Chapter 129.1
The farmers take sixty percent, with enough food they have the strength to work! Thendlords take thirty percent, they dont work, and half of that is enough for them! The state takes ten percent, which can be allocated flexibly! If the farmers need it, give it to the farmers; if thendlords need it, give it to thendlords; it can also be used to maintain the army and protect the territory! In this way, all three parties benefit, and the country can be sustained!
Song Yufei nodded thoughtfully.
Lin Beifan cleared his throat and said, Lets promote this matter! In reality, we can actually divide the citizens of the entire country into two sses, one is the farmer ss, and the other is thendlord ss!
Farmers are many but have littlend,ndlords are few but have muchnd, so the working farmers take sixty percent, and the non-workingndlords take thirty percent. With such a distribution, not only can the farmers support themselves, but they can also support their families! Although thendlords receive less, they are fewer in number, and without working, they can still have thirty percent of the ie, which is also enough to support their families!
So, this method of distribution is very reasonable and also a guarantee for the long-term stability and peace of the nation! As long as the country gets this right, then the nation can operate normally!
What if it cant be done? Song Yufei retorted.
If it cant be done, then it will bring disaster!
Lin Beifan said, For example, if thendlords take an extra twenty percent of the profits, the farmers get twenty percent less! It might seem like thendlords are earning more, but in fact, thats not the case; in the end, everyone loses!
Because if the farmers only have forty percent of the profits, they wont have enough to eat and naturally wont be able to do much work. As a result, there will naturally be less grain! With less grain, whether itsndlords or farmers, the amount of grain distributed bes less! If this continues over time, there will be less and less grain, and eventually, the farmers wont even have enough to eat and will definitely put down their burdens and stop working, leaving everyone without grain!
Have you noticed that throughout history, manymon people often rise up in rebellion because they dont have enough to eat, leading to the overthrow of dynasties! If they had enough food, who would do those risky things, right?
What if the farmers got an extra twenty percent? Song Yufei asked.
Didnt we just discuss this? If the farmers take an extra twenty percent, then thendlords will get twenty percent less! With less to take,ndlords wont offer theirnd for use; they will cultivate it themselves, and all the grain they produce will be their own! The farmers will still have no grain to eat and will inevitably rise up in rebellion!
Lin Beifan sighed, Thats why managing a country well is all about proper distribution of interests. Its crucial to ensure that every ss, every individual has a way to survive, allowing everyone to live on!
Lets extend this issue further! In a country, there arent just farmers andndlords; there are also merchants, workers, martial artists, noble families, etc., each with different interests!
Only by bncing the interests of all parties, ensuring that farmers have food to eat, workers have jobs to do, merchants have money to make, andndlords along with those noble families have profits to gain, can a country develop steadily!
Song Yufei couldnt help but nod in agreement.
Lin Beifans exnation was incisive; arent all national problems essentially issues of interest at their core?
Only when the interests of all parties are protected can the nation continue to develop.
If the interests of any party are not protected, then they will flip the table and refuse to cooperate!
Your Majesty, how do you then bnce the interests of all parties and manage a country? Song Yufei asked once again.
Lin Beifan smiled slightly: Its quite simple, since there are many stakeholders, just reduce the number of rent-seekers!
Ah? Reduce the rent-seekers? How can this be done? Song Yufei was baffled.
Lets start with thendlords!
Lin Beifan asked mysteriously, Do you know how manyndlords there are in my Great Xia, and how muchnd they control?
I have no idea, but there must be at least a few of them!
Indeed, there are quite a fewndlords, but the totalnd they control is less than 50,000 square miles!
Song Yufei was shocked: That little?
You see, the territory of Great Xia has already reached 1.5 million square miles.
Yet thend owned by thendlords doesnt even make up a fraction of it.
This is because, ever since I took power, the territory has expanded more than fivefold, but I have never granted a single piece ofnd! While I do recognize the privatends of other countries, much of thend has been reimed from the wilderness, and all of this reimednd belongs to me! As a result, thosendlords have absolutely no say; I have the final word!
Lin Beifan dered withmanding authority: I can organize millions of peasants to reim and farm thend, and the profits gained will be split, with sixty percent going to the peasants and forty percent to me! In this way, without middlemen making a profit, the peasants earn more, and so do I! Withoutndlordspeting for profits, wouldnt society be much more harmonious?
