Chapter 719: Imperial Power Doesn't Go to the Countryside
What Lu Chensheng didn't expect was that the countries of the Western Regions would not have the courage to resist him.
For his words, he can only go back and report truthfully, and persuade the truce to stop.
Nowadays, the Xinghan Empire does not collect taxes from the people very much, and collecting a bucket of grain per mu of land is actually similar to giving the people a lot of land for free.
But also because the prefects of the county orders in various places are much more concerned about spring ploughing.
Because the easiest way to make the people rich now is to let the people cultivate well, and after a good harvest, the people will be able to eat and clothe themselves.
After farming, the rest can be sold, except for the food that his family eats.
According to the requirements of the imperial court, the first thing to do is to let the people eat three meals a day, and all they eat is food.
When the people become rich, they can naturally drive the economy of the empire.
The people are willing to spend money to buy the goods produced in the workshop, which also drives the circulation of the economy.
These were the simplest economic theories that the Holy Lord had told them before.
After listening to the words of the saint, even if they knew that the people had a good harvest, they would not add any taxes to their jurisdiction, but the prefects of the county still did not dare to relax.
During spring ploughing, they will inspect the cultivated land, check the condition of the cultivated land, and confirm whether the ploughing oxen, curved ploughs, seedlings, etc. are sufficient.
For the people, it was a little flattered.
In their inherent impression, these officials and lords have always sat in the temple for a long time, how can they go out often, let alone inspect the cultivated land?
In addition, the patrol of the cultivated land is entirely for them.
This is almost impossible in the eyes of all the people.
When the county commander and others came, they were all very cordial to inquire about the situation, from the initial nervousness, to the later confirmation that it was the county commanders, who came with sincerity, the people calmed down, and if they had anything to say, they poured out.
The master on the side will conscientiously record some of the needs of the people, as well as some ideas.
It's actually good to go to the countryside like this.
The previous dynasty, or perhaps the previous dynasty, had extremely weak control over the countryside or remote places.
Things like collecting taxes and so on require the help of the gentry and the like.
Therefore, the saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside naturally came out, because the ruling power of the imperial family could not penetrate into the countryside.
But now this situation, Lu Chensheng is also changing.
After beating these country gentlemen, they began to require the county magistrate and others to enter the township from time to time and bring their officials with them.
In order to let their rights, their image penetrate into the hearts of the people, concentrate power, and subtly dilute the dominance of those country gentry.
The squires have guessed the purpose behind this situation, but there is no way to do it.
Not to mention that the soldiers of the Xinghan Empire are extremely fierce, if they dare to make a move, the saint who is leading the army to fight the world will definitely not be merciful.
It's this silent guard who wanders around, and the first to take them down.
Speak for yourself.
The first mysterious organization in the Xinghan Empire.
Compared with Jinyiwei, there is really too little news from Buyanwei to outsiders.
Buyanwei has never worn official uniforms to show people in front, Xu is a store selling pork on the side, he just doesn't say anything, or he is a servant who follows the county order, that is also a non-Yanwei.
Everyone only knows, and it is all over the place, but no one knows who it is.
But if you commit something that touches the imperial power, or if you are a saint, then the silent person will quietly take you away that night.
The action was swift and unstoppable.
In addition, the ears of the unspoken guard are extremely keen, as if what you say at home can be clearly known by the unspoken person.
As a result, the squire's fear of not speaking up increased day by day.
There aren't many people who aren't afraid of the unspoken.
And the ministers above the court are only afraid of Jinyiwei.
Needless to say, Wei didn't take much action to arrest the minister, this matter was handed over to Jinyiwei, and there was still some division of labor between the two.
The common people did not know the twists and turns of the squires and the court.
I just know that the imperial court really cares about them, not only is most of the taxes exempted, but they are extremely concerned about this cultivation.
When I came to the countryside, I visited the surrounding villages several times and asked the people about their living conditions.
This kind of care was not shared by the officials in the past.
But it is also because of this that the people feel more and more the changes in the Xinghan Empire.
After the great unification, a series of reforms and a series of changes made by today's saints, the people at the bottom can feel everything, and they can feel that the days are really getting better day by day.
This makes them look forward to the days ahead.
The only thing that is not so good is that the Holy God requires women to marry, and the age at which men marry has increased a lot.
Although women can now make money at home to subsidize their families, according to their inherent ideas, it is also good to marry early, otherwise what if the good people are selected?
Or how good it would be for your own son to marry early, so that he could have a baby earlier!
I want those children from the next house, because they married early, they were married before the unification of the Holy Lord, and now the children can speak.
In comparison with himself, because he was one step late, there is no way to let his children marry until now.
It is said that this is good for the child's health, and it is not easy to have a difficult birth when giving birth, and one corpse has two lives.
It's just that I heard that there are many miracle doctors in Xinghan City, and if you are pregnant and take it to Xinghan City to give birth, there will basically be no problems.
The medical skills of Xinghan City, even if it is a difficult birth, can still save the child and the adult together.
If there is such medical skills, why limit when you can get married?
The old man and many people have similar ideas, they all want to let their children get married earlier, and they don't understand this will.
However, even if you don't understand, you don't dare to offend, for today's saint, the people respect it very much, and few people dare to say that the saint is not.
Even when chatting in private, I don't dare to do this.
After inspecting the countryside one by one, many officials of the prefect of the county government recorded the situation one by one, and turned around and left after making sure that there was nothing else to do.
The mountain roads in the countryside are not easy to walk, and it is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive to visit the villages.
Fortunately, the imperial court reached an agreement with many merchants of the family and handed over the cement formula to them, and these merchants would help to build the road.
The construction of roads is also of great benefit to these businessmen and gentlemen.
The two hit it off, and soon there will be concrete roads in the countryside that can be opened.