History, like a circle, always circulates.
Since the First Emperor unified the world, all Chinese dynasties, no matter how prosperous and glorious they were, have not been able to cross the three hundred-year lifespan threshold.
Because strictly speaking, the Han Dynasty was divided into east and west, and the Song Dynasty was divided into north and south. They both experienced destruction and then reconstruction in the middle. They were basically two dynasties.
The reasons for the collapse of each dynasty seem to be different, but in Zhao Mengqi's view, the root cause is the land issue.
There is a saying that the general trend of the world will be divided for a long time, and it will be united for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time.
A new dynasty is mostly established after years of battles and sweeping away other forces.
At the beginning of the birth of the dynasty, there were fewer people and more land, the original interest strata were shattered, the new ruling class was still energetic, and the central authority of the court was strong, so the land would be redistributed so that the cultivators would have their own land.
The Qin and Han Dynasties had a land grant system. At first, land sales were not allowed, and land distribution was mainly based on military merit. Therefore, the army's combat effectiveness was extremely powerful.
The Sui and Tang Dynasties had an equal land system, which also prohibited buying and selling. The state distributed land equally. When a man came of age, he would be granted a specified number of acres. After his death, the state would take it back and grant it to others. On this basis, the government adopted The military system also makes the army invincible.
However, things are developing, and the system itself may not be perfect. Management and execution will gradually deteriorate over time, serious land mergers will begin to occur, and the number of homesteaders responsible for the main taxes will decrease day by day.
In addition, land is limited, but the population is constantly increasing. When the contradiction between man and land cannot be reconciled, that is when the dynasty begins to decline.
During the Mid-Tang Dynasty, the separatist rule of vassal towns led to the complete destruction of the land equalization system. There were no restrictions on land annexation. Heavy taxes forced the people to fight. The society fell into violent turmoil, and wars continued for nearly a hundred years.
In this context, the Song Dynasty relied on the support of large landowners to finally gain political power. Naturally, it could not harm the interests of large landowners. Therefore, it could only adopt the policy of not establishing a land system, inheriting the official land of the Tang Dynasty, and certainly recognizing the land occupied by powerful landowners. The legal ownership of land forms the de facto system of land and two fields.
In fact, if taxation based on land is truly implemented, this system will not be a big problem. It will adapt to the development of productive forces, relax the relationship of personal dependence, and promote the rapid development of industry and commerce.
But the problem is that the powerful landlords are the powerful class, the ruling class, and human greed and selfishness allow them to use various methods to avoid passing on taxes.
However, the Song Dynasty faced powerful external threats and had to maintain high military expenditures. If the finances collapsed, the national defense would also collapse, and foreign enemies could march in and destroy the country.
Therefore, if Zhao Mengqi wanted to save the world, he had to try to change the land system.
He would have liked to simply follow the example of later generations and attack local tyrants to allocate land, but his strength does not allow it. He himself is a representative of the ruling class, and his power base is the bureaucratic landlords. I am afraid that he will die suddenly as soon as he shouts the slogan, maybe from eating. The unknown elixir may have accidentally fallen into the water...
What he can do is make some improvements to the current system that don't seem too abrupt.
At this time, land management in the Song Dynasty was mainly based on tenancy management. This was the case for more than 70% of the farmland. In other words, the vast majority of farmers made a living on rented land.
Since land can be bought and sold freely, these lands may not all be owned by powerful bureaucracies. Many people who have become wealthy through industry and commerce will also purchase land. After all, land is an asset that holds its value better than precious metals.
Just like in later generations, rich people like to buy more properties.
In principle, all land in the world belongs to the emperor or the country, and therefore has the right to collect taxes.
Others only have "rights of possession" and "rights to use" the land. Landlords rely on their rights of possession to obtain benefits, and farmers rely on their rights to use the land. The three are both opposite and interdependent.
It's just that now it's the wealthy and powerful landowners who ignore the country's ownership and exploit the farmers who actually use the fields, destroying the ecological balance.
So Zhao Mengqi groped around and wanted to build a system where the three could
Harmonious distribution model.
For example, he used 50,000 acres of land to build a farm, which was nominally owned by Zhao Fei, in order to gain the support of Zhao Guan's family and the royal family and prevent it from being embezzled.
In fact, commercial institutions are established for operation and management, and then the ownership rights are capitalized and vouchered to meet the investment needs of wealthy people, and then handed over to farmers for farming and production in appropriate ways.
In the end, about 50% of the profits are distributed to farmers who farm the land, 20% of which are given to investors, and the other 30% are management, production costs, taxes, etc.
At this time, there were two main forms of tenancy, the share-sharing system and the quota system.
The share is divided between tenants and landlords according to the share after deducting agricultural taxes and seeds. It is usually divided in half. There will be some fluctuations depending on which party produces the production tools.
The fixed amount is simpler. The tenant pays a fixed amount of land rent to the landlord. Regardless of whether the rent is good or bad, the balance belongs to the tenant, but the tenant may have to bear taxes.
With Zhao Mengqi's method, the farm will become the main tax payer and pay all taxes that should be paid uniformly, including other labor and miscellaneous taxes on farmers, and neither investors nor farmers will have to bear taxes anymore.
It is precisely because of this that 50% of the net income will definitely be welcomed by tenants. Compared with the previous landlords, investors seem to have reduced the proportion of income, but they save management costs and save a lot of trouble. This The income is fair, reasonable and legal.
"At that time, field certificates will be issued. Currently, you have to buy them with grain. You can get 20% of the tax-free income from the farm every year. The certificates can be freely transferred and sold, and the price will follow the market. How about it, rich lady Qian? Are you interested?"
Zhao Mengqi looked at Qian Duo like a wolf grandma, tempting her.
