The Liang State has long implemented the policy of clearing the land of the millennium, spreading the stakes into the mu, and paying taxes into the government and gentry.

Now that the Liang army occupies Shandong, the policy must be implemented.

The financial crisis of the Ming Dynasty was collapsed, firstly, the vassals occupied a large area of ​​land and did not have to pay taxes. Secondly, officials and gentry colluded to conceal the land, used the exemption amount to evade taxes.

There are two main new policies implemented by the Liang State: one is to abolish the privileged class and exempt taxes from preferential treatment.

In Liang State, whether it is a royal family or a gentry, the land under its name must be paid taxes.

Secondly, the tax was collected by the acres of people and changed the taxes based on the caps to the land.

People's tax has been collected throughout the ages, which has led to unfair taxation. Some families have wealth and fertile land, while others have no place to stand, but pay the same count tax.

After the acres are distributed, the tax paid by the people with no land and a small amount of land will be greatly reduced. The more land the gentry landlords who have a lot of land have, the more tax they have to pay.

In addition to the population tax, all miscellaneous taxes can be abolished, and those that cannot be abolished are also placed in the land tax according to the idea of ​​spreading the tax to the acres.

In this way, the land tax of Liang State in the future was to pay more and more land, and to pay less and no land.

The implementation of these two policies undoubtedly reduced the economic burden on poor people and promoted population growth.

After Liang State stopped levying the captive tax, the people dared to live, and the population has grown rapidly in recent years.

Li Yan's new policy was very popular among the poor people, and correspondingly, the gentry and wealthy families hated Li Yan to the core.

Think about how they had to pay taxes before, but now they had to bear huge taxes, so how could they not hate them?

Gao Huan implemented the new policy of Li Yan in Jiangnan, and it can be said that he had killed him three times.

The first time Gao Huan went south to support and defeat the Donglin Party and Nanjing Xunqi, killed thousands of Xunqi, imprisoned thousands of Jiangnan gentry in exchange for superficial compromises from the Southeastern big families. As a result, Gao Huan went north to defend the enemy, and the Donglin Party colluded with Zuozhen and Zheng family, divided up Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and drove the Liang Kingdom's forces to Jiangbei.

The Liang State's first implementation of the new policy failed temporarily.

The second time, Gao Huan defeated Zuo Liangyu, regained Jiangnan, killed another group of people, imprisoned a group of large Southeast households, and implemented the new policy again. When the land was cleared, there were still many difficulties and the new policy could not be truly implemented.

The third time, Gao Huan put away Jiangxi and annexed the territory of Donglin Lu Daqi, hit the arrogance of the Southeast gentry, and through debate, he mobilized ordinary people, and then the Southeast gentry gradually surrendered.

Only when the land was cleared, the people were spread out and the officials and gentry paid the food together, and then it was truly implemented.

It can be seen from this that any reform that touches the interests of vested interests will face strong resistance and counterattacks.

If Gao Huan had not been strongly defended by force and escorting Li Yan's new policy, the new policy would not have been implemented at all.

Now the Liang State is going to implement a new policy in Shandong to reduce the burden on the people and let the rich take responsibility. It is conceivable how the royal family, honorary and gentry families in Shandong will react to this?

Gao Huan heard Li Wu's words and asked, "How is the progress of clearing the fields of various prefectures and counties during the inspection of Denglai?"

"Reporting to the king, it's not ideal. The province only has less than 100,000 acres of official land!" Li Wudao.

Gao Huan frowned, "That is to say, Mintian has not cleared his head?"

Li Wu continued: "When I sent someone to invade the civil land and vassal fields, someone fanned the people and blocked them, and the government was not allowed to measure the land. When the old minister saw that Shandong was settled and the king was in Dengzhou again, he was afraid that the civil war would cause trouble, so he did not act rashly."

Gao Huan nodded slightly, "It's right to wait for me to deal with it."

