Chapter 535: Good Governance Never Seen in Ancient Times
After the officials of the two ministries accompanied Liang Xiao to visit the new weapons, another Xuanwei rushed to report the secret.
"Lord Wang, Da Chu has sent intelligence, there are indeed a large number of sulfur mines in neighboring countries, and the production of saltpeter is not low!"
Liang Xiao just nodded and advised, "Continue to investigate, but don't startle the snake." ”
After Xuan Wei left, Liang Xiao was quite worried.
Gunpowder and guns can naturally greatly increase the military strength of the Great Zhou.
Even without considering the impact on future generations, today's Great Zhou, because of the scarcity of sulfur and saltpeter, cannot rush to expose the technology.
Unless the output of the two materials can be ensured to be sufficient, otherwise, the technology will flow out, the enemy's materials will be sufficient, and the production will be unscrupulous, and Da Zhou will inevitably be beaten......
Moreover, his own knowledge of technology is limited, and at present, he can only study at most the level of a flintlock pistol in terms of firearms, and further up the study, more sophisticated accessories and more proficient personnel are needed, which he cannot do alone.
He had already written some key contents, handed them over to Duan Yunyi and Duan Yunsleeve to look at and keep.
If he is unfortunate enough to have three longs and two shorts, the sisters can also use them at their own discretion according to the content he left behind, so as to enrich the country and strengthen the army.
In addition, he secretly arranged for the personnel of the Ministry of Engineering to produce some of the gun parts in advance, so that they could be molded more quickly in the future if necessary.
It can be said that he has carefully considered the things before and after his death, and tried his best to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
And now, Jiangnan has Zhuge Ding in charge, and with Zhuge Ding's rigorous style, even if it is not enough to make progress in Dachu, it is more than enough to protect itself.
In contrast, Liang Xiao, as the emperor, needs to sit in the capital even more.
The implementation of these new policies is bound to bring earth-shaking changes to the Great Zhou, and it is necessary to take into account all possible situations.
Although it is inevitable that there are limitations of the times, compared with the complicated taxes in the past, it is tantamount to a dimensionality reduction blow.
Liang Xiao's wedding date is blockbuster news, but the impact of the apportionment into the mu is not under the wedding, let alone other new policy measures, such as one errand and one food.
A single Beijing officialdom, chickens fly and dogs jump every day.
This year, the time to collect the poll tax is June 29, and tomorrow will come, and the people will have money in their pockets, just waiting for the time to confirm whether they need to pay the poll tax, that is, the "Ding tax".
The New Deal was too good for them to be the common people, comparable to the imperial court directly "robbing the rich and helping the poor", so that they couldn't believe that it could be true.
Everyone is waiting for tomorrow.
Mu Qinxue and Zhuge Yun went home first to wait because their parents' home was in the capital, because the wedding date was approaching.
Duan Yunyi, who was "raising a baby" in advance in the West Palace Garden, was holding Xiao Nuanbao with a loving face.
"Daddy~Want~"
Picked up by Duan Yunyi, Xiao Nuanbao kicked his two little short legs at Liang Xiao in mid-air, with a clear smile on his face, and a little blush on his fleshy little face.
Liang Xiao, who was taking care of the little fat treasure in the cradle, suddenly burst into joy and hugged her over, looking doting.
Duan Yunyi, Duan Yunsleeve, Xiahou Qingyi, and Diana looked at each other and smiled, their eyes full of attachment.
In order for them to receive more blessings from the people, he specially chose the wedding date after the date of the poll tax.
They could already imagine how the people who confirmed that the poll tax would no longer be levied would pay respect to him and Duan Yunyi.
On this day, Tobe Shangshu Higashino Hongji was the busiest.
Such an adjustment of taxes is a big event, and the resistance of the whole country is self-evident.
Fortunately, now that there are empresses and emperors staring, the ministers of the family do not dare to make waves in the capital at all, but think about how to protect themselves after the fall of Beihu at home.
Even so, the work of the household department has changed dramatically like never before.
"Once tomorrow passes, why worry about not collecting taxes in the future! The acres of land are Ding, the fields are more, the fields are less, the acres are calculated, there is no way to deceive, and its benefits are one; The people have no compensation for the suffering, and its benefits are two; In the year of compilation, the book is made as usual, and there is no need to add audit, which is beneficial to three; After each field is finished, all of them can go up and down, and their benefits are four! ”
Everyone in the household department was so excited that their faces turned red.
They could never have imagined how fortunate they would be to be able to participate in this reform that is destined to go down in history!
Today, there are more than 60 million registered people in the Great Zhou Dynasty alone, and there are countless black households and hidden households.
The vast majority of the people, each household will not control more than 30 acres of farmland per capita, and they are naturally the absolute beneficiaries of the apportionment into the mu!
The new policy specially pardons all black and hidden households, and they will not be prosecuted, and they can also register their household registration with confidence in the future.
In order to comfort the people in the household department, Liang Xiao specially asked the Great Sunday Daily to publicize the list of household personnel in charge of this matter, so that they were respected by the people.
On this night, countless people in the capital couldn't sleep all night.
Even the old Prime Minister Zhuge Hui tossed and turned, looking forward to it.
"Once the conquest of thousands of years of forced labor is removed! Gaozu, Shizu, Marquis of Lanling, Mr. Zhuo, can you see ......?"
The next day, a large number of people took the initiative to go to the place designated by the government to pay taxes, but they were turned away.
"You don't have to pay the poll tax! At the end of September, the government will calculate taxes according to the number of acres! ”
The people gathered outside were stunned at first, and then countless people wept with joy.
Moments later, the cheers were comparable to a thunderous tsunami.
"Long live my emperor!! Emperor Wise!! ”
People went back to their homes, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere in the capital.
The Ding tax, which has been overwhelming for thousands of years, was really eliminated overnight!
According to the newspapers, even if the "people" who occupy an area of less than 60 acres pay taxes, they will pay much less than before!
On this day, the people from all over the capital sang and danced to praise the grace of the empress and the emperor.
"Relying on the husband's policy, the people are grateful to Dade, and I am very relieved!"
"At this point, the thousand-year-old tax has been uniformized, and there has been no good governance since ancient times!"
At the court meeting, Duan Yunyi excitedly clasped Liang Xiao's hand beside him, and announced to the ministers the grand occasion of today's praise of all the people.
Liang Xiao, who implemented this policy, has been loved by the people.
"What a happy thing to be able to marry the emperor!"
"I wish the emperor a happy marriage and an early birth to a noble son!"
"I wish the princesses ......"
Zhuge Yun and Mu Qinxue were waiting for news in their respective homes, listening to the reports of the maids, ashamed and happy, with both obsession and expectation in their eyes.
"That's good, he'......"
Now, the two girls at home were eager to fly to the West Palace Pavilion and pounce into his arms.
The demise of Beihu ushered in unprecedented stability in the north.
On the day of the official implementation of the paving into the mu, officials from the Ministry of Industry finally led people to discover a large coal mine in the Guanzhong area......
At the same time, the land of Guanlong.
With the return of Guan Long, the garrison of the northern border settled in, and the personnel of the Ministry of Engineering arranged by Liang Xiao were also assured to mine.
According to the records left by the Wenren clan, some minerals could only be kept for records because the war came suddenly and was too late to be mined.
"My lord! We did find the oil of fire!! ”
A miner approached cautiously with a basin of pitch-black liquid, but his cheeks were almost deformed with excitement.
According to the Emperor's instructions, if the exploration team can find something, including the miners, there will be a big reward!