After discussing with Ji Zha, Ji Ran, Fan Li and others for a day and a night, Qingji finally formulated ten decrees on law reform and promulgated them together, advertising them in various cities and towns of Wu State, as well as the capital township, which is well known!

There is no doubt that as soon as these ten decrees came out, it caused an uproar up and down the Wu country, and the government and the opposition were shaken!

Whether it is the minister's doctor, or the Shengdou Xiaomin, or the rural villager, they are all worried that Qingji's change will damage their own interests.

In a small mountain village in Meili, under the thick banyan tree, a group of five big and three thick men sat around.

They were all local farmers, dressed in short clothes, with yellowed faces, and all kinds of farm tools placed next to them, apparently after a busy day's farm work.

At this moment, the peasants are sitting together, and under the banyan tree, there is a young man who wears a bronze sword at his waist and ties his hair with a wooden crown, and looks quite elegant!

"Sir, what is written in the decree of this government?"

"Is it a conscription order issued by the king, or is it the government that wants to add conscription?"

"But don't add conscription or taxes, this year's defense in the fields is not very good, and the country has been fighting for many years, and the children have finally come back, and this is just spring ploughing!"

There is nothing more hated by the people than heavy taxes and conscription, and endless wars!

Because, whenever there is a war in the country, it is these Li Shu who bear the brunt of it.

At that time, men of appropriate age will respond to the king's call, enlist in the army, and go to the front to fight, and then waste the fields and miss the agricultural time!

After all, how could a few old and weak women and children in the family cultivate so many fields?

Moreover, once the country goes to war, it is inevitable that there will be frequent tax increases and even forced labor, which makes the ordinary people who have tightened their belts to live a really miserable life!

And every time the government has a public decree, most of them are about conscription or additional levies, how can this keep the peasants from worrying?

Seeing this, the young scholar just smiled slightly, and then said in a thick Jin accent: "Don't worry, second and third sons!" ”

"This is not a conscription order of the king, nor is it a decree of the government to increase conscription or taxation, but a decree about the imminent large-scale reform of our Wu Kingdom!"

"Reform? Decree? ”

The farmers, who did not know a single word, were very puzzled and confused, indicating that they did not know what they meant.

The role of the traveling bachelor has only been revealed!

Jin, Qi, Lu, Wei, Song and other scholars from the lower kingdoms of the world, because of Qingji's order to seek merit, as well as his broken corporal, have entered Wu one after another, just to get an official and a half position.

I never thought that Qingji did not easily let the scholars enter the hall because of a policy and get their place.

Qingji asked the scholars to go down to the villages or places in various parts of the country to study, and after three months of exploring the customs and customs, they could write a strategy, so that they could get official positions according to their abilities!

Although the scholars were not very happy in their hearts, they couldn't go home again after running thousands of miles away.

Therefore, the vast majority of scholars went deep into the various towns and villages of Wu to conduct field investigations and strive to mingle with the local people.

No, once promulgated, the ten decrees on the reform of the Qing Ji law were promulgated in consideration of the fact that there were too many illiterate people in the people.

Therefore, another edict was issued, ordering the scholars to interpret the deep meaning of the decree for Li Shu in various places, so as to dispel the doubts of the people about the new law of Wu State!

"Second and third sons, almost every one of the ten decrees promulgated by the government is closely related to us."

The young scholar talked eloquently and said: "First, the four people divide the industry, and the farmers and the industry and commerce!" The second and third generations of farming and living together should be in the category of 'farming', and there is no need to make unnecessary changes. ”

"Second, encouraging domestic and foreign commerce and reducing tariffs have little to do with the second and third sub-divisions, so there is no need to say more!"

"The third and fourth are the reforms of commercial tax, land rent tax, oral tax, and household registration tax, and the latter three are closely related to you."

"Land tax on land, fifteen taxes one; Oral tax and household tax are the standard of 30 taxes and 1 tax! In the event of a famine, the land tax can even be waived! ”

Hearing this, all the farmers present were quite puzzled.

"Sir, what are the fifteen and thirty taxes? How do you explain that? ”

"It's not hard to understand."

The young scholar smiled slightly and said, "I'll use the analogy of fish later." For example, if I have fifteen fish, when I pay the field tax, I should pay the same value as one fish, and the same is true for thirty taxes! ”

"I have made comparisons, in the past in the Wu State, and even in the Central Plains countries such as Qi, Lu, Wei, and Jin, the oral tax and household registration tax were all about one in ten taxes, and even mixed with some inexplicable harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes."

"And now, the king has made it clear that the taxes levied by the government in peacetime are only four kinds of taxes: commercial tax, oral tax, household tax and land rent tax, and there are no rest!"

"If anyone dares to draft other miscellaneous taxes, the second and third sons can sue layer by layer, and even sue the king!"

As soon as they heard this, the peasants couldn't help but whisper to each other.

The concept of fifteen taxes and one and thirty taxes and one, they have basically figured it out!

Whether you use a fish as an analogy or a year's harvest in a field, it's the same.

According to Shizi, in the past, the taxes of Wu were heavy, and ten fish would take away one fish, or even more!

Now, after the reform of the tax system reformed by Qingji, only one of the fifteen or thirty fish has been withdrawn, and all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the past have been abolished, which is obviously greatly beneficial to the people of Wu.

How can this not make them applaud?

An old man with gray temples wiped his tears and said with emotion: "The king is really a saint king of the ages, an immortal king!" How lucky is it for my country of Wu to have such a king? ”

"Not bad! In the past, our Wu country was strong, but it was only a strong soldier, and we and other Wu people had to pay heavy taxes every year and serve complicated servitude, which was really miserable! ”

"Isn't it? A certain child doesn't dare to have more! ”

Talking about the past, the people present couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

The military strength of the Wu State is extraordinarily strong, thanks to the blood and strength of the Wu people, who are united enough and united as one!

However, this does not mean that Li Shu of Wu State is happy and healthy!

Because every war will add a few new graves or clothed mounds to their homeland, and then more than half of the fields will be wasted, and the harvest will be drastically reduced.

Even in the years when the weather should be good and the grain is abundant, the farmers will have no savings because of a sudden war.

The little ration left may not be enough to pay all kinds of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes of the state!

Therefore, in some cases, even if it is not a year of famine, the people of Wu State are not full.

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