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

Chapter 76 Emperor Chongkang’s Decision
If you pass the Jinshi examination, the number of acres your family can be exempted from tax will increase to [-] acres.

And this four hundred acres is still an imaginary number. Those with a strong background can even increase this number to a thousand acres or more.

The beneficiaries of this policy were officials in the officialdom and the gentry class who resigned from office, and these were the ruling class of the entire empire.

The reform of the gentry's unified payment of grain has damaged the interests of the entire ruling class.

Such changes are basically difficult to implement.Because what the reform harms is the interests of individual executors.If one fails, the entire country may collapse.

In the long history, Emperor Yongzheng was the only one who could do this.

In order to implement the reform of paying grain to the gentry as a whole, Yongzheng killed many people, and blood flowed into rivers, leaving countless infamy in history.

Even so, his next generation, Qianlong, directly overturned these reforms.

The next reform mentioned by Jia Huan is to abolish the head tax and collect taxes based on the actual amount of land owned by each household.

In the past, taxes were collected based on head count and family land.

Your family has a large population, and even if you don't have much land, you still have to pay a lot of taxes.Especially corvee labor is strictly based on head.

This kind of tax system is extremely unfair to those people who have no land or little land.

After the implementation of dividing the land into acres, the economic burden of the landless and landless people can be reduced, and the population growth can be promoted.

Workers have greater personal freedom, which is conducive to social and economic development.

The last reform, Huo Huo Gui Gong, was also very vicious.

In the past, each local official could collect a certain amount of fire and silver from taxes.

For example, if your county collects 300 million shi of grain, the county magistrate can intercept [-] shi of grain as fire consumption silver and use it as funds for county activities.

Of course, these numbers are just metaphors and not true proportions.

The reform of returning Huohua to the public means that local governments are not qualified to intercept Huosha silver, and all taxes collected will be handed over.

The imperial court will directly distribute the money to local governments based on tax revenue.

At first glance, it seemed like there was just one more procedure, a roundabout way of taking off your pants and farting, which was unnecessary.

But it is not.

Returning fire consumption to the public will give local officials fewer means of playing tricks. In the past, they could still play tricks in accounts or other places when the flow of money was cut off.

After the implementation of this reform, there is no room for them to play tricks, or in other words, the cost of their tricks has been increased.

If these three reforms can really be implemented, then the entire Great Xia will be reborn from the ashes and burst out with firepower again.

This can be said to be a good strategy that will never be easy.

Of course, the difficulty of these three reforms is too great.

And regardless of success or failure, the proposers and promoters of these three reforms will definitely be doomed!

But Zhao Heng didn't care about this.Anyway, he is already a peerless person, and he would not hesitate to do so.

Next, Zhao Heng asked Jia Huan about the details of these three changes.

Then Zhao Heng said to Jia Huan: "Huan'er, you must keep these three changes in your stomach and never mention them again."

Jia Huan said helplessly: "Master, just don't worry. If master hadn't asked, I would never have said anything. Although these three changes are good, they have no chance of success."

Yes, Jia Huan believed that if Daxia really implemented these three changes, he would probably kill himself without the Jin Dynasty attacking.

Zhao Heng nodded, and after giving Jia Huan homework, he drove Jia Huan away.

Jia Huan touched his nose and was speechless for a while.

The teacher is really too much.

...After Jia Huan left, Zhao Heng took out the paper and began to write the memorial.

Although Zhao Heng was dismissed from office, he has always had the right to report.

Although this is the first time he has performed in the past five years, at least he has this right.

Thinking while writing, it took Zhao Heng a full hour to write this memorial.

Then he called the young man and told him repeatedly to deliver the memorial.

An hour later, this memorial was placed on Emperor Chongkang's case.

Emperor Chongkang has prepared to revive Zhao Heng in the near future, but now he is curious as to why Zhao Heng submitted the memorial.

After reading a few lines, Emperor Chongkang's expression changed.

And the more he looked at it, the more solemn Emperor Chongkang's face became.

After reading it, Emperor Chongkang couldn't help but frown and think hard. He hesitated and couldn't make a final decision for a long time.

After a long time, Emperor Chongkang picked up Zhao Heng's memorial and stood up, saying in a deep voice: "Place Ningshou Palace."

Ningshou Palace was the residence of the Supreme Emperor. Emperor Chongkang rarely went to Ningshou Palace except for his daily routine of studying at night and asking for instructions in the morning.

Not long after, Emperor Chongkang came to Ningshou Palace.

Ningshou Palace is already magnificent, and the furnishings inside are even more luxurious.

At this time, the Supreme Emperor was drinking some wine and watching a group of palace ladies dancing.

There were four or five concubines serving him, one was serving wine, another was peeling grapes and feeding him, and two others were squatting on the ground and beating his legs.

The Emperor's hands moved back and forth on the four concubines, enjoying themselves.

At this time, the old eunuch Li Liang reported back: "Go back to the Emperor, Your Majesty, and ask for an audience."

The Supreme Emperor frowned, then waved his hand and said, "You go down first, please come in."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Not long after, Emperor Chongkang walked in.

"My son pays respects to Father Emperor."

The Supreme Emperor waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, there is no need to be polite. I wonder why you are asking to see me?"

Emperor Chongkang said: "Father, my sons and ministers are here for the eternal foundation of our Great Xia Dynasty."

"Oh?" The Supreme Emperor's expression changed and he asked, "Your Majesty, you might as well tell me carefully."

Emperor Chongkang said: "Father, please step aside."

Emperor Chongkang waved his hand again, and only Li Liang, an old eunuch, was left in the entire palace.

Li Liang was the most trusted person of Emperor Chongkang. His original surname was not Li, but he was later given the surname Li by the Supreme Emperor.

Emperor Chongkang personally stepped forward to hand over the memorial written by Zhao Heng and said, "Father, you will understand after reading this memorial."

The Supreme Emperor picked up the memorial and glanced at it twice, his face immediately became serious.

After a long while, the Supreme Emperor sighed after reading the memorial and said: "Your Majesty, these three changes were originally excellent. But don't you know that these three changes cannot be implemented successfully? Do you know that the failure of the changes will bring consequences?" What are the consequences?"

Emperor Chongkang said: "Father, I know it. But I am still willing to give it a try. Father, if we don't implement changes, how long can we sustain in Daxia? 50 years of luck? 100 years of luck? I'm afraid it will be difficult. Can you survive a hundred years?"

"Once these three changes are successful, they will actually lay a foundation that will never be easy for us in the Great Xia Dynasty! This achievement will be beneficial to the future! As long as I have the full support of my father, I believe that there will be at least [-]% success." Seize success.”

"If it fails, I am willing to accept all the consequences."

(End of this chapter)