Chapter 639 Military System, Taxation Reform and 120,000 Grassland Households
Chapter 639 Military System, Tax Reform and 120,000 Grassland Households
Those who learn from me will live, and those who resemble me will perish. This is indeed a golden saying.
From individuals to countries, there are huge differences between individuals.
Zhang Yan never thought of completely imitating the Eight Banners system of the Qing Dynasty. That would be courting death. Even the Eight Banners military system could not be copied.
Besides, he couldn't copy it. Nuerhachi was able to lead the Eight Banners because the bandit gang and slavery he played were very consistent with the traditions and cultural level of these fake Jurchen Tunguska savages. It was impossible for Zhang Hachi to play in the Central Plains.
Slavery.
Therefore, what Zhang Yan wanted to learn was the special dependence between the Eight Banners soldiers and the royal family under the Eight Banners system, and how they shared the fruits of military victory, the dividends of foreign wars, and mutual small group recognition.
As for Zhu Hongwu's garrison soldier system and Eight Banners soldier system, Zhang Yan also thought a lot.
Zhu Hongwu's garrison system was actually very complete for the ancient army.
Yesterday, Zhang Gao thought that the combat effectiveness of the Wei Suo Army collapsed much faster than that of the Forbidden Army of the Song Dynasty. In fact, it was not that appropriate.
Strictly speaking, the Guard Army was only corrupted and did not completely collapse.
Otherwise, there would be no soldiers with sufficient food and pay, and the three muskets on the battlefield could be considered worthy of the emperor. These two joked with a bit of black humor.
After the Ming Dynasty's Guard Army introduced the recruitment system and improved the upward passage, and added the general soldiers of each town, and the deputy generals began to support their families, the combat effectiveness was still there.
But if soldiers and servants fight in a war, their money will be like water, and the number of elites who can fight is even more limited.
Moreover, only the Ming Dynasty could use the Wei system, because after the brainwashing of the two Song Dynasties, Wengui Wuqing had become customized, and even the Manchu and Qing Dynasties wanted to make Wengui Wuqing.
Under the pressure of the trend of the times, warriors had no choice but to bow their heads and be small, work hard to make money, and find wives and children.
But if this is done in Zhangzhou, then the general soldier of a certain town will not be the general soldier. If it is better, he will be the military governor of a certain place. If it is worse, he will continue to be the military commander.
At the same time, he could not copy all the secrets of the Qing Dynasty's Eight Banners military system in maintaining combat effectiveness.
Because the Manchu Qing's secret to maintaining its military force was to capture the Sauron people in the old forests of the Northeast, raise a cavalry team on the Mongolian grasslands, and then, for example, when they attacked the Jinchuan River, they would raise the flags of the local Tibetan, Yi and other brave people.
Let these backward elements be mixed with the bannermen of the Eight Banners who can still maintain their own strength, so as to ensure combat effectiveness.
This approach of the Qing Dynasty, coupled with the support of the bannermen and the state, resulted in only entry but no exit, and the national finances were overwhelmed.
Moreover, due to the restrictions on the status of bannermen, the number of people has never been able to increase. At most, it has maintained a scale of more than 10,000 people, which can only be said to be a little better than nothing.
It can be said that the methods of the Ming and Qing dynasties each had their own advantages and disadvantages, and Zhang Yan could not imitate them. More importantly, Zhang Yan still faces two major problems.
First of all, the composition of the soldiers recently recruited from Hexi made Zhang Yan a little uneasy. Among the Yi Cong Xiaoqi and Unity Archers originally recruited from Hexi, Han people must account for at least 60%.
However, in the past two years, among the warriors from Hexi, there are actually more warriors from Tuyuhun, Qiang, Dangxiang, Tubo and other ethnic groups than Han people.
Upon further investigation, it turned out that the reason was that Pei Yuan, who was left behind in Xijing in charge of recruitment, and the Privy Council and Zhongshu Luantai, all preferred the non-Han Hexi soldiers.
The reason for this situation is that the ethnic groups in Hexi are poorer than the Han people, the cost of recruitment is lower, and their desire to leave Hexi is also stronger.
In addition, Tuyuhun and other ethnic groups are far more pious than the Han people in their belief in Buddhism, and they believe that Zhang Hao is the living god.
With the support of sufficient pensions, these people of all ethnic groups with more devout beliefs fought extremely bravely, and often did not avoid life or death. Officers of both pro-army and imperial guards also preferred to use them.
Isn’t this alien race and religious belief the same thing as Yenicherry?
At that time, once the pro-military forces are filled with members of the same composition, will the election law of the Imperial Guards also have to go to the east?
The second problem is that the central government has no money. Historically, Zhao Kuangyin was able to conquer the north and south during the period, and the foundation was laid by Guo Wei and Guo Rong during his period.
At that time, the treasury of the Later Zhou Dynasty was full, and the people's lives began to become stable and prosperous, so they were able to support the army in continuous wars.
But at this time, Zhang Yan himself was playing the role of Guo Wei. The biggest problem now was not to fight, but to quickly restore people's livelihood.
But Zhang Yan is already thirty-five years old. If he keeps waiting, he will be forty or fifty years old before he unifies the whole country. How can he still do this?
Moreover, now that Ma Xifan and Qian Zuo have died in the south, Gao Congjie will also die soon.
Liu Sheng of the Southern Han Dynasty not only killed the heroes Liu Sichao and Chen Daoxiang, but also killed eight of his brothers in one day.
Of Liu Sheng's total eighteen brothers, fifteen were killed by him, and the remaining three either died early or were killed long ago.
After searching through the history books, I could not find anyone who was more capable of killing brothers than Liu Sheng. This is why people in the Southern Han Dynasty were in panic.
This is a God-given opportunity! Zhang Yan doesn’t want to miss this window period.
There was a shortage of money and war was needed. The two-tax law was also the general trend. The pro-military and religious elements in the imperial army began to increase again. Zhang Yan could only find a solution from history.
He plans to separate the six million acres of land in Longyou and Guanzhong in Hexi Province from the government's land register and count them as land that has been awarded to the pro-army and imperial army families, plus about 1.5 million acres of land belonging to the royal family.
Private property of the royal family.
At the same time, Zhang Hao has already demarcated nearly five million acres of land in the depopulated Guanzhong. He plans to recruit refugees to cultivate it at his own expense, and it will also become the private property of the royal family.
And these private properties are not used to maintain the royal family's luxurious life, they will all be used as career fields for the pro-army.
The land was granted to a man in excess of three hundred acres, and the tax was paid according to the ancient thirty-one tax. There was no need to perform corvee service, and they were allowed to recruit tenants for farming.
The price is that in addition to heavy armor, crossbows, and top-notch war horses, you need to prepare your own.
At the same time, it is necessary to serve as a guard once every three years, one year at a time, and the service is completed within two years in spring and autumn. If the emperor has a special call, he must be in place at any time.
In a pro-military family, after the father reaches the age of thirty-five, he must start providing successors and supporting the army.
This auxiliary force is designated by the soldiers themselves, and is limited to sons and blood nephews. They receive training as farmers in peacetime and follow in battles during wartime. After reaching the age of sixteen, they can also receive royal rewards according to the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter.
If it is a pro-jun family without qualified heirs, the family property will be taken back after the pro-jun and his wife pass away.
Moreover, the property and other property belonging to pro-military families cannot be divided, and the sons of the family must find another way out after they reach eighteen years of age.
Of course, Zhang Yan had already thought of this way out for them, that is, after he has mastered his civil and martial arts, he would go out to explore and make a living. The son who is not good at civil and martial arts will lose his qualifications as a family member of the army.
Zhang Zhang expected that the pro-army would grant land to 10,000 households in Hexi, and 20,000 households each in Longyou and Guanzhong, forming a pro-army of 50,000 households.
