nownovels Chapter 778: Each Prince’S Thoughts On Dealing With Land Annexation And Conflicts Between Man And La
Chapter 778: Each Prince’S Thoughts On Dealing With Land Annexation And Conflicts Between Man And La
“In the subsequent Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, the imperial court recognized the existence of private land and encouraged people to reclaim wasteland. People could obtain land ownership by paying regular taxes.
"But even though private land is protected by law, groups such as the emperor's royal family, civil and military officials, noble marquises, landlords and gentry still occupy people's land according to their own needs."
"So in summary, the policy to deal with land annexation during the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties was to prohibit land annexation on the surface, but in fact it was in vain."
"In the end, in the Ming Dynasty, although His Majesty also strictly prohibited the sale of land and acres."
“But the policy implemented at the beginning that all civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talented people were exempted from land and acre taxes was actually condoning or even accelerating land annexation.
"After all, civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talented people are exempted from the land and acres tax. So those who don't want to pay the land and acres tax will naturally find ways to rely on these civil and military officials, honorable officials, and acres of land. "The Marquis, the best scholar."
"In this way, those civil and military officials, noble marquises, and scholars will naturally take the initiative or passively to acquire large amounts of land and acres."
"The subsequent policies implemented by Your Majesty and Your Highnesses such as the policy of allocating land to acres, as well as the disguised abolition of the policy of exempting world officials, noble marquises, and talented people from land and acres tax, as well as the creation of the [Da Ming Dynasty Sand Table] and other policies, are suppressive , slowing down the speed of land annexation.”
"However, it only plays a role of suppression and relaxation, and it also does not really solve the fundamental problem of land annexation.'
“This has been the response to land annexation policies in successive dynasties for two thousand years from ancient times to the present.”
"And now, how do your highnesses think Ming Dynasty should deal with the problem of land annexation?!!"
Yan Changqing glanced at the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes below, and said in a gentle and curious tone.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting at the back, couldn't help but darken when he heard Yan Changqing mention the Ming Dynasty's land policy.
However, what Yan Changqing said is indeed right.
Because if he continues to follow the original policy of exempting and exempting land and acres of taxes for civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talented people, then even if he vigorously suppresses land sales and affiliations, it will be difficult to prevent the land annexation. scale happens.
After all, no one wants to pay more land and acres tax, so it would be easy to name their land and acres in the names of civil and military officials, noble marquises, and scholars to avoid paying land and acres tax, and then form a large-scale land re-merger. It became a matter of course.
[However, although we did not realize the problem of land annexation in the past few years, we have also realized that this policy will make the land and acres tax collected by Ming Dynasty in the future less and less. 】
[This policy was revised in time in the past few years, and the preferential treatment of civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talented people from land and acres tax was abolished in disguise. 】
[Thinking about it this way, I am afraid that when Yan Changqing suggested a few years ago that we abolish the preferential treatment policy of exempting civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talents from land and acres of taxes, it was not just because this policy would lead to a reduction in Ming Dynasty's future fiscal revenue. 】
[More importantly, this policy will further accelerate land annexation!]
[That’s why Yan Changqing suggested that we abolish the preferential treatment policy in disguise that civil and military officials, noble marquises, and talented people are exempted from land and acre taxes [Song Dynasty, however, did not state the reason for the land annexation at that time. 】
Thinking of this, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but admire Yan Changqing again.
For the same policy, they may only see the impact of the policy in the past ten or several decades, as well as one or two problems related to it.
But Yan Changqing can see the impact of this policy for hundreds of years, or even hundreds of years later, as well as many related issues such as one, two, three, four, and five.
Even with this, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know if this was Yan Changqing's limit.
Because if Yan Changqing didn't take the initiative to say it, none of them would know the real answer.
Prince Zhu Biao looked at what Yan Changqing wrote on the blackboard in front of him about the responses to land annexation policies in past dynasties. He frowned and thought deeply for a moment, and then said:
“First of all, the Song Dynasty’s policy of ‘not establishing a land system’ and ‘not suppressing annexations’ is absolutely undesirable!”
"But the Song Dynasty's strategy of 'recruiting all the refugees who had lost their land and acres of land into the army to form a huge army with millions of people - the Xiang Army' can be used as a reference for the Ming Dynasty." ”
"In the future, the Ming Dynasty can also take in these refugees who have lost their land and acres, and then form a large engineering team.'
"Then the people in these engineering teams will take on part of the people's daily labor construction through work-for-service."
"However, the extent to which the people of the engineering team will bear the corvee for construction must be carefully grasped. The burden cannot be too heavy. It is even more impossible to say that these people of the engineering team will be responsible for the corvee work of the people across the country."
