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Chapter 171 I'll Hit Where Sister Jing Points!
Although Zhou Changfeng himself felt that this was outrageous, but considering the current situation of Daming, all kinds of magical things emerged one after another, so he boldly tried to think about Zhu Lingjing's intentions.

Unexpectedly, when Zhu Lingjing heard the words, she had an expression of "you are joking", and said leisurely: "You think...too much."

She put the teacup on the small table at the side, stood up slowly, and said calmly: "What I pursue, for the public, is the prosperity of the country and the prestige of all nations; for the private, it is power and the pleasure of influencing the government."

When she said this, she was very calm, as if she didn't bother to hide her intentions and pursuits.

However, Zhou Changfeng is well aware of what politicians and aristocrats are good at, and double-deckering can be said to be a routine operation.

So, this woman didn't pretend to be a fool, did she?

But it doesn't matter, just fool around, there will be a day when you can't pretend.

So Zhou Changfeng said sternly: "As a human being, there are selfishness. If Your Highness, your pursuit is really so ambitious, then I am willing to cooperate."

"Cooperate?" Zhu Lingjing squinted at him, "Shouldn't it be following?"

"Okay, then follow."

You guy, if you promise, you agree, and you are still so coy!Zhu Lingjing, who looked normal, complained in her heart.

From the first meeting to the subsequent phone conversations, it can be said that Zhou Changfeng did not have a good impression of this princess—she acted mysteriously, threatened her with words, and made people feel uncomfortable when she spoke.

We met for the second time today, and I don't know if I'm used to it, but he actually thought it was okay, so I talked a few more words.

The conversation that followed surprised him quite a bit. The two were originally discussing the current state affairs, but they somehow brought the topic to the land issue.

"...Now the "Land Mu Gong Redemption Law" is limited in scope, too narrow and too small. The obstacles to economic development should be cleared away..." Zhu Lingjing said very firmly: "If you want to pursue a better management of the world , this land system must be changed.”

Since land was the main means of production in the agricultural era, it was common in East Asia that reclaimed land was annexed and concentrated in the hands of landlords such as township gentry and gentry, and many farmers were tenant farmers without land.

Such a land system has greatly restricted the development of productive forces and is also the root of inequality.

Since the establishment of constitutional government in the fourth year of Zhichang, although the Ming Dynasty has officially entered the road of capitalism, due to the compromise between the old and the new, this reform has not been thorough. Today, there are still a large number of feudal landlords in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty that are not conducive to economic and industrial development.

Especially in the vast rural areas, the conservative forces represented by landlords are particularly strong and deeply rooted.

In order to speed up construction, the only way to change the existing land policy and increase agricultural output is to provide funds for the development of light and heavy industries and provide a market for industrial products.

After all, compared with poor tenant farmers, owner farmers must have higher initiative and spending power.

People of insight realized this very early on, and went to the court one after another; later, as more and more officials pointed out this point, in the 23rd year of Zhichang, the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry jointly formulated a land policy Draft reform.

After several months of wrangling among members of the Advisory Council, it was finally passed, and the emperor also gave his royal assent.

However, it is only allowed to try it out in Suzhou and Baoding, the two prefectures of the south and the north.

Even so, this policy was strongly opposed by many conservatives in Ming Dynasty at that time. Several Lang officials who participated in drafting the plan received letters of threats and intimidation; Assassinate.

In the end, with the efforts and joint promotion of countless people of insight, this policy survived and continued instead of dying halfway.

In the 28th year of Zhichang, this government decree called the "Land Mu Public Redemption Law" was officially promulgated after the adjustment, and the government was forced to buy the land under the name of the landlord who owned more than [-] mu, and then half sold the bought land. In the form of distribution to sharecroppers, let them turn into semi-owner farmers or farmers.

In fact, the original standard of this decree was wider, and the mandatory redemption standard was [-] mu, because according to the statistics, there are not many big landlords who own a huge amount of land in the Southern Zhili area, and most of them own hundreds of mu or tens of acres. Small and medium landlords of acres of land.

Set at [-] mu, the scope is naturally wider, but the conservative party in the DPRK firmly opposed it, and finally had to raise the redemption standard to [-] mu.

Moreover, since the promulgation of this decree, the Ming government has been cautiously implementing it, and has been extremely careful. All the payments to the landlords are real banknotes, which can be called polite.

In some areas where opposition was fierce, the local government even paid in private with gold that is more "rich in credit symbols" to appease the landlords who were forcibly redeemed from the land.

Obviously, this policy is inefficient, has little effect, and consumes a large amount of Ming's budget.

It has been implemented for a total of nine years today, and only two provinces of South Zhili and North Zhili have completed more than half of it; other provinces have only a small number of state capitals to implement it, and the progress is also uneven.

The only advantage is probably that...it is gentle and stable, and it is not easy to cause chaos.Stability is paramount, which is exactly what the emperors and ministers of the Ming Dynasty generally pursued for stability.

But what's interesting is that Zhu Lingjing doesn't seem to be like this?
Zhou Changfeng said with great interest: "I think so too, so how should it be changed? Continue to deepen on the basis of the "Land Mu Public Redemption Law"?"

"It's stupid to do this with a financial budget of real money. The cost is too high. It's really a bad idea." Zhu Lingjing put one hand behind her back and the other in front of her body, and said slowly: "Instead Israeli bonds, so you don’t have to worry about spending, you have to print as much as you want.”

Grass!The money printing machine is run by your family, right?
"But the national debt also has to be repaid, how can I repay it?" Zhou Changfeng actually knew the answer in his heart when he said this.

Zhu Lingjing on the opposite side didn't speak, but just smiled lightly, the meaning was self-explanatory.

Are you afraid of running out of money when you start a war?Grab it!There are a lot of real money and various kinds of wealth in the Nanyang region.

"Then what if the teacher doesn't go well?"

"There are many ways, such as delaying repayment, printing banknotes, etc., but we must try our best to control depreciation."

If you don't get wealth, you can only delay a little longer, and you will naturally have money when you win the battle; at the same time, you can let the money printing factory run at full capacity and print more money, at the price of inevitable inflation.

However, that's not the case. For Daming, the Nanyang region is an easy-to-get fat meat.

In Zhou Changfeng's opinion, Zhu Lingjing's idea is good, at least it is very attractive to him.

In today’s Ming Dynasty, in other provinces except the northern and southern Zhili regions, large, medium and small landlords own about 52%-60% of the land, countless farmers are attached to them, and hired farmers, tenant farmers, and semi-owner farmers account for as much as 70% of all farmers.

However, there are not many pure tenant farmers, and tenant farmers are mainly concentrated in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai; in other places, such as Shandong, semi-owner farmers and owner farmers are the main body, and pure tenant farmers account for about 10%-15%.

Looking closer is for war, and looking far is for economic development. Land must be redistributed.

This vote is done!

(End of this chapter)