The unsatisfactory performance of the bachelor's degree made Xiao Yi deeply disappointed with the implementation of the new learning and the ideological guidance and reform measures of officials.
His Highness the Prince's small class has been open for some time, but it has not produced much results.
Fortunately, the performance of the supervisory censor was not bad.
Fang Xuan does have the ability to govern the world.
The supervisory censor mentioned several problems in the southeast.
One is the widespread evil custom of infanticide throughout the Southeast.
There are several reasons for this. The biggest reason is naturally that I cannot raise a child after giving birth. After all, there are no complete contraceptive measures in this era, and there are no entertainment activities. People work at sunrise and rest at sundown. After this autumn , it gets dark early, and there’s not much to do.
Indulgence between husband and wife is also common. It's impossible for the interest to arise, and you still have to hold it in, right?
In this way, pregnancy will naturally occur.
But in an ordinary family, there are actually several children in a family, all of whom have stutters. They can support them as long as they can, but they can't support too many.
Secondly, there is naturally the problem of favoring boys over girls. Because in these years of war, all men have joined the army, and the labor force is seriously insufficient. Therefore, baby boys are very precious. When they are raised to about ten years old, they can become a labor force and reduce the burden on the family. .
Secondly, there is an proliferation of obscene rituals by rivers and lakes, and there are also some cults in various places that specialize in deceiving people's hearts and doing things such as stealing, stealing, and even killing people and setting fires.
Third, there is the general integration of wealthy businessmen and landlords, temples and landlords.
Fourth, the customs of cremation and water burial are common in rural areas.
Fifth, everyone from scholar-bureaucrats to the common people were strongly dissatisfied with some of the imperial government's national policies, and were also dissatisfied with the governance of several ministers and ministers of the DPRK.
Sixth, a large number of rural people left the countryside and moved into the city.
Seventh, tax evasion and tax evasion are repeatedly prohibited.
These are the conclusions reached by the supervisory censor through overt and covert investigations. Among them, several problems existed very early and were reported long ago.
For three days in a row, Xiao Yi stayed in the palace, neither attending any banquets nor going on sightseeing tours. He just kept studying reports and summoned, inquired and discussed with relevant ministers.
Three days later, Xiao Yi finally erased those superficial things and brought the problem into the core issue of southeastern taxation.
On the surface, these are seven major problems in the southeast. In fact, such problems do not only exist in the southeast. Longyou Road, Hedong Road, Anxi Protectorate, Anbei Protectorate, and Hebei Province Wait, within the territory of Daqian, such problems exist more or less.
A country, a dynasty between the Sui and Tang Dynasties, very similar to the Tang Dynasty in previous history, may have problems beyond these seven major problems.
For example, from the largest perspective, Daqian is still a feudal dynasty.
The feudal dynasty naturally had the biggest problem of the feudal dynasty, which was feudalism.
Secondly, this was a dynasty that practiced slavery.
A deed of sale is an officially recognized contract.
Xiao Yi can only turn a blind eye until now.
If we really take action against this system, we are seeking death and digging a hole for ourselves to fall into.
The development of the times inherently has limitations and timeliness.
He cannot impose some systems that have been formed after five thousand years of history on this era.
That's totally wrong.
It will only cause greater conflicts.
He is the prince of the prison country, his prestige is at its peak, and his power is overwhelming all over the world.
That's not bad.
But it doesn't mean that he can be the enemy of everyone in the world.
Therefore, after three days, Xiao Yi, after reading the reports, completely threw them away and re-listed a few words in his summary notes.
Article 1: National law is greater than family law.
Article 2: Two Taxes Law.
Article 3: One whip.
Article 4: Divide a small share into an acre.
Article 5: Young Crops Law.
Article 6: Never add gifts.
The meaning of this first article is very simple, that is, it literally means that we must strengthen the construction of the rule of law and strengthen the governance of the country according to law, and we must also promote national law to be greater than family law, and any private family law must also abide by national law.
If you cannot kill the slave, then the slave deserves to die.
A slave is also a human life.
A contract to sell one's body is not a contract to sell one's life.
Only in this way can the law be truly raised to a fair, just and just level.
The second is the Two Taxes Law. This was a tax law implemented during the Tang Dynasty, and it can be regarded as a benevolent policy.
Today's Daqian is actually similar to that of the Tang Dynasty, and its development has reached a peak period.
In the prosperous age of Zhenyuan, until now, he actually looks a bit like Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty.
The geographical area of Daqian is also the same as that time, including the Anxi Protectorate, Anbei Protectorate, Andong Protectorate, etc., and then there are the control system, people's livelihood and so on.
But.
There are also differences.
First of all, it is natural that the rulers are different.
The leader of Daqian is Xiao Yi, a time traveler standing on the shoulders of giants.
