Liu Bei clearly pointed out that former officials, clerks, and powerful landowners used various connections to evade the land transfer orders issued by Emperor Guangwu and concealed the amount of land property and the number of slaves in order to evade taxes and reduce the court's tax revenue. Significant reduction.
The court could not get the tax revenue it should have, so it had to intensify the exploitation of civilians and adopt various off-market tricks to obtain income, which caused anger and resentment.
This situation must not continue in the Third Reich. Exactly collecting taxes on the richest group of people in the entire Han Empire is something that the court must complete in the next period of time.
Conveying land means not only determining the land, but also determining taxes. Anyone who opposes the court in this aspect must be prepared to lose his head.
In addition to this stipulation, the most important provision of the land transfer law is to determine the principle of land transfer after the land transfer is successful.
However, this regulation is not one-size-fits-all, and there are different details in different regions.
For example, the Land Acquisition Law stipulates how much land each person can own in a county with a total population of more than 100,000. In a county with a total population of more than 200,000, how much land can each person own? In a county with a population of less than 100,000, how much land can each person own? The county, how much land it can own, etc.
The only thing that remains unchanged is that men can own twice as much land as women because of their stronger labor force.
All in all, this regulation mainly determines that the amount of land per capita in densely populated areas will be strictly limited, while in sparsely populated undeveloped areas, the amount of land owned per person can be greatly increased.
Including Youzhou, Bingzhou, Liangzhou and Jiaozhou.
For example, in the most remote Rinan County of Jiaozhou and Lelang County of Youzhou, in such remote areas, each young man can legally own 1,000 acres of land, and each young woman can legally own 500 acres of land.
In the same situation, in core areas of the Central Plains such as Yingchuan County, Runan County, and Peiguo, each man can only legally own 200 acres of land, and each woman can legally own 100 acres of land.
And there is an additional additional clause in this rule.
That is to say, in the [outlying states and counties] within the provisions of the law, foreigners are allowed to be used as slaves for agricultural production, whether privately or officially, and there is no upper limit on the number.
Each foreign slave only needs to pay a quarter of the head tax of a Han slave to the court and register it. The rest is left to the slave owner, and the court will not make any additional interference.
Of course, if these foreign slaves are not properly managed and cause trouble, the court will seriously hold them accountable, or implement the concept of a slave making a mistake and holding the master accountable.
In the entire land transfer law, the number of remote states and counties stipulated by the imperial court was quite large.
The concept of remote states and counties is divided into remote states and remote counties.
Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Youzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou and Yizhou are all remote states.
Residents of outlying states can own a higher amount of land than residents of interior states, usually two to three times more based on population estimates.
Among the remote states, there is also a term for remote counties. Remote counties generally have more land quota than other counties in remote states.
Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, Zhangye County, Jincheng County, Wuwei County, Beidi County, Longxi County, as well as the seven counties and two vassal states of Zhangye and Zhangye Juyan in Liangzhou all belong to the "outlying counties".
Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Yunzhong County, Yanmen County and Shang County in Bingzhou are also remote counties.
Dai County, Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, Liaodong County, Xuantu County, and Lelang County in Youzhou are also remote counties.
Yongchang County, Yizhou County, Zangqi County, Yuexi County, and Qianwei County in Yizhou are vassal states and also belong to remote counties.
Kuaiji County in Yangzhou is a remote county.
Yulin County, Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County, Rinan County, Hepu County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, and Zhuyazhou in Jiaozhou are all considered remote counties.
These places were all designated as outlying states and counties by the imperial court, and the amount of land that could be held here was quite different from that in the Central Plains.
This setting method is not only to equalize land rights and complete the redistribution of land wealth, but also to increase the land reserve in the hands of the government, leaving room for land allocation for the possible baby boom in the future.
On the other hand, it is also to further stimulate the transfer of population to remote states and counties.
If some people can't stand the more stringent land division methods in the Central Plains, they can go to remote areas. In the most remote areas, the amount of land a family of five can get will be comparable to that of a medium-sized landowner in the Central Plains.
In addition, the imperial court will also provide preferential treatment and support in terms of livestock, agricultural tools, seeds, housing and taxes, and promises to provide medical support.
As long as you are willing to go, the imperial court will go with you, and the imperial court will accompany you to cultivate land and do its best to protect your life and safety. As long as you work hard and turn the wasteland into your own cultivated land, you will work hard for one or two generations, and future generations will enjoy the blessings. .
During this period, if the natives and savages may appear in remote areas to cause rebellion, the imperial court will use the army to exterminate them all. The imperial court will use military force to ensure the safety of their production and life, and will never deceive people and leave them alone.
The court will provide money, people and efforts.
This is a method of compensation set by Liu Bei for the entire world after consolidating the land. It is mainly targeted at families with a large number of land and clan members.
After paying a large amount of taxes and giving up a large amount of land, they could choose to send their tribesmen south to settle in the south of the Yangtze River to obtain a large amount of land to make up for their losses.