"At the same time, we must also be careful that the officials responsible for managing this engineering team cannot bully or deduct the salary of the people in the engineering team, so as to avoid excessive complaints from the people in the engineering team."
"As long as the people of these engineering teams are responsible for the corvee construction, the final value produced can be worth the financial expenditure paid by the Ming Dynasty, thus forming a general fiscal balance."
"So as long as the balance of fiscal revenue and expenditure is not broken, Ming Dynasty can always accommodate the refugees who have lost their land and acres of land through work-for-service."
"This may be able to further delay the social conflicts caused by land annexation and extend the existence of the dynasty a little longer."
At the end, Prince Zhu Biao also sighed lightly.
He did not think of how to fundamentally solve the problem of land annexation. He only thought of taking the essence and discarding the dross based on the policies of past dynasties in dealing with land annexation, so as to further delay the outbreak of land annexation.
Yan Changqing nodded, his eyes fell on King Qin Zhu Di, and he said gently:
"Does His Highness King Qin have any other ideas?!!"
King Qin Zhu Xiang narrowed his eyes and said coldly:
"war!!!"
"When Mr. Yan was explaining the strategy of governing Northern Xinjiang to his father and the others before, he mentioned that the grassland people were poor and could not support more grassland people.
"So for the sake of the continuation of the tribe, grassland tribes generally have two choices, either to give up the old, weak, sick and disabled in their own tribe to reduce the pressure on their own tribe's population."
"Either we choose to go to war with other countries, and we can rationally consume part of the excessive population through foreign wars."
"This is actually a contradiction between the imbalance of supply and demand between people and resources. It is essentially the same as the contradiction between people and land and land annexation faced by the Ming Dynasty!!!"
"So the methods used by the grassland tribes to continue their own tribes can also be used by the Ming Dynasty."
"However, the Ming Dynasty is different from the grassland tribes. The grassland tribes are ignorant of etiquette and immoral. They can abandon the old, weak, sick and disabled in their own tribe, thereby reducing the pressure on their own tribe's population.
"But Ming cannot do this, so what Ming can choose is war!"
“By launching foreign wars, the Ming Dynasty’s excessive civilian population was consumed, and the contradiction between man and land in the Ming Dynasty was correspondingly alleviated.”
"Although it cannot fundamentally solve the contradiction between man and land and land annexation, if done properly, it should be able to further extend the existence of the dynasty."
Yan Changqing glanced at Qin King Zhu Ping in surprise, and this answer was a bit beyond his expectation.
It's not that he didn't think of this answer, but he didn't expect that Qin King Zhu Xi could actually come up with such a solution through the strategies for governing Northern Xinjiang that he had previously taught Zhu Yuanzhang and several others.
Then Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Jin Wang Zhu Fan, and then asked:
"Does His Highness Prince Jin have any other ideas?!!"
Jin Wang Zhu Fan smiled slightly and said with cold eyes:
"My thoughts are similar to my second brother's, but a little different."
"Directly let the barbarians from the grassland invade, loot, burn and kill the annexation master of one-third of the world's land."
"Then the imperial court will send troops to conquer the grassland tribes to avenge the dead landlords, gentry, and people of the Ming Dynasty!"
"As long as all the landlords and gentry who have annexed large amounts of land are dead, or more than half of them are dead, then the problem of land annexation will naturally be alleviated."
"Although this method cannot completely solve the problem of conflicts between people and land, and land annexation, if it is properly controlled, it can also postpone the issues of conflicts between people and land, and land annexation, thereby extending the existence of the ugly dynasty."
As soon as these words came out, even Yan Changqing couldn't help being stunned.
Because this solution is effective, but more cruel.
At least the previous solution proposed by King Qin Zhu Xi was still a foreign war. Even if the soldiers and people died, it was still justified both openly and morally.
However, the solution proposed by King Zhu Fan of Jin cannot be justified either on the surface or on a moral level. To put it bluntly, it simply treats the people under his rule like pigs and dogs that can be killed at any time, rather than a real, living person. People.
“Lao San, this plan won’t work!!!”
"The people of the Ming Dynasty can die, but they cannot die because the emperor deliberately allowed the barbarians in the grassland to plunder!!!"
After King Zhu Fan of Jin came up with his solution, Prince Zhu Biao was stunned for a moment, came to his senses, and immediately vetoed it.
Jin Wang Zhu Fan looked at his eldest brother and asked calmly:
“Brother, are the people important?!”
"Or is the continuation of the Ming Dynasty more important?!!"
Prince Zhu Biao replied firmly:
"The continuation of the Ming Dynasty is very important, but the people of the Ming Dynasty are even more important!!!"
"The meaning of the existence of the Ming Dynasty is to prevent the common people from living a precarious life like the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty in the past!!!"
