"Yang Jia, Jing Wen said that all the taxes that these people have to pay are spread into the fields and turned into land taxes. But then, the 'landlords' will not pass this on to ordinary farmers again, so that they can pay more rent to offset the tax increase of the court?" Li Shimin asked.

Li Shimin still understood the sinister nature of human nature very well, because although he could increase taxes, the landlords were not vegetarians, and they could completely transfer this to ordinary people by increasing taxes and then transfer this to ordinary people again. This was the case in the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty had a share of acres, the landlords also increased the taxes to the people? Therefore, Li Shimin quickly figured out that you could increase taxes, and they could continue to transfer this pressure to the people in order to maintain vested interests. This was not very meaningful in the end.

But Yang Jia took the initiative to help Jing Wen and said, "Your Majesty, can't the people bear it? Can't they leave? It's not that my Tang Dynasty has no more way to live for the people, and most of the people can go to Jiangnan, and they can develop their own land again when they arrive in Jiangnan. Even if there are some people who cannot leave, they can do work for the government by combining the previous one-whip method to serve the government full-time corvee service, so that they can survive without worrying about anything.

It is impossible to survive. Therefore, on one side, it is possible to leave, and on the other side, it can serve labor service instead of the people for a living. Who will still stay in their place? Trees are moved to die and people are moved to live. In this case, even if the landlord passes the land rent to the people again, the people will all leave. Moreover, if the people leave and go to the south to develop their own land, it means that the local population is reduced, and the landlords need to bear less taxes. In this way, they cannot raise much taxes?"

What Yang Jia said was actually written by Jing Wen in the memorial. The same policy was the same in the Qing Dynasty, but it was the same in the Tang Dynasty. During the Qing Dynasty, the national population was over 100 million, and almost all the land in the country had been reclaimed, and there was not much new land to be reclaimed, so the people had no choice. At that time, the Qing Dynasty was not keen on expanding territory, which made the people unable to survive. The huge internal pressure could only be digested internally, and eventually caused various peasant uprisings.

But it is now the Tang Dynasty. During the Tang Dynasty, the south of China was still desolate. There was not much population. The population in the south was mainly concentrated in a small number of prefectures and counties, and most of them were extremely deserted. Therefore, if the landlords dared to increase the land rent during this Tang Dynasty, the people could choose to explore the south so that the south could develop well. Therefore, Jing Wenba failed to set the land rent very high for more than ten years, and the people would be driven to the south. Then Jiangnan was developed to be considered a good choice. If the landlords had been treating the people well, then Jiangnan development might not be able to operate at high speed for a long time.

So, the same thing is that if there is no best policy, it depends on whether it is suitable. In the Tang Dynasty, the most suitable choice is to spread the landlords. Because there is still a large amount of land that has not been developed, if the landlords want to increase the land rent, the people would simply leave their hometown and go to Jiangnan to develop their own land. Therefore, the ideas of the landlords cannot be realized at all. After all, can you still force the people to farm? The landlords in the Qing Dynasty were not afraid at all. Because there is not much land that can be reclaimed by themselves in the country, even if they set a high land rent, they are not afraid that no one will come to help you farm. This is the biggest difference between the two, so the Tang Dynasty is actually more suitable to spread the land to buy acres.

"Your Majesty, as long as we have done the supporting strategies well, we don't have to worry about the people having no way to survive. If we relax our direct control over the people, the people will find their way to survive by themselves. So, in fact, we don't have to worry about seeking a way to survive for the people. They will find their way to survive for themselves, as long as we don't forcefully control them. If we forcefully control them, we may be counterproductive in the end and force the people to rebel." Yang Jia said.

"But what if the development of Jiangnan is completed in decades? What if the land in Jiangnan is occupied by landlords again?" Li Shimin asked.

"Then let's explore the south again, that is, overseas!" Yang Jia said.

"Overseas?" Li Shimin suddenly thought of something.

Only then did Li Shimin realize that Jing Wen's strategy was to allow the people to continuously explore new land and then occupy a larger territory for the Tang Dynasty. This kind of land annexation is actually a booster to promote the expansion of territory. As long as the domestic land annexation contradiction is transformed abroad, it can take the opportunity to resolve domestic contradictions. Through a series of cycles, sooner or later the Tang Dynasty will occupy all the land in the world as much as possible and then dominate the world. This is completely expelling the people to occupy the land, which has to be said to be ruthless.

Li Shimin has always been worried about the Malacca Strait in the south. Li Shimin was very worried and afraid that those Westerners would attack the Tang Dynasty from the Malacca Strait. It has to be said that Li Shimin's idea is correct. After more than a thousand years, Westerners attacked the East from the Malacca Strait. Therefore, Li Shimin always wanted to control the Malacca Strait as soon as possible so that he could control the gates between the East and the West. At that time, only he could attack them, and others could not attack him.

Since Jing Wen told Li Shimin the story of Alexander, Li Shimin is very worried about whether such a hero will appear again in the West. Although Alexander was unable to attack China, will the map be wrong next time? People cannot place all hope on luck, which is not something that a smart person can do. Therefore, Li Shimin is very worried about this.

"Okay, since Jing Wen has already made plans, I will grant him the rights again, and then a new tax system can be implemented in Mengjin County. Since this stall can be implemented in a mu, then he will be implemented in Mengjin County. If it is implemented well in the future, it will be expanded to the entire Luoyang. Finally, it can be gradually expanded to the whole country, so that my Tang Dynasty can rest assured." Li Shimin said.

"The emperor is wise!" Yang Jia said flattered immediately.
Chapter completed!