Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

[-]. The Song Army has made great progress in tactics.

As if to deliberately stimulate Yan Zonghan, he actually used the example of the Battle of the Party as an example. Obviously he was well prepared.

I must have learned some real situations through the officers who fled from Shangdang.

For example, the infantry armor formed by the Song Army has more endurance and formation strength than the previous Song Army.

The cavalry who turned the situation around are also full of combat power.

In the Song army, there appeared some capable Song generals.

Facing such a Song army, it is already difficult to fight the battle of annihilation as easily as before.

[-]. The people of the Song Dynasty faced a huge external threat. The internal forces were integrated by the Zhao officials, and they temporarily gave up conflicting with each other and agreed to the outside world. After that, the strength of the Song army will only become stronger and stronger.

[-]. The tax revenue of the Song Dynasty has not been hit hard, and there are still large-scale money and population to form an army. It is very difficult to quickly destroy the Song Dynasty. My Dajin may be caught in mutual consumption, which is cheaper for Xixia and Mengwu.

Fourth, if the war ceases, the two sides will trade each other, which will be very beneficial to our dynasty.

Wanyan Zongpan put forward his four arguments, fueled the flames in Shanghai, and attracted a considerable number of supporters.

The benefit logic behind this is actually very clear. There are also many businessmen in the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom. Many items outside the customs enter the customs, especially the Central Plains, and can be sold at high prices.

For example, mink fur from the Liao region could be sold at a very considerable price when smuggled to the Song Dynasty.

In addition, there are also ministers of the Jin Kingdom, such as Liu Yanzong, who pointed out to Zongwang that the official opening of the exchange market with the Song Dynasty can also absorb the Song Dynasty currency on a large scale.

In the 12th century, the copper coins of the Song Dynasty were harder than the US dollars in the 21st century.

Liao, Xixia, Koryo, Japan, and Southeast Asian countries all loved the copper coins of the Song Dynasty.

Even in order to absorb a large amount of copper coins from the Song Dynasty, Japan specially set up many routes and built many ships, traded with the Song Dynasty, obtained copper coins, and shipped the whole ship to Japan.

The shortage of money in the southeast that Qian Jinshu told Zhao Ning refers to the outflow of copper coins in the Song Dynasty.

Currency, in turn, involves a country's economic strength and taxation.

It is said that the Song Dynasty fought currency wars with Xixia, Liao, and Jin.

In the era of limited productivity in ancient times, the influx of money into the Kingdom of Jin would certainly not be of any benefit to the Song Dynasty, but it would be of great benefit to the Kingdom of Jin.

Therefore, in response to this point, Wanyan Zongwang proposed the policy of "copper coins weary Song Dynasty".

But Wanyan Zonghan of the main battle faction didn't care so much. While sending Wanyan Xiyin and Shi Li'ai to publicize the benefits of the main battle in the court, he had already started to prepare for a large-scale war by himself.

He kept writing letters to Wushu in Zhending Mansion, asking Wushu to train soldiers and prepare food and grass non-stop, waiting for an extraordinary opportunity, and catching the Song Dynasty by surprise at any time.

It was in this general environment that the news that Zhao Ning's reorganization on Gyeonggi Road caused the shock of the Great Song Dynasty Hall spread to Shangjing.

This undoubtedly added fuel to the fire of Shangjing, which was already arguing endlessly, and ignited all the enthusiasm of the main combat faction in an instant.

Even Jindi Wanyan Wu begged to buy and heard about it, and thought it was a great opportunity.

On July [-]th, Zongwang's letter was sent to Shangjing. Zongwang also gave his own reasonable explanation for the current situation in Song and Jin Dynasties. He hoped that Shangjing would not be impulsive and not be dazzled by the current situation.

However, at this time, Wanyan Zonghan went to the palace overnight to beg for money, and the two sides talked for a whole night.

On the second day, a letter rushed south, bypassing Zongwang in Yanjing, and sent it directly to Wushu in Zhending Mansion.

July [-]th, Tokyo.

