Chapter 181 Land Reform Strategy
By the way, Ying Zheng actually didn't want to treat Feng Quji like this.
But there is no way, Feng Quji is the right prime minister who is in charge of the government affairs. Almost half of the entire court is yours. Land reform is of great importance and involves a wide range of areas. It has greatly affected the interests of almost all aristocratic groups. To implement the land reform policy, the first thing to ensure is that the court cannot be in chaos.
How can the right prime minister who is in charge of the government be out of the matter? Naturally, you have to pull you into the water. If you point out the matter of redistribution of land, all officials will not cause trouble. If all officials do not cause chaos, the court will not be in chaos. If the court is not in chaos, the court will not be in chaos, and the court will not be in chaos, and the land reform policy will be effectively implemented downward.
In addition, there is another reason, that is, Feng Quji has always been incompatible with Li Yang. If Feng Quji is not pulled into the water, he is likely to use this matter and take the initiative to cause chaos to oppose Li Yang.
Therefore, the matter of cheating Feng Quji to death was a plan that Ying Zheng and Li Yang had agreed on early in the morning.
Of course, although Feng Quji was dragged into the water, it did not mean that he would not secretly use the land reform incident to incite the people below to oppose them.
However, for Ying Zheng and Li Yang, as long as you tell the matter of redistribution of land in the court, it is enough. Even if you object in secret, what if you oppose it?
You cannot stand up and openly lead the way, and you dare not do too much, because if you really make an out-of-control situation due to the land reform policy, the first person to use to calm public anger is you, Feng Quji.
Therefore, today, Lafon deji went into the water, which means that the land reform has no hindrance in the court.
As for the army, Ying Zheng was much more relieved, because military power has always been in the hands of Ying Zheng, which is why the position of Taiwei has been set up, but this position has been vacant for a long time. It was not until Meng Tian took office not long ago, because Ying Zheng has always valued military power.
Therefore, if the army is together, there is no policy. Regardless of right or wrong, it must be based on the emperor's order.
In addition, the active-duty army of hundreds of thousands of troops implemented military land that replaced annual salary. This land reform policy has no benefit to the active-duty military soldiers, and it is even more impossible to oppose it.
To put it bluntly, even if some generals want to object, they don’t have the courage to rebel, because the soldiers below will not follow suit, and Meng Tian above will not allow you to rebel.
Now, all the civil and military officials and generals have been dealt with, and Ying Zheng knew that it was time to get to the point.
So he turned to Li Yang and said, "Li Yang, since everyone has agreed on your opinions, let's talk about your gentleness strategy!"
Li Yang nodded and smiled: "When you come to your Majesty, as far as I know, those who annexed land are mostly new nobles who have made meritorious titles in the past. Of course, there are also many old gentry members, such as me, who are the largest landlords. I have received the grace of Your Majesty, and I have been granted the title of Marquis, and I have been granted the fief of 10,000 households, and Dongyang County. Apart from the land of the local gentry, most of the land belongs to the fief of the minister. Therefore, those who have received the favor of the emperor in the past are also mostly ministers who have made meritorious titles. Therefore, if Your Majesty takes over the land of the past, and redistributes the land of the past, I will feel a little unfair. Therefore, I think that if I want to take over the land of the world to the court and redistribute it, I must compensate me."
Everyone nodded, feeling that Li Yang had the point.
After all, everyone has sold their lives, shed blood, and sweated for the court. Some people have made great contributions. Now the court wants to take back the land without compensation, which is too disappointing for everyone.
"Well, I didn't consider this." Ying Zheng nodded slightly, pretending to think what Li Yang said was reasonable, and then said, "Then how do you think you should compensate?"
Li Yang said: "To be honest, this compensation is indeed a difficult problem. If there is too much compensation, the treasury cannot afford it. If there is less compensation, it will inevitably lead to the hearts of the heroes and soldiers in the past. However, there is a ready-made plan that can be learned from."
"Oh? What is the ready-made plan?" Ying Zheng asked.
Everyone also looked at Li Yang, wanting to hear what he had thought of.
At this time, Li Yang stretched out four fingers and said, "Annual salary system!"
"Annual salary system?"
Everyone was startled and suspicious.
Feng Quji, Li Si, Meng Tian and others suddenly understood why the emperor asked about the annual salary instead of military land when he came to Qilin Palace. It turned out that all this was to ambush the land for land reform.
At this moment, Feng Quji and Li Si and others had to admire Li Yang and Ying Zheng. The concerted concert was perfect. If you don’t experience it carefully, it will really make people think that today’s things have naturally developed to this point.
At this moment, Ying Zheng was still acting, frowned: "Are you referring to the policy of replacing military farmland in the annual salary?"
"Yes!"
Li Yang nodded and explained: "Your Majesty, the current policy of replacing military land with annual salary can actually be learned from it. Since the pre-Qin period, the land of Qin has been owned by the imperial court and the land is not allowed to be traded. Therefore, the land they annexed can not be pursued, but the land of annexed is not included in the compensation. In this way, the matter is much simpler. We will directly give the corresponding annual salary according to each person's military title. I believe that everyone cannot say that the court is unfair. After all, over the past ten years, more than 100,000 meritorious officials and soldiers who have made meritorious titles have been treated like this. Now it is just to treat the same as the meritorious officials and soldiers in the world."
