The Prodigal Son’s Happy Life - Chapter 585

[Chapter 585: Providing Good Strategies]

This is to be honest, I am used to the delicacies of the Fang Mansion, but the delicacies in the imperial kitchen are really tasteless.

Even the Emperor of Chu thought so. After a few mouthfuls, he joked: “I will send the cook of your Fang Mansion to the imperial kitchen another day to see if you dare to say that.”

After hearing this, Fang Xiu laughed. He spoke loudly and talked about another matter: “By the way, Your Majesty, I don’t have any good ideas for supervision.

But I thought about the land tax issue carefully on the way here.”

“Oh?

Emperor Chu had a look of surprise on his face, put down the silver chopsticks in his hands, looked at him, and said, “Tell me, what do you think about Tian Fu?”

Fang

Xiu swallowed a mouthful of food. Putting down his chopsticks, he looked at Emperor Chu with a solemn look on his face and said: “The land tax policy set by the imperial court now will make the people miserable. The main reason is because of the existence of Ding Yin.”

Emperor Chu heard this .

In a word, he nodded to express his agreement.

Dingyin is a particularly heavy burden for ordinary people, especially those farmers whose families have more young people and less land.

Even if Emperor Chu had not paid many private visits incognito before, he could still imagine that the example given by the old farmer must be common in various state capitals.

Not only is it common, to be precise, as long as the family does not have enough land, they will eventually fall into this vicious cycle.

After all, farmers depend on the weather, and no one can guarantee that there will be a good year every year. However, if there is a disaster year and the original balance of payments is broken, selling off the land becomes inevitable.

Then he fell into a deeper vicious cycle, starting over and over again, until he became a refugee and a beggar.

“Therefore, what I want to do is to cancel Ding Yin.”

However, Fang Xiu’s words made Emperor Chu frown.

Although Ding Yin has many disadvantages, it is after all the main source of income for state government offices in various places.

If there are no more small pieces of silver, silver needs to be drawn from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the state treasury, or even the inner treasury to allocate it to them.

In this way, the poor will be the court.

However, the imperial court does not know how much money it invests in the four northern states and the pro-junfu every year. How can the money from the Ministry of Households be used?

In the end, the court will inevitably fall apart.

Emperor Chu thought of this and opened his mouth, about to say something, but heard Fang Xiu continue: “I know that your Majesty is worried that canceling Ding Yin will shake the country.

But what I mean is not to cancel Ding Yin completely, but to cancel Ding Yin completely. The unit of dingyin was changed from the original unit of labor to the unit of land.

In this way, the pressure on the poor people suddenly weakened, and the only losses were the original rich farmers and landlords, but their land and money originally came from those poor people. It’s not a big deal if people are exploited.

The most important thing is that the food and money collected by the government offices in various states will not be affected much.

” The biggest problem is that

he stopped here. , did not continue.

Emperor Chu glanced at Fang Xiu and saw the expression on his face, and instantly understood what he meant.

There is nothing wrong with the strategy proposed by Fang Xiu. It has only advantages and no disadvantages for the country and the people.

Moreover, this method is not very clever.

Let him think about it, and it probably won’t take much time to figure it out.

The princes in the court must have thought about this issue.

In this case, why has the issue of land tax not been resolved to this day?

In the final analysis, it is the princes in the court who lose their interests!

After all, how much land do those rich farmers and landlords have?

In the entire Chu State, most of the fields were owned by nobles and prominent families.

Even Fang Xiu, as the sole heir to the new Uncle An and Uncle An Ping, has by no means a small number of acres under his name!

Where have all these fields gone?

Isn’t it rented to those poor families, which makes those poor families even poorer and makes them even more desperate?

Any change that involves one’s own interests will undoubtedly face huge resistance.

Fang Xiu can put this issue on the table because he is generous, or free and easy, and does not care about these meager profits. What he thinks about is the people of the world, and what he thinks is, ‘worry about the world first, Enjoy the happiness of the world later’.

But what about other people?

Can the civil and military officials in the court and the gentry and wealthy families in various places have the same mind for the world and the people as Fang Xiu?

The answer is undoubtedly no.

In this case, how can these people take the initiative to propose this method and give up their interests?

When Emperor Chu thought of this, he frowned tightly and put down the silver chopsticks in his hand. He felt that all the delicacies in front of him were tasteless.

After thinking for a moment, he still couldn’t come up with a solution. He was helpless and could only sigh for the rest of his life: “Hey

Fang Xiu, Fang Xiu, you have given me another problem.”

When Fang Xiu saw this scene, he After hearing what he said, it was natural to know that he had figured out the key.

With a cynical smile on his face, he joked: “Your Majesty, I think this matter is actually not as complicated as you think.

Whether it is the princes in the court, the nobles, or the gentry, the reason why they can survive The life we live like today, in the final analysis, is all dependent on Your Majesty

. Your Majesty gave them the land and gave them the wealth and wealth in this world.

Your Majesty wants to come back and distribute it to the poor people .

Yu Li, that’s all blameless.

Even if there are some objections in the court, what can I do?

I have only participated in one court meeting, but I clearly remember that all the officials in the court spoke highly of the people of the world. , the people of the world.

As if the people of the world are their parents ,

why

not give them some land so that their parents can live better?

I don’t believe that your Majesty is in control of this matter. No matter how good the princes in the court are, they can still turn the world upside down.”

When Emperor Chu heard this, his brows relaxed a little.

He knew in his heart that there was some truth in what Fang Xiu said.

But principles are principles, but actually implementing them is another matter.

He still remembered that when he first ascended the throne, there were only two concubines in the harem besides the queen.

At that time, some Yan Guan criticized him, saying that the Queen was jealous

and he was so angry that he gave the Yan Guan a slap in the face and took in a few more concubines.

It’s still the same official who criticizes the current saint for being too arrogant.

All in all, no matter what they do, those officials can always find a reason to criticize themselves.

This is still their own family matter, but the land tax policy involves the vital interests of these people, how can they just give up!

(End of chapter)