Shuzhong, Chengdu, Zhengfu Street.

This is the place where Liu Bei, the general of the Han Zuo, and Zhuge Liang, the general of the military division, worked.

It is worth mentioning that Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang was good at stargazing.

So in this "Zhengfu Street", a "stargazing platform" was specially established for Zhuge Liang.

At this moment, Zhuge Liang followed Liu Bei and slowly ascended to the empty stargazing platform.

- "Shadow of the sun during the day, and the polar stars at night, in order to be the day and night." ”

Liu Bei muttered the words on the "Stargazing Stone Tablet".

This high platform, thirty-six square bluestone slabs are tiled one after another...

The towering measuring ruler shows the unfathomable depth of this place.

Actually, before coming here.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were in the mansion of General Hanzuo, and they had been chatting for a long time about Guan Lin's third exam paper.

Guan Lin's exam paper is unusual, and he has written a lot, full of two bamboo slips.

This includes answering Zhuge Liang's questions head-on.

——Yizhou was initially decided, and the meritorious men asked for the sealing of the acres of land, how to distribute the limited acres of land?

Guan Lin's answer was: "There are two beggars in front of my house, one is a beggar, and the other is a beggar, one of them is at the front door and the other is at the back door. ”

"The one at the front door begged with me every day, and I didn't pay attention to him at all, and after a month, the beggar couldn't get any money, so he left, and never showed up at my door again."

"This beggar at the back door, I see him pitiful, I give him a dough cake every day, at first he also nodded to me and thanked me, but half a month later, he didn't react at all, a month later, one morning I was in a hurry, I didn't give him a dough cake when I saw him, guess what? He came up to me and yelled at me, saying, 'Why don't you give him the piece of bread that belongs to him?' 'Or even beat me?' ”

"I thought about it, I couldn't sleep, I tossed and turned for a few nights, and I finally realized that I understood the bad nature of people, and I realized that I blindly obeyed the demands of others to give favors, and when I could not continue to give favors, I would be blamed by others!"

The reason why Guan Lin answered like this is because of his personal experience.

Before the crossing, others borrowed money from him, and he often borrowed it without thinking so much... But in the end, when you ask for money, what do you get in exchange?

It's the other party's cold eyes, the other party's accusations, and friends who don't have to do it.

At that time, Guan Lin realized that people can't always be submissive to others, and they must learn to refuse.

What a painful realization!

It's just that this answer sheet, at first glance, what is Guan Lin's answer?

So verbose? That's too watery, isn't it?

You must know that in the Han Dynasty, bamboo slips, as a writing carrier for circulation, were very time-consuming and heavy.

It is extremely inconvenient to transport and store.

This requires people not to talk nonsense, not to write long articles, and not to waste resources.

And the "Ci Fu" came into being, Fu is generally based on four characters, highly condensed, so in the official documents, recitals, letters, sacrificial texts, examination papers are taken in the form of "Fu".

To put it bluntly, it is to write concisely, highly concise, unfathomable, and wring out all the water.

It must not be the same as what someone in later generations wrote, the sea, the sea, it is all water.

Therefore, when Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei first saw this long article, they couldn't help but frown subconsciously.

- "That's too long, isn't it?"

But with the deepening of this long article.

Gradually, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's eyes condensed, and they found that this long text returned to water.

But it tells a truth worth pondering.

Even, this long article gave Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang great inspiration.

To know...

Yizhou initially decided that it was understandable for these meritorious ministers to ask for acres of land, and they tied their heads to the waistband of their trousers, isn't it just for this little land?

But, exactly... But under the premise that Liu Bei contributed the Chengdu treasury and let them rob it themselves.

Thereupon...

Based on Guan Lin's reminder, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang had an in-depth discussion, and finally came to a conclusion:

- Rewards and punishments must not be overflowing!

And this is precisely the first big pit at the beginning of Liu Bei's reign after entering Shu.

let the heroes rob themselves;

and the bounty;

He also gave away all the land, and the entire treasury was completely emptied, and he had no blood-making ability...

Next, he can only rely on the "straight hundred money" of the people and the rich to forcibly continue his life.

And this question alone, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei discussed it all day.

