"Such a good policy, in the eyes of Fan Taicheng, it turned out to be a good policy?" Zhang Dian stared at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

A whip law is simple and easy to implement, much more convenient than the new law's Fangtian Equal Tax Law and Exemption Law, and it is very easy to implement, but in Fan Zheng's eyes, it is just a policy.

Zeng Bu also looked embarrassed, although he highly admired the new law, but he had to admit that the new law was still slightly inferior to a whip law, if a whip law was the next policy, then his new law was not the next policy.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Otherwise, Fan Mou just said that as long as it is money, corruption will always be bred in every possible way, and a whip law is no exception." The greatest convenience of a whip is that it converts all taxes into silver taels, and its defeat is also defeated by silver taels. ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Xu was puzzled.

"Because one whip law makes the same mistake as the law of exemption from servitude, and that is to collect money from the poor!" Fan Zheng sighed.

"It is the duty of every Song Dynasty citizen to collect money from the poor and pay taxes and serve, whether poor or rich." Zhang Dian said with a firm face.

In the view of the New Party, the law on exemption from labor is the first law for the benefit of the people, which can crack down on the evasion of labor by wealthy households, and can also allow the people to work in agriculture during the busy agricultural season to ensure production.

Fan Zheng smiled bitterly: "The reason why the poor are poor is because they have no money, and they will cherish it if they lack it, even if the imperial court levies a penny from them, their hearts will be like blood." The idea of the exemption law is very good, using money for service, so that many rich families who have escaped from military service have no way to hide, so that many middle-aged households who are unwilling to serve can pay money to serve on behalf of them, but what about the poor? They really have no money, and they used to be able to contribute, but now they are asked to take out their already pitiful money, and naturally complain, so they are used by the rich who don't want to pay the immunization money, so it has become a bad government in everyone's mouth. ”

Zeng Bu's face changed, and he couldn't help but have painful memories, he knew that what Fan Zheng said was not false, and the new law was so defeated.

Zhang Dian took a deep breath and said: "This time to change the law again, we will also learn a lesson, and let the people voluntarily choose to serve or immunize." ”

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, and continued to ask: "But there is no controversy over the exemption law for a whip law, why would it be defeated because of money." ”

Zhang Xuan's hearts sank, and from the tone of his voice, they heard Zhao Xu's extreme appreciation for a whip method.

Fan Zheng explained: "Because of a whip law so that the government no longer collects goods, all change to collect money, the people need to pay taxes need to exchange grain for silver, but as we all know, grain is the cheapest in the harvest time, many merchants will take the opportunity to collect grain at a low price, the people urgently need money to pay taxes, and finally can only sell grain cheaply, even if it is a good year to collect more than three or five buckets, I am afraid that it will not be able to feed and wear, and naturally complain." ”

Zhao Xu's face was suddenly embarrassed and said, "A group of profiteers! ”

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "Since ancient times, businessmen have been running for profit, and if businessmen are used properly, it is also the help of the national court. ”

Zhao Xu was thoughtful.

Fan Zheng continued to nod and said: "I just said that the reason for the failure of the new law and a whip law is to collect money from the poor, so that people grabbed the handle, and there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and it finally failed. If the Great Song Dynasty wants to change the law and succeed, there must be only one way to go, that is, to collect more money from the rich, less money from the poor, or even no money! In this way, it is possible to change the law.

"This can't be? The first thing about the law of the imperial court is fairness, if some people collect more and some people collect less, they will definitely be excited, which is the way to lose the country. Zhang Dian resolutely objected.

This is the reason why they know that the exemption law is not good for the poor, but they still do not change it, because once they open their mouths, it will inevitably lead to the collapse of the entire exemption law.

"Injustice, there are many unfair things in the world, the rich have even a lot of fields, but there are few differences, the poor have no cones, and there are more forced laborers, how can it not be an injustice?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

Suddenly, Fan Zheng and the New Party were at a stalemate.

Fan Zhengnian said: "In this case, let's look at it from another angle, the reason why the rich are rich is because of the land under their name, why are the poor poor, because they have little land under their name, if the levy is no longer calculated by head, but by the land?" ”

"Field?" Everyone's hearts moved, in any era, land is the most valuable wealth, even if the merchant family is rich, it is just a source of water and no roots.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly and said: "Weichen has a middle strategy: the stall is into the mu!" It is enough to ensure that the Great Song Dynasty will be rich and strong for a hundred years! ”

"Spread into the acres!" The three of them were slightly shocked, as the name suggests, the apportionment of labor into the mu is to divide the exemption money into the field tax.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "Yes, the apportionment of the service into the mu, since Lord Zhang thinks that it is unfair for some people to pay more service money and some people to pay less for service money, since this is the case, let's change the angle of collection of service money from people to acres, those with more land will receive more, those with less land will receive less, and those without land will not pay." ”

"Those who have more land will receive more, those who have less land will receive less, and those who have no land will not accept it." Zhang Dian frowned, this is not the same as overcharging the rich and undercharging the poor.