Although this method is a bit hard-core, it is at least a way of compensation.
Whether it is there or not, and whether it is hard or not, are two different things.
This can not only divide a group of large families who are not very willing to go against the imperial court and soften their antagonism, but also further screen out the real die-hard elements. At the same time, it can also further obtain a group of people who are willing to go to remote areas to develop.
Although Liu Bei also had a large-scale plan to move the population to the south later, it was obviously good to pass the land transfer law to transfer a group of people to these remote states and counties first.
Of course, this requires Liu Bei to equip these remote states and counties with relatively complete government and living systems, and he must control the local administration and military to a certain extent, otherwise it will not be enough to create a relatively peaceful and stable production environment.
In this regard, Liu Bei has made some symbolic gestures.
For example, in order to gain revenue from Xianglin County in Ninan County, he sent an army to Ninan County to quell the rebellion.
This was something that was unimaginable to both the government and the public.
Is a barbaric land like Rinan County worth the emperor dispatching a battalion of troops to quell the rebellion?
Liu Bei did this not only to put down the rebellion and regain the lost territory, but also to express his position to the whole world - you don't have to worry about anyone hurting you when you go to remote places. If so, the Han army will be your solid backing.
The army of the Han Dynasty is everywhere, even in the Ninan County at the end of the world, the army of the Han Dynasty will rush towards it and ruthlessly defeat the invading enemies, leaving no one behind.
Your land and life safety will be protected by the Han army.
This statement is of great significance and will have a significant impact on the entire immigration development process.
However, the impact of the land transfer law on the world is obviously not that simple and direct.
In the first stage, Liu Bei announced that the land transfer law would be fully implemented in the areas north of the Yangtze River. The governors of states and counties in the areas north of the Yangtze River immediately began to inventory all the land and population under their jurisdiction and conduct comprehensive land measurement operations.
All work has been put aside for the time being. Except for necessary work, all officials and staff are fully engaged in land measurement and population census operations. Households across the country should also fully cooperate with the government's land measurement and population census operations without any confrontation.
The 160,000 officials and officials throughout the Han Dynasty should lead by example and be the first to support the court's land transfer law, actively accept land transfers, accept property review by relevant departments, and register tax-paying land.
Start with yourself first, then ask others.
For this reason, Liu Bei, as the emperor, was the first to explain the land wealth he owned and the population and land size of the Liu family in Zhuo County, setting an example for the world.
And at this time, Liu Bei also made a decision that surprised the world and could be said to be against his ancestors.
He decided to let the royal family obtain the land according to the latest land grant rules, and sell all the land that originally belonged to Liu Bei to the government at market price.
He doesn't want it anymore.
Because Zhuojun does not belong to the category of a remote county, but belongs to a remote state. Calculated based on the population of Zhuojun of 700,000, the non-official civilians of Zhuojun can own 130 acres of land per young man. A young and strong woman who is not an official can have sixty-five acres of land.
Liu Bei's family itself has a male master Liu Bei and a female master Han Ning, as well as eight other concubines, that is, one young man and nine young women. The remaining children are all under fourteen. Years old, not counting Dingkou.
The emperor and empress had no official rank and were regarded as equal to common people. Therefore, the amount of land that Liu Bei's family could hold in their ancestral land in Youzhou is currently 715 acres.
Liu Bei originally owned 36,376 acres of land in Youzhou.
So he announced that, except for the 715 acres of land he retained, all the remaining land would be sold to the government for subsequent distribution. Then, he asked the government to register the amount of taxable land for him to prepare for tax payment in the coming year.
As the emperor, he should take the lead in paying taxes, abide by the laws and regulations of the court, and lead by example.
At the same time, Liu Bei also requested that most of the 260,000 acres of land owned by the Liu family in Zhuo County be sold to the government. The clan members completed the sale within a time limit for public use, waiting for further land granting and tax registration. .
To be honest, when Liu Bei was an official, he never purchased any local land for himself.
But what he didn't know was that in his hometown of Zhuo County, although the clan members no longer did business, they had purchased a large amount of land. Not only did they purchase the land themselves, but Liu Bei's uncle Liu Bo, who helped Liu Bei take care of his family's ancestral property, was still there. Throughout the years, he continued to help Liu Bei purchase land and enrich his wealth.
When Liu Bei left Youzhou, his family's field property was only two to three thousand acres. Over the years, the number of fields has increased more than ten times, reaching a relatively terrifying figure. At the same time, the entire Liu family in Zhuo County The land quota also exceeds 260,000 acres.
The last time Liu Bei went back to his hometown, he asked his people to farm and read heirlooms, and not engage in business or anything like that. He wanted them to be honest, farm the land, study and be a good man, so as to save him some trouble. But he didn't expect that these people could do farming and heirlooms. Make flowers.
Not only did he buy the land himself, but he also received gifts from people who wanted to please Liu Bei. Over time, the family's land assets grew bigger and bigger like a snowball.
