Zhao She was turned away by Wang Meng, but he did not give up. He was worried that Huan Xi would blame him for his incompetence, but he did not dare to offend Wang Meng, so he was forcibly kidnapped to Hanzhong.
After thinking about it, I felt that I could only use stupid methods to impress the other party with sincerity.
The next day, Zhao She settled in Huashan, choosing a site near Wang Meng's home.
Mrs. Wang glanced at the door, returned to the room and said:
"That man seems to be determined. Otherwise, he won't leave unless he sees his husband. Why don't your husband invite him in for a chat?"
Wang Meng held the scroll in his hand and said casually:
"He was ordered to come here, but he failed to invite me. It was a disgrace to his mission. He was just worried that Huan Xi would be blamed. Even if I refused in person, he would stay here."
With that said, Wang Meng took out a letter and put it on the table, and said to his wife:
"Give this letter to him and tell him that Governor Huan will definitely not blame him after seeing this letter."
Wang stepped forward to take the envelope and said puzzledly:
"My husband is living in seclusion here to wait quietly for the Lord. Now someone comes looking for me and sincerely invites me, but he wants to stay behind closed doors.
"The Huan family is a vassal after all, and it owns the territory of six states, but it can't make my husband fall in love. I really don't know who Dao Dao is waiting for."
Wang Meng laughed and said:
"The king chooses his ministers, and the ministers also choose their king. I, Wang Jinglue, am a genius in the world, so of course I have to find a good buyer.
"If I go to Hanzhong, Huan Xi can help me, and everyone will be happy. But if he is a person who is seeking fame and reputation, I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape from this trip. It is better to stay in Huashan and wait for the opportunity."
Wang sighed:
"You keep talking about timing, timing, but I really don't know how long it will take."
Wang Meng put away his smile and said seriously:
"Come on, Shi Hu is sending more than 100,000 Donggong guards to Liangzhou. These tigers are full of resentment, and sooner or later there will be a rebellion.
"Besides, I heard that Shi Hu is seriously ill now and using his youngest son as the heir apparent is a way to create chaos.
"I predict that the heroes will soon rise together in the north, and heroes from all walks of life will appear on stage. At that time, I will go out to interview the Lord and find the God of Destiny."
Mrs. Wang has never doubted her husband's abilities, only fearing that he would bury his talents and end up living in the mountains. After hearing what he said today, she finally felt relieved.
She went out to find Zhao She and presented Wang Meng's letter:
"My husband asked your husband to give this letter to Governor Huan. The governor will definitely not blame your husband."
Zhao She accepted the envelope doubtfully, and at least he could use it as an excuse to deliver the letter and return to Hanzhong. After thanking Wang, Zhao She left a gift and left immediately.
The words were divided into two parts. While Zhao She was returning with the letter, Huan Xi was also negotiating with his confidants in the palace of General Zhenglu in Hanzhong about a new land system, the equal land system.
Previously, Liangzhou was divided into two. The Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Cheng Han Dynasty each occupied four counties and attacked each other, causing the people to live in dire straits.
In order to avoid military service, hard labor and heavy taxes, people chose to abandon their land and find other ways to make a living.
There are a large number of unowned and abandoned fields in Liangzhou, which undoubtedly seriously affects fiscal and tax revenue.
In order to restore production and ensure the source of finance and taxation, Huanxi decided to count the abandoned fields, record them as public fields, allocate fields to the refugees according to their population, and the people paid rent and taxes to the government.
Huan Xi planned to grant land to men and women over the age of fifteen. Among them, men would be granted 80 acres of bare land and women 40 acres.
Families with cattle can receive an additional thirty acres of land for each cattle, up to a maximum of four cattle.
Public land is owned by the government and trading is prohibited.
The difference from the land equalization system in the Northern Wei Dynasty is that Huanxi did not set up land for the world and did not grant land to slaves.
The so-called Shiye Field, also known as Yongye Field, is an additional 20 acres of land allocated to men in the Northern Wei Dynasty in addition to the public land. The public land is returned to the state after death, while the Yongye Field does not need to be returned and can be passed on to future generations. .
The existence of Shiye Tian will inevitably lead to the decline of public land and the increasing number of private land in a few years. The new population will have no land to distribute, which will eventually lead to the collapse of the equal land system.
The tax set by Huan Xi was not high. He referred to the tax amount during the Sui Dynasty. He set one husband and one wife per bed, and each bed was granted 120 acres of land, as well as a small amount of mulberry fields and hemp fields. Each year, each pair paid three shi. Corn is a tax, and one piece of silk and three pieces of cotton are paid by each household.
Household transfer began in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and was a tax levied on a household basis.
In order to encourage marriage and childbirth, Huan Xi stipulated that single men and women must pay the same taxes as married couples.
If you want to make a difference in troubled times, population is essential. Huan Xi does not encourage young women to observe moral integrity. Of course, he will not force widows to remarry.
In fact, even for widows, the forty acres of public land they were allocated as women was enough for them to bear the taxes.
After all, during the period of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in some areas with densely populated areas and little land, people could actually only be allocated twenty acres of land, and they still had to bear so much rent.
As soon as Huan Xi proposed the idea of land equalization, the generals in the Zhenglu General's Mansion were clearly divided into two factions.
One faction was dominated by cronies such as Zhu Xu, Deng Xia, Huan Yi, and Shen Jin. They closely followed Huan Xi's footsteps and expressed their support for the implementation of equal land system in Liangzhou.
Another group of people believed that this was competing with the people for profit, and that the government ended up collecting rent, which was detrimental to its dignity.
Huan Xi glanced at the local officials who opposed him with a gloomy face. Everyone did not dare to look directly at him and lowered their heads. Huan Xi said in a deep voice:
"I know that some of you don't want me to care for the refugees and allocate land to them.
“Otherwise, how could the aristocratic families hide their population and occupy fertile land.
"I come from the Longkanghuan family, not from a poor family. I know all about your little thoughts. Don't be sanctimonious about competing with the people for profit.
"Before today, I thought the enemy was far away in Guanzhong, but I didn't expect that my most serious enemy was right here in the Zhenglu General's Mansion!
"Now that the Central Plains has fallen, China Lu Chen, why didn't you ask you to sacrifice your family for the country, why are you only focused on fighting for the interests of the clan!"
With that said, Huan Xi stood up, drew out the sword from his waist in full view of everyone, and said angrily:
“I have made up my mind, and anyone who dares to remonstrate will be killed!
"The ugly talk is ahead. Who dares to privately obstruct the land equalization order and interfere with it? Please test whether my sword is sharp!"
Huan Xi's sudden anger shocked the opponents and silenced them. They had no doubt whether the son of a powerful minister really had the guts to kill someone.
At this time, everyone finally understood why Huan Xi had to carry out military reforms before implementing the land equalization system.
He took all 10,000 of Liangzhou's most elite soldiers into his own hands, foreseeing the opposition of the powerful gentry towards the equalization of land.
It was only with this army that Huan Xi was able to override all opinions and, with the support of Zhu Xu and others, forcefully issue an order to equalize land.
Cutting off someone's wealth is like killing one's parents. Huan Xi was not sure whether powerful people would be so greedy for profit that he impulsively gathered a crowd to rebel.
But he deployed his soldiers around Hanzhong and was ready to lead the crowd to put down the rebellion.
For Huan Xi, the most important thing at the moment is to resume production in Liangzhou as soon as possible to create a rich rear foundation for his future competition in Guanzhong.
