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Chapter 1. Taking a Different Approach

Ying Jieyan knew very well about why the young emperor insisted on retaining a large amount of public land, and it can be said that he was influenced by himself. He was ordered to teach the young emperor, teach the way of governing the country and the learning of kings and domineering. Political changes with far-reaching influence in history are naturally also important contents for teaching, in order to gain enlightenment and learn lessons from it.

At the beginning, Ying Jieyan explained and the little emperor listened, but soon became arguing between masters and apprentices. Later, they became a master and apprentice discussing each other and made progress together. Because he found that the little emperor had his own unique insights on historical reforms, and even overturned the consensus conclusion in history, and his arguments made Ying Jieyan often lit up.

The "Public Field Law" was originally a reform implemented by Jia Sidao, the prime minister of the late Southern Song Dynasty, to solve financial difficulties, but it aroused opposition from the government and the opposition, and was regarded as a bad policy, and was considered one of the important reasons for the destruction of the Song Dynasty. However, the young emperor did not agree with this, believing that the Public Field Law had certain feasibility for stabilizing the national finance, solving the supply of military rations and reducing the burden on the people. It was only because the timing and method of introduction were wrong that the result was counterproductive.

First, the finances of the court had collapsed due to years of wars, and there were only two ways to deal with them: one was to drink poison to quench thirst, and the other was to rely on and buy fishing for the extinction of the lake. This led to the depreciation of paper money, rising prices, shortage of military expenditure, and fiscal tax revenue had reached the end of the day. Jia Sidao's idea of ​​implementing the public land law was based on the land restriction system. First, one-third of the land that had passed the standard, and the state bought it back as official land, and then leased it out. If six or seven stones of rice could be collected per ten acres, it could solve the problems of military rations, collections, prices, etc.

However, it takes a lot of money to buy land, and when the money is exhausted, the funds required can only be relied on increasing paper money, which is completely a non-price transaction. However, adding Huizi to buy public land has aggravated inflation. Huizi's "dir is not injected" that was originally depreciated. Now, another 150,000 guan is added to the market every day to circulate, and prices soar and paper money depreciation is inevitable.

The young emperor thought that Jia Sidao's followers boasted about the so-called "equal prices" of the Public Land Law, which violated economic laws and did not conform to objective facts. The fact is that shortly after the implementation of public land, a new round of fierce Huizi crisis was triggered, forcing Jia Sidao to abolish Huizi and switch to gold and silver barriers, transferring the financial crisis to the general public, arousing widespread dissatisfaction among the grassroots people and affecting the foundation of rule.

Secondly, the public land law buys land for official households, and the standard set is that the first grade limit is 50 hectares of land, each of which is below 5 hectares, and the ninth grade is 5 hectares. This is actually a forced equalization method to restrict the landlords from concealing tax evasion and ensuring military supplies. However, this method directly involves the interests of bureaucratic landlords, and offends those scholars and landlords, so the public landlords were faced with long-lasting and desperate opposition from the government and the country. As a result, the large landlord class, small and medium landlords, upper-class peasants and a few landless tenants were brought in, and they lost all their hearts in all aspects.

Again, in the implementation of the public land law, the operational employment was unknown and the method was improper. In fact, the implementation of the public land law was turned into a disguised administrative means forcibly changing the ownership of the land, so it was called back purchase, but it was actually a forcibly seized. At that time, the land price of fertile land in the upper western Zhejiang was 400 guan per mu. When the public land was first launched, it was stipulated that 200 guan per mu of fertile land with a rent of one stone per mu was only half of the market price. However, in actual implementation, only 40 guan was given, and it was still a certificate of purchase that was not purchased, and it was a meeting with a waste paper.

Any public land purchased by the buyback is nominally given economic compensation according to the rent amount: if the rent amount is more than one stone, each acre is 200 guan; if the rent amount is more than one stone, it is 180 guan; if the eight guan is 160 guan, and so on. However, the compensation is not cash. If the public land is more than 5,000 acres, it will be given a half-percent of silver, the official will be given a 50% certificate, the official will be given a 20% certificate, and the official will be given a 30% certificate, and the official will be given a 30% certificate, and the Huizi will be given a 30% certificate, and the Huizi will be given a 30% certificate. If the person below 1,000 acres, the silver will be given a 50% certificate, and the Huizi will be given a 50% certificate; if the person below 500 acres, it will be given a 50% certificate, and the Huizi will be given a 50% certificate; if the person below 500 acres, it will be given a 50% certificate, and the Huizi will be given a 50% certificate.

In addition, when the official land collects rent, the head will be collected, causing class conflicts. Although farmers with less land or no land are involved in the later operation of the official land, they were also deeply harmed by the public land law. In order to seek credit, the officials in charge either repay the number of land they bought or the level of public land. When the official land is actually operated, the book gap caused by these efforts can only be compensated by the farmers who leased the tenant.

However, although the implementation of the Public Field Law was short, it achieved certain results, which won a little more money for the Song Dynasty. Even though Emperor Chunyou announced the abolition of the Public Field Law and returned the public field to the original landlord, hoping that these powerful people would be grateful and help the court resist Mongolia. However, due to the critical military situation and financial difficulties, the military was "urgent to pay the military" and planned to collect rent and taxes for another year, but it was not returned.

