Chapter 3 Troubled Times Descend Section 67 Nothing

In the first month of the second year of Zhongping, the saint decreed: in order to celebrate the extermination of the Yellow Turban thieves, it is necessary to repair the palace, and increase the amount of land in the world for this purpose, with an extra ten yuan per mu. Taiyuan, Hedong and Longxi counties also have to collect timber, granite, rockery and so on.

Qingzhou is in turmoil, with the remnants of poisonous gold raging on the plains in the north, and Yang Feng's Taishan thieves and Tian Chou's army in the south in a state of repeated tug-of-war. In the east, according to Chen Qun's report, in the area of Langxie County occupied by our army, the big landlords refused to accept the management of our army and opposed our army's acres of land and population statistics. For this reason, I am ready to exterminate them in the name of colluding with the Yellow Turban bandits.

In this case, Qingzhou was at war on three sides, and His Majesty the Emperor was gracious and relieved Qingzhou of the task of paying tribute to the mountain stone and timber. This is not that the emperor is good-hearted, but the mountain stone and timber in Qingzhou, the collection and transportation process must go through several major war zones, and the emperor cannot guarantee that these mountain stones and timber can be safely transported to Luoyang.

But, just like that, I still don't have any money.

Summoned to frustrate Tian Feng Jianyong, we calculated this year's money and grain taxes together.

"It's spring, and we're going to sow seeds next month, how many acres of land are in each county under our jurisdiction, Zizheng, Fu Hao, you report it, Xianhe, make a record."

Frustrated and spread out the account book, and said one by one: "Le'an County, there are 1.62 million mu of land, excluding military fields and fields that no one cultivated due to the war, and 420,000 mu are reported to the imperial court.

In Qiguo County, there are 930,000 mu of land, 80,000 mu of military land, 310,000 mu of land that has not been cultivated due to war, and 510,000 mu reported to the imperial court.

Donglai County, our army has not yet appointed direct officials, now all officials have been elected by the village elders, Zitai has appointed some officials, but now, our management level can not keep up, the lord, the disabled officers and soldiers need to be distributed to Donglai as soon as possible, now, the number of acres reported by Donglai is 630,000 mu.

In Jiaodongguo, our retired soldiers have completely mastered the counties and townships in various places, and they can start the population statistics of acres of fields immediately, and now, the number of acres of fields they have reported to the imperial court is 310,000 mu. ”

After saying the scope of his jurisdiction, he snapped the ledger shut. Tian Feng then added: "Pingyuan County, the war is endless, and the acres of land cannot be counted, and the report to the imperial court is 1.13 million mu.

In Jinan County, the war has not yet subsided, and it is 950,000 mu reported to the imperial court.

Beihai County is not under our control and cannot be counted.

Taishan County and Langxie County, we are inconvenient to report, but these two counties, the number of acres of land has been counted is 710,000 mu, and the number reported to the imperial court is probably the same. ”

The total is 4.66 million mu, plus Mount Tai and Langxi, the total number of acres under our jurisdiction is 4.66 million mu.

I touched my chin and pondered, "That is to say, not counting Beihai County, the total amount of tax increase we paid is 46.6 million yuan. ”

Fu Zhu nodded and replied: "This is only the amount of increased income, in the past, there was 43 yuan tax per mu of land, that is to say, the total tax we paid was more than 5 times that of 46.6 million yuan." ”

The financial tax of the Han Dynasty was about 600,000 yuan per year, and we had to pay 20,000 yuan, a total of thirteen states, and Qingzhou accounted for less than one-tenth of the total tax revenue. It seems that this is very light for Qingzhou, which is located in the Central Plains.

"Are there any other taxes?" I asked suspiciously, the emperor was not so kind, such a light tax, unreasonable.

"Yes, however, we have more than enough commercial taxes, artisan taxes, road taxes, etc., and we can deal with the imperial court. Now, the 20,000 yuan agricultural tax was decided by the lord to reduce or exempt, and our tax gap is here, as long as the lord wants to make up for this tax, Qingzhou can be rich. He smiled playfully.

What, I'll make up, just kidding, the emperor is happy, I'll pay for it. I'm wronged, I'm more wronged than Dou E.

"The tax exemption decree came out of the government, and now, the war has just subsided, and the saint asks to pay agricultural tax, and the lord will not make up for it, unless the agricultural tax is levied again." Tian Feng is also taking advantage of the fire to rob.

