Mythological Native Species

The vision outside the window did not interrupt the conversation in the hall. Both Feng Linye and Wang En sat upright, and the thunder that rang through the heavens and the earth seemed to be the background of their conversation at the moment, and suddenly the entire palace was illuminated. The more transparent lightning seems to be just applauding their dialogue.

"What is Wang Taibao going to do?" Feng Linwen put down the memorial in his hand and asked.

Wang En had already had a case and said directly: "Scholars, peasants, industry and commerce are based on agriculture, while common people work in agriculture and need to have fields. First, the minister is going to check the good fields in the world, and record everything that has not been recorded on the record and has not paid taxes according to the law. All lands are nationalized and leased to the common people at low prices to stabilize the country.”

"Secondly, people are encouraged to reclaim wasteland. After reclamation, they only need to report to the local government, and then they can get the approval of the court and own the land."

"Thirdly, the household registration statistics are strictly enforced. Taxes are no longer collected according to the amount of land, but according to the headcount."

As he spoke, he suddenly glanced at Feng Linwen, and then continued: "Fourth... Abolish the hereditary system of nobility, and the tax exemption system for nobility."

When the Dali Dynasty was founded in the early years, Taizong had conferred many noble titles and promised never to collect taxes from the nobles. Of course, according to the 'conventions', the big and small nobles will choose some gifts every year and give them to the king as tribute. But most of those so-called tributes are local specialties, which are a drop in the bucket compared to the taxes that need to be paid every year.

The most important thing is that the children of nobles are still nobles... Although according to the regulations, the titles of titles are lowered in order, but once they are lowered to the lowest 'Jesus', they will no longer be lowered. Noble titles will never be cut unless the emperor personally deprives them.

During Huidi's reign, the country's taxation dropped sharply every year due to the proliferation of nobles.

As a last resort, Huidi forced the implementation of some so-called 'new laws', which were actually just some supplements to the old regulations.

That is, the size of the nobility is different, and the amount of land that can be deducted or exempted from taxes is also different. For example, the tax-free property of the highest-ranking 'wangye' is 3,000 mu, while the tax-free land of the lowest-ranking 'Jushi' is only 10 mu.

Of course, in order to avoid a lot of backlash from the nobles, Huidi also stipulated that the nobles who took the initiative to reduce their duty-free fields would have an additional opportunity to be 'recommended'. As long as they passed the examination, they could become officials of Dali.

good! Dali was not an imperial examination system, but a mix of hereditary and recommendation systems.

Some low-level officials mostly adopt a hereditary system. For example, if your father is the head of the prison, then you are also the head of the prison. If you have a son in the future, he will still be the head of the prison.

Also, in remote areas, some officials guarding the area are basically hereditary.

Those who are more outstanding are recommended by the local government, and then some yamen will conduct a talent assessment and decide whether to hire or not. Only officials above the fifth rank would be appointed and dismissed by the emperor himself. Of course, this right is not in the hands of Feng Linwen, and it is still in the hands of Cheng Penghai in name.

After all, Feng Linxun was in the court, although he also had his own voice, but he did not take back the rights of the five ministers who took care of his life and completed the pro-government.

Usually, a scholar has only one chance to be recommended in his life. If he fails the examination, he will have no hope of becoming an official for life unless he is specially recruited by the imperial power.

After listening to Wang En's summary of the four reforms, Feng Linwen made a surprised expression, but his heart was not fluctuating.

"Although it is already considered a dragon and a phoenix among people, Wang En still can't escape the limitations of the vision of the times..." The little cow on the hips beeped for a while, but Feng Linwen shook his head at Wang En.

"Wang Taibao! I can't agree to any of what you said..."

"What?" Wang En thought that he would be frustrated, but the most likely one was the fourth item, which was originally used by Wang En for testing, and also lowered Feng Lin's psychological defense. After all, compared with the fourth item, the first three items seem to be much more 'simple', as if agreeing to it is not so difficult.

After all, everything needs to be compared and needs a reference.

It was like, if Feng Linxen forced Yunlang, he would have to take a trip to the famous autumn mountains with Sister Feng tonight. So with Yunlang's temperament, he would definitely not obey. But if, tell him first, he must have a unique live performance of the animal world tonight with Sister Feng and chimpanzees. So looking back, alone with Sister Feng, is it not so difficult to accept?

Seeing that Wang Enzheng was about to speak to convince himself, Feng Linwen waved his hand and said, "Wang Taibao! Listen to what I have to say."

"First of all, the land is checked, the land that has not been registered is nationalized, and then leased to the people at a low price. This seems very good, but if there are local officials, in the name of this, they will forcefully seize the land of ordinary people and confiscate it, and then Then deliberately raise some hidden conditions and forcibly rent it to people who don't need so much land to cultivate, what should I do?" Feng Linwan asked directly.

Wang En frowned, and responded, "Open up the air, set up local collectors to collect local people's opinions and comments on officials' governance. Increase the reward for reporting, and increase the punishment for officials who use their power for personal gain and deliberately distort the new law."

"Haha!" Feng Linwen was just laughing, but did not refute this point.

But let go of this, and then said: "It takes a long time for the people to reclaim wasteland, but the local tyrants preemptively register it and forcibly plunder it. What should I do?"

"And the specific meaning of this wasteland, can you quantify it? If the powerful ~www.novelmt.com~ hold a sickle and a hoe, and just wave it twice at ordinary people's homes, they will treat it as a fertile land that they reclaim, report it to the government, and forcibly expropriate it. , so what?"

One by one, he knocked on each question, quenching Wang En's blood full of coldness.

This even made Wang En forget to wonder, why an emperor who grew up in a deep palace would know how these low-level officials colluded with local bullies to deceive them.

Logically speaking, 'Why not eat minced meat' should be what the young emperor in front of him should say.

"For example, forcibly collecting taxes on the basis of headcount is originally intended to count the wealthy local households and increase taxes. After all, the property can be concealed, but it is difficult to hide the population. This is also a major means to enrich the national treasury. It is also possible that some families with many children but impoverished families will be more difficult to afford. Eventually, the family will be destroyed and the tragedy of selling children and daughters..." Feng Linxen still felt that it was not enough, and continued to attack Wang En, as if the most In the beginning, the person who arranged for Crewe to confuse Wang En to reform was not the same as him.

As for Article 4, Feng Linwen did not interpret it at all.

He wanted to reform the law, and he wanted to use the fastest speed to become a wise ruler praised by the people.

But he didn't want to use a faster speed to become the king of subjugation.

In the Dali Dynasty, officials were basically born from nobles, such as why did Cheng Penghai have so much power? Although the official position is only a great scholar, it seems that the real power is not as good as Wang En and Gao Jiao, but he is in charge of all officials and even ignores the king. It is because more than half of the high-ranking officials in the court have recommended this scholar Cheng Da in the past, or are related to him.

In this way, it is a huge network of relationships, and now Feng Linchen doesn't dare to touch it clearly, so he can only keep testing on the edge.

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