Chapter 1391 Revolutionary Policy
As soon as these words came out, the eight ministers were all stunned.
Tuyuhun is not like the Tang Dynasty. It does not have regular taxes. Generally, when money is needed, it is directly collected from the rich and rarely collected from the people. In fact, the people have no money, and the land is in the hands of the nobles, and it is not a equal-land system. And these small chiefs are generally the main force in paying taxes, because they belong to the middle class of the nobles, and there are some land and some money, but not much, and the power is humble. The nobles in power in the court are all top rich people, and the fertile land is in their hands. Tuyuhun is not guarding against land annexation, but if you want to ask them to collect taxes, it is very difficult because they can use the power in their hands to evade taxes. Why are these chiefs dissatisfied with the Murong family? You can collect their taxes at any time, and talking about money will definitely hurt your feelings. Moreover, Murong family basically does not pay taxes.
This tax exemption from Princess Honghua is equivalent to exempting their taxes.
Of course, this can be regarded as a kind of compensation for them, but the problem is that the court does not collect taxes, so where does the money come from to pay them salary? The wool still comes from the sheep!
Duofu said, "How can this work? Without tax collection, how can the court operate?"
"That's what I'm going to say next."
Princess Honghua said: "I plan to privatize agriculture and animal husbandry, and all domestic mining and salt industries are nationalized."
Everyone was confused, what does this mean?
Princess Honghua explained: "When the land is distributed to the people, it naturally belongs to the people. How much the people can get every year depends on their own efforts. At the same time, copper, iron and other mining industries belong to the state. In addition, I plan to include all Qinghai Lake except pastures and arable land as the state. Also, you should also know that the Tang Dynasty is currently strengthening trade with the Western Regions, and our Tuyuhun is in a very good geographical location, so we should strengthen the development of business. However, the Tang Dynasty has a strong national strength. If we use our merchants to compete with them, we may not be able to compete. Only by using the power of the country can we get a share of it. Therefore, I also plan to build a large workshop in the name of the country to produce our Tuyuhun specialty goods."
Duofu and others immediately agreed to this point.
No one wants to be an official in a poor country, with a full treasury, and only those who are officials can get something to gain. Although He Zhen’s tribe has certain interests in Qinghai Lake, his interests are all pastures and arable land. However, Princess Honghua did not say that the farmland and arable land in Qinghai Lake would be state-owned, and these would still be distributed to the people, which means that nothing would be lost, but what they get is the entire Qinghai Lake, the entire mining and most of the manufacturing industry, and there is no tax.
People, land, taxes, and the three are the lifelines of the country. If these three problems are solved, everything will be easy to discuss.
Just because there are too many questions, there will definitely be endless discussions in one day.
Until the evening, Princess Honghua left the hall with a little tiredness, but she did not return to the bedroom to rest, but went to the side hall and saw a person sitting inside, which was Han Yi.
"Khan, how are you talking?" Han Yi stood up and bowed, and asked quickly.
Princess Honghua smiled and said, "Shishou Gong, Han, really predicted things like gods. No, this is even more amazing than predicting things like gods. After all, it is really unbelievable that Mr. Han can figure out their minds so thoroughly."
"Khan is too good!" Han Yi smiled modestly and said, "In fact, it is not difficult to figure out their thoughts at a certain moment, because such things do not involve feelings. It mainly depends on the distribution of interests. As long as you calculate the distribution of interests clearly, you can find their weaknesses. But people are always the hardest to guess in this world, because interests will change with the changes in the situation, and their thoughts will also change, so the most difficult one is still to come."
Princess Honghua hurriedly said, "I know this too, so I hope Mr. Han can stay here for more time. If Mr. Han is not there, I am afraid I will be powerless."
Han Yi smiled and said, "Khan is humble. With Khan's ability, I think it is enough to control those of them. After all, I am the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue of the Tang Dynasty, so I must go back, but I will do my best to help Khan lay a good foundation."
Princess Honghua looked disappointed when she heard this, and nodded and said, "Yes! You are the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty after all."
The two talked about tomorrow's issue for two hours before Han Yi returned.
"Brother Han, you are back."
"Why haven't you rested yet?"
"I just wrote a letter from the northwest."
"Yeah?"
"Well, all the senders have returned to the house."
All this secret letter must be handed over to Han Yi personally.
Han Yi hurried into the house, and the messenger immediately delivered the letter to Han Yi and then left.
Han Yi hurriedly opened the letter and read it.
This is Chen Shuozhen who also entered the house and asked, "What did you say in the letter?"
Han Yi closed his eyes and sighed, "I'm afraid we have to go to the Great Protectorate."
Chen Shuozhen frowned and said, "Is something wrong there again?"