And during the implementation of the slave restriction order, because of the royal family, even though Liu Bei did not grant any titles to any clan members, he still received special treatment.
Liu Bei was very angry. He ordered his family to liquidate the family property very early and not to hide anything. Otherwise, he would never let go even if it was his own family. For this reason, he also sent Liu Hui back and asked him to lead troops to supervise the clan. Assets were liquidated and accurate figures were derived.
The clan members complained about this, but they did not dare to protest for fear of angering Liu Bei and causing disaster, so they all cried bitterly in front of Liu Hui, trying to gain Liu Hui's sympathy by crying miserably.
But Liu Hui had no intention of hiding anything for the family, and he didn't feel any sympathy at all.
Just kidding, when he was a child, he was bullied by the evil boys in his clan. If Liu Bei hadn't helped him, he didn't know how gloomy his childhood would have been. Moreover, he had always been brooding about what happened back then and had never let go.
Now that he had this opportunity that was close to revenge, he couldn't be happier to see those people who had bullied him being humble and submissive in front of him.
These people have never had a bad relationship with him and Liu Bei. They did not contribute a penny to Liu Bei's entrepreneurial stage, but they obtained so much land relying on Liu Bei's prestige. To say it is shameless, it is quite shameless.
In this case, Liu Hui will let these people spit out everything that does not belong to them.
Like Liu Bei, Liu Hui did not have much sense of family due to being bullied since he was a child. Although his father Liu Bolue had some ideas and persuaded him to take action against the family, it was of no use.
And if you really want to talk about it, it is a very hateful thing that the Du Tian Decree is going to attack everyone in the world, but if you attack yourself first to show that you are no different from normal people and abide by the rules, then at least in name it will sound much better. , it can still stand.
At least no one will say that they have double standards. At most, they will say that they don't recognize their relatives and are cold-blooded.
By the way, Liu Bei announced that he had dismissed the governor of Zhuojun, and replaced him with a young man with little qualifications but a good reputation. He asked him to operate on Liu first, so as to set the record straight and spread the word to the world. .
I'm serious!
Just asking you if you are afraid!
As Liu Bei's public declaration spread throughout the court, people in the core decision-making circle also stood up and publicized the results they had achieved long ago, announcing that they would always follow Liu Bei's footsteps and strictly abide by the requirements of the Tiandu Order. Accept the imperial court's offer of land.
They will pay taxes strictly in accordance with regulations, never evade taxes, and never hold Liu Bei back.
Han Rong, Cao Cao, Zhen Yan, Yan Wen, Yan Zhong, Gai Xun, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Guoyuan, Ruan Yu, Xun You, Gao Shun, Liu Yong, Pang De, Dong Huang...
Wait, wait, a series of political and military leaders, all familiar names, all came forward, saying that they would strictly abide by the land transfer order, resolutely obey the requirements of the land transfer order, pay taxes, and never embarrass the court.
Some families who owned too much land even announced that, like the Liu family in Zhuo County, they would sell part of their land to the government to solve the problem of paying too much tax.
For example, Cao Cao publicly disclosed that the Cao family sold more than 100,000 acres of land to the government in order to reduce the amount of tax paid.
The Zhen family and the Xiahou family also came forward one after another to disclose their family's movements. The three families were tied together to sell more than 200,000 acres of land to the court.
As they issued declarations one after another and sold land to the government, the government and the public were collectively shocked, and the entire Luoyang City was also shocked.
Some low-ranking officials who didn't know much about this matter were shocked. They thought that the high-ranking officials and dignitaries had taken the wrong medicine and instantly became saints. One or two of them were detached from the world and would fly to the gods tomorrow. Become a god.
Why do you just abide by the Tiandu Order?
Why do the upper echelons of the imperial court seem to have reached an unprecedented consensus?
However, those who have heard a little bit about this matter and know some inside information, such as some officials in the cabinet who are closely related to the top decision-making power, have different views on this matter.
Kuai Yue and Cai Mao followed closely outside the top power circle and expressed to Liu Bei that they would follow Liu Bei's footsteps, comply with the requirements of the land transfer order, and sell part of their family land to the government to reduce the amount of taxes paid. On the surface, this Kung Fu is better than many cabinet officials.
However, privately, these two people are also very critical of the inner circle of power.
On a holiday after the above table, the two of them got together to drink and chat. As they chatted, they came to the subject of the Tiandu Decree. They each talked about the family's arrangements and preparations, as well as some interesting rumors recently.
"Xidu, I heard someone said that when Liu Jingsheng went to Jiaozhou to take office, he brought his second son with him. He planned that the eldest son would stay in Jiaozhou and develop new industries. The second son would go to Jiaozhou to develop new industries. Dozens of people in the family, old and young, would go there. According to Dutian According to the provisions of the law, they may be able to get tens of thousands of acres of land in Jiaozhou, is this possible?"
(End of chapter)