"If the tax increase per acre is the same, this is fair!" Fan Zheng shot back lightly.

"What a fair!" Zhao Xu couldn't help but scream.

Zhang Dun's eyes also lit up, and they directly asked the rich to pay more, and the rich man would definitely be extremely opposed, and directly levy taxes based on the land, and the rich man would have nothing to say!

Fan Zhengdao: "This method has many advantages, one is that the population can be hidden and hidden, but the fields cannot be moved, as long as you check carefully, you can always find out, which is enough to ensure the tax revenue of the imperial court." ”

"Second, the rich households with more land and the poor households with less land can bear taxes, and those who have no land do not need to pay taxes, and after all, there are many poor people in the world.

"Third, it can be a big blow to hidden households.

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After the apportionment is transferred to the mu, the object of collection is no longer the person, but the land property, so that the people no longer have to hide their household registration to evade the service money.

"This law is great!"

Zhao Xu said excitedly.

The biggest criticism of the new law is that the people complain about the exemption money, and if the apportionment is adopted, the taxes of the poor people will be greatly reduced, and the court and officials will no longer use the people's will as an excuse to attack the new law.

Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu also silently said that it was indeed more important than a whip law and a new law, of course, as a result, the taxes paid by the rich increased, but the two were not worried, because this was the purpose of changing the law in previous dynasties.

"No, just now Fan Aiqing said that such a good method for apportionment into the mu is still the middle policy, so there must be a good policy, I don't know where the best policy is." Zhao Xu's heart moved. The middle and lower strategies are already such a good prescription, so how amazing should the so-called best strategies be.

Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu also looked at Fan Zheng expectantly, one whip method and one apportionment into the mu is enough to be used for twenty years, and one is enough to be used for a hundred years, so the so-called best policy is probably ...................

"The best policy?" Fan Zheng looked at the three of them, and said with a hint of hesitation: "The best policy is like evil, and the grand duke is like a traitor, Weichen once promised his mother that he would not go out of evil again!" These two parties are enough for the Great Song Dynasty to use, not to mention the best policy! ”

The three of them were stunned, but no matter how the three asked, Fan Zheng still kept silent.

Seeing this, Zhang Dian and Zeng Bu had no choice but to get up and retire, and the whipping method and the service into the mu obtained today had already made them like a treasure, and they couldn't wait to go back to discuss it, ready to add it to the new law.

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After Zhang Dian and the others left, only Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng were left in the imperial garden.

"At this time, there are only two of us left, God knows, you know and I know, I can guarantee that it will never be transmitted." Zhao Xu scratched his ears and cheeks.

When he heard Fan Zheng's good policy in the middle and bottom, it was like an initiation, and he was naturally more curious about the best policy that was better than the apportionment into the mu. ，

Facing Fan Zheng's Zhao Xu's continuous questioning, Fan Zheng sighed and said: "Does the official family know that the apportionment into the mu has been so amazing, why can it be maintained for a hundred years." ”

Zhao Xu frowned and pondered, and finally shook his head dejectedly.

"Because even if the apportionment is into the mu, it cannot inhibit land annexation, but can only ensure the national tax revenue." Fan Zheng explained.

"Land annexation!" Zhao Xu frowned, this is a stubborn disease of previous dynasties.

Fan Zheng nodded and said, "The doctor recently discovered that people usually get a terminal disease called cancer when they get old. ”

"Cancer?" Zhao Xu raised his eyebrows, not understanding that Fan Zheng was still annexing the land just now, and now he actually mentioned cancer.

Fan Zheng explained: "Cancer is a terminal disease, but it is not an ordinary symptom, it is not the source of infection, nor the aging of human organs, but the loss of control of human organs, the outbreak of cancer in the human body constantly invades other organs, crazy plundering nutrition, so that the body is exacerbated, until death, and land annexation is the cancer of the dynasty, a large number of land disorderly annexation, robbing the living space of the people, until the dynasty perished, and died with the dynasty."

Zhao Xu's heart was shocked, he was familiar with history books, and naturally knew that the peasant uprisings of previous dynasties were that a large number of peasants lost their land and could not survive.

"Of course, this is not the Great Song family, but all dynasties have terminal illnesses, which is also the culprit of the three hundred years of national fortune that the dynasties of all dynasties have not escaped. Fan Zheng sighed.

Zhao Xu's face was solemn, and he took a deep breath and said, "How do doctors treat cancer!" ”

Fan Zheng said coldly: "If it is found in time, then use Hua Tuo to learn and endure the severe pain of scraping bones and flesh to cut it off, if it is found to spread all over the body too late, it will be difficult for the gods to heal." ”

"Then how should Da Song's cancer be treated?" Zhao Xu asked again.

