"The imperial court implements a new tax system, so first of all, we must be clear about the old tax system, the taxes we are now implementing are mainly field and mouth taxes, the tax rate of field tax is ten taxes one, and the mouth tax is for each person over fifteen years old, each person pays twenty-four wen yuan to the imperial court every year, and each person under the age of fifteen pays fifteen wen yuan, these are all in the tax system of the imperial court, you should be able to see it in Taixue. ”

Liu Han said slowly, Murong calmly nodded slightly, these are the imperial court system, these can be said to be positive taxes, in addition to these positive taxes, there is also service, this service is not modern military service, but conscription, every adult has to provide conscription for the imperial court free of charge, and the general conscription is a month.

"According to the ancestral system of the imperial court, the scholars do not pay taxes, the scholars do not pay any taxes, and they do not accept forced labor, and all the taxes of the imperial court are added to the ordinary people, and the result is that the ordinary people sell their land to the scholars in order to avoid paying taxes, and the scholars do not pay taxes, and as a result, the taxes of the imperial court are getting less and less.

In order to change this situation, the imperial court introduced a new tax system, the core of the new tax system is actually a point, the field and the mouth of the merger, all counted into the field tax, each county, according to the population and land calculation, the population into the land, the land occupied by the scholars for accounting statistics, according to the regulations of Taizu, this part of the land is still not taxed, but the excess land, must pay taxes. I call this paving into acres.

Spread into the mu, can increase the court tax, the more land people pay more taxes, which also inhibits land annexation, protect the common people, you must know that the land is the lifeblood of the people, without the land, the people will go to be the homeless, the homeless people, it will become an unstable factor in the world, once there are careerists who take risks, the world will be in chaos immediately. Therefore, the new tax system is beneficial to both the people and the imperial court. ”

Murong calmly finally understood, but then he frowned again and asked puzzledly: "Then why are there so many scholars who oppose the new tax system, don't they understand?"

"Reading is not the same as understanding reason, and whose hands is the interpretation of books? For the interpretation of Taoist classics, there have been hundreds of books of various kinds and various opinions, and various schools of thought have been formed, and who knows which is right and which is wrong?

And, in my opinion, which one can solve the problem, I should adopt that one, didn't the sages say, 'The law of the first kings must be in the time, and the time is not in the law.'" Therefore, the law of the first king is explained, and the law is the law. ’

The sages were right, the time of Taizu was 800 years ago, when there was enough land for the people after a long period of war and the population was decreasing, and 800 years have passed, is Taizu's law still suitable for now? ”

Murong calmly realized, and was about to speak, when a voice came from the side: "Brother Tai, this is a meritorious word." ”

Liu Han looked back and saw that it was that Zitai, so he smiled at him: "So to speak." ”

"I didn't expect Brother Tai to also study the study of merit, admire!

In the interpretation of the Taoist scriptures, a variety of schools of thought have been formed, one of which is called the school of merit, which believes that when it is pragmatic and not pragmatic, and that if there is no utilitarianism, then the moral is useless.

Although academic works are not banned, they are only available in a very small number of academies, and ordinary scholars will not read books in this area at all, otherwise, if they are seen by the teachings, they will be reprimanded if they persuade them a few words better;

It is precisely because of so many restrictions that there are very few people who study the merits, and only those scholars who have become famous will read the books on the merits.

Liu Han has read the Taoist classics, and the Taoist classics once made him very confused, because many of the above articles have been read in another world, but most of them are Confucian classics, but they have become part of the Taoist classics, but if he is very familiar with these classics, it is not right, he studied finance, not ancient literature.

Hongxu got up and saluted Liu Han slightly: "Ask Brother Tai, but the three Liu Hanliu people in the Emperor Capital?"

Liu Han was slightly stunned, nodded subconsciously, and Hongxu showed excitement: "It turns out that it is really everyone Liu, Shi Kai Shi Hongxu in Xia Bingzhou, and I have seen everyone Liu." ”

Zitai was slightly stunned, then got up, and also saluted Liu Han: "No wonder, it turned out to be the Liu family, in the lower Qingzhou Longzheng Long Zitai, I have seen the Liu family." ”

Liu Han got up with a smile and returned the salute with a fist: "When you meet, you will have fate, two sons, sit together, no need to be polite." ”

"I don't dare to ask for it. Shi Kai smiled happily.

The two of them quickly sat down, and they didn't let Xiao'er change the teacup, just bring their own teacups, and Liu Han introduced them to Tuoba Ying, Wumeng, Murong Congrong and others.

After a few words of greeting, Shi Kai said: "Brother Liu's imperial capital three, I like it very much, every time I read it, I thought that Liu was only in poetry to look up to, but just now I listened to Liu everyone's deeds, so I was stunned, thinking of Yangzhou tax reform, and I want to ask, what is the prospect of this tax reform?"