However, this discussion, which lasted all day, was actually only one-third of Guan Lin's answer sheet.

Because the exam question mentions "acres of fields".

Therefore, Guan Lin thought of the system of acres of fields...

Only then did he write the reform that made Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang "surprised" at a glance to the point that they couldn't breathe, and even stumbled on their legs:

- Spread into acres!

In fact, regarding the reform of land endowment, Guan Lin did not just write about the apportionment of the mu.

He wrote down all the reforms he could think of since the tax system of the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty.

Including the Northern Wei Dynasty - the system of renting and transferring conscription.

Including the Sui and early Tang Dynasty - rent Yong modulation

Including the Zhongtang - two tax laws.

Including the Northern Song Dynasty - the Conscription Law and the Fangtian Tax Law.

Even, there was the late Ming Dynasty - Zhang Juzheng implemented the "One Whip Law".

It was not until the end that it was written that Kangxi's implementation of "breeding people, never adding endowments", and Yongzheng's implementation of apportionment into mu, completely abolished the poll tax that had lasted for thousands of years.

I have to say.

Qing Dynasty... This dynasty that cannot be washed away and caused the Chinese nation to suffer and backward for a long time;

This historical evaluation is destined to be a dynasty that will be "swept to the end".

Among the emperors, only Yongzheng's evaluation is surprisingly high.

The decrees he implemented to "divide the land into the mu" and "abolish the poll tax" were tantamount to benefiting the whole of China.

Of course, the reason why Guan Lin wrote so much about the land endowment system and the land system.

It's that he is a little unsure, which one is suitable for Shu Han now?

Yes, everyone knows that it is good to spread the land into the acre!

As soon as the poll tax was abolished, the pressure on the poor was relieved, and everyone did not have to be confined to the landlord's land and work in vain all year round.

You can go out to work according to your own skills and abilities, do some side jobs and trade, and make the economy more dynamic.

In this way, in terms of childbirth, the people will naturally dare to give birth, and the population will also show explosive growth.

In fact, when Yongzheng implemented the "apportionment into the mu", in just one hundred years, the population of Huaxia soared from nearly 20 million to 300 million, an increase of more than 20 times!

Of course... Well, definitely good!

The advanced nature of the system is also impeccable, Guan Lin is afraid that the resistance is too great, and he is afraid that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang will not be able to suppress those opposing clans.

You must know that the core of the apportionment of the acre, in addition to the abolition of the poll tax, there is also an important one, which is to pass on the tax to the land.

Whoever has the land, who pays the big taxes!

Naturally, the implementation of the paving into the mu will also be subject to huge resistance.

Everything has to be realistic.

At this point, Guan Lin is not sure... Don't "spread the land into the mu", let those landlords unite and take Shu Han in one wave!

Neng Cai really did something wrong with good intentions.

Therefore, Guan Lin simply wrote only the options and handed over the choice to Zhuge Liang...

This person's talent and vision, means and decision-making.

It must be more reliable than Guan Lin's blind judgment.

We must not ignore the wisdom of the ancients!

And Zhuge Liang specially proposed to rush to this stargazing platform with Liu Bei, also in order to make a final decision on this matter.

"Kong Ming proposed to come here because this stargazing platform leads to the sky and the earth, and you and me are the only ones in the middle, right?" Liu Bei's mood seems to be quite heavy, as if, the four words "paving into the mu" sound very beautiful, but once it is implemented, the burden is too heavy and the pressure is too heavy.

It's not an easy choice to make.

"Whew-"

Zhuge Liang exhaled a long breath, as if his mood was the same as Liu Bei's.

"I saw Yunqi's second answer sheet before, which both suppressed and won over businessmen, so as to solve the problem of the emptiness of the treasury, at that time... Liang already felt that this son was shocked, and he was sure that he was the mysterious 'Huang Laoxi', and he even intended to accept him as a closed disciple... Personal guidance, but..."

Zhuge Liang paused, "Now it seems that I am naïve, just from this tax system, there are only a few records in ancient books, the 'tribute' system in the Xia, Shang and Zhou periods, the 'Lu State early tax mu' in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Qi State's "land and decline levy", the household system in the Qin Dynasty, and then to the 'rent' and 'fu' in the Han tax system today... But... But..."

