Ming Dynasty: Teaching The Prince Dragon-Slaying Skills At The Beginning

Chapter 429: The Oral Gift Of Ding Yin, The Fundamental Reason That Really Restricts Population Grow

Looking at Zhu Yuanzhang, who looked thoughtful and gainful, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, Yan Changqing concluded:

"I think Your Majesty and Your Highnesses should know by now what the gap is between the Ming Dynasty today and the Northern Song Dynasty at its peak in the past, and what areas need to be improved and improved in the Ming Dynasty!!!"

"Only His Majesty, Your Highnesses, and the imperial court realize where the gap lies in the Ming Dynasty and know what problems need further improvement and improvement."

"And take the initiative to solve these current problems and narrow the gap with the Song Dynasty in this regard."

“Reducing the mortality rate of [birth], lowering the cost of [living], and improving [people’s happiness in life], then people will be truly assured and bold to have more children!

"Otherwise, as long as these problems are not resolved, no matter how hard the court encourages people to have children, people will not take the initiative to have too many children.

"And only when the population of the people under the rule increases, will the overall market of the Ming Dynasty expand, and the imperial court's fiscal revenue will increase in the long term!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang below, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Chong, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, all nodded to express their understanding.

However, after nodding to express his understanding, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately gave Zhu Biao, who was sitting next to him, a look.

[Let’s ask and see if Mr. Yan has any other suggestions for us in this regard that can greatly increase the population of the people under his rule!!!]

Zhu Biao looked helplessly at his old father.

[Why am I asking, aren’t the second, third, and fourth children all here?!!]

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and others sitting two rows in front of them. After a while, there was no response, and then Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Zhu Biao again.

[Your brothers and the others didn’t receive my glances. Only you did. If you didn’t ask, why should I, the emperor, take the initiative to ask?!!]

[As an emperor, we don’t want to lose face anymore?!!]

【Ask quickly!!!】

[If you can give us some helpful advice, then we will make a lot of money directly!!!]

[Even if you give us unhelpful advice, it’s not a loss!!!]

Zhu Biao really wanted to say that his son Zhu Xiongying was right next to him. As a father, he also needed a little face in front of his children.

Just looking at his old father's eyes glaring at him, Zhu Biao could only sigh helplessly, stood up, and bowed his hands slightly towards Yan Changqing and said:

"Thank you Mr. Yan for your lecture!!!"

"As for how to reduce the mortality rate of people [birth], reduce the cost of [living] children, and improve [people's happiness in life] and other issues."

"I now have some general and tentative ideas."

"I just don't know if Mr. Yan has any other suggestions for me that can significantly increase the population of the people under his rule?!!"

The princes Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes sitting in the front two rows turned their heads and glanced at Prince Zhu Biao in surprise when they heard what the prince Zhu Biao said.

Then they all focused their attention on Yan Changqing, looking at Yan Changqing expectantly and curiously.

Yan Changqing glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang below, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, and said calmly:

"Yes, we can spread it out to an acre!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Xi, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes, could not help but murmur softly:

"Spreading a small amount into an acre?!!"

"Ding, do you mean people?!"

"Mu, does it mean acres?!!"

These four words are not difficult to understand.

At least from the literal meaning, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes have vaguely guessed that the "ding" in "sharing the ding into the mu" should refer to the "human ding".

And the "mu" in "divide the ding into the mu" should be the "field mu"

Combining "stall" and "enter", the literal meaning of "stall people into acres" should be "stall people into acres."

It just means literally, that’s probably what it means.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang, as well as the princes Zhu Biao, Zhu Di, Zhu Fan, Zhu Di and other princes still couldn't quite understand the specific meaning.

Yan Changqing, who was on the podium, turned around and on the blackboard behind him, under the title "Reducing the Cost of [Working]", he once again wrote the four words "Everything is equal to an acre" in big letters.

