"This is messing around!"
"It can't go on like this!"
"Has Your Majesty been bewitched? If this goes on, the Liu family will fall apart."
A group of clans gathered together, chattering.
"Your Majesty's move is really too ruthless! If you continue like this, it doesn't matter whether you are famous or not, regardless of whether you are a royal family member, as long as you have land under your name, even if it is only one acre of land, you will have to pay taxes. Is Your Majesty getting into the eyes of money?"
"In all dynasties, I have never heard of high-ranking officials paying taxes."
"I heard that the property under the empress's name has been paying taxes since its inception."
"The property of Shaofu seems to be paying taxes since the second year of His Majesty's accession to the throne."
"The Shaofu pays taxes? Hahahaha... It's nothing more than switching from left hand to right hand. Empress, hmph, can she do the same?"
"That's not what you said. Both the emperor and the empress are paying taxes, so why do we have the right not to pay taxes?"
"Ten taxes and one is not expensive."
"Fart! Is this a matter of one in ten taxes? This is a matter of principle. From not paying taxes to paying taxes, let alone one in ten taxes, even if it is one in twenty taxes, we must resolutely oppose it."
"Yeah, this hole can't be opened. This year, ten taxes are one, if we compromise, who knows what will happen next year."
"What's going on with those officials in the court. Such an important law has actually been compromised. Aren't they quite good at talking on weekdays? Why are they all dumb?"
"Shh, don't say it, don't say it."
"There is nothing to say. It's not that those officials are soft-spoken and short-handed. After taking advantage of His Majesty and Empress, of course you have to keep your mouth shut."
"The group of officials in the court hall are all fucking cowards."
The clans scolded vigorously, not daring to scold the emperor and empress loudly, and specially caught officials who scolded them.
Some excited people, with a group of servants, poured dung on the officials' gates.
Officer: "..."
MMP, is this his fault alone
Such a big matter cannot be decided by him alone.
He was still full of grievances.
Splashing dung is nothing.
Some people have publicly criticized the court in the newspapers, thinking that the officials of the court are messing around.
When someone criticizes it, someone will stand up and support it.
Shanhe College unswervingly supports the new land law.
Notwithstanding this law, it is harming their interests.
In the past, as long as you passed the examination, you could be exempted from tax and corvee.
As long as you have money, you can buy land at will. If others want to contribute, they just accept it.
Be ruthless, in less than ten or eight years, you will be able to accumulate a large family fortune.
Anyway, the land is tax-free.
Not now.
Even if you have fame, you still have to pay taxes.
Ten taxes and one very little, but still have to pay taxes.
If you buy more land, you have to double the tax.
After all, the new law harms the interests of scholars and dignitaries.
Those who wrote articles criticizing the court in newspapers were basically scholars.
Among the students of Shanhe College, some were against it, while others were in favor.
Surprisingly, those who agreed with the new land laws turned out to be in the majority.
This group of people wrote articles every day in newspapers to cheer for the court and the emperor and empress, and they seemed to be fans of the emperor and empress.
The war of words in the newspapers is fierce, and you come and go.
The ordinary people in the market are happy.
Happy!
Rejoice!
Don't worry about the scholars this time, they won't be fooled no matter how the landlords and gentry fool around.
Big ten tax one, but they can see clearly.
Even if you don't know how to read, there are guys from Sihai Meat Shop to help explain.
Throughout the dynasties, the land tax rate was basically three out of ten. In the years of war, there are ten taxes and four taxes.
With the addition of local apportionment, the burden is even heavier.
This is the treatment of yeoman farmers.
The tenant has paid the tax and also has to pay the rent. In the end, I am afraid that 20% of the food that fell on hand did not exist.
Moreover, with the high land price, the land rent also tends to rise.
In some places, 50%, or even 60%, 70% of renters have appeared.
If this is to promote the world, the tenants will die.
The new land law promulgated by the imperial court only needs ten taxes and one tax, and it has won the firm support of the common people all over the world.
In the streets and alleys, small merchants and hawkers, when they meet now, they are not asking if they have eaten, but if they know about ten taxes and one tax
"I know, I know! I heard that His Majesty and the Empress suppressed the court lords and forcibly promulgated this law."
"Your Majesty and Empress Dowager miss me and the little people."
"Long live your majesty and empress empress."
"That group of scholars scolds in the newspaper every day, why don't the people in the newspaper department care about it?"
"What do you care? I didn't see that those who scolded were all the officials in the court, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs..."
"What is the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"It should be regarded as the yamen that takes the blame for the emperor and empress."
"Ah? Is there a Yamen that specializes in taking blame?"
"No one is going to take the blame, should His Majesty and Empress Empress be held accountable?"
"That can't, that can't."
"From now on, studying and becoming an official is like us small people who all have to pay taxes. My heart, haha, has been happy for several days."
"I have to pay taxes to study for the imperial examination, so who will want to study for the imperial examination in the future?"
