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In Anyi County, soon many officials in the government also took documents to the streets to publicize, and then publicized the new policies proposed by Dong Liang. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoDong Liang wants to divide the land, and this naturally needs to be well publicized, how can it win the hearts of the people without publicity? And publicity, only when the propaganda is in place, then more people can get benefits, so that some people will not be blinded by some heroes. Wasn't that the case with Wang Mang back then, he was obviously a good policy, but the people who could have benefited actually rose up against Wang Mang who brought them good policies under the demagogy and instigation of those powerful people. How sad this is, so Dong Liang naturally knows that he has to publicize it well, and if he doesn't publicize it well, he will still suffer from it!

"On the orders of General Ping Thief and Hedong Taishou Dong Liang, we have implemented a land equalization system for the land in Hedong County. Anyone over the age of 15 who is a successful person can also apply to the government after marriage, and will receive 100 acres of farmland. Among them, 80 acres are divided into fields, which belong to the imperial court. The other 20 acres are everyone's Yongye fields, which can be inherited from generation to generation in the future. However, Yongye Tian implemented the Tui En Order, which would be equally distributed among the male offspring born, regardless of the eldest and youngest. After the descendants obtain the Yongye land, they will continue to deduct the inheritance part, and then the descendants will reduce the corresponding amount of land. However, these lands will be given priority to the military, and the common people will be given a second batch. As for those who had previously attached themselves to the major noble clans to participate in the rebellion, they were not included in the first batch of land grants, and they had to wait until twenty years later before they could be granted land. ”

"Oh my God! What great news! "It's really good news, General Dong actually sent us land?" "Yes! We were given land, and we will have land to cultivate in the future. "Yes! For the first time in thousands of years, I have heard that the government has given us land! "Great, this is land, the government actually gave us land!" ……

The people have blossomed one after another, because they Dong Liang actually gave them land, which simply made them feel that there was hope for their lives. In this era, it is unimaginable that there will be an official government that distributes land to the people. Land is the greatest wealth, that is, the most important means of production, and land has always had nothing to do with ordinary people, it belongs to the nobles or officials. Now the government has actually distributed land to the people, which makes them feel that they have made a lot of money.

"Lao Zhang, this time General Dong gave us land, but it was really earned!" "Yes! We're about to get the land, and there's hope for the days ahead! ”

"Yes! In the past, we planted food for the scholars, but in the end we were only able to get up to half, or even less, and it was difficult to mix food and clothing. At that time, there was a natural disaster**, and we all had to sell our sons and daughters. Now that we have our own land, then all our food is our own, and we are not afraid that we will not be able to survive even if there is a disaster. ”

"Yes! General Dong is really a benevolent and righteous person! ”

Immediately, however, someone shouted, "Remember, there are rules for the division of fields." The first group is soldiers, the second group is men with families, and the men without families will be the third group, and they will not be able to get it until the first people have finished dividing it. Therefore, if you want to get land as soon as possible, you must join the army as soon as possible, or start a family as soon as possible. If you don't start a family, not only will you have to be one step behind in dividing the land, but you will even have to pay an additional amount of social maintenance when you pay taxes. ”

As for this order of field division, it was actually Dong Liang's intention. At that time, when Dong Liang recruited troops, he promised everyone that he would give them land, and Dong Liang could not break his promise. If they break their promise, then the soldiers will be disappointed. You have to know why Dong Liang was able to gain the loyalty of the soldiers? Not because of how attractive Dong Liang is, but because Dong Liang promised them that they would share the land, even if they died, they would give it to their relatives, which was the basis of their loyalty. And it is still the same sentence, those who have constant production have perseverance, if they do not have constant production on Dong Liang's side, then they will betray it at no cost. In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, why did the soldiers go around to help the lords of all walks of life to fight, it was not because the price of betrayal was too low, they had no permanent property, and when they betrayed, they would pack up the covers and take away all their property, without any pity. But with land, it's different. Because if you betray yourself, then the land will be gone, and your family will not be able to get it. Therefore, they must be loyal, even if they die, their families can inherit their own land, which is the foundation of their loyalty.

And the soldiers, as the first people to acquire land, this is to calm the morale of the army. As for the men who have become married and have a family, they can get the land in the second batch, because the men who have become a family are equivalent to having a stable family, which is more stable and willing to stay here for a long time. Of course, the other more important reason is that because a man who has a family means that he must have a wife. And this wife is also a woman who gives birth to a population, and this woman does not need Dong Liang's government to spend extra money to support her, everything is also supported by that husband.

Dong Liang and Fu Shanxiang both understand a truth very well, don't look at women who are weak in troubled times, they can only go with the flow, and they can't become combat effectiveness. However, women play a very important role in restoring the population. With women, it is possible to restore the population, otherwise how can it be possible to restore the population by men alone? What's more, a man can make many women pregnant, but in the final analysis, the fertility rate of the population is ultimately determined by women, not men. Protecting women's right to life means recovering the population as quickly as possible.

Therefore, Dong Liang must invest money and food to ensure the survival of women, which is not only out of humanitarianism, but also for the restoration of the population. And if these women are not married, it means that not only will they not be able to bring economic benefits to Dong Liang, but they will let Dong Liang spend extra money to support them, which is a loss-making business. But Dong Liang had to feed, and these women did not have the ability to work and produce in the troubled times, nor did they have the ability to be soldiers and fight. Well, the vast majority of women are incapable of fighting, not all. And if a woman gets married, not only can she start giving birth, but the pressure of supporting a woman is also transferred to her husband, and Dong Liang does not have to spend extra food money to support her.

