Chapter 662: Rent to Be Paid to Jingzhao Prefecture

Chapter 663: Rent is paid to Jingzhao Prefecture (first update)

"Check for me and see which family has planted cotton on the grain field."

The day after Li Yi and Li Longji returned to the farm in the evening, the Minister of Revenue Bi Gou received Li Longji's notice and slammed the table in the office.

The people in the Ministry of Revenue got busy, checking the books and going out to find land for planting cotton.

The time for planting cotton has passed, and the cotton was planted two months ago.

Those who want to plant more cotton dig out the seedlings that should be thrown away separately when thinning them out, and then move them to other fields.

Some people are smart and see that the court's policies are good and the demand is large.

So they think of planting more. Even if the court does not collect more, they think it will be of great use if they keep it in their hands.

These people are all those who have more land in their families, and the land is rented according to the actual grant.

Some people have annexed other people's fields, and the actual grant rent is paid, but the land purchased later does not pay rent.

And those who sold the permanent land for various reasons rely on the land divided among the mouth to pay the rent, or simply run away and become fugitives.

For example, most of the migrant workers in Lijiazhuangzi are landless people.

The land that was originally annexed would grow grain. If more grain is grown, it will naturally be sold. Overall, Jingzhao Prefecture's grain consumption remains stable.

Planting cotton will reduce overall grain income.

If it is not controlled, everyone will see that growing cotton is more profitable than growing land, and change grain fields to grow cotton, and then there will be no grain to eat.

The Ministry of Revenue took action to investigate, and the next night Bi Gou ran to Lijiazhuangzi.

"Xiao Yi, it's shocking. Guess how much land is planted with cotton?" Bi Gou drank alone, and there were cold dishes on the table.

"Compared with the total number of acres planted with cotton in Jingzhao Prefecture, one-quarter of it is planted in grain fields?" Li Yi thought about it and gave a data.

"How do you know?" Bi Gou showed a surprised look.

"The survival rate of thinning seedlings is not high. The cotton they planted themselves was planted immediately after thinning. The seedlings taken from others or bought at a low price are easy to die when they go back to plant."

Li Yi said how he analyzed it. Cotton is sown, but it must be changed to transplanting.

The key is that you can't use a transplanter, and it's not a special place for raising seedlings.

"Yes, even so, a lot of grain fields have been occupied. Now we have to pull out the cotton and plant other things. There is no time."

Bi Gou was distressed. Now when he said what Li's manor asked him to do, the people immediately thought it was profitable.

Li Yi drank a sip of wine with him: "Since it has been planted, the Ministry of Household Affairs will send people to manage it. From now on, the cotton in the field will be hired to look after it and confiscated."

"It should be confiscated, and at the same time, they should be fined to pay more rent. They have more land and pay less rent. Land annexation has caused the rent collected by the Ministry of Household Affairs to begin to decline."

Bi Gou made up his mind to fine them and earn more rent for the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Li Yi lowered his head and thought, as if he was making a decision. When he raised his head, he looked at Bi Gou: "Old Bi, I have an idea."

Bi Gou put down the wine cup and looked at Li Yi seriously: "Big thing?"

"Generally big." Li Yi nodded lightly.

"Can I afford it?" Bi Gou felt guilty.

"Not now, but it will be okay after a while." Li Yi smiled.

"You say." Bi Gou took a deep breath.

"Investigate the land of the Tang Dynasty and collect rent according to the number of acres. People without land will not be charged anything." Li Yi threw out the land tax.

In fact, one of the two tax laws after the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty was the land tax, but an additional household tax was collected.

If there was no household tax, it would be the land tax, which is a very good policy.

Bi Gou looked at Li Yi steadily, swallowing his saliva again and again. He finally knew what "generally large" meant.

According to what Li Yi said, how many people's interests would be affected?

"Rent must be paid in advance, and it cannot be converted into money, otherwise the people will sell grain at a low price to raise money during the harvest season."

Li Yi then talked about how to collect "taxes" and asked for money. The harvest season is the time for merchants to lower prices.

Bi Gou shook his head slowly: "It's difficult. People with more land will object."

"It can be done." Li Yi was sure that the court would do things with determination, and there would be no problem.

This is not the Song Dynasty, there is no mess like the Qingli New Deal.

It is not as bad as Wang Anshi's Horse Protection Law and Green Seedling Law.

Directly in one step, the land tax is distributed according to the land area.

"Local officials may make false reports, conceal reports, and lie when measuring the land area, especially the upper, middle and lower fields."

Bi Gou actually thought of how to distribute the land tax according to the land area and divide the land into good and bad.

Li Yi shook his head: "As long as the court is stable, the following things will be easy to say. Your Majesty is determined, and there are Yulin Flying Cavalry and Sixteen Guards."

"Wait a minute, wait until the tax issue is pushed down, and then start this matter."

Bi Gou is afraid that if two major things are pushed together, the last one will not be done well.

"You can try it in Jingzhao Prefecture first, Jingzhao Prefecture is easy to use." Li Yi likes Jingzhao Prefecture more and more.

Everything can start from Jingzhao Prefecture. Under the eyes of Yulin Flying Cavalry and Sixteen Guards, who dares not to obey?

Yao Chong drank a cup, did not eat the food, and lowered his head to calculate.

After a dozen breaths, he looked up: "Try?"

Li Yi gave Yao Chong an encouraging look: "It's no big deal to try it. Who dares to rebel?"

"Do you want to survey your farm?" Bi Gou was the first one who wanted to survey Li's farm.

"Thank you, Old Bi. The land I bought for my farm was not good. Some of it was used to build industry, and some was used to maintain the land. Survey it."

Li Yi agreed. Li's farm was too big a target, and the people of Jingzhao Prefecture were all watching.

But he went on to say: "I want to make a plan. Part of the land is for military use. This part should be set aside. The rest of the land for breeding should be set aside."

Li Yi is willing to pay the rent, so pay it. How much money is there?

He needs to make the attributes of the land clear, otherwise, whatever he uses the land for in the future will be considered as occupying grain fields.

"One month, within one month, I will definitely survey the land of Jingzhao Prefecture and collect rent from this year."

With Li Yi's support, Bi Gou made up his mind.

If he did so, when the land of the whole Tang Dynasty was surveyed, it would be a huge rent.

No more Yong and Di, and the people can have more time to do other work.

After dinner, Bi Gou did not stay in Li's manor, but took his own carriage home. The city gates were not closed, and he could enter and exit at will.

The Sixteen Guards and Yulin Flying Cavalry camped outside the city gates in various places, saying that they were training, but in fact they were to prevent problems.

After returning home, Bi Gou began to write memorials.

In the morning court of the new day, he did not say that he would survey the land of Jingzhao Prefecture, but was ready to collect rent according to the amount of land and the condition of the land. UU Reading wwｗ.uukanshu.net

Others had left, so he signaled Li Longji to keep Yao Chong and the other two.

Yao Chong and the other two looked at Bi Gou, meaning what are you going to do? You went to Li's farm last night, what are you throwing out today?

"Your Majesty, land annexation is serious, and the number of refugees and fleeing households has increased. Only when Jingzhao Prefecture investigated cotton planting yesterday, many families found that there were too many acres of land..."

Bi Gou began to talk about things, and said a lot, and finally said: "I ask Jingzhao Prefecture to first measure the land, determine the land into three grades, and distribute the rent according to the acreage."

Yao Chong and the other two closed their eyes at the same time, and it was over. Sure enough, Li Yi didn't make trouble for a long time, and he would make a big move.

Li Longji picked up the tea and drank it, and when he put down the cup, he nodded: "Yes!"

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