Seeing that his wife was listening very attentively, Qin Yuan asked a question.
"Madam, I want to ask you, based on the current situation in the Great Zhou, how do you understand these three points?"
"Or, in other words, how are these three relationships manifested under the existing land system of the Great Zhou?"
"What are the specific differences compared to previous generations?"
"Only by looking at it from this perspective, and sorting it out one by one, can you truly understand the direction and reasons for all land system reforms from past dynasties to the present."
Yan Jiaoran was the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so he naturally knew a lot about the land system of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Then he said, "Emperor Taizu founded the country and inherited the land system of the previous dynasty - the two-field system."
"That is, the land of the Great Zhou was divided into two types: official land and private land."
"Of these, government farmland accounts for approximately 1.2 million hectares, roughly one-seventh of all cultivated land."
"Private farmland accounts for approximately 7.2 million hectares, or about six-sevenths of all cultivated land."
"Basically, it can be said that the proportion of official fields is not high."
Yan Jiaoran glanced at Qin Yuan and saw that he was listening with great interest.
He became even more excited, paused, took a breath, and continued:
"The main sources of official farmland are, firstly, farmland inherited from the previous dynasty, and secondly, farmland confiscated during the suppression of local separatist forces..."
"For example, when we defeated Zhang Chengshi, the false king of Wu, we confiscated all the land of the false Wu nobles and made it official land."
"Most of the wealthy and powerful people in the Suzhou, Songshan, Jiaxing, and Huzhou regions also had their land confiscated due to being implicated."
"The so-called evil rich and powerful are, well, actually some of the scholar-official families who have been entrenched in the local areas of Su, Song, Jia, and Hu since the Qin Dynasty and who refuse to obey the imperial court's control."
"In addition to the land owned by the royal family, princes, and nobles, the official farms also included military farms, which were divided into military farms, commercial farms, and civilian farms. The latter two can be ignored. The main farms were military farms throughout the country. Emperor Taizu Gao stipulated that the rent for each mu was one dou, and the rest was used to provide food and living expenses for the officers and soldiers in the garrisons."
"Private land is counted using the Fish Scale Book, which is divided into two types: a general map and a sub-map. The sub-map is based on the lijia unit, and the sub-maps of several li are then compiled into a general map based on the township unit. This map is updated every ten years."
Yan Jiaoran thought for a moment and continued, "If we follow the first point, who owns all the materials for producing food, such as arable land, oxen, and seeds..."
"Official farmland in the Great Zhou Dynasty belonged to the imperial court and was distributed among the royal family, vassal kings, nobles, and the military, while private farmland belonged to farmers or landlords."
"The second point is the relative position of those who produce and own food. This is between landlords and tenants, as well as self-employed farmers. Both exist."
"The third point, who will ultimately distribute the food, is also based on the second point."
Qin Yuan nodded. His wife explained in great detail and it was obvious that she had made considerable progress.
My wife, who is extremely smart and can draw inferences from one instance, is back again!
Therefore, Qin Yuan praised: "Not bad, not bad, you are worthy of being my wife!"
"My lady, what you said is so wonderful!"
"It seems like you've been working hard these days!"
"You have to use your brain more often. If you don't use it, it will become rusty sooner or later!"
It was clearly a compliment.
But Yan Jiaoran sounded so harsh, what was going on?!
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