The composition of the Forbidden Army is similar, except that they will not grant their land grants to Longyou in Hexi Province. At the same time, the scale of the land grants is much smaller. Generally, they can only grant about fifty acres.
However, this is all in Henan and Hebei in the Central Plains, and the output and economic value are definitely much better than the 50 acres in Longyou, Hexi.
Moreover, in the future, after Meng Shu, Ma Chu, Southern Tang, Qian Yue, and Southern Han Dynasty were conquered by Jing Hai Hai and Ping Hai Hai, a considerable part of the land of local royal families would also be given to the Forbidden Army, similar to the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The Eight Banners were stationed in various places to control the local area.
Zhang Zhi plans to grant land to 30,000 households in Henan, 20,000 households in Hebei, and approximately 30,000 households in Taiyuan, Beiping, Chengdu, Tanzhou (Changsha), Jiangling, Xingwangfu (Guangzhou) and other places.
This was actually a combination of the Ming Dynasty's garrison system and the Eight Banners system. In general, the Ming Dynasty's garrison system followed the Ming Dynasty's garrison system. In terms of its relationship with the royal family, it was the same as the Eight Banners system.
The financial, personnel and other powers of the pro-army and the imperial army were not managed by the outer dynasty. Instead, they were directly under the control of the inner dynasty. The ministers of Luantai and the guards of the pro-army were commanded by envoys and managed separately. Key people, financial power and power rested with the emperor.
hand.
Under this system, the pro-army and the imperial army were actually the private armies of the royal family in terms of status. They were dominated by the emperor and assisted by the ministers, forming a vertical leadership system.
Even a general Yuhou who manages a hundred people can reach Tianting directly. At the same time, the emperor's baton can also go down to the level of general Yuhou.
What is different from the Ming Dynasty's garrison system is that Zhang Zhou's pro-army and forbidden troops are wealthier than the Ming Dynasty's garrison army, with lighter financial burdens, higher status, and correspondingly stronger combat effectiveness.
In terms of personal relationship affiliation, it is similar to the relationship between the Eight Banners soldiers and the royal family. Without the emperor, they are nothing.
Zhang Zhang's ideal is to at least preserve the land granted to 50,000 pro-army households and 80,000 imperial army households. There will be no annexation for fifty years, and a strong combat effectiveness can be guaranteed within fifty years.
After that, Zhang Gao could use his own troops to protect the capital, but their land was far away in Longyou and Guanzhong in Hexi Province, and they could not take root in the local area.
Even though they have the same religious elements, they have no local roots and cannot form a personal guard force that can influence the royal family.
The Forbidden Army was scattered in important big cities and around the capital. They could not directly protect the emperor, but their family property was in the Central Plains. They had the advantage of being united locally, but they were blocked by the pro-army and could only form a peripheral defense line.
In this way, the pro-army and the imperial army can check each other, and no one will gain power.
As long as the Zhang Zhou court can ensure the presence of these 130,000 households, it can obtain a standing army of 40,000 to 50,000 people on weekdays. In general, it can mobilize about 80,000 people in wartime. With extreme mobilization, it can mobilize at least 150,000 people. More importantly,
It's about saving money.
In addition, Zhang Zhang is also preparing to spend private money to reclaim another 1.5 million acres of land in the Hetao area.
At the same time, the pastures to the north and west of the Juyan Sea, probably the later Alxa League, the Altai Mountains-Irtysh River, plus the Tangnu Uliang Sea, etc., were placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Ili Khan.
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All tribes on the ranch will become the headquarters directly under the emperor. Their taxes will be lighter and their rewards will definitely be greater than those of other tribes.
These grassland herdsmen who are good at fighting will become Zhang Gao's most stable source of light cavalry.
As for the country's other armed forces, Zhang Yan was prepared to thoroughly implement the Ming Dynasty's guard system, but before implementing the guard system, a major administrative change would have to be made.
