The five hundred and seventieth chapters of the inferiority of the field
"All of them will be eliminated. How much good land can be added to the court?" Li Jia said softly: "This time, tens of thousands of troops heading south and rushed to Jinling thousands of miles. The rewards are immeasurable. I am afraid that there are many lands that have been rewarded for military merits."
"If these military farms can be taken back to the court and rewarded to those soldiers who have made meritorious service, it will also be considered as reducing the burden on the court."
"I'm afraid it's very difficult!" Sun Zhao shook his head and sighed: "According to the records of the Ministry of Revenue in Jinling, the harvest of military farms is decreasing, and the grain obtained every year is only tens of thousands of stones."
"If I expected it would be right, these military farms would either be swallowed up by generals or occupied by officials and wealthy families, and would be included in the court, and one out of ten would be left."
"Hundreds of thousands of people who were labored were suffering and many fugitives."
"In other words, it means that the people are serving labor service to those corrupt officials? It's really outrageous!"
Li Jia was very angry. This was the official land, and it turned into a private place and then drove the people to farm. It was simply too much.
"The rich are everywhere, and the poor are without a place to stand. The country is destroyed in the south of the Yangtze River. It is indeed not unfair."
"What do you think of as to deal with it?" Li Jia asked.
"Your Majesty, I and others are well aware of the disadvantages of military farming, so they have always believed that rewarding military farming to the farming people is the best choice." Cui Xianggong said in a deep voice.
"Give them? I'm afraid that half of the things that really come into their hands are blessed by the Bodhisattva!"
Li Jia snorted coldly, very dissatisfied. Isn’t this to indulge them in the process of putting the distribution power to the officials?
"The strategy of military farming has been established since ancient times, but it has not lasted forever. Wei Wu also destroyed his country because of military farming, so he must think carefully!"
Li Jia looked at the puzzled eyes of the prime ministers and said helplessly: "The military farming in Cao Wei was still very exploited. The people were dissatisfied. In the end, they had no choice but to abandon the military farming, but they were embezzled by the noble families. If the food and resources of the court were not private, this is also one of the reasons why the Sima family lived in the country and the aristocratic families could not suppress the military farming..."
Cao Wei's military farming was very good at the beginning. He gave the desert to the refugees half of the day and served in the military service, but the military service was heavy in the later period, and the distribution of money and grain was messy, and the eighth and two civilians had it.
Due to the continuous loss of civilian villages, Cao Wei had no choice but to abolish military farms, and a large amount of military farms flowed into the hands of the aristocratic families, strengthening their strength.
The same was true for the military household system in the Ming Dynasty. At first, soldiers had land, but the land was constantly encroached, either generals or landlords. As a result, they changed from self-cultivated farmers to tenants, and escape naturally arose.
In the early Ming Dynasty, there were more than 890,000 hectares of military farming alone, which is 89 million mu of military farming. In the early Ming Dynasty, all military farming households (hereditary households) were granted a share of military farming, with each household being about 50 mu (at the lowest point, only twenty mu, and the highest maximum was only 120 mu).
At that time, the total land of the country was only 8.5 million hectares. After the land of the military households was embezzled, the court reduced the stable taxes and needed to pay silver and military households. With this increase and decrease, how could the Ming Dynasty treasury afford it?
Why is Zhang Juzheng awesome? Because of his whip technique, he forced out three million hectares of land from the mouths of officials and gentry, which is equivalent to 30% of the total number of fields in the early Ming Dynasty.
How arrogant are the landlords and gentry?
Therefore, the land in the military camp cannot be released and the gentry cannot be fattened. Instead, it must be cleared and inspected, and all the vomitings will be spit back.
Several people obviously understood the emperor's meaning and couldn't help but feel a little stunned.
The butt determines the head. As prime ministers, they were originally a wealthy class, with thousands of acres of fertile land. Naturally, they thought that the people were landlords and gentry, and those who farmed were human-type tools that provided taxes, and their value was even lower than that of cattle and horse.
This time, the military camp was cancelled, and Jiangxi was also exploited. It was a good move to give some land to the "people".
"Your Majesty, what do you mean is to rebuild military farms?" Sun Zhao asked.
"No, the farming is out of place. These military camps are the property of the court and must not be abandoned easily." Li Jia said in a deep voice.
"But what should those landless people do?"
"Migrate to Hunan!" Li Jia said enthusiastically:
"There are only hundreds of thousands of people in Hunan, less than half of Jiangxi, and even the two prefectures in western Hunan and Changsha can't compare to Jingnan prefecture. The land is very barren and there is a shortage of manpower!"
"As for those farmlands, they must be counted one by one, and even if they are sold, they will not be allowed to be embezzled at will."
"No--" Several of the husbands were speechless one after another.
Cui Quan was happy. He was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. In the end, these lands would still be under his jurisdiction. Although they would not be able to do anything, they mean that the power would increase. How comfortable it would be.
Although he is the prime minister, he is difficult to make a decision, and the other husbands are not easy to save money.
The Transshipment Office of the Office of the Transshipment Office has always been managed by Sun Zhao. It can be said that it is half of the wealth, and the taxes in the world are levied by others, which is extremely important.
As the second prime minister, Zhao Chengze relied on his qualifications to control the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites. The two powerful yamen in the Qing Dynasty could compete with him.
Wang Ning was even more extraordinary. As the chief minister of military aircraft, he was the same as the Privy Councilor of the Central Plains. Although he was only in the wartime coordination, he played an important role in the Ministry of War and the Governor's Office of the Five Army.
As the prime minister, he was in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, and the money was only controlled by him, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Justice. Although he was considered to be of high authority, he was always almost the same.
His ex-girlfriend Zhong Yunzhang was very powerful. Except for the eunuchs in the palace, he was just a word and all officials were convinced.
Alas, I don’t know when someone has such a mighty power.
He glanced at Wang Ning, who was at the level of peace, and was at the position of the Political Affairs Hall at only 40 years. Although he was the last place, he was deeply loved by the king. It seems that I also want the emperor to see my strength.
"Your Majesty, I will observe that in the country in Jiangnan, there are fourteen types of miscellaneous taxes in total. For the people, it is as important as Mount Tai and the income is ugly. Your Majesty can stop it all and make the people happy."
Upon hearing this, Li Jiaze glanced at Sun Zhao, smiled and exclaimed: "This is a great discussion!"
Sun Zhao was a little awkward. This was his words, but Cui Quan said it now, which was quite embarrassing.
Cui Quan didn't care. This was a good time to gain the heart of the king. He could not let him go. He continued: "In addition to the people, the heart of a scholar is also more important. I would like to ask Your Majesty to procure the tribute again and recruit talents from Jiangnan!"
"No!" Zhao Cheng heard this and quickly rejected it. Cui Quan even robbed him of words. Suddenly, his face changed, and he had already clamped the words in his heart:
Chapter completed!