Wang Ziyi said worriedly: "At present, we have just implemented the reform of official governance, and the results have just been revealed. If this is followed by the reform of the land system, I am afraid that other people may not be willing to accept it. After a pause, he said: "If there are too many people who oppose it, it will be difficult to carry out even if there is a good system and the people below it do not implement it." ”

Wang Ziyi's last sentence was really bloody. Just like when King Anshi implemented reforms, except for the emperor and a few people who supported it, the rest of the people jumped out to oppose it. Even Su Dongpo, who everyone knows, is also an opposition party, so the reform can only end in nothing.

Wang Jibao nodded in understanding.

She even knows better than anyone in the room what kind of crisis land reform can bring. However, judging from the current situation in which Shaoguo is particularly passive, land reform is imperative. In her view, this reform may be a crisis, but it is also a challenge and an opportunity.

"Lin Xi and I have also considered these." Zhu Linxi nodded and expressed his support for his daughter-in-law. Wang Jibao smiled at him and continued: "However, if we do not carry out the reform of the land system in the current situation of Shaoguo, how can we increase taxes in the future? How to increase the number of troops? If these can't go up, is it possible to fight with Dingguo and Yongguo in the future? ”

Her words were quite straightforward, which made everyone present fall into deep thought.

After a while, Wang Jibao picked up the conversation.

"I'll go on." Wang Jibao's expression was quite serious this time.

"At present, our Shaoguo seems to be quite peaceful. But in reality? We just experienced a turmoil two years ago, and we also had a confrontation with Dingguo, Lin Xi had just returned from the barbarian territory, and my eldest brother was also outside to suppress bandits and rebellion. These are supported by a huge amount of silver. What to do in order to cover this huge overhead? The only way to do this is by increasing the taxes of the common people. Although our Shaoguo has not yet reached the situation where the people are not living well, the lives of the ordinary people are really hard. ”

This is also what Wang Jibao and Zhu Linxi saw along the way.

Along the way, they saw not only beautiful things, but also more sorrows and sufferings of the people.

How many people have earned money in a year that is not enough to support themselves?

When asked, what are the people most afraid of? The first answer they gave was that they were afraid of those who would come to collect taxes in late autumn.

That means that the food and money they just got have to be handed over to others before they are hot, and they can only have a little left for themselves. I'm afraid that even the rations of the family are not enough.

What else are they afraid of? Their second fear is natural and man-made disasters.

If you really catch up with that kind of day, the whole family will hug each other and die. This is the answer given by many people who seem to complain very casually, but it also shows the helplessness and hardship.

Even in normal times, they are afraid that their family will have a small illness and disaster, because they really don't have money for treatment!

Why do ordinary people sell their sons and daughters? It's not all because of unscrupulous parents. There are many people who actually want to give their children a way to live, hoping that after they sell them, they can go to the rich family to live a good life.

What else are you afraid of? It must be a war.

Then the labor force of the family will be captured and used for military service. If you don't have any strong labor, how can you go to farming? What does a family rely on to feed?

Born in such a not peaceful era, it is naturally an excellent opportunity for those who want to achieve fame and fame, but for ordinary people, it is really miserable.

Wang Jibao waited until everyone received the information she was going to give, and then said: "In the process of analyzing with Lin Xi, I also mentioned the various difficulties that my country is encountering now. In general, it is a matter of land and population. Maybe it is not appropriate to talk about the implementation of the land system reform now, but as you know, now Dingguo is eyeing the country, Kangguo is in danger, and Yongguo is very likely to turn against us. So, we don't have much time left. ”

She paused and said, "If we still do it step by step, the chances of winning are really slim." When the time comes, if even our people are not optimistic about us and flee to other countries, or even stand up against us, it will be tantamount to adding insult to injury. You must know that the world is so big, and we are not the only one in Shaoguo at present. When we think about others, others are also thinking about us. ”

Wang Jibao's big truth sounded a wake-up call in everyone's hearts again. The whole room fell into a state of contemplation again.

Although Shang Ying changed the law in the Qin period, and in the end Shang Ying was divided into five horses, the reform he proposed finally benefited the Qin State. Finally, it was also the six states unified by the Qin state.

There were also later Wang Anshi's reforms and a variety of reforms implemented by Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty, all of which played a role in promoting the country at that time.

The reason for their failure was that they did not take into account the interests of the aristocratic bureaucracy and the powerful landlord class. This time, Wang Jibao did not intend to touch their interests too much.