Zhang Zhang planned to abolish the prefecture and county system since the Tang Dynasty. Except for the prefectures that need to be retained for special reasons, he ordered the prefectures with ancient names to restore their ancient names, and those without ancient names also had to add suffixes at the end.
For example, Xuzhou will be renamed Xuzhou Prefecture, and a four-level system of province, prefecture, prefecture, and county will be implemented locally.
However, the states are under the government, and only those states with important strategic locations and relatively large populations can be retained, and the rest will not be retained.
The original division of one state into only three or four or even one or two counties will also end, and many small states will need to be merged.
After that, the governor of the government was called Fu Yin, the state was called Chang Shi, and the county was called county magistrate.
Of course, Zhang Zhang prefers the three titles of magistrate, magistrate and county magistrate, but he has not yet had time to perfect the imperial examination, and there are not enough officials to rotate and promote at any time.
Therefore, it is still necessary to use the official position of serving in a certain government or a certain state for a long time.
It is impossible to say that we should continue to use a warrior to hold these positions, but it will definitely be temporary.
After the establishment of local administrative units, Zhang Gao planned to build guard cities in land fortresses and coastal border defenses, similar to the Tang Dynasty guards, except that the soldiers became guard soldiers. At the same time, a guard must be left at each government's strategic point.
Soldiers.
It is expected that the equalization of land will begin, and it will also start from the soldiers of various states and counties and the unity athletes. After they accept the equalization of land, they will naturally become the soldiers of the guards.
However, because Zhang Zhou's main combat forces were pro-army and forbidden troops, the burden on the guards was lighter than in the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, the bigger reason is that Zhang Yan can't afford the kind of wealthy wars he did during the Ming Dynasty, and he doesn't need to dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn.
With this system in place, which mainly uses land as reward for merit, Zhang Zhou's financial pressure is relatively much smaller.
In terms of organization, the pro-army and the imperial army still follow the pattern of army (guard)-battalion-duty-general-team-fire.
The army (guard) has three thousand people, the camp has one thousand people, the generals have five hundred people, the general has one hundred people, the team has fifty people, and the fire has ten people.
The chiefs of the pro-army are Zhonglang General (Wei), Lang General is the Commander (Battle), Du Yuhou (Du), General Yuhou (General), Team (Ten Generals), Huo (Fire Chief).
The officers of the Forbidden Army are the general soldiers (town), the commanding envoys (camp), the capital Yuhou (du), the general Yuhou (general), the team (team leader), and the fire (fire chief).
In the guard army, Zhang Yan simply copied the military attache system of the Ming Dynasty.
A guard usually has three thousand people. The chief is the commander of the guard, and the rest are Qianhu, deputy Qianhu, Baihu, deputy Baihu, general banner, etc.
On the basis of two or three guards, a military supervisor is set up, and above that there are military envoys, etc., and all the power of the guard army is handed over to the Privy Council.
As for the official positions of Tongzhi, Qianshi, Zhenfu and other officials in the Ming Dynasty, they are not established for the time being. We will wait for the specific operation to see how the situation is established.
At the same time, on the grassland, after Zhang Hao originally received the title of Great Khan of Nipu Yili, he basically did not care much about the affairs on the grassland. All systems on the grassland were still operating according to their original habits.
The only ones with some restrictions were Cao Yanlu, Li Congyu, Chen Huiyao and others in Beiting, who gave them certain control through mutual trading and the export of salt, iron, tea, sugar, wine, grain, cloth, and silk.
But now, the northern Central Plains have been unified, and the Khitans have withdrawn and given up their claim to the grassland. From now on, Zhang Yan will manage things on the grassland.
Zhang Zhang planned to establish ten thousand households in Bashimi, Yili, Naiman, Xiajiasi, Meiliji (Mierqi) and Wu from Yibohai (Balkhash Lake) to the east.
