First Minister of Ming Dynasty Chapter 49

　　 After Li Shanchang met Zhu Yuanzhang, he seemed to glance at Zhang Ximeng inadvertently, and there was a hint of provocation.

　　 Zhang Ximeng couldn't help but cheer up. This surnamed Li is not an ordinary person and must be handled carefully.

　　 It is Jia Lu, who is still in the old age and doesn't care at all. Zhang Ximeng is too young, and Li Shanchang is too humble. It's just children who are struggling, so he doesn't need to care about him.

　　 "The superior, after studying the strategy of dividing the field, the humble post thought that this method should be born out of the method of equalizing the land in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties, don't you know what I said is right?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded subconsciously and agreed.

　　 After Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted out that the prince and general Xiangning is kind, the people on this land will no longer obey the nobles. If you dare to let us not survive, I will kill you to the end!

　　 The emperor of the Han Dynasty, who knew the power of the people well, pursued a policy of cracking down on tycoons and curbing mergers, and responded to the voice of the people. Only then has the great feat of opening up the Western Regions, destroying the Huns, and sealing the wolf to the Xuxu.

　　 After experiencing the super-turmoil of the Three Kingdoms in the late Han Dynasty and the Five Unruly China, in order to better stabilize the hearts of the people and gain the support of the people, starting from the Northern Wei Dynasty, a clear-cut land system appeared.

　　 As the heir to the spirit of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui and Tang Dynasties continued this path...and in the early Tang Dynasty, the system of equalization of land was more complete.

　　 A dice can get Yongyetian and Kouchi division. Yongyetian is used to grow mulberry and can be passed on to future generations. Koufentian is to grow food. After the death of a person, it needs to be recovered and then redistributed.

　　In the early Tang Dynasty, the system of equal land was pursued, the tax collection adopted the rent-yielding adjustment, and the military system adopted the government soldiers... The combination of these three is the great Tang army, sweeping all the mysteries of the world.

　　 Zhang Ximeng introduced the Tang Dynasty thinking when he wrote the method for the division of fields...except that he replaced Yongyetian with a ration field and added the rule of exemption of land rent for the ration field.

　　 Of course, this scale of makeover is naturally not enough to hide the old man like Li Shanchang, so Zhang Ximeng also admitted it frankly.

　　 "Mr. Li, can you advise?"

　　 Li Shan smiled, "No advice, just a little question... Mr. Zhang, everyone has this ration field, right?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded, "That's right."

　　 "Then I would like to ask, a certain family gave birth to a child, and happened to die an old man, what should I do with this ration field?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng was taken aback for a while, but he quickly understood.

The ration field is to ensure that the people basically have enough food and clothing. In other words, if the family has children and the population is added, it is necessary to give more ration fields. However, in this way, the dead give the fields, but the dead are not taken back. As a result, some people's households There will only be more and more fields, and after reaching a certain level, his method of granting fields will be difficult to maintain, and will fall into the same collapse as the Tang Dynasty's field equalization system!

　　 Zhang Ximeng understood Li Shanchang's meaning, but he hesitated. Although he has knowledge of later generations, he may not have practical experience, and this is precisely what Li Shanchang is good at.

　　 "Mr. Li, what happened to Yongyetian in the Tang Dynasty? Isn't it 'all Yongyetians are passed on to their descendants and are not within the limits of acceptance'?”

　　 What Zhang Ximeng said was from "Tong Tong Dian", and it is also the understanding of Yongyetian by many people in later generations. They believe that this is the people's own and can be passed on to future generations.

　　 Just as Li Shanchang said, it is really passed on to the children and grandchildren, only granting but not receiving, the equalization system will definitely not be maintained!

　　 Seeing Zhang Ximeng thoughtfully, Li Shanchang secretly smiled in his heart, after all, he was a young man who had not experienced actual government affairs. Not only has he been a book official for many years, he also specializes in field finance and taxation, which is very professional.

I saw Li Shanchang smile indifferently, and did not hurriedly recite: "His Yongyetian, the prince has a hundred hectares, the ministerial officer is 60 hectares of the first rank, and the county king and the ministerial officer are 50 hectares from the first rank. Forty hectares for the second grade of the official official, 35 hectares for each of the second grade for the county officials...if there is leftover, the insufficiency is even given. All Yongyetians are passed on to descendants, not within the limit of acceptance, that is, offspring is committed. Those who are delisted will not be chased after the inheritance."

When Li Shanchang finished reciting, Zhang Ximeng suddenly understood what was going on. It turned out that this Yongyetian that can be passed on to descendants is limited to officials and ordinary people. Sorry, your Yongyetian will still be taken back after death. .

　　 But if that's the case, how come the name of Yongyetian?

Li Shanchang calmly explained: "Yongyetian started in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is indeed stipulated that there is no need to return it...but it is limited to the males who allocated Yongyetian for the first time. If the population is prosperous and the population is increasing, the court will have free land at this time, and Yongyetian will be awarded according to the maximum amount, but if the land is not enough...there is no way."

　　 Old Li Kan talked, including Zhu Yuanzhang, who listened attentively. This one really talked about the key points.

　　 Zhang Ximeng is particularly impressed, because Yongyetian only grants but does not accept it, but it is unreasonable. In other words, Yongye Yongye is only fortunate for the first group to catch up, and the rest can only depend on God's will.