This Song Yufei was stunned.
But upon further thought, it seemed to make a lot of sense.
Lets talk about the noble family again!
Lin Beifan spoke again with an air of mystery: Do you know how many noble families there are in my Great Xia?
Song Yufei furrowed his brow in thought: It seems like there are none
Lin Beifan eximed loudly: Exactly, not a single one! They are insatiably greedy, trying to use various means to infiltrate Great Xia, to upy high positions, and to snatch away my wealth. But I wont allow it, Ive cut off their path! You see, they cant get in, and just like that, theres one less contender, isnt there?
And as for the martial arts sects, although none have been discovered yet, I will not give them the opportunity either!
With this, having eliminated the three major profiteers, my kingdom is left with only farmers, workers, and some traders!
Lin Beifan smiled proudly: All I need to do is ensure that farmers havend to till and food to eat, that workers have jobs and money to earn, and that traders have profits to make. Wouldnt the country then be easy to manage? Isnt it quite simple?
Song Yufei looked deeply at Lin Beifan.
It sounds simple, but its not that simple!
To preventndlords frompeting for profits, one must have enoughnd in their own hands.
To have enoughnd, one must expand the territory.
The other party did indeed do so and, within the short span of a year, expanded the Territorial Area by more than fivefold, which in itself is a miracle, an unreplicable miracle!
To prevent noble families frompeting for profit is even more difficult than ascending to the heavens.
You must understand that the economy of this world is almost entirely controlled by noble families; your countrys development cannot proceed without their support.
Even dynasties and empires dare not openly offend the noble families!
Yet, this person has managed to offend all the noble families during the imperial examination!
Such audacity and courage are truly breathtaking!
And to also forbid the martial arts sects from entering the fray for profit
Good heavens, hes managed to offend every power there is!
Song Yufei sighed, Your Majesty, you are treading a path of defiance against the heavens that no one has ever taken before!
Lin Beifanughed heartily, Defy the heavens then! To fight against the heavens is a boundless joy! To fight against the earth is a boundless joy! To fight against people is even more so! Haha
Song Yufei could only muster a bitter smile in her heart.
Originally, she had made up her mind to choose Lin Beifan.
But after hearing his words, she hesitated again.
Because the path he chose was an extremely difficult one of emperorship, offending not just nations but noble families as well, and even sparing no sects from the rivers andkes, making enemies of everyone possible along the way!
She couldnt be sure if such a country could develop properly.
If she chose the wrong person, her investment would go down the drain, and the powers behind her would suffer as well.
So really, she couldnt easily take this risk.
In the end, Song Yufei left somewhat disheartened, continuing her search for a more suitable candidate.
But then, Yaoyao arrived.
She was extremely excited: Little foolish emperor, I heard youve obtained a divine sword, apparently called the Xuanxiao Sword, capable of unleashing mes, ying Innates as easily as ughtering chickens and dogs. Its so amazing, can I take a look at it?
Of course you can! Lin Beifans hand waved lightly, and with a ringing sound, the divine sword flew out of its scabbard and into Lin Beifans hand.
Yaoyao took the divine sword, excitedly waving it a few times, and mes gathered in the air, as if setting the sky aze.
This sword is really too powerful! Not only is it indestructible, but it can also release strong mes! With this sword, I, Yaoyao, can suppress that woman, haha! Im going to chop down that woman right now
Just then, Lin Beifan suddenly embraced Yaoyao.
Yaoyao panicked, her face flushing red: Little foolish emperor, what are you doing? Let go of me!
Lin Beifan let go: Dont mind me, I was just saving you!
Yaoyao was bewildered: Saving me?
Yes!
Lin Beifan said earnestly, This divine sword has a demonic nature; holding the sword can lead one to fall into the demonic path, lose their humanity, and think only of ughter! Just now, you exhibited such symptoms, which is why I embraced you, to transform you with love! Do you feel any better now? Do you want to continue further
Continue my foot!
Yaoyao said irritably, I wasnt affected just now! You were just taking advantage of the situation with me, youre utterly despicable, Im going to strangle you!
Lin Beifan: Ow, ow, ow<hr>
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