Chapter 468 Wang Anshi’s Question
The most important thing is that Queen Mother Xiao does not completely trust Dong Feang.
The princess of Liao Kingdom that Dong Fei married was not her child. She had often dealt with the mother of Princess Xu Kingdom in the past.
Although Princess Xu may not be able to influence Dong Xiang's thoughts, she does not trust Dong Xiang either.
If Dong Fei was lured into the Liao Dynasty and was bribed by Yelu Yixin, wouldn't it be like inviting a wolf into the house?
"Let's proceed as planned." Empress Dowager Xiao took a deep breath and said.
After hearing this, grandma didn’t try to persuade her again.
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Xiongzhou City
After the British Duke arrived, he ordered his people to pay close attention to the developments of the Liao Kingdom while inspecting the progress of the construction of the Great Wall.
Because the people were hired with money, they were very energetic when working, and with the cement, the progress was not slow.
It's just that the northern border is too long, and it will take a lot of time to completely build it.
The British public station stood on a section of the city wall that had been built, looking north.
"When the Great Wall is built, we will no longer have to look at the face of the Liao Kingdom."
"Yes, the Great Wall is extremely hard and difficult to destroy. As long as you defend a few cities, you don't have to worry even if the Liao Kingdom captures the city wall."
The accompanying generals laughed.
The Song Dynasty did not dare to break up with the Liao Kingdom. In addition to being afraid of being beaten, there was another important factor: the vast plains in the north.
Once a fight breaks out, the Liao cavalry will be so numerous and the border is so wide that they will not be able to stop them.
Even if the city in front can be defended, the Liao cavalry can penetrate deep into the hinterland, plunder everywhere, and may even cut off the food route.
Once the Great Wall is built, there is no need to worry. Even if a section is lost, as long as the city is not lost, the Liao cavalry will not be able to enter.
Because there was no door at all on the Great Wall, the Liao war horses could not enter.
It only has feet and lacks mobility, so it is capable of fighting against the Song Dynasty in Pingyuan.
"Report!"
At this moment, a soldier hurried over and bowed and said: "Commander, the spies have come to report that the Liao Kingdom is mobilizing troops. King Yelu Yixin of Zhao will soon lead an army of 200,000 troops to the desert."
The British Duke waved his hand and asked the soldiers who reported the news to retreat, frowning slightly and looking towards the north.
Now that it is May, it is normal for Yelu Yixin to send troops.
But Yelu Chongyuan never agreed to the conditions of the Song Dynasty.
Although they were only mobilizing troops at this time, Yelu Zhongyuan must have spies in the Liao Kingdom, and he should have learned the news long ago.
But Yelu Chongyuan has not contacted the Song Dynasty for a long time.
Thinking that before he left Bianjing, Zhao Xing had told him that Yelu Chongyuan had secret contacts with Empress Dowager Xiao of the Liao Kingdom. Could there be some conspiracy behind this dispatch of troops?
"Commander, the Liao Kingdom is sending troops. Are we going to send troops to harass the Liao Kingdom's border?" A general said excitedly.
Last year they raided the Liao border without fighting at all, and received some rewards afterwards.
At this time, I heard that the Liao Kingdom was sending troops, and I naturally became excited.
"No rush."
The British Duke waved his hand and said: "Yelu Zhongyuan has been cultivating for so long and has somewhat recovered his vitality. He is not destroyed so quickly. I will ask your Majesty for instructions first."
Last year he sent troops without asking for instructions because Yelu Chongyuan fled into the grassland.
If he asked for instructions and waited until permission was given before sending troops, Yelu Chongyuan might have been destroyed.
Now that Yelu Chongyuan has been cultivating for so long, and with the vastness of the grassland, it is still very difficult to destroy Yelu Chongyuan.
Regardless of Yelu Chongyuan or the Liao Kingdom, the consumption of strength by both sides was beneficial to the Song Dynasty.
When the situation was not urgent, he would naturally ask for instructions and both sides would consume some troops.
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"Your Majesty, Academician Wang wishes to see you." A chamberlain reported.
"Pass!" The waiter bowed and left, and Wang Anshi walked in after a while.
"I pay homage to your Majesty!" Wang Anshi saluted.
"No gift."
Zhao Xing waved his hand, asked someone to give Wang Anshi a seat, and asked him about his purpose.
"Returning to your majesty, I have spent many years and have completely perfected the property. Please take a look at it!"
Wang Anshi took out a stick, held it in both hands and said.
Sanshui stepped forward to take the zhazi and gave it to Zhao Xing.
Zhao Xing took it and looked at it carefully.
Zhao Xing didn't know much about how to spread the land tax, household tax, and land tax into the fields.
But a system, involving all aspects, is definitely not that simple.
It took Wang Anshi many years to finally formulate detailed regulations, including some problems that may exist in them.
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There are a lot of words in Zhazi, and Zhao Xinghao had to think about whether there were any omissions, so he read very slowly.
After looking at it for half an hour, Zhao Xing put down his grip and rubbed his sore eyes.
Taking the tea handed over by Sanshui, Zhao Xing took a few sips, put down the tea cup and said: "There is no problem in increasing the number of acres without increasing taxes. However, Jiefu did not mention the increase or decrease in the number of acres. Do it.”
The core of dividing the number of people into acres is to increase the number of people without adding taxes.
For example, there are 100 households in a village and 500 acres of farmland in the village.
All the messy taxes normally collected in the village have been cancelled, and only land taxes need to be paid.
Of course, the land tax will definitely be higher than the original corresponding amount.
And this tax is fixed. Even if the village population increases in the future, the tax will not increase.
Who owns the land and who gets it is clear at a glance based on the number of acres.
The advantage is that it can avoid officials from adding layers of tax when collecting taxes.
Secondly, those people who do not have land do not need to bear any taxes.
Originally, even if people did not have land, they still had to pay household tax and Ding tax.
Some families don't even have land, they have too many children, and they can't afford household taxes, so they have no choice but to drown their children.
There is no way, the Ding tax needs to be paid after the male reaches adulthood, but the household tax needs to be paid since birth.
However, this also has disadvantages. The amount of tax revenue is not completely fixed, because the number of acres will decrease and increase.
Leaving aside hidden fields, some fields close to rivers may have been submerged due to a flood. When the flood recedes, they will no longer be suitable for farming.
And some people know how to open up wasteland.
As a result, the number of acres will decrease and increase.
"The increase or decrease in the number of acres needs to be registered with the government. It is not a problem, so I did not mention it specifically." Wang Anshi said.
"The prerequisite is registration, which will also give local officials the possibility of corruption. Think carefully and take precautions," Zhao Xing said.
"Your Majesty!"
Wang Anshi heard this and said: "No policy can be perfect. This is what your Majesty told me. Your Majesty should also know that the problem of reduced farmland is difficult to solve and does not affect the overall situation. Moreover, your Majesty has strengthened the reform of official evaluation." At this point, it is a good precaution in itself when it comes to official promotion. I dare to ask Your Majesty, have you lost your heart for reform? "
There is simply no way to prevent the increase or decrease in the number of acres.
Otherwise, Hidden's situation wouldn't have happened.
In the final analysis, this kind of thing still depends on the officials. If the officials collude with the local landlords and gentry, it is completely unsolvable.
Zhao Xing's previous reform of official evaluation included the assessment of land reduction and increase.
Wang Anshi felt that the questions raised by Zhao Xing were completely nitpicking.
(End of chapter)