parentshiftbook Chapter 184: Thirty People Support One Person And One Person Supports Twenty-Eight People [Please Su
Chapter 184: Thirty People Support One Person And One Person Supports Twenty-Eight People [Please Su
After finishing speaking, Yan Changqing sighed.
There is a fundamental difference between the ancient non-production and the modern non-production of later generations.
In ancient times, not producing means not farming.
If you don’t farm, there will be no food to eat.
And it’s not just one or two people who don’t have food to eat, but hundreds of thousands or even millions of people who don’t have food to eat.
Why was the land tax in ancient times generally 30 taxes─?!!
Because it really takes thirty people who are engaged in production to work together to support one person who is not engaged in production!!!
The fundamental reason why it takes thirty people who are engaged in production to be able to support one person who is not engaged in production is mainly because of the low grain output in ancient times of an average of two stones per mu!!!
Because the average grain yield per mu is only about two dan, it is destined that more than 95% of the people must be tied to the fields and cannot escape!!!
Only more than 95% of the people work hard in the fields and strive to produce an average grain yield of about two dan per mu.
Only in this way can we continue to support the remaining three to five percent of people while ensuring our own survival, and can not engage in production.
Businessmen like those Yan Changqing mentioned before, or the essential role of business, can create more value and wealth through money circulation, and regulate prices in a disguised manner.
Can it be said that none of the sages and predecessors of the past generations could see this truth?!!
If you say that none of the sages and predecessors of the past generations have noticed this, then you are underestimating the wisdom of the sages and predecessors.
At least if none of the sages and predecessors of the past generations had seen through this essence, then there would be no such basic land tax as thirty taxes.
But even if you can see it, so what?!
Not to mention how many of the 930 sages who had such wisdom and were able to see through this essence truly had the power to formulate a country's national policy.
But when such sages and predecessors hold such power, it means that they themselves have become members of the royal family, civil and military nobles, aristocratic families and other groups that stand at the upper level of power.
It is said that there are only individuals who betray the class, but there is no class that betrays the class.
When the sages and ancestors themselves have become special members of the world, it is somewhat unfair to hope that they can harm themselves and the interests of their own family descendants for the long-term interests of the country and the people. Too realistic.
Not all sages and predecessors were ruthless people like Shang Yang, who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the realization of their ideals.
In fact, among many sages and predecessors, Shang Yang is definitely the first-rate ruthless person!!!
Therefore, in ancient times, anyone who truly saw through the essence of this problem would choose to focus on agriculture and suppress commerce, that is, to suppress the increase in the number of people who are not engaged in production.
Because if the number of non-productive people such as businessmen increases, it will inevitably squeeze the number of non-productive people who are descendants of royal family members, civil and military nobles, aristocratic families, etc. who are at the upper echelons of power.
After all, those descendants of royal family members, civil and military nobles, aristocratic families and other members of the upper echelons of power are themselves members of the future.
As for those royal family members, civil and military nobles, and aristocratic families who are at the upper echelons of power, would they choose to actively suppress the number of non-productive people in their own group, including their own offspring, in order to ensure that the people below can survive? ?!!
Totally impossible!!!
The so-called dead Daoist Friend, immortal poor Daoist.
On the one hand, it is to let the descendants of their family continue to be idle and enjoy long-term glory and wealth.
(bhcc) On the other side is the businessman who used to be a dog for him, but now he wants to occupy the quota of his descendants to be human masters.
Then use your feet to choose those royal family members, civil and military nobles, aristocratic families, etc. who stand in power and will choose to suppress the increase of businessmen and other non-productive people.
Because only by suppressing the increase in the number of people who are not engaged in production, such as businessmen, will their descendants be able to continue to occupy more idle places in the future, and thus be able to continue to be idle for a longer period of time.
There is no need to worry that the remaining 95% or more of the people will not be able to survive and will revolt.
As for businessmen, or business, because of the suppression, they are unable to play the role of circulating money and goods, creating more value and wealth, and regulating prices in disguise.
In the eyes of those royal family members, civil and military nobles, aristocratic families and others who stand in the upper echelons of power, it is not a big deal.
The worst that can happen is just poor people and miserable people.
In any case, they will not be the poor and miserable, and the people will still be able to live without rising in rebellion.
As long as they control the bottom line of thirty to one tax, then they and their descendants can continue to enjoy the glory and wealth without producing, and continue to be human beings.
That's enough.
This is the essence of ancient times that emphasized agriculture and suppressed commerce and did not engage in production.
