As time went by, the vigorous immigration gradually calmed down. When Yang Ji heard from Li Jing that more than 100,000 households had arrived in Tingzhou safely with the help of relays from various states, his hanging heart was finally relieved.
In the days that followed, Yang Ji rectified people's livelihood on the one hand; on the other hand, he promoted the land equalization system in the eleven prefectures of Liangzhou.
That's right, it's the equalization of land.
Although the equalization system of land was implemented in the Sui Dynasty for many years, the equalization system of land in the Sui Dynasty was not as thorough as that of later generations. First of all, from an "individual" point of view, the Sui Dynasty did not touch the private property of the Long nobles. Except for those private fields, all the fields were nationalized and then distributed to the people for farming; secondly, from a nationwide point of view, the land was equalized The promotion area is mainly in the Northern Qi and Southern Chen territories. The Northern Zhou territory where the Guanlong nobles are dominated is not touched much. Of course, Yang Jian is not merciless to the officials and Guanlong nobles who committed the crime. , deprive some or all of the fields, and these fields will also be taken over by the government, and then distributed to the people by the government according to the actual situation and under the supervision of the Yushitai.
The people paid the land rent in the form of renting land, and the rest went to the people themselves. It seemed to be high, but after removing the family members, the land rent paid by the people was much lower than before. a lot of.
However, many things in the land equalization system of the Sui Dynasty were not well stipulated. For example, the Yongye land allocated to the people was twenty acres per person. This kind of land could be passed on to future generations, and all ownership rights belonged to the people. They could transfer, sell, or give away People are their own business, and the government does not care about it. Sometimes, in order to make a living or to cure diseases, people are forced to mortgage their own Yongye fields in exchange for money, grain, and medicine. In the end, Yongye fields become other people's fields, and this Farming is also the earliest land that people lose.
The second type is open land. The open land given to the people by the court is 80 acres for middle-aged and male men and 40 acres for women. It will be returned to the state after death. However, some ruthless family members and powerful bullies like a certain piece of open land. Sometimes, the owner of the field will be "accidentally killed", and then he will take it as his own in other ways. However, after all, killing requires a life, and as long as the officials are honest and honest, they will not dare to do it blatantly, and since the exposed field belongs to the imperial court, So the speed of this kind of annexation is relatively slow.
If a commoner family sells their Yongye field first, and several people with open fields die, and many children in the family are not yet old enough to divide the fields, then they can only keep the open fields in their name to support their family. If the output of the open field cannot support a large family, then he has no choice but to work as a member of an aristocratic family or as a tenant of a powerful local farmer besides cultivating his own open field to find extra income to supplement the family income; if the open field is gone, then Just be a slave.
There is also a kind of official land called "Gongsetian". This is the remaining official land after land equalization. It is generally leased to the people with surplus labor in the official form for farming, and serves as the official land at all levels in the form of rent collection. The remainder of the annual payment for office expenses and local officials' salaries was handed over to the court. This type of land was also the court's reserve land. When the population increased, it would be divided among these officials.
As for Liangzhou, in addition to the newly acquired Yizhou and Tingzhou, seven of the other nine states are border states and only two are inner states. Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Liangzhou has been exposed to the danger of invasion by the Turkic Khanate and Tuyuhun outside Liangzhou, and internally it has There was the Hu and Qiang Rebellion, and it was a famous war-torn and dangerous place in the Sui Dynasty.
The aristocratic families with some foundation and ability have all moved away, and those who are left are mostly newly-rising local tycoons, and most of them are concentrated in Lanzhou, the inner state.
However, with the official split of the Turkic Khanate, the defensive pressure in the north was reduced, and Tuyuhun to the south of Liangzhou was blocked in the mountains, so many aristocratic families began to make plans for the Hehuang area of Liangzhou.