Just after dawn, Qin Hui was waiting outside the Hall of Wende, and in his hand was the list of rebels on Gyeonggi Road this time.

The heads of those people have been chopped off long ago, and the charges have been proclaimed throughout Gyeonggi Road, but the judicial process has not yet been completed.

"Officials." Qin Hui entered the Hall of Wende, "These are the judicial documents for the list of rebels, and they are all here."

"Is there any omission?"

"No one is missing, and the minister has sent someone to verify."

"it is good."

Qin Hui hesitated for a moment, he wanted to say something, but after thinking about it carefully, he will not say it for the time being.

Zhao Ning looked at him: "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing, the official's family is busy with government affairs, and the minister is just worried about the health of the official's holy body."

Zhao Ning said: "What's the matter, Qing, but it's okay to say, you and I don't have to be polite."

He knew that Qin Hui must have his own ideas. Qin Hui had a lot of ideas in his stomach, and he was very ambitious. If he had nothing to do, he would run to Zhao Laojiu for a drink of tea.

"The minister is indeed worried."

"But it doesn't matter."

"Currently, many large households and low-income households have paid taxes in accordance with the new policy, but many people want to sell their land, but the common people have no money to buy it. This still does not achieve the goal of equalizing the land among the officials."

"Oh, what good way do you have, let's hear it."

Qin Hui said: "I once sent people to visit unannounced. There are some usury loans from the people. The interest is so high that the people can't afford it. It's better for the court to lend money to the people and the people buy land."

"Oh? Do you know how many fields there are on Gyeonggi Road?"

"I dare to speculate that apart from the royal property, there are tens of thousands of acres."

"Since you know that there are millions of acres left, do you know how much money the imperial court has to lend to the common people in order to buy them all?"

"Officials, I inquired again. Now the prices of fields in all counties are being sold at a reduced price. The imperial court's land tax is too high. Many people think that it is better to sell than to hold the fields in their hands."

Field prices have dropped!

Chapter 211 Zhao Guan's family is the real profiteer! (Second more)

Of course, Zhao Ning knew that the land price had dropped, and the Gyeonggi Road was not too big, so the information from the Huangcheng Division was handled in a timely manner.

And some of them were copied from homes in various places.

Big family, rich people, not only rich, but also fields!

"What you said makes sense."

Zhao Ning was quite surprised, Qin Hui is indeed capable, in addition to the ability to handle unjust cases and black hands, he also has a lot of his own views on the administration of officials.

As far as he proposed to lend money to the common people at this time, he needed to set up a bank and let the common people repay the money in installments.

However, Zhao Ning did not intend to simply pass the question by.

The imperial court can indeed give loans to the people, and even Zhao Ning has already begun to prepare for this matter.

But now it is not just the distribution of fields, but the nature of fields.

Whose field is it?

Liu Che implemented the "Decree of Tweeting Grace" to disintegrate the vassal states, but the Eastern Han Dynasty gave birth to a lot of tyrants, and the tyrants raised the population in circles, and the imperial court couldn't control them at all.

In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the land equalization system effectively curbed land mergers.

However, the land equalization system puts great pressure on the administration, and it is necessary to have an efficient administrative team to regularly equalize the land.

Song just lay flat, no matter what, you can merge as you like.

The Song Dynasty implemented a policy of not suppressing land mergers, which resulted in 100% of the land being in the hands of powerful people in just 90 years.

These fields were owned by the powerful, and the free farmers became tenants in the hands of the powerful.

Such and such a few major harms:

[-]. The imperial court does not know how many fields there are in the area, the collection of land taxes is not transparent enough, and there are a lot of tax evasion and tax evasion.

[-]. The imperial court did not know the local household registration population. In order to avoid the poll tax, the tenants often gave the owner a sum of money and asked the owner to help conceal the report.

There are even free farmers who are willing to sell their fields to landlords and become tenants in order to reduce their tax burden.

[-]. The tenants are dependent on the strong and powerful, and if the imperial court wants to fight wars or build fortifications, the ability to mobilize will definitely decline.

