During the Qin Dynasty, although the annexation of land was not yet too drastic, the situation had already begun to emerge where "the rich had fields stretching across the country, and the poor had no land to stand on." From the unification of Qin to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was only eighty or ninety years.

There are many landowners, including Qin Yang who "uses the land as a farmer" and ordinary big landowners such as Bu Shi who "uses the land and livestock as a job" and can pay 200,000 yuan to the government at a time.

There also appeared some large businessmen and landowners, such as the Shuzhuo family and the Wankong family, who became rich through iron smelting and business, then bought fields, and even "the joy of hunting in fields and ponds is like that of human kings".

In other words, throughout the Han Dynasty, the ultimate goal of everyone was land.

Being an official is for the land, being a general is also for the land, and even those who do business will ultimately focus on the land...

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, the complete prohibition of land sales was to stand on the opposite side of the whole world. Naturally, Fei Qian was not that stupid, and brought a system that could not be realized even in later generations to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Fei Qian only stood on the side of the Han Dynasty.

On the moral high ground, I strangled the slightest signs of growing crookedly...

At first, land annexation in the Han Dynasty, except for some bureaucratic landowners who enfeoffed, most of them were developed through economic means in the process of land sales, which is what Sima Qian said, "The most powerful farmers and livestock, workers and merchants, for the

Most of these people who have become rich through power did not have much political power when they started. They neither had any titles nor enjoyed any salary. Therefore, they can generally be called ordinary wealthy people and have not yet reached the level of powerful ones.

situation.

"In the system of the Qin and Han dynasties, the princes entrusted the king with food and rent tax, and the annual rate was 200 per household. The prince with a thousand households was 200,000, and he was hired for the pilgrimage. The common people, farmers, industrialists, and merchants were paid 2,000 per year, and a million-year-old family was equal to

200,000 yuan, and more of it was paid out by rent, and the food and clothing are so beautiful..."

Fei Qian said slowly, "...Therefore, it is said that horses with two hundred hooves are herded on land, cattle with a thousand hooves and horns, sheep with a thousand feet, pigs with a thousand feet in the lake, water with thousands of rocks and waves of fish, mountains with thousands of chapters of Hagi, and Anyi with thousands of jujube trees."

In Yan, Qin, there are thousands of chestnut trees; in Shu, Han, there are thousands of orange trees in Jiangling; in Huaibei and Xingnan, there are thousands of trees of cassia trees; in Chen, there are thousands of acres of lacquer in summer; in Qi and Shandong, there are thousands of acres of mulberry and hemp; in Wei and Chuan, there are thousands of acres of bamboo..."

Zhuge Liang said: "So my lord, you want to break off the "Su Feng"?"

Fei Qian shook his head and said: "What's harmed is not the "plain seal", but the desire for "real seal"!"

Pure landowners are not terrible.

Just like the Zhuo family of Sichuan and Sichuan, wasn't it also powerful for a while, and then what about now?

Therefore, these "Sufeng" families, relying on their own economic power, not only exploited and enslaved the poor peasants at will, but also began to collude with the bureaucrats, "riding around the princes" and "arbitrarily making decisions in the countryside" to become the dominant power.

is the real trouble.

The current problem of the Han Dynasty is these powerful nobles who have been closely integrated with politics.

"The king's law is at the top, and the officials are in chaos at the bottom. They are also serving as servants, invading the fishermen and the common people, and acting as wolves for the common people..." Fei Qian said, "What are the benefits of such people?"

The emperors of the Han Dynasty also took action against these powerful people. For example, Liu Bang "moved to Chang'an". Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also sent governors to patrol to monitor whether the local powerful people had "staggered the land and houses, used the strong to bully the weak, used the masses to oppress the few", etc.

crime and then punished, but the effect of these measures is extremely limited.

Although these various measures have led to the execution of some powerful families and the confiscation of land and property of some powerful families, they have not grasped the key points and only inhibited their development for a while. After the limelight passed, another wave of attacks came back.

So now Fei Qian has changed his approach.

Implement the "Lending Law".

The hotly released "Law of Lending" stands on the commanding heights of morality, indicating that the world is a Han people, and as a nobleman, we must set an example for the Han people, so those who are greedy for money are the behavior of low-level people, exposed

His despicable character.

In particular, the act of charging high interest rates on loans and extorting people's wealth is tantamount to exposing the ugly faces of those black sheep among the nobles. Therefore, in any year of disaster that is declared, local private loans are not allowed to be collected.

An interest rate of more than 5% can only reflect the dignified demeanor of the Han gentry, who regards money as dirt...

As soon as this order came out, many people's jaws dropped and they looked at each other in shock.

The nobles all want to be polite, and those who don't want to be shameless can still be called nobles? Therefore, morality, benevolence, loyalty, etc. are all things that the nobles talk about and apply on their bodies, but now Fei Qian is the same as a noble.

Let the local gentry choose their surname, is it for the sake of face or profit?

Zhuanghe, a commoner, is hit by a disaster. Once it is determined to be a disaster year, the interest on loans during that year must not exceed 5%, and those who exceed it will be severely punished. Is there a problem with this? Fei Qian did not prohibit the loan interest in ordinary years.

Loan interest rates are only strictly prohibited in disaster years. Is there still a problem with this?

Who has questions?

Isn’t this law a manifestation of the moral principles pursued by the nobles? Isn’t it an act of benevolence? Isn’t it the loyalty that the country should have for the sake of the country?

Therefore, after Fei Qian's decree was issued, the land of Sanfu in Guanzhong suddenly became silent.

Who dares to say that this law is not good? I'm afraid he will be called a fool on the spot! But if he says something good against his will and advocates this law for Fei Qian, it hurts my heart and I really can't open my mouth...

Fei Qian looked at the archway standing in the distance, half-smiling.

When a place is sealed to someone, most people will build a new archway at the end of the land to indicate that this is someone's private land...

I want to build a memorial arch to become a rich man, and I want to eat the flesh and blood of ordinary people. Is it such a good thing?

"This is the law of lending orders..." Zhuge Liang said, "Maybe it can be suppressed... but..."

Fei Qian smiled and said, "Is there any flaw?"

Zhuge Liang nodded, then looked at Fei Qian, "Could it be..."
Chapter completed!