The southerners ruled the north, and the northerners ruled the south!
Hearing these words, Sun Jian and the other two's eyes lit up.
He immediately realized the beauty of this plan.
This was because the disadvantage of having the children of aristocratic families as officials came from the inspection system.
Firstly, it was because the selection system monopolized the opportunity for most of the clan's disciples to rise. The strong would always be strong.
The second reason was that most of them would become local officials and cause trouble.
Baili Ming's plan would prevent the disaster of the local officials from being elected.
A simple example would be the Yuan family, the largest family in the late Han Dynasty.
Although the Yuan family had four generations and three dukes, no matter how they became officials in Luoyang, the Yuan family's foundation could only be in Runan.
Just because the Yuan family was an official in Luoyang, they would not be able to move their foundation to Luoyang.
Baili Ming's intention was simple. He wanted to move these scholars away from the clan.
This way, he could resolve the selfishness of these officials!
Because no matter how selfish you were, being an official in Huainan could not directly affect the family in Jiangdong.
The only influence he could have was indirect.
The advantage of this was that it immediately restricted the power of the officials.
And on this basis, it could also be extended to a rotating official system, changing every few years, so that these aristocratic families would not be the largest in the outside world!
Thinking of this, Sun Jian stroked his beard and smiled.
"Ruo Zhong's plan is fine. It's simple but direct!”
"After our army occupies Yangzhou, we can use this plan!”
Zhou Yu also smiled and said,"
"With this plan, our army can use these aristocratic family disciples in peace. Firstly, it can alleviate the lack of talent, and secondly, it can temporarily ensure that the aristocratic families do not grow stronger.”
As for Sun Ce, he was first-class in war, but he was an amateur in politics. When he heard that these words were useful, he naturally nodded repeatedly.
Faced with their praise, Baili Ming shook his head and smiled.
"Everyone, there's no need to be like this. This plan is only a temporary solution!”
"To completely eradicate the problem of these aristocratic families, this plan alone is not enough!”
"I know that Ruo Zhong has a plan!”
Sun Jian smiled and said,
"Since you can name the first problem of the aristocratic families, then you must have a second problem and a solution!”
Zhou Yu hurriedly said,"
"That's right, sir. This is because of selfishness. The second problem is probably these aristocratic families!”
"Yes!"
When Baili Ming heard this, he said,"
"If the first problem is the problem of the aristocratic families to our army, then the second problem is the problem of the country and the family!”
"All the aristocratic families in the world have their foundation in the fields!”
"With this as the foundation, we will have to annex the land and expand our own land!”
"But with land, there must be people to cultivate it. These aristocratic families will take in refugees as their slaves and turn them into their own private property!”
"In this chaotic world, this is the second problem!”
At this point, he looked at Sun Jian and said solemnly,"
"This is a disaster that will shake the foundation of the country. We have to worry about it!”
He wasn't exaggerating, but the annexation of aristocratic families and the concealment of population during the Three Kingdoms period had already reached a crazy level.
Half of the population reduction in the Eastern Han Dynasty was the fault of the aristocratic families!
Before the Yellow Turban era, the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was close to sixty million. Later on, when three of them returned to the Jin Dynasty, the number on paper fell to an appalling number of less than ten million.
It was understandable that the late Han Dynasty had frequent wars, endless diseases, and a sharp decline in population. However, it was problematic that the population of a place with stable politics had declined.
The most obvious was the Shu Kingdom under Liu Bei.
Before Liu Bei entered Shu, the population was close to eight million!
However, by the time the Shu Kingdom was destroyed, the population was less than a million.
And this was under Zhuge Liang's rule!
It was fine if Zhuge Liang was a murderous maniac, but he was also a capable minister.
The reason for this was because the merger of aristocratic families was too serious, and a large number of people were hidden in their own homes.
This was also the reason why when the State of Jin calculated later, millions of people suddenly appeared in Shu.
Millions of people, how many troops could they feed and how much tax could they generate?
These aristocratic families only cared about eating their fill. In the end, when the external enemies came, they became cowards again. They were simply the leaders of the country and the people!
Seeing Baili Ming's solemn tone, Sun Jian naturally realized the danger involved.
Sun Jian was born into poverty since he was young. Even with the "Book of Wu" to modify it, it could not hide the fact that he was born into a poor family.
When he heard this, he immediately sighed with emotion.
"Ruozhong's words are very good. Ever since the Yellow Turban rebellion, wars have occurred frequently, and these aristocratic families have recruited countless refugees.”
"If these refugees don't register, who knows how many there are!”
As he spoke, he quickly said to Baili Ming,
"What solution does Ruo Zhong have to deal with this problem?”
When Zhou Yu heard this, he stood up and said,"
"Sir, should I avoid arousing suspicion?”
The reason for this was because he was a descendant of a great aristocratic family.
Now that Baili Ming had said this, his family was naturally targeted as well. He did not know if he could listen to such words.
Seeing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,
"It's fine. Gongjin, just sit down!"
"Although this problem is huge, it is not impossible to control. If our army wants to implement it, we will need the Zhou Consortium's full cooperation.”
