Since May, the weather has become muggy, but fortunately the rain has continued, which has somewhat alleviated the heat.
After reading Jia Sidao's memorial, I found it to be quite satisfactory and basically expressed from a neutral perspective. This management system supporting the Public Land Law has made many detailed provisions for problems that have arisen in the early implementation, such as,
Huizi banknotes cannot be used in place of silver and copper coins, the number of fields cannot be concealed at will, and must be measured by the official land department. If these regulations can be implemented, they can solve the four major problems raised by those who oppose the public land law.
Disadvantages.
What does Jia Sidao want?
Do you put national interests first, or do you have other agendas?
If I were not a time traveler and did not know about the treacherous minister Jia Sidao in history, maybe I would think that Jia Sidao was indeed the pillar of the country, and like Emperor Li Zong, he felt that he could be of great use.
I was a little confused, so I didn’t think about the starting point of this memorial. In short, this memorial is completely feasible and consistent with what I mentioned at the court meeting.
Is this public land law the best land system? If it is, later generations have not continued to use it. If not, what is better?
What model should the land system adopt?
Public land law, land contracting, rural cooperatives, large farms, from ancient times to the present, land reform has always been a top priority in our country. For our large agricultural-oriented country, every land reform may cause
The whole society was in turmoil, and even a peasant uprising broke out.
Fortunately, the population in this era was only over 10 million. Even including the northern Han people who had to escape, the number would not exceed 20 million. The land was not as valuable as in later generations. However, we must also consider that the effective cultivated land during the Song Dynasty was not as valuable as in later generations.
There are so many future generations.
I only insist on one thing: a few people must not be allowed to occupy most of the land. The 28/20 principle in business cannot be applied to land ownership.
The feudal land system for a thousand years has created the backbone of our country, which is the landlord class with land as its core. This class can be said to be the real ruling class of feudal society. They firmly hold the lifeblood of society, so even if
Jia Sidao's domineering attitude led to repeated setbacks when promoting the public land law, and finally nothing happened.
Alas, I sighed and thought, it would be great if I could access the Internet. I could get a lot of information by searching online and posting some posts.
Technology is the primary productive force, it’s true.
"Guan Jia, why are you always frowning tonight? Did you encounter something difficult to solve?" Quan Jiu said softly, "This is the ginseng soup just stewed in the imperial kitchen. Guan Jia always stays up late to replenish his body.
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Quan Jiu's voice brought me back to my thoughts, and I said, "Jiu'er, haven't you rested yet?"
"Not yet, Guan Jia, Jiu'er, together with her sisters, briefly re-wrote the Wushu written by Guan Jia according to the new writing method. No, this was just finished. Fortunately, now that I have a hard pen, it is really fast.
It took a lot of work. It used to take several days, but now it can be done in one night."
"Really, so fast?"
"Well, the four of us work in categories, each of us writes part of it, and then we gather it together, and it will be faster. This is what officials call efficiency."
I smiled and praised: "Haha, that's right, Jiu'er knows how to mobilize everyone to do assembly line work."
Quan Jiu was stunned: "Ah? What is an assembly line? This is another new term for officials, right?"
The word assembly line is probably an imported word. I don’t know the origin. It probably appeared after the Western Industrial Revolution to improve production efficiency. I told Quanjiu the meaning of assembly line.
When guns can be mass-produced, this assembly line production method will be used. Firstly, it can improve efficiency, and secondly, it can prevent technology theft, unless the chief designer and all the drawings are stolen.
I saw it was written with a hard pen, and the writing format was from left to right, and I suddenly felt familiar.
"Well, it's very good." I took a sip of the ginseng soup and said, "Jiu'er, I was thinking about the land just now and it gave me a headache."
"Land? Do the officials want to promote the public land law?"
"The public land law is at best a transitional law. I am considering what method should be adopted for the land system of our dynasty?"
"What kind of problems do officials think the current land system has?"
"Most of the existing land is concentrated in the large landowner class, which can easily lead to social inequality between rich and poor. If most people cannot live a life of adequate food and clothing, it may cause instability."
“Isn’t the Public Land Law specifically designed to solve this problem?”
"No, I think the biggest purpose of the public land law implemented by Jia Sidao is to raise funds for the national treasury, but it cannot fundamentally solve the problem. Most of the current production resources are in the hands of a few landlords. Jiu'er, you think, even if a hundred acres
If fertile land is given to a poor farmer, can he take care of it? Moreover, this is a nationwide phenomenon. The landowning landlord class is the core force of our economy. If they all unite to oppose it, my life will not be easy.
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"This is really difficult to solve, but Jiu'er believes that Guan Jia must have the ability to solve this problem. Guan Jia, there is one more thing Jiu'er wants to talk to Guan Jia."
"What's the matter, Jiu'er just say it bluntly."
"The official family, Jiu'er and the Queen Mother have recently been discussing how to reduce the expenses of the harem in response to the official family's efforts to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Let's discuss a method and let the official family see if it is feasible?"
"Oh, what can I do?"
"There was originally no budget for expenditures in the harem. Each palace could draw different amounts of silver at will depending on its relationship with the Queen Mother. We thought we could receive monthly stipends based on the number of people in each palace and their level, just like the ministers of the court.
This way we can control part of the harem’s expenses.”
"What if it's not enough?"
"We will set a standard based on the current daily expenses in Lin'an so that even the lowest-level palace maids can have a guaranteed life. Of course, if you spend money lavishly, there is nothing you can do."
"Well, this method is feasible, wait a minute..." I suddenly remembered how many wealthy people in later generations managed their children's pocket money. They gave them a certain amount of pocket money every month. If it was not enough, they could do odd jobs themselves.
In exchange for doing housework, many of them showed business talents as children.
If I regard all the farmers or landowners in the world as my children, how should I allocate them to them? I can’t eat from the same pot, and I can’t ignore the current situation.
I thought for a while and said, "Jiu'er, come and listen to my thoughts."
"Well, please tell me, officials."
"I allocate a certain number of fields to each peasant household according to the number of people in the family. The ownership of this part of the field belongs to the peasants. The court only collects very little tax or does not collect it at all. First of all, it ensures that their basic life can be lived without worries about food and clothing.
If they have enough time and energy, they can rent land from the Government Land Division, of course
The tax on this part of the land will be higher. The same is true for landowners who own a large amount of land. They must pay more land tax on the excess land. If they are unable to cultivate so much land, they can sell their land to
The imperial court, in this way, can turn the forced repurchase in the public land law into a voluntary choice for them."
"Guan Jia, Jiu'er also thinks it's feasible, but there are still many details that need to be considered."
"This is natural. The land system in my imagination includes land ownership system, land use system, land planning system, land protection system, land expropriation system, land taxation system and land management system, etc. These cannot be completed overnight.
In the next few days, I will convene relevant departments and ministers to discuss this matter, first determine the skeleton, and then slowly add flesh to it."