Fan Zheng sighed and said: "Actually, this strategy has already appeared, and it is from the hands of my grandfather Fan Zhongyan. ”

"Qingli New Deal?"

Zhao Xu frowned, the new law is based on the Qingli New Deal to check and fill in the gaps, he has studied the Qingli New Deal in depth back then, this law is full of loopholes, not to mention that compared with the apportionment into the mu, even a whip law and the new law are far inferior.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "This method was not created by my grandfather's change, but realized after his change failed, I don't know if the official family has ever heard of Fan Family Yizhuang." ”

"Fan Jiayi Village?" Zhao Xu was stunned.

He naturally heard of Fan's Yizhuang, but after Fan Zhongyan's reform failed, after being demoted for the third time, he donated 1,000 acres of land in Suzhou, hired people to farm, and all the rent was used to relieve the descendants of the Fan family, and both men and women, young and old, could benefit.

Fan Zheng said with a solemn face: "The output of 1,000 acres of land in Fan's Yizhuang is not privately owned, but owned by all Fan family members, even if the second uncle is the prime minister, and the money received by Fan Zheng is generally the same, even if the number of clansmen increases tenfold and hundredfold in the future, it can also ensure that every clansman has something to eat, and one Fan Yizhuang is enough to make the Fan family prosperous for a thousand years." ”

Zhao Xu nodded solemnly, this alone can see how high Fan Zhongyan's vision is, and the first generation of law change leaders in the Great Song Dynasty is not in vain.

"What if Da Song is also a Yizhuang?" Fan Zheng asked rhetorically.

"Whoa!"

Zhao Xu suddenly got up, trembling all over, and looked at Fan Zheng in disbelief.

Fan Zheng was unaware of it, and couldn't help but yearn for: "If the Great Song Dynasty is a righteous village, the people of the world are all Song people, and they can all get a piece of their own land, cultivate and marry a wife and have children, and after death, the land will be credited again and redistributed to the new Song people. ”

"The world is for the public!" Zhao Xu exclaimed.

Zhao Xu was suddenly in awe, once upon a time, he highly admired the new law, and disdained Fan Zhongyan, who gave up halfway to change the law, thinking that the so-called Qingli New Deal was even more useless.

However, when he heard that Fan Zheng had enlarged Fan Zhongyan's Yizhuang to the entire Great Song Dynasty, he suddenly realized how talented Fan Zhongyan was.

"Good is like evil, and the duke is like a traitor!"

Zhao Xu understood why Fan Zheng did not say anything about this policy at this moment, once this policy was spread, it would definitely cause an uproar. This turmoil is not comparable to the New Deal and Xining's reforms.

Fan Zheng nodded solemnly, this is his third policy, which was born from the land state ownership system of Fan Jiayizhuang.

"The worries of the world are worried, and the joys of the world are happy! Now I know how big Fan Xianggong's heart is. Zhao Xu said shockingly.

Fan Zheng nodded and said: "This is also after my grandfather realized this policy, he did not announce it to the world, but first took Fanjiayizhuang as an experiment, and now Fanjiayizhuang has been running for decades, which is indeed a feasible strategy, but it is a dead end!" ”

"Why is that?" Zhao Xu was puzzled.

"Although this strategy is the best policy, the winner can let the Great Song Dynasty break the three-hundred-year cycle of the dynasty, but at the same time, it is extremely dangerous, and it will repeat the mistakes of Wang Mang." Fan Zheng reminded.

"Wang Mang's New Deal!" Zhao Xu gasped, and remembered that Wang Mang's new policy also had a piece of land state-owned, but there was a lot of resistance, and it was conceivable that if the Great Song Dynasty implemented land nationalization, it would probably not be much better than Wang Mang in the end.

"But you also know that this is a terminal illness of the dynasty, if it is too late............." Zhao Xu suffers from gains and losses.

"The officials can rest assured that most dynasties have three hundred years of national fortune, and the Great Song Dynasty is now only more than a hundred years old, and it is still far from the outbreak of terminal illness." Fan Zheng comforted.

The corners of Zhao Xu's mouth twitched, how awkward this sentence sounded, just like you only lived to be thirty years old, and the doctor told you to die at the age of sixty, although it was not in danger, but it was unwilling.

"Moreover, after the Great Song Dynasty implements the apportionment into the mu, defeats Liaoxia, and the national strength increases, it is not too late for the official family to change the law, you must know that the true meaning of the law is to change the word, at least at present, the most suitable for the Great Song Dynasty is the apportionment into the mu!" Fan Zheng said solemnly.

Zhao Xu nodded thoughtfully.

(End of chapter)