"If Gongjin listens, it will be beneficial and harmless!”
"I see!"
When Zhou Yu heard this, he sat down again.
After Zhou Yu sat down, Baili Ming said,"
"To deal with this problem, our army can actually take three measures!”
"The first is to measure the land and count the population.”
"Now that our army has completely taken over the four counties, the original household registration and other documents in the residence are still there!”
"The first thing our army needs to do is to use these household registration documents to check if these things are still there.”
"If he's not here, we have to find out where he went!”
"If the population is lost naturally, then it's fine. But if the population and land are occupied by the aristocratic families, then our army will investigate it to the end!”
"Spit out as much as you've occupied. If you dare not spit it out, publicize your crimes and target these aristocratic families!”
"This way, when the commoners hear this, they will naturally clap their hands in joy. When the aristocratic families see this, even if they have resentment in their hearts, they will have nothing to say!”
"That's a good idea!"
When Sun Jian heard this, he smiled and said,"
"As long as we do this, not only can we recover those fields, but we can also clean up a batch of those aristocratic families that have broken the law!”
"That's right, sir. That's what our army should do!”
When Sun Ce heard this, his eyes were filled with killing intent as he said,
"It's fine if they abide by the law, but if they break the law, then don't blame our army!“
Only Zhou Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly when he heard this.
No wonder Advisor Jun wanted him to hear this.
Just these few simple words were enough to cause a bloody storm!
It would be fine if those aristocratic families cooperated, but if they didn't, who knew how many heads would fall to the ground!
Naturally, the Zhou Clan was one of them!
At the thought of this, Zhou Yu began to plan. After the meeting today, he would send a letter to ask about it.
If anyone in the family encroaches on the land, return it immediately!
Otherwise, based on Baili Ming's personality, he would have slashed his family!
However, even though he was thinking about it, he still said,
"Military advisor, this is a good idea. Our army should implement this plan!”
"Good!"
Hearing Zhou Yu's attitude, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"Since Gongjin agreed, it can be seen that this plan is feasible.”
"Other than the first method, our army's second method is to restrict the aristocratic families!”
"Now that the world is in chaos and refugees are everywhere, the original tax system is no longer suitable!”
"Therefore, our army should change the tax system!”
Change the tax system!
Hearing this, the three of them were shocked.
This was another big deal!
Sun Jian hurriedly said,
"Ruo Zhong, how do you think our army should change the tax system?”
Hearing this, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"It's also four words.”
Before the three of them could react, he said in a deep voice,
"Originally, the Great Han Dynasty used the population as a tax. This was fine during peaceful times, but now that the people have lost their homes, they have no land to begin with!”
"If our army continues to collect population taxes, then these people will be forced to become tenants for the aristocratic families, or even sell themselves as slaves!”
"In this way, the aristocratic families will have more income, but our army will have less income!”
"This is not a good thing for the people and our army!”
"Therefore, I want our army to change the basis of taxation from population to land!”
"We'll collect taxes based on how much land we have!"
"You will pay taxes according to the amount of land you occupy. Good land will pay more taxes, poor land will pay less taxes, and barren land will not pay taxes!”
"In this way, the refugees don't have to pay taxes if they don't have land, and the pressure is reduced. Even if the aristocratic families hide their people, they can't hide these fields!”
"In this way, even if they annex a large amount of land, the impact on our army will be much lesser!”
Actually, the policy of sharing the land was also a helpless move.
At the beginning of the establishment of a dynasty, it was generally collected as a head tax to restore production. Only after stability did it gradually turn to land property tax.
However, this situation was not applicable to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty!
This was because the number of refugees at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty had reached a terrifying level!
For these refugees, collecting a population tax would only have the opposite effect.
Only by spreading out their population could they achieve the effect of restricting the aristocratic families further!
Of course, only he knew the pros and cons.
Sun Jian and his son were delighted when they heard this.
Meanwhile, Zhou Yu felt a sense of sorrow in his heart. Without a doubt, once this plan was out, another batch of aristocratic families would be crazily suppressed!
He looked in Baili Ming's direction and shook his head.
The military counselor had always been generous and ruthless!
Just these two moves were enough to put heavy shackles on the aristocratic families!
After thinking for a while, Zhou Yu smiled bitterly and said,"
"Mister, the first two methods are to restrict the aristocratic families. What about the third method?”
Sun Jian and his son also looked at Baili Ming and said,
"That's right. What about the third plan?”
Looking at their reactions, Baili Ming smiled and said,"
"Gongjin is right. The first two methods are to set limits for the aristocratic families, and the third method is still to set limits for the aristocratic families!”
"The first two methods, the first is to solve the problem of the aristocratic families illegally occupying the land, the second is to restrict the aristocratic families from continuing to annex the land.”
"As for the third method, it is to restrict the aristocratic families from taking in hidden refugees!”
"In my opinion, we should implement a large-scale settlement to accommodate these displaced people!”
"Large-scale settlement?"
When Sun Jian heard this, he hurriedly said,
"Military Advisor wants to open up wasteland?"
Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were shocked when they heard this.
He did not expect the military counselor's third plan to be a large-scale opening up of wasteland!
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