Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

So far, the line of defense has been arranged.

On June [-], early in the morning, Qin Hui was waiting in front of Wende Hall.

Zhao Ning came over and saw Qin Hui, and said, "Go in and talk."

Qin Hui followed in and presented the results of the Shao family's treatment.

Tokyo city in early June can be said to be bloody and bloody, with people's heads rolling.

The hundreds or so members of the Shao family were all beheaded yesterday, and the grass in the execution ground was dyed in a long strip of red.

In addition, Li's house was copied.

In the past two days, five wealthy businessmen in Tokyo City were investigated.

For a while, the common people enjoyed eating melons in the newspapers.

This time, Zhao Ning didn't know exactly how much money could be copied. Anyway, the squadrons of the Dianqian Division and the Huangcheng Division were busy.

On the eighth day of June, on a sunny morning.

Zhao Ning summoned another celebrity at the turn of the Song Dynasty.

Who?

Tai student Chen Dong.

Chen Dong was the leader of the students who led the Tai students the year before last to call on Song Qinzong Zhao Huan to severely punish Tong Guan and others.

This man was born in poverty, with a strong character, aloof, aloof and defying the powerful.

He is a standard battle hardliner.

Chen Dong arrived at the Hall of Wende, saluted and said: "Students see the official family."

"Excuse me."

"Thank you."

"Chen Dong."

"The students are here."

"Do you know what I'm looking for you to do?"

"Students don't know."

"I've heard that you are upright and you are jealous of evil!"

"Students are only trying their best and dare not take credit for it."

"The country is using troops, and the newspapers have published it."

"The students have seen it. Now countless patriots are rushing to the front line, and the students want to go too."

"No, no, you can't go, you have to stay in Tokyo, I have something important for you."

Chen Dong was taken aback. After all, he, a student of the imperial court, was not an official, and it was not his turn to discuss politics with the emperor.

"Please make it clear from the officials."

"The defense line in Hebei is about to be established, and the grain in the military town must be adequately guaranteed. A lot of grain in Huazhou, Weizhou, and Longde Prefecture may be allocated from Gyeonggi Road in the future, so I want to build a large granary on Gyeonggi Road."

Chen Dong was even more surprised, such a military and state affairs, the officials did not discuss with the two governments, why did they ask him, a student of the imperial court, to come?

Chen Dong said: "The officials are far-sighted, and the ministers have been educated."

"Don't say nice things first, I need someone to do this."

Chen Dong said: "Mr. Zhao is a good minister, I believe he can handle it well."

"No, no, Zhao Ding has a lot of affairs, and I need another person who can handle them, and that is you!"

Chen Dong felt like being struck by lightning: "Officials, students..."

"Don't rush to refuse, just listen to me."

"Please make it clear from the officials."

"I'm here to ask you, where is the food on Gyeonggi Road?"

Chen Dong was stunned for a moment, and said, "The food is naturally in the granary."

"Where does the food in the granary come from?"

"Either buy it from merchants, or collect it from farmers through taxes."

"Where do merchants and farmers get their food?"

Your Majesty, are you teasing the students?

Chen Dong replied: "Naturally it grows from the fields."

"Where is that field?"

"Tian Zai..."

Chen Dong couldn't answer this question.

Tian is there, of course.

Zhao Ning said: "The land is in the hands of the powerful, and the food is also in the hands of the powerful."

"This is the field under Cai Jing's name back then. Look, it's 80 mu!"

Chen Dong couldn't help but take it over and look at it, and he was stunned when he saw it.

"This is King Pu's field, 10 mu!"

"This is the land of the officials who confiscated my house before, 15 mu."

From Kaifeng Mansion to Luoyang Mansion, contiguous fields are in the hands of officials and dignitaries.

Zhao Ning said: "I shouldn't have told you these things, but the country's government and land tax abuses have reached the point where it has to be changed, otherwise the food will be controlled by these officials."

"Do you know the danger?"

Chen Dong shook his head.

"I don't know how much food they have, and I can't count it. There are also countless officials who evade taxes. The country cannot collect enough agricultural taxes, so they propose to increase taxes for the people, so that the people are not able to live."

"So, how can Gyeonggi-ro become the granary of the front line?"

Being instructed by Zhao Ning like this, Chen Dong immediately figured it out.

Doesn't this mean that all food is pinched in the hands of the powerful, the court has no food and can only buy it, and there is also food through summer tax and autumn tax.

In the end, neither the court nor the people had food, and the court could only buy it with huge sums of money. In this way, the frontline food may not be enough.

And if things go on like this, the people are struggling to survive, there are strong enemies outside, and the people inside have nothing to eat and can only rebel.

This……

Chen Dong's temper immediately came up, and he said excitedly: "This is a national traitor!"

Zhao Ning also said, "You are right, these are all thieves!"

"Your Majesty, what do you need students to do?"

"I want you to lead a land reform on Gyeonggi Road."

Chapter 96

On the ninth day of June, Shao Zeqing's family property was cleared out, with a total value of 200 million yuan!

For a time, it caused a sensation in Bianjing City.

Li Huan also has a lot of family property, a total of 80.

A businessman's family property is as high as 80 guan!

The most dazzling thing is not the family property, but the fertile land.

Shao Zeqing has 30 mu of fertile land.

Good guy, richer than King Pu.

The official position of this transfer envoy is really a fat job among the fat jobs, let alone the transfer envoy of Gyeonggi Road.

As soon as this family background was found out, Zhao Ning was so excited that he almost didn't scold his mother.

What's more terrible is not the family property and fertile land, but the food!

Damn Shao Zeqing hoarded more than 10 shi of grain without permission!

You know, the entire capital is short of food, and ordinary people are thankful that they can eat a full meal.

This product has actually hoarded 10 guan, and is going to sell it at a high price to the rich in Tokyo.

The grain in the granary of Li Huan's family was even more moldy.

When the Jin army besieged the city and the food shortage in the city was the worst, the imperial court exchanged salt at a high price, but Li Huan was still suppressing the food.

It seems that he has already calculated that after the gold army retreats, the price of grain will rise further, and then sell it.

This kind of financial means is good!

very good!

Not finished yet.

After a few days, each of the merchants that Gao Lian investigated had stockpiled more than 10 catties of grain!

After reading it, Zhao Ning directly turned the table over: "When I was so angry, blood spattered three feet! This is what you forced me to do!"

"Come here! Qin Hui! Tell Qin Hui to come and see me! These merchants hoarding food, give them all to the Yi people! All the Yi people! All the Yi people! Why are you still standing there! Give them all to the Yi people!"

"And that Wang Xun! I'm going to cut him in half!"

In Tokyo in June, people's heads are like leeks.

The blood on the execution ground gathered into a small stream.

For a while, in the officialdom and in the shopping mall, people were frightened.

Fields and food are in the hands of bureaucrats, nobles and merchants. Once war comes, the imperial court must buy them at high prices.

Bargaining power!

If this is not reformed, the military rations in the north will definitely be a big hole that cannot be filled with hundreds of millions of guns!

If this is not changed, once a war is fought, bureaucrats and businessmen will get fat once, and local people will die!

On June [-], the first new policy in the Jingkang period of the Great Song Dynasty was promulgated.

This new policy is very simple: equal land rent.

This morning, the New Deal hit the headlines of the newspapers in Tokyo, but it didn't cause much of a stir.

At first, people thought that this was just a fertile field for the court to deal with corrupt officials, and they didn't take it too seriously.

The core content of this New Deal has three points:

[-]. Military meritorious families can rent ten acres of fertile land and enjoy a ten-year tax exemption.

20. Those who have no land can rent five mu of good land. For the first five years, they will pay 10 catties per mu per year. After five years, they will pay [-] catties per mu per year.

In the Song Dynasty, the annual output per mu of field was about 2.3 shi (276 jin), and in the south it could reach 3.8 shi (456 jin) per mu.

Five mu of land, with a total annual output value of 1380 jin.

For a family of five, each person has half a catty of grain per day, and the daily consumption is calculated as 3 catties, which is 1095 catties a year.

Save 285 catties, pay 20 catties to the court, and there is still leftovers.

Of course, this is the ideal state.

There is a certain amount of food loss, and there will also be natural disasters.

But generally speaking, according to this tax, the burden on farmers will be greatly reduced.

what?

The original taxes of the Song Dynasty?

That's a very complex question.

The taxes in the Song Dynasty included head tax, cowhide, salt, wine yeast and other taxes, as well as Hemai, Hebu and so on.