Chapter 281: Productivity (1st Update)
"Why did Cao Wei perish, it's like the tenant farmers who used to farm for the landlords, and now they farm for the emperor. Pretty good, huh? How so? Jiang Shui looked at them puzzled, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said, "Is Cao Wei's rent very high?" He clapped his hands and said, "It must be very high." ”
Hong Lianshuo's eyes were shining, and he looked at Jiang Shuisheng, who was spinning quickly, and smiled, "That's right! That's right, Cao Cao is a ruthless person, and he wants sixty percent of the people's harvest. ”
"Hiss......" The people present gasped, "Black, this heart is so black!" ”
"Don't worry, Cao Cao's descendants are even more ruthless, they want eighty!" Hong Lianshuo gestured with his fingers.
"Grandma's, he just wants it all, why do you still keep two percent!" Sixi said angrily.
"His grandmother's, he's not finished, who is finished. More ruthless than ordinary small landowners. Chen Zhongyuan's eyes almost didn't stare out of the window.
"But this world is not the king's land, is it necessary for him to collect such a high rent?" Jiang Shuisheng asked puzzledly, "How much can the emperor eat alone?" ”
"The emperor can't eat more than three meals a day, even if it is delicacies from the mountains and seas, rare and exotic beasts, and he can't eat so many rents!" Chen Zhongyuan echoed casually, "That's right! Why is he so ruthless? I don't know how to dry up and fish! ”
"Yes! They know more than you do, but don't forget, who is too rich! And what about the huge officials? Hong Lianshuo kindly reminded them, "For example, the grain in this city would rather be moldy than distributed to the hungry people." ”
"This ......," Sixi said through gritted teeth, "then they deserve to be overthrown, and they have no mercy." ”
"What about the fusion of the two! Since they all have disadvantages, let's take their advantages. Lin Nanzheng's eyes flickered slightly, and suddenly his eyes fixed on Hong Lianshuo and said excitedly, "For example, the emperor gave the people 100 acres of land, and 20 acres are planted by the people themselves, and what is planted in those 80 acres should be according to the regulations of the imperial court, of course, this land is his own and can be disposed of privately." ”
Hong Lianshuo's dark eyes flashed when he heard this, and what Lin Nanzheng said was that 80 mu was leased by the government to the peasants, and they could only grow grain, and the government would take it back after the peasants died. It is the Juntian system that developed to the Tang Dynasty.
"Is that possible?" Lin Nanzheng looked at them with burning eyes and said, "Let's pick a better one." ”
"No, no, no, you should choose the right one." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with deep and honest eyes and said, "The one that can mobilize the enthusiasm of the farmers to the greatest extent will be chosen." He looked at them calmly and said, "The Qin and Han dynasties, which had private land, were very strong, and the Cao Wei, who owned the land, was actually not weak, and they were very effective in restoring agriculture at the beginning of the dynasty. "But they have a big drawback, that is, they can't solve land annexation." Although the imperial court has severely cracked down on land annexation, the effect can be seen by everyone, and those who should perish will still perish. ”
The typical 28 principle that applies to everything, 20 percent elite, 80 percent ordinary people.
No matter how hard the imperial court cracked down, in a few decades, the land would inevitably run into the hands of 20 percent of the people.
Just as 20 percent of the population controls 80 percent of the wealth, wealth is concentrated in the hands of a few, and the gap between the rich and the poor is too large.
Therefore, the contradiction between the two or three hundred years of the unified dynasty and the lack of people and land became more and more intense, and a large-scale peasant uprising broke out.
Everyone fought and killed, and then two-thirds of the people died, and the remaining one-third was redivided.
The new dynasty threw off its baggage and set off lightly.
More than 2,000 years of feudal society has been in a cycle of repetition, and no dynasty can escape the law of cycles.
"Without the uniform field system, a dynasty can be strong. With the use of the equalization system, there is still no escape from land annexation. It was only a matter of time before it was destroyed. Hong Lianshuo looked at them with cold eyes and said.
"Couldn't land annexation be avoided?" Cao Huaimin looked at them with a frown and said.
"It seems that there is no way at the moment?" Hearing this, Han Baohu frowned at them and shook his head slightly, "This land is the root of people's life, and wealth has been dug out of the soil, who is willing to give it up!" ”
"That makes people don't regard the land as their lifeline!" Sixi's black and white eyes looked at them and said innocently.
Lin Nanzheng shook his head and smiled when he heard this, "How is this possible? ”
"There is a way, but it can't be done." Hong Lianshuo suddenly spoke.
Brush...... Everyone's eyes looked at Hong Lianshuo and asked in unison, "What way?" ”
"Increase the yield per mu!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them unhurriedly and said, "The existing land can't feed all the people and the population who will be born like rabbits in the future. If farming is no longer profitable, land is no longer the root of life. This land annexation was naturally resolved. ”
"How much does that mu produce?" Sixi looked at her and asked hopefully.
"Take wheat as an example, the yield per mu is 1,000 catties!" Hong Lianshuo said lightly.
"Hiss......" Everyone gasped for cold air, and Gu Dong, Gu Dong swallowed saliva.
"We only have a yield of 200 catties per mu now, and you have to increase it five times, and you are going to die." Ye Yunyuxing's eyes widened, and she pursed her lips and looked at her and said.
"Why don't you say that technology is the primary productive force!" Hong Lianshuo looked at them with great regret and said.
It should be that science and technology are the primary productive forces, and the problem of land annexation that feudal society has not been able to solve has been solved by industrial society.
The state does not rely on agriculture in taxation, agriculture is still the top priority, and we have to grasp it tightly in our own hands, and if we don't have enough to eat, there will be a big mess.
Whoever masters the grain will master the human race.
Now the yield per mu is too low, there is no chemical fertilizer, all rely on manure, not only the yield is low, but the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium content is even lower. It is strange that the production capacity per mu is gone.
"In particular, the fields should be cultivated in rotation, that is, they should be planted for a year and recuperated for a year." Ye Yunyu took a deep breath and said, "So the imperial court encourages the cultivation of wasteland. ”
"Isn't this wasteland open up for a lot of land and owned by private individuals?" Chen Zhongyuan remembered when he heard this, "I'm still afraid of having strength!" Rolled up his sleeves.
"It would be nice to be able to produce something from the land that has been cleared out of the land in three to five years. Lower yields. Ye Yunyu looked at them dejectedly and said.
"The low yield, combined with the rapid growth of the population, is enough to offset the yield of land reclamation." Hong Lianshuo looked at them with dark eyes and said.
"The yield per mu is 200 catties, which is enough for us to eat." Chen Zhongyuan smacked his mouth and said.
"You still have to pay taxes!" Hong Lianshuo kindly reminded him.
"Ah...... Oh......" Chen Zhongyuan scratched his head when he heard this, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Then what if everyone pays taxes!" In this way, you can not pay less. ”