Chapter 1,702 Unexpected

What’s more, what’s shocking about this edict is that it also specifically opens up the door for tax reductions for the people.

People can apply to the government for "sacrificial fields" to "pay for ancestors' sacrifices". This is actually a disguised form of tax exemption!

Depending on the region, the upper limit of the number of acres that people can declare for "sacrificial land" is also different, but it is roughly 20% of the average land owned by local people.

What does it mean? Taking Hebei as an example, if the average land is one hundred acres, you can apply for twenty acres of sacrificial land, and the court will not charge taxes.

Those taxes that should have been collected are now used as "subsidy" for the people to worship their ancestors, and they will no longer be collected!

For people who own very little land, let’s take Hebei as an example—all people with an area of ​​less than 20 acres can actually enjoy the policy of fully exempting agricultural taxes!

This measure is actually very similar to the graded tax system of later generations, but it is embodied in a way that is more in line with the ethics and moral concepts of the Song Dynasty.

People who own more land pay taxes on a larger proportion of acres; farmers who own less land pay taxes on a smaller proportion of acres.

And for those poor people who only own a very small amount of land and are below the stipulated number of acres of land for sacrifice, they are free of charge!

Moreover, the cleverness of this measure is that it holds high the banner of "benevolence and filial piety" as a shield.

This not only promotes and advocates culture and education, but also reduces the burden on the fifth-class households. It also prevents the courtiers from raising any questions except support!

In the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, benevolence, filial piety and ancestors were almost as big as the sky.

Not to mention the cheers of the people and the praise of public opinion, after this edict, although Zhao Xu still showed a poker face in the court, no big shot would dare to be disrespectful when they saw him.

This is the art of governance. Behind this edict is a precise grasp of the laws of nature and human relationships.

Anyone who dares to oppose the high-ranking and upright people is going against the whole society and will undoubtedly bring about his own destruction!

Your Majesty's move is really too clever and powerful. It means holding the Heavenly Constitution in your hand and being invincible.

After all, Su You was so profoundly influenced by the memory and influence of later generations that he never thought that he could use this method to reduce the burden on the people.

This matter was first mentioned to Zhao Xu by Colander in the secret fold, and then Zhao Xu took a look at it.

However, the little sister Zai of the Meng family also read the confidential information of several close ministers of the same age as a family letter. She keenly discovered the value of it, so she mentioned it to Zhao Xu again and suggested that he pay attention to it.

Zhao Xu thought about it and did not announce it to the courtiers. Instead, he first informed Wang Yanbi through secret documents and asked about the feasibility.

After Wang Yanbi got it, his first feeling was that it was very good, so he asked Wang Hui to make up his mind on how to reply to Zhao Xu.

Wang Hui was shocked when he saw it and ran to find Su You.

Su You was shocked when he saw it. What a political genius!

I have been racking my brains for decades and calling for decades to untie the poor households, reduce their burdens, and get rid of poverty. Step by step, I have worked hard and worked hard, but it has always been a big thunder, a small rain, and thankless efforts.

Because if the court wants to explicitly exempt households below the fifth class from rent tax, the resistance will be huge. Su You wants to get it with all his toes. The officials will object to it on the grounds that this will cause the people to deliberately reduce their income and class, and think it is a form of training.

The bad habit of tax evasion and tax evasion is a "bad method" that leads to the disintegration of a harmonious family.

It is a trivial matter to reduce taxes and cause losses to the imperial court. It makes the people more cunning and their morals are no longer honest, but it is a major matter that goes against the moral education.

Su You didn't have any good ideas. He wanted to "unite the greatest number of people", so he couldn't do what Wang Anshi did and "do something he knew he couldn't do".

Because the forced promotion of any measure will definitely bring about strong social backlash, and the Song Dynasty cannot withstand such a torment.

And for me now, the sequelae will be very serious.

Therefore, he can only work hard to increase the income of the people. In this way, the fifth-class households can still have enough to eat after paying taxes.

As a result, the colander went astray with one move. No, in today's Song Dynasty, this should be called the greatest correctness. It easily solved the problem that the father had not been able to solve since he traveled to the Song Dynasty.

Although this move still cannot benefit landless tenants, with a little guidance, it will undoubtedly greatly stimulate the positive transformation of tenants into immigrant households.

Even public opinion can be corrected. If anyone is willing to be a tenant and doesn't even offer land for sacrifice, that would be the greatest form of unfilial piety!

The division of property is no longer an excuse for tax evasion, but an expression of the common people's desire to honor their ancestors.

For many things, poor performance is often a reason, and the reason of putting out a colander is very powerful.

The essence behind morality is to allow farmers all over the world to own some tax-free land. This draws a protected "survival line" for poor farmers and provides the "policy fundamentals" for poverty alleviation.

