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Chapter 22
The adults began to talk about their own affairs. Cheng Jinzhou was the only child in the room, and the other was Cheng Jinhao. The two looked at each other, probably chanting something similar to "ghosts linger" in their hearts.

As the two grandchildren currently staying in the old house, in most families, the competition between them may last a lifetime, and the specific length of time depends on the death rate of the parents and the intelligence level of the participants.

Cheng Jinhao was naturally dissatisfied with the attention Cheng Jinzhou received, but he sat too far away and could only use his eyes to play a role, hoping that at some point, Cheng Jinzhou would look over and be scared to death by his persistence.

But in fact, apart from the first glance, Cheng Jinzhou never looked back. He was really listening to what Liu Bin said seriously.

As a transshipment envoy, Liu Bin's most important duty is to ensure the country's tax sources - tax sources and tax collection are different concepts, the former decides who pays taxes, and the latter ensures that these people will pay taxes.

As any country develops, the source of taxes will definitely change, sometimes more, sometimes less.In most feudal countries, such as the aristocratic countries like the Great Xia Dynasty, their tax sources are getting less and less most of the time, because the nobles do not have to pay taxes, the nobles will merge small farmers, and the small farmers also pay less to the nobles. The tendency to evade national taxation.

"I'm afraid His Majesty is also having a headache with this question." Cheng Yun'an told the truth, shaking his head lightly, resting his head on the soft chair, with a relaxed posture.

Like most scholars in ancient China, Cheng Yunan was a talented scholar, but not a talented official—of course, no matter what selection method is used, no matter in ancient or modern times, the stupidity of officials is inevitable , they are always faced with problems that exceed their body of knowledge.

Liu Bin, on the other hand, had an attitude of worrying about the country and the people, and said in a heavy voice: "It's not that this problem cannot be solved, it just depends on how determined you are."

"That's something the people above are considering. You are a low-ranking official. Such a thing may be difficult." The one who spoke was Cheng Yunquan, the long history of Shaonan City, who is equivalent to the commander of the security headquarters of Shaonan City.He and Liu Bin are not considered a system, and they speak more casually.

Liu Bin glanced at Cheng Yunquan lightly, and said, "I'm not afraid that you know, I want to try out the inheritance equalization system in Hexi."

In the current Great Xia Dynasty, the eldest son alone obtained the title and other political inheritance, and the sons shared other property, the bastard only had very little income, and the illegitimate son had nothing at all.

Cheng Yun'an was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said: "This is something that shakes the foundation, how can we make it happen."

Liu Bin had a half-smile on his face, and said quite seriously: "What I want most is to share the real estate evenly. If not only the legitimate sons, but also the concubines can share part of the real estate, then the country's tax sources will definitely increase significantly."

Cheng Jinzhou's face changed when he heard this, and the adults softened their expressions. In the eyes of these nobles, real estate is far less important than titles and titles.

This may be due to the difference of the times. When Cheng Jinzhou was in school, the equal distribution of real estate was always a horrible thing. There was blood and killing between the lines, even through the equal distribution of inheritance.In fact, what really turned Cheng Jinzhou's face was Liu Bin's idea of ​​dividing the real estate equally through inheritance. Such a thing has happened more than once in Chinese history.

The most famous one is, of course, the "Tweeting Order" issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty: princes and princes can no longer use the eldest son inheritance system, but should distribute his property, especially the territory, to all his sons.As a result, the vast kingdom of princes will soon be weakened after repeated divisions. Even if the lords know this in their hearts, the sons will force the father to divide the territory for themselves.

This is a process of complete centralization. From the perspective of Chinese history, Comrade Han Wudi completely buried the enfeoffment system in the dust of history.

What makes Cheng Jinzhou unhappy is that as a member of the Cheng family, he is a beneficiary of the enfeoffment system and will also be one of the beneficiaries of the eldest son inheritance system. Liu Bin's methods will obviously give him the most stable life. Become a bubble.