　　 Although this is quite different from Juntian's original intention, after thinking about it carefully, is there a better way?

　　 Zhang Ximeng shook his head helplessly, he couldn't think of it for a while.

　　 "Mr. Li, according to what you said, there is no difference between Yongyetian and Koufentian?" Zhang Ximeng asked humbly.

Li Shanchang smiled and said: "The difference is still not small. In actual work, the Yongyetian granted for the first time does not need to be returned. There may be Yongyetian behind. According to the truth, it should be returned and re-divided... But most of it won't. After all, the clerks and clerks who do work also need their own heads! Not to mention Yongyetian, even after a generation or two, you won't be able to take it back."

　　 Zhang Ximeng listened very seriously, chewed Li Shanchang's words carefully, couldn't help standing up and bowing deeply.

　　 As long as you are right and have real talents, we will admire you!

　　 In fact, the Korean public, the first hero of Ming Dynasty, if it is a rice bucket, then it is the biggest joke!

　　 "Thank you for your advice, it's really better to listen to your words than to read ten years!" Zhang Ximeng said from the bottom of his heart.

　　 The reason Li Shanchang said is quite simple: suppose that the grandfather of a family is the first generation to get Yongye Tian, ​​a total of 20 acres, and he has three sons.

　　 After his grandfather died, he gave the 20 acres to the eldest son.

　　 There is another 40 acres missing.

　　 At this time, the court still had surplus land, so it made up the 40 acres and gave it to the second and third sons.

　　 But in the third generation, the three brothers are also three sons, and this is nine children.

　　 Grandfather's Yongyetian was only passed on to the grandson of the long house, so eight children would need 160 acres of Yongyetian.

　　 In addition to the 40 acres of the previous generation, 120 acres are also required from the court.

　　 But at this time, the imperial court could not produce 120 acres of permanent land, and there was no more land, and the land equalization system collapsed.

Of course, there is another situation. In the other family, they are too lucky to give birth to so many males. As a result, there is only one male in the third generation. At this time, the imperial court can theoretically recover some Yongyetian from this family. The one for Ding Duo.

　　 But the question is who wants to hand over their land for nothing?

　　 will definitely think of various ways and refuse to hand in the land.

　　 Once again, entering the peaceful and prosperous age, the population is growing, and the land is definitely not enough.

　　 At that time, just as Li Shanchang said, after the people breed, let alone the Yongye Taguchi division of fields, any family will die and will not let go after the land is allocated. Unless they can't survive, they will die!

　　 At this time, the government officials still want to take back the land, according to the average population...

　　 Don't look at the honesty of the people, they must have really touched their fate, this group of people will not be polite.

　　 It is common for hundreds or even thousands of people to fight on a large scale for water sources and land for a little bit of land.

　　Who would dare to enter the village to ask for land, and promise to beat you to the ground, with corpses all over the field.

　　 In a word, when there are too many people and little land, and when you roll up crazily, no matter how good the law is, it can't resist the cruel reality.

　　 Thinking of this, Zhang Ximeng's expression also became solemn, and looking at his own writing, it seems that it may not be perfect!

　　 Can you cancel the ration field? Simply split?

　　 Zhang Ximeng shook his head again, because the grain ration field is cancelled, it is bound to receive grain together, which is definitely a nightmare for the people in poor areas.

　　 "What's your opinion, Mr. Li? Please advise." Zhang Ximeng asked humbly.

Li Shanchang thought for a while and laughed: "I dare not say any suggestions. Although this strategy may not work after a few generations, it seems that there is no better than this... I only have two suggestions, first. One, UU reading www.uukanshu.com tells all the people that there is only this one time in the ration field, and there will be more people in the future, regardless of the ration field. As for other fields, a time limit may be added."

　　 Zhang Ximeng asked: "How much is appropriate?"

　　 "For example, once every ten years, re-equalize. Because within ten years, people will grow and there will be many young people. If they don't give them land, they will survive hard and become refugees."

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded again, once every ten years, re-dividing the fields equally may not be easy to achieve, but the idea is still correct. One change in ten years, one change in twenty years, naturally it can also change in thirty years, let's judge the situation!

　　 It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang, who has not spoken all the time, suddenly said: “We remember that Mr. Zhang suggested that the more acres, the higher the payment of the land...If every ten years because of the increase in the number of people, the land is redistributed, then the amount of land is reduced?"

　　 Zhang Ximeng nodded helplessly, "The lord is wise, indeed."

　　 "That...is it appropriate?"

　　 Without waiting for Zhang Ximeng to speak, Li Shanchang said: "The upper ranks, ten years of work is not short. If the management is properly done, the upper ranks should be successful. If you need to change the course, it may not be impossible."

　　 Zhu Yuanzhang was silent, and looked at Zhang Ximeng subconsciously, only to find that Zhang Ximeng nodded slightly, naturally agreeing with him. He added: "Lord, in ten years, it will be enough for us to find more financial resources to support soldiers and horses."

　　 With Zhang Ximeng's assurance, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind, "Mr. Li, you are so proficient in the matter of dividing fields, you must watch this matter!"

Li Shanchang hurriedly gave a salute, "Thank you for the trust of your superiors. The humble duty is willing to start from your own home and give out 300 acres of land as an example! The superiors can rest assured that from now on, there will be no shortage of soldiers, horses, money and civilian husbands... If you can't do it, humble duty. Willing to bear the blame!"

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