While we were discussing merit and rewards, we were also making large-scale preparations for the Martyrs' Shrine.

Pensions from various places are also being transferred and arranged for distribution.

There were many war dead in Shaanxi, and hundreds of thousands of families were waiting for a pension plan. This was a long process and something that needed to be completed carefully.

Zhao Ning sent a secret letter to Zhang Jun, asking him to complete the payment of all pensions in Shaanxi this year.

Pensions are the most important part of the court's reorganization of the military and political system and must not be missed.

The imperial court issued repeated orders to respect the soldiers, and the emperor personally encouraged them many times, held close conversations with them, and even placed the Martyrs' Shrine near the Imperial College.

The superficial effort has been sufficient, and it has also led the people to slowly weaken their discrimination against soldiers.

As for the insulting practice of tattooing, it has also been abolished.

Mental recognition is indispensable, but so is practical encouragement.

This pension is a practical encouragement.

It is also a commitment to those who died in the war and those who were seriously injured.

It is the key to truly winning trust.

The soldiers in the past had lazy habits, and the court condoned them.

Now this trend needs to be changed. The court must be strict, the court must do what it says, and the soldiers must show a serious attitude.

Pension matters are being promoted by the Military and Political Council and the Privy Council respectively.

The money is definitely enough.

On May 11th, Zhao Ding returned to Beijing from Huainan.

Zhao Ding gave Zhao Guan's family a figure. Lianghuai's cash income last year was 5 million yuan, which was slowly recovering.

As for agricultural tax revenue, the total grain revenue from Lianghuai and Huaihe last year was 1.2 million shi, which was also more than the year before.

But this number is obviously trying to trick you, the emperor.

There are 100 million acres of fertile land in the Huaihe River, with an average annual output of 4 shi per mu, and a total annual output of 400 million shi.

The agricultural tax is drawn one out of ten, and 400 million stone can extract 40 million stone. If the road consumption is 40%, then 24 million stone can be paid.

But in fact, the official land area of ​​the two Huaihe River areas in the Song Dynasty was only 50 million acres, less than half.

Even if it is less than half, 12 million stones can still be drawn.

Even if some people are unwilling to pay grain and use discounts to deduct taxes, and half of the people use discounts to deduct taxes, they should have 6 million shi, but now there are only 1.2 million shi.

This is unreasonable.

What about taxes and grain?

Where did you go?

You can use your toenails to figure out where you are going!

Zhao Ding said in a more solemn tone: "I'm afraid there are many officials hiding their property and evading taxes!"

Isn't this just like the noble people of Tianhuang in Gyeonggi Road?

On the surface, none of them pay agricultural taxes, and no one cares about their land.

When the transportation department wanted to collect taxes, it would go to the honest small landowners and subordinates to collect the taxes.

Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that in the Ming Dynasty, there were about 800 million acres of land, and the harvest was 4.01 catties per mu, which amounted to about 26.73 million shi per year.

The agricultural tax regulations on paper during the Ming Dynasty were very low.

In the Song Dynasty, the agricultural tax was 1 in 10. The yield per mu was 2.5 shi, which is 300 kilograms. The tax per mu was 30 kilograms. Each mu of land was more than 7 times that of the Ming Dynasty, but only 32 million shi could be collected in total.

Is this reasonable?

This is just a fucking joke on me!

Calculated based on the real field output of the Song Dynasty, which was about 760 million acres, each mu was 30 kilograms, and a total of 22.8 billion kilograms of grain was harvested, which is 190 million shi.

Some places are far away, so if the consumption is calculated at 50%, there will still be 95 million stone in grain tax revenue.

32 million stones, 63 million stones away from 95 million stones!

Where did these 63 million stones go?

Zhao Ning read the bill and said, "Who is hiding their property, and who is evading taxes?"

Zhao Ding thought for a moment and said: "Most of the people who conceal their land are the landowners and government officials, and some sell their land to avoid taxes and become tenants on their own initiative."

"What do you mean by selling the land and actively becoming a tenant?"

"In some places, large households hide their land holdings. Through connections, they don't have to pay more taxes even if they increase the number of fields. Some people sell their fields in order to avoid taxes."

"Will the people be willing to sell their fields?"

Zhao Ding said: "Yes, this is what I found during my field trip to the people this time. The burden of taxes on the people is beyond imagination. Some people cannot afford it and would rather become landless tenants than own land.

"

Zhao Ning fell into deep thought.

The new agricultural policy of equalizing land tenancy is to break the pattern of land annexation.

This is a battle for food bargaining power.

Land is too concentrated, resources are in the hands of big landowners and nobles, and the power to price food is in the hands of these people.

Zhao Ning's purpose was to break up the land annexation, ease social conflicts, provide sufficient food for the front line, and save the court's expenses.

A considerable part of the current food supply is purchased by the court with money, and part of it is exchanged between China and France.

The situation at this time was indeed that free farmers were willing to sell their land to big landowners and nobles, and became landless tenants.

Why?

There is a big problem with the agricultural tax system and the administrative tax collection method!

Zhao Ning said: "What suggestions do you have?"

Zhao Ding pondered for a moment and said: "The fundamental reason why there are so many fictitious households is that regardless of official households, the status households have tax exemption rights, so some small landowners and farmers are willing to sell their fields to them and become their tenants, thus

To achieve the purpose of tax exemption."

"If we want to get rid of this situation, we must abolish the tax-free privileges of official households and situation families, and strictly investigate the hidden properties, but..."

Zhao Ning frowned slightly and said, "Just what?"

Zhao Ding said: "Wang Jiefu thought this way back then, so he came up with a new law and sent people to measure the fields, but because of too much resistance, he gave up halfway."

Zhao Ning nodded. This matter is harmful to the interests of government households and people all over the world. It is a lifeline for the landowners. It would be strange if they don't work hard.

But now there are so many blood-sucking insects crawling on the land of the Song Dynasty. How can we not solve this problem?

The bargaining power of food is related to the cost of war and people's livelihood.

"In this way, the royal family now has millions of acres of land on Gyeonggi Road. Chen Dong's equalization of land leasing has been implemented quite well, and the implementation of the New Deal has been expanded."

Zhao Ding worried: "Will this arouse opposition from those people?"

"First in Gyeonggi Road, digest these millions of acres of land and clarify the problems. There are many abandoned fields in Hebei and Hedong. During this period, the Dongfu government must send people to count the abandoned fields as soon as possible to prepare for the implementation of the new agricultural policy.

Hebei and Hedong will make preparations and then send people from the Gyeonggi Road New Agricultural Policy to implement it."

"By the way, the Martial Arts Hall will be reopened, but I plan to establish new schools for scholars, agriculture, industry, commerce, etc., then change the Imperial College, establish an official school, and let officials enter the official school and retake the exam, which will be included in the performance evaluation."

"New learning imports corresponding talents for agriculture, crafts, and commerce, and it also involves the training of military and industrial talents, while official learning must closely adhere to the official style."

"What do you think?"

Zhao Ding accepted too much information at once. He digested it carefully and said: "I need to go back and sort it out. As for the new policy that Chen Dong is working on, I have been in contact with it before. Today I will submit a summary. If

It’s not a bad idea to use millions of acres of imperial land as the starting point for the new policy.”

"Okay, you go back and sort it out."
Chapter completed!