Chapter 57: The 23rd Year of Jian'an

Liu Bei and Guan Yu looked over with murderous eyes.

Liu Bei: Can you not mention the Battle of Yiling?

Guan Yu: If I don’t die, where will the battle of Yiling come from?

Zhang Fei shrank his head, still unconvinced and whispered to Lai Lai: "You're not wrong. Big brother's defeats are all those that are difficult to deal with. Then wasn't Cao Cao also attacked by Lu Bu?"

Everyone was laughing for a while, and there was nothing good to say about Sun Hou's performance.

No matter how outrageous it is, can it pass Xiaoyaojin?

"Return without defeat" at least means that the whole army has been brought back, which is quite rare.

[The second master was building the city while looking north to Cao Cao, and then another important factor came: the rebellion under Cao Cao's rule.

Rebellion under Cao Cao is an old problem, and there are incomplete statistics:

From 200 to 220, there were 51 armed rebellions under Cao Wei's command, 11 rebellions in the core area, 17 rebellions in the eastern region, and 23 rebellions in the western region. 】

"The Wei Xi Rebellion should be among them?" Liu Bei was deeply impressed by this kind of person who almost stabbed Cao Cao's hometown.

The key is that this person also used the banner of the Han family, which increased his favorability by one.

[This brings up an old issue, namely Cao Wei’s tax system.

A common modern saying is that the tax system of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was inherited from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and the taxation system of the Wei and Jin Dynasties began with Cao Cao's reforms.

Therefore, we can conclude that the tax system of Cao and Wei was not only more advanced, but also more humane. It was too bad for Qin and Han to directly collect 50% to 60% of taxes!

It was all thanks to Boss Cao, the tax reformer, who laid the foundation for the prosperous age of the Tang Dynasty! 】

Did everyone refer to Cao Cao's tax system in the prosperous Tang Dynasty? so smart?

Kong Ming admired him deeply. Since he came to Liu Bei to take care of taxes, he certainly knew how difficult and complicated this was.

A prosperous person actually learns Cao Cao's tax laws, so he should listen carefully!

Liu Bei was not convinced: "Thirty tax per one...where does the 50 or 60% tax come from!"

Zhang Fei said hey, the three brothers started their business in the Yellow Turbans: "If they can really pay taxes of thirty to one, how can the Yellow Turbans sweep the world."

Liu Bei was silent. The Han Dynasty was in decline and the people had no life. How could they not live? Oppressed by exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

[But this statement is in conflict with the rebellion that has never ceased under Cao Cao's rule.

If Cao Cao really had no worries about food and clothing, then why would the people rebel if they had nothing to do? Do so many people harbor Han Dynasty feelings?

First of all, the 50% tax collected in the Qin and Han Dynasties can be found in Ban Gu's "Hanshu", Wang Mang's edict and Xun Yue's remonstrance. "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" provides an integrated description:

But the powerful people invaded the mausoleum, divided the fields and robbed the land. It's called thirty tax, one, but in reality it's five tax.

In other words, the official tax was still one of the thirty taxes of the share-crop system, but including exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes, it was five of the ten taxes. 】

Liu Bei's head hung even lower. It's embarrassing! And it was thrown away to the hereafter and the hereafter!

Rich people invaded the mausoleums, divided the fields and robbed the people. Isn't this the biggest malady of the Han Dynasty?

Kong Ming also nodded in agreement. Exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are the source of people's suffering. If thirty taxes turn into thirty taxes, fifteen, or even thirty taxes, twenty, how can the people live?

[Cao Cao changed it to a fixed land rent system with a yield of four liters per mu. At the end of the Han Dynasty, the yield per mu was only about a quarter of what we have now, which is about two hundred and eighty kilograms.

Four liters is about 16 kilograms, which is about 18 yuan. From this point of view, it is like the reincarnation of a living Buddha. 】

Mi Fang found that the atmosphere in the hall had changed.

Everyone's mouths were opened wide, as if they saw the light curtain for the first time when they came in.

The eldest brother next to him also looked distracted.

"Impossible!" Guan Yu jumped up: "How can future generations quadruple the yield per mu?"

