After finalizing the implementation of the "Jiedushi Feudal System" in Hexi, today's temporary imperial collegial meeting is over.
"Jieduzhi Feudal System" is not something that can be clarified through a meeting. What is finalized today is just the general direction. Specific details must be formulated by the Privy Council and the Ministry of War to establish a temporary "Jiedu Envoy Affairs".
After the draft of the "Jiedushi Regulations" is completed, it will be discussed and approved by the imperial court, and then sent to various Zhechong prefectures to solicit opinions. Zhao Kai would also personally write letters to the heads of each existing hereditary chieftain regime to solicit their opinions. This matter also has something to do with them, because after the "Jiedushi Regulations" were promulgated, they must also abide by the regulations.
In addition, these hereditary chieftains can also send their relatives and children to apply for the positions of governor, thousand households, hundred households, ten households, etc. in the six states of Hexi... The families of these hereditary chieftains are often very large, and not every relative The children can all be arranged.
After soliciting opinions from all parties, the Jiedushi Regulations will undergo a final round of revisions before an edict is issued and implemented.
The above process is the latest legislative procedure of the Luoyang court.
When Zhao Kai's court was first established, the legislative procedure was relatively simple. Zhao Kai only had to discuss it with the important ministers, and then let the corresponding yamen formulate it according to the results of the discussion.
However, as the rule of the Luoyang court became more stable, the Song and Jin wars also entered a stalemate stage, and Zhao Kai also had time to straighten out the legislative, administrative, judicial, etc. systems of the Luoyang court.
In addition to the newly released "Jiedu Envoy Regulations", the "Transport Envoy Regulations" and "Yingtian Envoy Regulations" are also being formulated. Zhao Kai recalled Chen Ji from Sichuan, except that Zongze was seriously ill and unable to continue serving as right minister, and wanted him to be responsible for revising the "Regulations on Camp Field Envoys" and "Regulations on Transport Envoys" together with Lu Yihao.
The "Regulations on Transfer Envoys", "Regulations on Camping Envoys" and "Regulations on Jiedushi Envoys" respectively correspond to the three different governance models of the Northern Song Empire.
Among them, the "Regulations on Transfer Envoys" correspond to parts of Sichuan and Jinghu that are completely governed by floating officials (there are also many Jizhou prefectures in Sichuan). People in these areas only pay taxes and do not serve (there are still some hired servants). , of course, there is no force for self-defense, so the degree of autonomy is relatively low.
However, the people in these areas have more freedom, and the officials sent by Zhao Kai to these places will not be as involved in production and management as the officials of the Song Dynasty before the Xuanhe disaster - Zhao Kai does not have that many Redundant personnel were available, and he also knew that the officials under his command did not understand production and management at all.
Therefore, in Sichuan, Jinghu and other places, the "Green Crops Law" and the "Market Change Law" are no longer implemented. Most of the local government property was leased to private businessmen for self-operation. Even the salt industry in Sichuan was directly contracted to businessmen for management. The Luoyang court ruled a landlocked country, and as long as it controlled salt wells and salt fields, it could receive salt taxes. Therefore, the Salt Law before the Xuanhe Disaster was no longer implemented. Instead, salt wells and salt fields were contracted, and borders were controlled to compete for the inflow of sea salt.
As for the monopoly of tea, wine, iron and other supplies, they have also been changed to issue franchise licenses and collect franchise taxes.
However, the "Fangtian Tax Equalization Law" (which was also Wang Anshi's new law) that could not be implemented before the Xuanhe War was successfully implemented in Sichuan, Jinghu and other places after the Song Dynasty reopened!
The main content of this new law is to re-measure the land and set taxes according to the fertility of the soil. Before the Xuanhe War, due to the strong opposition of the powerful landowners and the difficulty of clearing the land (actually it was the powerful landowners who were in the way), so Always unable to execute.
After Zhao Kai reopened the Song Dynasty, the powerful landowners in Sichuan and Jinghu lost their political voice. Moreover, they also saw how their peers on Yingtian 4th Road lost their land, so they all welcomed the court's "Fangtian Equalization Tax Law" with high hands - because once the clearing of land was completed and the tax rate was set, they would also have possession of the land. Recognition of the "New Dynasty".
When the "Fangtian Tax Equalization Law" was implemented in some areas of Sichuan and Jinghu, the Ding tax and exemption money in these areas were also included in the field tax, and the tax exemptions for officials were also cancelled. Exceptions for career fields)
That is to say, the so-called farmers share the land, and the officials and gentry share the grain... This matter is actually not that difficult. All the land enclosures that are much more ruthless than this have been done, so what does this mean? The reason why the Song Dynasty before the Xuanhe War could not do this was because the Song Dynasty at that time shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats. Of course, it could not implement policies that were very unfavorable to the scholar-bureaucrats.
Nowadays, the Luoyang court shares the world with the soldiers and warriors, so it is not difficult at all to treat the scribes and officials!
After the implementation of the system of dividing land into acres, people in Sichuan, Jinghu and other places gained the "right to move freely"... They can go wherever they want, without any need for a road permit, and the government will not care too much. We are not afraid that they will become refugees and rebel.
