A few days later, in the morning, Zhao Xu announced that he had decided to handle the post-war affairs against Xixia in accordance with the suggestions of Zhang Kai and Wu Zhi. At the same time, he also announced a decree to give preferential treatment to the noble captives of Xixia, especially Li Qianshun, the leader of Xixia. He decreed to confer Li Qianshun as King Xingqing granted the residence of Tokyo, granted Wei Ming A Mi the title of Marquis of Liangzhou, and also granted the residence of Tokyo. Some members of the royal family of Xixia also gave certain rewards and preferential treatment. Living in the capital was equivalent to keeping them all in captivity. The capital was in Bianliang. Some civil and military officials complained about this, but they had no choice but to grit their teeth and agree.
Then when Zhao Xu asked how to increase the revenue of the treasury, everyone had different opinions. Some said that the land equalization tax law should be restored, some said that the young crop law would charge more interest, some said that the recruitment law would charge more money for servants, and some said that the capitation tax would be increased. , and there was talk of increasing taxes on merchants, and so on, and so on, and they were noisy, and some people even got red in the face. But what everyone said was nothing more than the original method, without any new ideas, and in the end it failed to form What resolution.
Zhao Xu watched the ministers quarreling endlessly, crying and laughing, and was extremely bored. As his eyes wandered, he found that Wu Zhi and some military attachés were silent and stood aside.
These military attaches didn't know what to say, but wasn't Wu Zhi resourceful? Why didn't he say anything? Zhao Xu felt a little strange, so he coughed a few times and stopped the quarrel. After the scene quieted down, he asked : "Wu Qing's family, do you have any good ideas?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately became interested. Some people looked at Wu Zhi jokingly, preparing to watch the excitement.
"Back to Your Majesty, I have a memorial. Please read it to Your Majesty!" When Wu Zhi heard Zhao Xu's roll call, he stepped out of the queue, took a step forward, bowed and saluted, and calmly took out the two prepared items from his pocket. A copy of the memorial was handed to Hao Sui, who came over to receive it.
Are you really prepared? Even the memorial has been written? When everyone saw it, they were a little dumbfounded. They probably couldn't stand the excitement.
Zhao Xu also took the two memorials sent by Hao Sui with great interest, spread them out in his hands, and saw that one was about forming and training a new army, so he opened it and read it first, and couldn't stop reading it. He nodded, feeling very novel about the structure and title of the new army proposed by Wu Zhi. After reading it, he put it aside and opened another memorial to read.
As he looked at it, Zhao Xu's eyes suddenly lit up. Wu Zhi's proposal made sense, and many of the words spoke to his heart, arousing strong resonance.
"Share the land into the land? The noble and gentry families also have to pay land tax? Abolish the Young Crops Law? Immigrate to reclaim the wasteland?" There is a lot of content. Zhao Xu played with the memorial in his hand and murmured to himself.
Wu Zhi's pioneering idea of dividing a small family into an acre is a bit like the square-field equalization tax law implemented during Wang Anshi's reform, but it is very different. If it can be implemented, there is no doubt that it should be able to fill the national treasury and reduce the heavy burden on the people. , alleviating social conflicts, the number of rioters and mobs will be greatly reduced, but the resistance is expected to be great. The officials and gentry families who own a lot of land will definitely attack in groups and strongly oppose it. But he is still a little hesitant to abolish the Green Crops Law. .
Zhao Xu thought for a moment, and then handed Wu Zhi's memorial to Hao Sui, who read it to all the civil and military officials present.
After Hao Sui finished reading, the whole place was in an uproar. All the civil and military officials couldn't help but exclaimed in surprise. Especially when they heard that "regardless of the officials, gentlemen, family members and the emperor's relatives, they must divide the land into acres according to the number of acres." When paying the land tax", some officials were even more indignant and uncertain. Wu Zhi's proposal completely subverted their understanding. Among them, the proposal to abolish the Young Crops Law also touched the beliefs and hearts of some so-called New Party members.
For thousands of years, the official and gentry families headed by scholars have prided themselves on not having to do corvee labor or pay taxes. They study hard to gain fame in order to enjoy this privilege. No matter whether they are rich or poor, this privilege is
It can give them a sense of superiority over others. But now, Wu Zhi proposes that the gentry and officials, headed by scholars, should also share their land and pay land taxes. This undoubtedly deeply touches their interests and privileges, and calls them
Why is it so embarrassing?
As a result, some people quickly stood up and expressed their opposition, speaking passionately and impassionedly, as if Wu Zhi had killed them in their homes and taken away their treasures!
Someone started it, but more and more officials came out to oppose it. In the end, in addition to Zhang Chun, An Tao, Zhang Kai, Lin Xi, Xu Jiang, Zhang Shangying, Huang Lu and dozens of others, even Zeng Bu and An Chun
, Cai Jing, Xing Shu and other court officials also joined the ranks of the opponents, glaring at Wu Zhi angrily and criticizing him verbally and writing.