"Twelve stones per mu!" Kong Ming was also in disbelief: "Is this junior remembering it wrong?"

"Or is this the power of technology again?!"

"Kong Ming!" Liu Bei also had a background in farming, and his mind was spinning very fast at this moment:

"Since you can make Zuo Bo paper by relying on Cai Hou paper, can you also rely on the "Tiangong Kaiwu" to produce more than ten shi per mu?"

Kong Ming opened his mouth, but finally shut up and shook his head, Lord, you think too much.

According to Kong Ming's own estimate, Jingzhou's rice yield of three stones and three stones per mu this year is already very good.

[But in fact, only landlords from aristocratic families can enjoy this tax system.

What Cao Cao used to deal with ordinary people was the method of farming. According to Feng Yu's Remonstrance recorded in the Book of Jin:

If a household uses official oxen for plowing, it will be taxed six out of ten; if it is privately owned, it will be taxed five out of ten. 】

"Kong Ming, how much do we tax now?" Liu Bei asked.

Shaking his feather fan, Kong Ming said in a low voice: "Totaling all the taxes, it is about three to four out of ten taxes."

Liu Bei nodded. Thirty taxes is a luxury in these troubled times, but at least being lower than Cao Cao would make him feel better.

[Where did the people from the fields come from? Forced conscription.

The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms has always recorded that Cao Cao kept recruiting people from other places to the vicinity of Yecheng in Xuchang.

For example, after the pacification of Jizhou in 205, households in Jizhou were forcibly relocated, and the forced relocation to Huainan in 209 caused 100,000 people to flee to Jiangdong.

And how to deal with people who do not agree to be drafted to work in the fields or who run away?

The biography of He Kui records that "those who do not follow the teachings have to be punished." 】

Liu Bei shook his head. He understood Cao Cao's ruthlessness, and so did the people.

When he heard that Cao Cao's soldiers were coming, he dragged his family and his family to follow Liu Bei.

It was because he could not run fast across the river with his people and was overtaken by Cao Cao, which led to the defeat of Changbanpo and the death of Mrs. Mi.

But if there is no regret, Liu Bei only regretted that he didn't have many soldiers and could not defeat Cao's thieves head-on.

【But it is undeniable that Cao Cao's tax reform is an institutional progress, of course, it is still far from the household contract responsibility system after the founding of our country.

The Tang Dynasty did refer to this system and pushed the Tang Dynasty to a prosperous era known to the world.

But who would have thought that Cao Cao's initial reform was just to make peace with the aristocratic families?

In fact, because the aristocratic families paid less taxes, the people who settled in the fields were oppressed even more. 】

For a while, everyone had their own thoughts. Liu Bei and Kong Ming exchanged glances, and everything was self-evident.

Kong Ming saw another new word and remembered it firmly in his mind. I wonder if this system of the founding of the country in later generations is the key to their 12 stone per mu output?

It's just a pity that not much can be guessed from the name.

Liu Bei thought more deeply in his heart. The aristocratic families and the big families have always been a chronic disease that is difficult to solve. I wonder how the later generations solved it?

【In addition to taxes, the people will also be conscripted for corvée. If they dare to disobey or escape, the end is of course death.

Under such circumstances, the resentment of the oppressed people became more and more boiling, and in 219 the whole world was gradually pushed to a situation on the verge of breaking out.

In the first month of the 23rd year of Jian'an, Ji Ben, the imperial physician of the Han Dynasty, Geng Ji, the Shaofu, Wei Huang, the Sizhi, and others rebelled, attacked Xu, and burned the camp of Wang Bi, the chief secretary of the prime minister.

In the 23rd year of Jian'an, Zhang Gu, the chief of Luhun, was ordered to transfer Dingfu to Hanzhong. The people hated the long-distance service and were disturbed. Sun Lang and others raised troops and killed the county chief clerk, which was regarded as a rebellion.

In the winter of the 23rd year of Jian'an, Hou Yin, the general of Wan, and others rebelled, captured the prefect of Nanyang, robbed officials and civilians, and defended Wan. 】