[Three Kingdoms] Xinghan

Don't get married if you don't help His Highness recover the rivers and mountains?

Sun Ce asked suspiciously, "Is there any connection between the two?"

As soon as the words fell, Sun Ce suddenly remembered that His Highness the King of Changsha seemed to have said a similar sentence.

What is said, "If you don't restore the Han Dynasty, you won't be close to women."

Sun Ce couldn't help shaking his head.Could it be that Gongjin is following His Highness' example?

I really don't understand what they are thinking.

Sun Ce knew his friend's temper, and he didn't intend to persuade him too much when he saw this.

The date was chosen in advance, and as soon as the award ceremony was over, he and Da Qiao were married.

After that, the couple returned to Changsha together.

Ling Han continued to be busy with land reclamation.

The land in Jiujiang had already been developed almost enough.Just to conquer Shanyue, some people's fields were damaged, so we have to help them make up for it.

After finishing these things, Ling Han packed his things and prepared to take people to Lujiang County.

Jiujiang County has reclaimed a large number of fields, and the room for further growth is very limited.

However, although the other counties in Yangzhou also implemented policies to encourage leaving the city to open up wasteland, the overall progress was slow due to the lack of farm tools.

Therefore, Ling Han decided to take most of the farm tools to Lujiang.

The small blast furnace in Jiujiang has to continue to smelt iron, because Yangzhou is still far away from the goal of "all the people use all kinds of farm tools for daily farming".

In mid-September, Ling Han brought [-] soldiers, transported a large number of iron farm tools, and Zhao Yun, Zhou Yu, Hua Tuo and others came to Lujiang.

Speaking of which, Lujiang County was Ling Han's first stop when he came to Yangzhou.

Compared with Jiujiang County, it is also closer to the center of Yangzhou.

In the future, Ling Han will use Lujiang County as the state capital of Yangzhou and lead the whole state.

"Your Highness."

Hearing that King Changsha was coming back, Zhang Zhao came to visit immediately.

He roughly reported the current situation of Lujiang County and the economic situation of Yangzhou as a whole.

Afterwards, Zhang Zhao said solemnly: "Your Highness, I must remind you. While reducing the taxes of the people, you also gave such generous treatment to the soldiers under your command. If you continue like this, don't talk about saving grain, I am afraid that the grain in the grain depot will be destroyed." Fewer and fewer."

Under normal circumstances, the food and salaries received by soldiers are basically only enough for themselves.

Sometimes, there is not enough food and grass, and the government will even replace rice with tofu and other items.

But here, Your Highness, soldiers can eat whatever they want in the army every day.In addition, each person can also receive three dendrobiums of grain every month.

Three hu grains are fixed every month, plus the double rations from training on weekdays.Every soldier, even if there are parents, wives and children in the family, and none of them work, it is impossible to starve to death.

The people in Yangzhou are treated very well, but the soldiers here are obviously treated even better.

Ling Han said: "Mr. Zibu just rest assured, this king knows it well."

Seeing this, Zhang Zhao couldn't help but said, "Your Highness, otherwise, it is better to increase the tax by [-]%. Even if the tax is [-]%, it is enough to feed the people."

He calculated carefully these days.The extra grain obtained through land reclamation probably offset the extra tax collected before.

In other words, His Highness has spent a lot of trouble these days, making iron and opening up wasteland.

Although it didn't lose money, it didn't make any money either. The extra food was equivalent to giving all the food to the people.

The sage said that the king is like a boat, and the people are like water. It is a good thing for His Highness to be kind to the people.

But how can there be a reason why the government mobilizes a large number of teachers, but the benefits are all shared by the people?

Ling Han looked at Zhang Zhao upon hearing this.

Zhang Zhao's expression is very firm, and he has a tendency not to leave today unless he succeeds in persuasion.

This situation faintly gave Ling Han an illusion: as if he had become the fatuous and unscrupulous King Zhou of Shang, and Zhang Zhao was the loyal Bigan.

The only difference is that Bigan persuaded King Zhou to open his eyes to see his people, while Zhang Zhao persuaded himself not to be so kind to the people.

Ling Han had a headache.

He didn't understand why some of his subordinates thought that he was busy and didn't want any benefits.

How in the world would there be such a thing?Do you look like a holy father to yourself?

Although it is true that they want to improve the lives of the people, in this era of raging wars, if the people are rich but the country is not strong, there is a greater possibility of facing defeat.

At that time, the rich people will just let the other princes separate from the leeks.

How could I make the mistake of making a wedding dress for others?

Ling Han didn't want to explain too much at first, because others would naturally know about it in the future.

Like Zhou Yu, like Qiao Rui, they don't ask too many questions at all.

Zhang Zhao is obviously not such a person.

Ling Han looked at him quietly, and asked: "How do you think the government will make money?"

Zhang Zhao thought for a while and replied, "One is to obtain money and food by fighting to seize territory; the other is to collect taxes from the people."

Ling Han smiled and said: "Mr. Zibu's answer is correct, but he is also wrong. The second point is not to collect taxes from the people, but to get money and food from the people."

Zhang Zhao frowned and said, "Forgive me for being stupid. May I ask Your Highness, is there any difference between the two?"

"If you charge [-]% of the tax or even more for each mu of land, there will be no difference."

Ling Han smiled and said: "But if the king only collects [-]% of the tax, then the difference will be very big."

Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment, but couldn't understand, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, please show me."

Ling Han then slowly said: "When the government collects [-]% of the tax, after the people pay the tax, the remaining food is only enough for their own living needs. If you want to get a little more from the people, it is equivalent to It is natural not to take his life."

"However, if only [-]% of the tax is collected, besides the daily necessities, the people still have a lot of surplus food. If the government still wants money and food, it can try to earn the food from the people."

This point is not difficult to understand, and Zhang Zhao understood it immediately.

But he was still at a loss.Since ancient times, the imperial court has used taxes to ask for food in the hands of the people.

How can we come here without increasing taxes?

Ling Han then began to explain in detail.

"Now it's the wasteland reclamation period, so there are soldiers stationed in the forest. But when the soldiers are withdrawn in the future, won't there be new beasts in the forest? Shouldn't there be more tiger hunting fees?"

"It's also because of the land reclamation period. Now farm tools are given to the common people almost for free. When the land reclamation period is over and the farm tools are good after trying them, will the common people be very willing to spend money to buy farm tools from the government? Jiujiang can produce continuously Iron ore can’t run out of all kinds of agricultural tools. In order to improve labor efficiency and expand production, the common people have surplus food, will they buy it as soon as possible?”

"Why can snowflake salt be sold so cheap? Because once it is expensive, people can't afford it. If you don't eat salt, you will get sick, so the king has to lower the price of salt. When the people have food, the price of salt will naturally rise." Restore some. This king still won’t be sold expensively, but everyone needs to eat salt every day, just raise the price a little bit, that’s huge wealth.”

"In addition to salt, there are similar things. The king has made white sugar from sugar cane in Jiujiang a few days ago, and it will be sold in the whole of Yangzhou soon. When Zibu tastes it, he will know that the people have surplus food. In the future, I will definitely be willing to use grain to buy it.”

"There are many more like these. If the people don't have money and food, this king can't think about it. Only when they are rich can this king make money."

"When the tax is low, they will work very actively to accumulate food, and the overall wealth of Yangzhou is increasing."

"This king will use this mode of relaxation to gather as much wealth as possible in the hands of the government."

"In this way, not only can the government obtain more food, but the people will also be healthier, live longer, and have more strength, so as to cultivate more food. A virtuous circle is endless."

"At the same time, the common people eat well, have fun, and live happily. In order to maintain this kind of life, if it really comes to a critical moment, they will do everything they can to support the king."

"In addition, Yangzhou has become a paradise. Word of mouth will also attract people from other states and counties to sneak over here. The enemy will disappear and we will increase."

Zhang Zhao was completely dumbfounded.

He stammered and said: "Your Highness is far-sighted, and I understand."

No wonder.I didn't understand before, why His Highness did such a matter of pros and cons, and there was no one around him to persuade him.

It turned out that I was stupid.

It is true, His Highness is so wise, how could he make the mistake of a woman's benevolence?

After sending Zhang Zhao away.

With Jiujiang's experience, there is no need for Ling Han to watch over the land reclamation in Lujiang.

There was a patch of newly transplanted roses in the yard, and he had nothing to do. He found a bucket and watered them by himself.

There are many roses in the Yangtze River Basin.When returning to the Lujiang mansion, Ling Han saw a clump of roses on the road, and stopped for a while.

After that, someone sent Rose to the house.

After pouring the water, Ling Han called out: "Yang Zhen."

Yang Zhen immediately ran over from a room: "Your Highness."

"I didn't have time to ask you before."

Ling Han said: "How did you get along with Miss Mi last time?"

Yang Zhen's complexion was slightly ocher: "It's, it's okay."

Ling Han nodded knowingly: "Then you go and discuss with Mi Fang, pick a date as soon as possible, and this king will give you a marriage."

Thinking that Yang Zhen didn't have any family members, he said again: "Well, by the way, this king will marry you again."

Yang Zhen was taken aback, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this is not in line with etiquette..."

Your Highness is so honorable, how can he officiate for someone like himself?

Ling Han said: "This king will do it if he wants to do it, so who can talk about this king because of this?"

Yang Zhenzhen was about to speak, but Ling Han interrupted him and said: "You are marrying Miss Mi. If you don't want it, then you have to discuss it with Mi Fang first. There is nothing wrong now, you can discuss it now. Of course, the most important thing The thing is to fix the date as soon as possible."

Yang Zhen had no choice but to cup his hands: "Yes."

Looking at Yang Zhen's leaving figure.

Ling Han thought to himself, it should be quite interesting to be a wedding officiant in ancient times.

Yang Zhen soon came to Mi Mansion.

He quickly explained what Ling Han meant.

Finally, he said: "Your Highness said that only if I ask His Highness together with my husband, will he be willing to take back the promise of the officiant marriage."

"Mr. Mi, although the person who officiates the marriage can be a person of high status, there has never been a precedent in this dynasty where the monarch presides over the marriage..."

Mi Fang stared at Yang Zhen for a while, but didn't know what to say.

General Yang, General Yang, should I say you are too loyal to think of yourself at all, or should I say you are stupid?

It is a great honor to be married by His Highness.

But such glory is far from the ultimate.

Not to mention anything else, just looking at this award, Yang Zhen is obviously a head shorter than Zhao Zilong.

As for Sun Bofu, although he is also a lieutenant colonel, he has several majors under him, and it seems that his status is higher than that of Yang Zhen.

But it is completely different if His Highness personally officiates the marriage.

It is precisely because there has never been such a precedent for a big man, that can explain how great His Highness's grace is.

Is it possible that someone will question His Highness because of this kind of thing?

"General Yang."

Mi Fang couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted: "Although there is no such precedent in this dynasty. But General Yang has been with His Highness for so long, it should be obvious that His Highness doesn't care about those old customs at all."

"Your Highness intends to reward General Yang. If you insist on refusing to accept General Yang, won't Your Highness feel sad?"

Yang Zhen was stunned.

I had never thought about it here before.

After some persuasive persuasion, Mi Fang finally persuaded Yang Zhen to go back.

As for the wedding date, he will choose a few good and auspicious days later, and then hand it over to Yang Zhen to make the final decision.

After sending Yang Zhen away, Mi Fang shook her head and breathed a sigh of relief.

He went to tell his sister about it.

When walking past, the steps are even a little floating.

On the contrary, Mi Fang was happier than the two parties involved in this marriage.

His Royal Highness personally presided over the younger sister's marriage.

He wanted to see who else in Yangzhou would dare to be angry with him in the future.

Mi Fang faintly felt that the King of Changsha seemed to want to greatly reduce the power of the aristocratic family.

But he didn't care much, and even wanted to clap his hands.

He only hoped that the Mi family could become a member of the aristocratic family, and it would be best to become a powerful one. As for how much benefit he could get, it was not that important.

In terms of wealth, the Mi family was not inferior to any family.

It's funny too.

If Ling Han lets Mi Fang taste the sweetness of the family's monopoly first, and then wants to reduce the power of the family.

Mi Fang will definitely jump out and object, overtly and secretly obstructing.

But it was precisely because Mi Fang had never enjoyed the benefits of the aristocratic family.

Not only that.

No matter in Xuzhou or Yangzhou, the Mi family had all kinds of conflicts with the aristocratic family, so that Mi Fang felt aggrieved.

Therefore, even if Mi Fang knew that he could become one of them in the future, at this moment, he would support Ling Han's policy of suppressing the aristocratic family.

One ebbs and another, maybe I can use this to get promoted.

The author has something to say: QAQ went to get vaccinated today, and the reaction was relatively large, so I haven’t finished typing until now