Li Chenan did not object to Su Yian's words.

Because in this historical era, Su Yian's insight is considered a true insight.

In the feudal dynasty society, the land issue was the biggest problem of dynasty change.

From private ownership of land to large-scale annexation of land.

This seems to be a circle, and no dynasty has escaped this circle so far.

But Li Chenan's view of this issue is obviously a bit different from Su Yian.

He nodded, first of all, affirming Su Yian's statements: "You are right!"

Su Yian stroked his short beard and sat upright proudly. He was right.

"but……"

Li Chenan suddenly came, but Su Yian was slightly stunned, thinking, thinking, do you have any new and strange views?

Liu Xiayin's lips curled up, and in his opinion, Su Yian's answer was impeccable.

Can this young regent tell you a new trick?

"That's how I view these issues."

"Let's talk about the land issue."

"Why should the rich man find ways to annex the land of farmers?"

Su Yian and Liu Xiayin were stunned and thought to themselves, do you still need to ask?

Of course, it is to occupy the land as a permanent property to pass on it to future generations!

Li Chenan said again: "What you are talking about is one aspect, and in my opinion it is a secondary issue."

"Let me tell me what I think is the problem. After listening to me, let's discuss any questions."

"Let's look at the essence of land annexation, I think it is for the food that is crucial in this era!"

"The rich want to steal the fields from the people, not the fields themselves, but the food produced in the fields!"

"Land, because of the food produced, becomes extremely valuable."

"A valuable thing is a commodity... don't worry."

"I won't talk about this issue for now, let's discuss this issue from the root."

"For the ruler of a country, would he think that the common people have land in their hands, even if they have farming land and houses, they would think that they would not rebel?"

This question cannot be correct.

Because the people will not rebel when they have land and land.

Su Yian and Liu Xiayin both nodded.

“There is one of the biggest problems here!”

Li Chenan leaned over and knocked his fingers on the table. He looked at the surprised two people and said:

"This is an unfair false proposition!"

"Don't worry, listen to me!"

Liu Xiayin swallowed the words to his mouth alive, and then listened to Li Chenan:

"There are two huge problems for ordinary people to farm!"

"First of all, the extremely low profits lead to their very small income!"

"I think you all know how much the current land yield is, the wheat is only 150 kilograms and the rice is only 200 kilograms!"

"This is a good year!"

"One hundred and fifty kilograms of wheat are only twelve dou, and the price of a dou of wheat is about thirty-five cents, and a mu of land is equivalent to four hundred dollars."

"The price of rice is about the same. Two hundred kilograms of rice, or sixteen dou, and one acre of land produces about five hundred cents."

"Let's calculate the cost. Take wheat as an example. If you need wheat seeds for a mu of land, you can calculate it at thirty kilograms, and you can get 80 cents off."

"No matter the labor cost, taxes are removed... calculated based on the lower taxes in the early years of Ningguo's founding."

"Two taxes per year are calculated based on 10% of the land income, which requires deduction of forty cents."

"We don't calculate the taxes that each place levies themselves. For a mu of land, the people actually get 280 cents."

"Even if a family planted fifty acres of land, they could get 14 taels of silver a year... They didn't count the money they needed to eat, wear, and buy farm tools!"

"You think about it. After deducting these, how many taels can they have left?"

"I have calculated that if there is no illness and everything is safe, there will be roughly four taels of silver left!"

"This is what a family gets in the best situation for a year!"

"The second is the huge unpredictable risk!"

"Farming, rely on the gods to make a living!"

"No one can guarantee that every year will be a good year. Once a disaster occurs, the crop yield in the fields will drop sharply, and even lose harvest!"

"Even if the officials of the court wisely exempt them from the taxes of the disaster year, they will have to rely on their capital without the harvest!"

"Just that little bit of money, how long can I eat?"

"Due to natural disasters, there is no food to plant without land, and there is no food to plant without land!"

"This is the beginning of a vicious cycle!"

"In a century, there will definitely be no shortage of such natural disasters in a dynasty!"

"What should I do? People can't starve to death, right?"

"So, the common people will sell the fields they have in their hands to local gentry and wealthy families to exchange for some money to buy grain!"

"Note that the land flow at this time is not necessarily the gentry and tycoons who take action to rob, but the people who sell it in desperation!"

"And they themselves carried hoes to be tenants for the gentry and wealthy families."

"So, their identities changed, from self-cultivated farmers to tenants of landlords."

"Of course, you can't make a lot of money when you are a tenant, but apart from their own physical strength, the cost they had to pay was gone."

"They worked in the fields for a day, and the landlords gave them a day's wages. When it was slack, if they had a skill, they could also weave a pair of straw sandals to make a basket and sell them to the market to subsidize their household income."

"In this way, the risk was transferred...all the risks that were originally borne by oneself were transferred to the gentry and tycoon."

"The country's tax policies for gentry and tycoons are different. They can do not have to pay taxes or pay lower, and even the tenants on their land do not need to perform corvee service!"

"After the gentry and tycoons obtained the land, they still farmed by the farmers. After paying the wages of the farmers, they earned more benefits due to their scale than the farmers themselves!"

"They have a stronger ability to resist risks caused by natural disasters!"

"So, more and more land flowed into the hands of the gentry and tyrants, but for the sake of cost, the gentry and tyrants did not need so many tenants. After all, they were better at calculating costs, which led to them.

The group of people have neither the land nor the qualification to be a tenant!"

"They all have nothing left. The little money they sold for the land will be spent in no time. What should I do?"

"I still can't starve to death!"

"So, there were refugees, bandits, and various unstable factors!"

"They looked at the gentry and tyrants, believing that it was because these people had invaded their interests that led to a contradictory opposition between the two classes."

Li Chen said something casually.

These words completely subvert the views of Su Yian and Liu Xiayin-

They believe that the culprit of the loss of land by farmers is the gentry and tyrants, but Li Chen'an's words meant exactly the opposite!

Li Chen'an believed that the loss of land by farmers did not require the gentry and tycoon to snatch it. Instead, the farmers actively sold it to the rich in order to survive.

Does it make sense?

The two frowned and thoughtful.

Only Xiao Baozi didn't think about this problem at all.

She was looking at the sky.

I'm calculating in my mind.

The moment of spring night is worth a thousand gold... It has been half an hour since I arrived in this courtyard.
Chapter completed!