After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

In February of the first year of Zhiping, in addition to Emperor Yingzong quickly adapting to the military and political affairs of governing the country, Han Ming also began to prepare for various matters related to reform and innovation.

In addition to Wang Jiefu's "Speaking on Affairs", Han Ming extracted various contents of the later "Wang Anshi Reform", "Zhang Juzheng Reform" and "Qing Shizong Reform" from his mind.

Apart from going back and forth between the Secretariat and the Privy Council for work every day, he basically stayed at home, writing down countless experiences of future generations on sheets of paper.

"Equalized Transport Law, Green Sprouts Law, Recruitment Law, Baojia Law, Equal Taxation Law for Square Fields, Market Exchange Law, Exemption Law..."

"The Single Whip Law...land surveying, the tax and corvée system, the fiscal crisis, border defense issues..."

"Excesses and surcharges will be returned to the public, the tax burden will be distributed according to the amount of land, and the land ownership system will be changed..."

"..."

Han Ming lay on the floor of his study, writing down bit by bit the various reform and innovation experiences in his memory that could be used by future generations.

After all, we are living in ancient society and cannot implement the reform experience of modern society. Doing so will undoubtedly dig up the roots of the entire feudal society.

Nowadays, when productivity cannot keep up, advanced social systems and economic production relations will only become a knife that destroys social stability.

Therefore, the only things Han Ming could learn from were several major reforms in later generations that were highly representative of feudal society.

Among them, Han Ming was most fond of the various practices of the "Reforms of Emperor Shizong of Qing Dynasty", but this one was a bit harsh and could easily drag himself and the emperor into trouble and be scolded for the rest of his life.

Even after his death, he became a textbook example of a villain, with people constantly writing unofficial histories to discredit him. He is truly an example of someone who will never be able to turn things around.

Han Ming couldn't help but shudder when he thought of the various smearing interpretations of "Emperor Yongzheng" in later books, unofficial histories, films, etc.

But logically speaking, Emperor Yongzheng's reform was the most thorough of all the reforms in feudal society, and it was also the most perfect way to solve various problems.

Whether it is a series of complex and confusing issues such as land and population, there is a reasonable solution.

Thinking of this, Han Ming's brain was about to explode. He could not help but stop writing and fell into deep thought while holding his newly written "tax-sharing policy".

"It's true. Right now, when we need people the most, we don't have enough manpower!"

Han Ming pulled his hair and lay on the paper on the floor with a headache.

"My Lord, Lord Wang and Lord Sima are here to see you!"

Yong Zeng took the two of them to stand at the door of the study and peeked inside.

Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi couldn't help laughing when they saw the papers filling the study and Han Ming lying on the ground with the word "big" written on his face.

"What happened to Lord Han?"

Sima Junshi chuckled and picked up a piece of paper covered with words from the door and started reading.

"Qingmiao Law?"

"Every household in the prefectures and counties can borrow cash or grain from the local government before the summer and autumn harvests each year to subsidize farming."

"Borrowers are divided into five categories, rich and poor, with 10 people acting as guarantors and checking each other's credit. Loan amounts are divided into five categories based on each household's assets. First-tier households can borrow 15 guan each time, while the lowest-tier households can borrow 1 guan."

"The loan was repaid with the summer and autumn taxes, with an interest rate of 2% per period, but in reality, it was as high as or %.

"The advantages were that it greatly increased government revenue, limited the exploitation of farmers by usurers, and to some extent eased the conflict between scholars and farmers."

"The limitation is that farmers are forced to borrow money; the interest rates are high, and the burden on farmers remains heavy."

Sima Junshi read out the contents of the paper sentence by sentence, and his expression became serious. He turned to look at Wang Jiefu, who was a little surprised and doubtful.

"Is Lord Han writing a proposal for reform?!"

Wang Jiefu immediately squatted down and searched the contents from each piece of paper.

"One Whip Method?!"

"Merge taxes and labor service, collect land tax and various types of labor service together, and at the same time distribute part of the labor service burden to the land."

"The previous practice of corvée labor based on households and adult males will be changed to a distribution based on the number of adult males and land tax. All taxes and labor burdens, except for rice and wheat that the government needs to collect, will be paid in cash."