There are ten thousand households of ancient enemies, ten thousand households of resistance divination, and ten thousand households of Menggu. Wei Wanhu of Chazhalanshi, Wei Wanhu of Orang changed house, ten thousand households of the Jurchen tribe, ten thousand households of the four tribes of the Upper Khitan, and ten thousand households of the four tribes of the Lower Khitan, etc.
A department of ten thousand households.
Of course, this does not mean that there are only 120,000 households on the grassland. The 10,000 households are an imaginary number. The tribes with 1,000 households and other tribes will be established in sequence below.
Among them, 40,000 households in Bashmi, Yili, Naiman, and Xijiasi served as the headquarters of the Great Khan.
But now it is just a rough design. It is not an easy task to successfully bring all these ten thousand households under the rule.
For this reason, Zhang Zhang planned to leave his generals behind to prepare for Sichuan after the southern expedition to Nanping and Ma Chu. He himself was going to Chengde Mansion and convened the Great Buddha Dharma Assembly of the Six Dharma Sects in Chengde Mansion.
At the same time, the children of Zhang, Cao and other families in Dunhuang who were studying Buddhism and who had begun to spread Buddhism on the grasslands immediately took action.
Buddhist monks from Anxi Province, Beiting Province, and even Qingtang and Hexi Buddhist sects must also start taking action.
Zhang Gao was ready to send back more than a thousand hostages of various kings and chiefs who were serving him now.
At the same time, two thousand cavalrymen who believed in Buddhism were selected from the pro-army, and another five thousand were selected from the forbidden army, and were handed over to Bai Congxin and Huang Yingda to lead them out of the fortress.
After Aluojun of the Naiman tribe and the kings and princes return, they will immediately organize a guard cavalry of about 15,000 people, with a total of 22,000 fine cavalry from both sides.
He used the method of Buddhist monks and swords to unify the beliefs of various tribes, and persuaded the Great Khan, the Great King, the Great and the Great Yehu, etc. of each tribe to personally go to Chengde Mansion to pay homage to Zhang Xuan.
As for how to combine these 10,000 households, Zhang Yan has not yet thought about it, and he is not ready to achieve the goal of 120,000 grassland households immediately.
He would be satisfied if four to five heads of ten thousand households came to the Chengde Dharma Conference this time.
For this reason, Zhang Hao even planned to officially give his title the name of Nipu Ili Khan during this period.
Even if the dual empire of the Central Plains and the grassland appears in the early stage, Zhang Hao will not hesitate to do so.
Because only after controlling these 120,000 households, he could conquer the entire Hezhong, Persia, regain control of India, and lead them to conquer the west. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve it in a short time just relying on the strength of the Central Plains.
However, the idea is wonderful, but it is often difficult to actually promote it.
Even if it was a matter of abolishing the state and merging the government with the establishment of a garrison, Zhang Yan could not act arbitrarily and had to consult with the people below.
And there must be some concessions, otherwise the officials can show you what it means to carry a red flag and fight against it, and to be passive and slow down at work.
Therefore, unlike the imagined emperor who sang and sang every night, after Zhang Gao came back, he went to stay at Dafu's place for one night, and then continued to discuss state affairs with the courtiers until late at night, and then rested directly in the queen's palace.
On September 13th, Zhang Yan, who didn't even take a break for the Double Ninth Festival, finally concluded important matters with the civil and military ministers of the imperial court, and a series of reforms began one after another.
The most important ones are of course the granting of land to the pro-army and imperial troops, and the withdrawal of states and merging the government.
At the same time, Zhang Gao ordered the establishment of martial arts examinations nationwide. This was not just a matter of a single examination.
Zhang's martial arts examination requires that each county first inspects and establishes a gun club club and a bow and arrow club, and selects them every year to enter the martial arts school in each county.
In the county martial arts school, you systematically learn bow and arrow, riding and archery, military formations, and understand armor and crossbows.
Then every two years, the Privy Council, the Ministry of War, and the military supervisors of each prefecture conduct the imperial examination in accordance with the emperor's edict.
