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On the trail, several people rode their horses slowly, and the sound of horses' hooves was not slow.

Cui Wenqing continued to speak: "Since he is the founding county prince, presumably Ning Guard's family also has a field and a food estate, right?" ”

Ning Zhen naturally knew this, nodded and said: "In the past, Emperor Taizu gave his grandfather a thousand acres of fertile land, which was on the bank of the Yellow River not far from Luoyang City. ”

"Do you know how much you pay taxes each year on this piece of land you own?" Cui Wenqing asked again.

Ning Zhen thought for a while and said, "I once heard my father say that it seems to be one and a half percent of the annual grain production, that is to say, for every ten stones of grain harvested, you need to pay taxes of one stone and five buckets. ”

Cui Wen smiled and asked: "Then do you know how much tax ordinary people need to pay?" ”

For this point, Ning Zhen, who didn't understand the situation, was naturally confused, and shook her head to indicate that she didn't know.

Cui Wenqing snapped his fingers, turned his head to Su Shi and said with a smile: "Brother Su, please come and tell this Ning guard, who doesn't know firewood, rice, oil and salt, how much tax we Daqi farmers have to pay." ”

Su Shi couldn't help but nodded, and said to Ning Zhen, who was staring angrily at Cui Wenqing: "According to the current imperial court tax regulations, ordinary farmers need to pay forty percent of the grain they receive, that is to say, for every ten stones of grain collected, farmers need to pay four stones in taxes. ”

As soon as Su Shi's words fell, Ning Zhen was immediately surprised, and a pair of good-looking willow eyebrows were also high, revealing an unbelievable look.

Su Shi didn't wait for her to ask, and continued to sigh and explain: "The reason why the founding county prince only needs to pay half of the tax is because the imperial court has preferential treatment for meritorious ministers in terms of taxes, which extends to local states and counties. ”

Cui Wenqing opened his mouth and asked, "Master Li, how much is the Lu family's tax at present?" ”

Master Li obviously did his homework in advance, and he didn't want to say as he said: "Lord Cui, the Lu family in Jiangdong is a wealthy family in Jiangzuo, and it is one of the four wealthy families in Jiangnan, according to the agreement between the imperial court and the patriarch of the Lu clan, the Lu family's tax is 20%. ”

"Twenty percent, it's really okay!" Cui Wenqing sighed and continued, "The reason why these peasants are willing to become tenant farmers of the Lu family is because after becoming tenant farmers, they can enjoy the 20% tax of the imperial court, of course, the Lu family will also collect a certain amount of money and grain from the tenant farmers, but it is definitely much lower than the tax collected by the imperial court, so the farmers will willingly become tenant farmers of wealthy families." ”

Ning Zhen finally understood, and said in surprise: "In this way, wouldn't the taxes that originally belonged to the imperial court fall into the hands of these wealthy families?" In the face of such chaos, why didn't the imperial court rectify it? ”

"It's easier said than done." Su Shi shook his head and sighed lightly, "Not to mention that this tax method has been implemented for hundreds of thousands of years, and it is too difficult to change, just to say a simple word, the peasants are all willing to become tenant farmers, and the imperial court must obtain the support of the wealthy families all over the country, and these rules cannot be changed." ”

"Yes!" Cui Wenqing nodded and said, "There is a popular saying among the people: a thousand-year-old family, a short-lived dynasty. Take the once famous seven sects and five surnames, all of them are from the end of the Han Dynasty to continue the millennium family, in the Sui and Tang dynasties, our Boling Cui family has become the first of the seven sects and five surnames, to put it mildly, it can be said that the world is the secretary of the world out of my door, Cui's children are all Jinshi, the court relies on the scholar to govern the country, and because the family monopolized the knowledge and culture, so even if the imperial examination was implemented at that time, the Jinshi almost came from the family, and the poor students wanted to enter the government through the imperial examination, although there was a chance, but it was more difficult than ascending to the sky, Since the imperial court is controlled by officials who represent the interests of the family, it means that in terms of formulating policies, the officials will also favor the family and protect the interests of the family. ”

Ning Zhen was secretly shocked when she heard this, and said: "Speaking of which, isn't the imperial court helpless against these chaotic situations. ”

Su Shi said with a smile: "This was indeed the case in the early Tang Dynasty, but fortunately, after the reform of the imperial examination system after Tang Gaozongwu, and the suppression of the family by Lu Jin, the king of Xiping County, the situation has been greatly improved. ”

Cui Wenqing interjected with a smile: "In fact, the merits of Tang Gaozong's martial arts and Lu Jin are still small, the most critical point is that after the Tang Dynasty, movable type printing became popular, so that it is equivalent to breaking the knowledge monopoly of the family, and the original only classics that were treasured in the family can also be circulated in the world through movable type printing, which has changed the phenomenon that the scholars of the poor family in the past asked for a book and could not get it. ”

Speaking of this, Cui Wenqing saw that the topic was a little far away, and hurriedly said in a summary manner: "Therefore, the reason why a big family like the Lu family can make tenant farmers work with peace of mind is that they have lower taxes. ”

Ning Zhen nodded and asked, "Then in that case, wouldn't all the peasants in the world seek the protection of wealthy families and pay a small amount of taxes?" ”

Su Shi smiled: "Do you think the imperial court will be so stupid? At present, the imperial court has regulations on the number of tenants of the family, and it cannot exceed the prescribed range. ”

Master Li nodded and smiled: "What Master Su said is right, the number of tenants given by the imperial court to this side branch of the Lu clan is five hundred. ”

Cui Wenqing bowed his head and said: "So, these five hundred farmers are also the backbone of supporting the Lu family!" ”

While talking, the trail gradually came to an end, and you can see a new and quiet village courtyard standing under the small hill, with stone walls and stone walls, and stone lions in Zhumen, which looks quite a bit like a big family.

In front of the stone gate, there were a few strong family members, thinking that they should be guarding the courtyard, seeing Cui Wenqing and his party coming from afar, and being guarded by soldiers, they were immediately shocked, one of them flew into the door and thought that it should be a confession, and the other leader looked like a family member walked down the steps quickly, and said to the horse team: "Dare to ask your lords why they came to the Lu family's courtyard?" ”

Before Cui Wenqing could speak, Master Li, who was quite a dog-legged consciousness, had already rode out on his horse, and said arrogantly with a look of fox and fake tiger power: "The minister of the imperial court, the pacification envoy of the inspection school and the governor of the school, Cui Wenqing and Master Cui came to inspect the Lu family's courtyard, why don't you ask the head of the Lu clan to come out to greet you." ”

"What, Minister of Chincha?!" The leader of the family, Ding Deng, changed color, and looked at the young Cui Wenqing in a daze, and was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the ground.

has been a family member all his life, and he has never seen such a prominent high-ranking official, and it is normal for people to have gaffes.

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