At the beginning, Yuan Shao wanted to abolish the establishment, but he was afraid that Liu Bei would not will, so he invited the king of Pingyuan and the king of Hejian to Luoyang together, and used the identity of a close relative of the clan to suppress him. Liu Bei didn't forget this. And the king of the plains and the king of the river are not really thinking about the Han family, otherwise there is a son of heaven in the world, and another one will be established, isn't this adding to the chaos? What kind of abacus the two princes and kings have in their hearts, Liu Bei is very clear. Didn't I see that after the Son of Heaven of Luoyang ascended the throne, the sons of the King of the Plains and the King of Hejian were all made marquises, regardless of their grandeur?

At present, everything in Qingzhou has entered a virtuous circle, and the pastoral government is running well. After the chaos was rectified, Qingzhou's productivity exploded a little scary. The historian said that after the chaos, there will be great governance, and this is really not deceiving. After experiencing war and chaos, the gentry of the people of Qingzhou have an incomparable yearning for stability. Liu Zhoumu, who brought stability and prosperity to Qingzhou, is also extremely supportive. Therefore, Liu Bei's decrees have basically been firmly implemented. In Qingzhou, if anyone says that Liu Qingzhou is not good, there is no need to report it to the official, and the people next to him will take the initiative to stand up and uphold justice after hearing it.

Qingzhou money, after several discussions, finally began to be issued, thanks to excellent casters and full of materials. As soon as Qingzhou money came out, it was loved and sought after by the market. When it is ten coins, although the government stipulates that one can only be used as ten pieces and five baht, but on the market, one piece can be exchanged for more than ten pieces or even twenty old five baht. At the same time, the old money is also gradually flowing back to the Qingzhou Pastoral Mansion, and they will be melted back into the furnace under the unified allocation of Gongcao, and then appear in a new look.

Qingzhou is now united, in terms of agriculture, Liu Bei kept people opening up the wasteland at the same time, but also ordered the car to drive to the experienced old farmers in the county, let them teach the experience of farming, and after summarizing with the good pastoral government, it was announced to the whole state. As for commerce, Liu Bei didn't care much, just let the Mufu arm caravans, travel the whole country, traffic materials, and collect intelligence. In charge of business, it is Liu Gong's acquaintances Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang. These two people, whose families have been experts in business for generations, can do business seriously, and occasionally they can be bold and black-hearted. Leave this aspect to them, naturally, there is no problem. Sure enough, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang also lived up to his trust. Every year, the merchants not only brought rich materials to Qingzhou, but also brought huge profits. Guan Hai's spies also spread to all parts of the country along with the caravan.

As for Qingzhou College, it is Liu Bei's talent reserve base. Not to mention the great Confucians, just Fu Gan, You Heng, Zhuge Liang and a few others who are studying in it are enough to make Liu Bei full of hope for the future. Moreover, in Qingzhou College, driven by a group of young scholars, Gewu has continued to grow, and although the experimental projects they are currently carrying out seem to be messing around, Liu Bei does not mind. A lot of theories, a lot of inventions, are actually discovered all of a sudden, unintentionally. He has time, and the Han Empire also has time. This seed of the future is planted, and sooner or later it will take root and sprout.

After attending the banquet of King Qi, Liu Bei returned to his house. Now the Qingzhou treasury is full, and the development of Liaodong is also in full swing. But Liu Bei still had a sense of urgency. Looking at the map, Qingzhou is still a little smaller. Liu Bei was not satisfied with the map of the Han Empire today. He finally came to visit, and if he didn't open up some territory for future generations, how could he do it.

It's just a lot of things, and it's not like he just wants to do it. There are too many bonds. In this era of cold weapons, no matter how much the Qingzhou Army can fight, it is impossible and impossible for him to lead the Qingzhou Army all the way across the country, and he can only gradually strengthen himself through changes in the situation. What if Cao Cao unified the north, isn't it still Sun Liu who can't join forces?

Liu Bei's eyes fell on Youzhou and Xuzhou, after he came, history has long been unrecognizable, Gongsun Zhan's rush to Liu Yu has not happened until now, and he can't rob it, and it is already a big advantage to take advantage of Liaodong. Also, didn't Tao Qian say that he wanted to entrust Xuzhou, why didn't he send someone to me until now?

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Bei thought, forget it, let's wait and see what happens. Do a good job in Qingzhou and Liaodong. Liaodong is a good place, and when you are prepared enough, you can start with Goguryeo and Sanhan, which are all fertile soil, and they are not weaker than Jingyang. When you get it straightened out, you'll go back and look at the Central Plains. Anyway, it is impossible for him to take the initiative to fight Cao Cao's Yanzhou, nor can he take the initiative to fight Yuan Shao's Jizhou. Opportunity can only be waited for slowly.

On this day, Liu Bei summoned the ministers to a meeting and said: "Qingzhou is prosperous and peaceful thanks to the power of the princes. Now that my treasury is full, I want to change the decree to benefit the people, and the original order was that the women of the people who are over 15 to 30 will not marry, and every time they are one year older, the money will also increase. For those who do not marry from 17 to 30 years old, the money will be increased for each additional year; If he had a child, he was exempted from three years, and his husband was exempted from one year. If a person has a child, the husband and wife shall be exempted from the same three years. What do you think? ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers began to talk about each other again. Before, the mouth money for those under the age of 14 has been exempted, and now it is exempted from the payment, what does the state pastor want to do?