Therefore, whether it is the second article that a married man gives priority to the distribution of land, or the third article where a person who obtains land unmarried has to pay an additional "social maintenance fee", it is actually to reduce the important economic pressure on Dong Liang to take care of those women. And this can also promote the men and women in the troubled times to restart their families as soon as possible and restore stability as soon as possible.

"Poor master, I was originally married, and I have children. But my family died before, so am I married? Someone asked right away.

"No, everything is based on the current situation!" The officer said.

"But I have all the children!"

"This is not set by me, it is set by General Dong, what can I do. Anyway, there are a lot of widows on the street, why don't you find a widow to marry as soon as possible, and then not only can you get priority on land, but also let a woman take care of your children! The officer kindly reminded him.

"That's right! Anyway, there are so many women at this time, I will find a widow to marry as soon as possible, and that will be fine. Not only will I be able to get land, but I will also have a woman to take care of my children. This world is so chaotic, is there still a lack of widows? ”

Soon, the widows on the streets also became sought-after, and many men who wanted priority access to land were married as soon as possible. The speed of this marriage is unimaginable, I just met once, and then I felt that after I saw it, I also semi-forcibly pulled those widows over to worship the church, and then I thought about going to the yamen to carry out the marriage level, and hoped to get the land.

As for those widows in troubled times, they have nothing to choose from at this time, many of them see that men want to marry themselves, and those widows who have something to rely on for their lives also half-pushed and half-agreed to agree, and then the two who didn't know each other at all quickly became husband and wife. At this speed, Dong Liang was amazed, faster than the speed at which he pushed a woman! Dong Liang couldn't say anything, he could only feel how attractive the land was, and it could bring infinite power to people.

"Yongye Tian is our own, is Koufentian from the imperial court?" Someone is ready to continue the consultation immediately.

"Yes, although the Koufen field is planted for you, but in the end it is still the imperial court, if you are too old to plant, then the imperial court will take back a part of it, and the Koufentian field cannot be left to your descendants. And after your death, the land will be taken back by the imperial court as something that will continue to be distributed to others. And after you have planted it for twenty years, it will be completely yours and can be inherited by future generations. However, the inheritance of Yongye Tian will not be distributed according to your ideas, but will be divided equally among all your descendants, regardless of the eldest and youngest. And after your descendants receive the inheritance, the land acquired by your descendants will also be deducted from your ancestors' share, and then the land granted will remain unchanged. And the biggest difference here is that Yongye Tian belongs to you, and you can buy and sell it at your own discretion. ”

"However, when you buy land in the future, you must also think clearly. Because General Dong made a rule that the more land people have, the more taxes they have to pay. Based on 100 mu, the more land actually controlled, the more tax burden will be paid per mu. Each of you who has acquired land shall pay two stones of grain a year, and these two stones shall be divided equally among each acre of land, and if you lose one acre of land each time, the amount of grain paid will also be reduced by one hundredth of the two stones. And if there is an extra acre of land, it is one hundredth of an additional two stones. ”

"However, if the actual control reaches 500 acres of land, the tax burden per acre of land will be doubled. Originally, only two stones of grain were required for every 100 acres of land, but once you have more than 500 acres of land, you will have to pay four stones of grain for every 100 acres of land. Next, if you actually control 1,000 acres of land, you will pay a tax of eight stones for every 100 acres of land. And so on, and then the more land you control, the more taxes you pay. ”

And hearing the words of the errand officer, many people realize that this policy is completely a huge pit! If there is more land, it will definitely not bring wealth, but a hot potato! For every 500 acres of land, the tax burden paid is one more power, and then holding the land in your hand is not only not wealth, but a gold-swallowing beast!

Therefore, many people also consider not buying so much land in the future, so as to avoid this gold-swallowing beast swallowing themselves.

But they didn't know that Dong Liang also hoped to limit land annexation through this method, and then the proportion of yeoman farmers increased. This kind of step-by-step tax collection is a very powerful means for Dong Liang to draw from the experience of the step-by-step water and electricity bills of some cities in later generations.

"Also, in our Hedong territory, everyone has to pay taxes, there is no so-called tax-free scholars, and all scholars must also pay taxes. In our place, even General Dong's own property has to pay taxes, and no one can avoid it. Therefore, don't think that if you become an official, you don't have to pay taxes, this is impossible. General Dong has to pay taxes, so why don't we pay taxes? ”

"General Dong is really benevolent! Even General Dong has to pay taxes, so who will dare not pay taxes in the future? "Yes! General Dong has to pay taxes, so no one can not pay taxes! ”……

Dong Liang's strategy is also one errand and one food, he first stipulates that he must also pay taxes, and then no one can avoid paying taxes. And only if everyone pays taxes can land annexation be truly avoided. If there is still a tax-exempt class, the final result must be that the land will be more and more concentrated in the tax-free privileged class, which will eventually lead to land annexation, and there is no other possibility. Therefore, in order for his future country to be able to maintain long-term peace and stability, he must take the lead in paying taxes, and then let there be no so-called tax-free class in this world. Only by eliminating the tax-exempt class can land annexation be truly and effectively curbed, otherwise everything is useless

But no matter what, these people have hope, and with the land comes hope, there is no doubt about this.