Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

He first presented to Zhao Ning the summary of the new policy of "equal land lease" in the past half a year.

Almost all of the 70 mu of land last year were leased out.

However, several problems have been exposed at present:

[-]. The statistics of leased land are very confusing.

The number of officials in the Department of Agricultural Affairs is not large, and the real executives are the officials, and the Department of Agricultural Affairs lacks detailed household registration information.

This involves cooperation with Kua Yamen. To cooperate with the Ministry of Households, the two sides began to fight again.

Secretary of Agricultural Affairs: The Ministry of Household Affairs is not enough to cooperate with us!

Hubu: There is a war going on right now, and there is an urgent shortage of food on the front line. We all work overtime and are so busy that we haven't slept for many days!

See my dark circles?

I don't have time for this stuff!

The two sides struggled for a long time, forget it, and couldn't verify it, so the Secretary of Agricultural Affairs started anew and re-recorded the names of all the land renters.

In this way, they can only be divided into roads, states, and counties, and distributed to the lower yamen for local officials to check.

This is the biggest problem encountered in the new yamen and new policies.

After all, there was no advanced information system in ancient times, let alone big data, computers, telephones, etc.

Therefore, this kind of thing is not something that Zhao Ning can do by sitting in the Wende Hall and opening his mouth.

Managing a team of 100 people is already a high-threshold job, not to mention renting out 70 mu of land, which involves the support of about 10 people.

[-]. Five mu of land per household may be a bit small.

These years, the harvest is not so good, and the local administrative management is inefficient, resulting in weaker agricultural output than in the past, and sometimes there is not enough food for a family of five.

At present, the problems encountered by the Department of Agricultural Affairs are still these two points, but the problems are definitely more than what the government sees, and there are many more.

Zhao Ning read the summary carefully, and then flipped through the thick pile of documents.

He saw that Chen Dong had two dark circles under his eyes, and his face was a bit haggard, and said, "I've finished reading it, you've done a good job."

"Thanks to His Majesty's mercy, I'm just doing my duty."

Zhao Ning stood up, and he asked someone to bring over the map of Gyeonggi Road, stretched it out, and walked to the map of Gyeonggi Road.

"Chen Qing, look, this Gyeonggi Road has 1138 million mu of land, and now there are 400 million more mu of land in the Royal Manor, and you have only rented out 70 mu of land, and you are already overworked."

Chen Dong immediately said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have no problem with you, I will handle as many as you come."

"You don't understand what I mean. I am not questioning your ability. I am reminding you that when dealing with government affairs, one should pay attention to one's own health, and the other is to be good at cultivating and employing people. You are the doctor of the Secretary of Agriculture. In the early stage, you It’s understandable to work harder, but at the same time, you have to train people you can use, if the royal estate has an additional 5000 million mu of land in the future, what should you do?”

Chen Dong was slightly taken aback.

Zhao Ning continued: "Everything you do will encounter problems, and there will definitely be many, many problems. I can see fatigue and anxiety in your eyes. You can relax."

"At this stage, the 70 mu of land you have handled has been handled very well. Although there are problems, I have seen the results. The first batch of officials from the Department of Agricultural Affairs should have summed up a lot of experience during this process. These are very valuable, and the Secretary of Agricultural Affairs has to write reports regularly and submit them to the Political Affairs Hall."

Zhao Ning patted Chen Dong on the shoulder: "Talk to Mr. Zhao more, he will support you well."

Chen Dong's tears burst out, and he said quickly: "Thank you for your instruction, Your Majesty, I will take care of it."

"Don't bury it in your heart when you encounter something. I entrust this matter to you, not because you, Chen Dong, are talented, but because you have the determination to plead for life for the people!"

Chen Dong was so moved that he didn't know what to say. He knew that this matter was very difficult, and many colleagues were discouraged, but the overall situation was supported by him.

"Your Majesty, I will die without regret!"

"Okay, okay, come on, let me tell you what I think." The eyes of the young emperor were full of ideals, and the fertile fields of the Bianjing clan were successively transferred in. The pace of the new agricultural policy can be said to be going A big step forward.

What the Secretary of Agricultural Affairs did before was just a small test, and now is the real start.

"I plan to hand over all the 400 million mu of land to the Department of Agricultural Affairs!" Zhao Ning said in a calm and forceful tone, "I know you are busy with government affairs, so I plan to increase the quota of officials for you, and let special people do special things."

"I also promoted you to be the chief secretary of agriculture. Not only that, but I also plan to open a new school, establish agronomy, and train more talents for your agricultural affairs department!"

When Chen Dong heard this, he was so excited that he couldn't help himself, and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

"As for your second question, five mu of land is too little, it doesn't matter, if it's too little, you can increase it until it can feed more than one family of ordinary people. The Secretary of Agricultural Affairs will set an amount, and you must go to the amount yourself. investigated."

There are 1 million people in the Song Dynasty, and 7.6 million mu of fertile land. On average, one person can occupy 7.6 million mu of land. There are five people in a family, and five people are 38 mu of land.

In the Song Dynasty, a considerable number of people were not engaged in farmland production.

Therefore, according to the current ratio of fertile land to population, 40 mu of land per family is the limit.

Considering that the agricultural environment is different in different places and they are treated differently, it is very reasonable for a household to get 20 mu of land in reality.

After all, in reality, it is relatively common for three generations to live under one roof and six or seven laborers. With such a configuration, it is no problem to plant 35 mu of land.

Of course, all of these are still in theoretical calculations, and the actual situation may vary from place to place.

"Yes!"

