Chapter 291 Land belongs to the state

A private visit that looked pretty good was quite happy for Lao Zhu. Even if it was just a quick look, Lao Zhu did think it was pretty good overall, and it could barely be considered a peaceful country and the people would live and work in peace and prosperity.

As for some problems, Lao Zhu also thinks that the problem is not big. After all, it is actually an unrealistic thing to be truly perfect and truly perfect.

As long as it is generally good, this is obviously enough. Even if it is a workaholic and has a strong desire for control, Lao Zhu will not be greedy for the sake of being a big shot.

Old Zhu understood this truth, and Zhu Yunyou naturally understood this truth. As long as he saw that the people of the Ming Dynasty were doing well, it would be fine. Although in a "capital" like Yingtian Prefecture, the overall situation was relatively better at the feet of the emperor, and it was much better than in some remote villages.

But no matter what, Zhu Yunyou thinks that the Ming Dynasty is really good now.

The prosperous era may not be considered a prosperous era, but it can be considered a ruler. After all, the founding of the Ming Dynasty was too short and the foundation was relatively poor, which naturally means that it takes more time to develop. Zhu Yunyou still has this patience.

However, Zhu Yunyou also understood that this also required more efforts, and the efforts of civil and military officials and the people of the Ming Dynasty were needed.

Zhu Yunyou, who was in a pretty good mood, returned to the palace, so he naturally did his own business. He occasionally went out for a private visit, but that was only once a while, and he still needed to stay in the palace.

Old Zhu was in a good mood and looked at Zhu Yunyou and asked, "Ying'er, what are the tax system you mentioned last time? "

There are some places to learn from in history textbooks.

In the current Ming Dynasty, there are basically two tax laws. However, in addition to these taxes, there are also corvee labor service. There are both regular labor service, both labor service and mixed labor service, which are very common.

Zhu Yunyou said to Lao Zhu without hesitation, "My grandson thought of two methods, one called the whip method. Basically, it is to completely use the land tax, corvee and other miscellaneous levies in each prefecture and county, and merge the cash levies and pay according to the mu."

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment and saw the benefits, "If this is the case, it may be possible to simplify the tax system, facilitate tax collection, and make it difficult for local officials to cheat."

"Yes, this can indeed reduce the tax cost and increase the tax revenue of the court. Moreover, before taxes and labor were irrelevant, and now the unified labor law can indeed save some troubles in the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty has more and more silver, so in the future, there is no need to just think about taxes and grain, or gold, silver and wealth."

"Then there are indeed some land annexation now, so that our people can get rid of the land and have more ways to survive."

Lao Zhu thought about it carefully for a long time before saying, "In this way, some places are not good. You know that we can't control some places even if we are the emperor. In addition, once a whip method is started, some corrupt officials will do whatever they want. I think they will inevitably increase corvee taxes and disturb the people."

It is normal for imperial power to go to the countryside in this era. In addition, some local officials protect each other or collude with interests, and collude with gentry. It is impossible to avoid such things as officials and gentry collusion.

Zhu Yunyou looked at Lao Zhu and said with a smile, "We think there is another one called "Dan Ding Yuan". We will collect the tax on land and abolish the captive tax. In addition, we will reduce the restrictions on household registration and allow people to move freely."

Lao Zhu suddenly jumped up and was a little angry, "If you do this, our household registration system will be destroyed!"

Well, if you spread the pride to earn a mu, it will be essentially necessary to shake the household registration system formulated by Lao Zhu.

"Grandpa Emperor, this is indeed a mess. But when we spend the money to make acre, we still need to find out the amount of land in each place and share the tax on the acres. If we send more land, we must have more land. If we send less land, we must also have more land. In the future, those with more land will receive more land, those with less land will receive less, and those without land will not accept it."

Hearing Zhu Yunyou say this, Old Zhu suddenly reacted, "Are you going to take ruthless action against those gentry?"

Zhu Yunyou nodded with a smile and said to Lao Zhu, "Grandpa Emperor conquered the world back then, and indeed needed the support of those gentry. After the Emperor conquers the world, he is indeed good to those people. But as today's determination, we can be tough. Whoever dares to bare his teeth, will chop off his whole family!"

Lao Zhu was not unhappy about his grandson's murderous words, "That's a good thing."

"Yes, the burden on poor families is smaller. But those rich and those officials are basically miserable." Zhu Yunyou smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "Officials and gentry are paying food together, so we are not afraid of those people making trouble."

Lao Zhu thought for a while and said, "This stall of people earns acres, which seems to make officials and gentry pay food, but if the people have no land, they can only serve as tenants for the landlords. At that time, the landlords may not necessarily increase the land rent."

