Daming: I have a showdown, my father-in-law is the emperor

Chapter 247 Subsidies
It was within Chen Fan's expectation that all the adults at the scene objected.

Because these ministers themselves are big landlords in their respective hometowns.

Sitting on countless fertile fields, it is indeed difficult for them to hand over the land.

Ancient people had a genetic obsession with the land.

It seems that it is impossible for Chen Fan to complete the land reform without bleeding.

"According to statistics obtained from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the country's cultivated land area is approximately 8.5 million acres. Mr. Yang, am I right?"

Chen Fan glanced at Yang Chengye, Minister of the Household Department.

"What the national teacher said is correct, it is roughly this number."

Yang Chengye was suddenly named by Chen Fan, a little surprised.

The figure of 8.5 million mu of land is still the data of the national land clearing during Zhang Juzheng's period.

Yang Chengye hesitated for a moment, then said:
"Guoshi, the 8.5 million mu is the data of Qingzhang in the Wanli period. It has been many years now, and I am afraid that the cultivated land has increased. Moreover, during the Qingzhang period, some lands were more or less concealed in various places. Therefore, To be precise, the current land in the Ming Dynasty is far more than these 8.5 million acres."

Chen Fan nodded, not surprised at all.

He had indeed heard about the land being concealed.

“Then even if there are 10 billion acres of land in the country, it’s still okay!”

Yang Chengye nodded slightly when he heard the words.

The concealed land plus the newly reclaimed land is almost 10 billion mu.

"The country's farmers occupy 10% of the 2 billion land, which is 8 million mu, and the other [-] million mu of land is in the hands of the gentry. Is there any objection to this?"

Speaking of squires, the court ministers below are one of the best squires, sitting on countless fertile land.

As soon as Chen Fan said his words, all the ministers present looked at each other with embarrassed expressions on their faces.

After all, the squires will use various means to encroach on the farmers' land.

And their clansmen did the same.

When encountering such a thing, they also turned a blind eye.

So strictly speaking, they are also responsible for the serious consequences of today's land annexation.

Now that the national teacher has pointed out in person, it will inevitably make everyone face embarrassment.

Chen Fan saw everyone's embarrassment at a glance, and after thinking about it for a while, he understood what was going on.

But now is not the time to criticize them.

"So to take all the 10 billion mu of land in the country back to the imperial court, we only need to distribute the interests of farmers and gentry."

"I asked Master Yang, how much is the income per mu of land?"

Chen Fan named Yang Chengye again.

Yang Chengye pondered for a while and replied:
"It depends on whether it is fertile land or barren land. If it is fertile land and everything goes well, the harvest from one acre will only be one stone. If it is barren land, the harvest will be eight buckets of grain at most."

Chen Fan answered immediately:
"Look, farmers have worked hard for a year, exhausted, and the grain harvest is only one stone. According to the current price, it is only about one tael of silver. What can they do with this income? This is still a good time. When natural disasters occur, food harvests will basically be wiped out, and these poor people will leave their homes to flee famine."

The ministers nodded silently, this is true.

"According to the construction plan of the capital, these farmers will gradually move into the capital to live in. Now, I provide them with a job of two taels of silver per month. In this way, the annual income is 24 taels of silver, which is just a labor force. salary. If a family can have four or five laborers enter the factory to work, then the annual income of a family is 100 taels.”

"Compared to the fact that they worked hard in the countryside and couldn't earn a little money, you said, now that there are good days waiting for them in the capital, will they still guard their family's one-acre three-point land and refuse to move to the capital? impossible!"

"Also, I'm not asking them to give up the land in their hands for nothing. Every mu of land is subsidized, so they won't suffer."

After Chen Fan analyzed the situation of the peasants, everyone fell into deep thought.

According to what Chen Fan said, these poor peasants were really willing to sell their land to the imperial court, and then move their families to the capital.

After all, the annual income of 100 taels that Chen Fan said was enough to drive these farmers crazy.

In this way, it is really possible to take back [-] million mu of land from farmers across the country.

However, there is still a problem.

Even if the [-] million mu of land is returned to the imperial court, what about the other [-] million mu of land?
Squires everywhere don't care about the annual income of 100 taels of silver.

"National teacher, this policy is good, but it is only attractive to the majority of farmers. As for the gentry class, I am afraid..."

In the end, it was Yang Chengye who asked out the doubts in his heart.

He was also very curious about how the national teacher planned to persuade the squires to take over [-] million mu of land to the imperial court.

For the gentry class, Chen Fan has long had a countermeasure.

Unlike the poor peasants who had nothing, these gentry class were wealthy.

It would be unrealistic for them to work in a factory and receive a salary of two taels of silver every month.

How can these squires be valued.

They are used to having fun, and it is impossible for them to be willing to work as textile workers or steel workers in factories.

Therefore, to deal with the gentry class, we must start with land subsidies.

"I asked Master Yang, what is the current market price of land?"

Have you finally talked about the standard of compensation?
Yang Chengye is still very interested in the land compensation standard of the National Teacher.

Although it may not be effective, it is always right to listen to it.

"Due to natural and man-made disasters, the land market across the country is not good and has depreciated seriously. Many places in the Ming Dynasty are abandoning land on a large scale, and no one is cultivating the land, causing the land market to become even more depressed."

Hearing this, Chen Fan showed joy.

Is this the bottom line?

It just so happened that he could buy the bottom.

In this way, he can also pay less price and nationalize 10 billion mu of land across the country.

"Master Yang, just say how much money per mu of land is?"

“One acre of fertile land sells for six taels, while one acre of barren land sells for three taels of silver.”

what!
The price was so low that Chen Fan didn't expect it.

According to his judgment, an acre of fertile land cost at least ten taels of silver.

Unexpectedly, it was only six taels of silver.

It seems that all kinds of disaster weather have a great impact on the land market.

Now, Chen Fan was more confident.

"Master Yang, if I give a subsidy of five taels of silver per mu for barren land and ten taels of silver for fertile land, do you think the country gentry will be tempted?"

One mu of barren land is subsidized with five taels of silver, and one mu of good land is subsidized with ten taels of silver.

As soon as Chen Fan's subsidy policy was announced, the conference hall immediately fell silent.

Everyone had an expression of disbelief, as if they didn't believe that the National Teacher would pay such a premium to buy the land.

If this standard is followed, the National Teacher wants to take all the 10 billion mu of land in the country back to the imperial court.

The subsidy that was spent was at least several billion taels of silver.

Thinking of this, everyone took a breath of air.

From the founding of the Ming Dynasty to the present, the combined fiscal revenue of hundreds of years is not so much!

(End of this chapter)