Song Dynasty's Ignorant Prince

"Nie Chang, how is your investigation?"

Zhao Ji asked Nie Chang to investigate the land merger and use it to grasp the land situation.

Nie Chang's face was very worried, "Your Majesty, the situation is very critical. In the Hebei and Henan areas investigated by this minister, there are many big landlords. They occupy 67% of the land, and the other millions of people occupy the land. Three or four out of ten, the people had no choice but to be tenants for the big landowners, and their lives were rather difficult...

This Nie Chang was also from a poor family and had a deep understanding of the suffering of the common people.

"I intend to levy land rent on all landowners, according to the amount of land, regardless of whether they are ordinary people or scholar-bureaucrats!

As soon as Zhao Ji's words came out, Nie Chang was excited. In fact, Zhao Ji didn't come up with this statement himself. Someone in the new party raised this issue long ago. Most of the new party came from poor families. They inherited the spirit of Wang Anshi's reform. From their hearts, they wanted to do something good for Song Dynasty.

But when the reform turns into a partisan struggle, that's a big bad thing!

Zhao Ji said this does not mean that he supports the new party. Whether it is the old party or the new party, he is a subject under his leadership. As long as it benefits the country and the people, he will support it, and as long as it is unfavorable to the country and society, he will oppose it.

"Your Majesty Shengming, many people will not be able to survive, but there are still many large landowners who are extravagant and extravagant, and the wine and meat of the Zhumen are frozen to death. It is a fact!"

"And I have to divide the gradient. For a family with 200 acres of land, the rent is normal. For those with 200 acres to 500 acres, the rent will increase by 30%, and those with 500 acres and above will double!" Zhao Ji said slowly, this is the A gradient, the bigger the landowner, the more unaffordable they are.

During the Great Song Dynasty, many large households occupied tens of thousands of acres of land, which seemed to be a lot of 200 acres, but compared to the land occupied by the large households today, it was very small. However, the persecution can't be too deep. No matter what, he will leave two hundred acres for them, so that's fine.

When Nie Chang heard this, he was even more impressed with his five bodies. His Majesty is His Majesty!

However, there are so many aspects involved in this matter, and Zhao Ji must also consider it comprehensively.

First, I discussed with several ministers of the Military Aircraft Department, and now some people objected. Not only Yang Shi of the old party, but also Zheng Juzhong and Chong Shidao disagreed. Needless to say, they are all vested interests. Now Zhao Ji To do so is to harm their interests, and of course they do not want to.

Only Li Gang and Zhang Shuye are the two proud guys left. They actually have a lot of land, but they don't take it seriously.

"Your Majesty, sharing the world with scholar-officials is what the Taizu said, does your Majesty want to overthrow the Taizu's statement?" Yang Shi, the old guy, was not very polite.

Zhao Ji frowned, "Things are always changing. How many people did we have when we first founded the country, but how many people are there now? The same is true for the scholar-officers. Did the scholar-officials in the past compete with the common people for land as they are now?"

These people who Zhao Ji said are a little shy, and it's not wrong. In the past, the scholar-officers were good-natured, because at that time the scholar-officials had high morals, but with the development, they also degenerated. Nowadays, scholar-bureaucrats look down on ordinary people, and they still enjoy various privileges.

Fuck it! I'm not used to you, Zhao Ji just wants to take it slow and pull them off the altar.

At first it was layoffs, and later the servants were self-supporting, and now they must be restricted from annexing land.

Saying these words made these scholar-bureaucrats feel a little embarrassed. They all knew their own problems, but they should have come when they wanted to.

"Your Majesty, but I am afraid that this will cause dissatisfaction among many people, and there will be turmoil in the court!" Yang Shidao didn't just justify himself blindly, but at his age he had seen it a lot.

There must be some turmoil in the court. After all, the court is still dominated by scholar-officials, but Zhao Ji is confident that it can be completely controlled and will not cause too much harm. Moreover, now that the military power is firmly in his hands, whoever dares to stab, the big deal is a bloodbath!

Well, it's too late to say blood xi, the big deal is dismissal from office, you don't want to do it, there are people who are willing to do it!

"It doesn't matter, I believe that the people all over the world will support this policy very much, and all the soldiers will also support my actions!""

When Zhao Ji said this, everyone was awe-inspiring.

Today's emperor is not a good gentleman. He killed the Jin Kingdom, quelled Xixia, and captured Annan. Now he is about to destroy Tubo, and he has to attack the southern island country... This, it is difficult to have a head in the court. roll?

But don't let your ancestors roll their heads. Zheng Juzhong is a good-natured man. Seeing His Majesty's awe-inspiring eyes, he already has a decision in his heart, so he doesn't object.

In any case, the military aircraft processing is passed, and the following part of Zhao Ji doesn't care what they think.

Soon the Military Aircraft Office issued a notice posting Zhao Ji's land reform, and the implementation began immediately.

This time the whole Song Dynasty exploded!

The common people clapped their hands and applauded, all with joyful smiles, one by one kneeling toward the capital, and thanking His Majesty for the grace of His Majesty.

But those scholar-bureaucrats and the rich are dumbfounded. They occupy a lot of land, ranging from a few hundred acres to a few hundred acres or even thousands of acres. Pay for it too!

All of a sudden, they all screamed miserably. They were very resistant to this policy of the imperial court, and immediately began to connect with each other, wanting to resist the imperial court.

`Humph, what is it, Emperor Taizu said that he will share the world with the scholar-officials, and now that His Majesty wants to take back our land, don't even think about it!

‘Yes, without our scholar-bureaucrats, this court would have collapsed long ago!

"Yeah, we have made so many contributions, what's wrong with occupying a little land? Could it be that Your Majesty is trying to cook a dog to death?"

"Don't be afraid, we will unite to see who dares to touch our land!"

"Hey, don't worry, some people are more anxious than us! 2 Do the princes in the court just look at it like this, even His Majesty can't cover the sky with one hand! 39

In the teahouses and restaurants, there is talk of this land reform everywhere, especially those from rich families and literati groups, most of them are opposed to this policy of Zhao Ji. That's right, the emperor wants to deprive them of their interests, you are the emperor, and they can't be happy.

What's more, the law does not blame the crowd, not one or two scholar-bureaucrats, but the entire group!

Er, not the whole group, there are members of the new party, but the members of the new party do not have high officials in the DPRK, and their influence is not very large.

Some people are happy and some are worried, everyone in the new party is happy, and they are all red-faced.