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Chapter 190 Under the sickle, there are leeks!(2/3)

In the first few steps, whether it is raising commercial taxes, a one-whip method, or a dive into a mu, these people are all very noble and caring about the people!

But when the sickle cut the heads of the group of people, they found that they had also become leeks and stopped doing it on the spot!

When it comes to double standards, there is no distinction between ancient and modern times!

However, it can be understood that as the strength of all things on the earth, the difference between them and animals is that people have seven emotions and six desires, and it is normal to have some selfishness.

People who can achieve the state of forgetting the self and becoming the self can count with one hand for thousands of years.

But what Fang Shiyu wondered was that these people were all going to run away from Nanyang with him!

You now feel that you can't stand being cut by a sickle?

Are you worthy of my training for you during this period?

The more you are unhappy, the more you should explain it carefully. The importance of this move has completely cut off your thoughts about feudal society and willingly run away with me!

"You don't have to worry. This move is the most important step among all chess pieces. As long as this move is not done well, the ones in front will become mirages!"

Fang Shiyu put away his playful smile and said seriously.

"What do you say about Mr. Fang?"

Lao Liu calmed down first and asked slowly.

Looking around, the group of people in the yard were all big shots. Except for Fang Shiyu, Lao Liu had the lowest title.

Even if the sky falls, there is still a tall one that stands up, right?

Look at this group of people, even Chang Mao, who are all from the Duke level, not to mention the existence of the King of Yan, isn’t even His Majesty here?

I am just an earl, why are you worried about?

"You think about it carefully. What is the purpose of all the chess I just made? Increase taxes, increase the income of the court, and enrich the national treasury, this is the purpose!"

"But where did these silver come from? Did they come from the hands of ordinary people? How many silver are there for ordinary people?"

"Of course, whoever has the money will cut off the leeks! If you don't look at the gentry and family, will you still have to put it on the common people!"

Fang Shiyu said slowly.

"Mr. Fang's words are extremely absurd! I have been an official for many years and have had many contacts with the Ministry of Revenue. According to statistics from the Thirteenth Department of the Ministry of Revenue, the proportion of land that gentry and family members nowadays do not account for high!":

"Most of the land is concentrated in the hands of ordinary people!"

Lao Li finally couldn't help it. It's okay to cut other people's leeks, but can't we argue with our own?

Although, under the sickle, there are all leeks!

But Lao Li's words make sense.

The Ming Dynasty was just shortly after the founding of the country. After the baptism of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the common people had very little land, not to mention that Emperor Hongwu was still keeping a close eye on it.

The Ming Dynasty did not have large-scale mergers of land like in previous dynasties. Now it is possible to barely achieve the extent to which the farmer has the land and the living has the house.

Therefore, even if the gentry and family do not pay taxes, the taxes paid by the people can keep the court in normal expenditure operation.

"Super shallow?"

Fang Shiyu smiled faintly!

"You are right, but that's just a temporary situation in front of you. With the time of retirement, can this situation continue to remain unchanged?"

"Although the gentry and family are not strong enough now, it is just because the base of gentry and family is too small!"

"When the base of the gentry family grew, do you think this situation can continue?"

As he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's faces changed drastically!

Not long ago, Fang Shiyu said that the consequences of the royal family's children will be unimaginable after the number of millions of royal family's children will be unimaginable, and many royal family's children will starve to death from time to time!

After seeing the change in Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di's faces, Fang Shiyu smiled knowingly. It seemed that these words still played a certain role, but it seemed that they were not enough. The fire was not strong enough, so they had to add another handful of firewood!

"These gentry and royal family members and royal nobles do not need to pay taxes or serve, but when the land is basically controlled by them, does the court still have taxes?"

"Can the court still extend his hands to those poor people?"

"By then, the poor people had no land and had to pay taxes, and the collapse of the Ming Dynasty would be day and night!"

Fang Shiyu withdrew her smiling face and said slowly with a serious look on her face.

“Bad talk!”

"It's total nonsense!"

"My Ming Dynasty is thriving, how many gentry and family members have? There are countless land production in the Ming Dynasty. Can these people still occupy them? Obviously, it is impossible to happen, and we can still calculate this account!"

Fang Shiyu finished speaking, and Lan Yu was the first to refute.

Lan Yu can be said to be a man who fought from the south to the north. In the territory of the Ming Dynasty, he has been to almost half of the places he has been to.

The population of the Ming Dynasty is not large today, especially in the northwest and northeast, which can be described as wide and sparsely populated.

How many gentry members are there?

How could they have occupied so much land in the Ming Dynasty?

Lan Yu's words fell, and the rest nodded in agreement.

This group of people had already started to settle accounts. The number of officials currently in the Ming Dynasty is extremely limited and basically fixed, and they were killed by Emperor Hongwu.

As for royal nobles, only the eldest son can inherit those titles, so the number will not fluctuate greatly.

As for those who pass the imperial examination, although these people can be exempted from taxes and corvee labor, the base of these scholars is not large and the land they occupy is extremely limited.

What's more, even if it is occupied, it's only a generation of things. Scholars don't have the ability to ensure that their descendants can enjoy the land.

As long as the descendants do not get fame and fortune, there is no difference between the poor people.

The tax you should pay is not a cent, but the service you should serve will not be lost.

Let’s talk about the royal family, that’s even more impossible.

Even if they are open, how many can they make dolls?

There are so many land in the Ming Dynasty, can you take it all by just taking it?

So, for Fang Shiyu's words, these ancient people believed that it was alarmist at all!

"Haha! Don't believe it, right? You guys are too short-sighted and can't see the greedy nature of human beings!"

Fang Shiyu sighed.

"Why did Mr. Fang say this?"

Old Liu frowned and asked again.

Seeing that Old Liu was the first to ask, the rest of the people cheered up and listened.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also on the list.

Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that every time this little bastard laughed at, the key point was the thing he said.

All previous policies will basically be expressed at this time.

Now is the critical time to listen carefully, otherwise wouldn’t you be sorry for the Ming Dynasty!

As for the little bastards' mocking this...

I want to listen to Xiuying’s sister, and I don’t have the same knowledge as this little bastard.

I am the emperor, and I am so old that I am as knowledgeable as this little bastard, and I have no choice but to lose my identity!

"If you want to know, then I will talk to you!"

"Suppose that your identities are all farmers, and you need to pay 40% of your family's income to the court every year. But now there is a way, that is, your land can be paid to the gentry and family members who do not have to pay taxes at all."

"In this way, not only can you pay 20% less tax, but the gentry and family also earn 20% more income. Will you do this best in both worlds?"

Fang Shiyu asked slowly.

"Do it! Isn't that stupid?"

"My uncle is right. Isn't that stupid if I don't do it?"

After the words fell, the two hundred and five in size, I returned immediately.

Isn't this obvious?

You don’t have to do anything, you can earn 20% more by lying down. Farmers can get their own land without spending a penny. No matter how you look at it, it’s a profitable transaction!

Mr. Fang is really a genius!

Why didn't I expect such a good idea?

No, you must follow Mr. Fang’s method when you go back.

The two hundred and fifteen-year-old face was full of excitement, and compared with the other people's sad faces, the atmosphere instantly made the atmosphere a little nervous.

They seemed to realize that it was a bit inappropriate for excitement now, so they finally calmed down.

In the yard, it suddenly became silent.

This is simply a terrifying thing!
To be continued...
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