Zhuge Liang's throat choked rarely, and he still had a feeling of being so shocked that he couldn't breathe.

"Whew-"

After another long exhale, Zhuge Liang spoke.

"The sum of the previous field tax system was only five or six, but Yunqi alone answered seven field tax systems, and each one is more incisive than the current Han tax system... Especially this stall into the acre, don't lie to the lord, since I saw these four words, I... I only feel that the method I have been looking for in my heart to build an ideal state for the Lord has finally been found, and every word and sentence in this system makes Liang feel broad and profound, and he needs to ponder it repeatedly! So... So..."

Zhuge Liang's voice was hoarse...

It was as if he had been greatly surprised or surprised.

It made his throat hoarse, and even now, he didn't believe it was true.

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, and he accentuated his tone, "Such a talented, so astute, and so wise son? Like a son from the sky, Yun Chang wants me to collect Yun Qi as a closed disciple, however, Liang is not not not taught, it is... I can't teach it at all! It's the cloud flag to teach Liang! ”

This...

Liu Bei couldn't help but groan.

- "This cloud flag can make Kong Ming say such heavy words!"

- "However, this stall is really eye-catching, second brother, second brother, your son... Did it fall from the sky? Is it a child from heaven? He... How did he come up with it?'

Thinking so in his heart, Liu Bei also muttered: "There is no problem with the Great Han Tianfu system, the problem is that the land has been in the hands of those wealthy clans in these years, they have all kinds of tax exemption privileges, even if they have to pay taxes, there are ways to pass on the tax burden, but it has suffered the people, originally... The common people cannot make ends meet, but they still have to pay the poll tax, the same amount of poll tax, in which the pressure is completely different for the powerful landlords and the poor people. ”

Liu Bei started from the end of Weiwei, he knew too well the curves in between.

Also too aware that this tax... How many well-to-do small peasant families have been reduced to homeless people, tenant farmers of others.

According to the statistics in the "Four People's Moon Order".

Generally, 60 acres of land can produce an output of 120 stones, which can be converted into about 5,000 yuan when prices are stable.

The annual consumption of a family of five is 80 yuan for rations, 4 stone for field rent, 229 yuan for salt, 187 yuan for clothing, about 706 yuan for endowments, 706 yuan for endowments, about 792 yuan for seeds, farm tools and fodder, and about 208 yuan for sacrificial exchanges and scattered expenses, totaling 5,700 yuan.

At first glance, it seems that there is still wealth.

However, in practice, the calculation of the tax and the oral tax, that is, the poll tax, are not static.

Even in peacetime, the cost of the poll tax is more than five times the amount of land rent, and in times of war, the poll tax will gradually increase without a ceiling.

It's like three times, five times, that's all trivial.

During the melee of the princes at the end of the Han Dynasty, ten times that was mediocre.

And now that's all it takes, but the local government doesn't care so much...

When they ran out of money, they collected all kinds of taxes—reckoning, mouth, water, and wells, even if it was hot in summer, and they had to pay taxes for the shade under the trees.

After coming and going, the peasants could not afford to pay these money, so there was only one way to go bankrupt, and then they would either become tenants or slaves of the powerful landlords, or they could only become vagrants!

Homesteaders have all but collapsed in this era.

Liu Bei knows this too well...

Liu Bei's father, Liu Hong, once made the Fan County Order of Dongjun, but... Since his early death, even the son of a county magistrate like Liu Bei will be overwhelmed and decline rapidly.

Not to mention ordinary people.

Liu Bei pointed to Guan Lin's bamboo slips, "Actually, this paragraph written by Yunqi makes me empathize with it the most." ”

Zhuge Liang raised his eyes, and he noticed that this was Guan Lin's analysis after proposing the field tax of "apportioning into the mu".

- "Why are there displaced people?" ”

- "For example, in the past, 100 people cultivated 1,000 acres of land, with an average of 10 acres per person, but now there are more people and 120 people, because of the progress of agricultural tools, only 50 people can cultivate this 1,000 acres of land!" ”

- "Then the problem arises, as the population increases, and the agricultural implements advance, but the land does not increase, then there must be people who cannot cultivate the land, are excluded, and become unemployed, and these unemployed people who gather in the countryside are homeless, and when they gather in the towns, they are bullies!" Gather in the mountains and forests, and you are the bandits! ”

Liu Bei read these words, and he couldn't help but think about it!

