At noon, when he was about to leave, Yang Bing came to the official office and was surprised to meet King Zhao. He only came here to deal with official business, and no one informed him that King Zhao was coming.

"Meet the King!"

"Yang Bing, the widow asks you, why is the tax on merchants so low? Why are people allowed to trade salt and iron? ”

Yang Bing said unhurriedly: "King, rule by inaction, you shouldn't interfere too much in buying and selling; The low tax point allows more people to come to Zhao to do business; The imperial treasury is sufficient to have a field. ”

In his opinion, this is how it should be.

Zhao Xie ignored him anymore and drove back to the palace.

After returning to the palace and having lunch, Zhao Xie stayed alone in his study, where he had to consider the overall reform and development plan.

These plans should be based on domestic and international conditions.

In the study, there are two maps drawn with cloth, which are the topographic map of the Zhao Kingdom and the topographic map of the world. In Zhao Xie's opinion, the drawing was very poor, and he decided to draw a more accurate and detailed map by himself.

Zhao Xie ordered someone to cut a pair of white cloth about one zhang long and wide, and put it in the open space in the middle of the study, his mind drifted back to modern times, recalling the map of the Chu and Han dynasties that he had seen through the computer in modern times.

Fortunately, in modern times, he loves history and has a more comprehensive and in-depth study of Chu and Han, and he can still think of the borders of various countries after Xiang Yu's partition.

Zhao Xie picked up the pen and drew on the cloth, sometimes he stopped thinking about it, sometimes compared it with the map of time and space, and then continued to draw.

It took two hours for a topographical map of the world to appear in front of Zhao Xie's eyes.

In the map, there are the borders of various countries, the Great Wall and the main passes, the main cities in the world, the mountains, rivers, and lakes, and the main terrain is indicated in words.

For example, the plain, indicate the Central Plain, the Northeast Plain, the Chengdu Plain, the North China Plain, the East Henan Plain, etc.;

For example, mountain ranges are indicated as Taihang Mountain, Yan Mountain, Yin Mountain, Qinling Mountains, Nanling Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Green Mountains, etc.;

For example, the plateau indicates the Mongolian Plateau, the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the Shanxi Plateau, etc.;

For example, lakes are indicated as Poyang Lake, Dongting Lake, Taihu Lake, Qinghai Lake, Hanhai Lake, etc.;

Zhao Xie tried his best to draw it according to the modern map method.

In the territory of various countries, in addition to the Central Plains Dynasty, there are also Donghu, Xiongnu, Yueshi, Jizi Joseon, Loulan, Wusun and other countries.

As for how many countries there are in the Western Regions, Zhao Xie can only find out the names of the countries after Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions in modern times, but cannot find out the names of the countries in the Western Regions during the late Qin, Chu and Han dynasties.

Looking at this large map, Zhao Xie had a more intuitive sense of the situation in the world.

The current Zhao State has Julu County, Hengshan County, and Handan County; Dai County and Yanmen County are owned by the country, with a population of more than 600,000; The Western Wei Dynasty had Taiyuan County, Hedong County, and Shangdang County, with a population of nearly two million; Yan State has Shanggu County, Yuyang County, Youbeiping County, Liaoxi County, and Liaodong County, with a population of about one million; Qi has a population of nearly 3 million.

As for Liu Bang, he occupied Guanzhong and Bashu, and seized the Western Wei State and the Dai State, plus the area from Hangu Pass to Xingyang, with a vast territory and a total population of seven or eight million.

At present, the territory directly controlled by the Chu State is only the Western Chu State, which was originally divided, plus the Yingbu rebellion was defeated and occupied the land of the King of Jiujiang, and the total population is only about five million.

Liu Bang has an advantage over Xiang Yu in terms of geography, population, and talents, although the military strength of Chu is stronger for the time being, as long as Liu Bang is not killed in the short term, the disadvantage will become more and more obvious.

What Li Zuoche said in the army was the upper, middle and lower three strategies, and Zhao Xie agreed very much. However, after all, ancient people have the limitations of the times, Zhao Xie is a modern time-traveler, and no one can compare with his knowledge and vision in this time and space, and he can make a better plan.

Zhao Xie rolled up the map and put it away, and then thought about the country, which must have more wealth in a short period of time in order to expand the military to the greatest extent.