Han Yi shook his head and said, "Nothing happened, but I decided on the Northwest Plan. Now that most of the time has been carried out, I have to go over and take a look. Moreover, I have to explain to them what happened here."
Chen Shuozhen said: "Then when are you going to leave?"
Han Yi frowned and said, "I'm afraid I have to wait a few days, at least after Tuyuhun settles down. In addition, I also need time to prepare."
Princess Honghua was still intensifying discussions with Duofu and others on various policies. It was too cumbersome, so it took several days to make a decision.
During this period, these ministers also did ideological work with the other ministers, which explained the interests. When other ministers saw that the royal family and ministers set an example, they certainly didn't care. The equal-land system would still ensure that officials had more land than the people's land. They had no land at all and could not send much land. The most important thing was that they greatly weakened the power of the old nobles, so they agreed.
Of course, the main reason is that Tuyuhun is now full of holes and no skin exists. Where will the hair be attached? They can only work together, and there is no other choice at the moment.
After the decision was made, Princess Honghua immediately issued a notice nationwide.
First, it is necessary to have a general amnesty for the whole world. This is true in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad. Only extremely cruel criminals and Tubo people were not pardoned, and the rest were all pardoned, including the soldiers who followed Su Hegui to rebellion and were captured later. Not only were they pardoned, but they also gave them land.
Secondly, slavery was abolished on a large scale, except for the Tubo people, everyone was a Tuyuhun's people, and no distinction was made.
Third, the equal-field system was promulgated. This equal-field system was almost the same as the Tang Dynasty, which strictly stipulated how much land each citizen had and how much land it owned by officials. It was just a little different. The equal-field system in the Tang Dynasty was divided into Yongye fields and kou fields, one was private, and the other was public, and it was mainly divided into kou fields.
However, Tuyuhun's equal land system is all private ownership. That is to say, this is a one-time policy, which is only aimed at the current people. People born in the future will not meet this condition, because if the private ownership system is not reclaimed, unless it expands every day, otherwise, there will be only a little land left in the royal family. But at the same time, it also stipulates that land is not allowed to be traded within ten years, and desolate is not allowed, and the law is used to limit this. If you do not farm and cause desolation, you are breaking the law.
Now Tuyuhun has land. Su Hegui killed many powerful people and took away so many powerful people. Of course, their land belongs to the state.
The one who hurt the most was the old nobles with a large family business. The court did not discuss it with them. In short, you must hand over the land. This is also one of the main reasons why the upstarts agreed to these policies. I hurt one thousand enemies, I will hurt two hundred myself, and there will be subsidies. This tm is really cost-effective.
Fourth, all taxes are exempted, or even the statement that taxes are directly cancelled, all the benefits you earn are owned by yourself, and you do not need to pay a penny to the court. This is true for anyone, including outsiders, don’t pay taxes.
Fifth, Qinghai Lake, mining industry is nationalized, and the state will invest money to open large workshops.
Sixth, the nationalization of the army. In the past, the army in Tuyuhun sent troops to various tribes and was equipped with the imperial guards of Fujicheng. Now, due to the equal-field system, the tribes and people have to do production, and the land cannot be abandoned. Whoever has time to go to war, then the army must be nationalized. However, once nationalized, it must be a recruiting system and pay wages. The imperial court will definitely not be able to afford the huge army. Therefore, only 13,000 permanent troops are retained in the whole country, and basically they are stationed in Tuyuhun City to prevent harassment from other tribes. In the capital city centered on Fujicheng, only 3,000 imperial guards are left to be responsible for the security of the royal family and the security of the city. There is no army stationed in Dafeichuan, the key area of Dafeichuan, and everyone in Sichuan works. Dafeichuan is very developed and cannot be abandoned.
This seems to be reducing Duofu's military power, but they are originally a tribal system. They will serve as soldiers when fighting, and they will become farmers or herdsmen if they don't fight. So this Duofu doesn't matter. As long as you don't disband my He Zhenbu, you will do your best. With my order, they will take the weapons and be soldiers. Moreover, Princess Honghua also asked Fuli to be responsible for the slack farming period and organize people to practice. From this point of view, Princess Honghua does not want to cut off military power, but to do her best to carry out production.
Although General Kelie in Tuyuhun City held the only army, he was determined not to rebel, because behind Fuqi City was Shanzhou, and the Tang army would arrive soon, faster than him. Your ten thousand people were not enough to see, and he would not defect to the enemy, because Princess Honghua asked him to lead the entire country's army alone. Wow! What a trust this is, he has no reason to go to the enemy.
Tubo was staring at him, but Tuyuhun was dismissed. Needless to say, he would have to rely on the Tang Dynasty to protect him in the future.
