Evening.

Huainan City, Lufu Study.

Huainan Zhizhou Lu Zheng is over seventy years old, but he is in good spirits, and at this moment he is sitting on the chair behind the desk, picking up the folds on the table casually, and looking at it boredly.

In front of the bookshelf not far from the house, the master in a gray robe carefully moved and sorted out the books, trying not to make a sound.

Lu Zhengming has been an official for more than 50 years, and has stayed in the position of Zhizhou for more than 10 years.

If nothing else, he will be able to retire honorably in a few more years.

He himself really thinks so, mixing in the position of Zhizhou for a few more years, and then retiring with honor, and living for the rest of his life.

But people are ambitious, and Lu Zhengming is no exception.

Before he retired, he hoped that his official position would rise a little, and then he would have no regrets in this life.

He lowered his eyes and drank tea while looking at the folds on the table.

These excerpts are all written by the officials below, and the content is all-encompassing, ranging from local government affairs, spring ploughing, and taxation, to a certain county, a certain town, and a certain village, and a certain villager found a toad with three legs in the field, and they thought it was a vision, and presented it for reward!

Lu Zhengming frowned and looked at the fold, looking at it, there was no one that satisfied him.

At the same time, Lu Zhengming couldn't help but complain to his master:

"Look, I just found a three-legged toad, and they also wrote a special letter and presented it, I really don't know what the officials below are eating?"

The master turned around, came to him, and said with a compliment: "This just shows that Huainan is under the governance of the master, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the officials under him don't have to worry about the affairs of the people, so they naturally have to think of other ways to behave." ”

"You, you, you will say nice things......" Lu Zhengming pointed to his master who had been with him for many years, and also smiled.

After laughing, continue to read the excerpts.

Time flies, there are not many excerpts today, Lu Zhengming only took less than an hour to read all the excerpts presented today, and at this time the time has also shifted from sunset to evening, and the candles have been lit in the study, and the candlelight is flickering.

The master sorted the folds that Lu Zhengming had processed into different categories and put them in different wooden trays, and the ones that should be returned tomorrow were sent to the kitchen for ignition.

After dealing with government affairs, Lu Zhengming stood up, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyes, and yawned:

"I'm really old, and my spirit is not as good as it was back then, so my eyes are so sore that I can't open them."

"Lao Ding, check it and see if there is anything missing......"

The master answered, and checked all the folds on the table, and during the inspection, he was slightly stunned, paused for a moment, and felt that it was necessary to bring those things over for Lu Zhengming to take a look.

So, the master trotted out of the house and quickly got a pile of papers.

"What is this?"

Lu Zhengming took it and glanced at it casually, and asked suspiciously.

The master responded truthfully: "This morning, the concierge of our house received these, I took a few glances and thought it made sense, so I showed it to the master." ”

"Hmm." Lu Zhengming nodded.

He knows the level of the master, the master has been with him for so many years, and he is his right-hand man, even the master feels that it makes sense to see it, so it is really necessary to take a look.

So, Lu Zhengming sat down again, spread out the paper and looked at it.

"One Whip Law"

The first four words made Lu Zhengming half-understood, since it was written at the beginning, it must be the title.

But why such a strange name?

Lu Zhengming was puzzled.

Read on:

"Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, we have followed the law of conscription in the previous dynasties, with Lijia as the main backbone and the household as the basic unit, and the household is divided into three classes and nine rules according to the amount of grain......

After reading it, Lu Zhengming was quite surprised and carefully examined this paragraph.

There are not many words in this passage, only a short hundred words, but it accurately summarizes the current tax system of forced labor in the Great Era.

Lu Zhengming guessed that the person who wrote this policy must be a discipline official.

It is very likely that this official is also deeply involved in the taxation of conscription, and belongs to the grassroots officials, otherwise he would not have known so clearly about the taxation of conscription.

Just the beginning of the sentence successfully aroused Lu Zhengming's curiosity.

He carefully studied this passage many times, and his eyes burst out with the seriousness and concentration that he had only had in his youth.

He suddenly felt his mouth dry, but he didn't drink the tea, because only by continuing to look down could he satisfy his heart's desire.

"Nowadays, the phenomenon of land annexation in our country is gradually intensifying, and more landlords collude with the government to forcibly occupy peasant land......

After reading it, Lu Zhengming chuckled in his heart, his brows furrowed, and he couldn't help but feel stunned in his heart.

If the previous paragraph is still stating the background, then the next paragraph directly points out the current situation of the Age.

Throughout the ages, the phenomenon of land annexation has always been a major problem for the imperial court, and in serious cases, it can directly lead to the demise of a dynasty.

If Daki wants to avoid the old path, he must find a way to curb this phenomenon.

Over the past few hundred years, many methods have been proposed by our predecessors, some of which died before they could be implemented, and some of which were fundamentally unworkable.

If you want to curb land annexation, you must come up with a set of operational plans!

Lu Zhengming's dying old heart was completely burning and boiling.

Since this man was able to write the foregoing, put forward his own understanding of the tax system of the Great Discipline, and state the original drawbacks, there must be a solution.

Lu Zhengming couldn't wait to look down:

As a result, Xia Guan thought that he could start from the following aspects:

First, clear the land and expand the area of expropriation.

Note: In view of the current situation that the land occupied by a large number of land is increased and the tax is reduced, only by starting from the land can the land be equalized......

Second, unify the enlistment and limit harshness.

Note: The endowment will be attributed to the land, the mu will be levied, the forced labor will be changed to hired labor, and the government will hire people to serve on behalf of the government. Therefore, the disadvantages of the tax will be cleared up and the tax will tend to be stable......

Third, the silver is levied on the acre, and the official is closed.

Note: All the errand service was changed to silver errand, and the levy was handled by the chief of the lieutenant and the chief of the grain, and it was directly collected by the local officials, and the payment was put into the treasury, so that the cost of transportation and storage was saved, and the levy and discharge were not handled by the armor protection personnel, and the disadvantages of eroding the distribution were eliminated......"

After reading it.

Lu Zhengming was stunned, he couldn't calm down for a long time, and goosebumps rose all over his body.

This policy not only gives solutions, but also intimately annotates each method, for fear that people will not understand it.

"Okay, yes......!"

Lu Zhengming suddenly stood up and made a loud noise, his eyes had not yet taken his eyes off the strategy on the table, and he said excitedly: "What a good plan to collect silver per mu, the official is closed, it really talks about the heart of the official." ”

After the excitement, Lu Zhengming reached out and grabbed the master regardless of the image, and said urgently: "Come on, who sent this strategy?" The officer wants to see him! Immediately! I'm going to see him soon! ”

"Master, this ......"

The master was frightened by Lu Zhengming's abnormality and froze in place.

"Say it! Who is this person, the official will take him into the capital to face the saint, and explain this new law of forced labor and taxation in front of the princes! ”

"You can see how much trouble this whip law will solve for my Daji, and how much tax revenue will be added to my court! Unthinkable, unthinkable! ”

Lu Zhengming laughed, his face full of excitement,

The master scratched his head, and waited for Lu Zhengming to calm down a little before he said: "Master, I don't know who this person is, the porter may know, so I'll go and summon the porter and ask them to talk back." ”

"Quick, go, go and call them back." Lu Zhengming couldn't wait to wave his hand.

After the master left, only Lu Zhengming was left in the study, and the expression on Lu Zhengming's face was surprised and happy, fidgeting, pacing back and forth in the study, and his excitement could not be described in words.