Chapter 326

"I inform your majesty that this autumn's harvest has been fruitful in all parts of the Tang Dynasty, and grain prices have risen. Compared with last year, this autumn's harvest has increased by more than 10 percent." Dai Zhou, the Minister of the Ministry of the people, said with a flushed face in the Tai Chi hall.

A 10% increase in taxes is a remarkable achievement, comparable to the speed of later China. How can Dai Zhou not be excited.

"Congratulations, your majesty. The growth of national strength and the prosperity of the people are a harbinger of the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty."

All the civil and military personnel in the Manchu Dynasty were happy. The state of the Tang Dynasty was endowed with sufficient national power, and everyone was also happy.

Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. The Tang Dynasty's governance of the Yellow River and the expedition to Tuyuhun were imminent. The sufficient Treasury gave him so much confidence that he could pay 10% more taxes. There were too many things he could do.

"This is the credit of your love. I thank you for the people all over the world." Li Shimin got up and saluted the courtiers.

"Your Majesty doesn't deserve to mention the minor contributions of my minister."

The ministers quickly said modestly.

Li Chengqian listened to the government. When he heard the speech, he couldn't help humming: "compared with the credit of Merton, you are really worthless."

Li Chengqian has already seen the detailed list of autumn tax. The large-scale growth of land tax depends on the promotion of quyuanli and drought resistance method. Among the taxes, the growth rate of commercial tax is the most amazing. It can increase tax by 10%. Commercial tax accounts for a great contribution. Among them, the taxes paid by businesses between Mojia village and Mojia village account for a large proportion.

However, the courtiers automatically ignored Merton's credit, and everyone didn't mention it. Li Chengqian sighed helplessly. He couldn't help but look outside the hall and secretly figure out his way of governing the country.

At the moment, the greatest contributor to the increase of the autumn Fu of the Tang Dynasty is lying on the soft couch with a pair of panda eyes, screaming in pain.

"Take it easy, you take it easy!"

In the ink mansion, Ziyi is using ice to apply the eye bruise position for Tang Merton. When Ziyi's action is a little bigger, Merton can't help but take a breath and cry out for pain.

Ziyi saw it and cried painfully, "the prince is so cruel that he should be so cruel to you."

Merton snorted stiffly and said, "the young master doesn't suffer any losses. He's not much better!"

There are several opportunities to beat the current crown prince. Merton is unprecedented and has no future. Merton from later generations has no concept of superiority and inferiority. How can he be beaten by Li Chengqian without fighting back.

Ziyi was startled and hurriedly said, "young master, beating the current crown prince is a capital crime. What if the emperor blames it?"

Merton waved his hand and said, "don't worry, Li Chengqian had better face. He certainly won't admit that he was beaten by me. Now he can't tell that he's going to publicize everywhere and beat me down."

Rao is so. Ziyi is also worried about kicking in her heart. Knowing Merton's repeated assurances, Ziyi is a little relieved.

"Where's fuber?"

Merton suddenly didn't see fuber today and couldn't help asking.

"Chang'an County wants to assign the task of corvee service to each village. Fubo has gone to the county government office instead of Mojia village. Now he should be back soon!

In the Tang Dynasty, the land equalization law was implemented, and the rent regulation was implemented. It was stipulated that all people with land equalization, no matter how much land they were granted at home, should pay taxes according to Ding, and after collecting the taxes, they would serve corvee.

Sure enough, the voice of purple clothes fell. Fubo came in from the outside and saw Merton report: "young master, the corvee in Mojia village has come down. The corvee assigned to Mojia village by the county is a simple task."

Merton shook his head and said, "when the Mojia village is developing, this is the time of employment. All corvee work is carried out in accordance with the provisions of the imperial court."

In ancient times, corvee was a very important work. Almost all the large-scale projects of the imperial court were built by corvee. The Great Wall, the seven wonders, and the Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal were completed by requisitioning a large number of civilian men.

The corvee was too heavy, the people complained too much, the corvee was too light, and many important projects could not be completed. In addition, some rich households were unwilling to serve corvee, so the Naxi substitute service slowly came into being, which has a rudiment of the system of raising and serving in future generations.

It originated in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty implemented the policy of "light corvee and low tax" at that time. In the second year of the emperor's reign, it was stipulated that a young man over the age of 18 should bear the rent and adjustment service; a man over the age of 60 should be exempted from the rent and adjustment service. Later, it was stipulated that a young man over the age of 50 can accept silk as a substitute.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, he further developed the system of accepting silk as a substitute for labor. It was stipulated that all Ding men who were unwilling to perform labor could replace them with silk or cloth, which was equivalent to three feet of silk every day, which was called Yong.

"We all have to accept silk for service. There are nearly thousands of families in Mojia village. How much silk cloth does it cost? Where can there be so much silk cloth in Mojia village?" Ziyi exclaimed.

But Merton smiled and said without any worry: "in previous years, it was the najuan substitute. I'm afraid it's not necessarily this year."

Fubo nodded and said, "young master, it's wise. I heard that there were too many silk fabrics in the imperial court in previous years, and the Treasury has nowhere to store them. Many of them have become moldy and discolored. This year, farmers are specially allowed to accept silk or money as agents."

Merton nodded. He knew in his heart that this was the first step of the court's change for the impact of cotton in five years. I'm afraid the silk service will become the money service in the next few years.

When a carriage of silver money pulled down the county government of Chang'an City, the news that mojiazi paid money for the service of all the villagers in Mojia village spread all over the Tang Dynasty.

"There are at least two thousand soldiers in Mojia village! Mojia Zi is really willing!"

No one's Ding service is a small number, which is painful enough for ordinary people. Unless the rich and ordinary people go to obediently serve the corvee, no one is willing to accept the silk service, not to mention 2000. The money required must not be a small number.

"The people in Mojia village are really lucky to meet such a good owner."

Chang'an city was full of talk and envy.

"Why do we have such a hard life and serve corvee."

Many people complained.

Although corvee service does not cost money, it is very tiring, and you have to provide your own dry food, and you have to serve corvee for more than a month. It is not an easy job for an adult labor force.

In particular, the corvee in Guanzhong this year is very heavy. Changsun Wuji has taken away a lot of labor to manage the Yellow River. There are many rich families in Chang'an City, most of them accept silk as agents, and there are many more corvee shared equally among villages this year.

When the news of the Mojia village's silk substitute service spread to the villages in the south of the city, many villages immediately fried the pot. All along, Mojia village has been the main force of corvee service. This year, there are more than 2000 people in Mojia village, so they are afraid to do more work.

For a while, various unbalanced psychology emerged one after another, especially after Li Zheng assigned tasks, the villages in the south of Chang'an city immediately fried.

Driven by people with intentions, an undercurrent against Mojia village surged one after another.