Zhao Xu had a sullen face, looking at the ugly faces of the people who made impassioned speeches against Wu Zhi's proposal, and felt extremely angry. He was quite in favor of sharing the land with farmers and immigrants to reclaim the wasteland. Zhao Xu tried his best to strengthen the army and the country.
, Expanding territory requires a lot of money and food. Of course, he also wants to quickly find an effective way to accumulate wealth.
After Wu Zhi handed the memorial to Zhao Xu to read, he returned to the queue and silently watched the opponents jumping up and down without saying a word, as calm as an outsider.
After everyone who objected gave their impassioned speeches, the hall finally fell silent. Everyone looked at Zhao Xu, who had a gloomy expression on his face, and then at Wu Zhi, who was as calm as ever, and suddenly fell into a weird atmosphere.
They looked at each other in silence, not daring to speak out.
"Zhang Xiang, please tell me, how should we decide?" Zhao Xu suppressed his unhappiness and asked Zhang Chun.
"Is this? Let me think about it again!" Zhang Chun hesitated, neither expressing approval nor objection, and started playing Tai Chi with Zhao Xu. His Zhang family was a wealthy family in his hometown in Fujian, and his family owned more than ten thousand hectares of land.
, if he agrees with Wu Zhi's idea of spreading the family into a small family, it will greatly damage the interests of his family, and Wu Zhi's proposal to abolish the Young Crops Law is a challenge to his authority as the so-called leader of the new party. But he does not dare to openly oppose it.
, he is the prime minister, and he still has to follow the official Zhao Xu’s ideas, so he is in a bit of a dilemma.
Hearing Zhang Chun's answer, Zhao Xu snorted dissatisfiedly and felt very unhappy. He didn't bother to ask other people. He looked at Wu Zhi, his face brightened slightly, and he asked slowly: "Wu Qing's family, here
Is the strategy feasible?”
"Your Majesty, as long as the imperial court is willing to make up its mind and give it a go, this strategy is feasible and controllable!" Wu Zhi responded immediately without thinking.
"No, Your Majesty! This strategy will confuse the public and disrupt the imperial court, and it will definitely cause disaster!" Cai Jing jumped out and expressed his opposition as if he was heartbroken.
"Yes, Your Majesty! This policy is vicious and will cause chaos!" Zeng Bu, An Chun, Xing Shu and others also joined in their objections, and Wende Hall suddenly became noisy again.
"That's enough!" Wu Zhi couldn't bear it any longer and shouted, immediately silencing everyone. Everyone could only stare at him fiercely and say nothing.
"Let me ask you, you keep talking about chaos, where does it come from? Do you want chaos? Or do your family members want chaos?" Wu Zhi glanced contemptuously at the people who opposed it, and asked repeatedly. This hat is worthy of being labeled.
It was a bit big, and everyone who had objections was too frightened to speak out.
"If you eat the emperor's salary, you must share your worries for the emperor! Didn't the sages teach you? Have all your sages' books been read on dogs?" Wu Zhi continued to scold. This is another big hat to buckle, these
People are a little confused.
"The sage said: Cultivate your moral character, harmonize your family, govern your country and bring peace to the world. Cultivate yourself and your family first, and then govern your country and bring peace to the world. This order must not be messed up! Look at you again, you are receiving generous salary but do not cultivate your moral character. You always put your personal interests before your family and country.
How can it be unbecoming to put profits above all else and not think about repaying the imperial court?" It was another big hat, and these people were a little frightened.
"Think of the common people who have little land but no land but still have to pay taxes. They have no clothes to wear and no food to eat. How hard and miserable their lives are! But you and your families are sitting on thousands of hectares of fertile land but you don't pay any taxes.
Fat intestines and fat belly, this is so unfair, the world is so chaotic! Where is your conscience? Have you all been eaten by dogs? Why are you so unkind for the sake of wealth?" It is still a big hat, put on these everyone's heads.
, they are a little numb.
"We are all citizens of the Song Dynasty, living under the same sky. Why can the common people pay land tax, but your family can't? What is the law of heaven? If the world is unfair, there will be people who complain. Do you want to force people to rebel?
Are you causing trouble to the imperial court? You really deserve to be punished!" Wu Zhi took advantage of the victory to pursue him and spoke angrily.
This hat was pulled off, and the people who directly held the opposing opinions were frightened. They hurriedly opened their mouths and asked Zhao Xu for forgiveness in panic. They finally understood what it meant to seek to incriminate, and there was no need to hesitate.
Zhao Xu was so happy that he almost laughed out loud when he saw Wu Zhi reprimanding the people who were opposed to sharing the same family with others, blatantly criticizing them. These guys who only know how to fight among themselves are enjoying the wealth and wealth of the people.
He doesn't think about the people, and he doesn't want to share the worries of the court and the emperor. He only cares about his own interests, so it's time for him to be cured.
An Tao, Zhang Kai, Lin Xi and dozens of other people next to them were also shocked by Wu Zhi's wild swing of the stick. They wanted to laugh but did not dare to laugh. Their faces were red from holding back. They looked at Wu Zhi with nothing but awe:
"The future life is terrible!"