Zhu Yunyou was not surprised that Lao Zhu could think of this. He knew that his emperor grandfather was a genius.

In fact, this is true. Spending acres of people seems to have harmed the interests of landlords and officials, but there are many things that these landlords have other ways to do. For example, at that time, these people could pass on the cost of taxes to the tenants, and by that time the pressure on the tenants was still very high.

Zhu Yunyou naturally understood that it is a good tax system to spread the tax into the acres, but such a policy may not be truly perfect, and there are still many loopholes.

Zhu Yunyou naturally knew this principle. He also knew that it seemed quite good to have a dime, but such a policy may not solve all the problems. This is just a reference standard for Zhu Yunyou.

Looking at Lao Zhu, Zhu Yunyou pretended to be mysterious and said proudly, "Grandpa, all the emperors are the kings and the kings are the kings and ministers. The world is all from the Ming Dynasty, all from our Zhu family, and the land is naturally from the old Zhu family."

Old Zhu nodded. That's the truth, but he was also a little strange, "That's it, what's wrong?"

"What's wrong?" Zhu Yunyou said to Lao Zhu with pride, "Since the land belongs to the country, our Ming Dynasty will belong to the country in the future. The land belongs to the country, so let the people farm generously."

Lao Zhu was stunned for a moment. He seemed to have guessed something, but he is not sure now. Lao Zhu sometimes really doesn't understand some of his thoughts about his precious grandson. Why is his grandson so able to think and dare to think, and some things are really beneficial.

Zhu Yunyou continued, "My grandson was always afraid of land annexation. By then, the people had no land to plant, so there would naturally be turmoil. Previously, grandson removed some scholars' treatment and tried every means to avoid the merger, which led to the inability to collect taxes. This is not a solution, but there is a way to learn."

"So you want to come from the root?" Lao Zhu was a little excited and stood up and said, "If the land belongs to the country and the court, it is not allowed to trade privately!"

Zhu Yunyou nodded and said with a smile, "This is the reason. The land is owned by the state, and we will lend it to the people. Every ten years, we will redistribute the land according to the booklet. This is also a fear that the population will increase, resulting in no land available for people."

Old Zhu was very excited and said to Zhu Yunyou, "That's the reason! In this way, our people will have land and no need to go to the landlord and gentry's house to farm. If they spread their territories to earn acres, the landlord and gentry would lose the mind if they wanted to buy more land."

The land is nationalized and distributed regularly. In addition, the amount of land is distributed to the acres, which means that many people have to pay taxes when farming, and the more land the more taxes they pay.

Zhu Yunyou continued, "Actually, if it was like this at the beginning of the country, we would have made better moves now. But now we are not going to collect the land in large quantities, otherwise it would be turmoil in the world."

Lao Zhu was not embarrassed, but felt a little regretful. In order to secure the world, he did make some compromises, and some things were not considered comprehensively. It seemed that some hidden dangers were left behind, which was not very convenient for the children and grandchildren to move.

"We won't take back those private fields now." Zhu Yunyou smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "There are still a lot of fields in this part. If the gentry or the people want to plow and buy and sell the fields, we can naturally accept it. But in addition to this part of the fields, there are many other fields."

Lao Zhu also nodded. In addition to part of the land in the Ming Dynasty, many of them belong to the state and the land of the court.

All this naturally means that Zhu Yunyou can take action and nationalize the land, which is not a one-size-fits-all approach, so that some people below will not feel that their life roots have been broken. Of course, those people may also feel troublesome, and it will become increasingly difficult to buy land in the future.

Zhu Yunyou continued, "The fields of the garrison, the fields of the imperial village, and the new cultivated land developed one after another are all from the court. These are our guarantees and will be distributed to the people in the future. There are many ways to farm. We are not afraid that the people will not have land to plant, so we can only rely on the landlords and gentry."

Old Zhu's eyes were full of coldness and said to Zhu Yunyou, "If someone is causing trouble below, let's take the field back!"

"Actually, my grandson also understands that this policy will give some people the opportunity to take advantage of it. But we have decided to die and strictly supervise it, which will probably be less trouble." Zhu Yunyou smiled and said to Lao Zhu, "This policy is good and benefits the vast majority of people, which is enough."

This is what Zhu Yunyou said in his heart. He knew that there was no so-called perfect policy, including many policies that might be sang by others.

However, such policies have emerged, which is more beneficial to the vast majority of the Ming people, which is enough. Even if it will hurt the interests of some people, I don’t care.

Now Zhu Yunyou has the confidence to smash all the doubts back, and the knife in his hand is sharp enough!
Chapter completed!