Gao Wu Da Xia: The fox demon lady at the beginning

Chapter 71
"Forget about those old guys. Fighting with them will make you die of stress. Those old guys know how to conserve their strength.

They eat empty food and drink soldiers' blood, and they are good at making money and playing with concubines. If they are allowed to go to the battlefield and fight with real swords and guns against the Tatars, they will become cowards.

Last time about the incident in Jingkang City, I had a fight with the general of the camp. That idiot refused to send troops. It really frustrated me to death. "

Qiu Xuanyu was very angry with these corrupt and incompetent generals.

The carriage moved forward slowly, heading towards the imperial capital.

When their convoy reached the south of Yunzhou, fleeing people could be seen everywhere on both sides of the bumpy official roads.

On both sides of the road, you can often encounter people dying of starvation, and a group of wild dogs are eating their corpses.

"Alas, this drought is getting more and more serious. I heard that the drought in the central states is even more serious, and the people have reached the point where they cannibalize each other."

Mr. Wen sighed helplessly.

"Senior brother, don't all the court officials in Daxia do anything?" Ling Xiaoyan asked in confusion.

"Junior Sister, it's not that the court doesn't care about it, but it can't manage it. The north wants to fight the barbarians and witches, and the south wants to guard against the monsters. Recently, the western countries have become restless.

There are also thieves who are causing trouble, all of which require money. Now the court's focus is to defend against the attacks of the foreign tribes in the north, and the other is to exterminate the thieves. There is no money left to rescue the victims. "

Mr. Wen said helplessly, worried that Daxia was already weak, there were holes everywhere, and the building was about to collapse.

"Hmph, what Mr. Wen said was too euphemistic. How could those lousy officials in the imperial court really care about the lives of ordinary people? The drought is so severe, and taxes were increased last year.

I think the rebels in the central states were not rebels because they wanted to, but because they were forced to rebel by the imperial court. "

In order to fight against the Wu clan, taxes were increased last year in Daxia, making life even more difficult for the people who were already suffering from hunger and cold.

Qiu Xuanyu said angrily that he still had justice in his heart and had not been tainted by the dirty officialdom.

"Ahem, Mr. Qiu, don't say these nonsense." Mr. Wen really had a headache for this stupid young man.

If this guy hadn't been strong in force and had a backing with family connections, he would never have been able to take the official position of Commander Tongzhi.

"Brother Qiu is really brave and dares to say these things that others dare not say. The court only knows how to tax the poor people, but the tax revenue is getting less and less every year.

The fundamental reason for this is that our land in Daxia is occupied by those high-ranking officials. They can feel at ease and not pay taxes. No matter how much the court increases taxes, it will not help. "Han Chufan said.

Daxia's bureaucrats, nobles and scholars do not need to pay taxes.

Nowadays, with the intensification of land annexation, these bureaucrats and nobles account for 80.00% of the country's land.

Even many households, in order to avoid heavy taxes, took the initiative to sell their land to these bureaucrats and nobles, and became their tenants to avoid taxes.

The bureaucrats and scholars who occupy 80.00% of the country's land do not have to pay a penny of grain or tax. All taxes fall on ordinary people who only occupy 20.00% of the land.

Therefore, no matter how much the Great Xia increases taxes, it will not be able to increase too much. It will only force these poor people to rise up and rebel desperately.

We are going to die anyway, grandma, it is better to starve to death than to do the opposite, maybe we can survive for a few more days.

The severe drought was only a driving force, accelerating the pace of the people's uprising. The core problem was the increasingly serious land annexation and the ruling class occupying most of the country's wealth without paying taxes.

Would those shrewd scholars in the court not be aware of these issues?They just pretend not to know.Because they are all beneficiaries, it is impossible for any family that does not have hundreds or thousands of acres of fertile land to make trouble for them.

Therefore, they can only squeeze the poor people and squeeze out the last drop of blood from them.

"I didn't expect Mr. Han to have such insight. This is indeed the crux of my Daxia problem. Alas, this seems to be an unsolvable situation. I wonder if Mr. Han has any good ideas." Mr. Wen humbly asked for advice.

Qiu Xuanyu and Ling Xiaoyan also listened attentively. Such national-level matters were not something they could participate in the discussion.

Han Chufan thought about it carefully and said, "Everyone can share his land, and the officials and gentry will pay for it together."

"Everyone shares his share of the land, and the officials and gentry all pay for it."

"Everyone shares his share of the land, and the officials and gentry all pay for it."

Mr. Wen repeated these words repeatedly, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Brother Han, I don't understand what you are talking about." Qiu Xuanyu touched his head and said. As a military general, it was difficult for him to understand the meaning of these two sentences.

The cultivator Ling Xiaoyan also pricked up her ears. She couldn't understand what Han Chufan said.

“The so-called taxation based on the number of people and acres is to cancel the standard of taxing based on both head and land, and instead charge taxes based on the amount of land.

Officials and gentry pay food together, that is, the gentry class formed by bureaucrats and scholars, who pay taxes and food together with ordinary people.

If this national policy can be implemented, it can continue our national destiny for hundreds of years. "

Han Chufan explained that the last feudal dynasty in the previous life implemented this strategy and extended its rule, otherwise it would have collapsed long ago.

"This strategy is good. Brother Han, how do you have such a brain? You can come up with such a wonderful strategy." Qiu Xuanyu clapped his thigh and shouted excitedly.

Han Chufan smiled faintly and thought in his heart, "I stand on the shoulders of giants."

“I didn’t expect that Mr. Han is not only talented in martial arts, but also has such insights in governing the country.

Master Han's words suddenly enlightened the old man, but it seemed a bit difficult to implement this strategy. Mr. Wen shook his head and said.

Han Chufan nodded, "It is indeed difficult. Although this strategy can save our country, Daxia, it affects the fundamental interests of the ruling class and there are many obstacles to its implementation.

Unless His Majesty the Emperor has the courage to implement it forcefully, or there is a highly prestige chief minister in the court who can suppress all resistance.

Moreover, this policy is only suitable for implementation in peaceful times. Now, it is not clear whether it is a good medicine or poison.

Our Daxia is now suffering from internal and external troubles, and there is not much time left for the court, and there is no chance to carry out gradual reforms. "

"That's right, it's too difficult to affect the interests of those people." Mr. Wen sighed.

Han Chufan thought that there was actually another powerful medicine, which was to tear down the old world and start over again, destroying the old world and creating a new one.

Of course, it is impossible to say this sentence. Once someone hears it, it will scare people to death.

Daxia has ruled the human race for more than [-] years, and its orthodox status is still there.

(End of this chapter)