The Hehuang area includes the southeastern part of Tuyuhun, Shanzhou, Kuozhou, Taozhou, Hezhou and Lanzhou in the Sui Dynasty. The land here is fertile, irrigation is convenient, and the climate is warm. It is a treasure land suitable for farming and grazing.
When the Guanzhong Plain was over-cultivated and its fertility and production capacity were greatly reduced, the Guanlong nobles had already set their sights on the neighboring and fertile Hehuang area. If there had not been constant threats from foreign enemies, they would have carved up the Hehuang area long ago. , now the opportunity to invade the Hehuang area finally came, so they sent people to buy properties one after another. Every family wanted to buy the entire Hehuang area.
Yang Ji knew in his heart that if the Hehuang area became the private property of aristocratic families, it would be subject to excessive development, which would further intensify the "tragic spectacle" of clearly defined lines. Not only would the court not receive any tax, but it would also have to bear the consequences of soil erosion and eternal infamy. .
There are even people who, for the benefit of the family, sell prohibited items such as grains and ironware to nearby Qiang tribes such as Tuyuhun, Dangxiang and Bailan. Their families have great business and are lawless. Even if the court catches them, they will only kill a few scapegoats. , and then after the news passed, we still went our own way.
For the above concerns, after Yang Ji received the news that aristocratic families were entering the country to buy land, he first strictly prohibited officials from the five states from selling land, and then urgently went to Yang Jian to state his concerns and hoped that the imperial court would be re-established. The military household system expands the population to the Hehuang area in the form of coexistence of military households and civilian households. Firstly, it can allow soldiers to guard the border with peace of mind; secondly, it can also help the court control the Hehuang area; thirdly, it can make the rich Hehuang area become a A treasure land that benefits the country and the people, rather than a private treasure land belonging to some families.
In addition, it was also suggested that the imperial court should restrict the land in terms of policy and system, stipulating that the people only have the right to use the land but not the right to transfer it. No one can transfer the land in any way. As long as the people have the land, no matter how difficult it is in the future, there will be a way. The only way to survive is that these days there are many honest and ignorant people, and not all of them can withstand the temptation of heavy profits. Therefore, while setting restrictions on the people, Yang Ji also established legal prohibitions on sellers. Anyone who dares to buy land will have all their property confiscated, and at worst, behead the barbarians. This will fundamentally eliminate the possibility of aristocratic families annexing land.
Although the land equalization system was implemented in the Sui Dynasty, there was no such restriction on buyers and sellers. Therefore, since the equalization of land, many lands have been annexed by aristocratic families. It is through this method that the aristocratic families of the past dynasties have gathered the people and strengthened themselves. , it can be said that once the trend of land annexation becomes popular in the world again, the people who control the people's livelihood in the world will definitely not be the government, but the family members.
The common people do not understand or care about the righteousness of the country or the nation. They only care about the food and clothing of the whole family, so they know very well who controls their life. This is why the big family members can stand up and call out, and the responders gather. The reason is.
Although land annexation has spread in the current Sui Dynasty, Yang Ji believes that it is not too late for the court to set restrictions on buyers and sellers at this time.
As for the people who have lost their land, the court can relocate them to other places. As long as the people do not have to rely on the aristocratic family to make a living, it is tantamount to fundamentally eliminating the aristocratic family's control over the people.
Yang Ji's two suggestions on land are related to the foundation of the country, and their benefits are undoubted. Moreover, whether it is the Hehuang area or restrictions on buying and selling, they will not harm the vested interests.
As Yang Ji expected, Yang Jian agreed.
In order to develop the Hehuang area and make the land gifts fall into the hands of the court and the people, Yang Jian set up 50,000 military households in the Hehuang area based on the garrison, and 10,000 households in each state so that the soldiers could serve nearby. After that, 50,000 landless households were relocated from Guanzhong, and the 100,000 households were probably around 500,000 people. At the same time, the people were encouraged to voluntarily move into the Hexi Corridor with preferential policies of land allocation, long-term low taxes, and exemption from labor.