On May [-], the second round of the new agricultural policy was promulgated in a low-key manner.

It occupied the headlines of the Tokyo Daily, and the decree was quickly issued to the states and counties of Gyeonggi Road.

No one expected that the land confiscated from the clan would be handed over to an unknown secretary of agricultural affairs for lease.

This way of carrying out the New Deal in the cloak of royal estates, this time, still covered up the New Deal very well, and did not arouse the vigilance of the official households and powerful households.

However, on May [-], the second day after the promulgation of the new agricultural policy, another new policy has attracted great attention.

This new policy is related to Hebei and Hedong.

Its provisions are as follows:

[-]. Exemption of head tax in Hebei and Hedong for ten years.

[-]. Exempt Hebei, Hedong, Hemai, and Hebu for ten years.

[-]. Exempt Hebei and Hedong heads of money for ten years.

800. Distribute disaster relief funds of 400 million guan and [-] million guan respectively to Hebei and Hedong respectively.

These decrees were issued by the Dongfu, and were sent to the Hebei and Hedong Transshipment Offices on the same day, and began to be published in the "Hebei Wartime Daily".

Various newspapers were also quickly sent to various state capitals.

Chapter 187 Official Zhao's family is a busy man (second update)

The imperial court threw out so many policies to Hebei and Hedong in one breath, not only to reduce the burden of Hebei and Hedong in terms of taxation, but also to allocate funds for disaster relief.

Why do you want to do this?

We must stabilize the hearts of the people in Hebei and Hedong!

To be more precise, it is the people who hold there.

What is the most important?

People are the most important.

Without people, there is nothing, or in other words, nothing is meaningful.

The taxes in the Song Dynasty were notoriously heavy.

For example, the poll tax led to widespread folk infanticide in the Song Dynasty.

You have to pay taxes when you give birth to a child, and there were no contraceptive measures in ancient times, so you can't live anymore, and you have to pay taxes when you have a child.

As a result, many people had no choice but to kill infants.

As for Hemai and Hebu (di), it is even more tricky.

What is Hebuy and Hebuy?

As the name suggests, the government paid for it.

For example, when the imperial court needed food or cloth during a war, they would go to the people to buy it. This behavior is called Hemai and Hebu.

However, the bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty were outstanding in this area. In the long-term purchase process from the people, the court liked to play one thing: credit!

That is, pick up the goods first and pay later.

The matter of credit, as time goes by, disappears.

So buying and buying and buying have become a kind of tax, not a tax!

The right to explain lies with the government, and they can hand it in now.

Bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty: I reneged on my ability, why should I pay it back?

So, the lives of ordinary people in the feudal era were much more miserable than most people imagined in the 21st century.

It's not over yet, what is the boss's money?

Anyone who has money and cashier transactions with the government will pay the head money according to a certain rate.

For example, if you bought salt from the government, you would have to pay the cashier. In addition to paying the salt tax, you also have to pay the chief's money.

"Continued Zizhi Tongjian The Seventh Year of Emperor Shenzong Xining of Song Dynasty": "The service money is five coins per thousand, and the money is used for repairing official houses, making utensils, manpower, and chariots."

Roughly five thousandths.

But this is the age of Shenzong.

The bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty know nothing else, and they are absolutely top-notch in trying to dig money from the common people.

At the beginning, the boss's money was only a transaction fee for buying and selling. I don't know which official thought it was extremely troublesome, so he simply set it as a fixed tax.

As a result, the head money has become one of the additional taxes besides the land tax, and it is getting higher and higher.

In the era of Song Huizong, it directly rose to 5.00%!

Retaining people through tax cuts is only one of the methods. If a disaster occurs, money must be used to quickly repair it.

Hebei and Hedong three roads, a total of 1200 million yuan was allocated!

Isn't the court out of money?

If you have no money, you have to provide disaster relief!

If you don't have money, find a way to make money!

The stability of people's livelihood in the north is related to the supply of military towns and the national defense security of the Song Dynasty. It is not a question of whether to be stable, but a matter that must be stable.

So why ten years?

Ten years is actually a pretense created by Zhao Ning.

If all of them are abolished in one go, wouldn't the rest of the Song Dynasty want to fry the pot?

So it is to tell the people of the world that Hebei and Hedong are now affected by disasters, and Zhao Guan's family is exempted for ten years out of love for the people, not abolished.

But in fact, Zhao Ning doesn't plan to restore the tax that cheats people, and in the future, all roads in the south will be abolished one after another.

Zhao Ning: I never take money from the poor, I take money from anyone who has money!

Song Bureaucrat: Your Majesty, you can't earn this money!

Zhao Ning: I am now rectifying the military administration and rebuilding the army step by step. Can I make money?

Bureaucrats of the Song Dynasty: Can't make money!

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As soon as the news about the allocation of huge sums of money for disaster relief came out, many officials immediately worried.

Your Majesty, now that the salary is tight everywhere, you still allocate funds for disaster relief?

I'm afraid this is not right!

Of course, there are differences between people. Some people see problems, while others see business opportunities.

What?Disaster relief?

That's good, the meat must be kept in oil after passing it through the hands.

As a result, there were people in the court who opposed the huge amount of money for disaster relief, and there were people who strongly agreed with the huge amount of money for disaster relief.

In any case, the decree has been issued, and it is time to start taking action.

Zhao Ning didn't listen to the arguments, wind and rain outside, and didn't know anything about it.

On the contrary, Gao Qiu and Qin Hui are still very busy.

Zhao Ye, Fan Ne, and Liu Su had their heads beheaded and their homes ransacked.