Hanyang City, King Qin's Palace

Tonight's palace of the King of Qin, full of lights, red silk, a festive scene.

Such a grand scene, compared to the deserted scene when His Royal Highness King Qin first arrived in Hanyang, it was like a world of difference, which simply made the people who saw the state banquet all at a loss and in a trance.

But what followed was a look of sudden realization on his face.

After all, when His Royal Highness King Qin first arrived in Qinchuan, he encountered a great drought that was rare in a century, and with such a thorny difficulty in front of him, he naturally had no interest in holding a banquet.

But now, under the auspices of the military advisor Zhuge Dark, the drought relief has been fully handled, and His Royal Highness the King of Qin can be said to have gone to a big heart disease.

When this idea is reached, it is natural that there is a superfluous mind to pay attention to these etiquette things.

Therefore, it is reasonable that tonight's palace of King Qin is so warm and grand.

And if nothing else, the dishes served at the state banquet tonight will not be as shabby and simple as they were at the beginning, but extremely rich, to congratulate this disaster relief victory!

With such careful thinking, the words of all the famous families in Qinchuan were much more relaxed in their hearts, different from the caution and caution when they went to the banquet for the first time, but they were in groups of three or five, and they were very enthusiastic and greeting.

In their opinion, this is a congratulatory banquet publicly stated by His Royal Highness King Qin, and it is also to commend them, the big and small clans, who have actively cooperated in this disaster relief!

Tonight, they are all heroes of this Qinchuan County!

Since this is the case, it is natural that there is no need to be as trembling as at the beginning, not daring to say much, meeting and greeting, and enhancing feelings.

And sure enough, as they expected, after everyone rushed in, melons and fruits, desserts, wine and other things had already been placed neatly on the table, which was as empty as last time, but it was very different, and the courtesy was very!

This made everyone feel even more happy, knowing that His Highness really wanted to thank them for their meritorious deeds this time!

Look at the treatment after donating some food......

It's really different!!

"His Royal Highness King Qin has arrived~~~!"

Suddenly, a loud chant suddenly sounded, which immediately interrupted everyone's extremely whispered whispers.

Everyone in the hall looked solemn, straightened their backs, and waited for His Royal Highness King Qin to come in person!

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness King Qin! Hooray, hooray, hooray!! ”

When the figure of the colorful king appeared in the palace, everyone knelt on the ground, shouting in unison!

"Hahahaha! Everyone loves Qing's body! Tonight's celebration doesn't have to be so polite! ”

Zhao Zheng laughed and raised his right hand, signaling that the secretaries didn't need to be polite, and immediately flattened.

"Your Highness!"

Everyone immediately bowed their heads and thanked them, and then slowly got up and sat down, sitting on their seats in a proper manner, sitting upright, and not squinting.

Although no one dared to make any rudeness in front of His Royal Highness King Qin, everyone was still extremely cautious in their hearts.

But out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of His Highness's overflowing smile, but he felt a great relief in his heart, which was much better than the apprehension and nervousness when he first went to the banquet.

"Dear Aiqing, tonight is a national celebration! Celebrate the success of disaster relief! This king will drink with all the kings, congratulations on this great victory! ”

Zhao Zheng smiled and raised his lordship, and after looking at the ministers in the palace from afar, he immediately covered it with one hand, raised his head and drank it all.

"Thank Your Highness for the wine!"

His Royal Highness the King of Qin personally celebrated the knighthood, who dared to slack off?

Even if they mentioned the wine lord in the case, they celebrated with His Royal Highness King Qin!

"This second wine...... I want to respect the Zhuge military advisor who presided over the disaster relief! and the disaster relief envoy who assists the military division - Brother Hawking! ”

Zhao Zheng said, but he raised the wine in his hand again, and once again signaled to everyone in the audience.

"Come on! All Aiqing and this king mentioned the wine jue, and drank another jue! ”

Saying that, Zhao Zheng suddenly stood up and toasted to Zhuge Dark, the military advisor in the front row of the field, and Hawking, the disaster relief envoy, in public!

"Your Highness, this!"

This move was really unexpected, and everyone was shocked, and then hurriedly got up and saluted with His Royal Highness!

"Your Highness......"

Even the spectators were stunned, not to mention Zhuge Dark and Hawking, who were in the spotlight at this time!

The two of them hurriedly got up, their hearts were stirring, staring at the figure of His Highness standing up and respecting, and almost cried on the spot......

"As for this third wine...... It's not a rush for the time being. ”

However, when mentioning the third jue wine, Zhao Zheng was not in a hurry, but sat back in the case, looking at Qin Chuan Taishou in the front row of the audience-Yao Fei said with a smile.

