been the top priority in our country from ancient times to the present. For our large country, which is based on agriculture, every land change may cause unrest in the whole society, and even break out into peasant uprisings.

Fortunately, the population in this era is only more than 10 million, even if you count the inescapable northern Han people, it will not exceed 20 million, and the land is not as expensive as in later generations. However, it should also be taken into account that the effective arable land during the Song Dynasty was not as much as in later generations.

I only insist on one point, we must not allow a few people to occupy the vast majority of land, and the 28 principle of commerce cannot be applied to the ownership of land.

The feudal land system of 1,000 years has created the backbone of our country, that is, the landlord class with land as the core, this class can be said to be the real ruling class of feudal society, they firmly grasp the lifeblood of society, and even if they are as domineering as Jia, they have been repeatedly frustrated when promoting the public land law, and finally it has come to an end.

Alas, I sighed and thought that if only I could go online, I would be able to get a lot of information by searching the Internet and posting some posts.

Science and technology are the primary productive forces, and it's really true.

"Official, why do you always frown tonight, what are you trying to solve?" Quan Jiu said softly, "This is the ginseng soup that has just been stewed in the imperial kitchen, and the official family always stays up late to replenish the body." ”

Quan Jiu's voice pulled my thoughts back, and I said, "Jiu'er, haven't you rested yet?" ”

"Not yet, the official family, Jiu'er according to the new way of writing, and the sisters together with the sisters to briefly rewrite the official family's physical skills, no, just finished it, fortunately now with a hard pen, it is indeed a lot faster, it used to take several days, but now it will be done in one night."

"Really, so fast?"

"Well, the four of us do things in a classified manner, one of us writes a part, and then gathers them together, which is naturally fast, this is what the official family calls efficiency."

I smiled and blurted out: "Hehe, yes, Jiu'er knows that everyone has been mobilized to carry out assembly line work." ”

Quan Jiu was stunned: "Huh? What is an assembly line? This is a new term for the official. ”

The term assembly line is probably a foreign product, and I don't know the origin, but it probably appeared after the Industrial Revolution in the West to improve production efficiency. I told Quan Jiu the meaning of the assembly line.

When muskets can be produced in large quantities, this assembly line production method is used, which can improve efficiency and prevent technical theft, unless the chief designer and all drawings are stolen.

I looked at the left-to-right format of writing with a hard pen, and I felt close.

"Yes, that's good." I took a sip of ginseng soup and said, "Jiu'er, I was thinking about the land just now, and I had a headache thinking about it. ”

"Land? Does the government want to promote the Public Land Law? ”

"The public land law is a transitional law at best, and I am thinking about what kind of land system should be adopted in our dynasty?"

"What kind of problems do officials think there are with the current land system?"

"The vast majority of the existing land is concentrated in the large landlord class, which can easily lead to social inequality between rich and poor, and if the majority of people do not have enough to eat, it can cause unrest."

"Isn't the Gongtian Law specifically designed to solve this problem?"

"No, I think that the biggest purpose of the public land law implemented by Jia Yidao is to raise funds for the national treasury, but it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. Nowadays, most of the production resources are in the hands of a few landlords, Jiu'er, do you think, even if a hundred acres of fertile land are handed over to a poor peasant, can he take care of it? Moreover, this is a national surname phenomenon, and the landlord class who own land is the core force of our economy, and if they all unite to oppose it, it will not be easy for me. ”

"It's going to be difficult, but Jiu'er believes that the officials must have the ability to solve this problem. The official family, there is one more thing Jiu'er wants to talk to the official family. ”

"What's the matter, Jiu'er just speak up."

"The official family, Jiu'er and the Queen Mother have recently discussed how to cut the expenses of the harem in response to the official family's open source and throttling. Let's discuss a solution, and the government will see if it is feasible. ”

"Oh, what's the solution?"

"There was no budget for the expenditure in the harem, and each palace could withdraw a different amount of silver taels at will by virtue of the relationship with the queen mother, and we felt that we could receive a monthly salary according to the number of people in each palace, and the level was high, just like the ministers of the court, so that we could control part of the harem expenditure."

"What if it's not enough?"

"We will set a standard according to the current regular expenses in Lin'an, so that the palace maids at the bottom can also have a guaranteed livelihood. Of course, if you spend money lavishly, there is no way. ”

"Well, this method is feasible, wait......" I suddenly remembered that in later generations, there were many rich people who managed to manage their children's pocket money, giving them a certain amount of pocket money every month, and if it was not enough, they could do odd jobs and housework in exchange, and many of them showed business talent when they were children.

If I regard all the peasants or landlords of the world as my children, how should I distribute them to them? You can't eat a big pot of rice, and you can't ignore the status quo.

I thought for a while and said, "Jiu'er, come and listen to my thoughts. ”

"Well, please speak."

"I allocate a certain amount of land to each peasant family according to the number of people, and the ownership of this part of the land belongs to the peasants, and the imperial court only extracts a very small amount of taxes or does not collect them at all, first of all, to ensure that their basic life can be without worry, if they have enough time and energy, they can rent land from the official field department, of course, the tax on this part of the field will be higher. The same is true for landlords who own a large amount of land, and if they cannot afford to cultivate so much land, they can sell their land to the imperial court, so that the forced buyback of the public land law can become a voluntary choice. ”

"The official family, Jiu'er also thinks it is feasible, but there are still many details that need to be considered."

"This is nature, the land system in my imagination includes the land ownership system, the land use system, the land planning system, the land protection system, the land acquisition system, the land tax system and the land management system, etc., these are not something that can be completed overnight.