"No, the order will change, and we will lose credit in Qingzhou. Once a government loses its credit, even a normal good decree will be suspected by the people, and a government without credit will not be able to support it for long. Qingzhou, there will be no tax on agriculture within five years, and since I personally promised it to the people, this policy must not be changed. ”

"20,000 yuan, this is not a small amount, how can the lord subsidize this cost?" Frustrated Professor put away his smiling face and said worriedly.

"I'm in Izumo City, and I have invested in various industries, and I haven't taken a penny in a few years, so can I make up for this money?" I frowned and replied.

"Last year, the lord settled 200,000 displaced people, distributed farm tools and seeds to them, and also recruited Izumo's clan, Mahan soldiers, and Takashi Takashi Takashi Takashi of Takado, and these savings have been spent." Frustrated replied.

Dizzy, I wooed the homeless for Izumo, but let me spend money, what kind of world?

No way, who made me the lord of Izumo Castle, this is the duty of the castle lord.

"I'm in Izumo, I haven't received a single cent of my salary for many years, and Izumo officials have high salaries, so with my salary savings in the past few years, can I subsidize Qingzhou's agricultural taxes?" I don't give up, ask again.

"The lord's salary in the past few years has been spent last year, and the tuition and allowances of the Qingzhou Scouts, and the river improvement carried out by Le'an recruiting displaced people, all use this money." Tian Feng smiled and stabbed me again.

Again dizzy, Le'an River remediation, why do you still let me spend money to collect Qingzhou orphans and young children for education, this is for the sake of Qingzhou's centennial plan, and let me pay for it? What about sinus moths? I asked her to envy her own situation.

Anyway, who made me the actual ruler of Le'an and the father-in-law of the Qingzhou Boy Scouts. Spend all this money, I admit it.

"I'm in Qingzhou, and I'm also the Minister of Qi, don't drive in Qingzhou, although these salaries are not much, maybe, I can subsidize agricultural taxes, right?"

Jian Yong nodded: "Although the lord has the reputation of delicious food, known as 'never tired of eating', however, he can't live in a house, no more than two or three servants, no more than a military uniform, travel, but a horse, and the salary of Qingzhou officials saves a lot." ”

I happily asked, "How many?" ”

Jian Yong said with a sad face: "It's a pity that the lord recently held another wedding, and bought a carriage and clothes for the lord and mother Moniang, and in order to please Mrs. Huang (Ying'er), the lord used a huge amount of money to purchase the purple stone smoke quartz, a specialty of Malaysia and South Korea, and appointed a cloud craftsman to create a complete set of jewelry for Mrs. Huang. At present, the lord still owes some money to the craftsmen of Izumo. ”

Oh my God, I am so poor, I have countless properties, I have occupied most of Liaoxi County and Qingzhou, and I have countless cities under my control, I am actually so poor.

No, my industry in Guangrao has not yet started to operate, and it seems that the power of Guangrao must be mobilized now.

"There are countless kilns in the two townships around the left, and now that the weather is getting warmer, the people who live in them are immediately moved out. First of all, the brickyard should be repaired, the brick kiln should be started, and the people who built houses in Sixiang could build their own houses and pighouses before spring sowing.

After the Izumo craftsmen finished their work during the Spring Festival, the magnetic kiln and glass kiln immediately started, and the first kiln of porcelain was fired in February. The fired porcelain was immediately transported to Luoyang and paid tribute to the Shengshang, so that we could ask for a moratorium on the payment of taxes, and also ask the Shengshang to acquiesce to our army to suppress bandits in Langxi County, Taishan County. Luoyang's negotiations were all handled by Zhou Yi and Chen Yong. Several eunuchs should also be checked. In addition, the glazed kiln immediately produced civil window glass.

The farmers of the former (northern) townships immediately gave them shovels, iron ploughs, iron hoes and other agricultural tools, and asked them to organize themselves to prepare the land, the men were ready to plant mulberry trees and cotton, and the women raised silkworms. The residents of the two townships began to set up hydraulic looms on the Zihe River and the Qingshui River, and after the beginning of spring, the men went to the field to grow grain, and the women began to weave.

The people of the two townships on the right (east) immediately bought livestock breeds, built cattle sheds, pig houses and stables, men went to the fields to plant grass, and women raised livestock at home. It is necessary to gather dozens or even hundreds of households to unite and expand the industry of raising livestock in captivity. In addition, the craftsmen had to speed up the production of horse-drawn carriages and sell them to the outside world. The carriage can be made more luxurious, covered with gold and silver, and we will send two to the great eunuch Zhang Rang Zhao Zhong, so that the merchants of Luoyang can develop the atmosphere of luxury comparison.