"Yao Taishou, tonight's national celebration banquet, this third lord, it should be respectful to the Qinchuan clan who enthusiastically donated food...... However, when this king first arrived, he still didn't know much about the local family, and he hoped that Taishou would introduce him to this king one by one. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall felt light, and the county guard Yaofei smiled even more, and hurriedly got up and gave up.

"What Your Highness said is very true! This is the introduction of His Royal Highness in turn......"

In the independent hall of Yaofei, he looked at everyone in the hall with a smile, and when he pointed to an old man with white hair, he took the lead in introducing it.

"Your Highness, this is the patriarch of the Bai clan in Qinchuan - Bai Bai, Mr. Bai."

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the patriarch of the Bai clan immediately tried his best to get up, and bowed to His Royal Highness the King of Qin with a dragon head and a cane in his hand.

"Bai Bai of the Bai Clan, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin!"

"Oh? It turned out to be Mr. Bai...... Hurry up and sit down, the old gentleman has a strong body, and he is really as green as a cypress tree! ”

Zhao Zheng raised his eyebrows and immediately said politely.

It's just that in this mind, I can't help but come up with the information of the Qinchuan clan specially collected by the military advisor and others.

'Bai Bai, the head of the eight clans of Qinchuan - the patriarch of the Bai clan is also! After the sixtieth year, he said everything in the clan. ’

"Your Highness, this is the patriarch of the Xue clan in Qinchuan - Xue Gui, Mr. Xue."

When the patriarch of the Bai clan sat down, Taishou Yaofei immediately pointed to another person and continued to introduce.

"Xue Gui of the Xue clan, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin!"

That Xue Gui looked older, and he even needed the support of the maid beside him to get up.

It's just that between words, he speaks clearly, and he doesn't seem to be old enough to be confused.

"Oh? It turned out to be Old Man Xue...... Please be seated, you don't have to be so polite! ”

Zhao Zheng suddenly waved his hand, signaling that Old Man Xue was too old, but he didn't have to salute.

Almost simultaneously, the details of the Xue clan patriarch flashed in his mind again.

'Xue Gui, one of the eight major clans of Qinchuan - the patriarch of the Xue clan is also! He is past his prime, but he still has great control over the clan! ’

"Your Highness, this is the patriarch of the Qinchuan Ancient Clan-Gu Qi, Mr. Gu."

Yao Fei continued to introduce, and the ancient gentleman of Gucci also hurriedly got up and saluted respectfully to His Royal Highness King Qin.

"Gu Clan Guqi, I have seen His Royal Highness the King of Qin!"

"Huh...... Mr. Old doesn't have to be polite. ”

Zhao Zheng still smiled and nodded, and greeted politely without changing his face.

It's just that in my heart, I have already begun to think about it.

This Bai clan, Xue clan, and Gu clan all belong to the eight major clans of Qinchuan!

When Taishou Yaofei was introduced, he was really sorted according to the strength of the strength.

The Bai clan, which was introduced first, can be said to be the head of the eight major clans, and can be called the first family in Qinchuan!

The Xue clan, which followed closely behind, is the second clan second only to the Bai clan in strength!

The Bai clan and the Xue clan are the two most powerful clans in the entire Qinchuan County!!

If these two clans can be solved, the eight clans of Qinchuan can be solved!

If the eight major clans of Qinchuan are solved, then the entire Qinchuan clan will naturally be solved!

Therefore, the difficulties and core of this tax law reform are ...... It's on this Baixue clan!

made up his mind in his heart, but Zhao Zheng still had a smile on his face, looking at everyone as if humans and animals were harmless, and he was smiling at every Qinchuan clan introduced by Yao Taishou, which could be said to be full of face.

"Come, today for the first time to meet all the Qinchuan clans, this king is very relieved! This third lord wine...... I salute all the Qinchuan clans who are enthusiastic about donating food! ”

Saying that, Zhao Zheng got up again, invited him to the throne, and drank it all again with everyone!

"The ministers are terrified...... Thank you, Your Highness! ”

The patriarchs and family heads suddenly became frightened when they heard this, and thanked them respectfully, and drank another jue with His Royal Highness.

"Strategist, tonight is a national feast! Let us know more about this relief effort! ”

After the third round, Zhao Zheng looked at the military advisor Zhuge Dian with a smile and ordered him to announce the details of the disaster relief to everyone on the spot.

"Whoa!"

Zhuge stood up immediately and said yes.

Then facing everyone, he didn't need a word of paper, and opened his mouth on the spot with confidence.

"This disaster relief involves a total of 63 counties in the county, and a total of 1,073,646 stone of grain and grass has been distributed! Organized the victims to work for relief, built a total of 237 canals, and irrigated tens of thousands of acres of fertile land, laying a solid foundation for next year's spring planting and autumn harvest! ”

"Color!"

As soon as these words came out, there were bursts of applause in the hall!

