Chapter 1115: Hebei was divided, Guan Zhong implemented the land equalization order(2/2)
Especially in the process of external wars, the cruelty involved, such as Su Dingfang's mass killing between Dasheng and Dalan, and the ownerless wasteland that was eventually created in the middle process, can naturally provide the basis for the equalization of land.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Moreover, in troubled times, some people will develop into new aristocratic families, and some old aristocratic families will decline or even perish. The demise of these old aristocratic families,
It will also free up a lot of unclaimed land.
"In the past, taxes were based on the number of people in each household. The head tax was abolished and the policy of field tax and field service was adopted. That is, taxes were collected based on the number of fields, not the number of people. Corvee service and military service were also based on the number of fields.
Accurate, not the number of people!" When Guan Zhong said this, he was somewhat hesitant.
The land equalization order, in his vision, was the first step.
When this step is almost implemented, at that time, the entire land will basically fall into the hands of the big man, and then the second step will be carried out step by step.
In the Land Equalization Order, the land distributed was also ownerless land. He even protected the private ownership of land and protected the existing land rationality of the aristocratic class and the bureaucratic class. It can be said that this is indeed true for today's aristocratic class and bureaucratic class.
, which has advantages and disadvantages.
Therefore, when implemented, the resistance is within the controllable range.
But if the second step is to be implemented, this resistance will soar!
Taxes are paid based on the number of fields, not the number of people, which means that the more land is enclosed, the more taxes need to be paid. Moreover, in Guan Zhong's vision, this tax is still a stepped system.
.The more land you have in your hands, the more taxes you need to pay per acre.
Moreover, even corvee and military service are determined by the amount of land in their hands. No matter those officials or those aristocratic families, how can they provide so many people to serve in their own families? Even if they can provide them, they are happy to do so themselves
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Therefore, the last ones to be taken out were naturally the tenants under them.
Now that they have taken these people out, there is no reason to go back.
Chapter completed!