Volume 2 The Rise of Jingzhou Chapter 366 - The helplessness of imperial power

In addition to the land tax and population tax, Liu Xie also had tax requirements in terms of salt, horses, and manuscripts.

In other words, this is the most basic and basic tax of the Han Dynasty.

It's just these, if Liu Xie puts these things in the future generations, I'm afraid he will be scolded by many people as a faint king, right?

But this is the most basic and basic tax of Dahan, without adding a little more, and even a lot of reductions and exemptions!

But even if all of these are exchanged for grain, in fact, Liu Xie's tax revenue per mu may have reached the point of three to four taxes of ten.

And this is not Liu Xie's greed for money.

Because in addition to these, Liu Xie also needs to levy conscription.

Not only is it necessary to widen rivers, repair cities and fortresses, level roads, reclaim wasteland, etc., but also to levy this perennial military service.

Just because they can't farm doesn't mean they don't need to eat!

Liu Xie can not give so much money to officials, and the officials under his command are still very loyal at this time.

Eating the big cake that Liu Xie painted for them, even if they couldn't eat enough, they couldn't starve to death, but those conscripts, did Liu Xie want them to work hungry?

Who will pay for their food?

Who buys their clothes?

Who will build their weapons?

Doesn't this get money and food out of the hands of the people, so that Liu Xie can turn some stones into gold?

Liu Xie is only in this place at this time, and there are not many soldiers and horses in his hands, but even so, these people need to pay taxes like this.

When the Han Dynasty was at its peak, there was another one in the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty.

Do the roads in these places need to be repaired?

Do the cities in these places need to be repaired?

Does the Qianghu in the desolate land need to be guarded? Do you need to be wary of Xianbei outside the state? Does the Wuhuan outside Youzhou need to be requisitioned?

All are needed!

Besides, what about the Ba Xue barbarians in Yizhou? What about the people of Yamagoe in Koto?

And the mountain thieves, horse bandits and pirates, the alien races in various places, and most of the land in the northern part of the state, the south of Yizhou, and Jiaozhou need to be developed?

These... Do you use your mouth?

Could it be that the strategy of the Quartet in the history books made the Quartet surrender and the barbarians bowed down was not done by the Ming Jun?

This governance place, open up the world galloping road is not what Mingjun said?

This establishment of states and counties, the establishment of cities, the governance of the grassland and the wild land in the south, is not the Ming monarch doing?

But what are the needs of these Ming Jun?

It's money! It's food! It's cloth! It's an army of countless people...

And what do these things have to do with the people of those years?

Isn't it a good thing to levy the people of Jingzhou to develop and govern Jiaozhou, for Jiaozhou, for the world, and for future generations?

Even if it is Liu Xie, even if it is the keyboard warrior of this later generation, he has to say a good thing!

It has to be a good thing!

Jiaozhou is my Han Dynasty, and it is the territory that I have had since ancient times, and it must be a good thing to govern the territory and benefit the people!

But what about the people of Jingzhou?

The people of Jiaozhou are doing well, what does it have to do with the people of Jingzhou?

Dozens or hundreds of cities have been repaired in Jiaozhou, thousands of miles of galloping roads have been repaired, attracting tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of mountain people to be local people.

What does this have to do with Jingzhou?

What does it have to do with the people of Jingzhou!

Could it be that they won't go hungry and die after doing this?

Even if they are exempted from taxes for three or five years, will they not have a problem?

No... They will still have opinions, big opinions!

But what if you have an opinion?

Can they resist? They can't resist! Can't resist at all!

The northern and southern armies of the imperial court are here, and even within Jingzhou, various counties and counties also have soldiers and horses to guard the place.

If they dare to act recklessly, it will be the consequence of the death of the whole family....

They know this too... Very well understood! Extremely knowledgeable!

And at this time, those wealthy families around them appeared.

In fact, in all fairness, if Liu Xie was to be them, then suddenly a big family around them found him, and then told himself a word.

"Now you not only need to cultivate the land, but you also need to pay taxes to the imperial court on the cultivated land, you also need to provide men to do conscription, and you also need to go to the army, life and death in an instant.

Even your final year may not be enough to feed yourself.

But if you give us the land in your hands, and you yourselves.

From this day on, your land will be our land, and you will be the dead of the Great Han.

But you can still live and cultivate on your own land, and you don't need to find a way to sell your grain for money every year to pay your taxes.

