Of course, Yongzheng chose to implement the new policy in Jiangsu at the time, and it was also a last resort. Because Nian Qianyao in the northwest was fighting at that time, he was in urgent need of money, and the whole country was serving the war in the northwest. That's why he chose to implement the new policy in the wealthy Jiangsu, because the money came quickly. Later, Li Wei raided the home of the gentry Cao Xueqin and directly collected the salary of the Northwest Army. ”

It can also be seen from this that the scholar class at that time was rich, and the country was poor and the people were rich. Once again, it is proved that the family clan is the bane of the dynasty. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma didn't know this history, and they were confused. But they still understood the key point. That is, if the imperial court implements a new policy, it is best to start from a place where there is little resistance.

The reason for choosing to do it in a place of abundance is because it is in a hurry.

"If it is not a last resort, the imperial court will generally not take the initiative to implement new policies. The reforms of all dynasties were carried out when social contradictions were intensified to the point of irreconcilability. Qin Yu said.

"Once it is carried out, it is in a hurry, and the implementation in rich areas will produce quick results, and the implementation in remote areas will produce slow results. This is the reason why the reforms of successive dynasties did not start in remote places. ”

"Starting the new deal from the remote southwest, the landlord class in the southwest is not as powerful as the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions. Now, coupled with the weakening of them by banditry, the landlord class can be easily crushed. After the southwest became rich, it was gradually extended to the wealthy provinces, which is the same reason as the countryside surrounding the city. In addition, those peasants who went up to the mountains to become bandits were also brave warriors and highly conscious, and they happened to be used by the imperial court. ”

"That's why I said that the southwest, where bandits are rampant, is the biggest opportunity for the new dynasty."

"Makes sense!" The two nodded their heads repeatedly.

Throughout the ages, no one has been able to see this. Because those outstanding politicians, who were thinking about how to build and restore the rich regions, did not pay any attention to the poor southwest.

Poor provinces, they simply don't pay attention.

Moreover, the social contradictions have not reached a certain level, and no one will think of taking the initiative to implement the new policy.

Therefore, the southwest region has been forgotten by the feudal dynasty.

"Mr. Qin, what kind of new deal is the one you said about spreading the land into the mu, and the gentry paying the grain as one errand and one as the one payer?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

"Let's talk about apportionment into the mu first, and apportioning the mu into the mu is to cancel the poll tax and levy the land tax." Qin Yu said.

Abolish the poll tax and levy a land tax! When Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma heard this, they were shocked.

The poll tax has been used for thousands of years in successive dynasties. And Qin Yu now actually proposed to abolish the poll tax and levy a land tax.

This is breaking thousands of years of rules!

Definitely an earth-shattering move!

"In all dynasties, the imperial court mainly collected poll taxes. But the disadvantages of the poll tax are very large, and the more people there are, the more taxes are collected. This kind of tax system makes the people miserable, and they dare not dare to have children. And the landlord class and the feudal aristocracy did not have any influence, they would be born violently. Over time, the landlord class gradually grew into family clans, behemoths, and the peasant class was gradually weakened. ”

"If there are more and more people in the exploiting class, but the exploited do not grow, the court will inevitably be in chaos. In the past, in order to encourage the common people to have children and increase the number of exploited, the imperial court introduced a series of policies to encourage childbearing. For example, if you don't get married when you are old, you will be fined, and even the government will give you a wife, and so on, but all of them are palliatives and not cure. ”

"If you want to cure the root cause, you must cancel the poll tax, so that the people can dare to have children, not be afraid of birth, and even actively give birth."

"If the imperial court abolishes the poll tax, then the people will have no worries and will boldly have children. When the population is large, the imperial court will naturally be strong. Population is the foundation of the country, people can cultivate the land, and young people can go to war...... Therefore, population has always been an important indicator of whether a dynasty is strong or not. ”

"Not bad!" Queen Ma Road. People are the most important thing at all times.

"Of course, increasing the population of the people is not the essential meaning of apportioning the land into the acre." Qin Yu continued, "The essence of apportioning into the mu is to bring benefits to the people and suppress the landlord class. ”

"The landlord class is originally the occupier of a large amount of land, and if they are taxed according to the land, they will pay a lot of taxes, and their strength will be greatly weakened. If the landlord class is weak, it will not be able to divide the power of the imperial court, and the rule of the feudal dynasty will be more stable. ”

Moreover, the landlord class will continue to annex land, and the longer the time, the more serious the land annexation will be, and the more dangerous the court will be. However, the tax is paid according to the amount of land, which will greatly delay the speed of their annexation of land. ”

"It can be said that the spread of the land into the mu is from the root and consolidates the rule of the feudal dynasty!"

"In addition, Zhang Juzheng's 'one whip law' is also a passive move to alleviate social contradictions, and it is a link between the two tax laws and the apportionment of the mu."

Consolidating dynastic rule at its roots? After Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma heard this, their hearts were shocked again.

"How much is the land taxed, will the landlord class agree?" After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang asked a little unconfidently. No imperial court has ever done such a thing throughout the ages, and it does not dare to do so, once it is implemented, it will be a great disapproval of the world.

"Of course they won't say yes because it touches on their core interests." Qin Yu said, "Once it is implemented, it will inevitably be strongly opposed by the feudal aristocracy." Once it is not handled well, the imperial court is in danger of overturning. ”

"That's why I just said that this reform needs to start from the southwest region, where there is little resistance."

"Moreover, there are very few officials from the southwest who are officials in the court, and if the emperor proposes a new policy, the pressure will be less. If it is implemented in Jiangsu and Zhejiang from the beginning, most of the imperial court will be officials from these two places, and they will collectively stand up for strong opposition, and the emperor will also be overwhelmed by them. During the Yongzheng period, hundreds of officials in the imperial court threatened to resign en masse to resist the new policy. Tian Wenjing and Li Wei, who were responsible for the implementation of these two new policies, were also targeted by all officials, and the implementation of the new policies was difficult, and these two people almost died of exhaustion. ”

"You can imagine how difficult it is to implement the new policy in Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"Hmm!" Zhu Yuanzhang listened and expressed his deep sympathy. The current court is almost all officials from Huaixi, Jiangsu, and Zhejiang.

If the imperial court had implemented a new policy in the southwest and had not touched their core interests, their opposition would not have been so strong.

After all, if the knife doesn't cut you, you won't feel pain.

If their core interests are touched, they are likely to fight to the death, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to implement it at that time.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had the courage and ability to use violence to implement the New Deal, it was not a good thing to use violence after all.