socalfunplaces Chapter 296
Chapter 296
As soon as the words fell, Yan Wushuang's face suddenly changed.
Yuan Xuanlin's face also turned ugly. They discovered the root of the problem!
The general trend of the world is that long-term division will eventually unite, and long-term unity will eventually divide. This is the law of the dynasty. The overthrow of every corrupt dynasty also means a reshuffle of interests!
Military power and taxation in various places cannot be given, and personnel appointments and dismissals cannot be given. After thinking about it, the only way is to reward land and add tax exemption. This is the smallest price.
Moreover, if the emperor wants the court officials to do things, he also needs to give benefits!
Without privileges and benefits, who would be willing to serve as an official in the court?
Just like scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans, merchants have the lowest status and scholars have the highest status. Behind this, there are class privileges!
This is the foundation of the operation of a dynasty!
Otherwise, merchants have money, high status, and privileges, so who would go to farm? The same is true for officials. If officials have no privileges and low status, who would be willing to be officials?
Then what should be given?
Tax exemption!
Once a poor scholar passes the imperial examination, the merchant families will send him money and daughters like crazy. The essence behind this is not to appreciate his talent, but the many privileges behind the Juren and Jinshi!
This is the fundamental reason!
"When the land of this group of people is annexed, it no longer belongs to the people, but to the landlords. This change seems small, even insignificant, but it is fatal!"
"When the people's land becomes the landlord's land, they don't have to pay taxes, but when the court collects taxes, it often directly covers an entire area and collects taxes uniformly!"
"It's like Guangyang County has to collect millions of shi of grain, and there are more than 50,000 people with land to pay taxes, but this year is a disaster year, and 3,000 people can't survive. They find the landlords, and their land is annexed."
"Then next year, the land of more than 3,000 people will become the landlords. According to the court's policy, they don't have to pay taxes, but the court needs money to fight wars, repair various large-scale water conservancy projects, and officials all over the world need money. This year, Guangyang County paid one million shi of grain. Can it be lower than this number next year?"
"The court can also flexibly adjust taxes based on the land of 3,000 fewer people. ? "
"The higher-ups want performance and must report to His Majesty, so the remaining 45,000 people need to pay taxes."
"In this way, even if some people with relatively rich families do not have to borrow grain from the landlords, they will find over time that they have to pay more and more grain."
"This is the general trend, and no one can stop it. One family can grit their teeth and tighten their belts to make a living, but more than 50,000 people will always be unable to bear it over time!"
"When their land is gradually annexed, the pressure will be added to the remaining people with good family backgrounds."
"This is the butterfly effect. If one family cannot bear it, it will affect ten families, and ten families will affect hundreds, and then thousands, tens of thousands, and form a huge... stampede!"
Gao Yang clenched his hands heavily, and endless sharp light flashed in his eyes, as if he had witnessed the whole process of land annexation with his own eyes!
His voice was cold and indifferent, as if it sounded from the depths of the underworld.
"No one will be spared from the trampling!"
"And what I said is only Guangyang County!"
"If we look at the whole world, it is a very scary thing that land annexation is carried out in all parts of the world at the same time. You know that a drop of water can wear away a stone, and rivers and lakes can become a sea!"
"Although the high-rise building is huge and huge, the insects and ants below are extremely small, but when these insects and ants frantically gnaw at the foundation of the high-rise building, sooner or later, this high-rise building will collapse!"
Buzz!
As soon as the words fell, Yan Wushuang felt a chill suddenly rushing from his coccyx to the top of his head, making him stiff and unable to move!
Gao Yang's words were very clear, and he couldn't refute a single word, but because of this, he felt terrified.
Farmers have to borrow money from landlords because they don't have enough food. Once they encounter a disaster year, their land will be ruthlessly annexed by the landlords of the noble families, and then tax-free. However, the court cannot reduce taxes every year. Once the total amount remains unchanged, the remaining people will be trampled!
Then the cycle repeats, and land annexation will become more and more serious!
And the whole process is linked to each other, tightly closed, and cannot be changed at all!
Once the tax-free policy is abolished, the first to disagree are the officials, that is, the noble families in the world, which affects the interests of too many people!
But with the privilege of tax-free, the noble families want to annex land more and more. This is almost a dead end, just like the situation he is facing now.
Knowing it is a situation, but unable to change it!
Yan Wushuang felt like he had become an eagle in the sky, soaring above the nine heavens, overlooking the whole world, and he could cross time and space and travel through time.
He could see the evolution of land annexation and the upper limit of the luck of a dynasty, but... he couldn't change it!He could only watch helplessly and could do nothing.
This feeling of powerlessness is what Yan Wushuang hates the most!
"Your Highness, King Yan, in fact, there is a more terrifying point about this land annexation that I haven't mentioned yet. Do you know what it is?"
Gao Yang said lightly, saying something more terrifying.
"There is something more terrifying?"
"What is it?"
Yan Wushuang's eyes condensed, and he asked in succession.
Gao Yang smiled, and his voice sounded softly, "The most terrifying point about this land annexation is that the above words are just the formal means I mentioned. The noble families and landlords have not yet used informal means!"
"This is the most terrifying point!"
"Even if there is no tyrant, as long as there is no way to curb the speed of land annexation, the fortune of that dynasty will never exceed three hundred years!"
"This is the general trend of history, no one can avoid it!"
Yan Wushuang felt even more depressed when he heard this.
The world is bustling with people, all for profit. The wealthy families often collude with local officials. It is like asking a dog not to eat shit if you want them not to use their privileges to annex the people's land!
But is it possible for a dog not to eat shit?
"Mr. Gao, you are so talented and have good methods. Do you have a way to break the situation?"
Yan Wushuang looked at Gao Yang earnestly.
Today's Gao Yang surprised him very much. He was so kind to talk to him about the issue of land annexation.
What a good man!
But since he knew that the upper limit of the dynasty's luck was three hundred years, it was like a thorn that pierced Yan Wushuang's heart.
If he didn't pull it out, he would have trouble sleeping every night!
Since Gao Yang had such a thorough understanding of land annexation, was there a way to solve the big problem of land annexation?
For a while, Yuan Xuanlin, Yang Wei and others looked at Gao Yang with expectation.
Gao Yang saw this and shook his head, saying, "Land annexation is an unsolvable problem. Many dynasties have perished because of it. This is more like a shackle from heaven!"
"God has limited the fortune of the dynasty and will not let it exceed three hundred years!"
Yan Wushuang clenched his fists and looked disappointed when he heard this.
Could it be that even the first poisoner of Daqian and the first living king of hell in Daqian could not solve the problem of land annexation?
Yan Wushuang was unwilling to accept this!
"How can people go against heaven, unless——"
Gao Yang said suddenly with a serious face.
Yan Wushuang looked up suddenly, "Unless what?"
"Add money!"