As for the idea she discussed with Zhu Linxi before, there will be some ways to ease it in the future. At the very least, they can't collect any taxes from those people now, and even if they only collect one-tenth, one-hundredth, or one-thousandth in the future, they will earn it. Isn't it just that they first ask for the price and wait for those people to sit on the ground and pay back?

In this business, they are sure to make a profit.

If their Shaoguo Kingdom really unifies the Hongwu Continent one day in the future, the land under the whole world will be owned by them. There is no need for them to be too careful about the land of Shaoguo.

Wang Jibao also told everyone what she said to Zhu Linxi on the road and what she summarized later. Everyone also felt that as long as the interests of those nobles, bureaucrats, and powerful landlords were not excessively touched, in fact, it might not be impossible to implement it.

"Sister Bao, do you have any better suggestions for the reform of the land system?" Zhu Yonghong had already made up his mind in his heart, and for the sake of this gambling game in the world, he decided to take a gamble.

Wang Jibao thought for a while and said: "Our country is mainly wasteland, so we should open up a lot of wasteland and farm. In fact, Lin Xi and I walked this way, and I also asked someone to dig up the soil on the barren field, in fact, there are many places where the soil quality is quite good, but no one has excavated it. Therefore, Lin Xi later sent a secret letter to his father-in-law, asking for someone who knows how to explore water sources. Now, we are more likely to make a fuss about barren mountains and wasteland. ”

After Wang Jibao finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Linxi. Zhu Linxi immediately passed on to several people the plans that he had later discussed with Wang Xibao that were suitable for the current reform methods.

After a few people saw it, Wang Jibao began to explain them one by one.

"My first proposal was Tuntian. At present, this is mainly divided into two parts: the military tun and the people's tun. The first is Juntun. As you all know, the vast majority of the current tax revenue of our treasury is used for military supplies. When I say military tun, I mean dividing the wasteland in the area near the garrison to the army, and letting the soldiers go to the wasteland and farming by themselves. In this way, they fought wartime and took turns to cultivate land and raise pigs in addition to training in peacetime. In this way, not only can the pressure on the treasury be greatly reduced, but also the lives of the soldiers can be greatly improved. It can even solve the problem of idle armies when there is no war. ”

Wang Xibao paused for a while, estimating that everyone had absorbed her words, and then Fang continued: "Of course, we can't let those soldiers contribute in vain, in the future, after they retreat from the battlefield, we will give them the reward of the corresponding land or the corresponding land for their families, so that they will be more motivated to open up the wasteland and farm, and there will be so many complaints." ”

After Wang Jibao and the others digested this problem almost completely, they began to talk about Mintun again.

In fact, it is very similar to Juntun. That is, the protagonist is not a soldier, but a replacement for idle refugees in society and disaster victims from various places, and even some exiles, as well as the children and grandchildren of soldiers, etc., gather them together, give them some wasteland, and let them cultivate.

The peasants in the tuntian fields should be organized according to the military establishment, and the government should set up officials to manage them. Tuntian peasants had to pay the harvest to the government in proportion to the different crops they planted, but they were no longer required to serve in the military.

In the future, when they have been cultivated for a certain number of years, they can also sell these lands to them at a low price, or even give them for free. For them, this is also an incentive policy.

After the Mintun incident was almost finished, Wang Jibao proposed: "In order to open up the wasteland, in the first few years, whether it is grain seeds, or cattle ploughing, farm tools for land reclamation, etc., can be produced by the state. Speaking of which, she did not forget to quip: "The money saved by the treasury every year for the army's military rations is enough to be used for this." ”

A few people thought about it, and it was indeed the case. They all laughed in unison.

"It's also a way to work for people from other countries." Zhu Linxi added: "This will also become one of the important measures to increase the population of our country. ”

Wang Yuxun agreed: "Not bad. Anyway, those wastelands and barren mountains are idle. The reform that Bao Mei said had no impact on the nobles and officials, let alone any interests. Moreover, it can also solve the pressure on the national treasury. Those civil servants who feel that the country's taxes are used to support military generals are probably more acceptable. In addition, out of self-sufficiency and the fact that it can improve the food, it is estimated that the generals can also agree. ”

The idea was really too comprehensive, not a whim. While Zhu Yonghong was shocked, he also nodded heavily in agreement. And encouraged: "Also, you just said the first, then there must be a second." ”