Chapter Seventy-Six: The Cultivator Has His Land
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After Li Rupei asked the cultivators to have their fields, there was silence.
This is a very sensitive point of view, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao rebelled, and also put forward the view that the cultivator has his land, but their approach is very radical, every time they occupy a place, it is to rob the gentry and rich households, crack down on the bureaucracy, and forcibly seize the land, but unfortunately these forcibly occupied land, and it is not allocated to the common people, they are temporarily occupied, once they encounter failure, they are forced to leave a certain place, and the land is still returned to the hands of the holder, the so-called cultivator has his land, and it will not be over, and later, Huang Chao also does not mention the idea that the cultivator has his own land.
The cultivator has his land, the dweller has his place, this point of view, in fact, Mencius put forward, the emperors of the past dynasties have also emphasized to do, but there are almost no dynasties that can really do it, the peasant uprisings of all dynasties, most of them have put forward the slogan that the cultivator has his land, so this slogan is met with criticism and taboo.
Unexpectedly, Li Rupei actually put forward this point of view.
After a while, Yu Chenghui spoke.
"Li Lang, the cultivator has his field, this understanding is agreed, the common people have land, can feed their families, can really stabilize dìng, Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao rebelled, the reason why they were able to gather so many people, is also because the people have no land to cultivate, no food, can not live, but to really do the cultivator has his field, it is too difficult, during the Taizong period, basically achieved that the cultivator has his land, these years of land annexation, it is indeed very strict, But the vast majority of them are the people who take the initiative to sell their land, and if they want to take back these lands and distribute them to the people, I am afraid that the world will be in chaos......"
After Yu Chenghui finished speaking, the rest of the people did not continue to speak, in fact, they supported Yu Chenghui's statement.
Li Rupei's expression was very strict, the land issue is fundamental, even after a thousand years, there is no completely suitable jurisdiction model, but land is indeed the only means to stabilize the peasants, without land, the peasants will lose their roots, so it is necessary and unquestionable to ensure that the cultivators have their land.
What means to take, this is very critical, Yu Chenghui means that in terms of taking means, he can't think of a good way, so he will oppose the cultivators have their land, Li Rupei also knows that if you take tough measures, it will definitely not work, and that way is to push all the gentry and rich households and bureaucrats to the opposite side, these people are the elite of society, without their support, no force can grow.
"Your worries are clear, the cultivator has his own land, and it must be done, there is no doubt, since you all know that the common people have no land, no food, and can only rebel, then why don't you want to change this situation."
"Maybe you have also thought about it, because there is no good solution, so you oppose it, even if it is the imperial court, you can't think of any good way, you are even more worried that it will be forcibly promoted, so that it will offend many bureaucrats and gentry and rich families, I am afraid that it will fall into a place of no return, you can rest assured that you will never do it like Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, and you will only implement it after you have to be convincing, and the vast majority of people will agree."
When Li Rupei said this, everyone's faces softened.
"A certain said cultivator has its land, but it is the ultimate goal that needs to be achieved, not suddenly able to do, Taizong's implementation of the uniform field system, has already been destroyed, the rent adjustment law has also been abolished, the implementation of the two tax laws, these changes, the final loss is the people, Yonghui years, the imperial court has repeatedly issued edicts, prohibiting the sale of Yongye field and mouth field, but there is no specific way to deal with it, a large number of land has been annexed, which shows that the imperial court is aware of the evil consequences of land annexation, but unfortunately there is no determination of the strong man to break his wrist, If you can be ruthless, you can prevent land annexation. ”
"If the problem of land annexation cannot be fundamentally solved, it will be difficult to implement any policy measures, and any measures to relieve the peasants will be tantamount to drinking water to quench their thirst, the regime will be difficult to be stabilized, and the people will always struggle on the death line.
"Hundreds of years of chronic diseases, to change in a short period of time, the difficulty is self-evident, uphold the concept of the cultivator has his own land, in fact, is to fight against the elite, the resistance is huge."
Speaking of this, Li Rupei stood up.
"A cultivator who wants to do it has his field, and it is implemented in three steps."
"The first step is to reduce rent and interest, in Bazhou and Pengzhou, the maximum land rent is not allowed to exceed 30% of the crop yield of cultivated land, including the taxes levied by the government, that is to say, farmers can get 70% of the income from renting cultivated land to maintain their families and support their families, and the income of the owner of the cultivated land on the land, but 20%, the government gets 10% of the tax."