The promulgation and implementation of the two major land policies caused great turmoil for the entire world, and... not only failed the ambitions of the aristocratic families to occupy the Hehuang area, but also forced them to stop their momentum of annexing land in other places.
But Yang Jian was even tougher than everyone imagined. He did not acquiesce or tolerate the bad events of land annexation that had happened, and divided the world into Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Liangzhou, Yizhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou , Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Jizhou, Youzhou, Yongzhou Prefecture (five prefectures in Guanzhong), and Henan Prefecture (seven prefectures in Heluo), dispatched supervisory censors to conduct regular inspections to thoroughly investigate land annexation thing.
Of course, some supervisory districts did not send censors. For example, Liangzhou headed by Yang Ji, Bingzhou headed by Yang Liang, Yanzhou headed by Yang Lun, and Henan Prefecture and Yuzhou headed by Yang Zhao did not send another censor. They were asked to concurrently serve as supervisory censors. Yang Liang did not agree, but the other three kings were all newcomers, and none of them had connections with aristocratic families or local powerful men. Naturally, they would not compromise with land annexers.
At the same time, Yang Jian appointed King Cai Yang Zhiji as the governor of Yangzhou, the general manager, and the supervisory censor of Yangzhou, and asked him to deal with the southern gentry and wealthy families. Taoist king Yang Jing was appointed as Qingzhou governor, general manager, and Qingzhou supervisory censor, and asked him to go to Qingzhou, a state with only four states, for experience.
When the official documents from the imperial court and the personal letters from Yang Jian and Yang Guang reached Ganzhou, Yang Ji was quite dumbfounded by Yang Jian's wanton appointment of princes.
Other policies benefited the country and the people, let alone talking about them. The key is that Yang Jian reused the policies of several princes. He didn't know what to say. I felt that Yang Jian's behavior was based on lessons learned from the previous dynasty.
As early as the Cao Wei period, Cao Cao ordered Cao Pi before his death not to harm his brothers, but to reuse them. However, Cao Pi deprived his brothers of their power. After they were sent to the fiefdom, they were all closely monitored.
Although Cao Pi's policy was based on lessons learned from the chaos in the Han dynasty, it resulted in the clan being weak and unable to prevent foreign ministers from seizing power. Therefore, when Sima Yi launched the Gaoping Ling Incident, although the Cao family wanted to restore the Cao family, they were unable to do so.
The Sima family learned the lessons of the Cao family, so after Sima Yan became emperor, he enfeoffed the clan and gave considerable rights to the clan's children. In the end, it triggered the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, leading to civil strife in the Central Plains and the intrusion of barbarians into China.
In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Emperor Xuan of Zhou Dynasty Yuwen Yun learned the lessons of the Sima family and killed Yu Wenxian and other capable clan members, finally allowing Yang Jian to easily take over the Yuwen family.
As for Yang Jian, he was obviously learning from the lessons of Cao and Yuwen. He trusted his brothers and nephews and entrusted them with important tasks. However, Yang Zan and Yang Shuang did not disappoint him. His sons Yang Jun, Yang Xiu, and Yang Forgiveness obviously disappointed him.
Yang Guang in history seems to have learned the lessons of Sima.
To say that the Sui Dynasty perished so quickly in history is indeed related to the clan system of the Sui Dynasty. Because Yang Guang was fighting for the throne and encountered Yang Liang's rebellion, he was very wary of the clan's children.
He concentrated his brothers and sons in the capital to raise pigs, and all his cousins were exiled to remote villages. Let alone anyone who could divide feudalism and establish a country, it was even impossible for him to go out to serve as an official. Yang Zhiji, who could only serve as local officials, Yang Qing also had empty titles and no power. Therefore, the world was in chaos, and no clan leader in the Sui Dynasty stood up to lead the army and hold power.
Furthermore, Zhao Kuangyin, who wore a yellow robe, weakened the power of generals because he was worried that others would imitate him. As a result, the status of military officers in the Song Dynasty was low and they were always oppressed by foreigners.
