Chapter 260: Return to Beijing

Chapter 260: Return to Beijing

  Chapter 260 Return to Beijing

  The majestic imperial court's regular servants on horseback, transfer envoys, Hanlin scholars, Chengzhi, Zhigongju, just left the golden palace, causing an uproar in Chang'an, and then quickly calmed down.

   Within a few days, Qin Lang seemed to have been forgotten.

  Pingzhang Shi Qin Qiong also said that he was sick and not in court.

  The court was very calm.

   It's just a little too calm.

  Everyone knows that such an excessive calm is actually just the prelude to the storm.

  Qin Lang hid on Sanyuan Zhuangzi, and was busy building pig pens, sheep houses, and expanding chicken coops and duck coops. Hundreds of breeding pigs were purchased from various places, and hundreds of sows were transported from various places. Qin Lang's Sanyuan pig farm is now very lively.

He also spent a lot of money to hire many pig breeders from all over the world. Qin Lang planned to use the Sanyuan pig farm as a breeding base for pig breeds. From these dozens of pig breeds, he could breed pig breeds that are more suitable for breeding. It grows fast, has a docile personality, and has even better meat taste.

  He even asked hunters to catch a lot of wild boars.

   On the other side, they found someone to develop and distribute dozens of pig feeds.

  Qin Lang offered high salaries to these pig breeders, and also awarded heavy rewards. If they can breed high-quality pig breeds, they can get high rewards.

  Everyone is highly motivated.

  Zhang Chuchen came over to look at it twice, and saw that Qin Lang had bred so many kinds of domestic pigs and wild boars there, so he couldn't help shaking his head.

   Time came to February in a blink of an eye, and the glaciers thawed. Qin Lang also began to ask people to plant mulberry jujube and other trees, and at the same time began to release seedlings for fish ponds.

  Everything is in order.

  Although they invest a lot every day, the Qin family now has a lot of industries and a steady stream of income supply, so there is no need to worry about this.

  One day, when Qin Lang came back from the field, he saw Cheng Chumo waiting for him.

   "I heard that you are outside, but I just went around a lot outside, but I didn't find you?"

   "I went to see the folks who cleared the channel, why are you here?" Qin Lang asked.

   "If I don't come again, are you planning to stay in this country for a long time?"

   "Well, it's the busy season of farming, we need to plow the land, repair canals, and plant trees..."

   "You won't forget that you still have an errand for Zhi Gongju?"

   "I'm more than this errand, I have a lot of errands, but let him go."

  Cheng Chumo admired Qin Lang for being so calm.

   "The scientific examination is about to start. When you, the chief examiner, go back to preside over it, His Majesty has spoken, asking you to return to Chang'an immediately."

Cheng Chu has a tacit understanding that he is now the military officer of the lecture hall, and has a bright future. He told Qin Lang that Qin Lang's reputation in Chang'an is not very good now. The tax reform is a tossing about when you are full.

"My grandfather also said that you are a bit of a nonsense, this rent is good, you are going to change what he does, and it is all a means of robbing the rich and helping the poor, saying that you have been led into a pit by your Ah Huang, Otherwise, how can you be like a horse thief? You are a dignified Duke, and now you are also a minister of honor and honor, why do you turn your back on the scholar-bureaucrats and talk to the peasants instead?"

  Qin Lang smiled, "You think so too?"

   "Indeed, I also think you have gone too far this time."

  Qin Lang could only smile wryly after hearing this. Who could understand his heart? He originally wanted to do a good deed, but now everyone said he was wrong.

   Ride on the horse and go back to Chang'an in silence.

   On the way back, Qin Lang figured it out. If he is half a step ahead of others, he is a genius; if he is a hundred steps ahead, he is a madman.

  Qin Lang's reforms may be good for ordinary people, but now no one promotes these benefits for him. On the contrary, the officials, bureaucrats and bureaucrats have begun to regard Qin Lang as an opponent.

  They even thought Qin Lang was a traitor.

  In this case, let’s talk about reform.

   Fortunately, he left directly, otherwise, he would have been pressed to the ground and rubbed to death long ago.

   Now that so long has passed, and the court has not moved at all, it seems that this so-called tax reform died before it even started.

   I was actually a little disappointed.

  Passing by the land in Xianyang, it was still desolate, Qin Lang pointed to the land and said silently that it was newly bought by him, 10,000 mu, costing 3,000 guan.

Cheng Chumo rolled his eyes, "I don't want to give this land away for free. Money is not wasted like this. You can't hear it when you throw it in the water. What's the use of throwing it away? Build a pig farm here to herd pigs? You You have to be on guard against heavy rain at all times, otherwise your pig might be drifted to Luoyang after a heavy rain!"

   "How many lands do you have now?" Qin Lang asked.

"Eight hundred acres, three small villages." Speaking of this, Cheng Chumo looked proud. The eight hundred acres belonged to his private property. At a young age, he could buy eight hundred acres of land, and it was still a property in Gyeonggi. It's enough to be proud of.

  At least, he now handed over the full amount of his monthly salary to his family, so he no longer needed to ask his family for his own expenses.

   "I now have more than 70,000 mu of land." Qin Lang said casually.

  Cheng Chumo froze, then stared at Qin Lang viciously, wanting to beat the bastard.

  After returning to Chang'an, Qin Lang went to visit Qin Qiong first.

  Since Qin Lang left Beijing, Qin Qiong also took sick leave and stayed away from court. Li Shimin didn't come to force it, and sent people to deliver medicine to see him several times.

