"Oh? I would like to hear about it. Fan Jingwen admires Feng Ziying's comprehension and judgment in current politics very much.

Even the two mountain chiefs and the head of the academy were full of praise for Feng Ziying's talent in this area, and the entire academy also benefited a lot from it.

"The current situation of the imperial court is like this, the tax is seriously insufficient, it is difficult to support the increasingly heavy military salary expenditure in the north, but the military pressure from the north is increasing, and the imperial court does not have a long-term and persistent response strategy, which directly leads to the east and west are bearing this huge military expenditure, this kind of military salary pressure can only be borne by the output of the south of the Yangtze River, the situation in the north has been continuous in the past 20 years, and all places are on a tight marginal line, and they are simply unable to support more taxes,......"

Fan Jingwen also knows about this situation in general, he is a native of Wuqiao, Hejian Prefecture, and he knows the difficult situation in the north very well, the small people basically have no food at home, and they have no ability to deal with famine at all.

The problem is that this situation has become more and more prominent in recent years, which makes Fan Jingwen particularly puzzled.

Why do the small people work hard from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, but they are always hungry, poorly clothed, and the slightest mistake is that they are bankrupt and become beggars.

Even in the south, where conditions were better in all respects, he could learn from some southern classmates in the academy that the situation was no better, and the heavy land rent and taxes weighed down every family, and once they borrowed money, it was basically a precursor to becoming tenants.

"Ziying, the mountain chief and the head of the courtyard have always praised your foresight, so do you think this situation can continue forever? The Jurchens outside the gate are becoming more and more powerful, the Tatar attacks have not decreased much, the nine-border army is tired and in arrears, the number of fugitive soldiers in the border areas is increasing, and the southwest side is also saying that the leaders of the princely states are about to move, and Jiangnan is also facing the attack of the Japanese invaders. ”

Some words and some ideas and opinions are not qualified to speak falsely before the examination is raised, and no one will pay attention to what is said, and even think that you are a scholar who talks about the world's affairs in vain, and you don't know the height of the sky, but now, as a lifter, as a Shuntian Qiu Jieyuan, he is qualified to question and ask questions.

Fan Jingwen's question is so big that even Feng Ziying, an official who has studied political economy and worked for many years, finds it difficult to answer.

This is a plausible Great Zhou Dynasty, inheriting many shortcomings of the former Ming Dynasty, but it has not yet accumulated to this time period It should be the legacy of Zhang Juzheng's political reform in the Ming Dynasty, and it has not been relieved of financial pressure because of the Longqing switch, which can be said to be quite dangerous.

In addition, only one of the three major levies that caused the financial hole of the Ming Dynasty at this time node occurred, and the other two were not triggered.

Whether it will break out or not, Feng Ziying has no bottom in her heart, but judging from what Fu Zonglong and Wang Yingxiong, two classmates from the southwest, have learned, they are afraid that this catastrophe will not be able to escape.

As for the catastrophe over there in Ningxia, Feng Ziying couldn't even remember what it was, he only knew that there would be a rebellion over there, and whether there would be such a catastrophe in this life, he didn't know.

What's even more tricky is not only these troubles and holes, it seems that the financial constraints of this Great Zhou are even worse than those of the Ming Dynasty on the same timeline in the previous life, and Emperor Yuanxi's six visits to Jiangnan should have left a huge hidden wound for the entire Great Zhou.

This hole is not only financial, but also the governance and system, I don't know how many officials and businessmen in Jiangnan benefited from these six Jiangnan back then, so once Emperor Yonglong takes power, how will he look at all this, once the lid is opened, Feng Ziying believes that no matter how Emperor Yonglong restrains himself, this storm will not be small.

And the most critical thing is that there is an unsolvable calamity inside the Great Zhou, how to unravel the chain between the Emperor, the Emperor and the former Prince Yizhong, and how the power game will finally come to a conclusion, no one can judge, but there is no doubt that after this storm, what will be left to the Great Zhou will definitely be full of devastation.

In this situation, in the face of the Jurchens in the northeast who are planning to accumulate strength and strive for their rise, the Tatars in the north still regard the Central Plains as their best place to drink and eat, and there are still ambitious Japanese in the east and the princely states in the southwest.

So as soon as Fan Jingwen asked this question, Feng Ziying didn't know how to answer for a while.

Seeing that Feng Ziying was silent, Fan Jingwen did not urge, but just walked side by side with his hands in his hands.

After a while, Feng Ziying said slowly: "Brother Mengzhang, there is one thing you said that is not quite right, that is, although the Great Zhou Dynasty was not established for too long, but if we look at history as a slow flowing river, in fact, the Great Zhou is more like a continuation of the former Ming Dynasty from a certain point of view, well, maybe my description is not very accurate, but it is true, well, from the civil and military regulations and basic pattern of the imperial court, they almost follow the former Ming Dynasty, and the only thing is that the Heavenly Family has changed its ,......."