It is undoubtedly good to learn lessons from history, but going too far is not enough, and overcorrecting will lead to greater disasters.
Yang Ji didn't know if Yang Guang would become what he was in history in the future, but from the current point of view, his attitude towards his clan members was actually the same as Yang Jian's, but his pure trust and Yang Jian's seemed very different. Rather than saying that he was To trust his cousin, it would be better to say that he is full of mysterious confidence in his own abilities, strength, charm, and prestige. But such narcissism seems to be safer than simple trust, because he always looks upward and does not treat his weak cousin as an enemy.
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Time is gradually turning to winter, and the weather is getting colder. Winter is originally a time of year to recuperate and recuperate, but Liangzhou officials are running wildly. Not only Yang Ji and the General Manager's Office, but also officials at all levels in the eleven prefectures are like clockwork machines.
In the promotion of the land equalization decree, not to mention that officials at all levels below did not violate it, but how to reasonably allocate land and how to reward meritorious soldiers must be taken into consideration. What's more, this is Liangzhou, which has the most complicated ethnic issues in the Sui Dynasty, so what? Maybe there is no such thing as duplicity? How could there be no land annexation?
In just over a month, more than 100 cases of corruption and collusion between officials and gentry were discovered by the criminal cao alone, all of which were related to land annexation, and dozens of officials were beheaded. It's not that Yang Ji is easy to kill, but Yang Jian and Yang Guang clearly stated in their private letters that they must strictly govern officials, especially those involved in the fundamental issue of land annexation. As long as there is sufficient evidence in their hands, they will be killed without mercy.
The attitude of their father and son is very obvious. They regard Liangzhou as a testing ground for the official and military systems of the Sui Dynasty and a good example for people's livelihood. There are no decent aristocratic families here and it is close to the capital. It is undoubtedly the perfect place to scare the monkeys.
Since the emperor and future emperors have high hopes, and since they and the people all hate these corrupt officials, what's the harm in killing them?
Although he offended the forces behind these officials, he had already offended the three major factions of Guanlong nobles and King Zheng of Lu Cui in Shandong, so it didn't matter if he hated him a little more.
Moreover, what is exchanged is the popularity of each state and county.
Is this deal worth it? Judging from the current public reputation, killing corrupt officials is undoubtedly correct.
As a result, Yang Ji, who was greatly encouraged, became willing to make trouble again.
The direction of the struggle is still related to land, not the tax system.
"Some time ago, the general manager said that he would implement a system of sharing the land from one person to another in Tingzhou. I still don't understand this."
In the general manager's house, civilian Cao Yang Shanhui asked with some confusion and distress.
Every time he faced Yang Ji, Yang Shanhui felt a little frustrated. The wisdom he was proud of always seemed pale in front of Yang Ji's inadvertent idea or even a word, and he could hardly keep up with his thoughts.
For example, this "dividing a small person into an acre" will be implemented in Yizhou and Tingzhou. The elites of the times such as Yang Shanhui, the civil servant, Yu Shinan, the criminal Cao, Wei Yunqi, the Li Cao, Wang Cong, Song Zhengben, Hao Yuan and other elites of the era are all Didn't understand.
Yang Ji patiently explained to his subordinates: "As the name implies, "sharing a small share of an acre" means mediocrity, and it is included in the land rent...'Dividing a small share of an acre' is more fair and reasonable. First, it relieves the heavy burden of the poor and eases the pressure on the court. and the contradictions and conflicts between the common people, the rich and the poor classes; the second is to combine the rent and the mediocrity into one, which reduces the cumbersome procedures of tax collection and saves the tax collectors' time in collecting taxes; the third is to follow the standards of the nine-class fields delineated by the imperial court. Collecting taxes eliminates opportunities for tax collectors to embezzle public funds and grain; fourth, merging land into fields means that the tax collection object changes from people to fields, which means more fields and more taxes to be paid, thus slowing down the process of land annexation... …eventually achieved”
In addition to land taxes, taxes in previous dynasties also included "tunes" commonly known as poll taxes. However, at the end of the dynasty and the rise of another dynasty, land annexation caused a large number of population movements, and many people gathered and fled again.