Then, Yan Changqing explained while writing on the blackboard:

"Nowadays, there are four types of taxes that people need to bear, namely land tax, capitation tax, miscellaneous taxes and corvee."

"And the human tax includes oral tax, ding tax, or ding silver!!!"

"Since the Qin Dynasty, the capitation tax has always been one of the most important taxes in the country!!!"

"The existence of the capitation tax is also the most important reason why it is difficult for the population under the rule to grow rapidly and significantly!!!"

"For example, the oral tax in the early Western Han Dynasty was 120 qian per person, so a family of five would need to pay 600 qian in ten years!!!"

"At that time, the price of grain during the Qin and Han Dynasties was about 30 dan per shi, so a family of five would need to pay 20 shi of grain a year!!!"

"According to records such as "Shi Huo Zhi", during the Qin and Han Dynasties, 'the harvest from one hundred acres was no more than one hundred stones', and 'a family of five occupied one hundred (bhci) acres of land'.

"This is equivalent to the oral tax of a family of five, which already accounts for one-fifth of the total grain output, and the related land tax and other taxes have not been taken into account."

"And this was still in the early Han Dynasty when taxes were light and light. In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the capitation tax was further increased."

"If you add in the land tax and other exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by corrupt officials without authorization."

"It can be said that the common people simply cannot survive, and in the end they have no choice but to flee!!!"

"So in the late Tang Dynasty, the common people fled, the land equalization system collapsed, land annexation became serious, and the traditional tax system could no longer be maintained.

"So the Tang Dynasty began to implement the Two Taxes Law. The Two Taxes Law merged all taxes and divided them into two collections, summer and autumn."

“The Two Tax Law reduces the amount of capitation tax and mainly emphasizes ‘taxation per mu’.”

“From this time on, the importance of land tax began to exceed that of capitation tax, which can also be said to be a historical turning point in the history of taxation.

"After that, although the taxes collected by the Song Dynasty changed greatly compared with those of the Tang Dynasty, the main framework was still based on the Two Taxes Law of the Tang Dynasty."

"From the Song Dynasty to today's Ming Dynasty, although the taxes collected by the Ming Dynasty have also undergone considerable changes compared with the Song Dynasty, the overall framework is still based on the Two Taxes Law of the Song Dynasty."

"No matter how the two tax laws changed from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, and then from the Song Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and no matter whether the proportion of the capitation tax increased or decreased, it has always existed!!!"

"As long as the capitation tax exists, it means that the larger the number of people in a household, the more capitation tax will be paid!!!"

"Let's take the oral tax in the early Western Han Dynasty that we just mentioned as an example. The oral tax that a family of five needs to pay already accounts for one-fifth of the total grain output of the family's 100 acres of land.

“What if it’s a family of ten?!!”

"And the number of acres owned by this family of ten will not increase as their population increases."

"This means that for a family of ten, the oral tax alone accounts for two-fifths of the total grain output per acre."

"If the amount of the oral tax is further increased, then a family of ten may need to pay the oral tax alone.'

"It may even account for three-fifths of the total grain output per acre, or even more!!!"

"And if you add in other land taxes, miscellaneous taxes, corvee, etc., it can be said that just paying taxes is enough for the people to go bankrupt and become destitute.

"Under such circumstances, how can ordinary people dare to have more children?!!"

"Many times, for ordinary people, the problem is not that they can't afford to raise more children, but that they can't pay the dingyin that will be required for those more children!!!"

"After all, as long as the child doesn't get sick, he can barely survive even if he is given rice porridge and vegetables."

"But once added, the additional oral gifts of the children need to be paid."

"Then the cost of [living] for the whole family is too high for such an expenditure, so high that ordinary people simply cannot afford it!!!"

"So in order to ensure that I, my current family and my children survive."

"The common people can only have fewer children, or even if they have too many children, they will immediately abandon them, send them away, or even drown them, thereby evading the need to pay the dingyin!!!"

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