Chapter 172 Property Protection and Tax Exemption
After several years of development, Fengyi is a prosperous scene. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 However, when Dai Yan personally met Tian Jiu and Xu Xing, the actual managers of Fengyi, he also knew that there was also a huge problem under the glory of Fengyi.
At present, the most serious problem in Fengyi is that the financial system of the entire city is close to collapse! Of course, this is the sequelae caused by Dai Yan's crazy transfer of Fengyi's wealth in order to marry the princess of Zhao Guo next to him, and drain all the wealth in the city!
Even at the beginning, Dai Yan asked Tian Jiu and Xu Xing to extract the wealth of Fengyi at all costs in order to collect the dowry of Qi Na, even if they took out all the money earned from the two trades of tea and paper, they still couldn't make up the huge amount of dowry, and in the end they had to go to the common people to requisition before they could get the dowry!
Most of the livestock sent by Dai Yan to Zhao Guo came from the savings of the people of Fengyi. In this day and age, it is no problem for a lord to want to expropriate the belongings of the common people! The lack of livestock has made it difficult for Fengyi to farm.
Hearing this, Dai Yan didn't say anything, but Zhao Xue spoke: "The common people lack cattle and horses to cultivate, so let's give them these livestock in my hands first." ”
For Zhao Xue's general behavior, not only Dai Yan, but even Tian Jiu and Xu Xing were extremely admired. They soon ordered their disciples to hand over to the retainers brought by Zhao Xue, replenish the cattle and horses and distribute them, so as to prevent the peasants from encountering problems in production.
Then Dai Yan asked Tian Jiu again: "When collecting the dowry before, how much property was requisitioned from the common people?" Is there a record in the hands of the giant? ”
Dai Yan is the lord of Fengyi, and theoretically the entire Fengyi belongs to him, so he has the right to expropriate all people, property, and things on the land of Fengyi! This is the feudal lordship, the lord has everything!
However, in reality, if it is not necessary, no lord will go crazy to amass the wealth of his territory! No matter in that era, it was the power that came out of the barrel of a gun. A lord, if he wants to maintain his position, he still needs his subjects to fight for him more often, if his subjects are poor and miserable, and they can't even eat their stomachs, will any of those commoners follow the lord to go out to fight?
If it weren't for such a major occasion as Dai Yan's wedding, the two school leaders, Tian Jiu and Xu Xing, would not have "requisitioned" the wealth of the common people from the people as Dai Yan expected! Fortunately, Fengyi has developed rapidly in recent years, and the wealth in the hands of the common people has grown rapidly, so that it can support such a large-scale "expropriation" by Dai Yan!
Tian Jiu replied honestly: "When we requisitioned property from Fengyi, it was requisitioned from the village, and the records in our hands only recorded each village. As for the wealth of individuals, we have no record at all. ”
Hearing this, Dai Yan said to Tian Jiu: "Then ask the giant to record the expropriation probability of all the villages in detail, and we must repay this debt in the future!" In addition, I would like to ask the giant to issue a decree later: From now on, I will not expropriate any property of the people of Fengyi! The property of the people will belong to them, and no one will be allowed to infringe upon them! ”
Dai Yan paused, and then said: "To sum up, it is to tell the people of Fengyi: private property is sacrosanct!" All the people of my land, I will protect the wealth they create! ”
As soon as Tian Jiu and Xu Xing heard that Dai Yan had issued such a "benevolent" policy, they immediately bowed and said, "Thank you for the mercy of the lord!" As soon as the lord gives this order, I'm afraid the whole Fengyi will cheer for it. ”
Dai Yan pouted at this and didn't say much.
Maybe people in this era just thought that he was "benevolent" and would do such a thing, but in fact, there is a profound meaning behind Dai Yan's move.
The protection of property is extremely important for the development of society! In later generations, some people even believed that the protection of property in a country and region is directly proportional to the degree of civilization development of this country and region!
Dai Yan thinks so! Think about it: if you are a commoner in this era, and you have worked hard for a year to get such a small amount of income, although these incomes are in your own hands, but the lords above you may "expropriate" your income at any time, then do you still have the heart to make money and obtain wealth? This is bound to seriously hinder the development of the economy!
In an agrarian society, the common people did not get much wealth from the soil every year, and even if the feudal lords scraped the land desperately, they could not actually recover much wealth, coupled with the slow development of the agricultural economy, the lords' practices did not cause large-scale chaos and economic turmoil.
And these feudal lords actually relied more on the patriarchs of various families and those rich peasants, and most of the time they relied on these people to contribute if they wanted to send troops to fight.
Although they will not issue special decrees to regulate their behavior like Dai Yan, they still have this awareness in their hearts. I also know that I can't do my best to fish for my people, and I should do my best to show "kindness" when it's time to show it!
Even Dai Yan's enemies, the son of the contemporary Xue Gongtian Ying's Niu B, and the future Meng Weijun Tianwen, have begun to play the "burning of coupons and righteousness" as a means to invite people's hearts. To be a qualified feudal lord, how could Dai Yan not even be as good as the ancestor of this "black boss"?
And behind Dai Yan's behavior, there is not only this simple reason for "inviting people's hearts". The biggest reason for him to issue such a decree was the preparation he made for the next reign of Taoqiu.
Fengyi is a city with an agricultural economy, and although it is a little troublesome without property protection, it is not really impossible to live. However, Taoqiu, as the world's first commercial town, Shanghai in the fourth century B.C., it was almost a pure commercial city!
For such a city, if the huge wealth in the hands of the merchants may be deprived by the lord at any time, will the merchants still stay in Taoqiu to develop with peace of mind? If there were no merchants in Taoqiu, I am afraid that it would immediately decay!
In Dai Yan's view, if you want to make a city like Taoqiu stable, the first step is to establish a sound property protection and stabilize the mood of businessmen, so that businessmen can develop in Taoqiu without any worries!
Even if you really want to grab wealth from businessmen, you should think of some decent way. With his vision beyond this era for 2,000 years, he is afraid that he will not be able to make money by occupying the commercial center of the world?
When Tian Jiu and Xu Xing were about to leave to issue a decree on the protection of property, Dai Yan stopped them and said to them: "Now that I have just gotten married, the people of Fengyi have contributed a lot to this, and as the lord of Fengyi, I can't be too stingy with the people. In this way, as a celebration of my wedding with the princess, the whole Fengyi will be tax-free for three years! ”
Tian Jiu and Xu Xing couldn't help but have some tears in their eyes, this is the real Renjun! They have been raising their flags for the small people for many years, but basically no nobles are willing to listen to them, but now Dai Yan's such a benevolent approach really makes them see the hope of realizing their political ideals!
For Dai Yan, giving the common people of Fengyi tax exemption is equivalent to the red envelope he gave when he got married. When the king of the oil kingdom ascended the throne, he gave red envelopes to the people of the whole country. As the lord of Fengyi, Dai Yan has just experienced a big wedding, how can he be stingy with the people?
When Dai Yan issued a property protection decree and the news that Fengyi would be tax-free for three years in the future, the entire Fengyi immediately fell into a boil! As the remnants of Yin Shang, the Song people themselves have a simple and thick personality, and they all know how to repay Entu, and they are quite gentlemanly! Under Dai Yan's benevolent governance, the entire Fengyi immediately began to be loyal to Dai Yan unconditionally, and everyone hoped to repay the lord's kindness in the future!