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Land tax is the top priority of the tax system. Although its reforms are beneficial to the state and the lowest-level farmers, it harms the interests of all vested interest groups, including the interests of all land owners such as local governments, bureaucrats and landlords. The difficulty of its reforms is unimaginable.

Dong Xiaochou immediately read the proposal for the third time. He wanted to find a solution, but Changsun Kangning obviously did not come up with a safe solution. On the contrary, in order to achieve the expected results of this plan to the greatest extent, he focused his main finger on the court, local governments and bureaucrats.

The internal and external governments of the imperial court had official land, including the official land that guaranteed the expenses of the government office and the rank of the official who maintained the salaries of officials.

According to Changsun Kangning's plan, the land tax was combined with the solution to the heavy tax of official fields. The civil field science was lighter, basically levying physical items such as rice, wheat, cloth, etc., while the official field science was heavy, and silver, cloth, etc. had to be paid. This policy immediately became an important means to regulate and balance the tax on official fields and civil field.

Official fields are recruited to farm tenants, and the government collects land rent, which is called "public land tax", but no one pays the second tax on autumn and summer taxes by the official fields themselves, so the second tax is often added to the tenants, which increases the amount of land rent.

That is, the so-called "repeated tax collection", which is also the origin of the heavy tax on official land. The daily expenses of government officials at all levels and the salaries of officials at all levels in the provinces and counties depend on official land. This policy is equivalent to using a knife to cut off the flesh of the court, local governments and bureaucrats. You can imagine what the consequences will be once this policy is implemented.

Of course, Changsun Kangning knew the difficulty of implementing this policy. In order to win the support of the court officials and to test the court's reaction, he suggested that before implementing this policy, the salary system of court officials should be reformed and the actual goods should be replaced by currency.

The salaries of officials in this dynasty were very generous. In addition to normal salary and salary, they could also receive spring and winter clothes and food for attendants, as well as kitchen materials, firewood, charcoal, tea, wine, salt, horse straw millet (horse feed) and paper. Local officials also had a job field, and their income could be controlled by themselves. In other words, the bureaucrats in Beijing had no job field, and their salary was mainly rice wheat and silk. In this way, under the conditions of frequent exchange of goods, in order to meet the various needs of life, bureaucrats had to barter with rice. Now that the Middle Earth split, the Chang'an court insisted on reform under the leadership of Li Hu, the official system was modified, and the salaries of officials were reduced, but the rice price was always rising, and the actual salary of officials was still very high.

If the salaries of central officials are replaced by money.

For rice, wheat, silk, then obviously, their salary has been reduced, which is actually equivalent to stabbing a hornet's nest, and the consequences are numerous.

From the overall perspective, the reform policy of monetization of land tax is imperative, and it is conducive to the cause of unification. However, the system of this dynasty has accumulated deep problems. This kind of reform that directly contacts and interests of the ruling class will inevitably lead to a series of fierce reactions. Therefore, from the Chang'an court, the policy of monetization of land tax is not conducive to stability and unity, and is not conducive to the cause of unification.

Dong Xiaochou carefully weighed the pros and cons and felt that this policy should be implemented, after all, its benefits far outweigh its disadvantages.

Dong Xiaochou looked at it carefully for the fourth time, pondered for a long time, and hesitated again... This policy will seriously infringe on the interests of the bureaucratic and landlords. As for the current situation, internal stability and unity are above everything else, otherwise how can we start the cause of unification?

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Luo Sinan is also thinking about it again. This afternoon, Changsun Kangning had already explained the content of this proposal to her in detail, and he explained the pros and cons and the relationship between them very clearly. As a leader of the wealthy businessman, Changsun Kangning must do this

The group seeks the highest interests and takes into account the interests of the country and the people on this basis. However, under the condition that the total amount of existing wealth is insufficient, he can only sacrifice the interests of other people, which is a choice that cannot be done.

Changsun Kangning certainly knew the consequences of this proposal, so he had to tie his group together with the tiger lie. Otherwise, with the strength of his group, he would not be able to compete with the bureaucracy at all.

When Luo Sinan saw Dong Xiaohou cloning the document, he immediately asked, "What do you think?"

Dong Xiaochou is difficult to make a choice. Although the pros and cons of this are clear at a glance, once the disadvantages cannot be controlled, it will be fatal. Li Hu and the Hu Lie Army may be defeated in an instant.

"I want to know why Changsun Kangning chose to come up with this reform plan at this time?" Dong Xiaochou stroked his long beard, frowned deeply, and was filled with worry.

"The Western Expedition was victorious, the Western Xia was destroyed, the world changed, and the general ruler quickly reorganized the Northwest Army. Who else can stop our Tiger and Lieutenant Army from unifying Zhongtu at this moment?" Luo Sinan said without hesitation.

Dong Xiaohou suddenly felt suffocated. He knew that Luo Sinan was convinced by Changsun Kangning, and it was difficult to stop what happened next.

