Chapter 3425: Extra 5 that went astray

The emperor's eyebrows jumped, "Everyone has the highest limit, but you have the lowest limit?"

Zhou Man reminded: "Land, land..."

The emperor immediately changed his mind and said, "Okay, what else?"

"Let's start the reform from the job fields," Bai Shan suggested: "Nowadays, the land is decreasing, and there are cases of encroachment on official land and manpower. It would be better to cancel the job fields and return the land to the people."

The emperor frowned slightly, "I'm afraid the officials in the court won't agree."

Bai Shandao: "As long as the salary is sufficient, they will agree."

He said: "There are few people in the court who run their own jobs like us. Most of them are managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. After the autumn tax every year, the share is received from the Ministry of Household Affairs. In fact, it is not much different from receiving salary."

“What really makes a difference is the place, and the encroachment on official land mostly occurs in the local area.” This is because local officials generally take care of their own land, and it is rare for anyone to leave it to the local household to manage it.

This is a habit, a self-evident rule.

However, Bai Shan believes that such a "remuneration" method is too complicated. It is better to directly set the official's income, how much salary each grade should receive, and pay it all by the Ministry of Household Affairs...

The emperor thought thoughtfully and asked, "In this case, how much is the quota? The official land has returned to the private sector. Where did the Ministry of Household Affairs get the extra money and grain?"

This is not a matter of one or two years, but once it starts, it will be permanent and will be consumed every month. Can the national treasury and local finances support it?

Bai Shan said immediately: "So the job field reform is followed by the tax reform. The local government retains this financial reform. As for how much it will be given, it is based on the current average income of officials of each grade, and then adding two percent to it will be enough.

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Everyone is definitely willing to gain more than they lose, and just treat it as public salary to support their integrity.

Seeing that what he said was sound and logical, the emperor asked, "Have you calculated it?"

Bai Shan smiled slightly and said confidently: "Of course, Chen, Yang Xiang and others have calculated repeatedly for two years and thought of various situations."

He beguiled the emperor and said: "I know your majesty's worries. The previous dynasty was destroyed, firstly, because of the cruelty of the last emperor, excessive taxation and extravagance; secondly, because of his ungratefulness."

The emperor glanced at Bai Shan and gave him a meaningful look.

Both of them studied under Mr. Zhuang. Since Zhuang Xun entered Chongwen Hall, even after he became the emperor, he would often come to Zhuang Xun for lessons. Sometimes he would gain something from just listening to him talk about the current affairs of the court.

Although Zhuang Xun rarely expressed his opinions on the current government affairs, whenever he asked, the other party would start and end with a discussion of history.

Similar things always happen in history.

For example, their attitude towards wealthy families.

The so-called ungratefulness of the last emperor of the previous dynasty means, in detail, that the last emperor of the previous dynasty was unwilling to be constrained by powerful families, so he vigorously promoted the imperial examination, which directly overturned the nine-grade Zhongzheng system.

He led a group of people and aristocratic families to directly attack Maimang. In addition to the internal and external difficulties at the time, his efforts to build the Grand Canal and attack Goguryeo aroused public resentment, so everyone took advantage of the situation and rebelled.

Although it was the Li family who took over the throne, they had almost the same understanding of the wealthy and aristocratic families.

Moreover, the Li family's feelings are even deeper. The lessons learned from the previous dynasty mean that they must not fall into the same pit.

It is impossible to obey the powerful families. The best way is to weaken their influence in the court and in the world.

If they are weakened, they will have to be replaced by people from poor families and even common people, which are very good influences.

However, unlike the last emperor of the previous dynasty, the late emperor spent twenty years paving the way for what he wanted to accomplish in three years. He may not be able to complete it while he is alive, but it doesn't matter, he still has a son.

Before his death, his father repeatedly warned that priorities should be clearly distinguished. Some things, although important, must be done slowly. As a person, you must be patient, and as an emperor, you must not only be patient, but also tolerant.

Only by enduring what ordinary people cannot endure can one become a good emperor.

The emperor pondered for a moment, then skipped all the technical questions and asked instead: "Nowadays, one of you is the prime minister, one is the minister, and the other is the secretary. Your job can be said to be the first in the court."

Wait, are you really willing to give up?"

He looked at Zhou Man and said meaningfully, "I'm afraid no one can match Zhou Qing's income from the vocational fields in Chaozhong. Those vocational fields under your name, especially the construction of Pucun, cost a lot of money, right? Every year, right?"

The harvest of your farm is the envy of all officials."

Zhou Man responded, "As long as it is for the good of the Jin Dynasty and Your Majesty, what I will lose is only a temporary gain. After me, my descendants will all be Jin people and your Majesty's subjects. They will enjoy all kinds of benefits from today on.

Calculated this way, I am not considered a loss."

The emperor raised his eyebrows, laughed loudly, and slapped his thigh, "Okay! If everyone can be like your minister, how can the world be so unfair?"

Zhou Man's words gave the emperor the confidence to persuade the officials. He stood up and turned around twice. Finally, he turned back and stared at Bai Shan with bright eyes and asked: "How do you want to change the tax? It's as whimsical as the brochure."

There is no need to mention the proposal. You can just state your bottom line and initial assumptions. There is no need to think about bargaining with me."

The emperor hated his mother-in-law the most.

Bai Shan cheered up and said: "It is indeed difficult to complete the things mentioned in the document. Even if it is completed, I am afraid there will be chaos. Therefore, I have considered it over and over again. I first proposed to collect the Ding tax and the field tax together, and then wait.

In the future, when the time is right, we will collect taxes from officials and gentry..."

This is a very difficult thing, not only because it harms the interests of the "rich" and "powerful people" at this time, but also because not everyone agrees that Bai Shanyang and Shu's move will benefit the Jin Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty.

The world.

The opposition of the former is difficult to handle, and the opposition of the latter is even more difficult. Understanding is an extremely difficult thing to change.

Fortunately, there were many ministers in the court who knew the same as Bai Shan, Yang Heshu, and they did not want to change everything as soon as they came up, but planned it slowly as Bai Shan said.

Yang Heshu presided over the occupational reform and then proposed the tax reform, but then he made mistakes and was released.

Bai Shan settled down for two years after accepting it, and then began to put forward some small suggestions, revising some every year, and finally laid the foundation for tax reform.

Not only the land tax and Ding tax, but also the commercial tax, the scope of the reform was very wide, but the pace was narrowed, not taking a long step forward, but taking a cautious step forward.

But this step took them ten years.

Bai Shan waited until the matter was completed and the Jin Dynasty entered a stable state and became more powerful, then he wanted to quit. Moreover, the talents of his successors were not inferior to his, and many of them had the same understanding and ambition as him.

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