Liu Sango nodded, but before he opened his mouth, the people around him spoke up first.

Only to see Fang Xiaoru standing in front of the window, to the academy Zhu Yunzhu asked.

"His Highness King Wu said just now that most of the land in Dayuan is concentrated in the hands of a few people, this point is sobering, I agree. But throughout the ages, hasn't the land of any dynasty been concentrated in the hands of a few people? Why is land concentrated in the hands of a few?"

"Good question!"

Zhu Yuanzhang secretly said in his heart, he was born a peasant and was most concerned about the land issue.

Nowadays, in Daming, land is still in the hands of a few people, and the powerful in each locality own the most fertile land and the most tenants in the area. The people, even if they cultivate for a year, still do not have enough to eat under the pressure of very high land rents.

Fang Xiaoru finished, quietly looking at Zhu Yunyun.

This question of his, very complex, very far-reaching, he hoped that Zhu Yunyun could give him a different answer, not a cliché.

Zhu Yunyun pondered for a moment and opened his mouth, "It seems to me that the student, in fact, the problem of my Huaxia has always been the land issue!"

"Hm?" Liu Sango and Fang Xiaoru glanced at each other, their eyes were full of surprise in addition to deep shock.

Land, is a country's main problem, and has always been the most important in history, leading to the destruction of rivers and mountains.

This question, how many years had they read history books before they could come up with an answer.

And now, the King of Wu actually said it without thinking.

"From the time Emperor Qin unified the world, all the dynasties have started strong and later weak, why?" Zhu Yun spoke, "Because at the beginning of the dynasty, as the population plummeted with the wars, the land was redistributed, and in addition to having landowners, the country also had a large number of homesteaders!"

"But as the country is pacified, the land began to annex, the local magnates, dignitaries have money, always hoard land, land annexation leads to is the people have no land to plant, coupled with the population breeding in the years of peace, the land will be even more insufficient."

"It's like an old man whose family has twenty acres of land that can support three sons, but when it comes to his three sons, each of them can only share seven acres of land, can his sons support three more sons?"

"The people who had no land to plant could only fall into the role of tenants of the rich. Gradually, from generation to generation, they became sharecroppers of the big local landlords' families, or to put it mildly, slaves."

"Once there is a change in the country, when there is a natural or man-made disaster or when taxes need to be raised to defend against foreign enemies, these tenant farmers become a hidden population, and those who can't afford to pay the taxes will sell their fields at a low price to the big families to avoid the imperial taxes."

Zhu Yun Yun said slowly while pondering.

The peasants in this era did not have any ability to withstand external risks, a calamity, or military chaos, and they became penniless. In order to survive, they could only lose their land.

"Population growth is accompanied by land annexation, and the consequence of land annexation is the regression of the entire country's finances, and social unrest!"

Zhu Yun continued, "Just like in the previous dynasty, Dayuan, most of the land was in the hands of officials, landlords, and temples, and these people did not have to pay taxes. The taxes needed by the court had to be added to the homesteaders, and as a result of this, they had more and more land! And the people get poorer and poorer, and the country regresses."

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"This is a strange circle that all the dynasties have not been able to escape from!"

The people's outside the window all had tense brows, pondering over Zhu Yunyun's words.

Liu Sango, Fang Xiao Ru is thinking as a courtier, Zhu Yun Yun's argument is novel, but very reasonable.

Population breeding and land annexation this problem, generations of sages have thought of countless ways, have not come up with an answer. There will definitely be land annexation in a time of peace and prosperity, and the consequence of land annexation will be the end of a time of peace and prosperity.

They were all people who had experienced the chaotic times and had a deeper understanding of land, but they had never thought deeply about the reasons for land annexation.

Now, why land is in the hands of a few, Zhu Yunzhang gives a different answer.

While outside the window, Zhu Yuanzhang was thinking about another problem.

When there are too many people, there is not enough land to grow, plus annexation, the people are the ones who have no way to live. He himself was one of these people who had no way to live, and he was unwilling for his kingdom to go down this path as well.

