Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 703 People's hearts win

"I know," Zhao Hanzhang said, "I have seriously thought about this matter. My idea is that for those who have made great achievements, I will give them a certain amount of tax exemption in the future, one hundred mu or one thousand mu, but this cannot be done On ordinary officials and gentry."

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "Once they make mistakes and are deprived of their official positions and fame, then these will also be taken back. Anyone who exceeds this amount will also have to pay land tax."

   Zhao Ming just heard that there will not be many meritorious ministers.

  Zhao Ming was very curious, "Your family's land tax has always been exempted, and you have always been generous in other things. Why do you keep fighting with taxes? You are so stingy."

  Zhao Hanzhang laughed, and after thinking about it seriously, he said: "This is a long-term solution I think, Uncle Ming, you said that a great man, why did the country perish?"

  The Han Dynasty is not very far away from them, and the country has been subjugated for less than a hundred years. Looking back at this time...

  Zhao Ming was silent for a while and then said: "The big man died at the hands of the young master's relatives, so that the eunuchs monopolize power."

  Ji Yuan and Ming Yu couldn't help nodding, but added a little bit, "There are also heavy taxes, and the people are struggling to live."

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "That's right, but in my opinion, the big man died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion."

  None of the three refuted this point of view, because they also felt that the big man had already perished during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the next few decades were just lingering on his last breath.

"The Yellow Turban Rebellion was due to the heavy taxation. Ninety percent of the cultivated land in the world belonged to one person, and the remaining ninety percent of the cultivated land was divided into one person. They were also responsible for ninety percent of the country's taxes, corvees, and military service. Shi, Uncle Ming, if you can't live on your stomach like a domestic dog, even the common people will have to fight with their lives."

"Facts have proved that common people, gentry, nobles, and royal families all have only one life, and there is not much difference between them, and common people can also pierce the sky." Zhao Hanzhang said: "In the final analysis, it is because of serious land annexation and heavy taxes. "

"So I limit the amount of land purchased by the gentry, divide the land of the people in the world, and share the land; second, not only the common people, but also the gentry, family, nobles, and meritorious officials in the world must also pay taxes. Except for special tax exemptions, all Any excess will be subject to tax.”

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "In the future, I will still set the maximum amount and the maximum number of tax-exempt people. It may seem harsh, but I hope that like the later Han Dynasty, the troubled times like now will appear later."

  Zhao Ming pursed his lips and said: "But the big man can survive for many years because of the guards of civil servants and generals. If you are stingy with fame, how can they have the motivation to serve you?"

  Zhao Hanzhang said: "There are many kinds of rewards, and honors can also take many forms. I can reward them with a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and I can also give them high officials and rich positions, but the amount of tax exemption is reduced."

  She didn't shy away from it, and said bluntly: "Uncle Ming, our Zhao family has done a lot to poach the corners of the country. You can calculate carefully. If the Zhao family pays taxes according to the regulations, how much more tax can Runan County get every year?"

Zhao Ming said expressionlessly: "Don't forget, your family is the first one. Most of the land in the clan is under your name, and tax avoidance is also through your family. Since you became the county magistrate of Xiping County, the clan's The tax paid every year in Li is getting more and more every year."

Zhao Hanzhang patted the table lightly and said: "That's right, you see, even an upright person like my grandfather can't resist the request of the clansmen, and put their fields under their names to avoid court taxes. If strict laws and regulations are not formulated, One day, the territory we have built will come to an end as soon as the big man."

  In fact, since the Han Dynasty, no regime has lasted more than 400 years like the Han Dynasty. At the end of each dynasty, it died of more and more decadent politics, a large amount of land annexation, and heavier taxes.

Of course, she couldn't plan such a distant event. What she could think of was that from the beginning of the Three Kingdoms to the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, more than 30 different regimes existed before and after more than 300 years. The king proclaims himself emperor, but not for long.

  On average, a regime has existed for less than ten years.

  Even Liu Yuan’s regime, which is now feared by the Great Jin Dynasty, has only existed for 25 years. It has only been 25 years since he proclaimed himself emperor to the dynasty’s demise.

Why?

  It is because they don't care about the people, and they blindly expand, fight, and enjoy themselves extravagantly.

  In order to expand their territory, they can squeeze the people to the limit, just to conquer the world, and then how many regimes will die because of this.

   It wasn't until Sui Jianli that it gradually stabilized.

   Zhao Hanzhang can naturally fight around like Liu Cong and the others regardless of the life and death of the people, and lay down land after land, but what happens after they are defeated?

   Do you support war with war?

But all the war zones were once the territory of the big Han, which is equivalent to taking the lives of civilians to fill them. She doesn't want to do such a thing, so the enemy can't move her. As long as she has time, she will immerse herself in infrastructure construction and agriculture. Industrial production, as well as, system formulation.

  Since she wants to pacify the world and end the troubled times, she must consider the future and put the people first.

  Of course, she knew about the troubled times that followed, and Fu Tinghan knew about it, but Zhao Ming and the others didn't.

So she couldn't use this as a reason to persuade them, so she directly asked Zhao Ming and the three of them, "Don't mention Tubo in the west, the general trend of the world can be roughly divided into three parts, Liu Yuan's Han Kingdom in the north, our Jin Kingdom, and the Northeast." Xiang Xiang's Xianbei, Uncle Ming, Mr. Ji, how long does Mr. Ming think they can exist?"

  Zhao Ming clenched the wine glass in his hand, feeling that his niece had finally stopped hiding, and that this was showing her ambition openly.

   Ji Yuan and Ming Yu had already prepared to break through the sky with Zhao Hanzhang, so they looked at Zhao Ming without saying a word.

Zhao Ming pursed his lips, and said: "Xianbei is nothing to be afraid of. Although its cavalry is powerful, it does not have enough land, and it is not good at attacking the city, nor is it good at defending the city, and it is not good at farming. Xianbei has few people. The current situation is great, and it won't last long, and it only needs a little provocation to break through."

  Ji Yuan and Ming Yu also nodded.

   Ji Yuan pondered and said: "The Han State is indeed a great enemy, but this is from the perspective of the Great Jin, but even if he can destroy the Jin State, it will not last long."

He said: "Liu Yuan wants Han rule, but the group of people under him are stupid and don't listen to orders. The tribes are powerful and do their own thing. How much he has relied on those tribes for many years, and how much they are restrained now. He wants to change It's no longer possible."

   "Now that he is alive, he can barely maintain his balance. Once he dies, Shi Le will be out of control first."

Zhao Hanzhang also nodded, and said with a smile: "Liu Cong is cruel and narrow-minded. The Huns look down on both the Han people and the Jiehu. Shi Le was born as a slave. Liu Yuan's generals despise him so much. Now Shi Le can ignore him." , once Liu Yuan is gone, his descendants will definitely not be able to control him, and it is only a matter of time before the country of Han falls apart."

  Ming Yu's heart moved, and he said: "Jin exists in name only, and whether it is Jin or Han, the common people don't return their hearts. The girl wants to win with the hearts of the people?"

  (end of this chapter)