Chapter 129.1

Chapter 129.1

The farmers take sixty percent, with enough food they have the strength to work! The landlords take thirty percent, they dont work, and half of that is enough for them! The state takes ten percent, which can be allocated flexibly! If the farmers need it, give it to the farmers; if the landlords need it, give it to the landlords; it can also be used to maintain the army and protect the territory! In this way, all three parties benefit, and the country can be sustained!

Song Yufei nodded thoughtfully.

Lin Beifan cleared his throat and said, Lets promote this matter! In reality, we can actually divide the citizens of the entire country into two classes, one is the farmer class, and the other is the landlord class!

Farmers are many but have little land, landlords are few but have much land, so the working farmers take sixty percent, and the non-working landlords take thirty percent. With such a distribution, not only can the farmers support themselves, but they can also support their families! Although the landlords receive less, they are fewer in number, and without working, they can still have thirty percent of the income, which is also enough to support their families!

So, this method of distribution is very reasonable and also a guarantee for the long-term stability and peace of the nation! As long as the country gets this right, then the nation can operate normally!

What if it cant be done? Song Yufei retorted.

If it cant be done, then it will bring disaster!

Lin Beifan said, For example, if the landlords take an extra twenty percent of the profits, the farmers get twenty percent less! It might seem like the landlords are earning more, but in fact, thats not the case; in the end, everyone loses!

Because if the farmers only have forty percent of the profits, they wont have enough to eat and naturally wont be able to do much work. As a result, there will naturally be less grain! With less grain, whether its landlords or farmers, the amount of grain distributed becomes less! If this continues over time, there will be less and less grain, and eventually, the farmers wont even have enough to eat and will definitely put down their burdens and stop working, leaving everyone without grain!

Have you noticed that throughout history, many common people often rise up in rebellion because they dont have enough to eat, leading to the overthrow of dynasties! If they had enough food, who would do those risky things, right?

What if the farmers got an extra twenty percent? Song Yufei asked.

Didnt we just discuss this? If the farmers take an extra twenty percent, then the landlords will get twenty percent less! With less to take, landlords wont offer their land for use; they will cultivate it themselves, and all the grain they produce will be their own! The farmers will still have no grain to eat and will inevitably rise up in rebellion!

Lin Beifan sighed, Thats why managing a country well is all about proper distribution of interests. Its crucial to ensure that every class, every individual has a way to survive, allowing everyone to live on!

Lets extend this issue further! In a country, there arent just farmers and landlords; there are also merchants, workers, martial artists, noble families, etc., each with different interests!

Only by balancing the interests of all parties, ensuring that farmers have food to eat, workers have jobs to do, merchants have money to make, and landlords along with those noble families have profits to gain, can a country develop steadily!

Song Yufei couldnt help but nod in agreement.

Lin Beifans explanation was incisive; arent all national problems essentially issues of interest at their core?

Only when the interests of all parties are protected can the nation continue to develop.

If the interests of any party are not protected, then they will flip the table and refuse to cooperate!

Your Majesty, how do you then balance the interests of all parties and manage a country? Song Yufei asked once again.

Lin Beifan smiled slightly: Its quite simple, since there are many stakeholders, just reduce the number of rent-seekers!

Ah? Reduce the rent-seekers? How can this be done? Song Yufei was baffled.

Lets start with the landlords!

Lin Beifan asked mysteriously, Do you know how many landlords there are in my Great Xia, and how much land they control?

I have no idea, but there must be at least a few of them!

Indeed, there are quite a few landlords, but the total land they control is less than 50,000 square miles!

Lin Beifan laughed heartily, Defy the heavens then! To fight against the heavens is a boundless joy! To fight against the earth is a boundless joy! To fight against people is even more so! Haha

Song Yufei could only muster a bitter smile in her heart.

Originally, she had made up her mind to choose Lin Beifan.

But after hearing his words, she hesitated again.

Because the path he chose was an extremely difficult one of emperorship, offending not just nations but noble families as well, and even sparing no sects from the rivers and lakes, making enemies of everyone possible along the way!

She couldnt be sure if such a country could develop properly.

If she chose the wrong person, her investment would go down the drain, and the powers behind her would suffer as well.

So really, she couldnt easily take this risk.

In the end, Song Yufei left somewhat disheartened, continuing her search for a more suitable candidate.

But then, Yaoyao arrived.

She was extremely excited: Little foolish emperor, I heard youve obtained a divine sword, apparently called the Xuanxiao Sword, capable of unleashing flames, slaying Innates as easily as slaughtering chickens and dogs. Its so amazing, can I take a look at it?

Of course you can! Lin Beifans hand waved lightly, and with a ringing sound, the divine sword flew out of its scabbard and into Lin Beifans hand.

Yaoyao took the divine sword, excitedly waving it a few times, and flames gathered in the air, as if setting the sky ablaze.

This sword is really too powerful! Not only is it indestructible, but it can also release strong flames! With this sword, I, Yaoyao, can suppress that woman, haha! Im going to chop down that woman right now

Just then, Lin Beifan suddenly embraced Yaoyao.

Yaoyao panicked, her face flushing red: Little foolish emperor, what are you doing? Let go of me!

Lin Beifan let go: Dont mind me, I was just saving you!

Yaoyao was bewildered: Saving me?

Yes!

Lin Beifan said earnestly, This divine sword has a demonic nature; holding the sword can lead one to fall into the demonic path, lose their humanity, and think only of slaughter! Just now, you exhibited such symptoms, which is why I embraced you, to transform you with love! Do you feel any better now? Do you want to continue further

Continue my foot!

Yaoyao said irritably, I wasnt affected just now! You were just taking advantage of the situation with me, youre utterly despicable, Im going to strangle you!

Lin Beifan: Ow, ow, ow

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