When Zhu Yun finished speaking, he realized that there was silence around him, the royal sons and grandsons didn't understand, but anyway, they all looked at him with admiration. A few Hanlin scholars, on the other hand, were quietly contemplating, not knowing what they were thinking.

A gaze on his own body constantly measuring, full of suspicion.

Zhu Yunzhu bared his teeth and smiled at the other party, and the owner of the gaze, Zhu Yunzhu, looked away.

Suddenly, a voice sounded outside.

"Then tell us how to deal with land annexation?"

"See Your Majesty!"

"See Imperial Grandfather!"

"No need to salute!" Zhu Yuanzhang stops the people in the academy from rising and bowing, and says to Zhu Yunzhang, "Lao San, answer us?"

Zhu Yuanzhang is here? Did he hear all those words just now?

This is not the time to think about these, Zhu Yun Yun know, if this question is not answered well, will definitely affect his position in the emperor's heart.

Contemplating for a long time, Zhu Yunyun said, "I heard that the Royal Grandfather aims to check the population of each province, each government and each county! Population breeds land annexation, but land annexation can also start from the population!"

"Check the population of each place, find out the population hidden in the local powerful and big families, and let these hidden population become self-sufficient homesteaders! Now that Ming is rising like the sun, there are tons of unowned fields, instead of being appropriated by the localities, they should be given to the people!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thinks about it, "Which is so good to check that the local big families are willing to release them?"

Although he was the Nine to Five, the world did not act according to his mind. Of course he wanted to distribute the fields to the people, but the local officials? Let's not talk about it!

"Please forgive my grandson's presumptuous words, Royal Grandfather!"

"We are talking about family matters, say whatever you want!"

Zhu Yun Yun said, "My Ming is now collecting the Ding tax on the population!"

These days, Zhu Yun Yun made up some of the tax sources and structure of the Ming Dynasty, and the same as the dynasties, every person born, you have to pay taxes to the court officials, is the Ding tax.

Ancient times are far from being as good as modern television, Ding tax to be paid, many poor people in order not to pay, less to pay, the son to stay, but the daughter to drown.

Zhu Yun looked around and continued, "What if we don't collect the Ding tax and collect the field tax?"

"King Wu speak carefully!"

Fang Xiaoru exclaimed despite Zhu Yuanzhang being around.

Reforming the country's tax system is something that is supposed to offend people, and the field tax that Zhu Yunzhang is talking about involves a lot of issues.

Although the contact time is not long, but Fang Xiaoru already like this student, he does not want to let this imperial Ming first grandson, be hated.

Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at Zhu Yunzhang, and said with a straight face, "Child, you think well before you talk to grandpa!"

Zhu Yunzhang meets his gaze, the old man's gaze has encouragement and worry, joy and despair. He let Zhu Yun Yun think before saying, it is a kind of encouragement, it is a kind of tolerance.

There was also a kind of worry! He was afraid that if his grandson said it, it would attract criticism!

"Imperial grandfather, grandson is your first grandson!" Zhu Yunyun said aloud, "Sun'er won't shy away from it because he's afraid of others' naysaying!"

"Good!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled broadly, "You say!"

"Sun'er thought, if taxes are collected according to land, let's say a consistent amount of money for an acre of land, and a person pays as much tax as the amount of land they have, and the Ding tax that the people can't afford is abolished, then wouldn't the people be more willing to own their own land and be homesteaders!"

"If everyone under my Daming rule has to pay land tax, 10,000 mu of land 10,000 guan money, then while the country is strong, those who want to sell their land desperately because they don't pay tax, won't they also think about it?"

Saying this, looking at the crowd who were once again contemplating, Zhu Yunzhang continued, "This is just a little bit of Sun's humble opinion."

After contemplating, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his grandson with delight.

"A little shallow opinion? Not one person in the entire dynasty dares to say this shallow opinion of yours! With your courage, you are our good grandson!" Said, teasingly laughed, "A little insight? Could it be that you have two points?"

"Yes!"

In the midst of the crowd's astonishment, only to see Zhu Yunyun's long stature.

"Fight out!"

"When the country's land is not enough to distribute, fight it out!"