In later generations, the meaning of "non-production" is different. In later generations, "non-production" actually refers to the kind of unemployed vagrants who do not perform any work and do not choose to start their own businesses and do not create any valuable wealth at all.
In other words, as long as you have a job, whether it is farming, business, or other high-tech industries, service industries, etc., you are engaged in production!!!
It’s just that the value of wealth that can be produced is different due to different abilities and industries.
The fundamental reason why modern non-production is so different from ancient non-production is that modern high-yield grain crops, various fertilizers, and mechanized farming have brought about a fundamental increase in grain production!!!
For example, a yield of two or three thousand kilograms per mu is almost Yan Changqing is a common thing for modern people. Even in some special agricultural research institutes, there are super grains with a yield of 10,000 kilograms per mu! The grain output of about 50 million farmers in modern times can basically meet the food needs of 1.4 billion people. In other words, one person is enough to support 28 unproductive people!!! Compared with the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, it took 30 people to support one unproductive person. The gap between them can be said to be a dimensionality reduction strike in a dimensionality reduction strike. It is also because of this that modern people can release the human resources that were originally bound in the fields, allowing them to flow into other industries, thereby driving the prosperity and development of various industries. In the end, industry and commerce continued to flourish, money and goods continued to circulate, creating new and more Wealth value, and finally the people and the country gradually become rich.
Therefore, in ancient times, if the fundamental food problem is not solved, then the development of industry, commerce, or other industries is empty.
The more prosperous other industries are, the more people who do not produce, and the greater the food pressure on the people!!!
After all, as Zhu Yuanzhang said, money may be able to buy food, but money can never really create food out of thin air!!!
As long as this cannot be done, when industry and commerce develop to a certain extent, the food pressure on the people will be completely crushed.
At that time, maybe everyone is rich, but the ones who can really buy food are always the richer ones.
As for the remaining people who can't buy food and can't survive, what should they do?!!
Of course, they will rebel against him!!!
At that time, it will be just another dynasty Samsara.
Below, Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned after listening to what Yan Changqing said, and then instantly understood what Yan Changqing said.
[Hiss, since ancient times, most dynasties have implemented a 30% tax rate at the beginning of their founding or at their peak. The reason behind this is this!!!]
To be honest, when Zhu Yuanzhang first formulated the land tax policy of 30% tax rate, he did not think of the essential reasons such as non-production mentioned by Yan Changqing.
The reason why he formulated the land tax policy of 30% tax rate was mainly based on the land tax rates of those dynasties in history when they were founded or at their peak, as well as his own feelings when he was a farmer in his youth.
After many references, he finally formulated the land tax policy of 30% tax rate.
As for the basic national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce, he only knew it, but did not know why.
In other words, he knew that suppressing merchants was conducive to stabilizing the farming people, but he did not know that the essence behind suppressing merchants was to suppress the number of people who were not productive.
But now that Yan Changqing finished speaking, he instantly understood all the meanings and significances of it.
Knowing the truth, and knowing the reason!!!
[No!!!]
[If that's the case, 60 million people can only support 2 million people who don't work, then the number of people who don't work in the Ming Dynasty has already exceeded 2 million!!!]
As the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang is very familiar with the total population of the Ming Dynasty, as well as all walks of life, including the number of people who don't work as Yan Changqing said.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said:
"Mr. Yan, is this data a little wrong?!!"
Yan Changqing raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes slightly condensed. As a science graduate student, he is best at data accuracy.
Now Zhu Yuanzhang said that the number he gave was wrong, which is no less than telling a programmer that the code he wrote has a bug, telling his mother that the food she cooked is not delicious, and telling the boss that it is difficult for me to help you with this little money...
"Don't know what's wrong?!!"
Yan Changqing looked at Zhu Yuanzhang calmly, ready to refute Zhu Yuanzhang at any time.
"The number of people who are not engaged in production, there are not many royal relatives now, so they can be ignored for the time being."
"The number of other court officials, noble families, officials and clerks, wealthy gentry and landlord families, etc., is also similar to the number given by Mr. Yan.
"But the number of Ming soldiers is far more than one million. Now the total number of soldiers from all over the Ming Dynasty should be 1.68 million!!!"
"If other people who are not engaged in production are added, then this number of people who are not engaged in production should have exceeded the number of 2 million people who are not engaged in production that the people can support.
Zhu Yuanzhang corrected the number of Ming soldiers given by Yan Changqing before.
PS1: The calculation was wrong before. It should be 1.4 billion people divided by 50 million people, but it turned out to be 140 million people divided by 50 million people. Now the average grain output per person should support about 28 people. .