I don't know when it started, anyway, he used to watch the Three Kingdoms, and the protagonists in it almost all used commercial taxes to gradually replace agricultural taxes, in fact, this is considered the mainstream even in later generations.

It's just that considering the singleness of commodities, population, mobility and means of transportation, etc., the economy of the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually not so easy to develop.

Just like in the past two years, with the war everywhere, everyone gradually discovered that good wine is not as good as a few more stones, and after the sales have declined, especially when there are so many cottages, profits have begun to decline, and they can only be used for export.

Anyway, in the 'Jade Pot Spring', which was the first to be blended with high-grade sake and ordinary liquor, sales have increased. The price is lower than that of Jiuxian, but it is more mellow than many wines, and of course the former is the most important.

The people in the wine shop did not mention whether to sell at a reduced price, and Liu Tao was the first to not allow it. The brand should have the appearance of the brand, no matter what others do, they can't reduce the price. Not only will the price not be reduced, but the price will be slightly increased, and at the same time the purchase will be restricted.

At present, there is no effect, the domestic market is like this, it is difficult to say in the future, especially when the people in his territory live in peace for a few years and start to have money in their hands. This thing of pretending to be an artifact, whether at home or abroad, has been needed throughout the ages.

It is said that the population is not small, but almost all of them are poor. There are wars everywhere, and the war will require tax increases, and there is no money in itself, and it seems that you have to sell yourself to survive.

Not to mention mobility, it is impossible to go if you want to, and there is no condition to go. Where do you want to travel, no money!

There is also a question of transportation conditions here, and it is basically on foot. Having a horse is equivalent to having a car in later generations, even if it is a donkey, it is also N-hand Santana, riding on it and seeing passers-by, you can also proudly ask: "Poor, do you have it?" ”

Horses are a scarce commodity, after all, there is a war, and there is an urgent shortage of war horses, and horses can also be used to pull goods. Civilian horses are always the first to be recruited, and warlords are just that thing after all.

As a result, there is a lack of mobility, population, and means of transportation, and commercial activities, mainly private ones, have begun to become depressed.

The only thing that can survive is government procurement. In other words, the big businessmen who are now active in the market are basically officials and businessmen!

"Population, we're short of this right now; Then there are the transportation conditions, and we need a way to quickly transport soldiers, grain and grass, etc., to the front line, and the loss can be reduced. Liu Tao said slowly.

An army of 1,000 men would need about 2,000 men to transport supplies. Not just food, but also tents, pots and medicines, etc.

The people in charge of transportation also need to eat, even if they eat two meals a day, and the meals they eat are of course deducted from the grain escorted. So after arriving at the destination, about 30% of the grain was lost by these people.

The more primitive the means of transport, the greater the consumption. If you carry it on your shoulders, it can even reach 50% consumption. If you use a cart to transport it, it will be about 40%, and if you use cattle and horses to transport it, it can drop to 30%.

In the case of rail transportation, a large amount of grain and grass can be transported by replacing horses, and there is not so much money to help consume, and the transportation time can be reduced.

The rate of grain loss can even be reduced to 10%. Twenty percent of the grain saved is earned.

In peacetime, when there is no war, it can also be used as a freight for merchants, and anyway, with horseshoes, the attrition rate of horses can be reduced. In addition, Liangzhou and Bingzhou can also buy horses themselves, and the replenishment of horses is not a problem.

After calculation, how much benefit can a railway from the clouds to Jinyang and pass through Dingxiang County along the way? About three or five years, the cost can be almost earned, after all, the labor used does not need to pay much salary.

Especially when the farm is slack, it can also be levied for about a month or two. Of course, according to Liu Tao's request, the mobilized people should prepare meals for them.

If there are conditions, then the salary will naturally be paid, but it is only lower than the salary of ordinary part-time workers.

"This, the minister still needs to go back and calculate, if conditions permit, he will discuss with Shangshu how to implement it." Xun Yu has been cultivated by Liu Tao for so many years, and his eyes are actually not bad. After listening to Liu Tao say it in such detail, he obviously had a plan.

It's just that if he doesn't have an accurate number, he won't be at ease, after all, from propaganda to poaching to resettlement, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources. At the same time, the management work must also be in place, and no one can imagine where the hands of local officials will come from.

Even if you see it once, you can chop it once, but as long as you are a person, you will have the psychology of a gambler. Especially after one or two successes, this courage is completely fattened, and people start to go crazy......

"Well, let's talk about it, but don't delay too long...... Next fall, there will be an Enko, and this should also be publicized. For a year, I hope they can study hard. Liu Tao nodded, not too embarrassed Xun Yu.

It is not easy to be a big steward of a country, and there has been a shortage of manpower in all aspects of the place where money is used. Now that the Ministry of Rites does not give secondments, the problem of population shortage is even more serious.

