Shi Jin and others claimed to be Liangshan heroes, who never harassed the people, punished many evil thieves, evil gentry and village tyrants, and protected the people.
Therefore, Shi Jin and others were very famous among ordinary people, and many people went to Liangshan to seek refuge with Shi Jin.
However, the actions of destroying Zhujiazhuang and Zengtou City made Shi Jin and the Liangshan Army no different from other bandits in the eyes of powerful landlords and scribes.
They could only rob homes, destroy, and not build.
The Liangshan army led by Shi Jin did not capture the city and basically stayed in Liangshan.
This had nothing to do with the scribes.
Most scribes would occasionally talk about Liangshan in casual conversations, but most of the time they ignored it.
But now that Liangshan has captured the city, it will directly affect the powerful landlords and scribes.
Landlords and scribes who had no good impressions of thieves and bandits would certainly not have good comments about Shi Jin and others.
They believe that these thieves can be heroic for a while, but there is absolutely no way to shake the court.
Under the encirclement and suppression by the imperial army, Shi Jin and other bandits will definitely be eliminated.
Ancient social discussion was basically in the hands of scribes.
They were dissatisfied with Shi Jin and believed that Shi Jin would definitely be defeated, which affected the people's view of Shi Jin and Liangshan.
The Liangshan bandits will definitely be wiped out by the imperial court, and naturally not many people will be willing to jump into the fire pit.
In addition, although Shi Jin had protected some people in the past, they were mostly people near Liangshan and had little to do with people in other places.
Shi Jin could neither gain the support and recognition of the scribes nor bring benefits to the people.
Naturally, during this period, even if Shi Jin and the Liangshan Army had strict military discipline, the people at most would not make trouble for Shi Jin and did not enthusiastically support Shi Jin. .
The fundamental reasons why Shi Jin encountered difficulties in recruiting troops and talents to join him.
After Wu Yong's reminder, Shi Jin understood that he must put forward appropriate political ideas, so that he could change his identity from a bandit to become the "master of destiny" who was capable of competing in the world and able to govern the world in the words of scribes.
Just like Li Zicheng back then, he was surrounded and defeated by officers and soldiers many times before he put forward his political ideas.
When the slogan "Equalize land and avoid taxes" was put forward, the people who responded immediately were like running water, day and night, and millions of people shouted out, but the momentum was like a prairie fire that could not be stopped.
Shi Jin desperately recalled from his mind the knowledge about policies and, of course, the most important land tax from the books he had read.
Li Zicheng's equalization of land and exemption of taxes Not to mention that none of the insurrectionists who proposed this political idea succeeded in the end.
If only he dared to propose this policy that would destroy the powerful landlords and the basis of the rule of most scribes.
He will immediately encounter strong opposition from them, and they will definitely make a concerted effort to eliminate him.
Not only will they object, but their own subordinates will also object.
These people under him are all looking forward to following him to conquer the country, becoming a landowner and blessing his descendants.
If I tell them myself, brothers, follow me and conquer the world.
After seizing the country, we must be selfless and distribute the land of the world equally to the people.
He was just afraid that most of his men would explode immediately and turn their backs on him.
Recalling the famous Zhang Juzheng revolution during the Ming Dynasty that was mentioned in history books, Shi Jin felt that this was more reliable and more suitable for the current situation.
Shi Jin said: "Nowadays, taxes are complicated and cumbersome, and there are too many places where officials can commit fraud.
It is better to simplify the complexity and not base it on population, but only on land.
Abolish all poll taxes, corvees and other miscellaneous taxes in various states and counties, and only levy a kind of land tax, and only collect taxes in kind.
This greatly simplifies the tax system and makes it difficult for local officials to cheat, thereby increasing fiscal revenue."
Zhu Wu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said: "Brother, this is a good method.
The population is mobile, and once the household registration is lost, it is not easy to calculate.
The land is fixed there, and it is easy to verify the abbot.
The most important thing is There is only one tax.
If there are no other miscellaneous taxes, those officials will have no excuse even if they exploit the people."
When Wu Yong heard this, he thought for a while and said, "Brother, if only one tax is levied, will the income be greatly reduced?
Can it cover the expenditure?
And what is the appropriate tax rate for this field?
If only silver is levied?"
Although Shi Jin graduated from a third-rate university, he also graduated with a major in economics.
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Shi Jin knew that business tax and personal income tax would be the way to go in the future, and agricultural tax would basically be cancelled, and there would even be a lot of subsidies from the state.
Of course, it is unrealistic to cancel agricultural taxes now.
At the very least, agricultural taxes must be relied on to hoard grain and ensure the supply of food for the army.
Shi Jin said: "For the time being, we will pay the proportion of ten taxes per mu converted into two taxes, and we will change the ratio in the future according to the situation.
Of course, the land tax alone cannot support the expenditure.
Therefore, we must vigorously promote the development of commerce.
Without business, you will not be rich."
When Wu Yong heard this, he shouted in surprise: "Brother, promoting commerce is no good.
The pre-Qin Dynasty once advocated commerce, but people were pursuing profit.
After vigorously developing commerce, a large number of people abandoned farming and engaged in business.
This resulted in barren fields, lack of food, and social unrest."
It is difficult to explain clearly with advanced theories.
Shi Jin used the simplest method and said: "In the pre-Qin period, the people only had vast land and sparsely populated areas.
If the people abandoned their fields to do business, it would naturally cause a large number of fields to be deserted and food shortages.
But now the people There are as many fields as there are people."
"This" Wu Yong said after thinking about the books he had read: "Now there are more people than fields."
Shi Jin said: "In the Qin and Han Dynasties, a common person could cultivate more than ten acres of land on average.
But now, do you think a common person can be allocated one acre of land?
With these extra common people, whatever you ask them to do, they must have something to do.
If they can Eat your fill.
Emperor Zhao Taizu of the Song Dynasty used the method of raising soldiers to integrate unemployed people into the army, hoping to support these unemployed people and alleviate social unrest.
But now you have also seen how much this has caused.
Of course, the kind of harm that Brother Wu Yong said is reasonable and very likely to occur.
However, it is not enough to overdo it, nor to over-develop business.
There must be a certain degree of business development.
Stable social prosperity.
Excessive commercial development will cause social harm.
As for what is the appropriate scale, we will be able to find the balance point in the future as we accumulate more experience."
In fact, whether it is excessive or not is a matter of supply and demand.
Is supply exceeding demand or supply exceeding demand?
But even this simplest principle is still too complicated for Zhu Wu and Wu Yong.
Maybe I should record the macroeconomics I learned in college.
Maybe in the future I, Shi Jin, will become the father of economics and leave a mark in history.
Shi Jin was still dreaming about copying macroeconomics and leaving his name in history.
Zhu Wu said: "As for whether it is light business or heavy business, we will talk about it later.
I think the tax system proposed by the eldest brother is very good.
It should be vigorously promoted and publicized at the same time, so that the people and scribes can see that the eldest brother is definitely not just a smasher.
They are thieves who rob, but they are the wise rulers who govern the world.”
Wu Yong nodded and said: "Indeed, we can start from Yizhou to implement the new tax system proposed by the eldest brother, and at the same time let Gongsun Sheng help publicize it.
Let the people all over the world know and understand the benefits of this new tax, so that They can wholeheartedly support Big Brother” Thank you "Zhejiang Tianqi" and "Long Wangxu" for your support and encouragement: