Chapter 200

After the end of the battle outside Wucheng, the morale of the Chu army plummeted.

Qu Heng, the chief general of the Chu army, fled back to Chu State, and didn't care about the five Huai County cities at all.

After Gongsun Qi and Qu Heng led the troops to kill them, the Chu army in three cities resisted, but because there were no reinforcements, they couldn't hold it at all.

The other two cities did not resist at all, and directly surrendered the city.

In just ten days, Gongsun Qi and Qin Yuan recovered these five cities.

Qin Yu was not surprised by this, but returned to Cangxian County early.

Now Huai County has completely become Li Yue's territory, and he has also obtained military power, but he is the actual controller of Huai County.

After repelling the Chu army and negotiating an alliance with Jiang Wu, Huai County is safe for the time being.

The owners of the fiefs in this era have a lot of power.

Therefore, Princess Zhaoyang was able to formulate laws and implement reforms in the fiefdom.

Qin Yu still came up with Li Yue in this matter, after all, this is Li Yue's fiefdom, and he can't go too far.

Li Yue was free and easy, and handed over all this matter to Qin Yu.

This gave Qin Yu a huge space to exert himself.

Qin Yu decisively called Xiao He, and at present, there is only Xiao He in Qin Yu's think tank.

It's not that Qin Yu doesn't want to recruit talents, or cultivate talents, but that's not an overnight thing.

Moreover, recruiting talent requires you to come up with enough resources to attract talent, otherwise why should people work for you?

Huaijun is not a country after all, and the resources it comes up with are limited after all.

Of course, Qin Yu still has one hope, and that is the system.

But so far, the system has only produced one overlord and used it on itself.

There is also Xiao He, the little kid in front of him.

Xiao He seemed to know what Qin Yu was asking him to do, so he said directly: "My lord, the most important thing in the development of Huai County is the population. ”

"In the previous battle of Tang and Chu, most of the people of Huai County were lost to the eastern counties."

"According to my survey, Huai County currently has a population of only 250,000."

Hearing this number, Qin Yu was still very surprised.

After the war, Huai County can still have a population of 250,000, which is already a very remarkable number.

Xiao He continued: "Before the battle of Tang and Chu, the population of Huai County was 580,000. ”

"If you want to fully develop Huai County, then Huai County needs at least 800,000 people."

Qin Yu was a little stunned again, with a population of 800,000, did he hear it right? In ancient times, could an open county really afford to support such a large population?

As if seeing Qin Yu's doubts, Xiao He continued: "My lord, like the counties in the east, the population is at least 500,000. ”

Qin Yu frowned and asked, "Since the population of each county is so large, why can't you even take out the soldiers at that time?" ”

Xiao He smiled bitterly: "My lord, not everyone has the ability to do something like you. ”

"Soldiers and horses need grain and grass, the more soldiers and horses, the more grain and grass are needed, and now the Tang Kingdom can't get so much grain and grass."

Qin Yu nodded thoughtfully, and then said, "Since we don't have enough population, let's attract people to come over." ”

Xiao He shook his head, "My lord, I'm afraid this matter won't be too easy. ”

"Huai County has just experienced a war, and the people are afraid that they will not be willing to come to our Huai County."

"It's not that we won't be willing, but the benefits we give are not enough, as long as we give enough benefits, we are not afraid that the people will not come." Qin Yu smiled confidently.

"Enough interest?" Xiao He looked at Qin Yu suspiciously.

Qin Yu looked at the documents sent by Xiao He and said, "Look, the policy you implement is tax reduction, which is too conservative. ”

"We have the Cangxian Chamber of Commerce, using all kinds of commodities to make money from the world, and we are not short of money. Since there is no shortage of money, the tax is simply abolished. ”

As soon as he heard this, Xiao He stood up abruptly and hurriedly said, "My lord, don't do it!" ”

"This tax must never be abolished, otherwise once the people are taxed in the future, the people will definitely not agree."

"Then there will be no levy." Qin Yu leaned back in his chair and said, "It's not easy for the people to plant some fields, and they have to collect taxes from the people, which is to force the people to die." ”

"It is better to tax the people than to tax the merchants, who are the rich and should pay the taxes more."

Xiao He looked at Qin Yu with a puzzled face, some understood, and some didn't understand.

Qin Yu continued: "As for the issue of grain and grass, we can buy it directly from the people, which can also increase the income of the people. ”

"My lord, there is no problem in collecting taxes from merchants, but after all, there are a few merchants in the world, and most of them are still ordinary people!" Xiao He frowned and said.

"So, that brings us to another issue, which is the encouragement of business."

Qin Yu stood up and said, "I don't know who proposed the emphasis on agriculture and the suppression of business, but in my opinion, agriculture and commerce are all fundamental, and there is no distinction between light and heavy. ”

"No! Never! Xiao He suddenly became anxious.

"Merchants are treacherous, and if they are not restricted, they will inevitably corrupt officials with the money in their hands, but the country is in danger! Besides, if everyone is in business, who will plow the land? ”

Qin Yu shook his head and said, "It's just an excuse, as long as the supervision is in place, money will not corrupt officials." ”

"As for cultivated land, it is even more ridiculous to blindly think about increasing the cultivated population instead of wanting to improve the efficiency of farming!"

Xiao He was stunned for a moment and wanted to refute, but seeing Qin Yu's determined appearance, Xiao He didn't know how to refute it all of a sudden.

Qin Yu turned the conversation back to attracting the population.

"As long as we are exempt from all taxes, and then we send us the fields, the people will naturally flock to it."

Xiao He nodded and said, "My lord, this method is indeed feasible, but I still reserve my idea that it cannot be exempted from taxes." ”

Qin Yu saw Xiao He's determined appearance, but he was a little shaken.

After all, Xiao He is the famous founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and his experience and knowledge are beyond ordinary people.

What he insisted on may have some truth.

After Qin Yu thought about it, he said, "Since that's the case, then you go back and write down your thoughts for me to see, if it makes sense, I can change my thoughts." ”

Xiao He was also a little surprised when he saw that Qin Yu was relieved.

Hurriedly got up and said, "Okay, then I'll go back and think about it, and I will definitely be able to come up with a plan that satisfies adults." ”

After Xiao He finished speaking, he turned around and left, without any mud and water.

Qin Yu breathed a long sigh of relief, the discussion just now was a bit like a primary school student lecturing in front of a big professor, he was very vigorous, but his heart was very empty.

"Alas! It seems that those novels are just nonsense! ”

"Even if you have the insight of modern people, after returning to ancient times, you still can't compare to those who are experienced, not to mention that these people know the world better than themselves."

"What kind of bullshit remarks can stun the Manchu civil and military, it's a big joke."

Qin Yu complained about the novels he read in his previous life, which was simply a mistake.

If someone really crossed over to him, and came to ancient times to talk about his own theories, he would be laughed to death if he was not beaten to death.

"It's ridiculous, it's ridiculous!" Qin Yu smiled helplessly and took out a piece of paper and a ruler made by himself.

"We can't do it, can't we take care of it? Watch me crush you in science! Qin Yu sneered.