In the study, Zhao Xie sometimes sat down, sometimes walked back and forth, his brain was running rapidly, according to his understanding of the current period in modern times, and the development trajectory of the system, science and technology, and military for more than 2,000 years, and then combined with the actual situation now.

After straightening everything out, Zhao Xie's thinking gradually became clearer, and the development plan ahead began to take shape.

For example, in terms of finance, it is necessary to implement the monopoly of salt and iron, which was the second largest source of income in the ancient imperial court in addition to the field endowment.

In terms of field endowment, refer to the two tax laws, one whip law, and apportionment into the mu. It was the last agricultural tax reform in feudal society, and it was the most successful. In ancient society, for a long time, taxes were collected according to the head of the person, and the head tax was abolished, and the tax was levied only according to the actual cultivated land, which promoted the explosive growth of the population of the Qing Dynasty.

It is completely applicable to this era, and Zhao Xie has also come up with a way to further improve it through his own opinions.

As for the commercial tax, it should not be set too high, but the current tax rate is too high and can be appropriately raised.

In terms of tax sources, the tax-exempt elite must be abolished, and all land must be taxed.

In addition, Zhao Xie can invent and effectively use relatively simple technologies that did not exist at this time, which can be used to make money and improve productivity.

For example, the four great inventions of ancient times, Zhao Xie knew the relevant principles and production processes, which could be made in this era, but they must be kept secret. For example, papermaking, under the premise of technical secrecy, can not only be opened in the country for official trading, but also can be circulated throughout the world through merchants, and the exclusive supply of goods can bring a lot of money.

In terms of land, in the early days of many ancient dynasties, peasants redistributed land, but over time, it was difficult to avoid the gradual annexation of yeoman land, and Zhao Xie had to change this situation, which could be suppressed by prohibiting land transactions.

In terms of household registration, everyone must be registered, including the servants of the powerful and wealthy, and men of appropriate age, who must also be included in the scope of conscription.

In terms of talents, Legalism and Confucianism are suitable for governing the country, and Mojia and Mojia are suitable for technical work.

The so-called probation system is in which local governors inspect and select talents at any time in their jurisdiction, recommend them to their superiors or the central government, and appoint officials after probationary evaluation. It is a personnel system implemented during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The official departments and ranks of civil officials and military generals also need to be reformed, and Zhao Xie has already thought about it.

In a nutshell, civil officials are "three publics, five ministries and three secretaries".

For the three dukes, each dynasty is different, the Qin Dynasty is the Taiwei, the prime minister, and the imperial historian. The position of Taiwei, which belongs to the highest military commander and has military command, was established before the unification of the Qin State, because of the excessive power, Qin Shi Huang never appointed Taiwei after he ascended the throne.

In ancient times, because of the great power of the prime minister, there was a long-term struggle between imperial power and prime minister's power, and finally Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister system.

Zhao Xie planned to transfer the functions of the military department to the Tai Lieutenant, which would weaken the power of the prime minister to a certain extent.

Therefore, the prime minister has jurisdiction over five departments: the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry.

Sanqing is Shaofu, Lang Zhongling, and Weiwei.

Shaofu: equivalent to the head of state-owned enterprises, the monopoly of salt and iron, and the exclusive commodity management brought about by certain inventions and creations are all under the responsibility of Shaofu supervisors;

Lang Zhongling: In charge of the palace portal, that is, in charge of the security of the monarch's guards;

Captain: Responsible for the security of the entire palace;

The three secretaries belong to the direct jurisdiction of the monarch and have the same status as the five Shangshu.

These systems can be promulgated and implemented, but Zhao itself is not a big country and lacks talents, so some positions can be vacant first, or one person can hold two or three positions at the same time.

The systems that Zhao Xie plans to implement are major reforms, and they can also be said to be changes in the law, and there will be resistance to the changes. Fortunately, Zhao has not been in the country for a long time, and a huge class of vested interests has not yet been formed, so it will not be as difficult to implement as the Shang Yang Reform Law and the Wu Qi Reform Law.

Of course, what Zhao Xie is thinking of at the moment is only the prototype of the development and reform plan, and it is impossible to cover everything at once, and it will be gradually improved in the future.