Therefore, the young emperor believed that Jia Sidao was at the wrong time, using the wrong way to do the right thing with the wrong people, and the failure was already destined. The young emperor who learned the lesson was very smart. After regaining Jiangnan, he implemented the dictatorship of land while vigorously suppressing the Mongolians and traitors in the name of punishing traitors and eliminating evil spirits, and confiscating their property and land.

It is very funny to say. After capturing Jiangnan, Kublai Khan confiscated the public land of the Song Dynasty and occupied a large number of fertile land, which directly gave it to many Mongolian nobles. After Zhao Bing recovered Jiangnan, these public lands returned to the hands of the court without spending a penny to redeem them. This did not arouse opposition from the government and the public. After all, these lands were already belonged to the enemy's property and were collected as justified by the court.

Zhao Bing took advantage of the opportunity of confiscating enemy property to cleverly avoid a "thunder" on Jia Sidao's road to reform. Not only did it not cause social turmoil, but also rented the recovered public land to tenants through the method formulated by Jia Sidao, and then collected rent and taxes, which also solved the livelihood problems of landless farmers. Then he used the collected grain for military purposes and rented silver as a supplement to local government financial expenses, which ensured the basic state of the country's finances and greatly reduced the financial burden of the court...

"Master of the Manor!" The road to betrayal of public land was already blocked by the little emperor. Now the only way is to borrow from His Majesty. 6 Xiufu looked at Zhuang Shilin.

"The sixth phase, there is not much left in the inner warehouse, and I can't afford tens of millions of dollars!" Zhuang Shilin knew what was next before 6th Xiufu finished speaking, and immediately stood up and bowed and said with a smile.

"Hmm?!" 6 Xiufu raised his eyebrows and his face sank, and his knife-like eyes looked at Zhuang Shilin again.

"The sixth minister, the lower officials said nothing. There are only less than six million guan left in the warehouse, but they still have to be used for the military weapon yard to maintain production. I really dare not act without action!" Zhuang Shilin, as the emperor's steward, was not very afraid of 6 Xiufu, but he still felt a trembling heart and explained with a smile.

"Master of the Manor, the sea ships heading to the West have returned, and they should have brought back a large amount of gold and silver. Could it be that you have secretly misappropriated all of this money?" Liu Fu also turned his face to look at Zhuang Shilin and said in surprise.

"Governor Liu, there are indeed sea ships waiting for the port, but their trade with the French is mostly made of goods and gold and silver. Only after the goods are sold can you get money to account. And they also have to leave some new goods to purchase. Therefore, it is really difficult to take out a lot of money at the moment!" Zhuang Shilin said.

"The inner warehouse gets more than ten million yuan every year. Where is this money used?" The little emperor's fortune is well known in the court. The royal family monopolized the operation of the stations in the country, and also collected 30% of the salt tax and smelting. There is also a sea trade fleet that can lay golden eggs. The conservative estimate can reach 20 to 30 million yuan, but now Zhuang Shilin is crying poor, which makes Liu Fu really hard to believe.

"Governor Liu, the internal warehouse has a lot of revenue, but the expenses are equally large." Zhuang Shilin said with a wry smile. "Now the imperial guards have nearly 100,000 troops, and their equipment and military pay are all from the internal warehouse. Moreover, the military weapon yard also occupies a large amount of funds. In the battle of Jiangdong, only gunpowder was used for nearly 200,000 kilograms, and the court has been owed. In addition, there are still some things in the internal warehouse, but they are all gold, silver, jewelry and antiques, and they cannot be used for circulation. The maritime trade can make money, but repairing old ships and creating new ships, hiring sailors is also expensive, and they have to pay tariffs and commercial taxes in accordance with the law, so there is not as much left as imagined."

"In addition, the consumption of the inner palace and the rewards of the ministers during the New Year are all huge expenses. The inner warehouse can save this thing, which His Majesty saved for frugality!" Zhuang Shilin kept saying to prove his "integrity". He knew that the largest source of funds for the inner warehouse was actually smuggling salt from the Mongol Yuan, but this money was shameless, so he skipped it.

"In this way, it is difficult for the internal warehouse to borrow a large amount of money, so what about this?" Although several people did not know the specific amount of the internal warehouse revenue, they were correct when they heard what they said, and this also marked that their greatest hope was shattered. 6 Hideo said in a disappointment.

"The 6th prince and all the Shangguans are actually not at the end of their lives!" Several people were frowning and thought about the channels for money, but they had no idea to search for their hearts. At this time, Zhuang Shilin's eyes turned and said slowly.

"Oh, what else can I do? Tell me quickly!" Several people said in unison.

"As the officials recorded, when the new banknotes were launched, the court printed 200 million banknotes, while only 120 million banknotes were put into the market. The Ministry of Revenue still had 80 million banknotes as reserves. If this money was used, all problems would be solved!" Zhuang Shilin looked at everyone and said...
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