Compared with nine years ago, Wu's fiscal revenue has nearly doubled.

Of course, the territory has also expanded considerably.

If it were not for the policy of lightly paying taxes and benefiting the people's livelihood, I am afraid that the fiscal revenue of the state treasury would have increased by more than two or three times.

All kinds of excesses and miscellaneous taxes have been abolished.

Still, some taxes are unavoidable.

Such as land rent tax, commercial tax, checkpoint tax, change of taxes, as well as taxes on mountains and seas and salt ponds.

The latter is generally not open to the public, because this is the exclusive tax of the Wu royal family, and it must be sent to Qingji's private pocket, that is, the "inner money".

The so-called tax of the salt pond in the mountains and seas is that the woodcutters who cut wood on the mountains, the fishermen who go to the rivers, seas, lakes and rivers to fish, etc., these people have to pay a certain amount of money to Qingji.

Not much, but there are too many woodcutters and fishermen, and the amount is large enough!

In addition, Wu also sold a large number of silk, tea, refined salt, porcelain, soap, soap and other commodities, and sold them to Western countries through the Silk Road, making a lot of money.

The salt and iron official camp also made huge profits for the treasury of Wu State.

These "extra" financial revenues, Qing Ji knows in his heart, and basically will not be disclosed to the public.

Wu now has 29 counties and a population of more than 20 million.

The 29 counties are: Wu County, Huiji County, Jiujiang County, Surabaya County, Minzhong County, Lujiang County, Cangwu County, Nanhai County, Xiang County, Guilin County, Nan County, Nanyang County, Yuzhang County, Qianzhong County, Dian County, Jiaozhi County, Hanzhong County, Hengshan County, Wuling County, Sanchuan County, Huaishui County, Ba County, Shu County, Chang'an County, Shang County, Longxi County, Hedong County, Yingchuan County, Shangdang County.

Any county, a dozen or dozens of counties, is equivalent to the territory of a vassal state.

"The king, the Shangdang area is high and dangerous, and it has been a strategic place since ancient times. The earth is extremely high, and the sky is the party, so it is called the party. ”

"The minister thinks that the three counties of the Central Plains have been established, among them, Shangdang County is located in a dangerous place, and the three kingdoms of Wu, Zhao and Han are actually the key points of my Great Wu and Zhao Han!"

In the imperial history, Cheng Bo said: "In order to avoid the resurgence of the army, the party was violated and fell into the hands of the enemy. The king was elected as a general with both civil and military skills, sat in Shangdang County, and garrisoned heavy troops! ”

There is no problem with Bo Ji's suggestion, after all, Qing Ji had such a plan before, and Bo Ji just took advantage of the trend and took the initiative to put it forward at the court meeting.

"Good."

Qingji had already had a candidate, so after looking around at the ministers above the court, he said, "Where is Wu Xi?" ”

"Erchen is here!"

"Are you willing to go out of the town and Shangdang County for the widow and guard the Shangdang County?"

"My son is willing to go!"

"Okay."

Qingji immediately said: "Spread the edict, from now on, Feng Wu Xi will be the county guard of Shangdang County, increase the rank of governor, command 50,000 troops, and stay in the eldest son, Yecheng." ”

Gongzi Xi agreed without hesitation.

He had been in the land of Bashu before, so he was familiar with the road.

Among the princes, Gongzixi's ability is a relatively balanced person.

Brave and brave, good at power and strategy, can govern the country, can also be vassals and elegant to do learning, and can also get on the horse to lead the troops to fight......

As Qingji's second son, if it weren't for his concubine, and Gongzixi's personality was too cunning, Qingji might have chosen Gongzixi as the prince back then.

Shangdang County, the territory of the main Changzhi Basin, Jincheng Basin two basins, the two basins Yidan Zhuling, Yangtou Mountain and Fajiu Mountain and other mountains as the boundary.

Since ancient times, it has been the traditional boundary mountain of Lu and Ze.

At the top of Taihang Mountain, the terrain is the highest and the sky is the party.

Because of its dangerous terrain, it has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times, and is known as the saying that "the party can hope to win the Central Plains".

It is a plateau surrounded by mountains, bounded by the Taihang Mountains and the North China Plain in the east, and bordered by the Taiyue Mountains and Zhongtiao Mountains in the west and Jinnan (also known as Hedong).

It is worth mentioning that as early as the time of Jin Pinggong, Xie Hu recommended Xing Boliu as the Shangdang guard, indicating that the Jin people had already set up a county to govern in the land of Shangdang.

The establishment of counties in Shangdang by the Jin State shows that this region has an extremely important strategic position.

After Han, Zhao, and Wei became the leaders of the confrontation between the three countries.

The three countries all want to develop to the southeast, and Shangdang is the main transportation route to the southeast.

Therefore, after the Shangdang was meloned by the three families, its strategic position was not weakened, but strengthened.

Under such circumstances, it should be reasonable for Wu to set up counties to guard the border in order to facilitate border defense.

The famous Battle of Changping in history was fought between Qin and Zhao for Shangdang County.

At this time, the state of Wu roughly occupied two-thirds of the land of Shangdang.

The other third was controlled by the Zhao State.

Once the Wu State captures all the Shangdang Prefectures, it will be able to directly cross the Taihang Mountains and invade the hinterland of the Zhao State.

Of course, this is the most direct way to cut down Zhao.

Wu could also choose to set out from Yecheng and attack Handan in Zhao......

As the county guard of Shangdang County, Gongzixi's responsibilities are very important.

On the one hand, he wanted to manage internal affairs and restore the people's livelihood, and on the other hand, he also had to train troops on the border to prevent the attacks of Han, Zhao, Wei, and Zhongshan......

Once the alliance of the princes attacked Wu again, the first to bear the brunt was Shangdang County.

"Divination."

"The minister is here!"

"You serve as the county governor of Shangdang County, assist Wu Xi in controlling the floods of Yecheng and the Zhanghe River, and be sure to develop a large amount of civilian land in the land of Shangdang, so that Lishu will no longer be disturbed by floods."

"No!"

"In addition, in the two countries of Han and Wei, in recent days, there may be many Li Shu who are forced to make a living and have to move into our Wu country to settle down. and other frontier towns, and should be properly accepted, and reported to the widow, waiting for the king's decree. ”

"Minister, obey the king's orders!"

Bu Zixia immediately agreed.

After the Mengjin meeting, Han and Wei, who were too ruthlessly exploited by Wu State, unsurprisingly transferred the pressure to the common people at the bottom.

With the establishment of various harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, the Han and Wei people were miserable and had to leave their hometowns with their families and go away.

At this time, why didn't Qingji open the door of Wu and let more displaced people from their homeland enter Wu to settle down?

"The king, the minister has something to do!"

At this time, Tingwei Deng Xi stood up with a tooth wat in his hand.

"Please."

"The minister once inspected Chang'an, Sanchuan, Yingchuan, Hedong and other counties, and found an extremely serious problem."

Deng Xi took a deep breath and said: "The people, especially in the Central Plains, are lined with township schools, and among the township schools, scholars mostly discuss national politics in private, and even worse, they openly criticize national politics in the market. ”

"Shizi accuses, my Great Wu is the country of tigers and wolves, and the Wu army is the division of tigers and wolves."

"Moreover, they also openly attacked our Wu State for using harsh punishment and harsh laws, which is inhumane, and they think that Wu Law has no selfish feelings at all."

"They think that our Wu Division's Northern Expedition to the East will make corpses all over the field, and the killing will be too great, and they will eventually be punished by heaven......