However, before Liu Zongyuan could speak, Gao Yue said "Zihou", and then used the Yunfu Sword in the sheath as a crutch, and said on the side of the horse back mountain pointing to Nanhu.

Liu Zongyuan looked at it, now is the season of the red lotus root covered pond in Nanhu, the summer is shining, red and green, and it is beautiful, and Gao Yue pointed out, between the lake weir and the road, many hired Cai people, under the instructions of the military officials, are demolishing a certain temple.

"This ......"

"This is a temple dedicated to Li Xilie, after this rebel minister was beheaded, he was also made into a 'King of Jianxing of Great Chu' by the Wu brothers, and the gods stood here to accept the worship of Cai Bing and the villagers." Then Gao Yue turned back and told Liu, "To destroy it is to destroy the spiritual pillar of the Huaixi Territory, and then use these adobe bricks and timber to erect two brand-new temples under the city." ”

"Is it to worship Chen Xianqi and Yang Yuanjun's wife?"

Gao Yue nodded, saying that the bones of Chen Xianqi's family were finally found before, and after they were killed by Wu thieves, they were abandoned in a mass grave.

As for Yang Jia's family and four children, who were martyred, they were also posthumously sealed by the imperial court and allowed to build a temple.

"Zihou, you can write an article for Chen Jieshuai and Mrs. Jia's temple! This way is engraved on the stone tablet, the text of celebrities and martyrs, the blood of loyal martyrs, complement each other, so that Cai people can also get subtle. At this time, Gao Yue asked leisurely.

Liu Zongyuan, who was on the horse, was solemn, and then bowed his hand to express his acceptance.

Then the two rode their horses slowly, to the bank of the Rushui River, the sun began to sink in the west, a small pavilion, standing in the diffuse grass, Gao Yue and Liu Zongyuan dismounted, the plaster ring struggled to run in front of the master to open the way, the two finally stood in the pavilion to watch the water, Liu Zongyuan saw at this time, Wei Guogong's back clothes were soaked with sweat, and his sideburns and forehead were also full of bright beads of sweat, but his interest was still very high, especially when he saw the boat carrying bamboo and wood down the water, he pointed south with his sword scabbard: "Over there, south of Runan City, It is necessary to build a tax yard in the original Wengang Gate, so that the passing merchant ships can draw money. ”

Gao Yue asked Gu Xiu to preside over these things.

Take Caizhou as an example, it is a place that extends in all directions, so Gao Yue planned to set up four tax yards in this state, and there is Wencheng Field in the west to connect with Ciqiu in Tangzhou, and transport goods along the Lianshui River; To the north is Xingqiaochang, which is connected to Yuncheng; To the south is the White Dog Farm, which is connected to Tongbai and Shenguang; There is also a place where Gao Yue refers to the Wengang field, which uses Rushui as the main transportation route and can be connected with Huainan.

The so-called daicheng money is to calculate the goods of merchants according to the market price, and 20 wen is drawn for each piece of money, that is, a tax rate of 2%.

Luxury items such as spices, coral, gold and silver jewelry, etc., cost between 50 and 80 yuan per dollar.

At this point, Gao Yue was already familiar with the Yellow River waterway from Jingyuan to Lingwu and trading with Uighur merchants in the past.

After that, in the towns around Runan City, Gao Yue also had to set up taxes, that is, sit on the ground to extract trade taxes.

The tax field and taxation, coupled with the introduction of salt, tea, wine, and the sucrose (sucrose) that Gao Yue is about to operate, it is conceivable that Huainan Town will immediately occupy the majority of the commercial tax.

So at this moment, Liu Zongyuan can finally ask: "Duke Wei, the matter of Huainan's innovation is complicated now, and money is needed everywhere. However, the servant heard that when Huaixi was pacified, Wei Gong commanded a considerable part of the army's food, which was only financed by the loans of merchants from Xingyuan, Xichuan and Kuifu. So...... Does the government need to pay back the money to the merchants? ”

Gao Yue turned his head, with a somewhat surprised expression, and raised his eyebrows, "Also, of course I have to pay it back." ”

Liu Zongyuan was also a little surprised.

Because in this era, the channels of communication between the imperial court and the merchants and peasants were rough and direct: when they ran out of money, they directly ordered the merchants to pay, or extorted money on the peasants.

When the emperor conquered Heshuo, the military expenditure was not enough, so he directly asked Du You and Zhao Zan to break the money cabinet, dig the cellar, and collect the money in Chang'an City.

But Gao Yue said that it is natural to repay the money and repay the debt.

Because the money of a merchant does not come for nothing.

Then Gao Yue calmly told Liu Zongyuan that he still owed the merchant 1.3 million yuan for military expenses before.

"Shouldn't this money be repaid by the imperial court?"

"Your Majesty said, Huainan's upper provision will be exempted from 300,000 yuan per year for the past three years, and then all debts will be ours." Gao Yue replied with a smile.

"What should I do?" Liu Zongyuan was a little anxious.

You can't raise taxes on the people again, right?

But Gao Yue was as steady as Mount Tai, he continued to point to the ground of the pavilion and said, "Zihou, Caizhou's encounter with war is a tragedy, but it is also a turning point." After a year of counterinsurgency war, the indigenous households that originally occupied two-thirds of Caizhou's fields were also the main body of generals and officials on the basis of Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang's separation, about 40,000 or 50,000 people, and most of them were wiped out by the officials and soldiers, leaving so many fields ownerless, isn't this a turning point? That's why I asked Pei Zhongli and you to start from Caizhou and Gwangju, which are the easiest in the meridian world, respectively. ”

"But what if those ownerless fields are secretly occupied by the Cai people in front of the official realm?"

Gao Yue laughed, as if laughing at Liu Zongyuan's innocence, "Isn't this the reason why I insisted on not exempting Cai and Guang from taxes?" ”

Liu Zongyuan was enlightened.

You can take the land that has no owner, but if you do, you have to be drawn on the anvil book and taxed. In addition, the cost of labor and time is required to open up the fields, which is not cost-effective for ordinary households.

Originally, it was possible to have a powerful situation, but this group of people was almost all wiped out in the Pingcai War.

In this way, without Gao Yue's hands, the fields vacated by the war and killing are not coveted by anyone.

So Gao Yue further told Liu:

"With so many fields, the province immediately distributed one-third of them to the Cai people with a tax exemption of three years, so that they could thank the court for their kindness and restore the cultivation and weaving of crops in Caizhou, so as to increase the household registration; Another one-third was distributed to the Wu Yi Army and the Zhenshu Army, and instead of camping the land, they directly recruited people to share the seeds, and the seventy-three (seven tenant farmers, three soldiers) shared the profits to make up for the lack of military expenses and military rations; And one-third, all of them will be given to the merchants of Xingyuan, Xichuan and Kuifu free of charge, so that seventy percent of the debts can be offset! ”

Selling, selling, selling to merchants for free to pay off debts......

Liu Zongyuan's thoughts were a little confused.

Gao Yue said of course that's the case, the businessmen want the land in Caizhou, you can recruit farmers to plant and collect rent, of course, the most important thing is to go along the Wengang of Rushui to Runan City, and then then to Xingqiao, Yuncheng, add mansions and shops, so that the profits can be doubled, once the profits are large, the commercial goods in Caizhou will increase sharply, and the tax field I set up, and the daicheng money extracted by the tax will also surge.

It's a win-win.

"This is really the old wild fox of Zhongnan Mountain, ......" Liu Zongyuan's heart, apart from this, he really can't think of other words to describe the ambitious Wei Guogong in front of him.