If you meet a family with five members but no land, and you charge them with "transfer", isn't this going to cost lives and force people to rebel? On the other hand, aristocratic families own thousands of hectares of fertile land, but they only have to pay for the "tuning" of dozens of people, and some don't even need to pay. Comparing the two, it will obviously cause social conflicts.
However, the item of "tuning" is a large part of the tax, and all dynasties were reluctant to cut it. Therefore, when Zhang Juzheng's whip law was implemented to a later stage, he proposed the policy of "taxes are calculated according to the land, and taxes are determined according to the land", which is to implement the "dividing the land into the acres" system, in order to eliminate it through the integration of multiple taxes. Disadvantages. After all, land is a complete and stable thing, but the population is changing. Therefore, the method of servicing the land or dividing the land into acres is more stable, applicable and reasonable than any previous tax collection methods.
Moreover, this method not only makes taxes fairer, makes tax collection easier, reduces opportunities for tax official corruption, but also relieves the heavy burden on people who have lost their land. At the same time, after various miscellaneous taxes are included in the land rent, the people can gain greater personal freedom. During the slack season, they can leave the fields and work elsewhere to subsidize their families, thereby promoting the development of all walks of life.
The key is that the aristocratic families have countless servants, so that the mediocrity, miscellaneous corvee, and sex slaves that should belong to the court fall into the pockets of the aristocratic families. Once the tax system of "dividing a man into an acre" was implemented, the object of tax collection by the court changed from individuals to land. If a family hid one more person, they would have one more person to eat. In order to reduce the burden and save expenses, the slaves had to be released to the public. The number of tens of thousands of households is slowly decreasing.
However, Yang Ji had no data to draw from on how to apportion and distribute the money, so he planned to try it first in Tingzhou, which was clear and clear.
After answering everyone's questions one by one, Yang Ji said: "The situation of the per-acre tax system is unclear. If it is promoted rashly across the country, there will definitely be big trouble. Therefore, we plan to trial it in Tingzhou for a few years and see the effect before making a choice."
"Judging from the statement of the general manager, the sharing of land and land is undoubtedly better than renting and renting. If it is perfected and promoted, it will be a virtuous policy that will serve the present and benefit the future." Yang Shanhui pondered for a long time and then said: "I agree with the choice. Tingzhou is used as a pilot, this is a very safe and sound method."
Others have no objections. As Yang Shanhui said, if this "dividing a small family into a small family" can be perfected in everyone's hands, it will be a sound and sound policy of virtue. It will not only be the capital for promotion, but also a historical achievement that will go down in history. No one wants to pass it by.
Therefore, it was decided that Liangzhou Mincao would formulate an implementation plan for the tax system of "dividing a person into an acre" and included it as one of the key issues to be tackled by the Liangzhou General Administration Office.
After everyone discussed for a while, Yang Ji returned home, chatted with his mother for a while, and then prepared to take a bath in a hot spring.
Before leaving, Dugumin said to Yang Ji: "Vajra slave, after the Chinese New Year, you will have completed your three years of mourning. When the time comes, I will choose an auspicious day to marry you and Aying. I have asked someone to wait in your room. , you must study hard."
"What to learn? Etiquette?" Yang Ji asked doubtfully, but Dugu Min didn't answer and just sent him away. Obviously he didn't want to talk to Yang Ji more about this issue.
After leaving my mother's yard, Yang Ji finally felt that something was wrong. Although he was relatively lazy, he knew all the court etiquette that related to the face of the royal family. He knew what clothes to wear and what etiquette to perform on any occasion.
What else is there to learn?
