Chapter 548
The simple truth mentioned by Li Mu can be explained in his previous life with another very simple concept, three letters g. Each transaction can withdraw a market value, and the overall concept of market value is a form of expression of g.
But he cannot explain this concept of a thousand years later, no matter what, unless he can explain it, that everyone present can accept the fact that he has traveled through time after a thousand years.
It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, it's enough to understand the basic concepts. All he wants is to implement the new policy.
As a standard college student who has studied Chinese history, Li Mu has studied almost all the major land policies in Chinese history. This was his key question during the college entrance examination that year and was a must-have content.
China's main land system is a line that can be traced. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, land rewarded military merits and allowed private ownership. The Qin Dynasty arranged household registration and levy labor. The Han Dynasty began to have a head tax, while the two Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties and Tang Dynasty established a system of head tax and renting and mediocre adjustment. In the future, the historical textbooks recorded it very clearly. With the serious land annexation, renting and mediocre adjustment could not be implemented. The reform of the middle Tang Dynasty changed to a two-tax system. Household tax and land tax were separated, while Wang Anshi's reform of the Northern Song Dynasty developed the land tax law on this basis, divided households into grades and levied different taxes.
During the Zhang Juzheng period of the Ming Dynasty, the one-whip method was implemented, and the taxes and labor service were merged, and the land, labor, labor service and labor service were distributed on the land, and the labor service was transferred to the land, the land was calculated, the acres were collected, and the silver was collected. In fact, there were signs of the spread of prix to the acres. In the Qing Dynasty, the implementation of the spread of prix to the acres was actually because the original tax policy could not be maintained. In order to maintain its own rule, the Qing Dynasty invited people to buy hearts. Several reasons were attributed to the spread of prix to the acres, and it was born.
Is this policy good? In the feudal society, this is already the best land policy. It reduces the economic burden of farmers without land and with little land, because the target of expropriation is land, which relaxes population control and greatly promotes population growth. As the number of fields is fixed, the space for governments at all levels to be careless is further reduced. Although it cannot completely cure corruption, it also reduces its space and reduces the pressure on the people in disguise.
It can be said that the policy of dividing acres is the culprit of land policy in feudal society. It is a very worthy and feasible policy.
Li Mu carefully considered why before the Qing Dynasty, there were no such policy in previous dynasties? In addition to the limitations of thinking, it should be that the social environment at that time would not have reached this point. Moreover, it was difficult to reach this point. Because it had to have a premise of "pushing it back". Throughout history, the success of land policy reforms was at the beginning of a dynasty, and after the middle stage, the class was fixed, and even the imperial power was difficult to change.
In a sense, the two-tax system in the middle Tang Dynasty only eased the disintegration of the country, but did not change the fact of disintegration.
Now it is Zhenguan, and it is an opportunity. Li Shimin is a bold and powerful lord, and the strength of a family is at a historical low. If Li Shimin gritted his teeth, he could withstand the pain, make drastic reforms, and leap for a thousand years, it would not be a dream!
Li Mu had already expressed his pros and cons, and had whispered to the ministers, and did everything he could do. Now everything is in Li Shimin's thoughts. If he can make up his mind, this matter will be accomplished. If he is hesitant and decisive, this matter will not be accomplished.
Li Mu, the butterfly who can travel through time, can only reach this place. At this moment, Li Mu finally felt the limit of the time traveler. The final choice of things is not in his hands. The person who really decides history is still these characters in history!
Li Mu stopped talking, just looked at Li Shimin and waited for his final decision.
All his eyes were focused on Li Shimin. Even though he was a natural king with a huge heart, he couldn't help but feel nervous when facing so many eyes.
Li Shimin took a deep breath, paused briefly, and finally spoke: "What a commercial tax, what a good one will never increase the tax! I have made up my mind and cannot repeat the same mistakes. The new policy will start from me!"
"Your Majesty!" Now that the matter has been done, Wei Zheng no longer insists, but he still wants to point out the problem: "Li Mu's idea is good, and I agree with it, but the problem is that the fields that are already cultivated are still uneven... If it is to be changed, it may cause desolation in the fields. Even if it is a short-term problem, it will be a great setback for rest and recuperation! Moreover, the renting and mediocre system is closely related to the military system, and it will affect the whole body with one blow, so you have to be careful!"
"What Mr. Wei said is that if a boy proposes an idea, he must not be able to cover everything. Therefore, he asked Mr. Wei to practice the law to check for shortcomings and fill in the gaps. If I preside over the practice, it will be a blind eye and will be counterproductive!"
"This statement is reasonable!" Li Shimin saw that Li Mu's sharpness had been reclaimed, and knew that his purpose had been achieved today, so he took the conversation to help him accomplish it: "Everything has both yin and yang, and it must be discussed in order to have a good result. I will discuss this matter later. Please go back and think about it. Let's come here for today's morning court."
As he said that, he wanted to retire from the court, but Wei Zheng stood up again: "Your Majesty, the matter has not been discussed yet, how can we stop the court? The question I just asked, Zhulu Hou has not answered yet. What should I do if there is a stop to farm among the people? What should I do if the fields are uneven? These are all difficult questions. If he can't give an answer and just shout for reform, wouldn't it be ridiculous!"
This statement was immediately echoed by everyone. Li Shimin looked at Li Mu helplessly, and his eyes expressed everything: It’s not that I don’t help you, but you really have angered the public and can’t help you!
Li Mu laughed, looked at Wei Zheng and others, and said, "Duke Wei, I originally wanted to save face for you, but I didn't want to be the first in everything and get credit for me. But seeing that Duke Wei is aggressive and wasted my intentions, I said everything, I would like to remember a lot in the history books every day. In the great achievements of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, wise kings account for half, wise ministers account for half, wise ministers account for only one, and only one wise ministers, and all the dukes are all decorations!"
Wei Zheng's face turned red with anger and said, "I don't listen to your useless words, please answer the question!"
Chapter completed!