Chapter 97: Wait (I)

"I believe it is," although Li Wei said so, but he didn't believe it very much.

But don't come out with military orders. Di Renjie also likes to adapt, which does not mean that he has a smooth personality. Through Wei Yuanzhong, you can see the fierce personality of these good ministers. If it is impossible, he will wipe his neck and where can he find this military advisor?

Di Renjie didn't explain. He was the only one who slowly looked for clues about this matter. The fewer people knew, the better. Otherwise, Xu Jingzong would kill someone and die without evidence. He said casually: "Before I came, I heard that the little lady of Pei Zuo Jinwu family was summoned to the palace by the queen for a long time."

"What's the matter with the queen calling her?"

"I don't know. Maybe it's because of the matter of Zhongnan Mountain. What about this young lady of the Pei family?" asked casually again.

"I don't know much about it, but I saw that she was very young and strong that day. She probably came from a famous family, had good etiquette and knew some worldly style." That's it. Xu Li asked him to pay attention. First, there was a handover in the east market. The little hot girl impressed him deeply, and the second was beautiful. He was not a saint. When he saw a beautiful girl, he paid more attention to her and had a normal physiological reaction. Didn't he say the first sentence of the Book of Songs? A beautiful lady is a gentleman.

Besides, Xu Li is fourteen years old. Since the Jingtang takes advantage of Bier's oil, she can gradually accept it at the age of fourteen. However, Pei Yuhe is only thirteen years old. Every time this age drops, it is a burden for him to think. What can he do at the age of thirteen? I am afraid that he will only be in the first grade of junior high school in the future! When Shangguan Wan'er was so famous in history, she is now a baby of a little beauty. Li Wei's mind is still quite upright. She is too young and is eight years old. How can he make him think? Shangguan Wan'er wants him to think, and she has to wait for six or seven years. If he is safe for six or seven years, the possibility of his climbing to the cauldron will be infinitely magnified. Well, at that time, he might consider it for himself.

However, this idea is somewhat of a hidden ear. Xu was in the first grade of junior high school at the age of thirteen, and Bier was in the second grade of junior high school at the age of thirteen, and she was in the second grade of junior high school. What's the difference? Fifty steps and a hundred steps are not as good as...

I can only say that the backwardness of this era makes future generations feel sad.

"Yes, I have also heard that the little lady of Zuo Jinwu's family has excellent character and academic performance." Di Renjie seemed to chat casually again.

In fact, in my heart, if the impression is not bad, things will be easier.

Before leaving Luoyang, Wang Cainian sent a secret letter to him to bring it to the prince. Xu Jingzong said that it was a memorial that caused the emperor and the queen to divorce the princess. They also summoned the daughter of the Pei family, which was very likely to use such a Pei family woman instead of the Yang family girl.

Di Renjie had already expected this.

There are many rumors in the capital. Although it is biased, it is really groundless? If it is a prominent family, it is strictly forbidden for women at home to contact men outside. Even if Helan Minzhi is a cousin, he is not the real cousin. If he can't see the princess, would he think of the idea of ​​kidnapping the princess? Moreover, he was really bad to the princess before, but later he changed. At that time, the prince's health improved. It is inevitable that people will think of it.

This is a severe drought and strong wind, which has caused great headaches between the emperor and the queen and have no attention. If there is no severe drought and strong wind, hearing these rumors, most of them will probably have the idea of ​​retiring the princess. Or if someone else wakes up, the result will still be the same.

It is precisely because of the drought and strong wind that the Dayun Festival has become a waste of money. I don’t know whether it should be held or not. It is possible that this relative may be returned, but the emperor will drag it on and make the decision not so quickly.

Di Renjie immediately replied the message, "Don't tell the prince."

I don’t know what the status of the Yang family’s daughter in the prince’s heart is, but I heard some rumors that this girl is beautiful, only fifteen years old, and looks no less than the two adopted daughters he accepted. The little lady of the Xu family saw with her own eyes, and she was so beautiful. You can tell by comparison.

If the prince is reluctant to let go, he will have another "Ramadan". Ramadan is very good, but for the sake of the Yang family's daughter, she will not only not love the country and the beauty, but also not love the father and the beauty. This problem will be serious!

In fact, some of the characteristics of the Yang family’s daughters are not suitable to be the mother of a country. But the prince may not only have the wife of the Crown Princess. It depends on how to operate it. If it is done well, you can also have both fish and bear’s paw. I’m thinking about it.

In fact, Li Wei was so lucky to meet Di Renjie. Although Lao Di worked hard and wanted to get to power, he really paid a lot. He had to give advice to Li Wei, and he had to make up for the missing, and he also had to challenge him as a giant Xu Jingzong, and from Xiangxue painting willows to Yang Min, he also had to be a nanny for Li Wei.

This is enough for Lao Di's brain, but if it were others, they would not be able to bear it.

The guards were not led by many, and more than a dozen people could be divided into all directions, blocking Li Wei from all directions. Especially Xue Ne, who walked straight ahead, never leaving.

Di Renjie nodded secretly.

Although it is said to protect the prince and the princess, these guards have put their heart into it. If there is any danger and shoot cold arrows from the mountains and lakes, the first round will definitely not be able to shoot the prince.

The reason for this is that the prince did not do much, he just said that he was generous.

In this era of distinct hierarchy, Li Wei has not completely changed. He was a gentle lecturer in his previous life, and he was peaceful to others, but he is still the same in this life. But it is amazing in this era. This kind of generousness is revealed in his bones. Therefore, he is very loyal to the guards.

Di Renjie did not reveal it either. Everything has two sides. The prince’s words in the palace made the emperor furious. Why didn’t he issue an order to abolish the prince? It was also considering the reputation of the prince among the people. The same is true now, and he is not buying the guards, so there will be no fear. But God knows whether the guards will be used that day? Besides, the emperor must also be a little afraid. As long as this degree is well grasped and the emperor does not feel serious danger, then being afraid is different from being unscrupulous.

If you have no fear at all, it is not good to just slap it if you want to.

Gradually came to the farmland area.

After the barley and wheat were harvested, they also entered the warehouse. The fields were green, including sorghum, millet, beans, mulberry, hemp, and kudzu. However, because the rain had not rained for a long time, many of the green seedlings in the fields were a little wilted and grew very badly. So farmers were carrying water and constantly watering them.

"It's not very good." Li Wei said.

Everyone's expressions were heavy, and Di Renjie said, "This is Henan, Guanzhong is still very good."

Even if it is not growing well, is it still growing? But the land in many places in Guanzhong is dry and cracked, and it is impossible to plant it even if you want to.

Yao Yuanchong suddenly said, "Where do you see?"

I pointed to a small river in the distance. Because there is no shortage of water on both sides of the river, the crops are growing very well.

Everyone walked over and saw an old farmer hoeing the grain. Li Wei walked over and chatted, "Old man, your crops are so good."

"This man, the land is not mine, it is the land of Zhang Mingfu family, I am just a tenant farmer." Mingfu is a respectful title for the county magistrate, that is, the land of a county magistrate's family.

Di Renjie shook his head.

"Di Qing, why are you shaking your head?"

"Your Highness, come here, I will tell you," Di Renjie led Li Wei aside and said, "Your Highness, can you tell me that the rent-in-law are in a state of chaos?"

"I know." I didn't know before, but I only knew after coming to the Tang Dynasty.

The founding of the Tang Dynasty was a system of equal land, and one man gave a man a hundred acres. Therefore, with this system, two stones of millet were used every year, and it was called a man who was a man of a common land, so it was called rent. It was very light. A mu of land was only paid for two kilograms of grain. The small peasant economy was self-cultivated and weaving. The country did not have large-scale textile workshops, so each man had to give silk, silk, and slag, no matter which one, two zhang or cotton, and three kilograms of hemp. Where there was no sericulture, two zhang and five zhang were distributed, most of which were hemp or kudzu and three kilograms of hemp.

This cotton is not cotton. It has cotton, and it is available in Gaochang, or Lingnan. It is rare because the textile machine is backward and it is troublesome to remove seeds. After taking off the seeds, it is labor-intensive to go from lint to cotton cloth than silk. So I know that keeping warm is not high, and the price is even more expensive. This is what Li Wei asked about visiting the East City, but he didn't know what the textile machine should look like, and he didn't even know what Huang Daopo is. However, the planting method can be improved. But I was afraid that my parents would be afraid of it and didn't dare to say it.

This cotton refers to silk cotton.

It's also very light.

Then the country still needs many affairs, such as water conservancy, transportation of goods, etc., that is, corvee labor, which is customized for twenty days per year, which is free voluntary labor. If you cannot serve for some reason, you can pay three feet of Buyong a day instead.

At least in Li Wei's opinion, it's very simple and cheap.

There are other taxes, which is not good. In my father's hands, he saw that private usury was prevalent, so he took out part of the money to lend money every year, and the interest rate was heavier than that of private people. The people were unwilling to do so, so he forced the payment. In some places, the interest rate was as high as 15%, or even 300%. Fortunately, there were not many such usury loans, and they received more than 100,000 yuan in loans to the state every year, which was used as the salary of officials. But in fact, it was definitely not the case, and most of them were in the private pockets of officials.

In addition, there is tariffs. The state is ashamed of talking about business. The tariffs are very vague. Some checkpoints are very heavy, and then they accept bribes from merchants. This is equivalent to changing directions. Either Guangzhou Port, Hu Ying said this. Originally, the Maritime Bureau could bring a large amount of tax rates to the country in one year, but the taxes are very heavy. So before the foreign ships saw the port, they unloaded the goods by smuggling, and then entered the port with empty ships. Due to the imperfect tax laws, officials felt helpless about this.