"If for the sake of the continuation of the Ming Dynasty, the people of the Ming Dynasty are allowed to live a precarious life like the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties in the past, then what is the significance of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty?!"
"And the world is not only the world for our Zhu family, but also the world for everyone in the world!!!"
"Once people know about this solution, the emperor of the Zhu family will definitely lose the support and public opinion of the people. By then, there will be no need to wait for the conflict over land annexation to break out, and the Ming Dynasty will be in danger of overthrowing immediately!!!"
"This solution is putting the cart before the horse. Brother, I cannot agree with it."
Jin Wang Zhu Fan looked at his eldest brother Zhu Biao for a while, then nodded and said:
"Well, I understand."
The argument between the two brothers went away as quickly as it came.
After the argument between Crown Prince Zhu Biao and Jin King Zhu Fan ended, Yan Changqing's eyes fell on Yan King Zhu Di and asked the same question:
"."Does His Highness Prince Yan have other different ideas?!!"
After Yan Wang Zhu Di pondered for a moment, he looked up at Yan Changqing and said:
"I still think that the way to nationalize all the land and acres like Wang Mang did is the real solution to the land annexation problem!"
"Wang Mang gained the world by usurping the throne, so it is difficult for him to conquer the world, but his father
He is going to conquer the world right away, and with all the previous policies to benefit the people, he can capture the hearts and minds of the people all over the world!"
"So if my father wants to nationalize the land and acres, he will only give the people of the world the right to use the land and acres, but not the ownership of the land and acres, and completely cut them off.
The possibility of buying and selling land acres should still be possible.
“However, this method can only solve the abnormal problem of contradiction between man and land caused by land annexation, but it cannot solve the normal problem of contradiction between man and land.
Speaking of this, King Yan Zhu Di couldn't help but sigh.
The absolute solution he could think of to the abnormal conflict between man and land brought about by the land annexation was to directly nationalize the land and acres like Wang Mang did, so that the land would be
The annexation of land will eliminate the existence of soil.
After all, all the land and acres in the world belong to the imperial court, and the imperial court is the only "landowner", so why does the land matter?
However, this only solves the abnormal contradiction between man and earth, but does not solve the normal contradiction between man and earth.
At best, this move can only continue to delay the existence of the dynasty, but it also cannot truly make the dynasty last forever.
Yan Changqing took a deep look at Yan King Zhu Di, but said nothing for the time being. His eyes then fell on Zhou King Zhu Di, and he said in a relaxed tone:
“Is His Royal Highness the King of Zhou thinking the same as the other Highnesses?!!”
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting at the back, looked at Zhou Wang Zhu Ju with dangerous eyes when he heard Yan Changqing's words.
Feeling his Lao'zi's gaze like a gleam on his back, Zhou Wang Zhu Ru couldn't help but smile bitterly:
"I really have no other ideas this time. What I'm thinking of has just been said by the eldest brother and the second (Li Zhao) brother!!!"
Yan Changqing smiled and did not continue to embarrass Zhou King Zhu Ling. His eyes fell on the other side of Chu King Zhu He and said:
"I wonder if His Royal Highness the King of Chu has other different ideas?!!"
King Zhu Zhen of Chu looked at Yan Changqing, and when he thought about it for a long time, he said:
"Increase research on the cultivation of high-yielding grain seeds in the Agricultural College!!!"
"The normal conflict between people and land is due to the fact that the population is not directly proportional to the agricultural land area. The population continues to increase, and the demand for food continues to increase, which in turn leads to land
The phenomenon that resources are insufficient to meet population needs. 11
“If the Ming Dynasty could make the yields of rice and wheat as high as those of potatoes and sweet potatoes, then the Ming Dynasty could use smaller acres of land to raise more people.
Population size.
"
"In this way, the population carrying capacity of the land can be increased and the outbreak of conflicts between man and land can be further delayed."'
"When the conflict between man and land cannot be suppressed, we can consider the ideas of the eldest brother and the second brother to release the accumulated conflict between man and land."
Yan Changqing nodded with a smile on his face, and finally his eyes fell on Qi King Zhu Su:
"I wonder if His Highness Prince Qi has other different ideas?! Qing!"
Qi King Zhu Shu said without hesitation:
"Open up borders! Continue to open up borders, and then continue to immigrate to the borders!!!'
"After the Ming Dynasty has developed the Liaodong Great Plains and occupied the northern Xinjiang grasslands, it can continue to attack other places."
"For example, the Champa Kingdom, the Chenla Kingdom, the Korean Kingdom, the Japanese Kingdom, etc., if these small barbarian countries are all conquered, we should be able to support more people of the Ming Dynasty."
"This can also delay the outbreak of conflicts between man and earth!"
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