98. The successful are more afraid of poverty (please subscribe with a monthly ticket)

Author: nonsense and gossip

98. The successful are more afraid of poverty (please subscribe with a monthly ticket)

There is no suspense in the battle on Qiao's side.

Yang Shuo and Pang Shanmin sat on the horse and witnessed this scene.

They knew that if they wanted to do something, there would be conflicts and bloodshed, and then they lamented that fortunately the village had enough guards, otherwise, if they had only brought the county guards, they would have suffered a loss.

"Brother Mountain Man, after today, another family..." Yang Shuo organized his words, thinking whether the other family would sue for peace.

"Of course we have to deal with it together, for fear of long nights and dreams." Pang Shanmin replied with a firm look.

Achu wanted to measure the entire county's fields. It was not wrong. Even the imperial court should conduct a new census every ten or twenty years to know the development in the past ten years.

And this group of so-called aristocratic families can pay a lot less tax by concealing and omitting to report their property.

While annexing the land, the original households were developed into families with children, which also greatly reduced the court's tax revenue.

With today's world like this, and the actions of major aristocratic families, there is no escaping it.

These are the truths that he has figured out in the past few months at Huangjiazhuangzi. In the past... he had never thought about them.

He is a scholar, so he naturally wants to cultivate himself, manage his family, govern the country and bring peace to the world.

In the past, when I was giving lessons to the children in my clan, I was confused and thinking... will these children grow up to be like him?

But since he came to Huangjiazhuangzi, he felt at peace knowing that what he was doing was for the poor people.

Many nights, he was so tired that he quickly fell asleep.

There were also many nights when he was thinking rapidly, thinking about what A Chu had said about the future...

He didn't know what Achu said the future would be like, he only knew that in Chu'an County, Achu could become Xibo.

The people have their own fields, and their women raise their mulberry trees, so that they can support the elderly.

It can be said to be benevolent.

…

On this day, several aristocratic families in the county gave up their struggle under the sword.

Yang Shuo immediately led people to clear the land and screen households... The situation on the first day made him so shocked that he wanted to pull off his beard.

The Qiao family alone has more than 5,000 acres of land recorded in the field register, but in fact... nearly 30,000 acres!

Pangshan people are silent.

Gan Ning said bitterly, "I should have beaten him harder!"

…

In the next few days, the county government and the manpower of the village counted all the aristocratic families.

Among them, the Qiao family was the worst at omitting and concealing information about their land, followed by the rest of the aristocratic families.

There are as many as 10,000 people hiding and concealing reports.

Suddenly, Chu'an had nearly 2,000 more households and 50,000 to 60,000 acres of taxable farmland.

The original several aristocratic families were reduced to prisoners according to the punishment for evading land reporting and tax evasion. After careful accounting, several of them were killed, and the rest... were all sent to servants and became construction workers.

Part of the army.

…

Huang Yueying looked at these numbers, but her heart did not waver.

In fact, tax evasion by the rich is not just something that happened in the Han Dynasty this year, but happened in all dynasties.

For example, the stars of later generations...all of them tried their best to avoid taxes.

The richer you are, the more you fear being taxed.

"Why is Ah Chu so calm?" Pang Shanmin was puzzled when he saw Huang Yueying's expression.

They were busy for several days before summarizing these contents, thinking that they could at least surprise Huang Yueying, but the result was that the other party showed no expression at all.

"Because, it's as expected." Huang Yueying smiled bitterly, "Now my government pays taxes, divided land taxes, accrued taxes, oral taxes and corvee."

Among them, the suanfu and koufu are poll taxes. The suanfu is the poll tax for adult men and women, which is 120 yuan per person per year. The koufu is the poll tax for minor children, which is 23 yuan per person per year.

Of course, now in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, taxes were more and more chaotic, and the "fees" dedicated to the emperor were also paid according to the population.

This does not include other taxes set by each prince himself.

"The land tax is only one thirty tax...but what about the tax and the oral tax?" Huang Yueying sighed, "Therefore, it is normal for them to want to conceal the report. In this way, they can save a lot of money."

Pang Shanmin frowned, "This..."

"Looking at the world, no one who is poor wants to be successful, and those who are successful are even more afraid of poverty.

In order to achieve prosperity, the poor work hard, cultivate their fields, and sharpen their tools.

In recent years, brother, have you ever seen the poor become prosperous?"

Pang Shanmin thought for a moment and said, "Maybe, but very few."

"Yes, most poor people today cannot afford food and clothing, and living is a luxury.

Are they not working hard enough to make progress?

No, it's all because today's prosperous people are unwilling or not allowed to give the opportunities of prosperity to the poor.

They regard poverty as a shame, so they are even more afraid of poverty.

Therefore, they spare no effort to annex land, conceal their property, evade taxes, and amass wealth by exploiting the poor.

In order to maintain this kind of development from generation to generation.

And this... is the origin of the aristocratic family."

Huang Yueying sighed, from this perspective, many experts in later generations also belong to this group.

After hearing this, Pang Shanmin was silent. He came from a noble family, so of course he knew many of the family's methods, and they were completely shady.

To say it was completely contrary to the benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and faith in the book was something he was not ashamed of.

He asked Pang Degong many times whether what was said in the book was correct or whether the actions of those in the clan were correct.

The latter said that to become a gentleman, of course what is said in the book is correct, but most people in the world are not gentlemen.

Therefore, he learned from an early age to just study and not care about worldly affairs.

Until he came to Zhuangzi, he found that even when talking about worldly affairs, it was consistent with the book.

Seeing this, Huang Yueying sighed inwardly.

She originally thought that Pang Shanmin, who was recorded in the history books as having a few chats, actually had no extraordinary talents. However, after being in contact with him for so long, she discovered that it was actually Pang Shanmin who was unwilling to contact those general affairs.

With a famous father like Pang Degong, Pang Shanmin naturally followed his old father since childhood.

Now, this elder brother has enlightened.

"Brother, don't worry about these things. Whether you are from a noble family or from a common people, there are good and evil, and you cannot generalize them. Isn't it true that my brother, who is from a noble family, is not benevolent enough? And like A Chu, is he a bad person?"

Pang Shanmin then smiled and said, "What A Chu said is absolutely true, so don't worry about it."

"Next, Achu is going to Xiangyang. Brother, please be sure to guard this pure land!"

"inevitable!"

…

Longzhong.

Zhuge Liang looked at the letter in his hand, spread out a large piece of paper, thought about it several times, but never started writing.

In his opinion, A Chu’s first few questions were easy to answer.

But only the last one... is very complicated.

Because even if you have enough money, you may not be able to know etiquette.

Human beings will have all kinds of desires. It is not advisable to rely solely on the people's spontaneous knowledge of etiquette.

It must also be accompanied by corresponding laws and regulations to let the people know what is right and what is wrong.

But if the people know what is right and what is wrong, then they will not pick up things on the road or close their doors at night?

It's also difficult because...desires are endless.

"Brother, Mr. Pang De is here with two other gentlemen." While he was thinking, Zhuge Jun called out.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang had to put aside the matter of replying to the letter first.

Chapter one today.

Asking for all kinds of things.
Chapter completed!