"Farmers and households burdened with various types of labor service can pay money to perform labor service, and the government will hire people to perform the labor service;"

"Taxes and labor service collection were now handled directly by local officials. The previous system of levying and paying taxes and labor service through grain officials and village heads was abolished and replaced with a system of levying and paying taxes and labor service by officials."

"this!"

Wang Jiefu's mind instantly flashed with the great significance of this policy for the heavy taxation in the Song Dynasty. He couldn't help but look excited. He scratched the paper on the ground and carefully held it up to read it.

Sima Junshi also realized the crux of the problem, and immediately worked together with Wang Jiefu to pick up the papers on the ground, not caring about the dust at all.

If outsiders saw this scene, they would probably be shocked.

Among the three high-ranking officials of the imperial court, one was lying on the ground, staring blankly with a brush in his mouth, while the other two were like madmen who had entered a mountain of treasures, constantly lying on the ground and sorting things out.

In less than a moment, the papers scattered everywhere by Han Ming were cleaned up by Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi.

Looking at Han Ming who was still in a daze, Wang Jiefu couldn't help but smile awkwardly, rubbed his hands, and sat on the ground next to him.

"Han Hou!"

"what?"

"Are you planning to start nationwide reforms?!"

Hearing Wang Jiefu's words, Han Ming was stunned for a moment, supported himself on the floor and sat up. Looking at Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi in front of him, who were sweating, he couldn't help but smile.

"It's perfect. I'm so short of manpower here. You two came just in time. Don't leave today!"

Han Ming directly drafted two strong men, which made the eldest lady of the Wang family and the eldest lady of the Sima family who came with him from outside smile helplessly.

When they came, everything was fine and the family was together, but when they left, only the two weak women were left.

"I have a lot of ideas here, but some of them may not be good."

"Brother Jiefu and Brother Junshi's mission is to help me find out whether we can combine the best and the worst and combine them into one."

"Try your best to take care of every person and every family in the Song Dynasty."

“It doesn’t mean everything has to be perfect, but everyone must get some benefit.”

Han Ming's words were somewhat confusing, but for Wang Jiefu and Sima Junshi, this matter was very simple.

"Han Hou wants reforms to benefit everyone. Is that a bit idealistic?"

Wang Jiefu didn't care about Han Ming's status. After all, they had been in the same trench together for so long, and he knew exactly what the two of them were thinking.

"If we ignore one side and push forward with reform relentlessly, how long do you think such reforms can last, Brother Jiefu?"

Han Ming must see the interests of all parties involved in the reform. Once he comes up with a powerful weapon like "One Whip Law" or "Equalizing the Land Tax", the entire scholar class of the Song Dynasty will be able to unite and crush him.

After all, these two policies are aimed at the gentry and scholars. Which family among them would not conceal the amount of land and population to circumvent the court's tax policy?

If we want to dig out their roots, we must compensate them in other ways, otherwise the so-called reform will not last long.

Han Ming was not sure whether he could continue to hold on if he died or if a new emperor came.

After all, judging from the situation where government decrees were basically abolished after the departure of Zhang Juzheng and Emperor Yongzheng, if we unilaterally persecute scholars and intellectuals, future policies will definitely not last long.

After all, a new emperor appoints new ministers, and nothing is permanent.

"Is Lord Han thinking too far ahead?" Sima Junshi looked at Han Ming with some concern.

"It's not far off. Think about it, a hundred years from now, when we're gone, who can guarantee that these favorable policies will continue?"

"We have a heavy burden. Although we can't accomplish everything overnight, we must ensure that these policies survive."

"Live until these policies are no longer in line with historical development, and another group of reformers emerges and continues down this path."

Han Ming's eyes sparkled, which made the two of them feel a little moved.

"Then in my opinion, the Qingmiao Law and the Exemption from Military Service Law are truly more harm than good. Although they can accumulate a large amount of wealth in the short term and achieve a rich country and a strong military, in the final analysis, they are still exploiting the people."

Han Ming couldn't help but laugh when he heard Wang Jiefu's evaluation of his future policies.

"Why, Lord Han, do you think there's something wrong with what I said?"

Wang Jiefu's question made Han Ming laugh even louder.

"There's nothing wrong with that. If you think it's not good, just change it! We need reform anyway, so it doesn't matter what we change!"

Han Ming stood up from the ground, put his hands on his hips and smiled.

Hearing Han Ming's casual words, Wang Jiefu and the others also laughed.