Those who pass the exam can get a title of Dutou. For example, those who are good at shooting can get the title of Dutou of bows and crossbows, and those who are good at spears and sticks can get the title of Dutou of guns and sticks.
With this title, one can travel everywhere using the title of Dutou without having to register as a registered official, without being interrogated by ordinary government officials or being refused permission to meet officials.
Afterwards, they learn a certain amount of cultural knowledge, that is, after simply recognizing Chinese characters, they then take the provincial examination every two years.
If those who pass the exam this time are unwilling to take the exam again, they can go to the guard station to serve as deputy 100 households, or return to the county to serve as the head of the government, and unite the military to teach the first class.
Once you get here, you can go on to take the exam, which is the martial arts academy exam.
This is divided into two aspects. Those who take the path of brave generals are only required to recognize three hundred characters, be able to recognize command flags, and be able to simply arrange troops.
After passing the examination, you can join the pro-army, the forbidden army, and the most outstanding ones can enter the capital of Hanshan. If you are sent abroad, you can serve as a middle-level military attache in the garrison or the border town army.
The other branch is the six-tao military commander type, which requires high cultural literacy and is used to train generals.
Once you pass the exam, you can not only join the military, but you can also transfer to a military position at some point and become a commander.
Following this path, children can begin to participate in the Inspection Department's competitions at the age of ten, and those who are truly capable can grow into a qualified general at the age of seventeen or eighteen.
Moreover, one advantage of the martial arts examination is that the judging standards are very accurate, and there is no situation where you say it is good and he says it is not. This also makes it easier for Zhang Shengren to select talents who are willing to conquer the outside world.
At the same time, Zhang Hao is also preparing to move the ritual of rural shooting ceremony to the grassland.
Some of the red tape that could only be implemented in the Han region was abandoned in style, but most items were retained.
Add to this the wrestling, sumo and other events that were loved by both the Central Plains and the grassland people at this time, and a relatively strict process was used to select grassland warriors for Ili Khan.
This was actually the Namuda Conference of the later Mongolians, and Zhang Yan planned to integrate it with the Xiangshe culture of the Han region to enhance the cultural connection between them.
To get these things done and get everyone's support, especially the civil servants' support, the price Zhang Zhang paid was the continued implementation of the Two Taxes Law.
Don't underestimate this, it's just a simple sentence. There is a very important link in the two tax laws, which is the identification of personal assets.
Because the two-tax law levies taxes based on wealth, this leaves a lot of room for maneuver.
In the past, the two tax laws were messed up by military personnel, but now Zhang Yan obviously wants to determine taxes. So the only remaining civil servants headed by Zhang Xichong, He Ning, and Feng Dao really want to seize this part of the power. In this way, the civil servants
There is a foundation for establishing oneself.
Of course, this does not mean that civil servants must make small moves to favor their own people. At this stage of enthusiasm, they do not dare to do so.
What they want is the power to determine taxes, and the power to protect themselves when facing warriors.
Zhang Gao thought about it for a while, and then decided happily that the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Salt and Iron Department would jointly determine the new tax, and delegated this part of power to another party.
He Ning and others were overjoyed, but Zhang Yan smiled inwardly, because after the two-tax law, there was actually a more ruthless tax measure.
It's just that the current economic conditions don't allow for such operational means, so Zhang Yan didn't propose it.
Now is the time to let them use the two-tax law to make the country rich. After the handicrafts, industry and commerce are further developed, Zhang Yan will propose a more suitable way for population growth. In twenty years, it should be put on the agenda.
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On September 15th, after a long period of planning, Zhang Zhou's reform policies began to be introduced.
Prior to this, the two-tax law implemented in the middle and late Tang Dynasty had been harmed by the warriors and had to be drastically changed.
Zhang Zhang first announced that the two-tax law of the Tang Dynasty would be maintained, and the overall tax rate would be between twelve taxes and one to fourteen taxes and one.