Well, rebuild a few kinds of cars with cultural taste, and paint allusions, auspicious birds and beasts in the car, or paint the ancestors of the personal family. Two of them, with my badge on the door, were given to the teacher Lu Zhi and the father-in-law Huang Wan. Let the doctors in the capital also develop the habit of riding in the car. ”

As soon as this habit is formed, not to mention the increase in sales of our vehicles, the popularization of vehicles will inevitably require a large number of animal horses. The increase in the price of horses will lead to the high cost of building cavalry in the Central Plains. This will give my cavalry a great advantage.

The origin of horses in the Han Dynasty was Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou. Youzhou, Gongsun Chan and Xianbei continued to attack, and the tax revenue was basically supported by salt and iron, and the main production of horses was Izumo. In Liangzhou, the taxes in the Holy City caused the war to begin. Therefore, the greater the sales of horse-drawn carriages, the better it will drive the sales of Izumo Animal. Of course, this also led to the expansion of Dong Zhuo's power in Bingzhou.

Frustrated Zhu flipped through the account book, pondered for a long time, and replied: "The lord, although the industry around the eight towns can be greatly gained, but the lord only accounts for one percent of the profits (two percent of the shares) in the eight township industries, and the remaining one percent belongs to the Izumo craftsmen, and two percent belongs to the Qingzhou Beijia Mansion (official government). Sixty percent of them still fell into the hands of the people. It is not enough to subsidize taxes with the income of the eight townships. plus the Le'an Army's chicken farm, quilt factory, etc., plus the lord has to raise the Qingzhou Boy Scouts, there is at least 50 million money short. ”

That wasn't enough, I stood up, my chin in one hand, and paced the hall with my head down.

"Qingzhou, the farmer will not be given within five years, this is what I promised to the people of Qingzhou, I want to win the trust of the people of the world, how about it?" Looking up, I made up my mind.

Tian Feng glanced at each other and asked with interest: "Okay, what are the plans of the lord, and how are you going to win the trust of the world?" ”

I stood in the hall and stopped, and announced in a deep voice: "Within five years of Qingzhou, there will be no endowment, and the decree will come out of my mouth, and I want to let the people of the world know that even if the imperial court increases the endowment, I will bear it for my commitment."

I have a good horse, and I have fought with me for a long time, a pair of swords for male and female, and I have drunk countless enemy blood, and a set of armor to protect me from countless enemy blades. I am going to auction these things, and the proceeds will be used to pay the increased tax burden of the imperial court.

This money may not be much, but I want to let the people of the world know that I Liu Bei is true to my word, and I will never let the people pay a penny if I don't give more. ”

Frustrated and excitedly said: "Okay, the lord wants to win the hearts of the people of the world, in the past, King Yan Zhao built a golden platform, bought horse bones, attracted countless handsome people in the world, the lord's move will inevitably lead the hearts of the people of the world to Qingzhou." I'm in favor. ”

Tian Feng shook his head again and again: "After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, no one farmed last year, the fields were barren, and the financial revenue of the counties and counties was difficult. The yellow scarves are chaotic, the saints are endowed, and the history of the Taishou assassins in various places must be intensified. Qingzhou has become a thorn in the side of officials everywhere without endowment, and publicizing this matter with such fanfare will surely provoke countless attacks. This matter must be considered in the long run. ”

Frustrated and contemptuous pout: "There is no need to worry about the imperial court, as long as the saint gives money, he can call the eunuch his father." As long as we pay our taxes in full, the Holy One will never blame us for any method. As for the county officials in various places, I am afraid that they will not be interested in this - the business of the merchants is cheap labor, and the lord in order to maintain his promise, even selling horses and swords, in their eyes, is a foolish move to depreciate his status. When the people of the world come to their hearts, I think they may be able to understand the deep meaning of the lord, but by then it will be too late-"

Frustrated with a long tail note, he ended his words proudly. Tian Feng and Jian Yong have been moved by him, and they have expressed their approval of this matter.

I slowly walked to my seat, sat down slowly, and said to myself, "Now, there is still a problem, who will buy my things?" Aren't the people who bought these things afraid that I will claim them back in my power later? ”

"That's right," Jian Yong echoed.