This solved the biggest problem and the most basic problem of the Song Dynasty - the bottom line of survival of the vast agricultural population.

The most important thing is that there will be no resistance when implemented, which is extraordinary.

Su You took the letter and walked around in the courtyard of the Fourth Road Administrative Department several times. He looked at the sky, then at Wang Hui, and suddenly said a super nonsensical sentence: "Why have I never thought of it?"

Wang Hui also looked ashamed: "I have never thought of..."

After saying that, he forced himself to find an explanation: "This is an initiative that conforms to the laws of nature and people's hearts. Not only have we never thought of it, but even the sages have never thought of it..."

Su You waved his hand, thinking that the pot was thrown away inappropriately: "The sages did not think of it because they did not have the conditions of the Song Dynasty today, but we did not think of it because our wisdom was insufficient..."

He solemnly handed the letter back to Wang Hui: "Your Majesty is wise and wise. If this proposal is implemented, Heaven will surely banish the Song Dynasty. My lord, please guide the children well and make everything right. I, I have no shame to participate..."

In the twelfth month of the lunar month, Guimao, the Imperial Academy ordered Su Shi to beg Yuezhou, but he refused, so he was changed to a bachelor of Duanming Palace, a minister of the Ministry of Rites, and a concurrent bachelor of the Imperial Academy.

In that month, the servant Zuo shot Lu Dafang and begged to be dismissed from power. The Empress Dowager declared: "The Lord is rich in the Spring and Autumn Period, and my husband has not yet left the throne. It will take less time for me to go to the Eastern Dynasty."

Lu Dafang did not dare to invite him again and resumed his duties.

Liang Tao, Minister Zuocheng, also resigned as Minister Zuocheng. In his resignation letter, he once again mentioned the matter of returning to power: "Fuwang prelude to the inspection meeting, early issued the imperial edict, cut off the return to the master, and made great achievements. I can't help but express my words with great enthusiasm."

The imperial edict refused.

Peng Ruli, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, said: "If I cannot know the danger, then the world will not be safe; if I cannot know the worry, then the world will not be happy.

Nowadays, everyone says that the Empress Dowager has no intention of taking over the world, and now she will return to power. I think that the third generation of the Empress Dowager is the mother of the world. She is noble and wealthy, unrivaled above and invincible below, so it is appropriate for her to be called the system.

Therefore, it is very difficult for him to return to power. After returning to power, it is difficult for His Majesty the Emperor to do so without losing his sanctity.

I would like to ask His Majesty the Emperor to come to the Imperial Palace with him and order some of his close ministers and magistrates to come in, so that he can see some of the talented people and find out whether they are evil, righteous, virtuous, or dishonest, so that they can learn about the affairs of the world.

If you have a dictatorship for one day, the interests and harms cannot be confused, and the villain cannot hide it. You can enjoy it by serving the heaven and earth, you can make peace by governing all things, and you can consolidate it by inheriting the ancestral temple. The reason why the Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother support it can be said to be perfect!"

In fact, this is still a different way of persuading Gao Taotao to return to power. At least there is an exchange. Zhao Xu will be the "director in front of the curtain" and Gao Taotao will be the rubber stamp.

I really don't care enough.

However, Peng Ruli's memorial was still left out. Zhao Xu was still the old god, putting on a poker face on the side chair in front of the curtain, and pestering Xiaomei Meng when he returned to the harem. Everything was as usual.

During the Jiaxu period, the Liao State sent its envoy Xiao Changyou, the military envoy of Changning Army, Xiao Fu, the observation envoy to Yizhou, deputy envoys Zhongsan Dafu Shou Tai Chang Shaoqing, Liu Sichang, and Liu Sichang, the defense envoy of Haizhou, to congratulate Zhengdan.

He Zhengdan was second, and the other He Zhengdans looked as calm as old dogs, but deep down they were panicking, because they had another purpose this time.

Yelu Hongji was in urgent need of steel and grain, and asked several people to urge the Song Dynasty. First, they should quickly send the iron factory to Liaoyang for landing, and second, they should purchase grain from the Song Dynasty.

When passing by Daming Mansion, Su You basically agreed to their request, but made some well-intentioned suggestions.

The first was the issue of reserves of coking coal and fine ore powder. The Song Dynasty, in a serious and responsible manner, had to check the reserves of the Liao State before arranging the construction schedule.

Although the price of the industrial base with a daily output of 100,000 kilograms of steel has been reduced again and again, from 4.5 million guan to 3.5 million guan, it is still only a seven-year-old coin, which is nothing like child's play.

Several envoys hesitated and hesitated. Situ of the Song Dynasty was right. These had been clarified in the agreement before. The Song Dynasty had also helped the Liao Kingdom to establish a coking plant and mineral processing plant in advance. Logically speaking, the reserve

It should have been about half a year.
Chapter completed!