"Don't look at those scholars who are so loud, those who should study for the imperial examination still have to study for the imperial examination. Isn't it just a little tax, how much can one ten taxes have? If you don't study, you can only have one hundred acres under your personal name. Ten tax five, or even ten tax six... "
"Nine out of ten taxes!"
"That's to say! One hundred acres is enough to limit people. Only when you study and take the imperial examination, or serve in the army and fight for credit, can you break through the limit of one hundred acres."
"As long as you pass the Jinshi examination, you can own ten hectares of land with ten taxes and one tax, and you can have ten people. Such a good thing, do you think those scholars can refuse the imperial examination?"
"In the future, there will only be more and more people taking the imperial examination, not less and less."
"That's true. Anyone with a family background will send their children to study."
"Why is this?"
"Because if you have money but no fame, you can only have one hundred acres of land per person like me and other ordinary people. For rich masters, this land is not enough. If you want to get land with ten taxes and one, you have to You have to urge your children to study. Even if you are a scholar, you can get two hundred acres of land with ten taxes."
"It makes sense, it makes sense. I can't do without reading in the future!"
"If you don't study, you can only cling to one hundred acres of land, and if you exceed one acre, you will be taxed heavily."
"In this way, isn't it possible to open up wasteland at will?"
"Didn't you read the law? The newly reclaimed land can be sold to the government, and the government will buy it at 20% of the market price. The 20% of the excess is considered hard work."
"That's about the same."
"No matter how noisy those scholars are, the new law really benefits the people, and it's really for the sake of me and other small people."
"That's true."
"Ten taxes and one tax can save a lot of people."
"In case of production cuts, there is no need to sell children or daughters or land."
"Yes! The warehouse at home will be full one day."
"Your house still has a warehouse? Rich people!"
"I'm not thinking that one tax per ten can save a lot of food. In previous years, there would be nothing to eat in the months when there was a shortage of crops. One tax per ten, and then there would be some food to eat when there was a shortage of crops."
"That makes sense."
"Wait until next spring, we will know whether there will be any food left."
"The law will be enforced from the first day of August, and the court is considering the autumn harvest. With the autumn harvest, everyone's burden will be greatly reduced this year."
"Some government officials want to harvest autumn grain before the first day of August and make a fortune. Don't be fooled."
"Thank you for reminding!"
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Wang Xuecheng went to Yan Ci with a drink.
"Brother Yan still has the foresight. When you said that you didn't want to take the land from the villagers to contribute, I thought you were worrying about it. Looking at it now, it's still Brother Yan who is thoughtful."
Yan Ci stroked his thin-haired head, feeling a little worried.
"Brother Wang, stop praising me. I'm very worried now."
"Why worry?"
"Although I didn't accept the land donated by the villagers, my family has bought a lot of land with money over the years, which has exceeded the ten taxes per mu stipulated by the court."
Wang Xuecheng was stunned for a moment, "Brother Yan has a reputation for raising people, and he can own five hectares of land with ten taxes and one tax. How many people can he return. Has the land under your family's name already exceeded this amount?"
Wang Xuecheng was surprised.
Yan Ci smiled wryly and nodded, "I went home a few days ago and looked through the land deeds of the family. Only then did I know that the family has bought about 80 hectares of land one after another with money over the years, nearly twice the standard."
Wow!
Eighty hectares is 8,000 mu, and it costs tens of thousands of taels of silver just to buy land.
"Brother Yan is indeed rich."
"Brother Wang, don't make fun of me. I'm worrying about what to do with the extra land."
"Why worry. The law stipulates that there is a three-year deferment period for the land bought and sold in the past. Within three years, your land will remain the same."
"Brother Wang is really laughing at me. The law stipulates that in our situation, within three years, the part of the land that is ten taxes one can continue to be tax-free. The excess land has to be taxed according to the tax rate ten taxes one. Wait until three years If it ends, the excess land will be heavily taxed.”
"Ten taxes are one, such a point, it shouldn't be a burden for Brother Yan."
Yan Yan wiped his face, "Brother Wang, these lands were tax-free before."
Wang Xuecheng was tongue-tied, came back to his senses, and patted himself on the head, "I'm confused! It's almost autumn harvest season, what is Brother Yan going to do?"
"It is definitely not possible to sell the land at this time."
"It's true. When buying land at this time, someone must take the opportunity to lower the price. There will always be someone who can buy a large amount of land."
Yan Ci shook his head, "Brother Wang still hasn't seen through the tricks here. After the promulgation of this law, the final result will be the government, or you can say it is the Shaofu, and will become the largest landlord in the world. Just watch, in the next few years , a large amount of land will fall into the hands of the Shaofu."
Wang Xuecheng was a little confused, he was not smart in the first place, and he really didn't want to understand the twists and turns in it.
He was not ashamed to ask, "Is this good or bad?"