In short, the area governed according to the "Transshipment Regulations" is an area with "no feudalism and freedom". However, the channels for ordinary people to rise (referring to official positions) are relatively narrow. In addition to the imperial examinations with a small number of places, they are to take the art test, become a small official, and then slowly rise.
However, the management of Yingtian Fourth Road in accordance with the "Yingtian Envoy Regulations" is "semi-feudal and semi-centralized". Because almost all the rural land in these areas is occupied by military households with knife handles in their hands... Once the economic foundation is established, the knife handles are also available, and the rest is self-evident!
However, the feudal system in Yingtian 4th Road lacks hierarchy. There are no levels of feudalism, and there are no great feudal lords. There are only soldiers and ministers. However, the ministers do not occupy much land, so they cannot become great feudal lords.
Therefore, Zhao Kai's imperial power is still relatively large in Yingtian Fourth Road. These places are more like his direct headquarters and his power base!
Since it is directly under the headquarters and the power base, Zhao Kai naturally has to manage it well! So there is relatively little freedom on Yingtian 4th Road... At least in the countryside on Yingtian 4th Road, there is relatively little freedom.
For example, land cannot be bought and sold freely; military households cannot move freely (who did you run away to become a soldier?); the heirs of Yongye Tian and Zhi Tian (Zhi Tian theoretically only has a sixty-year use period, but if the users of Zhi Tian can If a qualified heir is cultivated, the term can also be renewed) must also accept education and assessment from the military government; and neither the household head nor the heir is allowed to engage in industry or commerce.
However, in the city of Yingtian 4th Road, citizens enjoy the same freedoms as the city residents who use the transfer route. Of course, they also have to pay the same taxes as the citizens who transfer the route! Moreover, non-government military households theoretically have the right to move freely and do not need to serve the court for free.
As for the areas where the "Jiedushi Regulations" apply...of course they are the places with the highest degree of feudalization!
In other words, the country ruled by Zhao Kai now has three states: "no feudal", "semi-feudal" and "full feudal". It is one country and three systems!
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"Rehan, who tied you up like this?"
After the imperial collegial meeting, Zhao Kai, Zhu Fengying and Guo Tiannu returned to the dormitory area of Zhenguan Palace (Zhenguan Palace is one of the three main halls of Ziwei Palace, with a large area. After Zhao Kai took over it, it was renovated and set aside. (Part of it was used as an area for daily work and meeting with courtiers). As soon as he entered the door, he saw his beloved concubine Cao Yuniang being tied up. She knelt there and kept pretending to cry. She cried until the pear blossoms were raining, and her chest was still trembling. ...It’s so distressing!
When Cao Yuniang heard Zhao Kai's question, she cried even more sadly. While crying, she said: "I heard that my father and sister were going to rebel, so I had them tied up and asked the officials to punish them. Ugh... ..."
"Oh," Zhao Kai nodded, "your information is quite good..."
As he spoke, Zhao Kai took Zhu Fengying and sat down together on the throne. After sitting down, he asked Zhu Fengying: "Fengying, you are the master of the harem, what do you think should be done to cure the sin of Re Re."
Zhu Fengying had a stern face and looked very angry! Because how could Cao Yuniang have the slightest intention to apologize? She was tied up like this and put on makeup. She is so beautiful and she even puts on makeup! This is almost the sixth palace pink and white colorless, how can the officials punish the crime? Listen to the official name for her, "Rere", how affectionate! And punish him... How can he get away with it? In this case, the Queen might as well sell this little goblin.
"Rener's father and sister were forced to rebel," Zhu Fengying felt unhappy, but she still wanted to deal with it impartially, "and they haven't really rebelled yet... but instead asked the officials for instructions through Li Xiaozhong. The officials have not yet decided whether to allow them to rebel, so is it too early to punish Re Re now?"
Cao Yuniang was stunned when she heard this, and she even forgot about fake crying.
Can rebellion be approved by the government?
Zhao Kai smiled and asked Zhu Fengying, "Fengying, do you think I should allow Nuannuan's father and sister to rebel?"
"I feel that the officials should allow them to rebel," Zhu Fengying said with a smile, "because if the officials don't allow it, they will rebel... That would be true rebellion! If the officials write a secret decree and allow them to pretend If they rebel, then they are fake rebels. Fake rebels are easier to deal with than real rebels, right?"
not bad!
Zhao Kaixin said: It turns out that Zhu Fengying is not only good at drawing lots (drawing lots is also political wisdom, but you don’t understand anyway, so why not pretend to be harmless to humans and animals?), she can also deal with real and fake rebels!
No, she doesn’t care about real or fake rebels! At this time, Zhao Kai saw Cao Yuniang's grateful eyes - not towards Zhao Kai himself, but towards Zhu Fengying!
This favor is sold beautifully! Cao Yuniang, this little fairy, is a sweetheart, so she can't be so cruel as to repay her great kindness? With her blowing the pillow, how can Madam Pan and Zhao Lun fight against Zhu Fengying?
"Rere," after understanding Zhu Fengying's methods, Zhao Kai still looked at Cao Yuniang and asked with a smile, "For your sake, how about allowing your father and sister to fake a rebellion?"