This is a kind of gambling, but the ministers agreed to unanimously pass it. Because I am a militarized man, I will definitely die. I am not qualified to militarize the militarized manpower now, so why not give up and rely entirely on the protection of the Tang Dynasty and concentrate all manpower to carry out production. Anyway, Tubo is coming and the Tang Dynasty is not helping us, so we will be done. This is very simple. There is a desert next to the west, and there are a militarized Tang Dynasty on both sides of the east and north, so there is no defense at all. If I have a defense, I can't stop you.
In fact, Princess Honghua had already discussed with Han Yi. When Han Yi returned, she suggested that Li Zhi send troops to Tuyuhun City and conduct joint training with General Kelie's troops. On the one hand, she would protect Tuyuhun and on the other hand, she would allow the soldiers of the Central Plains to adapt to the plateau climate.
Seventh, we will open up trade exchanges in the Tang Dynasty, including roads, no tax collection or conditions, just set up a checkpoint and register. Even if you, a merchant from the Tang Dynasty, don’t come to me to do business, you can go to me and treat it as your own home. Don’t be polite. Come back often and see it. As long as someone comes, there will definitely be consumption. This is certain.
Eighth, to determine that private property is inviolable and use very strict laws to ensure this. This is the ten evil sins. Those who rob other people's property will be sentenced to death directly. No matter which country you are, and you adopt the law of joint positioning. Which tribe is a crime of robbery, the entire tribe must be responsible and compensate for certain money, and prompt the tribe to supervise each other. I gave you land and you still went to rob. This is unreasonable. This is not to protect private property, but to protect commercial development. If you want the merchants of the Tang Dynasty to go to you, first of all, you have to ensure safety issues. There are robbers everywhere, who dares to come.
As soon as these eight main policies were released, Princess Honghua's reputation immediately reached a critical point. The emperors of the Murong clan had never had such a high reputation in all dynasties. This is really a conquering person with virtue.
Even a fool would support this new Khan, giving away land for free, and not having to pay any taxes to anyone, it is all his own. It is like a dream. The people of any country are as good as us.
As for the nationalization of mining, it is too far from them, and it has nothing to do with them. Although Qinghai Lake is nationalized, the arable land and pastures are not nationalized, that's all.
And if Tubo attacks again, the situation may be very different. These people will definitely go up to fight against the Tubo people, but they will not give up any land. In the past, you robbed the land of the chief, the land of the nobles, and the land of the court. Whoever I work for is not a job, but I do nothing about it. Now if you come again, you are robbing my land. Of course I will fight with you. As the saying goes, this person dies for money and birds die for food.
Of course, the upstarts also support them. They are those in power, and this policy is not decided by them. To overcome this difficulty first, as long as the country is rich, they will never owe them.
The most hurt was the old nobles represented by the Murong family. They were vested interests. They had the most wealth, whether they were slaves or land. However, the people in the court died and were injured, and there were very few left, so they were powerless to resist. The new nobles were worried that there was no excuse to touch them. People like them who did not know how to solve problems peacefully. If they wanted to get to power, they had to kill the one ahead. Therefore, those old nobles dared not to resist, and they could only obey their orders. Many people were even afraid to go to the Tang Dynasty. After all, the two countries had close contacts, and these nobles also knew many people in the Tang Dynasty.
Shortly after the new policy was promulgated, good news came from the Tang Dynasty. His Majesty the Tang Dynasty conferred Princess Honghua as Queen of Yan. There was a lot of debate in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty agreed unanimously, but there had never been a woman as a khan. Since ancient times, no woman was an official. Without this precedent, I don’t know where to start the investigation. However, the enthronement is urgent. If you don’t enthrone, it means that you have not established a relationship and it is difficult to establish a connection. So I first got a Queen of Yan and said that if you think of something better in the future, you will be more enthroned. I promised to give 300,000 stones of grain as a gift, and directly distributed grain from the surrounding prefectures, Fengxiang, Shanzhou, and Liangzhou. This is life-saving food, and it must be fast.
In fact, after establishing Princess Honghua as Khan, Zhao Chiman had already sent the news to Chang'an, and Li Zhi was even more prepared. As soon as this letter arrived in Chang'an, he immediately replied.
What kind of gift is this? Whose family gave food to the gift is actually aid. Now that Tuyuhun is poor and the granaries in the capital are burned out, it must be assisted. But for the Tang Dynasty, if troops were sent to fight this war, it would consume a lot of food. In addition, the Tang Dynasty has to save food now, so this little food is nothing.
But for Tuyuhun, this is really a timely help. As soon as this news arrives, the whole country celebrates, and Princess Honghua's status is even more stable. Why did the Tang Dynasty actively provide assistance? Isn't it because of Princess Honghua?
Princess Honghua's status is more stable.
Chapter completed!