You give us 30% of the tax at most, and then the rest is yours.

You don't need to travel long distances to work, repair rivers, cities, gallops, and fight on the battlefield.

Even if a natural disaster comes, as long as we have a bite to eat, we will not let you starve to death....

Will you think about it? ”

If the original person is replaced by Liu Xie, if Liu Xie hears these words, don't say that they are a wealthy family that has brought disaster to the country and the people, and the scholars and scholars.

This fucking is the living Bodhisattva in front of him, my ancestor!

Liu Xie would even throw away his ancestral tablet and replace it with their immortal tablet!

As for what happens after that?

Will he become the other party's personal servant, tenant farmer or private soldier?

Heavy or?

Isn't he in the eyes of the court now?

It's ridiculous!

And this matter, for those who were tossed by forced labor and "onerous" exorbitant taxes to the life and death dilemma, as well as the local wealthy families, it can be described as the best of both worlds.

But for the imperial court ...

His population is gone, his people are gone, even his land and taxes are gone.

Because the land is "barren".

And the local officials, at this time, in order to be able to gain a foothold, for their own careers, and in order not to let themselves die in the mansion for no reason.

There's a lot he can do.

But isn't the most likely thing to do is to work with them?

After all... He was also once born into a family....

Everyone, in fact, is the same kind of person.

And this kind of thing, with the continuation of the dynasty, they are becoming more and more proficient, and at the same time, their power is getting bigger and bigger.

And in the face of these people, Liu Xie, or the emperors of the Han Dynasty.

The only thing that can be done is to do everything possible to contain it.

But containment, how to curb this kind of thing?

Is the government forcing the people to rebel?

So.... Use eunuchs and relatives to start directly from the court to violently attack the wealthy families in the world and the Qingliu celebrities who represent them!

Isn't that a matter of course?

In Liu Xie's impression, this kind of thing is called.... Woe to the party!

Of course, in this process, those predecessors and ancestors of Liu Xie, they must reuse one force, that is, eunuchs.

Because eunuchs have one of the greatest characteristics and benefits, and that is absolute loyalty to the emperor.

The eunuchs and chamberlains who can mix with the emperor, except for friendship and luck, they will definitely not be a fool.

In this palace, a stupid woman can't live for a few days, but a stupid eunuch can live for a long time?

Isn't that the same as dreaming?

And how can they not understand where their rights come from?

So, they have the greatest virtue, and that is their loyalty, and... Their competence!

But apart from that, do they have any shortcomings?

Isn't that a joke?

A group of incapable men serve this kind of male and female thing in a group of women.

If someone tells Liu Xie now that such a life will make them positive, Liu Xie will directly give him to that without thinking about it.

Isn't that pure nonsense?

In this kind of life, if their hearts are not tyrannical, bloody, or ruthless, they will see hell.

One or two may be able to hold on, but Liu Xie's ancestors used... Which time was not a large number of eunuch chamberlains?

These people are not only tyrannical, but also greedy, not even just greedy for money, and even greedy for women...

This kind of person, but they have become a sharp blade in the hands of the emperors, to fight with those Qingliu celebrities, to fight with those wealthy families...

Of course they won big games, but after big wins they got stops?

Of course not, a group of eunuchs who finally got the opportunity, how could they put their swords back into their sheaths at this time.

Even if the emperor can hold it, isn't he afraid that these people will be upset when they go back... Forget it, even if they don't feel resentful, aren't they afraid that those suppressed wealthy families will come back.

Moreover, even if all the wealthy families in the world are killed.

But what about the new one?

Liu Xie must admit that there are differences between people in this world, not only the difference in family background, but also the difference in talent.

Some people are geniuses, they are talented.

Doesn't the royal family of the Han Dynasty need these people to rise?

After they rise, they are not allowed to have children?

Can... When they have children, aren't they a new force?

Don't... Won't they be that kind of person again?

This generation after generation has been tossing, on the one hand, it is to "protect" the wealthy family of the people, and on the other hand, it is to directly tear the "protective umbrella" of the people clean.

I don't even care if it will harm the eunuch servants in the fish pond.

What will the people think?

If they can set their eyes on the world, then can they still go this far?

So, what is the reputation of the eunuchs and the emperors who reuse the eunuchs.... Do you need Liu Xie to say more?

Can... Even if it is Liu Xie now, he doesn't know what method he should use to solve this matter.