  Although Qin Qiong is now exempted from going to Zhongshumen for two or three days, he is still very clear about the situation in the capital.

   "Don't mention your tax reform in the future."

  Qin Lang nodded.

  Young people are proud and arrogant, and it’s too smooth sailing, so they can’t help being a little too impassioned. This time they hit a wall firmly, but they are much more humble.

   "There are too many opponents headed by Feng Zuopushe. The ones who are really willing to support you are Your Majesty and Fang Du's eldest grandson. But there are too many opponents, and they may forcefully implement it."

  After Qin Lang left, the emperor actually held several court meetings, but Feng Deyi and others resolutely opposed each time. Feng Lun also let out rumors that hundreds of officials and scholars protested against the new tax law.

  Under such a raging situation, Li Shimin could only shelve this plan for the time being.

  Qin Lang's package plan to revitalize the finances was killed in the cradle by those scholars and nobles. However, after more than a month of calmness, Qin Lang has long since dismissed it.

   Kill it, kill it.

   The blame is only that he thought of a lot of tricks for Li Shimin at the beginning, and raised a lot of money for him. The court solved the urgent need, and these people were naturally not in a hurry.

   Went to the transshipment department to meet Ma Zhou.

  Ma Zhou is now replacing Qin Lang as the presiding officer of the transshipment department.

   "The imperial court is not short of money now."

  Ma Zhou told Qin Lang that following Qin Lang's previous trend of eliminating Buddhas, the imperial court now saw the benefits of eliminating Buddhas, so all over the country were eliminating Buddhas, and the money they got from it was amazing.

   "Including the money obtained in Chang'an before, we have now obtained more than 13 million guan in money. It is estimated that after the completion of the nationwide elimination of Buddhas this year, at least 30 to 40 million guan will be collected."

  Qin Lang couldn't help but say, "This is equivalent to several years of income. No wonder Feng Deyi and the others are clamoring so loudly now. They are not short of money, so they naturally have confidence."

   "After several recent court meetings, it is expected that a resolution will be reached, which is to register and naturalize the landless hermits detected by Xinkuo, and classify them as customers, exempt from six-year adjustments, and rent-free without land."

"If only six years of mediocrity are avoided, what will happen to these landless customers after six years? Most of them are just tenants of the landlord, and the tenants of the land of the landlord themselves have to pay the land rent, and the land rent is even far away. The rent is far higher than the imperial court’s rent, and now we have to pay the transfer fee. I’m afraid that life will be difficult, and it is estimated that many people would rather sell themselves to the landlords as slaves than become the state’s customers.”

  The reason why the rent of the imperial court is called rent is that the original intention is that the state rents the land to the people for planting, so the rent is paid. The tenants who rent the landlord’s land naturally have to pay rent. Basically, the land rent is five to five cents or even more than half. In addition to the land rent, they have to pay other fees to the landlord, and often even have to do other things for the landlord. things, the dependence on the landlord is very high.

   "Well, according to our speculation, we could have covered more than 2 million households this time, but in this way, it is estimated that 1 million households may not be covered, and it is very likely to be hundreds of thousands of households."

   "Hundreds of thousands is not a lot." Qin Lang shook his head, no matter what, since the people in the court are unwilling to make up their minds, it is impossible for there to be any major changes.

The premise of the large increase in household registration is to make these hidden households feel that the policy is good, so they are willing to give up their current status as hidden households. They are actually landlords and vassals. If the burden of naturalization is heavier, then they will only be forced to simply sell themselves. The slaves were completely dependent on the landlords.

  Anyway, being a good citizen or a slave is not the most important thing. For them, being able to survive is the most important thing.

   Just like in troubled times, people who can't survive will even throw themselves into thieves.

   "Your Majesty is also very helpless, there are too many opponents."

"I can understand. After all, Your Majesty has only just ascended the throne, and the foundation is still not stable enough. If most of the prime ministers and ministers object, the emperor really has nothing to do. Wait. Anyway, we are not completely useless, at least we are not pushing It is also a matter of immeasurable merit."

  Although the tax reform failed, the transshipment department is still in full operation, and all Changping envoys have left Beijing to take up their posts.

  Guangzhou, Jiaozhou, Hangzhou, Dengzhou shipping services are also officially established.

   Changping warehouses are being built everywhere.

"Don't worry, let's take it step by step. Let's work steadily. The focus of our work in the first half of the year is to ensure food security in Guanzhong. Changping departments in various places, especially in the Jianghuai area, must find ways to speed up the transfer of food to Beijing. There is still a big food gap between Beijing and China. We can't take it lightly, and we can only say that we have achieved a temporary victory when the summer harvest is bumper."

   Ma Zhou nodded, "After our investigation, we found that there is good porcelain clay near Xingluocang in Gong County, Luoyang, which is suitable for building porcelain kilns. We plan to build Gong Kilns in Gong County to burn porcelain, and then trade with Hu merchants."

This year, the tribute trade of the Transshipment Department has made a lot of money. In addition to the silk from Shaofujian, porcelain is also an important export commodity. After finding that Gong County is suitable for building kilns, Ma Zhou and the others are ready to build a new official kiln to burn porcelain. .

  Qin Lang naturally expressed his support. As the government office in charge of finance and taxation, the Transshipment Department is of course right to have a few more state-owned enterprises.

   When it comes to making money, Qin Lang is very motivated.

   "Actually, it's still a very profitable method, related to the newly established Changping Division. I don't know if you have thought of it?" Qin Lang laughed.

  (end of this chapter)