If you act rashly, it is easy to alarm the enemy and make some people surrender on the surface.

Once they surrendered, cooperated with the new policy of Liang State and followed the requirements of Liang State, Gao Huan had no reason to touch them.

After all, when Liang State said that they would clear the land of Zhangzhou, they would clear the land of Zhangzhou. They said that the stakes were paid to earn the acres, and they would pay more taxes.

They all cooperated, and Gao Huan would cause trouble for them, which would easily cause major players from other forces to resist the Liang army fiercely.

Because in their opinion, the big families in Shandong have surrendered and did what you asked by Liang State, and you still have to kill them all, so we can only support Zheng Zhilong and fight with you to the death.

What Gao Huan is most worried about is that there is no one who surrenders on the surface but who is in the heart.

People's hearts are separated from their belly, and Gao Huan cannot tell who is really convinced, who surrenders on the surface, and who still think of revenge and counterattack in their hearts, so it is difficult for Gao Huan to attack them.

These people can be said to be quite dangerous. Once they see the right time, they will give Gao Huan a blow and the new policy.

This is how Zhang Juzheng’s reform was completed.

Now that someone opposes, he is in the mood of Gao Huan. He is about to take this opportunity to bring out his dissatisfaction with the new policy, so as not to liquidate Li Yan and the new policy a hundred years later, destroying Gao Huan's achievements in his administration.

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Jinan City, the mansion of Zhou Kui, the former uncle.

In the study, a group of honors and relatives from the Chongzhen Dynasty and local Shandong residents gathered together.

At this time, Luo Yangxing whispered: "King Liang is back to Jinan!"

When everyone heard the words, they were shocked and panicked.

Gao Huan is famous for being outside, and everyone is still feeling very guilty when they fight against the Liang State government.

"Gao Huan is back, why don't you be so embarrassed!" Luo Yangxing retreated: "Now accept the conditions. Although you pay more taxes, your family business can be preserved and you can live a life!"

Zhou Kui showed unhappiness on his face, "I had never paid money when the late emperor was there, how could I pay the money to Liang State now?"

As he said that, he twisted his body aside, "Besides, I have no money!"

Luo Yangxing was born in the Jinyiwei, and was well-informed. He knew a lot of things about Gao Huan. He said with a black face: "Zhou Guobain, it's not the Chongzhen Dynasty now, and the King of Liang will not accommodate us! The army cannot defeat King of Liang, so how can we compete with him!"

Zhou Kui turned his face and knew that Luo Yangxing had some truths, but he just didn't want to pay taxes.

Wei Zaode saw this and said, "We are not actually going to fight against King Liang. But we have always treated honorary relatives and scholars for all generations. This is also the laws of ancestors and cannot be changed easily. Since ancient times, I have only heard that if we share the world with scholars and officials, but I have never heard of that if we share the world with the common people, King Liang should win the hearts of the scholars and officials so that the foundation of the Liang Kingdom can be solid. We are not completely inconvenient, but we just hope to retain tax-free fields and pay taxes for the extra fields. This is not an exaggeration!"

After hearing Wei Zaode's words, Zhou Kui said, "Now King Liang still recognizes Emperor Hongguang as the emperor and Emperor Yizong as the late emperor. My family property is given by the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so we should not pay taxes to the Liang Kingdom. We are royal relatives, so how can we be like common people? I think it will be done according to the wishes of Master Wei!"

Luo Yangxing sighed and said, "Whatever you want, if something goes wrong then, don't say I didn't remind me."

Wei Zaodedao: "Now that King Liang is back, he has not spoken. Let's decide if we look at King Liang's attitude! If we can negotiate, we will strive for the tax exemption limit. If King Liang is furious, then we will pay taxes according to the government's wishes! Now everyone has no objection!"

After hearing this, everyone felt that they could advance or retreat, and they nodded one after another, thinking that this strategy was feasible.
Chapter completed!