You see, at the end of the Song Dynasty and the end of the Ming Dynasty, the state's mobilization ability was as weak as a rookie. Basically, there were major problems in household registration management and field management.

So, back to the essential question, how to restrain powerful land mergers?

Zhao Ning's idea is to set up several "administrative special zones" in this era of limited productivity, and partially implement "state-owned land lease".

The so-called "state-owned lease of land" is to take the opportunity to include the land under the ownership of the imperial court, and then the imperial court leases it to the people.

That is what the Secretary of Agricultural Affairs is doing now.

The New Deal model of copying the land of officials and clans and renting it out is the policy that Zhao Ning will promote in the "Administrative Special Zone" in the future.

Before, it was just a low-key operation of the New Deal Yamen.

Merge part of the land and break it up first,

In this way, the mobilization ability is also improved, the difficulty and risk of early reform are small, and it will not drag down the administrative system of Song Dynasty. Why not do it?

"Qin Qing, I have given your proposal careful consideration."

Qin Hui knew that Zhao Guan's family didn't want to discuss this issue with him anymore, so he didn't say any more, and then left.

Not long after, Gao Lian sent the latest information.

For now, the rebellion in Gyeonggi-ro has been suppressed, and the New Deal public opinion has formed a general trend in Gyeonggi-ro.

Hubu Shangshu Mei Zhili said in an unbelievable tone: "If there is no wrong guess, this time only the summer tax on Gyeonggi Road is a full 400 million shi."

In the past, the Gyeonggi-ro summer tax could only collect less than 50 shi.

This is not the key point. When the Gyeonggi Road Transshipment Department collected taxes, it suddenly discovered that there were many more fields that had not been recorded before.

Moreover, according to Gao Lian's incomplete speculation, the amount of the house raid this time was as high as 150 million guan, and most of the money is already on the way back to the capital.

The copied land property is as many as 50 mu.

Has the New Deal been implemented so smoothly?

Just hack and hack with the army?

If everything was that simple, many problems in history could be solved.

The chain problems caused by reality are always complex and extensive.

But he said that the riots in various places have been suppressed, but now the East Mansion is still noisy.

Why are you arguing?

The price of Tian has been reduced!

There was an uproar over this matter.

If a farmer with a little savings at home hears that the price of the field has been reduced, he will definitely praise: Zhao Guan’s family is really a wise gentleman, I want to buy another ten mu of land.

But that is the view of the farmers.

What do politicians see?

The price of land has dropped, and the crisis of people's livelihood has come.

why?

Because of the New Deal, most landlords have no income for a year, and even a little more consumption and apportionment will make them unable to make ends meet.

That being the case, then sell the field.

The problem arises in selling fields.

In the political affairs hall, Li Chunyou is so embarrassing and polite: "The price of land is reduced, and the situation households sell their fields on a large scale. Who has the spare money to buy them? If this problem is not resolved, the situation households abandon the land, and who will own the land? Isn't it the folks? Chaos because of barren fields?"

He said in a very sharp tone: "If there is a problem with people's livelihood on Gyeonggi Road, food prices soar, and hungry people are everywhere, who will bear the consequences!"

In the political affairs hall, no one dared to answer this question.

This is the difference between the two roles of politicians and farmers.

All policies and economies are not single and independent. This is the reason why it is said that a single action affects the whole body.

It is very simple to destroy a set of order, but if it is destroyed, it must be rebuilt, otherwise it will be a disaster.

Mei Zhili's face was flushed by the insult, he blew his beard and stared at him and said, "The imperial court is here to buy fields!"

Li Chunyou laughed loudly: "Do you know how many fields there are? Do you know how much it costs to buy these fields?"

"The imperial court just allocated 1200 million yuan to Hebei and Hedong for disaster relief two months ago, and now some officials in some places have not been paid their salaries, and some officials have already been impeached to our Ministry of Officials!"

Li Chunyou looked at Mei Zhili with eyes like an idiot.

The officials of the Household Yamen were so angry that they rushed over to slap Li Chunyou a few times.

"Are the front-line military expenses ready!" Li Chunyou threw another bomb.