The latter two items may make many officials and soldiers rich, but they do not greatly benefit the treasury income. The source of national taxation is still the mechanism of renting.

Di Renjie also said: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, from the prestigious families to the people, the population decreased by two-thirds, and there were many more landless. The national rent and mediocre system could still be implemented. Even if the narrow areas with a large population were only 30 acres, ten acres, or even five acres. The country was stable, the population was multiplied, and the permanent land did not increase, and one dime turned into three dimes and five dimes, and the pressure on the people began to increase."

Li Wei's face turned gloomy. The original meaning of renting and mediocre combination is good, but this basis is that it is overwhelming on a hundred acres of people. If one dime is only a few acres of land, it will be very heavy. If two or three acres of grain are handed over two stones of grain, and land to plant mulberry and hemp, it will go bankrupt directly with the current output!

However, more than that, Di Renjie said: "Because the land was abundant at the beginning of the founding of the country, there were many rewards, including a hundred hectares of princes, sixty hectares of first-rank officials, and two hectares of ninth ranks. There would even be exceptions, such as Emperor Gaozu once granted the land of Princess Pei Ji, which was a special case. Today's land was small, but the rewards were constantly."

Li Wei's face was heavier, and the land was insufficient. Such rewards made the fields more tense. One hectares were not the hectares later. The current unit of measurement was very problematic, but it was about the same as the one hundred acres later. That is, Pei Ji was rewarded with 100,000 acres at once! How many 100,000 acres were there in the Tang Dynasty?

Di Renjie continued: "But now most of the imperial courts are just rewarding, and there is no real land to be given. But the problem is not here. According to the court's legal system, the Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Empress Dowager, Inner Ma, First-rank, Prince, Grandfather and Brother, Officer, Officer, and above, and those with titles, including male fathers and sons, Imperial College, Fourth-class students, handsome men, filial sons, obedient grandchildren, righteous husband, and noble women, are all exempted from responsibilities. It is also stipulated that officials above the ninth-class are not subject to quotations. Those with the following ranks shall be granted taxes in the township. These ranks include tax services for the divisions and tenants."

He is a good master of the case, so he is very familiar with the law and can pick it up at will.

Speaking of this, he pointed to the old farmer and said, "Many people could not bear the pressure from the court, so they led the land to the names of various tax-free landlords and officials to escape the court's rent and mediocre system. However, most of the fertile land in various places was occupied by the landlords. Including ministers, the family had hundreds of acres of fertile land. Although there were not many, there was no tax service. They hired some people and were lucky enough to be able to have food and clothing for the whole family."

If you are not greedy or have no other external paths, even if you have hundreds of acres of land, you can only have food and clothing, but how many Di Renjie could the Tang Dynasty have?

"Besides, the soldiers of the government had enough charity fields, which were tax-free. At the beginning of the founding of the country, they were given 25,000 yuan in money, so they had strong combat power. However, the charity fields were decreasing day by day, and even tax-free could not allow the whole family to have food and clothing. And because the fields were tight, once they died in battle, they would take back the charity fields. This is not counting. The defeat of Dafeichuan, Tuyuhun and the Western Regions gradually lost. I came from afar, and heard the horse prices rising along the way. Iron tools and other materials had long risen, and 25,000 yuan. In places where horses were tight, even an old and weak horse could not be purchased. If this continues, the soldiers would be worried."

This made Li Wei think of the land horse again. In fact, the imperial court prohibited private horse trafficking. However, this is also a gray area. After all, farmers also need horses to cultivate land. The imperial court sold the eliminated old horses, weak horses, and bad horses to farmers every year. However, the officials were rigid, so they turned a blind eye to private merchant horses.

In fact, using the method of merchants may not be a bad idea. After all, the Tang Dynasty was very rich. If it was fully liberalized, a large number of war horses would come from the Turks, Khitans, and Tubo. The supernatural powers of these merchants cannot be ignored. But this businessman's father's scolding that day could not be spoken. Moreover, there are loopholes to be exploited for every reform, such as usury. Maybe it is liberalized, but the horse price is not controlled, so that merchants can operate at sky-high prices. This consequence is not something they dare not bear.

After all, it’s the tax law. After all, why don’t I read more history books?

Later, there were many good tax laws, such as the two tax laws, the one-whip laws, and the dime-spreading method, but I don’t remember it very clearly.

Moreover, the system of government troops and the system of renting and tyrants were the foundation of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. These two systems were destroyed, and they would be full of crises if they ascended the throne in the future. Moreover, the more stable the country and the more population, the greater the crisis!

He asked tentatively: "Di Qing, what if he collects taxes based on the land acres?"
Chapter completed!