Eight Hills in the Eastern Jin Dynasty - #4649 - Vol 4 Chapter 4307: ill-gotten gains also contribute to the army

Meng Huaiyu was a little surprised: “Aren’t you cousins? Why haven’t you seen each other for so many years? Besides, you mentioned just now that the family property was a gift from the Liu family. Don’t they just ignore it?”

Mrs. Zhou shook her head: “Those properties are gifts, not for us to manage on our behalf. After all, our Zhou family used to be a rich family in Wuzhong, not a penniless family. The Liu family does a lot of things like this, except Besides Liu Tingyun, her younger sister Liu Tinghua is also married to a descendant of the Xie family, a considerable part of the property my family received was a dowry gift from the Xie family, and their family is just borrowing flowers to present Buddha.”

Meng Huaiyu’s eyes widened: “How can there be such a complicated relationship? My head is dizzy.”

Mrs. Zhou sighed: “You don’t know the means between these aristocratic families. According to the law of the Great Jin Dynasty, the children of the aristocratic families with titles can be exempted or reduced from taxes when they operate properties. If they are no longer within the scope of tax avoidance, they will find a way to give it to other families with titles in the form of donations. While being a favor, they can also avoid taxes and taxes. If they negotiate in private, they can even use a certain proportion distribute the profits.”

Liu Yu said in a deep voice: “This is the reason why the longer the Jin Dynasty has been established, the more the population, but the less and less tax revenue. The land and property belong to the children of the family, and the business of the shops can also allow them to earn money in this way.” , The way of exchange is to change people to manage, and the more titles, the less and less tax the country can collect, no wonder the family is in the world, and the treasury has no money!”

Mrs. Zhou nodded: “Yes, this is the world of aristocratic families. If the population is **** in manors or shops, they become hidden households. How many people are reported by the aristocratic family. There are more than a dozen guys in a shop. Report one or two people, so ten people will be exempted from tax and service. This is the reason why Dajin couldn’t recruit soldiers and couldn’t collect taxes. In the past few years, your big brother Liu has seized power. Although it is politically clear, but In terms of economy, it is still controlled by these aristocratic families. Even in this capital, my husband and Liu Tingyun have joined hands for many years. Although the tax collected is a bit more than before, it is still insufficient compared to what should have been received. Thirty percent!”

Meng Huaiyu stomped his feet resentfully: “No wonder we need to curry favor with these noble families even when we wiped out Nanyan. It turns out that all the money was stolen from the noble families. Uncle, uncle, he is a person who understands righteousness, so we have to do it anyway.” Such a thing?!”

Liu Yu said calmly: “Because your uncle’s purpose is different from ours. We want to take back the power of the aristocratic family, including political and economic. We want all the land in Dajin, all Shops can pay taxes according to the national law. But your uncle, what he wants is to make the Meng family a new aristocratic family, and what he wants is to continue the previous aristocratic family. Brother and sister, I am right.”

Mrs. Zhou sighed softly: “Yes, this is not my instigation and incitement, but Yanda has always had this kind of thinking. When he was traveling to the south, although he was just a penniless and poor scholar, he also harbored a deep desire Be the new Wang Dao, the voice of Xi Jian, Huai Yu, when you were young, the one your uncle mentioned to you the most was Wang Dao, not Liu Kun, Zu Ti!”

Meng Huaiyu lowered her head and murmured: “Until today, I didn’t understand what this meant. It turns out that Uncle always wanted to become a great family, not a great hero who regained the north and fought back to his hometown.”

Liu Yu said solemnly: “Huaiyu, don’t be sad, this is human nature, there are too few people in this world who only achieve their own heroic fame and do not seek personal gain for the family, and they are Jingba of our Beifu Army Brothers, most of them joined the army for the sake of glory and wealth. You and Menglong have stayed with me for too long and have been influenced by me since childhood. Pure soldiers like you are a minority.”

Mrs. Zhou nodded and said, “Exactly, Huaiyu, you and Menglong both grew up beside Brother Jinu and have been practicing with him, so Yanda knew that it was impossible for you to be like him, that’s why he never followed him. The reason why you have mentioned these things. But you have to understand one thing, your uncle never wanted to harm you, cheat your brothers, the army you led, a lot of ordnance and equipment, food, grass and war equipment, if your uncle did not rely on operating these How can it be possible to achieve the wealth gained through the industry with only the arsenal of the imperial court?”

Meng Huaiyu looked at Mrs. Zhou in surprise: “What, don’t we rely on the imperial court for the equipment of our army all these years, but uncle himself?”

Mrs. Zhou sighed, and looked at Liu Yu: “Brother Jinu, do you believe this?”

Liu Yu pondered for a while, and said: “I didn’t believe it before~www.readwn.com~ I thought that since Jianyi, taxes, food, and grass can be collected according to the national law. When I checked the arsenals in various places, I also saw equipment The warehouses are full, and the food and grass are stored everywhere. This is where I dared to dare to go to the Northern Expedition. But after the real fight, I realized that these reserves are only enough for a few months of military supplies at most, and normal maintenance is acceptable, but if you want to go on an expedition for more than half a year, then It was still far from enough. Therefore, we had to compromise with Jiankang’s family and let a large number of their children join the army and get the title of military merit, in return for bringing food and weapons and rotating reinforcements.”

Meng Huaiyu gritted her teeth: “I have been leading troops all these years. I only accept food supplies on a monthly basis, accept recruits to join the army on a yearly basis, and only receive equipment from the arsenal, but I don’t ask where these equipment come from. I think these are sent slaves. Brother or Brother Xi Le provided it, after a long time, it turned out to be the ill-gotten gains of my uncle who intercepted the tax.” At this point, he lowered his head, and his expression became extremely lonely.

Liu Yu patted Meng Huaiyu on the shoulder: “Huaiyu, at least your uncle still provided your brothers with arms, food and grass. Some of these so-called ill-gotten gains have also returned to the hands of the soldiers who really need it. Like Liu Tingyun Liu Tingyun will only use these resources as their own, and even try to plot wrongdoing. Xile’s wealth saved in Yuzhou over the years has basically fallen into the hands of Liu Tingyun, which is enough to equip a hundred thousand troops for more than two years. The huge military supplies for the battle, Liu Tingyun died, I don’t know where these things went!”

Mrs. Zhou sighed: “It’s meaningless to feel sorry for these resources now. If the demon thief breaks the city this time, not only the previous things will be gone, but everything in the future will also be gone. Liu Tingyun killed my husband probably because she has already taken refuge in the city. The evil thief, or the person behind the evil thief, this is absolutely unacceptable to my husband!”