Chapter 565: There is no best, only suitable
After everyone digested Qin An's words, Meng Tian said: "Sir, you mean that there is no need to change the court situation, as long as the village chief takes control of the court."
"Yes, that's what I mean. There is no best policy in the world, and there is no best political situation. There are only suitable policies and suitable political situation." Qin An said, "There are too many changes, too fast, and it is not one thing. Good thing.
Let me tell you something that really happened in history.
During the Western Han Dynasty, there was a relative named Wang Mang. There is still a debate about this person, who is considered a time traveler. "
"What?"
"Traveler?"
"There are actually time travelers?"
Everyone stood up in shock and looked at Qin An in disbelief.
Qin An smiled and waved his hand, gesturing for everyone to sit down: "Don't be so excited. The reason why he is called a time traveler is because whether it is the things he invented or the government affairs he announced, they are too close to modern things.
Therefore, many people think that he is a time traveler, and he is also the only recognized time traveler. "
"There is actually a time traveler who is the emperor. Did he establish a very powerful dynasty?" Gan Luo asked eagerly.
Qin An shook his head and said: "You are thinking too much. Although he became emperor, the dynasty collapsed within a few years of being emperor."
"Why?" Gan Luo said, "As a time traveler, he should have a lot of advanced knowledge like Mr. This knowledge should be able to benefit the people. How could the country be destroyed?"
Qin An sighed and said: "It was just because it was too advanced and therefore not suitable for the environment at that time.
Among them was a land reform: Wang Mang promulgated the "Ling of Land" and "Ling of Distribution of Land", implemented public ownership of land, banned land sales, and redistributed land. He also stipulated the "royal land system", which was to allocate land to the royal family and nobles, making them the legal owners of the land. "
"This is somewhat different from the land that Mr. mentioned before." Gan Luo said.
Qin An nodded and said: "Yes, there are big differences. The first is public ownership of land. He confiscated all the fields of ordinary people, but he did not make all the land state-owned.
Do you think ordinary people will be convinced? "
"I'm not convinced. I'm absolutely not convinced," Meng Tian said.
"Yes, I'm not convinced." Qin An said, "But they are just common people, how can they fight with the imperial court, so they have to endure it if they are not convinced.
Moreover, this system did not distribute land to the people evenly, so the landless people had no choice but to sell themselves to the nobles if they wanted to cultivate land.
However, there was another article in Wang Mang's law that did not allow the sale of slaves, which made the people who could still be sold into slavery even more deprived of their source of livelihood.
This contradiction accumulated, and the people at this time also hated Wang Mang.
There is also law. In his law, everyone is truly equal, and he killed several of his sons, all of whom were his biological children.
But at that time, no one had selfish motives, especially a large number of nobles and officials. Strictly speaking, no one was wrong.
He didn't understand the truth that if the water was clear, there would be no fish.
The nobles who were afraid of death also began to be at odds with Wang Mang.
Everyone was waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity for Wang Mang to be defeated. Because Wang Mang had soldiers, no one dared to refute him head-on.
In the end, the unpopular Wang Mang was beheaded by a businessman after being defeated. "
Everyone was silent. A suspected time traveler became an emperor, and this is what happened in the end.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Qin An continued: "In general, Wang Mang's policies are very good policies, aiming to solve social conflicts and achieve social stability and economic prosperity.
However, these good policies were not the most suitable policies at the time, because those policies were too radical and had many problems during their implementation, which led to the ultimate failure of the New Deal.
Therefore, I have never raised too many policy issues with my father-in-law.
No, it has been mentioned before, that is to cancel the agricultural tax. But he was rejected by his father-in-law. "
"Abolish agricultural tax?"
Everyone was shocked and said it at the same time.
This idea is really too bold. The abolition of agricultural taxes is a good thing for everyone in the world, but it is not a good thing for the imperial court.
The abolition of the agricultural tax means that farmers no longer need to pay for food. They can grow as much as they want. This is a great thing, but what about the court?
The court has no food, so how to feed the soldiers?
Even if you have money to buy food, what should you do if the people are not willing to buy it? Or what should people do if they sell less?
Seeing everyone's shocked look, Qin An immediately said: "Don't worry, my father-in-law didn't agree. Now that I think about it, it was indeed too hasty.
This matter should be resolved step by step and slowly. "
"No, no, sir. This is not the time to take your time. The food tax should not be cancelled." Gan Luo said.
"No, the grain tax has been cancelled." Qin An replied, "There are fewer and fewer people growing grain now. They are all grown by contractors or the state."
"Why does this happen?" Gan Luo asked.
"There are many factors. The first one is that you can't make much money growing food, and you may even lose money." Qin An said.
"How can you lose money growing food?" Gan Luo asked again.
He felt that his IQ was not enough. Although the people were very hard-working, especially the farmers who worked hard all year round, they might not have enough to eat in the end.
But it’s impossible to lose money. Who would do such things as losing money?
Qin An immediately said: "If you don't believe it, let me calculate it carefully with you. Let's calculate it based on the maximum yield of one acre of rice, which is 1,200 kilograms.
Fifty kilograms of rice is worth one hundred yuan, which is two yuan per kilogram, which means one acre of land is worth two thousand four hundred yuan.
This is the most productive time, with so much money. Rice needs water. Watering costs one hundred yuan a time. After planting, you need to water it at least twice, which is two hundred.
The profit became two thousand two hundred.
But you didn't count the seeds. The best seeds cost more than a thousand, so let's just count the seeds. Then the profit is only one thousand and two thousand.
If you need to fertilize, you will need 500, leaving 700 profit.
The annual profit is only 700, not counting labor. If a farmer goes out to work and is not afraid of hardship, he can earn a salary of 5,000 or even tens of thousands.
Comparing the two, how many people do you think are still farming? "
"This..." Gan Luo was suddenly speechless.
"Then the people no longer farm, what will they eat?" Gan Mao asked.
"The common people don't plant it, the state does it, and the contractors do it." Qin An replied with a smile.
"Didn't you say they would lose money? Then why do they still plant it?" Gan Mao asked in confusion.
Some people died, but not completely...