The only thing to be thankful for is that most of this year's work has been implemented some time ago, just as he expected, Liu Tao really made another moth in the second half of the year, but fortunately, he had time to deal with this matter in advance.

Next, a series of policies of the Han court suddenly caught people off guard.

The local army took over the local granary as soon as possible, and before the local officials could react, the imperial history had already arrived secretly and began a thorough investigation. During this period, Jinyiwei also secretly followed up to confirm who Yushi had contacted during the mission.

There are some places where there are indeed problems with granaries, but fortunately, at least sixty percent of counties have no problems with granaries. There are also bad debts before Liu Tao ascended the throne, and according to the agreement, this part can be ignored.

In the county where there was a problem, the county order and the county officials were all dismissed, and in the case of a shortage of people, they went directly to the military management. A curfew began at 7 p.m., and crimes were almost immediately enforced.

Jin Yiwei is secretly supervising, if the army has any violations, there will naturally be a military justice department to ask them for tea.

Xu Sheng, who used to drink at the same table with Liu Tao, also fell off the horse, Liu Tao gave him a chance, but unfortunately he didn't cherish it. Or that he is too deeply involved with the Yang family, and there is no way to get out.

On the day he was escorted to beheading, his wife and children wept bitterly on the execution ground, but unfortunately they couldn't change the fact that they were beheaded. His wife and children were also sent to Wuyuan to do manual labor for three years.

However, no one dared to say that Liu Tao was brutal, and the Ministry of Rites had cooperated with this operation, preaching everywhere why he did it, and what did these people who were beheaded by the raiders do.

In fact, needless to say, what Xu Sheng did, the local people knew that the day he was beheaded, the people cheered.

Many scholars who plan to hack Liu Tao have not yet made a move, and they have been taken down by Jinyiwei.

These scholars are said to have not been seen since that day. Later, some people said that when they saw them in the border county, they were different from their previous elegant appearance, and they were almost unrecognizable after long-term labor, just like the savages.

With the crazy propaganda of the Ministry of Rites, the people suddenly discovered that Liu Tao was a Ming Jun who was the master of the people and sincerely hoped to change the status quo of the Han Dynasty. For a time, the support rate of the people, mainly ordinary people, for Liu Tao reached a new height.

As for Hongnong Yang's family, for the sake of stability, Liu Tao did not directly attack it, but Xu Sheng helped them illegally occupy the territory, not only confiscated all of it, but also made a fine.

The treasury made a lot of money as a result, and of course completely offended these old families...... Anyway, it's not the first time, and Liu Tao won't care about their opinions.

In other words, if you dare to have any opinions, then in the future imperial examination, the children of Hongnong Yang, don't participate! Anyway, no one begged them to participate in the imperial examination!

There is a shortage of local officials, and even to the extent that they have to enter military management, then it is natural to select a new group of officials.

Not long after, the imperial court also publicly stated that next autumn, it would hold an enke, that is, to shorten the triennial imperial examination to the extent that it can be used for reference next year.

This news was not only under the rule of the Great Han, but also on the Wei and Korean sides. Even with the merchants, the news spread to all parts of the world.

If it was three months in advance, limited by the speed of message delivery, there are still many people who have no way to know, and they don't have time to rush over. This time it has been a full year, no matter how slow the news is, can it not be delivered for a year?

Not to mention the rule of the Han Dynasty, the people outside received the news that they planned to go to Jinyang with conditions, the education system over there has been perfected, and now that it has passed, after a year of hard study, is the opportunity greater?

But what if you don't have the money to go over? As a result, there were suddenly rumors in the market that there was so-and-so who had the ability to send people over there.

When asked how much it would cost to help, he was told that it didn't cost anything, and that he could arrange a field house in the past. It's just that I have to work for the imperial court for two years, mainly to build a railway or something.

They don't understand what the railway is, but arranging fields and residences, and being able to read and write, it is indeed tempting to participate in the imperial examination.

In the end, there was new news coming out, saying that the family had gone there, and the previous deed of sale would be invalidated, and he would work for two years, directly arrange household registration and farmland, and he would be a free man in the future.

This message was delivered the fastest, and for a time it felt like a squire from all over the country...... The whole family knows about it.

Excluding those children who have been raised since childhood, they have a sense of identity with the main family because of their education since childhood. Most of the family members have been sold in recent years because they can't survive.

Now I have the opportunity to become a free man, and I can arrange a field and a house, not to mention working for two years, I am willing to go over five years.

Then, finally, someone who was willing to eat crabs appeared. At first, it was one, and soon someone found out that it really could, so there was a second, and a third......

The local squires, the strong and the scholars, no matter how strict they are, it is useless. After deducting their direct and collateral family members and some family children, to put it bluntly, who is not a family member?!

"This Liu Tao is going to drive us to death!" Here in Jizhou, some families cried directly.

"That's not a problem...... the taxi next to him was also sad, "Now that there is no one to help with farming, what should I do?!" ”