Liu Han replied frankly after a little contemplation: "I don't know about this matter, you must know that there are supports and opposition to any change, not to mention that this tax change is very moving, the imperial court is not prepared for it, the prospect is unpredictable, whether it can succeed depends on the emperor's will." ”

Shi Kai was a little disappointed, Long Zheng frowned slightly, and interjected: "In my opinion, the emperor's determination is very great, so I will say that Chen Guo cleared the land, Duzhi Cao cleared the accounts, and this grain case, the emperor is very firm. ”

Liu Han was quite unimpressed, if the emperor was really so decisive, Sheng Huai would have won it a long time ago, why is the tax reform so difficult, but he can't say this, he just nodded with a smile: "Zitai is right, the imperial court is very determined to implement a new tax system in Yangzhou." ”

Shi Kai shook his head: "I think the emperor's constraints are not small, otherwise the matter in Yangzhou would not have been postponed until now." ”

"This is reasonable," Long Zheng nodded: "The emperor's constraints come from the ministers who care for their lives, I think the emperor has the intention of reorganizing Shangshutai, Gan Tang has resigned, leaving Qiuyun Pan Chain Pan Ji Zuochen, Qiuyun is a person who knows how to advance and retreat, Zuochen is the emperor's teacher, so the key is the Pan family brothers, especially Pan Lian, Pan Lian's power is high, there is the support of the Queen Mother inside, and there are local officials like Sheng Huai outside, even the emperor has to have some scruples." ”

Liu Han thinks so, Pan Lian's power is very great, Pan Ji controls the military power, and there are many ministers in the court, especially there is a big killer in the palace, the support of the queen mother, but what is more terrible is the emperor, the emperor seems decisive, but in fact he is indecisive.

Liu Han was a little restrained, he wouldn't do such a thing, not to mention that there were four people present from outside the Saiwai who were now preparing to fight.

But Shi Kai and Long Zheng didn't have so many scruples, and there was still no one around, and Shi Kai didn't agree with Long Zheng's opinion.

"Pan Lian's power is very large, but not strong, Pan Lian is only in charge of the later period of the first emperor, his prestige is not high, and he has no talent, his biggest help is actually the Queen Mother, now those ministers who depend on him, most of them are trending people, and after he was appointed to the order, he took bribes and filled his pockets, I don't think he will end well in the future. ”

"Brother Hongxu is right," Long Zheng nodded in agreement: "The prestige is not high, it is Pan Lian's biggest weakness, he can master Shangshutai, all thanks to the support of the Queen Mother." ”

Tuoba Ying and the others knew part of these court situations in the imperial capital, but more were not clear, the four of them listened, their expressions were different, Tuoba Ying and Murong listened calmly and seriously, but Tuoba Ying was only interested in the court personnel, and Murong thought more than him, as for Wumeng and Yuwen, they were almost completely uninterested, and only listened to it as gossip.

"The emperor wants to send troops to the outside world, why is he implementing a new tax system at this time?" Murong calmly raised a key question, which was also one that Liu Han tried his best to avoid.

Shi Kai and Long Zheng woke up at this time, and when they saw Liu Han's helpless eyes, the two of them understood why Liu Han was not thorough enough on some issues just now.

"What's wrong?" Murong calmly frowned slightly, but Liu Han felt that he did it on purpose.

Liu Han sighed softly: "Actually, the reason for such a hurry is precisely because of the battle outside the Seychelles. ”

Shi Kai and Long Zheng's expressions changed slightly, and the two of them looked at Liu Han in confusion, Liu Han smiled bitterly in his heart, this Murong is not so simple, most of them have already guessed, this question is just to confirm.

Long Zheng gave Liu Han a look, but Shi Kai sighed softly and didn't speak, Liu Han glanced at everyone, and Tuoba Ying and the others also paid attention.

"Your tribe is going to meet each other with swords, why don't you see each other?" Liu Han didn't continue to explain, but asked with a smile.

"If we are going to meet on the battlefield, we must not tolerate it," Tuoba Ying said calmly: "Now we are companions on a study tour." ”

This is indeed the grassland man Liu Han knows, slashing and killing on the battlefield, staining his battle robe with blood, and drinking in a big bowl after getting off the battlefield, even if he is an enemy.

The four Tuoba Ying are from different tribes, and they belong to the East and West Xianbei, Murong calmly said that the Tuoba tribe and the Yuwen tribe are opponents.

But Shi Kai and Long Zheng opened their eyes wide and were full of surprise, and they only then noticed that the identities of these four people were the hostile sides on the grassland.

Things on the grassland are very complicated, the east and west Xianbei for the central Xianbei to fight, but their own internal peace is not peaceful, the Tuoba tribe is better, is the largest tribe in the western Xianbei, the east Xianbei is three parts of the world, the three major tribes are not able to hold each other, the relationship between the three tribes and the Great Jin is also different.

The Duan tribe is alone in the easternmost part and has the best relationship with the Great Jin, followed by the Murong tribe, and the worst is the Yuwen tribe, the king of the Yuwen tribe is Yuwen beggar, that is, Yuwen Yu's father, this person is ambitious, while befriending the Murong tribe, while slowly plotting against the central Xianbei.

Central Xianbei is the weakest among the four Xianbei, the Dugu tribe is the largest tribe in the central Xianbei, and the king of the Dugu tribe, Dugu Yuan, is also ambitious, and this rebellion outside the Saiwai has a great relationship with him.

The Dugu tribe did not dare to attack the Xianbei tribe, and stared at the Baishan Xiongnu, intending to provoke the civil strife of the Baishan Xiongnu, and then achieve the goal of annexing the Baishan Xiongnu.

What the Dugu tribe did not expect was that this move not only caused the intervention of the Xianbei Tuoba tribe in the west, but also aroused the vigilance of the Great Jin, and the border army of the state quickly dispatched to pacify the Baishan Xiongnu and let the Tuoba tribe attack the Xianbei in the central part of the country.

After the Dugu tribe was persecuted by the Tuoba tribe, they asked the Yuwen tribe for help.

These situations were all reported back by Liu Han from the trading companies in Bingzhou and Yongzhou, and the caravans of the Hanhai trading companies walked outside the fortress, and the news that came back was faster and more accurate than the imperial court internal guards.

(End of chapter)