back to ancient times to be emperor

Chapter 708
The New Deal is in full swing, and by the way, the serious phenomenon of land annexation in the north has been alleviated.The land annexation in the north is usually done by those landlords who lend usury, and then force the farmers to go bankrupt. There is nothing worthwhile, and the land is naturally swallowed up.

Behind this kind of stealing and plundering, it alludes to the extremely low ability of the people of Dashun to resist risks. If a family member has a serious illness or something, they will go bankrupt.Don't say that at this time, it is the future generations, isn't it the same?This is also the fundamental intention of Lu Chengqi to set up welfare homes, nursing homes, and pharmacy bureaus, so that everyone can afford medical care.Of course, this new policy will inevitably violate the interests of some people, but what is there to be afraid of?Take those big landowners who own hundreds of acres of land, who told you to steal other people's land, now it can't be cultivated, it's abandoned, and you have to pay taxes, who is to blame?

The imperial court has long advocated selling land for business. You are greedy for comfort and want to sit and collect money, which is also your choice.As soon as the new policy came out, the land price fell to the bottom within two months. If you sell it in a hurry, who can afford so much land for a while!The more you sell, the more you panic. If it weren't for Huangzhuang's massive purchases, the economy in many places would collapse.After all, Dashun's agriculture accounted for [-]% of the total. The agriculture was not stable, and the business also came to an end.

The minister of the DPRK and China also has a lot of land in his family.Although they are expensive officials of the court and do not have to pay taxes, there are no tenants who are willing to help them cultivate the land, and they can't go anywhere.Officials from poor families are fine, their homes are only a few acres of barren fields, but some wealthy families are about to cry!

No, for half a month, many court officials have besieged Lu Chengqi, complaining about all the bad things about the New Deal, saying that land prices have plummeted, tenants have run away, and fields are barren... They even made alarmist remarks, saying that if this continues, Dashun will "the building will be destroyed." "Qing" is beyond redemption...

Anyway, no matter how exaggerated it was, Lu Chengqi took the time to take out the investigation data of the Supervision Department. The population of Jiangnan has doubled, and the land reclaimed during the winter has reached hundreds of thousands of hectares...

This time, the officials were powerless to refute.Of course, these civil servants will not admit defeat obediently, and they started to make sidelines again.What Lu Chengqi remembers most is that Zhang Fangping, who has just been transferred back to Chang'an and has not yet been dispatched to an official position, has come to ask for an audience for several days and kept playing.One of the memorials reads: "...a man who is average, does not give up the powerful and conquers the poor and the weak, and does not indulge the ingenious and foolish. This is called equality. Therefore, the sage said: "Gai Jun has no poverty. "

However, the master of wealth is not easy to do.The performance of weaving, weaving and spinning starts gradually, and it can be done in a matter of ten days.It starts from persuading lessons and makes pre-camp management.The silk township first made weaving, and the hemp soil repaired spinning early.Prepare for the time, and lose when the time comes. Therefore, the king will make a confession again, and the people will not be in trouble.If you don't warn in advance, it is urgent for the time being, and you are afraid of slowing down, thinking that you have made a mistake, hand it over to you, and take care of it now.Wealthy businessmen and big businessmen are predestined to shoot for profit, some will buy from them, and those who don't will take interest from them.People who pay taxes will be disadvantaged.When it comes to renting and taxing, although there are grand formulas, as for the consideration of the rich and the poor, there is a difference in order. It all starts with the leader and is tied to the observance of orders.If the discretion is obtained, the government will be harmonious and the people will be happy; if the prosecution is ineffective, the officials will be treacherous and the people will resent.It's too late to send corvee, so I don't care.As a result, the poor and weak may be heavily corvee and far away, while the rich and strong may be lightly envoys and close defense.Obeying orders and using them with such a heart, if you don't have a heart for the people, you are all sinners in the king's government... The people are like water, which can make the boat float or capsize.Husband's war is like fire, and a long battle will cause fire.If your majesty insists on going his own way, he will capsize the boat and burn himself..."