Just this difference can make a bigger difference, such as the development of maritime trade.
The changes brought about by this alone are incomparable.
The Two Taxes Law does not mean that two taxes must be collected, but that the imperial court did not have a plan to collect taxes in the past, and there was no timeliness. Today, you go to the countryside to collect it, and tomorrow you have to go to the countryside to collect it again.
Then, the common people will kill a chicken today and a duck tomorrow to entertain the tax collectors?
Who dares to provide bad hospitality at this time?
Wouldn't that just make yourself unhappy and cause trouble for yourself?
The two-tax law means that there are only two tax collection times a year, once at the beginning of the year during spring plowing, and once at the end of the year after the autumn harvest.
Officials only went to the countryside twice a year to collect taxes, and this was after promoting spring plowing and monitoring the autumn harvest.
The common people can also entertain the rural officials from several government offices at once.
Therefore, the Two Taxes Law is a benevolent policy.
A whip method is naturally a whip method, but it is also a whip method that has been improved and deleted.
The "One Whip Method" is a taxation and corvee system established during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. It was proposed by Gui E in the 10th year of Jiajing, and was later promoted nationwide by Zhang Juzheng in the 9th year of Wanli.
The new law stipulates that the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies in various states and counties are combined into one article, and the silver taels are collected together and paid per mu.
This greatly simplifies the tax system and facilitates tax collection. At the same time, it will make it difficult for local officials to cheat, thereby increasing fiscal revenue.
This is a social change with far-reaching historical impact in Chinese history.
But why did a whipping method fail in the end?
Let’s take a look at the specific methods: clear land, expand the scope of collection, and make taxes relatively equal; unify taxes and levies, limit harassment, and make taxes more stable; collect money according to the amount of acres, and make the collection methods more efficient. complete.
It looks really good. However, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below. Tax collectors can increase taxes, making the people miserable.
Secondly, the imperial court received silver, but the common people only had grain in their hands, so they could only exchange it with grain merchants. In order to make money, grain merchants naturally raised the price of silver and lowered the price of grain. The grain that the common people had worked so hard to grow might not be worth it. Everything must be exchanged, which means that the people are not given a way to survive.
These problems also caused what was clearly a benevolent government to turn into a failed reform.
However, the one-whip method was inherited from the Tang Dynasty's Two Taxes Law and started from the Qing Dynasty's method of dividing the land into acres. If Xiao Yi wanted to implement the method of dividing the land into the land, he had to use the one-whip method to complement each other.
As for when problems arise, he will solve them.
During the Ming Dynasty, the supervision of officials naturally became ineffective after Zhu Di.
This leads to the reason why no matter how good the policy is, it cannot be implemented locally.
What about Daqian?
How can we ensure that the next emperor a hundred years from now will be a wise and benevolent emperor?
What if he is called the Son of Heaven?
Of course, China has had this problem since ancient times...the farmers at the bottom are responsible for everything, but no one looks at them.
But if today's Daqian wants to revitalize, it must reform, it must set up a big framework and then fill it in.
Don't do it.
The long river of history is still the same long river.
Done.
There is also an opportunity to make the long river of history turn a corner.
that's all.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Prince Xiao Yi immediately issued a formal decree here to start a symposium on the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow. For five consecutive days, the Prince of the Supervisory State, the Minister, the Supervisory Yushi, and the Jinyiwei will work on site. If there is any discussion, If it is done, he will immediately issue an edict on the spot to implement the decree.
In addition, except for officials who are in power and have retired and returned to their hometowns, students and scholars with good grades and good treatment, regardless of monks and laymen, merchants and workers, regardless of whether they belong to Lianghuai, Liangzhejiang, Liangjiang, or Lingnan, but those who want to advance will not be counted. Documents and oral narrations can be made before the emperor.
When the prince's edict came out, the southeast was finally boiling again, and soldiers and people everywhere rushed to report.
It's been such a long wait.
In fact, not even a month.
But for many people, it’s just like a year!
I tossed and turned every day and couldn't sleep all night.
Every day is spent counting the moments, waiting for the arrival of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the arrival of this symposium.
Many people even prepare the draft, then quietly hide and recite it every day, and revise it again and again.
I always thought that with this piece of poetry and this draft, I could talk about state affairs and reach the heavens.
This kind of symposium, this method of listening to public opinion, is truly unprecedented and unprecedented.
His Royal Highness has once again set a precedent.
Even those old rotten scholars who have always been dissatisfied with Prince Xiao Yi's implementation of new learning have to sigh with emotion at the sage and broad-mindedness of the current prince who oversees the country.
What does it mean to accept advice and listen to public opinions?
This is called accepting suggestions and listening to public opinions!
