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Chapter 282 They Are All Bloodsuckers!
Socioeconomic basis? ? ?

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were completely dumbfounded.

The uneven distribution of wealth before, although they don't understand what it has to do with the chaos in the world, they can still understand the meaning of these six words.

Can... Socioeconomic basis?

They really don't know what it means!

"Socioeconomic foundation is a very profound subject. With your level of knowledge, you probably won't be able to understand it if you talk too much. Let me explain it to you with some simple metaphors."

Xu Yi paused for a moment, and continued after the two of them came back to their senses.

"As far as I know, the population of the world is about 4000 million. Due to the impact of wars in these years, the number may have decreased, but the gap should not be too big."

(PS: I checked the information, and then changed it based on the information of book friends. The population in the Sui Dynasty was 900 million households, and in the early Tang Dynasty it was 300 million households. Based on an average of four to five people per household, the number of people is about 4000 million. .There may be cases of underreporting, etc., but there should not be much difference in the number.

And now, although the world has become chaotic, it is still only a small-scale turmoil, and the major families have not really come to an end. Based on the fact that it will take more than ten years to decide the outcome, the current population should be still There are 4000 million people. )
"With a population of 4000 million, if the elderly and children who are unable to work are removed, the remaining population will be between 3000 million and 500 million."

(PS: The average life expectancy in ancient times was generally low. Due to reasons such as medical care and food, the average life expectancy was only in the teens to 30 years old. This shows that the proportion of the elderly in this era is very small. The data may seem outrageous, but it is actually reasonable.)
"Let's take the maximum value, let's say it has a population of 500 million!"

"That is to say, in our current world, there are about 500 million people who can participate in labor. Do you understand this?"

Xu Yi looked at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, both of them nodded.

Although the knowledge that Xu Yi said was relatively 'novel' and seemed different from what they had heard from scholars, it was very easy to understand.

With the most direct data, it told them the population of the world today.

"It turns out that there are 4000 million people in our entire world. It's really unimaginable. How many people must this be?"

Kou Zhong sighed and said.

Yangzhou City can be regarded as one of the largest cities in the world, but the population of the entire city is only a few hundred thousand.

4000 people?

It would take hundreds of Yangzhou cities to hold it!
Xu Yi continued.

"We now know that there are 500 million people in the world, which is equivalent to 500 million labor forces, so let's have a deeper understanding of the concept of labor."

"Let's make an analogy. A normal labor force can create a labor value of one hundred yuan through hard work every day."

"Then one year, 360 and five days... Let's remove all kinds of rest, vacations, etc., let's count it as three hundred days!"

"Three hundred days, one hundred wen a day, three hundred days is thirty thousand wen, which is thirty guanqian or 30 taels of silver."

(PS: In ancient times, the exchange ratio of silver fluctuated greatly. For the convenience of statistics, it is uniformly calculated as one thousand coins for one tael of silver.)
"One person is 30 taels of silver a year, 500 million people, all added up, that is one hundred million taels of silver!"

"This one hundred thousand taels of silver can be exchanged for all kinds of food, fruits and vegetables, clothes, houses, land, daily necessities, etc. at equal value."

"And this one hundred million taels of silver is equivalent to the gross national product of the whole world this year, or the social and economic foundation. Can you understand this?"

Xu Yi stopped again and looked at the two of them.

At this moment, there was a clear difference between the two of them. The expression on Xu Ziling's face was thoughtful, as if he had thought of something.

Kou Zhong's expression was a little dizzy, his eyes stared at Dao Dao.

"One hundred thousand taels of silver? Oh my God! How much is this?!"

He counted with his fingers, but he couldn't figure out the number.

No way, this number is too huge for him!
He and Xu Ziling have been gangsters for so many years, and all the money they have accumulated secretly is not enough for ten taels.

One hundred thousand taels?

That was a number that he could never imagine in eternity.

"Boss Xu, I don't understand. If the world is really so rich, why is the world still in chaos and the people are struggling to survive?"

Xu Ziling frowned and asked puzzledly.

Although he didn't understand so many great principles and profound knowledge, he also knew that the most fundamental reason why the people rebelled, apart from being coerced and helpless, was that they were about to die!

Including him and Kou Zhong are similar.

If they could live on, how could they regard participation in the rebel army as their goal?
It's not because their life is so miserable now!

If he fails to reach his daily goal, he may be beaten to death by that Yan Boss every minute.

In order not to be beaten by Boss Yan and to stand out, that's why they wanted to become rebels.

Don't they know that to become a rebel army is to fight with their lives?

Of course they knew, but they had no other choice.

But if, as Xu Yi said, the annual GDP of the entire world can reach one hundred million taels of silver, and the world is so rich, then why should they work so hard?

"In theory, the gross national product of this world can indeed reach one hundred million taels, but in reality, due to wars, natural disasters, personal hard work, etc., it cannot reach this figure."

"Of course, in general, it is still possible to achieve a gross national product of [-] taels or even [-] taels a year."

Xu Yi explained.

"Forty million taels of silver...that's a lot!"

Xu Ziling thought about it, and felt that this number is still very large. On average, 4000 million people can be divided into ten taels of silver every year.

The two of them have accumulated for so many years, and they still don't have ten taels of silver!
With the current level of consumption in this world, after a whole year, a person can live a very good life with five taels of silver for basic necessities of life!
He didn't understand why so many people starved to death because of the famine?
Xu Yi took a deep look at him and said.

"This has to go back to the previous issue-the issue of wealth distribution."

After a pause, he didn't answer directly, but asked questions.