This is a bold statement, but it is an indisputable fact.

In fact, this point of view has also been talked about by many scholars and even court officials, as long as it is not mentioned publicly, it is not a taboo.

"Then, the shortcomings of the previous Ming Dynasty have basically not changed much, and they have been left to our Great Zhou ,......."

"Oh? So what ills does Ziying think our Da Zhou inherited from the previous Ming Dynasty? Fan Jingwen was very interested in this.

"Well, what bothers the court the most at the moment is the financial problem, but the main tax of our court comes from the field tax, but in the end of the Great Zhou Dynasty several generations of emperors, we have not opened up the territory, more or to keep it, well, of course, the original wasteland will definitely be reclaimed, but it is not much, so how much has our population grown? Not to mention anything else, the Jingshi City alone has increased from 300,000 people three years after Emperor Guangyuan moved the capital to more than one million now, but the land of our Great Zhou has not increased much, and the grain output in the land has not increased much, so what do we use to feed the people who have multiplied several times? ”

It's not that no one has raised this issue, but more people don't care, or ignore it intentionally or unintentionally, and in many places, the statistics of the hukou population are mere formalities, and the hidden population has become a common phenomenon.

Once this question is raised, it becomes a harsh and inescapable reality.

"Yes, the rice and wheat harvest has not increased much, but the population is increasing, and in the event of a disaster, as we found in our investigation the year before, the frequency of floods and droughts in the north is much higher than that of 50 years ago, and these are probably the direct reasons for the more difficult life of the small people, right?"

Fan Jingwen was greatly moved.

"But even if my Great Zhou intends to expand its territory, not to mention whether it can be done, the surrounding land is either a bitter cold land or a land of smoke miasma, and there is no place like the Central Plains Jiangnan that is suitable for the survival of our Great Zhou people."

"Brother Mengzhang, in fact, our Great Zhou is not a bitter cold and smoky place as many people think, Brother Mengzhang should know that before the former Tang Dynasty, Jiangnan was not also regarded as a wild land? If it weren't for the fact that a large number of northerners crossed the Yangtze River and headed south after the Sima Rebellion, where would there be today's Jiangnan Shengjing? ”

Feng Ziying's words made Fan Jingwen a little puzzled, "Ziying, you don't understand what you said, how can the land around Dazhou be compared with Jiangnan now?" Jiangnan was only lacking in population reclamation at that time, but now there is no land for reclamation around Dazhou? ”

"Brother Mengzhang, it's just that we didn't look for it and didn't dig it, not to mention anything else, can't Annan and Dongwu's hometown accommodate tens of millions of people?" Feng Ziying smiled and asked: "Annan and Dongwu Tubang have always disrespected my Great Zhou, and they should have been conquered and regained from their homeland and given to my people, but my Great Zhou is ...... now."

Feng Ziying shook her head.

But Fan Jingwen also shook his head: "Ziying, what you say is unconvincing, Annan and Dongwu are damp, hot and smoky places, and Dongwu is separated from the Central Plains by thousands of mountains and rivers, I am afraid that even if the imperial court has the ability to take it, the people may not be willing to go." ”

"Brother Mengzhang, you also overestimated the difficulties of Annan and Dongwu, in fact, there is not much difference between Annan's hometown and Liangguang, the alluvial plains of its river valley are very fertile, and Dongwu is slightly worse, but I only ask, if the people are relocated and the land is given, there will be no taxes for ten years, Brother Mengzhang thinks that there is someone willing to go like Liangguang Yungui?"

This question asks the key, the people have been suffering from taxes for a long time, and if they directly give land and exempt from taxes, it will really be too attractive.

Fan Jingwen also had to admit that Feng Ziying's statement was extremely tempting.

"If 10 years is not enough, then what about 20 years, or even 30 years?" Feng Ziying further said.

This makes Fan Jingwen unable to resist, if it can really be exempted from taxation for thirty years, then it is estimated that no one can resist such a temptation.

"Ziying, although your idea is good, it is unrealistic, how can the current Da Zhou have so much spare energy to do this? Fan Jingwen quickly calmed down, and shook his head with a wry smile: "The embarrassing situation of the nine sides is unsolved, let alone others?" ”

"The nine-sided dilemma stems from the lack of financial endowment, and the dilemma of financial endowment stems from the commercial tax and maritime ban policy of the former Ming Dynasty, if the pros and cons can be comprehensively balanced, the imperial court can dare to open a new road, and it may not be impossible to break the current deadlock."

Feng Ziying can only talk about it to this point, after all, if there is no investigation, there is no right to speak, this commercial tax and sea ban involve the interests of too many people, and it is not possible for anyone to pat their heads on the head, even the emperor and the cabinet.

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