Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 75 Discussion of Master and Apprentice
Zhao Heng continued: "After this battle, the army and the people of Daxia were united, which brought the Supreme Emperor's prestige to its peak. But at this time, Daxia's internal finances were already exhausted."

"And the Supreme Emperor, as he gets older, he becomes greedy for pleasure, loves to listen to flattery, and becomes dim-witted."

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but stick out his tongue quietly.

The master really dared to say anything. No wonder he couldn't continue to be an official and was dismissed from office.

"The eldest son of the Supreme Emperor is resolute and brave, trustworthy and diligent. He is knowledgeable and kind, and is deeply supported by all officials. It didn't take long for him to be named the crown prince."

"Because of the Emperor's extravagance and immorality, the Prince had warned him many times, and the Emperor was displeased. Later, someone secretly warned the Prince of rebellion, and the Emperor sent people to arrest the Prince's family. The Prince committed suicide in grief and anger."

"At that time, the people around the prince were either convicted or resigned. Jia Jing of your Jia family's east mansion resigned from his post after this incident and went to the Taoist temple to concentrate on alchemy."

"A year later, the great emperor regretted it and named his great grandson Prince Zhongshun..."

Hearing this, Jia Huan was shocked again.

It turns out that Jia Jing became a monk and had such hidden secrets?I'm afraid he may not really want to become a monk, right?
The son of the deposed prince is actually Prince Zhongshun?Actor Jiang Yuhan seems to be serving Prince Zhongshun.

Prince Zhongshun's attitude towards the Jia family was very cold, even a little bad. There must be some reasons for this.

Just listen to Zhao Heng continue to say: "Eight years ago, the Supreme Emperor suddenly fell seriously ill and could not afford to fall ill. His life was in danger. At this time, the Supreme Emperor was passed on to the sixth prince Li Shun, who is the current emperor Chongkang."

"After I ascended the throne, the Supreme Emperor's condition gradually improved. The Supreme Emperor was unwilling to be lonely and firmly controlled the general power in his own hands. So much so that the current Emperor had to ask the Supreme Emperor for instructions on everything, and he became a puppet."

"The Supreme Emperor's prestige was unparalleled due to the battle that year. As a result, most civil and military officials in the dynasty only recognized the Supreme Emperor and not the current emperor. Some people even felt disloyal in their hearts."

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but look thoughtful on his face.

Originally, Jia Huan was still puzzled by the choices of some people in Jia's family.

Why are these people so careless?The Supreme Emperor still has military power, but he will eventually die. Will the current emperor be in power by then?

You have been siding with the Supreme Emperor. How can you end up in this situation after the Supreme Emperor takes power?
Now I know that the Supreme Emperor's prestige is really too high.

It's so high that you can change the emperor at any time.

The current emperor's sense of existence is really too low, almost to the point of being dispensable.

It is understandable that the Jia family and the civil and military ministers would be disobedient.

"Six years ago, I wrote a letter to Jinshang, striving for change. Jinshang agreed, so I started the reform with me as the leader. But there were many resistances, and it was stopped after only one year. I even ended up being arrested. The consequences of dismissal from office.”

"But our Great Xia Dynasty has reached a critical moment of life and death. If we don't make changes, the country will perish!"

Hearing this, Jia Huan was shocked again.Well, he was shocked so many times today that he almost became a member of the shock department.

According to the teacher's description, the Great Xia Dynasty is now comparable to that of the late Ming Dynasty.

Jia Huan asked casually: "Master, I wonder what changes you have implemented?"

Zhao Heng replied: "I have seen that the taxes in Daxia are complicated and numerous, and the people have to pay taxes and labor for a long time! And most of these taxes are self-assessed and put into their own pockets, and the imperial court does not pay any attention to them." Can’t benefit.”

"In addition, the loss of taxes is huge. When taxes from remote areas reach the capital, the loss reaches almost [-]%. It is really a waste of people and money."

"Therefore, the change I advocate is to lump all taxes and labor into one place. Taxes can only be collected once a year and cannot be collected at other times. And the taxes and labor in each place have a certain limit. This way, local officials can’t play tricks.” “In terms of tax transportation, I decided to use cash instead of grain in most areas. Especially in those remote areas, transporting grain requires not only a large amount of It requires a lot of manpower and a large number of mules and horses, and the horses and people eat and chew along the way, which costs a lot of money."

"And converting it into cash can save a lot of costs. This alone can save the country millions of dollars."

Well, these two reforms implemented by the master are probably a combination of the two tax laws and the one whip law. Of course, there are some differences.

But if you introduce a single tax law and make taxes transparent, you will block all the ways to make money from top to bottom.

You'd be damned if this reform of yours could succeed.

Moreover, even if these two reforms are successful, they will only treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

Jia Huan thought this in his heart, and couldn't help but whisper the last words.

Zhao Heng asked in surprise: "Huan'er, you said that my teacher's reform method only treats the symptoms but not the root cause? Can you tell me why this is so? Do you have a better way to change?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but said: "Master, I just said it casually, you don't have to take it seriously."

It is not nonsense to say that if one is not in his position, he will not seek his own government.

Among the revolutionaries of the past dynasties, are there any who can escape unscathed?

Even if they are even close to each other, they will be in big trouble.

Zhao Heng laughed dumbly and said: "My teacher is just an old man who is idle at home, and you are just a child with a yellow mouth. What comes out of your mouth and goes into my ears, what are you afraid of?"

Jia Huan said: "Since the master said so, I will tell you what I think. The two changes made by the master are good, but they still treat the symptoms rather than the root cause."

"From what the master said, the main problem in Daxia now is that land annexation is serious. A large amount of land is in the hands of nobles and big landowners, and they have the right to tax exemption. Their land does not need to be taxed."

"And this situation will only get worse in the future, and the national tax revenue will only become less and less. If this situation is not solved, what problem can the master's two reforms alone solve?"

Hearing this, Zhao Heng showed a thoughtful look on his face.

After a while, he asked Jia Huan: "In your opinion, what changes should be made to completely change this situation?"

Jia Huan couldn't help but say: "The gentry all pay for the grain, share the grain into the acres, and return the fire to the public."

hiss!
Zhao Heng couldn't help but take a breath after hearing Jia Huan's three reform suggestions.

In fact, you can basically understand what these three changes mean just by listening to their names.

The gentry paid taxes as a whole, which meant that the gentry and the common people had to pay taxes regardless of their origins.

You know, in the previous dynasties, in the previous dynasties, in order to win over scholars, the ruling class stipulated that if you passed the exam, your family would get one hundred to two hundred acres of tax-free land.

Therefore, as long as a scholar passes the imperial examination, he will never suffer poverty again.

Someone will attach their home land to you.

(End of this chapter)