"Well, I want to take this opportunity to establish a set of business rules. This set of business rules can be called the "Qingzhou Contract Transaction Rules". "I took this opportunity to throw out the plan that I had prepared for a long time." In this set of transaction rules, it is mandatory that once the parties to a transaction enter into a contract for the purpose of finalizing the transaction, the contract is sacrosanct. Both parties, whether organizations or individuals, officials and the people, nobles and commoners, are equal, and no matter how powerful one of the parties is, they must abide by the constraints of the contract. ”

I determined that this trading rule, on the one hand, is to eliminate the worries of the person who bought my things, to ensure that he spent the money, and will not be persecuted and wronged in the future, or even to pursue the goods. On the other hand, with the expansion of business activities in Qingzhou, it is necessary to establish this set of rules to ensure the normal conduct of business activities.

I silently calculated in my heart that the establishment of contract law fostered the germ of the earliest idea of equality, which stipulated the equality of the contracting parties in the legal sense. In order to ensure this equality, other auxiliary laws were born, such as property law, citizenship law, and so on. The prosperity of private law has limited the unlimited expansion of public law, that is, the power of government, and led to the germination of the idea of property rights and equal rights.

Of course, this is called the trading rule, and there is one more thing to establish in this rule: weights and measures. We need to specify the standard weight, the standard length, the standard volume. In the future, all the weighing instruments in Qingzhou will be commissioned by the government to make and sell, and those who make weighing instruments privately will be killed. In addition, all weighing instruments must be marked with three bronze stars, which represent blessing, luck and longevity. Tell the businessmen that they must be fair when selling goods, and do not have the phenomenon of short feet, and there are three stars on the weighing instrument, and when they sell the goods, they are missing a little, which is a blessing; Missing two points is a loss; Missing three points is a short life. I added.

Tian Feng hesitated: "It's just that, in this way, almost all the scales in Qingzhou have to be replaced, if the people are allowed to pay for themselves, this is another thing that disturbs the people, if the government pays for it, don't we spend a lot of money?" ”

I smiled treacherously: "It's okay, I've already found the person who paid for it." ”

Frustrated Tian Feng asked in surprise: "Who?" How can this be? ”

Someone is willing to pay, which means that we don't spend a penny to unify weights and measures, who would be so kind?

I shook my head and unveiled the mystery: "I'm going to let Izumo Trading Co., Ltd. pay this money, we Qingshu and Izumo goods are closely related, the conversion of weights and measures between the old and Izumo is not a way, I decided, Qingshu uses Izumo weights and measures, in this way, we and Izumo's goods exchanges, no longer need to convert, just according to the Izumo algorithm, with the imperial court to convert the weight and length." ”

Frustrated with a nod of his head and asserted: "Since we use Izumo weights and measures, can Izumo Trading Company not pay this money for the sake of Izumo goods sales?" In addition, both Izumo and Seisu were under the jurisdiction of the lord, and it was not appropriate to use two weights and measures under the rule of one government. We must be consistent with the outside world. ”

Tian Feng rubbed his hands: "If this is the case, the Qingzhou Scouts sent by the lord to study in Izumo, once they finish learning, we can use them directly." Yes, we have to be in harmony with each other. ”

In February of the second year of Zhongping, just after the Spring Festival, Guan Hai led the Xun Chi soldiers into Langxi, and began to eradicate the powerful forces in the name of colluding with the Yellow Turban bandits. At the same time, we are also actively preparing for the auction.

The Zhuge family is in Langxie, this family is a place to produce talents, Zhuge Sanjie, the dragon is Zhuge Liang, the tiger is Zhuge Jin, and the dog is Zhuge Dan, all of which are extraordinary. It's a pity that not long before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Zhuge Jin clan moved to Danyang to live. The Yellow Turban just started, and the Zhuge Liang clan moved to Nanyang. Now, only the Zhuge clan is left in Langxie County.

I can't get a dragon, I can't get a tiger, I only have a dog, and I'm unwilling. simply don't touch the Zhuge family, this dog, keep it for the Zhuge family to watch.

In the same February, the imperial court added Liangzhou, and the assassin Shi and Taishou also took the opportunity to rob and increase private dispatches, but the people could not bear it, and they complained and provoked a rebellion. Under the leadership of Bian Zhang and Han Sui, the rebels entered the Weihe River valley in Shaanxi, "Sanfu" (Sanfu, are the three counties of the Han Dynasty: Jingzhao County with Chang'an as the center, Fufeng County on the right of Chang'an, called "Right Fufeng", and Fengyi County on the left of Chang'an, called "Left Fengyi". The center of Fufeng is Xianyang, and the center of Feng Yi is Dali). The imperial court was terrified and prepared to give up the rule of Liangzhou. On top of the court discussion, after the efforts of Lu Zhi and Zhang Wen, the imperial court agreed to send troops to suppress the rebellion in Liangzhou.