Abolish the farm equipment money, silk tax, cowhide tax, etc. that have been cleverly named since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.
Reform the intervening taxes between the reincarnation and the Tang Dynasty.
The so-called intervening tax was called house tax during the Shi and Jin Dynasties, which was actually a real estate tax.
He was really very talented. In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, he collected real estate taxes, and collected a lot of money. He often planned to send two or three feet of silk to each house.
Zhang Yan didn't have any money now, but he still didn't want to collect money in such a way that was tantamount to robbery, so he directly reduced the rack tax to an annual value of 30 yuan. Compared with the original price, it was at least 80% lower.
At the same time, the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties also levied a very high transaction tax called Shumoqian. It was about 5% in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and about 10% in the Five Dynasties.
It may not seem like much, but this was in the fifth generation when the commodity economy was underdeveloped!
The wealthy merchants could not receive much, which caused serious harm to small traders and handicraftsmen, as well as citizens of big cities and farmers in suburban areas. Zhang Zhang therefore directly reduced the income to about one percent.
The remaining two items are about getting rid of the tyranny since the Later Liang Dynasty.
One of these is the abolition of unreasonable cattle rent. This harsh policy has lasted for more than 40 years.
The reason was that when Zhu Wen conquered Huainan, he gave the tens of thousands of cattle he seized to the people for use, and then collected cattle rent from the people. This was originally a good policy and solved the problem of farmers' lack of cattle.
But decades later, the cows that year have long since died, but the cow rent is still being collected, and as long as your ancestors rented official cows, you have to continue to pay.
By now, farmers had spread almost throughout Luoyang and Kaifeng, causing a huge burden on the people. Zhang Xian then ordered the abolition of this tax, which was both outdated and harmful to the people.
The second is the field service, which is an agricultural production institution set up in the Central Plains after the late Tang Dynasty and directly managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. It is equivalent to the state directly recruiting tenants, and the burden on the farmers it belongs to is very heavy.
This happened to conflict with the land equalization between the imperial army and the guards that Zhang Yan was about to start. After Zhang Yan directly selected a few pieces of land for the imperial army, he recruited the original people to become the guards, and used the fields, houses, cattle and other fields they currently used.
Farm tools were given to them for permanent use.
This series of major reforms immediately pushed Zhang Yan's reputation to its peak.
At this moment, both the high-ranking officials and the lowest-level tenants all understood the truth. In this chaotic world where demons were dancing, a benevolent king finally appeared, and someone finally began to care about the people's livelihood in the world.
On the night of the announcement, the entire city of Tokyo erupted in joy, and countless people rushed to tell each other. In this night, the exorbitant taxes and taxes that were weighing on the heads of all the people were immediately eliminated.
On the second day after the announcement, a large number of merchants and people from Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places rushed to Kaifeng Mansion from hundreds of miles away, and kowtowed and thanked them with tears in front of the imperial city gate.
Duzhishe from Zhangtai, Zhongshu Province, estimated that after the reform, the burden on a farmer with 20 acres of land was reduced by more than 50%, to almost 60%.
Of course, the financial pressure on the imperial court will also increase unprecedentedly next year.
Although it is said that the elimination of excessive taxes and miscellaneous taxes will definitely further activate the economy and tax revenue will gradually increase as the economy improves, it is still too slow and will take time.
So Zhang Chang began to practice strict economy in the palace, released a large number of palace people to go home, eliminated unreasonable redundant officials in the court, and delayed the payment of the salary of meritorious ministers to their descendants for ten years.
On the other hand, when it comes to dispatching large armies, they adopt the strategy of dispatching elite troops and try to mobilize as few as hundreds of thousands of troops.
At the same time, Zhang Hao looked to the south with salivation. These royal families had been riding on the heads of the people and dominating them for decades, and they had become fat.
What's the point of exploiting the poor people? Of course, it's better to eat from the rich ones. Take a sip and your mouth will be full of oil.