He couldn't imagine that if in his early years, without the help of his uncle Liu Yuanqi of the same clan, he would have become a homeless person, sleeping in the open and begging for a living.

Zhuge Liang noticed Liu Bei's expression.

He raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked lightly: "Does the lord want to implement this land tax system of apportionment into acres?" ”

"Nature." Liu Bei said with emotion: "After suffering, you can understand the hardships of these small people, but many times, Bei is also involuntarily!" ”

Zhuge Liang reminded again, "Did the lord ever think that if he really wanted to do this... The lord is on the opposite side of those big families, Emperor Guangwu Zhongxing Han family relies on big clans, since ancient times, no one has ever relied on the power of farmers and people to break a foundation. ”

Liu Bei pointed to the last sentence in the bamboo slip and said: "Not really, Kong Ming looked at the last sentence of the cloud flag, which was thought-provoking..."

"Chen Sheng, Wu Guang, Zhang Jiao, Yellow Turban, these uprisings tell us that it is impossible for the peasant class, as leaders, to create a foundation, but the working class can!"

"Workers?" Zhuge Liang asked again: "Yunqi doesn't seem to be written, what is a worker?" ”

Liu Bei's eyes narrowed slightly, "I just have a faint feeling, you say... If Yunqi is the old evil Huang Laoxi, he opened a workshop, recruited homeless people, engaged in production, and made ordnance, is his purpose just for military work? ”

This...

Like because of Liu Bei's words, Zhuge Liang suddenly realized something, "What the lord means is that these are the so-called working class in Yunqi's answer sheet!" ”

"Perhaps..."Liu Bei was also unsure, "Perhaps, Yun Qi is using his way to bring those homeless people together and create a new force, a power that is gradually growing stronger and enough to overthrow Cao Wei!" ”

Boom...

Zhuge Liang swallowed slightly, and he asked Liu Bei solemnly.

"Did the lord really decide to implement this paving into acres?"

"Hehe..."Liu Bei grasped Guan Lin's answer sheet and couldn't put it down, "It stands to reason that I shouldn't have listened to the words of such a young man, so I insisted on going my own way." But somehow, I want to try! This feeling is just like when I was in Nanyang in the past, when I was a pair with Kong Ming and you Longzhong, when you put forward the idea of three points in the world, my state of mind was the same! ”

"I know that it is difficult to enter the acre, maybe even more difficult than the 'three points of the world' mentioned by Kong Ming at that time, but if it was just Yunqi's proposal, I might be moved after seeing it, but I will definitely know the difficulty and retreat after thinking about it again, but now... I still have you, Kong Ming! If it's you, maybe, you can really get this way through! ”

Zhuge Liang's expression shook slightly, and his originally pale lips became a little more bloody...

He realized that the lord had been persuaded by Yunqi.

The lord wants to take a path that is completely different from Gaozu, Emperor Wu, and Guangwu Zhongxing.

Zhuge Liang's expression was still quiet, and his tone was still low:

"This should be regarded as the 'Longzhong Pair' dedicated to the lord by the cloud flag!"

"Ryo knows what to do, but... This stall is into the acre, don't worry, if the lord believes me, let me come step by step! Let Ryo deploy it all... Both through and steadily, let Liang try to build an ideal 'rich people and strong country' city-state in Bashu! ”

Listening to Zhuge Liang's slow words, Liu Bei only felt that his eyes were hot for a while.

He stretched out his hand and patted Zhuge Liang on the shoulder, "Second brother has Yunqi, Jingzhou, I'm not worried at all, but I have you, Kong Ming, with you, even if it's a difficult thing, I believe that you will be able to do it and do it well!" ”

Speaking of this, Liu Bei said solemnly:

"The cloud flag woke me up, what I Liu Bei should have walked out of was such a 'people's road!' ”

"Kong Ming, you let it go, if you encounter opposition, if you encounter resistance, don't forget that you still have me behind you! This spread into the acre, you and I are of the same heart, and its benefits are bound to be cut off! ”

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