Ying Zheng slapped the table and praised: "Wonderful, this strategy is very appropriate! What do you think?"
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and looked at you with a wry smile. Finally, they had to nodded: "I think this strategy is feasible!"
Although Li Yang's plan is also very tricky, it means that it only recognizes that the land that the emperor allocated and rewarded at the beginning, and the land that everyone bought from the common people with money and grain is not counted. Moreover, it is still not to pursue the reasons why you are illegal in buying and selling land, and openly ignores the land obtained by annexing.
But, you must know that the land obtained from annexation is the big one.
However, the emperor has made up his mind to redistribute the land in the world. If you dare to say you don’t agree, wouldn’t you seek death?
So, since you agree or not, you will take the land to the court, then it is better to get compensation for the annual salary than to have no compensation, right?
Moreover, Li Yang is right. In the past ten years, everyone has made meritorious contributions, and they are just rewards for annual salary. Now this plan is just regarded as the same as the world. So, you have no reason to disagree.
At this time, the Shin-shi Shi, who was in charge of the treasury, came out and said: "Your Majesty, if this happens, the treasury may not be able to bear this huge expense!"
Feng Quji couldn't help but worry and said, "Your Majesty, what Ji Xie said is so yes. There are hundreds of thousands of people who have made meritorious and received fiefs, all of whom receive annual salary. Such a huge expense will definitely be unable to bear it."
Everyone realized this and nodded.
At this time, Li Yang said: "Ji Jia and Feng Xiangzhi are actually not worth worrying about!"
"oh?"
At this moment, Feng Quji and Ji Xie were both stunned for a moment, turned to look at Li Yang in surprise, and Feng Quji said, "Do you have a solution to the problem at the Prime Minister?"
Li Yang smiled: "Feng Xiang only calculated the huge increase in expenses, but did not calculate the increase in expenses that could be added to the treasury after land redistribution."
At this moment, not only Feng Quji became even more confused, but even everyone couldn't understand it.
Ji Kai bowed and said, "Please ask the Prime Minister to teach me!"
Li Yang stood up with his hands, and looked like a master who pointed out the country, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhili, Feng Xiang, you are right. The land is collected from the court. The annual salary of hundreds of thousands of people who have had military titles in the past is a huge expense. But you might as well think about it. In the past, the land was concentrated in the hands of these upstarts, and the people only received three out of ten, and the court only received two land taxes. It is said that the land tax cannot be received in full, so in fact, the court can basically only receive one out of ten land taxes that the court can collect from the national treasury, and where did the other six out of seven? Naturally, in the hands of these upstarts who have annexed land."
Speaking of this, Li Yang glanced at everyone and then said, "The country is poor and the people are poor. The money and food of a country are all in the hands of these upstarts who own land. Now that land reform is implemented, the land is taken back to the court and redistributed, all the people have regained a large amount of self-cultivated land. In this way, even if the court collects three out of ten taxes, the people still have seven out of ten remaining surplus food in their hands."
"Everyone, the court has collected one more land tax than in previous years, but the people have 40% more grain than in previous years. In this way, isn't the increased land tax enough to pay the annual salary of hundreds of thousands of people who have previously made military titles?"
"Also, it can not only pay this expense, but also solve the sufferings of the people. They can use 70% of their output to survive and even have surplus food. In this way, even in a famine year, there will be no such great famine this year. It can be said that land reform is not only beneficial to the people of the world, but also to the country, but also to those who have previously established military titles."
Speaking of this, Li Yang looked at Ji Qi and Feng Quji and smiled: "Two, do you think the analysis of the original situation is reasonable?"
The two had been shocked long ago.
Because they really did not expect that after land redistribution, the land tax could be increased and a large amount of income would be added to the treasury.
At this moment, Ji Qi was convinced and said, "The officials have received the teachings."
Feng Quji completely refuted silently, and had to admit: "The Prime Minister of the Central Committee is good at calculating."
"Xie Fengxiang praised." Li Yang smiled and said, "However, what Fengxiang said before is actually very reasonable. The annual salary is indeed too large. If it is fully implemented according to the current middle-aged military salary, it would be a shame for the active soldiers in the army. After all, they have been serving the country. Most of the people who have made military titles and land in the past have already enjoyed the peaceful days brought by our Qin Dynasty. Therefore, according to their original appearance, there are two types of annual salary."
"Oh? There are two types?"
Suddenly, everyone became suspicious.
Ying Zheng was also very curious because this matter had not been discussed before.
So he quickly asked, "Which two are divided?"
Li Yang said: "One is the annual salary for working, which is the current set of annual salary based on military merit and position level. The other is the annual salary for retirement, which means that they no longer serve the military and political system of the Qin Dynasty, so their annual salary is naturally lower than the annual salary for the same title, which is more reasonable for everyone. Otherwise, if the same title, whether in office or not, they will receive the same annual salary, then who would still be willing to continue working in the army or in the government? There will inevitably be an imbalance in psychology."
Everyone nodded and divided the annual salary into two types: on-the-job and retirement, which was indeed more reasonable.
If there is a time traveler here at this time, you will know that isn’t this the retirement salary system of people in the later system!
Chapter completed!