The Holy Lord has already made a will, and there is no distinction between monarchs and ministers in the Mingde Hall, only teachers and students.

Therefore, after all the gentlemen and students arrived, the university scholar Ji Ze took the lead in exchanging teacher-student salutes with the students below, and then opened this small feast.

The first to talk was the unfamiliar Hanlin bachelor of Fu Xuechen, who introduced himself as a merchant, and the topic he wanted to talk about was how to attach importance to agriculture as a master, how to live with the people's livelihood, and adjust the contradictions between farmers and squires.

The opening is the sentence "Farmer, the important weapon of the country" in the "Zhou Li", as well as "the affairs of the world, the general affairs are great", etc., quoting scriptures, very erudite, sentence by sentence, it sounds extremely informative.

Several princes had different expressions, the second prince looked disdainful, the third prince was relishing, the fourth prince was thoughtful, the fifth prince seemed to be a little distracted, and the seventh prince was not interested.

Princess Zhiling quietly yawned a few times, Yan Siyun was like hearing the book of heaven, look at this and look at that, Fu Xuechen was a little funny, I didn't know the situation before, but now it is an eye-opener, it turns out that this small scripture banquet is similar to the forum program in the previous life, that is, let the national-level bachelors try their best to explain their governing philosophy to the princes in front of them.

After all, the princes will be crowned kings in the future, and even the second prince has already been crowned the king of Qin, and these future vassal kings will inevitably have to ask about the political affairs of the fiefdom when they arrive in the fiefdom.

Emperor Yuan An carried out a small feast and told these princes to listen to the lectures, which is probably to lay a knowledge foundation for them to become a vassal in the future, and not let them go to the fief without knowing anything.

It can't be said that Emperor Yuan'an's intentions are wrong, and it can't be said that what the gentlemen said is completely useless, even if the princes don't think so, they repeatedly say too much in their ears, and when they encounter things, they will subconsciously follow the initial cognition to deal with and make decisions, which is worth it.

But in Fu Xuechen's view, the gentlemen's explanations are still a bit vague, only theories, and lack more specific things, such as Mr. always said that we should pay attention to agriculture, and if we don't pay attention to it, how to do it, light taxes are sharply reduced, and heavy poor people rebel, so we must pay attention to it, we must select talents and talents, and we must build water conservancy and so on.

The theory is correct, but unfortunately it has never touched the fundamentals, that is, the law of development of the productive forces, which is doomed to the contradiction between the landlords and the peasants under the feudal system that can only be eased and cannot be resolved, and there is no escape from the cycle of chaos.

This Shang Hanlin's speech ended quickly, Fu Xuechen thought that it would be Li Hanlin's turn next, but he didn't expect that Scholar Ji Zeji on the side stood up from his seat, looked around the hall, and said loudly: "What Shang Hanlin said, I don't know if you can agree or refute it?" Your Royal Highness, Second Prince, please say a few words. ”

No, isn't this little feast with an on-the-spot defense? Is it an assessment of the husband or the student? Fu Xuechen's eyes quickly swept around, and several princes were obviously mentally prepared, but Princess Zhiling and Yan Siyun were dumbfounded.

"Don't worry, there's a good chance I won't ask you!"

Fu Xuechen quietly comforted Princess Zhiling and Yan Siyun, this is obvious, these two are women, even if they have a fief, they only enjoy part of the taxes of the fief, and they cannot participate in the government affairs of the fiefdom, she doesn't think Ji Ze will ask these two people.

"The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first, it can be seen that agriculture is the importance of the four people, and I agree with Mr. Shang's theory."

The second prince didn't intend to argue with Mr. at all, and directly expressed his full agreement, he agreed, Ji Ze was silent for a moment and had to let him go, and turned to the third prince: "Your Royal Highness the third prince, what are the different opinions?" ”

The third prince obviously liked this kind of academic defense very much, and got up and said: "Agriculture is the foundation of the country, this point, Yu Zhi and Mr. Shang see a little the same, but what Mr. Shang said, Xingnong should be the first to select the virtuous and capable, and Yu Zhi has a slightly different opinion......"

After saying this, what Yu Zhi meant was that he believed that rather than transferring some virtuous and capable officials close to the people to supervise agricultural affairs, it was more important to vigorously build water conservancy, and as long as the local officials could do a good job in water conservancy projects while in office, it would be a good thing for the future, even if the officials were slightly inferior in other aspects.