For this reason, the imperial court transferred Huangfu Song back from Jizhou to meet the enemy, and the eunuch (Zhongchang Servant) Zhang Rang asked him for 50 million money, but Huangfu Song did not give it. In front of Emperor Ling, Zhang Rang sued Huangfu Song, saying that he had wasted public funds by playing the yellow scarf. Emperor Ling immediately took back the seal ribbon of Huangfu Song's "Left Che Cavalry General", cut down 6,000 households, and renamed it "Duxiang Hou". After that, the imperial court used Dong Zhuo to conquer the traitors in Liangzhou, and appointed Dong Zhuo as the "Zhonglang General", and no longer added the word "east".

The Sanfu and Weihe River valleys in Shaanxi were important grain bases for the imperial court, and with the loss of these two places, Luoyang's grain supply began to be tight. But at this time, the house leak happened to be a rainy day, and after Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, consolidated his rule, even though Zhang Lu, another master of the Taiping Sect, seized Hanzhong, after that, he no longer paid tribute to the imperial court on the grounds of "rice thieves blocking the way".

In this chaotic February, the four sides were in turmoil, and the court was tired of coping. It was necessary to strengthen the authority of the state assassins, so that they could also manage the military, government, and financial resources. In a single day, three state chaplains were appointed so that they could have more effective contact with the landlord forces to suppress the rebellion at any time.

In this way, the independence of the local government has been increased, and a situation has been formed in which the internal is more important than the outside. This was the beginning of the division of the heroes.

Since the emperor's authority is declining, Liangzhou and Hanzhong are in turmoil, coercing Chang'an, Tokyo, and the emperor in Luoyang, Xijing, can no longer take care of Qingzhou, I took advantage of the situation to raise the "Qingzhou Contract Trading Rules" that had been planned for a long time to a legal perspective, and split it into two laws: "Qingzhou Contract Law" and "Qingzhou Trade Law", and promulgated all parts of Qingzhou.

With this law, I planted the spark of equality and waited for it to sprout and grow.

On February 28, the second year of Guanghe, after a month of preparation, my auction conference was held. Izumo merchants, as well as some merchants in Luoyang who have dealings with us, have signed up for this auction event. This new way of buying and selling surprised merchants - through face-to-face bidding, the highest price wins, avoiding misjudgment caused by poor information, as well as unnecessary losses caused by black-box operations. This gave merchants a sense of a new way of trading, which could be born.

In particular, the "Qingshu Contract Law" and the "Qingzhou Exchange Law", which we are preparing to promulgate in advance, have established the rules for future transactions between the two places that will deal with merchants, which are what all merchants who are doing business with Izumo and Qingshu are eager to know. As a result, the big businessmen either attended in person or sent their henchmen to participate in this auction meeting.

I stood on the edge of the venue and waited for the auction to take place, I had seen several auctions before, and now I was eager to stir up the atmosphere and make this auction a perfect example.

Fu Zhu and Tian Feng were by my side, talking to each other in low voices. In a moment, they will first publish the bill.

Looking back behind me, Guan Yu Zhang Fei pressed his sword and stood motionless behind me.

In this auction, Guan Yu first said: Brothers should work together, they should not let their brothers sell horses, and the brothers are still riding on horses, so he also has to donate war horses. Later, Zhang Fei also came to make peace, so to say, I accepted the saber donated by Guan Yu. As for Zhang Fei, I didn't spare him, and asked him to donate 7 calligraphy and paintings, a copy of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching".

After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei took the lead, Qingzhou officials donated their items one after another and auctioned them together. This auction is equivalent to a collective donation from Qingzhou officials. It also made them understand what I say every day: "Everything in the world is people-oriented." ”

With the support of the people, why can't we take root in the turbulent Qingzhou.

At the beginning of the auction meeting, Fu Zhu was the first to go on the field, Qingzhou officials shuttled through the crowd, distributing the "Qingzhou Contract Law", cleared his throat, and Fu Zhu was ready to speak.

At this moment, Guan Yu bumped me with the shoulder, signaling me to pay attention to Lieutenant Li who rushed into the venue.

"Are you coming?" I waved my hand to summon Lieutenant Li, and secretly wondered in my heart: "Is it Izumo being attacked by Xianbei, or is it Mahan's Gaya rebellion, war, just like this?" ”

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