The king of Goguryeo was beheaded, the king of Silla was captured, the king of Baekje surrendered, and the dust of the first war on the Korean Peninsula settled. The next step was to discuss the future rule of the peninsula.

In this regard, Luan Yi did not want to adopt a colonial management of the peninsula like the Xiongnu, after all, whether it was Goguryeo, Silla, or Baekje, the national conditions were very different from those of the Xiongnu. As an old steppe empire, the Huns had a unique set of lifestyles and steppe culture that were obviously beneficial to the empire's agrarian civilization, and these customs and culture have been imprinted in the bones of the steppe people, and it will take decades or even hundreds of years to reverse and rebuild them.

These racial differences established that they were incompatible with the empire, so Luan Yi did not directly incorporate them into the empire, but let them wander away from the periphery of the empire in the form of colonies-subject states, and subtly accept the Central Plains culture through various forms such as religion, education, and commercial exchanges in the position of the subject countries, and reach an agreement with the empire in terms of ideology, customs, and feelings as soon as possible.

In contrast to the Xiongnu, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje were all agrarian countries. Among them, Goguryeo has been part of the territory of the Han Dynasty since the Western Han Dynasty - Goguryeo County, and they became independent only during the Wang Mang period. The founders of Baekje and Silla were originally from Goguryeo County, but later they raised the banner and occupied the east and west sides of the peninsula in the south, respectively, and created Baekje and Silla.

Therefore, although the language and customs of the three countries of the Korean Peninsula are slightly different from those of the empire, they are very similar to the empire in terms of ideology, morality, laws and regulations, and architectural styles.

Thinking of this, after a period of discussion with his ministers, Luan Yi decided to completely incorporate Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje into the empire and become imperial territory. Since then, the Korean Peninsula has been renamed Jeju and has three parts: Goguryeo and Silla counties, as well as the Baekje Kingdom.

The king of Baekje made a meritorious contribution this time, and out of morality, Luan Yi did not take off his crown. Instead, he personally crowned him and named him the king of Baekje. Similar to Chae Yan's position as Empress Jideok, the king of Baekje only accepted the book, received the name of the king of Baekje, and enjoyed the treatment of the king, but in fact did not have authority. The Kingdom of Baekje was actually the same as Chenliuguo, but it was just a small vassal within the Holy Huaxia Empire. The actual ruler of the kingdom was actually the prime minister, who was sent by the empire, and the subordinate administrative system was formed by a combination of local officials in Baekje and officials sent by the empire.

Goguryeo and Silla, like the other counties of the empire, were appointed by imperial officials, supplemented by translators. The lower levels of governors, secretaries, or prefectural orders were mainly held by Baekje, Goguryeo, and Silla, and only a few officials were sent by the empire to provide technical guidance. The priests in the newly built churches in each county were sent by the Empire, and when the number of local believers increased, they tried to recruit them from the local area temporarily.

A quarter of the local army was sent by the Empire, and the remainder was recruited locally.

In terms of policy, because Jeju had just experienced the war, and with the successful trial planting of high-yield crops in Jiangnan, the empire had a bumper grain harvest year after year, and the national treasury was abundant, so there was no need for Jeju's tax revenue for a while.

Therefore, the empire exempted Jeju from all taxes for the next five years, which is undoubtedly great news not only for the people of Jeju, but also for the merchants of the empire.

As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother, and the people of Jeju know that a happy life without taxes is coming. Some time ago, they were still complaining about the unprovoked invasion of the empire, and as soon as they heard that the tax was canceled, their attitude immediately took a 180-degree turn.

For the merchants of the empire, the tax burden has always been a shackle to their pursuit of wealth.

It is true that in recent years, as churches in various places have carried out legal education according to their intentions, the idea of "only when there is a country can there be a home" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the rich and the gate lords know that only by paying taxes can the empire raise troops in captivity to protect their land, wealth and family, and that the empire needs their tax burden to develop and grow, and only when the empire is strong can they have the ability and opportunity to earn more wealth and enjoy a more stable life. Otherwise, they will only become pitiful creatures to be bullied by foreigners.

These words are understood by the rich and the gatekeepers, but out of the greedy nature of people, they still cannot completely erase their desire to pay less or no tax, and it is only because of the strict control of the law that they have not been able to put the idea of tax evasion into practice.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Jeju's five-year tax exemption came out, it attracted the attention of the vast number of merchants in the empire.

Before the tax exemption policy was implemented, some chambers of commerce made a small calculation, "Jeju's mallets (ginseng) and spices are in high demand in the empire!" ”

"Yes, yes!"

"Dexian, don't just nod. Tell me, what are you going to do? ”

The person who expressed the word Dexian held the tea cup, skimmed the camellia floating on the upper layer, took a sip of tea and said triumphantly: "I'm just a tea pourer, what else can I do?" I was thinking about next year's Qingming and a new tea, and I would transport a batch to Baekje to see how it was going. ”

"That's a good feeling! I want to ship a batch of fabrics. Another businessman chimed in: "When the time comes, we can be together." Although the current situation is good, it is not possible to guarantee that there are bandits on the Jeju side or something. We are companions, there are many people, many cars, and we can take care of each other. ”

Hearing this, everyone echoed and proposed to form a group to go to Jizhou to dig gold.

Dexian shook his head, raised his right hand to stop everyone's noisy words, "In the first year of the Dusheng, why do you still use those old routines in business, donkeys, horses, and carts at every turn!" He put on an unpredictable look and said, "My brother is on an errand in the army, and I heard him say that His Majesty went to Jeju from the sea this year. ”

"Really?"

"It's true!" was the first to know the news that others didn't know, which made Dexian very proud, "Thousands of big ships!" Tens of thousands of imperial warriors were lucky enough to kill directly under Baekje Castle and scared the king of Baekje...... Frightened out of one's wits. ”

"I've heard about that, too." Someone chimed in: "When the army left Hong Kong, many Donglai people saw it with their own eyes. This spread in Qingzhou, I heard about it when I was passing through Qingzhou a few days ago. The man said, "But what does this have to do with our business?" ”

"What relationship? The relationship is big! Dexian smiled smugly.

"Oh, Dexian, don't sell it. What exactly does it matter? ”

Dexian gathered his excitement, took another sip of tea, and then said, "Since Your Majesty can cross the sea and transport soldiers and horses. We can also ship goods! Unlike people carrying horses and camels, water transportation saves manpower and time, and the amount of cargo carried is large, and the money earned on a trip is at least two or three times more, so why not. I've thought about it......" He snorted the saliva that reached the corners of his mouth, and continued: "We can transport the goods by land to the canal first, and then charter a fleet of ships to transport them to Donglai." Then enter the sea from Donglai......"

"Wait......" The businessman who claimed to have just returned from Qingzhou interjected, "I remembered." On my way back from Qingzhou, I heard that in addition to making warships, the Imperial Donglai Dockyard also began to make a kind of civilian transport ship. I didn't think much of it at the time, so I didn't interrogate it. However, I heard that several chambers of commerce in Qingzhou were very keen on this and ordered ten big ships. Now when I heard Dexian say this, I realized that those chambers of commerce in Qingzhou are going to use sea ships to carry out trade! ”

Dexian was anxious when he heard this, "You short-sighted ghost, why didn't you say it earlier?" It's over, let those Qingzhou people take the lead, our things can't be sold at a high price. ”

"What then?"

"It's never too late to make amends." Dexian hurriedly turned around, "Hurry up and send someone to Qingzhou, ask about the price of the ship, and pay the money to see if you can mention the ship before and after the rain next year." There was also the Xiaoyaojin dock and asked them if they could build a big ship to travel in the sea. By the way, there is also Hangzhou, where I heard that the empire also built a large dock...... See if they have any Rausch civilian sea vessels there, and if so, ask. Let's shop around! ”

"That's right! We also need sailors who know how to sail. Which of you has a familiar helper, Lao Tzu hired it at a high price. "The Imperial Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce was in chaos.

Beginning in the twenty-third year of the Shengyuan Dynasty, the sea ships converted from sea ships became the most popular products among the merchants of the empire.

Considering the high price of sea vessels, Luan Yi specially ordered the major shipyards to sell sea vessels in installments. In this way, the group of buyers of sea vessels has been greatly expanded. Some of the petty bourgeoisie and landlords also had the ability to buy sea vessels.

They could use the land deed as collateral and, after paying a holy coupon equivalent to one-tenth of the ship's price, could sail the ship home, and after making great profits from the sea-going trade on the sea, they would pay the other tenth of the ship's price the following year, and pay it all within ten years.

Of course, during this period, the dockyard will take a certain amount of credit fees from it.

The preferential price has attracted a wave of buyers, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Qizhou, Yuzhou, Yangzhou...... Even Lao Kudong, the leader of the Qiang Autonomous Prefecture's prison sister Qiang, ordered five sea ships and threatened to transport the excellent products of the Qiang nationality overseas.

The three major docks of the empire Donglai, Xiaoyaojin and Hangzhou were at full capacity, working overtime to produce, and in the early spring of the following year, the first batch of 120 Haixinglou ships were delivered to the hands of major chambers of commerce.

For a time, the merchants of the empire were boiling. Industrious ants generally transported the rich products of the empire to seaside ports, and tea, glass, furniture, silk, farm tools, gold and silver ornaments were boarded one after another. The port was crowded with people, mules and horses roared in unison, and hundreds of sea ships sailed one after another to Jeju.

Luxurious shops and workshops run by imperial merchants were erected in Jeju, bringing countless job opportunities to the poor people of Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje in Jeju, and the purse of the people of Jeju was instantly filled, and they turned around and used the rest of their income to enjoy life.

Driven by wealthy imperial merchants, Jeju's commercial prosperity skyrocketed, and Jeju quickly emerged from poverty and developed into a paradise.