Nameless knelt on the ground and sang the holy words: "The emperor's divine arrow, the queen's mother's divine arrow, the five bodies admired to the ground!" ”

He Bijun couldn't hold back any longer, lying on Li Guanqi's shoulder and laughing, Li Guanqi looked at the pheasant and the nameless with a serious face, and held it for a long time, but he didn't hold it back after all, and he couldn't help laughing out loud.

When he laughed, the guards all burst into laughter, and the laughter spread through the mountains and forests, causing the little beasts in the forest to flee in all directions. Nameless also grinned at the corners of his mouth - the emperor is so happy, the little shoes probably don't need to be worn.

After laughing for a while, Li Guanqi thought about it for such a while, Zhao Zheng and Li Xiuxin should have said almost everything that should be said, so he led everyone back, and what he saw was two silent snowmen.

He Bijun screamed in surprise and was about to step forward, but was dragged by Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi's brows furrowed tightly and did not speak. The scene in front of you is something that even a fool can see that there is a problem. It seems that there is no problem for Zhao Zheng and Li Xiuxin to like each other, but the two probably understand how difficult it is for this relationship to have a result.

One is his only sister, the other is his rare friend and right-hand man, Li Guanqi is very willing to watch this relationship blossom and bear fruit, but in this era of valuing life and status, how can everyone be happy, but you really have to use some brains......

In the blink of an eye, it was February 2 again, and according to the convention, Li Guanqi still had to go to plough himself. Of course, with Li Guanqi's pragmatic approach, he will definitely not just go through the motions and deal with things, he will take advantage of the opportunity for the people of Beijing to come to watch the ceremony, and continue to implement his new law.

Others thought that Li Guanqi was not doing his job for a while, and he knew that he was running towards the school and the armor research institute all day long. In fact, the central ministers knew that Li Guanqi had not left behind the things that should be in mind.

After a year, Li Guanqi's two measures to change the law on land have been basically accepted by everyone, and the implementation of the policy of changing the land law has greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of tenants for land purchase and production. In that year, grain production increased by more than one-fifth. Within a year of implementation, more than half of the country's tenant farmers had their leases renewed.

The edict on rent reduction promulgated by Li Guanqi on 2 February last year has brought about a tremendous improvement in the lives of peasants, especially tenant farmers. After reducing rents, many tenant farmers bought arable land, cultivated cattle, and some even built new houses, and even many peasant families who were unable to marry or complete marriage due to poverty were able to marry and start households.

And because Li Guanqi's previous two land reform measures were relatively mild, he was not hindered much by the landlord class. Now, a year later, Li Guanqi feels it's time to take the next step. So. A few days ago, at a cabinet meeting, he threw out a motion that "the tiller has his land."

In fact, when Li Guanqi asked people to re-measure the land of the whole country, the sensitive ministers realized that the emperor was not just thinking about selling the ownerless wasteland to ordinary peasants, but he would sooner or later attack the landlords. Now the knife has finally been swung, but it is two in one swing.

The first knife is "apportionment into the mu", which is a tax that has been levied on the head of the person in the past. Spread to the field levy, so that. The more land you have, the more taxes you pay, the less land you have, the less you have to pay taxes, and the less land you have, you don't have to pay taxes at all. As a result, the tax burden on the landlords increased, while the burden on the landless peasants was relatively lightened.

The second knife is "privately released". Based on the results of previous measurements. It was stipulated that the landlord could retain a maximum of 1,000 mu of paddy land and 2,000 mu of dry land, and that the excess cultivated land would be expropriated by the imperial court and then released to landless or landed peasants; The price of cultivated land is calculated at three times the annual harvest of the main product of cultivated land, and this decree is mandatory.

If such a decree is promulgated, it will certainly meet with fierce opposition from the landlord class. Even the majority of court officials would not agree, so the cabinet held several meetings in a row and did not reach a unanimous opinion, and everyone finally invited Li Guanqi over to discuss together.

Li Guanqi had already thought that these two decrees were not so easy to pass, so the first thing he said when he arrived at the Central Mansion was: "I am not here to fight with you, what I want to listen to is what good way you can make these two decrees go smoothly." ”

Qin Minzhong groaned and said: "Although the landlords will suffer some losses by apportioning the land, but paying taxes according to the land, fair and just, the minister believes that the enlightened gentry and the law-abiding gentry should support this policy." But if you release the collar privately, the touch will be too great, and if you really want to implement it, Your Majesty, there will definitely be a lot of resistance. ”

Dongfang Rui also said: "The minister also feels that His Majesty's move is too eager. Is it possible to force the gentry and rich men to return the land they have seized to the peasants, and to force them to return and distribute to the peasants, no matter how much land they have in possession, including those that have not been reported for tax evasion, can only be strengthened and fined, but not confiscated and distributed to the common people? ”

Li Guanqi sneered and said, "Don't you understand why I want to take back the land in the hands of the landlord? Annexation! The dangers of mergers, I don't need to repeat them, right? ”

Dongfang Rui groaned: "But if the land in the hands of the landlord is forcibly recovered, wouldn't it be unfair to them?" Moreover, there is so much land in the country, where can the court get so much money to expropriate? ”

Li Guanqi smiled and said, "As for this, I have already thought about it. The money for the expropriation of the land, the imperial court did not pay cash, but bonds and stocks. ”

"Bonds and stocks?" The ministers present were all stunned, what is this?

"Yes!" Li Guanqi said with a bit of self-satisfaction, "The so-called bonds are the IOUs issued by the imperial court, these IOUs are interest-bearing and are paid after a certain number of years. ”

"That's understandable!" Qin Minzhong nodded and said, "But I don't know what stocks are?" ”

Li Guanqi stood up and said as he walked: "Just now Yu Ming said that forcibly taking back the land in the hands of the landlord is unfair to the landlord. I don't think he's wrong. No matter how much money there is, there will be a time when it will run out, but the land will never be used up, so if you only give money, I believe that many landlords will not be satisfied with the price of three years of harvest. ”

Looking at the puzzled eyes of the ministers in the palace, Li Guanqi paused for a moment, and then said: "Therefore, in order to be able to peacefully expropriate the land in the hands of the landlords, we must be able to give them appropriate compensation.

I intend to change the mining rights of some minerals and the production rights of armor from the exclusive use of the imperial court to the private sector. Through the issuance of shares, the landlord is allowed to hold shares according to the amount of land transferred. ”

Lin Bai frowned and said, "The emperor means that the imperial court and the landlord do business together?" ”

Li Guanqi nodded and said, "Not bad!" That's what it means! ”

"Isn't this a competition with the people?" Lin Bai's brows furrowed even tighter.

Li Guanqi shook his head and said: "Qi Ping, this time you want to be bad, whether it is mineral mining or armor preparation, it was the exclusive property of the imperial court before, and all the benefits are from the imperial court." I now allow the landlords who sell the land to operate together, and I divide the profits among them, not compete with them. (To be continued......)