sbdcsierra Chapter 475: State-Owned Land
Chapter 475: State-Owned Land
Xu Qing put the box on the imperial case, looked helplessly at the two people who were still rummaging through the box, and said, "Your Majesty, my lord, I found it."
Emperor Chu turned his head to look at the box on the table, and frowned: "This box is filled with the Imperial Seal? I thought it was an ornament from someone who paid tribute, so I ordered Wei Zhong to put it elsewhere."
If the box hadn't been changed, how could he not recognize the Imperial Seal?
Damn it's brother, he didn't even say a word when he changed the box.
King Xian also came over and said: "Look, this king said he sent it back."
Emperor Chu looked at King Xian: "Where's the original box?"
King Xian said: "Xue'er accidentally broke the box when she smashed the walnuts with the imperial seal, and I changed it for you."
Chu Huang pursed his lips, and his throat moved slightly: "Smash... walnuts?"
Xu Qing also pursed his lips, no wonder the walnuts that the little girl fed him that day tasted so good, the Guoxi broke it open.
King Xian took out the imperial seal and handed it to Emperor Chu: "It's good if you didn't drop the imperial seal, let's cover it quickly."
The Emperor of Chu stamped the seal on the imperial decree, and then handed it to Xu Qing: "Take it, it's for you."
Xu Qing took the imperial decree and looked at Emperor Chu: "Why don't you read it out?"
A trace of unnaturalness flashed in Chu Huang's eyes, and he turned his face away: "Take it back and have a look."
If there hadn't been the embarrassing scene just now, the Emperor Chu would have left according to the normal process, but just now when he searched for the national seal, the emperor's majesty had already been exhausted while looking for the national seal, so he didn't even bother to arrange for people to read these.
King Xian looked at Xu Qing and asked, "How many thunderstorms have been built?"
Xu Qing asked suspiciously, "What thunder?"
The Emperor Chu also cast a puzzled look, what is Zhentianlei?
The virtuous king said: "The name you gave still lacks some momentum, this king changed the name."
Xu Qing asked: "When was it changed? You don't know about your majesty?"
King Xian coughed and said, "Just now."
Emperor Chu: "..."
The corners of Xu Qing's eyes twitched, and he said: "Probably nearly a thousand of them have been built. The cost of this thing is low, and the Firearms Department works on an assembly line. As long as there are enough raw materials, it is easy to produce. But it can't be done now, because clay pots use It's over, before it's replenished, I'm afraid this thing won't be able to maintain, we have to wait for the next batch of clay pots to be replenished."
With the approval of the virtuous king, the National Chamber of Commerce is now able to blatantly research and manufacture firearms, and there is no need to set up a fireworks shop to cover it up.
Mo Heng was promoted by Xu Qing yesterday to be the director of the firearms department, in charge of firearms research and construction.
I was making these things secretly at first, but now that I allow it, I can throw off my shoulders and do it. I accidentally used up the raw materials I had prepared for a long time, and made so many.
The virtuous king said: "Let's take a thousand pieces, let's transport them to the border first, and then send the thunderstorms to the border along with the parts of the siege equipment. This morning, the frontier has already come 800 miles away. Zhou Guojun The battle has already approached the border city, counting the few days of sending the letter, the border is not too far away even if there is no battle at this time, and this king plans to set off for the border in two days."
Xu Qing cupped hands and said: "I understand."
King Xian nodded and said: "This king is going back to the mansion first, the emperor has something to ask for you, let's talk about it."
After finishing speaking, King Xian walked out of the imperial study.
However, it is clear that the enemy army has already threatened the border, what is the reason for King Xian's unconcealable joy?
Zhou Guo devoted all of his national power just to make the virtuous king laugh?
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Xu Qing looked at Emperor Chu's cupped hands and said, "I don't know what your Majesty's orders are?"
The Emperor Chu looked at Xu Qing and said, "Speaking of which, the emperor's brother ransacked the family's house and caused it. Do you still remember the three powerful families in Fengzhou?"
Xu Qing nodded: "Of course I remember, those three families have already been eradicated, and there are still future troubles?"
The Emperor of Chu shook his head and said, "It's not about future troubles, it's just that after the downfall of the three of them, a large number of unclaimed properties were left to be sold by the government."
"You also know that some of these lands are obtained by plundering and can naturally be returned to the farmers, but most of them are purchased at a low price from farmers who cannot survive. Now the three lands have as many as half the state."
"Furthermore, the people who got this land were implicated in the nine clans, and they were affected by bad luck for no reason. The surrounding small families were afraid of bad luck and did not dare to buy it. Even if these people dared to buy it, they would not be able to share such a large amount of land. They cannot afford these, and those tenants are poor and cannot afford to redeem them.”
"So, these land properties are still accumulated in the hands of the government, and the tenants can't find a place to pay their rent. Some people who want to rent land can't find anyone to rent it. How can this happen?"
Xu Qing said without hesitation: "The household contract responsibility system..."
When Emperor Chu heard Xu Qing's words, he was slightly taken aback: "What did you say?"
Xu Qing said: "If you can't sell it, you just don't buy it. The land that can't be sold is declared to be owned by the state. The tenants who want to rent the land can go to the government to rent the land by themselves, and the rent can also be handed over to the government and returned to the state treasury."
When Chu Huang heard this, a light flashed in his mind, and there is such an operation?
Emperor Chu sat down behind the case, looked at Xu Qing and said, "Tell me in detail."
Xu Qing said: "In the past, the land was in the hands of the big landlords. In every disaster year, land mergers were carried out. Farmers' land was purchased at a low price and they were reduced to tenant farmers. After the contradiction between the landlord class and the peasant class intensified, some people would not be able to survive. The peasant households rebelled, which is why the three of them... um... were forced to rebel against the ministers to exterminate them."
Chu Huang nodded: "That's right, many farmers rebelled against it in the disaster year last year, so Brother Huang wants to get rid of those three families."
Xu Qing said: "However, if the land is in the hands of the imperial court, it can greatly restrain land annexation. In a disaster year, the imperial court can also reduce or exempt farmers from renting and subsidizing taxes, so that farmers can have time to recuperate, instead of allowing Landlords exploit and increase rents."
"The closure of the state is the beginning of state ownership of the land. When there are disaster years in the future, the imperial court will buy the land of farmers who have no choice but to sell the land at a fair price. This will not only suppress the powerful landlords, but also consolidate the rule of the country. Prevent farmers from being exploited by landlords so that farmers can live and work in peace and contentment.”
The Emperor Chu's eyes revealed brilliance: "You mean, farmers only have the right to use the state-owned land, but not the right to possess it?"
Xu Qing nodded and said, "Not bad."
The Emperor of Chu asked: "But what if there are people with ulterior motives who rent a large amount of land and use it as a middleman to increase the price and sublease it?"
Xu Qing said: "Those lands belong to the state of Chu, but not to him. The court wants to rent it to whoever it wants, and it's not against the law not to rent it to him."
The Emperor of Chu smiled and said: "Okay, my brother and I really didn't misunderstand the person, and we have solved problems for me and the court several times. Xu Qing, you are really a lucky general! I can't think of the problem that the court officials are helpless, but you can't help it in the blink of an eye." untie."
Xu Qing shook his head: "No, it's not that they can't think of this method, but they won't think about it, and even if they think of it, they won't tell His Majesty."
"What?" Emperor Chu frowned, "Why?"
Xu Qing said: "Because these gentry are also landlords who own a large amount of land, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents."