Chapter 95 Apology with Compensation (1)

"The court has recently issued a decree that all children of a certain age must go to school and be exempted from some land rent. Big brother, are you not tempted by such a good thing?" Li Chengqian asked.

In the early Tang Dynasty, a taxation system based on the equal-field system was implemented, which collected grain, cloth and corvée labor.

The rent-labor-service system stipulated that all households in the equal-field system, regardless of how much land was allocated to them, had to pay a fixed amount of tax and perform certain corvée labor according to the number of male adults.

In February of the second year of Wude, it was stipulated that each male adult should pay two dan of rent, two zhang of silk, three liang of cotton, and perform twenty days of corvée labor every year. In order

to allow more poor children and children from poor families to go to school with peace of mind, the first decree issued by Li Chengqian when he was in charge of the country was to reduce taxes.

The rent of two shi, two zhang of silk, three liang of cotton, and twenty days of corvée for each adult male was changed to one shi and five dou of rent, one zhang and five chi of silk, and two liang of cotton, and the rest remained unchanged.

This decree only applies to poor children and children from poor families, and aristocratic families are not included in this list, in order to prevent aristocratic families from continuing to grow.

Of course, aristocratic families have their own schools, and there is no need to go to the court-run schools to compete with a group of people of humble status.

That would be a loss of value.

Li Chengqian did this just to persuade the male owner through these benefits to let their children go to school.

What a pity! Li Chengqian still underestimated the short-sightedness of the male owner, who only cared about the benefits that could be obtained at the moment.

He doesn't care about the future development of his children, knowledge changing destiny, and learning making the future.

For him, who was born in a peasant family, it's all nonsense

. As a farmer, he should honestly dig for food in the fields instead of thinking about unrealistic things. He doesn't even look at his own identity, and he still wants to change his destiny by studying. It's really delusional.

For the future with uncertain factors, he pays more attention to the present reality.

"Don't lie to me, sir. If it weren't for the nobles who are high above, I wouldn't have that life. I'd better keep my feet on the ground." The male owner said.

In this society with strict hierarchy, it is normal for the male owner to have such thoughts. After all, this is a true portrayal of this era.

In the final analysis, Li Chengqian still underestimated the severity of the class differentiation in this society. People

of different classes do things according to their class, and this has been deeply imprinted in their bones.

Without strong external factors to break the existing pattern, it would be difficult for Li Chengqian to achieve his goal by relying on policies and persuasion.

"I have something else to do at home, so I won't bother you anymore!"

Li Chengqian tried for a long time, but he still couldn't convince this short-sighted and stubborn male host, so he had to leave.

"Then I'll see you off, young master!" The male host got up and sent Li Chengqian out of the house.

Cheng Wuting and others who were waiting outside immediately came up to greet him.

"Young Master!"

"Let's go back."

Two guards led the way in front, and Cheng Wuting and others followed Li Chengqian back to the city.

Everyone returned to the inn, Cheng Wuting and Long Zhi followed Li Chengqian into the room.

On the way back, Li Chengqian kept thinking about solutions.

Now Li Chengqian has decided that since soft methods don't work, he will use hard methods.

Aren't they unwilling to let their children go to school? Then force them to send their children to school.

Just like the modern nine-year compulsory education, it contains the basic characteristics of compulsory, free, universal and secular.

If they still implement it, we will double the tax on the basis of the original tax, and see if they dare to disobey.

As long as they are willing to implement education, the taxes that should be reduced will still be reduced.

Not only that, Li Chengqian also plans to set up a scholarship system in the school to reward students with outstanding academic performance with some practical benefits.

In this way, students will have the motivation to strive.

Li Chengqian plans to start this matter after returning to Chang'an and implement it as soon as possible.

With the general direction, there are still many details that need to be discussed carefully, and then a feasible plan can be produced.

Of course, only the plan is far from enough, and it must be adjusted in conjunction with actual actions, and finally a complete and feasible system can be produced. No matter

how good the plan is, if it is not put into action, it is nothing more than a piece of empty paper.

"Young Master!" The voice of the guard outside the room interrupted Li Chengqian's thoughts.

Li Chengqian frowned, and said with some displeasure because the guard suddenly interrupted his train of thought: "What's the matter?"

"Little brother said that Wang Xu, the governor of Fangzhou, came to visit." The voice of the guard outside the door came again.

Humph!

What visit? I'm afraid he came to uphold justice for his son, but in fact he came to cause trouble for him. The visit is just a nice excuse.

Let's see what this governor will do first. If he dares to protect his dandy son, don't blame me for turning against him.

Governor Wang remembers the prince, but the prince may not remember Governor Wang.

Although Li Chengqian met Governor Wang during the grand court meeting, it was just a fleeting encounter.

At that time, there were so many provincial governors who came to Beijing to attend the imperial court. Li Chengqian had no idea how many people there were. He had already forgotten the governor of Fangzhou, Wang Xu.

"Please invite him in!" Li Chengqian said calmly.

"Yes!" The guard outside the door responded, and turned back to the waiter and said, "Please invite Governor Wang to come upstairs to see him!"

"Hey! I'll go and invite the governor upstairs." The waiter said, turned around and went downstairs, but he was very shocked in his heart!

He was curious about the identity of the guest staying here, and he actually asked the governor to come and see him in person. He was the governor of a state!

It's not that the second brother is ignorant. The highest official he has seen is the governor of Fangzhou, and he only saw him from a distance.

The waiter came downstairs, bowed in front of Wang Xu and said, "Governor Wang, the guest upstairs wants you to come upstairs to talk."

"What? That kid didn't come down to greet us, but asked us to go upstairs. Who does he think he is? He

doesn't even know where he is. He dares to act so arrogantly in front of my father. It's too outrageous. Go and ask him to come down to me."

Before Governor Wang opened his mouth, Young Master Wang said goodbye! It would have been fine if Governor Wang had not avenged him, but he even dragged him here to apologize to that unruly man.

Our Young Master Wang was already full of grievances, and now that unruly man dared to put on airs, which was really unbearable.

The second brother looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do.

Governor Wang on the side was startled and quickly reached out to cover Wang Gou's mouth to prevent him from talking nonsense.

Son, you can say such nonsense. What if the prince hears it? Then our whole family will be finished.

Governor Wang felt miserable!

If he could not reveal the identity of the prince, he would have told his son everything and would not let him talk nonsense.

With his mouth covered, Prince Wang could not speak, and could only make a "hmm" sound.

Prince Wang was heartbroken, and he roared in his heart: Oh my! Am I your biological child?

"Please lead the way, my father and I are going to meet the distinguished guest now." said Governor Wang.

"Hey! Governor Wang, please follow me!" The waiter said and turned to walk upstairs, followed by Wang Xu and his son.