"Master!" Yang Ji returned to his yard with a doubtful heart. He opened the door and was greeted by Liu Rumei. When she saw Yang Ji arriving, a blush appeared on her pretty face, wearing a very formal red palace dress. It made her look even brighter.
"Rumei, are you getting married?" Yang Ji couldn't help but joked as he looked at Liu Rumei who looked like a bride.
"Young Master, I, I..." Liu Rumei opened her red lips lightly, but she didn't know how to speak when the words came to her lips.
"Why are you so weird today?" Yang Ji glanced around and found that there was no one in the whole yard except Liu Rumei.
Thinking about what my mother said, he walked into the room. He sat down at the table, poured a glass of water and drank it. Suddenly he saw a book on the table, and he opened it casually.
"Pfft!" The picture on the book made Yang Ji unable to hold back, and a mouthful of tea squirted all over the table.
What was on the table turned out to be a yellow picture book of goblins fighting.
"Young Master..." Liu Rumei's face turned red with embarrassment.
"What are you..." Yang Ji pointed at the picture album, looked at Liu Rumei suddenly, and asked in a dumbfounded voice: "Is this what Auntie asked me to learn?"
Liu Rumei looked at the opened picture album and her face turned even redder. People like them, who were born as singers, had not only seen erotic pictures with this kind of sultry posture, but also learned even more seductive and sultry postures. It was just with a big girl. It was the first time in his life that the men watched at the same time.
Yang Ji was not as embarrassed as Liu Rumei. Compared with the little devil's erotic and human body paintings, this covert and artistic erotic painting was simply an elegant work of art.
Liu Rumei blushed and explained: "Master, the concubine said that the master will get married next spring, and specially asked me to teach him... the ways of the bridal chamber."
The ancients were very secretive about giving birth to children, and those dandy boys who hung out in brothels and restaurants all day long knew about this matter in detail.
But some people really know nothing about it, so before the children of powerful families get married, their elders will send some experienced maids to teach them how to have sex, and they will even guide them step by step.
If you just go ahead and do it without knowing anything, it might just wilt and let the branches and leaves fall apart.
As for Yang Ji, although he was the king of dandies, he was known as a dandy. He didn't touch the fat girl at home. The only time he went to Fengming Tower, he had a fight. Although Xiao Ying and I spent the night watching the stars, nothing happened. So Dugumin thought that his son must not understand. To be cautious, she chose Liu Rumei.
Not only was Liu Rumei as beautiful as a fairy, but every move she made was elegant and beautiful. In Dugu Min's eyes, her towering breasts and rounded buttocks were both capable figures. In addition, when she saw Yang Ji and Liu Rumei, they seemed even more attractive. To get closer, he simply sent Liu Rumei as a teacher, and at the same time made Yang Ji a real man, so that Yang Ji and Xiao Ying would not even know what they were doing on the day of their wedding.
"I don't need anyone to teach me at all. I may not know less than others. You can go down." Yang Ji is indeed still a child in this life, but what hasn't he seen in his previous life?
Do you still need someone to teach you about this kind of thing? He is pretty good at teaching people.
"Young Master!" Liu Rumei turned pale with fright, and said tremblingly: "This is a task assigned by the concubine. It is related to the branching of King Wei Zhao. I must teach the young master, otherwise I will be blamed. , I can’t afford it.”
"I really know how to do it." Yang Ji pondered for a while, then said with a wry smile: "Let's do this, it won't make things difficult for you. I'll take a look at the picture."
Liu Rumei's face turned red again, and she lowered her head silently.
Yang Ji understood when she looked like this. She wanted to lead him to practice step by step.
After looking at Liu Rumei's bright red palace dress that looked like a wedding dress, I understood her intentions.
Every girl has a beautiful and sweet dream, and Liu Rumei is no exception.
Although she was humble and insignificant, deep down in her heart, she also hoped that she would have a slightly decent and humble memory.
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