Although Ji Ze nodded from time to time while listening, Fu Xuechen, who had listened to his lectures in Mingde Hall, knew that this was just the habitual action of Ji Ze Scholar, and it did not mean that he agreed with the views of the three princes.

Sure enough, after Yu Zhi's remarks were published, Ji Ze did not give a judgment of approval or denial, but directly turned to the next prince, Yu Zhen.

Yu Zhen's thinking is obviously more than that of the three princes, he did not entangle the officials to govern the Qingming Dynasty, or it is better to overhaul water conservancy, but put forward a more realistic problem, that is, land annexation is a gradually intensifying process in all dynasties, for the monarch, to protect the peasants from losing land, is to fundamentally attach importance to agriculture.

Ji Ze nodded more frequently this time, and when Yu Zhen finished speaking, he also asked if Yu Zhen had different ideas about how to protect farmers without losing land, but unfortunately Yu Zhen shook his head and said no.

Next, the fifth prince Yu Qi also said a few words, but it was Yu Zhen's speech that inspired him, he followed Yu Zhen's proposal, and tried to give a few examples such as reducing the poll tax, increasing the construction of Chang Ping, and often clearing the hidden field, in fact, these measures were used in the previous dynasties, and the current dynasty is also using conventional means, and there is nothing new.

But Ji Ze still nodded to express his approval of Yu Qi, and being able to say these specific measures at least shows that Yu Qi has done relevant homework and is worthy of encouragement.

The Seventh Prince Yu You was also asked how he felt after listening to so many remarks, he thought about it, and praised several brothers, saying that he was greatly inspired and moved, and he still needed to learn more from his brothers, Ji Ze was noncommittal about his performance, and the Seven Princes sat back beautifully, feeling that he had passed the test.

Fu Xuechen glanced at the prince sympathetically, including the second prince, in her mind, the emperor let the princes participate in the small scripture feast, and also expressed their opinions at the scripture feast, I am afraid that it is not only to keep them from messing with the future domain, but it must also contain the intention of recording their remarks and secretly observing their conduct and talents.

Then those who do not work hard, behave mediocrely, mess around, or make ridiculous remarks will probably be excluded as candidates for the heir to the throne.

It is no wonder that the second prince has so many military exploits, but he has never been able to compete for the throne, this is obviously negligent in internal politics, and when it comes to internal political problems, his performance is not as good as that of the third prince.

Scholar Ji's gaze suddenly shot towards several girls, Princess Zhiling and Yan Siyun were both nervous, Fu Xuechen was thinking that the other party would not name the princess or the county lord, but suddenly heard his name.

"This Mr. Fu Xuechen!" Scholar Ji said with a smile: "I heard that Mr. Fu graduated from Jinghuayuan Girls' School with excellent grades, and now he has been named by the saint, and he has been invited to the palace to accompany and teach the county lord. ”

Ah......h Fu Xuechen secretly slandered, feeling that his name as a teacher of the girls' school was afraid that he had attracted the eyes of the court's scholars, and the other party wanted to reach out to weigh the gold content of the girls' school, and take advantage of himself as a goose, right?

In an instant, everyone's eyes converged on Fu Xuechen.

Fu Xuechen was under a lot of pressure for a while, and only caught a glimpse of the slightly encouraging expression of the third prince of the girls' school, and then didn't care about the reaction of others, so he only got up and made a scholarly salute to Scholar Ji, and said humbly: "Mr. Ji is raised, and he deserves to be honored!" Since Mr. has please, I will try to say a few words in the next, if there is a fallacy, please forgive one or two. ”

Scholar Ji was very generous: "It's okay! Discuss in class, you should speak freely! ”

Fu Xuechen nodded, since you said so, then I am not welcome, and immediately said: "What His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince said in front of me is very good, the rule of Qingming and the great development of water conservancy can be conducive to the development of stable agriculture, but these have not touched the fundamentals, if you really want to prolong the national ancestor, you have to take precautions and try your best to avoid the aggravation of the land annexation process." ”

"The suggestions of His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince are very good, Qingzhang Yintian, Jianchang Closing Positions, etc., can indeed benefit all ordinary people and slow down land annexation, but the suffering of farmers is more than that, and it is more about the fact that there are more people and less land, and that it is the poll tax, that is, the Ding tax......"

The poll tax has been in existence since the Qin and Han dynasties, plus the grain tax and forced labor, which are the three mountains that pressed on the peasants, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, the rulers would usually try to let the common people also have some initial land, and would divide the families into several grades, with the higher rank paying more taxes and the lower grades paying less taxes.