Qian Duo's calculation ability was much better than that of Zhao Hui, and he immediately started making calculations in his mind.
An acre of good farmland in Pingjiang normally costs about 30 guan, but there is usually a price but no market. Normal people would not sell their land easily unless there are special circumstances.
Twenty stones of grain is worth about thirty guan in normal times, but according to the current price in Pingjiang City, it is more than 100 guan, which seems a bit uneconomical.
The income from one-fifth of an acre of land is about six buckets of rice, and the discount is almost the same.
In other words, the annual interest rate is 3.3%. Although it is not high, there is a lack of investment channels in this era. Even the ultimatum can be speculated, and it is better than stable, which is acceptable. Moreover, this Tianjuan also has financial attributes.
In addition to economic aspects, political factors also need to be considered. The Qian family wants to be tied to King Yan, so they naturally have to support Zhao Mengqi's idea. Subconsciously, Qian Duo still hopes that Zhao Mengqi will have a good impression of him.
After thinking about it, Qian Duo turned to Qian Xiaopang, "Do you know how much food our Qian family has?"
Little Fatty Qian scratched his head, "Well... I don't know. We have so many houses and we don't have a general ledger. I heard my father say that the clan field can collect 700,000 to 800,000 dan in rent every year." .”
Damn it, what a fucking tycoon! Doesn’t this mean that the family’s land alone is 700,000 to 800,000 acres! ?
Zhao Mengqi remembered that when he checked the bypass books over the years, the summer grain of the entire Pingjiang Mansion had only reached a peak of 700,000 dan, which the Qian family had exceeded just by collecting rent...
Qian Duo didn't notice Zhao Mengqi's expression, he just lowered his head and thought, "Although Pingjiang suffered a disaster, other places in Zhejiang and Zhejiang had good harvests. It's almost time for summer grain to be put into the warehouse. At least one million shi should be available. Then you can buy 50,000 acres..."
Immediately, she raised her head and looked at Zhao Mengqi, with pride on her face, "Hey, you just said that each household cannot exceed 20%. Your farm only has a total of 50,000 acres, which is not enough for me to buy. A mere 10,000 acres is not interesting. I It’s better to forget it!”
Gee, Zhao Mengqi didn’t expect that he would be a prince all his life, and that he would still be ridiculed to show off his wealth...
We are people of integrity and will never give in to three buckets of rice!
But one million stones is still worth a discount...
At this time, Qian Duo was just a dazzling golden doll in Zhao Mengqi's eyes. As for the title, everything was false.
Zhao Mengqi threw away the fishing rod and stood up.
He supported Qian Duo eagerly and said, "Ms. Qian, you must be tired from standing. Sit down and talk."
Qian Duo sat on the recliner unceremoniously, became reserved, and said in a loud voice, "Want to talk? Call me sister!"
"Sister." Zhao Mengqi blurted out without hesitation.
Wanwan and the others hurriedly covered their faces. They simply didn't see it. They really didn't expect that the majestic King Yan could be so bottomless. Qian Duo was several months younger than him.
Qian Duo was also stunned for a moment. She just thought about the power of killing Zhao Mengqi and was angry, but she didn't really expect him to scream like that.
"Sister, you see that I am so sincere, can we talk about it?" Zhao Mengqi didn't seem to feel embarrassed at all, and he shouted even more enthusiastically.
Hearing this hot "sister" sound, Qian Duo suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling, his heart was beating wildly, and the red cloud appeared on his beautiful face again, even more than the peach blossoms stained with dew in the morning. Beautiful and charming.
Qian Duo only felt a little hot inside his body. He put his legs together tightly and whispered softly, "Then... let's talk... let's talk."
I'm talking about business with you, not about love. Is that the case?
Zhao Mengqi looked at Qian Duo strangely and shook his head. Business was more important, "Actually, it's not just this one farm. A total of 160,000 acres of farmland were confiscated from the Liu family. Excluding some of the more scattered and remote ones, it can still form two five-year farms." Ten thousand acres of farmland. In addition, the original official land in Pingjiang Prefecture can also be reorganized accordingly. In addition, many fields can be created after the land clearing is completed. Coupled with the newly added fertile land after the water conservancy construction, this is not necessary. Tian, I can buy as much as my sister wants."
Seeing Zhao Mengqi's serious look, Qian Duo tried his best to calm down his emotions, calmed down a little, frowned slightly, "After all, it's only 30,000 acres in stock..."
"My sister, don't you still believe in my credibility? In short, as long as you have enough food, the land parcels for 50,000 acres will be delivered to you immediately. In the following year, your income will be calculated based on the harvest of the existing farm. ..."
Zhao Mengqi was full of promises and acted like an insurance salesman.
At this time, Zhao Han couldn't stand the look of her brother anymore. She pouted and shouted, "Fourth brother, I won't buy it if the bad woman doesn't want it. We won't beg her. Isn't it just food? We don't have any in Prince Rong's palace." , I’ll just write to dad and ask him to send all the food!”
"Who said I won't buy it!?" Qian Duo immediately became dissatisfied and said angrily, "Qian Long, write a letter to father now!"
When Zhao Mengqi heard this, he beamed with joy. Prince Rong's Mansion could provide at least 500,000 shi. With the addition of the Qian family's 1 million shi, he suddenly had 1.5 million shi in hand. This food duel with the powerful was even more promising. Feeling confident.
Originally, Lin'an was also a big consumer of grain, and since the grain supply was cut off by himself, Zhao Mengqi would not have thought about Lin'an's grain supply anymore.
However, people like Xie Tang actually smuggled the grain they controlled to Lin'an for storage. Isn't this just a great move in the world?
He was happy when he suddenly saw a speedboat on the lake approaching the embankment quickly.
On the boat, Gengzhi shouted, "Your Highness, I found it! I found it!"