"Now that you know that there is a gross national product of [-] to [-] million taels in the world every year, let me ask you, where do you think all this money goes?"

where it goes?

Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling began to think along the lines of Xu Yi's question.

After a while, Kou Zhong was the first to answer.

"It should have been taken away by the imperial court! Those people in the government collect taxes every day! Collect taxes! The common people have no money!"

There was a strong complaint in his tone, obviously he still had a lot of resentment towards the court.

Xu Yi shook his head and said.

"Although the imperial court took part of the tax revenue, it didn't actually take much away. As far as I know, the annual tax revenue collected by the imperial court is about 1000 million taels of silver."

(PS: I checked the information, but I couldn’t find the specific number. I can only estimate it based on the data of other dynasties. If anyone knows something, please correct me. Thank you!)
"Even if the free labor of corvée is included, this number will most likely not exceed 3000 million taels of silver."

"We'll take 3000 million taels of silver as the calculation, and the imperial court will only get less than one-tenth of it."

"And more importantly, the money taken by the imperial court is for governing the world, such as defending the country, appropriating funds for various natural and man-made disasters, managing public order, etc. Most of it is returned to the people of the world."

Although the imperial court collects taxes, this tax collection is not for their enjoyment, but to serve the people of the world.

As the saying goes, what is taken from the people and used for the people is exactly what it is.

Of course, those issues such as meddling in the process, corruption, etc., are not within the scope of this consideration.

From the national level, the money is for the governance of the country, and even the emperor himself is not allowed to use it privately!

If the emperor wants to use it, he can only use his own private treasury.

For example, our famous emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was very good at how to get the money that originally belonged to the country into his private treasury for his own enjoyment.

"If it's not the imperial court, then it's the aristocratic family?"

Xu Ziling opened his mouth to speak, but as soon as he finished speaking, he frowned again.

"But I don't understand how they got such a fortune?"

In the name of taxation, the imperial court took money from the common people. How did these aristocratic families get the money into their own hands?
"You can see this, Xiaoling, you are very good!"

Xu Yi looked at Xu Ziling appreciatively, and then said.

"Normally speaking, it is really difficult for these aristocratic families to obtain a lot of wealth, but if you seriously recall what I said about the nature of labor, you will understand the root of this problem."

"The nature of the workforce?"

Kou Zhong looked a little confused.

Xu Ziling hesitated for a while, then replied.

"people?"

"That's right! They are people!"

Xu Yi nodded.

"You should know that people from the noble class don't need to pay taxes, right?"

"know."

Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling nodded.

This is a policy specially introduced by the imperial court to reward or appease those aristocratic families.

Ordinary people in the whole world hope that they can also become a member of the nobles.

including them.

They want to join the army and get ahead, don't they just want to be a member of the privileged nobles?

"Then do you know how many peasants are employed by nobles or aristocratic families in the whole world?"

"Ok?"

Both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were taken aback.

This really touched their blind spot of knowledge.

Not to mention them, even the imperial courts of the past dynasties probably don't know the specific figures.

"A conservative estimate, the number will not be less than 500 million!"

Xu Yi gave an answer.

This is a figure he finally gave based on the comparison of the data from the two worlds in his previous world.

In this agricultural society, at least [-] to [-] percent of the labor force in the world are farmers.

Based on a labor force of 500 million, that means more than 2000 million farmers.

Xu Yi calculated the data in the last two worlds, and found that the peasants who did not pay any taxes accounted for almost a quarter of the total number of peasants under the gentry and nobles.

Of course, this is the result of the confluence of data from the entire world. If there are only some powerful families, there must not be so many, and about one-tenth of them is the limit.

Xu Yi is now also calculated according to the ratio of one quarter.

But according to his thinking, in this world, this ratio should be bigger than he imagined.

In the last two worlds, before the end of the dynasty, the annexation of land by the gentry nobles was not so serious.

And in this world, although only two generations of emperors have passed through, the Sui Dynasty has almost reached the end of the dynasty, and the phenomenon of land annexation is particularly serious!
You said that these aristocratic families and country gentry owned half of the labor force as their own, Xu Yi believed it.

"The labor force represents economic output, and these aristocratic families control the labor force, which is equivalent to controlling the economic wealth they can produce!"

"500 million laborers, converted into wealth, they can reap as much as 6000 million taels of silver every year! It is twice as high as the imperial court's tax!"

One million taels of silver!

As soon as Xu Yi's number came out, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were shocked immediately.

"6000 million taels of silver!"

"This is 6000 million taels of silver!"

Kou Zhong murmured, the whole person is a bit demonic.

Xu Yi's face was indifferent, and he spoke.

"Different from the imperial court's 3000 million taels of silver, these 6000 million taels of silver are all put into the pockets of those aristocratic families, and none of them will flow into the mouths of the common people."

"Because they don't have to pay a cent of tax at all!"

"For the imperial court, they are complete blood-sucking insects!"

"Now you understand, why did the court deal with them?"

"understood."

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling nodded.

A group that does not pay taxes, does not make contributions to the world, and occupies a large amount of labor is unbearable for individuals.

They are bloodsuckers of the country!Worms!
The most important thing is that it is because they occupy all the wealth in the world that ordinary people like them live in such a miserable life.

"These aristocratic families really deserve to be killed!"

Xu Ziling, who had a plain personality, couldn't help but said murderously.

Seeing this, Xu Yi remained calm on his face, but secretly nodded in his heart.

The first stage of training is basically completed.

Next, is the second stage.

"The aristocratic family is indeed the biggest blood-sucking worm in the world, but besides them, there is another group, which is also a group of blood-sucking worms!"

"What group?"

"Fomen!"

(End of this chapter)