In just three months, he set foot in 63 counties in the county, distributed millions of stones of grain and grass for disaster relief, and even organized the victims to work for relief, so as to prepare for next year's spring ploughing.

Such a careful deployment can really be called a complete success, which is amazing!

"Your Highness, this is the sword of the king's life given by His Royal Highness at the beginning of the disaster relief, and on the way to the disaster relief, a total of seven corrupt county orders were beheaded, and thirty-nine small officials were corrupted! Now return with blood, and return it to the hands of His Highness! ”

However, when the military advisor Zhuge secretly took out the sword of the king's destiny and said the number of people killed under the sword, everyone who was still applauding in unison suddenly felt a chill in the back of their heads, and couldn't help but gasp!

Only then did I know that such a great disaster relief achievement was only successfully achieved under the bloody killing and decisiveness!

Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other, but they all saw a little apprehension in each other's eyes.

No matter how His Royal Highness King Qin treats everyone today, but he holds the power of life and death, he has to make everyone's hearts tremble, like standing on the side of a cliff!

Especially Qin Chuan's Taishou Yaofei, when he heard that his ministers were killed so easily, and even his own county guard was so unaware that he was powerless to resist!

At first, his face darkened, and he sighed in his heart......

This is the sorrow of the kingdom within a kingdom, of the king's servants! ’

"Good! The military advisor took into account the overall situation, so he couldn't bear to make a painful move! Such people regard the common people as the night of mustard and the mice generation! But it's a happy death! It's a pleasure to die, hahaha!! ”

Zhao Zheng took the sword, but he laughed in public, and even said that he was so young and dead, it was so happy!

Hearing such words, in the ears of everyone, their hearts beat suddenly, and their complexions changed more than once......

"It's a pity...... Even if this disaster relief is successful, my Qinchuan is barren...... But it's still the same! ”

Zhao Zheng spoke, his tone becoming more and more muffled.

When everyone in the audience saw this situation, they were even more frightened, and hurriedly knelt on the ground, shouting in unison!

"Ministers deserve death!"

"Harm! So far...... What's the point of saying that? ”

Zhao Zheng smiled bitterly and waved his hand again and again, but he got up immediately and paced slowly.

"The predicament of Qinchuan has been like this since ancient times! However, since this king has been sealed here, he must not sit idly by and watch Qinchuan be barren, let alone ignore the suffering of the people! ”

After speaking, Zhao Zheng suddenly looked at the hall, but said categorically!

"Therefore, if Qin Chuan wants to prosper, he must seek change!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked, but they didn't know what His Highness's intention was?

…… Change?

How to change?!

"With the will of this king, if Qin Chuan wants to prosper and Qin wants to prosper, then he must not scatter wealth in the wilderness, so that the people will be strong and the country will be weak!"

As soon as the country was strong and weak, all the patriarchs of the clan were shocked!

It must be known that this people are definitely not other people, in the mouth of His Royal Highness King Qin, the people who are strong are naturally not the people of the barren people, but the people of the rich clans!!

"Therefore, if you want to make the country rich and the people strong, you must try to change and reform the tax law to increase the national strength of Qin!"

Such shocking words, even if everyone in the hall was kneeling, no one dared to answer without permission!

Chart change, change tax ......

Is this so-and-this, so easy?!

"Of course, if you want to reform the tax law, you must bear the brunt...... But it's a tax on salt and iron! ”

With such words, everyone in the audience was puzzled!

But I don't know what His Royal Highness King Qin's move means?!

After all, the right of this salt and iron monopoly is directly under the power of His Royal Highness King Qin, and it is closely related to His Royal Highness's own interests!!

But I have never seen a tax reform...... He actually took himself first?!

"This king is determined to monopolize Qinchuan salt and iron! All nationalized! to fill the treasury! To strengthen the country! ”

"Wow!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole temple was in an uproar!

However, without waiting for everyone to respond, His Royal Highness King Qin followed suit!

"In addition, the tax on land will also be greatly changed! Since then, the land has been divided into acres, and the land has been integrated, and the tax is only calculated on the basis of the acre, and the tax is not paid on the basis of capitation! ”

Such words were even more like a stormy wave, which made everyone in the audience look up in astonishment, and their eyes were shocked!

"Your Highness! This is a must!! ”

Suddenly, it was sung, but in an instant, everyone's eyes converged in one moment!

"Your Highness......"

……

"In the twelfth year of Shenwu, the first emperor reformed the tax system in Qinchuan and strived to change the law!

First, the monopoly of collecting salt and iron is state-owned!

Second, spread the ding into the acre, and the land is one!

Only these two strategies have laid the foundation for Qinchuan's take-off and created an unswerving law, which is really immeasurable and blessed! ”

- "Hou Qianshu" Volume 1 Taizong First Emperor Benji