However, in this era when the industry is not yet developed, farming is really a matter of relying on the sky to eat, in the event of some famine years, drought and floods, there will be no harvest in many fields, even if the imperial court reduces taxes, there is also a quota, and there are few things that are completely exempt, so in order to pay taxes, there will be many families forced to sell land.

Gradually, more and more peasants lost their land, but the peasants who lost their land still had to pay poll taxes and serve in forced labor, and in order to survive, they had to pawn themselves out and work as tenant farmers for the rich, so that they could be exempted from all kinds of heavy taxes and forced labor.

In this way, the land will inevitably fall into the hands of the wealthy, and land annexation will occur.

Fu Xuechen said a few words about his understanding of poll tax, and Ji Ze nodded again and again, that's right! This is the case, and all dynasties have also seen this, so in a better year, the court will make a decision to reduce the Ding tax, but it is impossible to exempt it completely, and if it is completely exempted, the treasury will be empty, that is impossible.

Ji Ze originally planned to weigh the knowledge level of Mr. Fu Xuechen, a female school teacher, a little, but he didn't expect that the other party actually understood the burden on the people of Li during the conversation, and he clearly understood the disadvantages of the Ding tax.

So much so that Fu Xuechen had just finished talking about Ding Shui, and after a pause, Ji Ze couldn't help but ask, "I don't know if Mr. Fu has a good plan for this?" ”

Fu Xuechen smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Ji, my idea is, why not 'spread the land into the mu'?" ”

Ji Ze was stunned: "I want to hear it!" ”

It was the most famous national policy of Emperor Yongzheng of the Qing Dynasty in the previous life, but the gentry of the Darong Empire all had to pay taxes, so Fu Xuechen did not mention the gentry who paid grain in one piece.

In fact, it was not the first initiative of Emperor Yongzheng, it was first made during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, but it was not effectively promoted and implemented.

Fu Xuechen immediately explained a little what is meant by "apportionment into mu", in fact, it is very simple, that is, the total amount of poll tax collected by the empire on average every year is taken as a fixed amount, and in the coming year and beyond, it will be apportioned according to the tax ratio of each province, and each province will continue to apportionment according to the proportion of the land of each household according to the tax payable by the province.

Since the ding tax is apportioned according to the amount of land from now on, it is equivalent to saying that in the future, the peasants with less land will pay less the ding tax, and the landless peasants will not have to pay the ding tax; on the contrary, for the rich households, the more land they own, the heavier the ding tax will be, and if they want to annex the land, they will have to consider whether they can pay enough the ding tax.

Invisibly, this move can greatly reduce the enthusiasm of the rich to acquire land, and at the same time save countless landless peasants, so that they will not have to bear the corresponding taxes when they lose their land, so that as long as they can find a job, they can live, and if they can save some money, they can buy land again.

Fu Xuechen took advantage of today's opportunity to propose this national policy, in fact, there is also a heavy intention, that is, the scale of the various factories opened under her and Yu Zuo's name is getting bigger and bigger, and there are more and more full-time workers needed.

If the apportionment into the mu can be implemented, the landless people will no longer have to pay the population tax, not to mention the people who work in the factory can be relieved, and even the factory can save a lot of money.

Fu Xuechen finished explaining the national policy of spreading the ding into mu in one breath, Ji Zeji was in a trance, and several princes present were also a little impressed by her, Princess Zhiling was even more full of admiration, and Yan Siyun also looked unclear.

"What a good idea! Very good! Great! Mr. Fu is talented! With a residual trance look, Ji Ze praised Fu Xuechen and took the lead in applauding, and suddenly there was applause in the Mingde Hall.

Fu Xuechen smiled humbly: "Don't dare to be!" It's just a small proposal. ”

Although the scholars of Ji University, Shang and Li all looked appreciative and admiring, Fu Xuechen knew very well that these officials were all members of a large number of land, and the first damage to their interests was the first thing they proposed to apportion, including their own noble families.

The exemption of the landless peasants from the Ding tax means that the rich landowners have to pay more taxes, except for the emperor, who is happy? Fu Xuechen proposed this strategy, which is simply harmful to others and not beneficial to himself.

Therefore, Fu Xuechen did not take the appreciation of Ji Ze and others to heart, but cast an expectant gaze towards the thoughtful fourth prince Yuzhen, if the fourth prince can become the emperor in the future, then this national policy will have to be implemented by him.

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