"This step must be done, there is no price to say, I believe that in the process of implementing the policy of rent reduction and interest reduction, there will definitely be great resistance, but no matter what method is used, it will be implemented, and when necessary, I will personally explain the situation to those gentry and rich bureaucrats, so that they can understand that this is actually for their good."
On the one hand, rent reduction and interest reduction can relieve the pain of tenant farmers, so that they can farm with peace of mind, rely on the income in the field to feed their families, so that they can stabilize the situation in the state and county, and on the other hand, it is also to protect many gentry and rich bureaucrats, including the protection of the government, since the rebellion of Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, the bureaucrats and gentry and rich households who have been liquidated are countless, These gentry, wealthy households, bureaucrats, and their families were brutally killed, and all their money and food were robbed, and I am afraid that when they encounter a catastrophe, they will understand that the oppression of the peasants will be punished. ”
"Today's land rent, the highest amount of land has reached about seventy percent of the amount of land, which makes the tenant farmers how to live, relying on a mere thirty percent of the grain to sustain their lives, hungry, in the year of famine, only to wait for death, what can people do if they do not rebel, you can think about it, once the tenant farmers rebel, whose life they want to take first."
"Absorb the people's fat and ointment, but don't care about the life and death of the people, such gentry and rich households, a certain look is a miscellaneous piece, they are rich, the people can't live anymore, they are forced to rebel, and the government is also suffering, if you meet such gentry and rich bureaucrats, you will clean up mercilessly, and you will never show mercy."
"The second step is to release the land to the public, and conditionally transfer the land controlled by the government to the peasants, so that the peasants can cultivate it."
"Wang Xianzhi Huangchao rebellion, coupled with the bandits in some places, many gentry and wealthy bureaucrats were purged, in fact, there was a lot of ownerless land, these land government all recovered, and then transferred to the peasants, but there are conditions, that is, to pay taxes and not allowed to buy and sell, even if it can not be cultivated, it must be returned to the government."
"The third step is that the cultivators have their own land, and to achieve this step, there is a long process, after the rent and interest reduction and the release of the common land, the income of the gentry and rich bureaucrats on the land will drop significantly, which can effectively prevent the deterioration of land annexation, on this basis, the government determines the amount of cultivated land that the gentry and rich bureaucrats can own, and the excess arable land will be expropriated by the government in kind or money, and transferred to the peasants for cultivation."
"Through these three steps, gradually achieve the goal of the cultivator having his land, it will be able to completely stabilize the situation, you can seriously think about it, every prosperous era, is to stabilize the peasants, the peasants can eat well, wear warm clothes, the government can be completely stable."
Every time Li Rupei explains, he can grasp the key points and tell the truth, not purely relying on coercive orders, this is his advantage and habit, but the implementation of all policies must rely on strong strength, otherwise any words you say will be ignored.
Li Rupei certainly understands this.
It should be said that the policy of separating the military from the government and the policy of the cultivators having their own land is shocking to the world, and it is by no means something that ordinary people can imagine and dare to implement.
If these policies are completely pushed forward, the impact on society will be huge, but Li Rupei does not have that strength now, and can only be implemented in Bazhou and Pengzhou.
All the arrangements have been arranged, and the next thing is to implement, no matter how good it is, it can't be implemented, and it's all empty talk.
Li Rupei looked at Yu Chenghui and Tan Mingxiao, and slowly spoke.
"Yu Envoy Jun, Tan Envoy Jun, please, rent reduction and interest reduction is the most important thing, including the performance of duties by local governments, after the Spring Festival is the spring ploughing season, the plan of the year lies in the spring, and it must not be delayed, all the tax grain in Bazhou and Pengzhou is used for their own expenditures, as for the small bandits in the two places, the iron-blooded army is responsible for completely exterminating them."
"Master, everyone, Lu Yanhong will not give up, he will definitely send a large army to encircle and suppress, the iron-blooded army must be prepared to protect Bazhou and Pengzhou from any invasion, as for the siege of the city, don't think about it for the time being, I hope you will lead the iron-blooded army to strike hard at the invading enemy, they will cry wolf howl, and they dare not have the idea of continuing to invade Bazhou and Pengzhou."