"Your Majesty, it is indeed feasible to spread the crops into acres, and the harmful effects of young crops on people should be abolished. Before the implementation of the spread of acres, we can first issue a notice to the whole country, find a pilot implementation, set up a surveying department, and select local or capital imperial officers and soldiers to accompany them to assist in the measurement.
Treasurer officials will measure and liquidate the land, measure the new acres according to the new measurement standards, and register them. The new acres of land after measurement and liquidation will be divided into ding tax and collected uniformly. A supervisory army will be set up to supervise. Anyone who automatically declares the acres will be
A reward for paying less than 10% of the land tax can be given; those who disobey the order and refuse to cooperate with the measurement and settlement will be severely punished, with double the land tax; those who violently resist the nature of the crime can be imprisoned and fined with five times the land tax. After the pilot is successful, it will be promoted in sequence
, Slowly and gradually. This method will be implemented without distinction between rich and poor, high or low, and will be treated equally." Wu Zhi felt that the heat was almost there, and immediately came up with specific methods for implementation.
At this time, no one dared to come out to object, and it was obvious that Zhao Xu was also quite moved by this. The Holy Heart was unpredictable. With Zhao Xu's acquiescence, Wu Zhi's proposal was successfully passed and the initial intention was reached.
Therefore, the next agenda became the issue of how to implement "dividing a small amount into an acre".
After half a day of deliberation, everyone could only reluctantly reach a preliminary agreement, deciding to implement land allocation into acres, unify the measurement standards for fields, implement new acres standards, re-measure and clear the fields, classify the fields and register them, and identify the land.
The taxes were calculated and collected together with the land tax. It was decided that the Ministry of Household Affairs would select officials to establish the Measurement Department, and the Palace Front Department would select imperial officers and soldiers to assist, and the eunuchs in the palace would serve as supervisors. Kaifeng Prefecture would be the first to be implemented as a pilot project, with the easy ones first and then the difficult ones.
Gradually unfold. The land tax after the land is apportioned into acres will only be collected in cash, and will be collected in summer and autumn, based on the unit of acres, calculated according to the standard of two south and one north. At the same time, the market will be liberalized, allowing the surplus grain earned by farmers to be listed and traded. Temporarily abolished
In the Hebian and joint purchase systems, the grain and grass materials needed by the government and the court were purchased from the market at a fair price. Those who maliciously lowered prices to hurt the people or arbitrarily raised prices for purchasers were fined and imprisoned. At the same time, it was stipulated that the land tax collected was based on the number of acres of land, which would breed in the future.
There will no longer be any increase in taxes for the population. As for immigrants to reclaim wasteland, there is currently no place to immigrate to, so it is tentatively discussed; the abolition of the Young Crops Law will also be discussed later.
In the first year of Yuanfu, the entire Song Dynasty had a population of nearly 20 million households and a population of nearly 44.6 million. The average head tax per capita was about 200 yuan per year. Wu Juhou, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, led the household
Ministry officials made calculations, and after Wu Zhi argued hard and reduced the land tax, it was decided that the land tax after allotment of acres would be: between 20 and 40 cents per mu according to grade in the north, and between 20 and 40 cents per mu in the south according to grade.
The total collection amount is between 40 and 80 Wen, and the fees are fixed after the level is determined. The land tax after the land is divided into acres is almost half less than the previous head tax, corvee and land tax, which greatly reduces the burden on the general public.
.In this way, Wu Zhi's proposal of dividing the children into the whole family was successfully implemented. This was also attributed to Zhao Xu's eagerness for success. He was more caring and anxious than Wu Zhi.
Kaifeng Prefecture has sixteen counties under its jurisdiction, and the territory is very vast. This is enough for the Surveying Department to work hard for a while.
Wu Zhi's goal was that the Song Dynasty not only wanted to strengthen its army, but also its country. Without sufficient economic strength to support it, a strong country and army could only be empty words and would not change anything. Wu Zhi wanted to take advantage of Zhao Xu's competitiveness and eagerness to win.
The mentality of seeking success tied him to the same warship, so that his plan could be implemented step by step and nip in the bud. Now that sharing the land with a small family can be implemented, the goal of strengthening the army and the country has taken another step forward.
Big strides.
Although all the civil and military ministers in the palace who had opposed the idea just now bravely agreed to try out the idea of dividing a small family into an acre, they already hated Wu Zhi in their hearts. They gritted their teeth and secretly thought about how they and their family could avoid paying taxes. If they didn't pay some
They are unwilling to resist the resistance!
The evil Wu Zhi!
If looks could kill, they would have killed Wu Zhi thousands of times.
Wu Zhi has a clear mind and knows what these ministers and other officials and gentry are thinking. They are trying to find ways to evade taxes and set up resistance. He has nothing to worry about. He should be anxious to get angry.
It's Zhao Xu. Someone will naturally come to help him clean up these silverfish, and there is no need for him to do it himself.
Zhao Xu put down the matter of forming a new army. He still had to discuss with Zhang Chun, An Tao and other big bosses before making a decision.