"The policy of Changsun Kangning is one of the most important things to protect his own interests by harming others' reasons." Dong Xiaochou raised the document in his hand and said, "His purpose is to develop industry and commerce, and then influence and control national affairs from financial resources, and ultimately seize state authority, so that the state can use policies to protect his interests and create a continuous stream of wealth for him."

"Do you have prejudice against him?" Luo Sinan asked in surprise, "You have read it for so long, and this is the final conclusion? You see, this proposal should start from the perspective of the tiger and the interests of the entire kingdom, rather than just from the perspective of his personal gain."

Dong Xiaohou sneered and threw the document in his hand onto the table, "This is a trap. Changsun Kangning threw out a bait. He wanted to lure us into a trap and drive us out of Middle Earth."

"We are defeated, can Changsun Kangning be safe? Can he protect his own interests?" Luo Sinan asked, "To be honest, can Changsun Kangning do this method work?"

"Changsun Kangning here describes a beautiful mirage that is out of reach and even impossible to achieve at all." Dong Xiaohou was worried that Luo Sinan could not wait to implement this strategy, so he immediately poured cold water on Luo Sinan. "Official salaries are monetized, land taxes are monetized, and taxes are monetized, and the premise of all this is to unify the currency, but Changsun Kangning's monetary policy is to monetize silver, and how much silver is in Middle-earth? All the silver in Middle-earth can not meet the circulation of currency. So is all his reforms a castle in the air?"

"What Changsun Kangning has come up with is only a reform strategy and a direction of reform of the financial system. Its implementation requires the efforts of several generations. It is possible in a hundred or even two hundred years, and it cannot be achieved overnight." Luo Sinan was a little excited, his face turned slightly red, and his voice became loud, "But this is the direction of the revitalization of Sino-Turkish forces, and it is the foundation for Sino-Turkish to move towards glory. We cannot give up it just because there are no conditions for implementation. Our generation should take the lead and lay a foundation for future generations to take off."

"Wishes are one thing, reality is another. We cannot ignore reality because of wishes. We must face reality. Our top priority is to unify, not to build a tower in the air."

"Unified? We

What is the unity now?" Luo Sinan picked up a stack of letters and said loudly to Dong Xiaochou, "This is a letter of help from Yelu Ma Ge and Tie Shuai, as well as Wang Yuan and Yue Fei. They want food, grass, weapons, people and horses, but I don't. How to fight in this situation? According to the idea of ​​the gang of ministers in the deliberation hall, we want to discuss rebellion between the Jin and Southeast, and develop for a few years. But in a few years, the three-point pattern has been solid, and how many years will the cause of unification be delayed? Are you willing to see your descendants die in battle and be in a battlefield with horses and corpses?"

Dong Xiaochou was silent, and this sentence hit his mind. It is obviously a mistake to ignore the interests of the bureaucratic class and ignore the interests of the people. The Song Dynasty has come to this point today because of this mistake. If the tiger and harsh people make the same mistake and repeat the same mistake, let alone the great cause of unification, it is unknown whether they can maintain the situation of the three-legged stalemate. But what is scary is that this policy directly attacks the bureaucratic class, from the central to the local, from the emperor, the prime minister to the lowest-level minor officials, all of which are harmed by interests. The danger contained in this is too great, and the powerful power brought by the victory of the Western Expedition cannot be suppressed at all.

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Wuyan rushed over, and Huang She and Chai Yun were also invited by Luo Sinan.

The atmosphere inside the room was very bad. Dong Xiaohou looked cold and a murderous aura faintly appeared in his eyes. Luo Sinan's face was as frost as he was angry.

Huang She's first look changed after reading the letter. After Chai Yun and Wuyan gathered together, they were also shocked.

"There is such a person in Sichuan and Shu." Wuyan shook his head repeatedly, looking incredible. "If Middle Earth is revitalized in the future, Changsun Kangning will make great contributions."

"Silver monetization, land tax monetization, tax labor monetization..." Huang She looked at the people sitting there and praised him, "Don't say whether this policy can be implemented first. Just the strategy itself is a genius idea."

"It will move the whole body with one move, amazing, amazing..." Chai Yun gently patted the case, "Once monetization of land tax and monetary circulation increases dramatically, industry and commerce will inevitably develop rapidly, and the entire ZTE strategy will begin to embark on the right path. Next, the development strategy of agriculture, industry and commerce will be difficult to curb, and the future reform direction will surely move forward rapidly along the road we designed."

Dong Xiaohou sneered, "Do you know how many people you want to kill? Do you know who our opponent is?"

Chai Yun smiled bitterly, but he lowered his head without saying anything.

"If you don't kill now, there will be endless troubles in the future." Huang She looked at Luo Sinan with a slightly slower expression, "In my opinion, I will send someone to sue the general immediately and ask him to return to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Luo Sinan nodded, "This matter cannot be hidden from those ministers. As long as it is spread, they must know that this is a strategy developed by Changsun Kangning and others, and those people will definitely take revenge."

"Changsun Kang would rather have a way to protect himself?" Huang She asked.

"He proposed to marry Dong Shuai." Luo Sinan said, "I have agreed."
Chapter completed!