The original text was too long, and it quoted scriptures, saying that the New Deal is not good here, but not good there.Every time Lu Chengqi "accepted advice with an open mind", and then he didn't change it, the little old man was so angry that his hair went wild several times, he hurried into the palace to reason with Lu Chengqi.Lu Chengqi was afraid of him, and now he hides as soon as he sees him, and even wants the officials to transfer him away from Chang'an. This kind of "upright and loyal minister" is really too difficult to serve.

However, what Zhang Fangping said is also reasonable, blindly killing the rich and helping the poor is not an option.But these landlords refused to listen to persuasion and refused to sell their land to start a business. Who is to blame?Do you want farmers who have no capital in their hands to do business!And no one knows that the profit of doing business is much higher than that of farming.But these landlords are like stones in a latrine, hard and smelly, and it is clear that they are against the court because of someone in the court.

If Zhang Fangping's words were more sincere, maybe Lu Chengqi would accept some of them.But his memorial statement, like a knife, cut the New Deal to pieces.If the emperor is changed, maybe he will be demoted again.

After finally escaping yesterday, Lu Chengqi just went to "work" in the Chuigong Hall today, and before sitting in the hot dragon chair, Gao Hao walked in with a strange expression. When Lu Chengqi saw it, his heart thumped, and he said with a wry smile: coming?"

Gao Hao nodded, not daring to look at Lu Chengqi: "Your Majesty, do you want to go from the back of the palace?"

Lu Chengqi thought about it, he had been hiding from Zhang Fangping for six or seven days in a row, and he would find an excuse today, for fear that other officials would have gossip. "That's all, that's all, let him have an audience!"

"According to the order!"

After Gao Gao withdrew, a tall and thin official came in, saluted and said, "See Your Majesty, I have something to play!"

Lu Chengqi waved his hand and said, "Zhang Qing, don't be busy, I'm thinking about something, come and tell me, what should I do?"

Zhang Fangping was taken aback for a moment, but could only hold back what he wanted to say, and stood aside silently.

"Come here, give Zhang Qing a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After Zhang Fangping sat down, Lu Chengqi asked with a straight face: "Zhang Qing thinks that the money-losing of the money is a malpractice?"

Zhang Fangping was taken aback for a moment, and then said seriously: "There are disadvantages and advantages!"

Lu Chengqi sighed, and said: "Yes, Lizai was able to relieve the siege for a while, but later he was impoverished. I remember that when the Royal Bank did not introduce the loan business, the money people gave money, the better one was the two interest rate, and what's more. The interest is three-thirds, and the interest is repaid, and the money is repaid. How can a farmer have so much money to pay back?"

Zhang Fangping was stunned: "Isn't the imperial court lending money now?"

Lu Chengqi sighed: "Yes, the Royal Bank has robbed many people of their jobs, and they are not happy about it. These wealthy people are also big landlords, sitting on hundreds of acres of land, or even thousands of acres of land. It’s very cool to be able to live. But those tenant farmers are miserable, they don’t have their own fields, even if the court only collects [-]% of the tax, they have to pay [-]%, what’s the matter?”

Zhang Fangping was very smart, knowing that Lu Chengqi wanted to restrain land annexation, he pondered for a while, and then slowly said: "Your Majesty, as far as I know, there are not many landowners with a hundred acres of land..."

Lu Chengqi sneered: "They all attribute the property to the officials of the DPRK and China, of course not many!"

Zhang Fangping said in astonishment: "Your Majesty, is this serious?"

Lu Chengqi knew that he was too straightforward, but he didn't know that the government officials made the most of policy loopholes. "The land property is under the name of the officials, and they can be exempted from taxes. They only earn rent, and the court can't collect a cent of taxes. It's really abominable. Why was the treasury so difficult before? Isn't it because there are too many of these people? It's rent collection, it's really rich!"

Zhang Fangping is a cautious person, he asked suspiciously: "May I ask Your Majesty, how did you know about this matter?"

(End of this chapter)