The people sitting in the long hall did not realize this terrible consequence. Of course, the reason is not their dullness. On the one hand, their position does not allow them to think so far. The historical inertia of hundreds or even thousands of years is not It is so easy to break. On the other hand, the strength of the prefectures in ancient China can almost be calculated by land, but among the nobles of the Great Xia Dynasty, their strength is far from being as simple as land.However, what Liu Bin said still hurt Cheng Jinzhou's fragile nerves. The relationship between the two families is so close that if one party has an accident, the other party will inevitably be implicated by it.

He couldn't help adding: "If the real estate is divided equally in Shaonan City, I will definitely object."

"Oh?" Liu Bin immediately turned his head, not disgusted by Cheng Jinzhou's youth, and said with a smile, "Tell me."

Seeing that even his father turned his back, Cheng Jinzhou was heartbroken and said like a child: "According to your design, the land will be divided equally. My father has more than a dozen brothers. In this way, everyone can The number of Zhuangzi obtained from the public school was only two or three, which could subsidize the family income, but caused the entire Cheng family to suffer more losses. By the time my generation has nearly a hundred direct descendants and concubines, none of them can even get a Zhuangzi. My son may only be allocated a few hundred acres of land. How is he any different from an ordinary farmer at that time? My housekeeper also has hundreds of acres of land under his control."

Liu Bin clapped his palms and laughed loudly: "That's right, it is to force the nobles to move. You can't just count it as an inheritance, just like you, Cheng Jinzhou, maybe you can become an official star warlock before you are 30 years old. At that time, a person The land you get may be more than the current Cheng family, right?"

Mother Cheng was happy to hear that, she pursed her lips and said with a smile: "Ordinary astrologers are not so rich, but with Liu Kuang's current status, he doesn't need to think about land at all."

Several people agreed one after another, and Cheng Jinzhou couldn't help feeling a little sad. Almost all the elites of the second generation of the Cheng family were sitting here. Although what Liu Bin proposed was just a concept that might never succeed, his attitude made Cheng Jinzhou see A reformer's insistence—like a vice principal in a school who insists on charging fees in the playground and setting up a food waste penalty area in the cafeteria—the reformer, besides the dazzling reputation, has nowhere to go.

Cheng Jinzhou looked at the business card in his hand, pursed his lips and said, "If the land distribution fails, forget it. If it succeeds, it will be really scary."

Cheng's father gave a "hmm", as if he couldn't understand his son.

Cheng Jinzhou played with his fingers, and said to himself: "If this trick is too easy to use, our Majesty the King will definitely not just use it to expand financial resources, he will ask every nobleman to divide his title Give each son, distribute the soldiers under his command to each son, distribute the equipment in the warehouse to each son, distribute the warships and airships under his name to each son, and then he can ask for distribution to his daughter Give it to the illegitimate children..."

There was silence in the long hall, only Yu Cheng Jinzhou recounted his reading results these days in a hoarse voice: "Our king, the kings of all dynasties, are inevitably wary of the power of the nobles. How long has the Great Xia Dynasty been in trouble for this matter? If it weren’t for the intensified border wars, it would have been possible for another 100 years. Our king’s majesty has not never used the equal inheritance that Uncle Liu wanted. Splitting the earl into 3 viscounts and splitting a duke into 3 marquises is just too much opposition, but if you start by giving the sons property instead of depriving them of their rights, this road may go more smoothly... ..."

No one expected that Cheng Jinzhou, who was only 12 years old, dared to criticize the king's policies so boldly. The most frightening thing was that what he said was quite reasonable.

In the gurgling spring water, there is only the sound of small fish flicking their tails.

Liu Bin stood up abruptly, with such strength that he pushed the soft chair upside down by more than one meter.He straightened his arms, pointed at Cheng Jinzhou fiercely and said, "I want you to be my son-in-law."

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(End of this chapter)