Liu Bei didn't want to do anything, he just wanted to encourage childbirth. As for the former one, he is also for the good of the people. The Han Dynasty is considered to be a virtual age, and the people's daughters do not marry at the age of fifteen, and the annual money is doubled, and how many times it depends on which emperor is in power, and the highest has been five times. That is to say, if there is a girl in the family who has not yet married at the age of fifteen, she alone will have to pay 600 yuan a year. This burden is still very heavy for ordinary people. This was also in the late Qin and early Han dynasties, when the population of the world decreased sharply due to war, so the Han court issued such a decree. It is also to encourage early marriage and stimulate childbearing, so as to achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Then it was continued by successive emperors. The purpose is very good, but the time of the Han Dynasty is considered a virtual age, that is, a fourteen-year-old girl will marry and have children. From Liu Bei's point of view, this is very bad. Fourteen-year-old children are still developing, even if they are precocious, there is a limit, and it is still very dangerous for you to marry and have children so early. So for the sake of eugenics, in order to be safer when giving birth, Liu Bei changed the age to seventeen years old, although it is only a two-year gap, but the virtual age is seventeen, and the age of sixteen is sixteen, sixteen years old, whether it is here or in the future, he is fully qualified to be a mother.

Pregnant women who give birth to children are exempt from paying money for three years, and their husbands are exempt from paying money for one year, which is originally stipulated in the Han law. Liu Bei just made this law seem more lenient. The husband's exemption from payment for one year was changed to three years, which was equivalent to giving two hundred and forty dollars. When the people know about it, they can also bring some laughter to their families, so that they will not worry too much about childbirth.

In fact, the tax system of the Han Empire, although it did not eliminate the inherent defect of the poll tax. But it's very human. They are very flexible in considering population growth, having children, supporting the elderly, etc., and also taking into account the impact of taxes on people's affordability. Encouraging childbearing and imposing fines if you don't marry when you grow up has played a very big role in regulating population growth. Women who are pregnant and give birth and their husbands are exempted from the tax, and if there are elderly people aged 80 and above in the family, the family can be exempted from the calculation of two people. These laws, which are full of humanistic care, can still be said to be not lagging behind even in the 21st century. Moreover, this kind of thinking also embodies a simple people-oriented ideology of the Han court. Although the emperor and the hundred officials may not be aware of this notion, it has indeed emerged and exists.

Now the Qingzhou Mansion Treasury is indeed full of nothing, in this case, the big boss has spoken, how can the subordinates be disappointed. Anyway, you don't have to dig your own pockets for subsidies. What's more, with such a benevolent boss who cares for his people, he is comfortable doing things here, isn't it? Moreover, when the money was waived back then, although the ministers were opposed, but later, with the gradual increase in population, the ministers had to begin to admire Liu Bei's foresight.

So Xun Wenruo, the head of the civil officials, came out to make a representative: "Lord, since the people have been exempted from paying money under the age of fourteen, the people of Qingzhou have all rushed to recite the kindness of the lord. Now the lord has issued this benevolent government, so that Qingzhou up and down, with the virtue of the lord of Ze. The people would be overjoyed. I thought that if this order was issued, the people of the world would definitely look forward to my Qingzhou. ”

Liu Bei laughed, and he was a little proud in his heart. He has long understood that all states in the country, although some states and counties are also learning from his methods and exempting the people under his rule from paying some taxes, but the intensity is far less than that of Qingzhou. As for the border states, many people are struggling back and forth on the line of life and death, where can they enjoy this kind of treatment. Those who have the ability have come to Qingzhou, but those who are incapable, or who can't get out, think about it, they are also extremely yearning for Qingzhou, right? This is also one of the effects he wants.

Xun Yu said again: "Lord, is this this year's order, or is it a regular practice?" ”

Liu Bei waved his hand and said: "Wen Ruo, try it out first this year, the effect is good, Qingzhou can bear it, and after it is perfected next year, it will always be the law of Qingzhou." ”

Before long, the pastoral government announced this order to the entire territory of Qingzhou and the three counties of Liaodong. When the people heard this, they wept with joy. How many years have you not heard of this moral policy? The old man, holding a wooden cane in his hand, was in tears, and he met the Lord of the Holy Ming. Not to mention the people, even Qingzhou officials and scholars, there are few who do not admire Liu Bei.

There are only a handful of emperors in the history books who have reduced or exempted taxes. And either there is a disaster here, or there is chaos there. A reduction is only a year or a few years, how can there be someone like Liu Bei, who intends to implement it as a permanent law. In the past, it was impossible to exempt people under the age of 14. You must know that the most benevolent Son of Heaven of the Han Empire only levied money from those aged seven to fourteen. When encountering Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, one started to march at the age of one and the other from the age of three...... The people have nothing to say, and unless you flee to the mountains and forests to become an isolated barbarian or leave the land where you have lived for generations, you will have to pay taxes unconditionally.

Most of today's princes levy taxes on the people under their rule in their own names, even if they do not levy them, and they also maintain the tax standards of the first emperor. Only Liu Qingzhou does not add but subtract, and it is subtracted again and again.

Such a person is not the king of Yao Shun, who is?

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