System, help me be an empress

Chapter 145
When Teng Xuesheng rushed over with his troops, he got the news that the governor of Hubei had absconded. Before he fled, he ordered the city guards to guard the city gate at all costs.

Fortunately, the general who defended the city was not a fool, and he had already discovered that the chief envoy's reaction was not right.

At this moment, he took the initiative to talk to Teng Xuesheng, and after confirming the identity of the opponent's Shenji camp firearms soldier, he immediately ordered to let him go.

The envoy of Qi Bu absconded, Teng Xuesheng hurriedly arranged for people to chase after him, and at the same time sent a letter to Xu Youxi to explain the matter, and the remaining firearms soldiers began to search for evidence left by the envoy.

After receiving the letter, the officials in several nearby places cooperated with each other and put up arrest warrants.

Try to catch him as soon as possible.

……

The second day, afternoon.

Xu Youxi arranged together those big landlords who were unwilling to sell their land to the imperial court, and she planned to persuade them together.

There are really not many big landlords who have not committed any crimes, and the total number is less than 20.

"I intend to convert all the land in the Lianghu area from 'private land' to 'public land'." Xu Youxi explained his intention, "The imperial court is also willing to give you proper compensation at a reasonable price."

"If you have any ideas or difficulties, you can also speak up. I forgive you for your innocence."

Xu Youxi's tone was extremely sincere.

These landlords looked at each other, it was the first time they saw the emperor, and they never expected to be so close.Not to mention taking the initiative to speak, I dare not even breathe loudly!
After a while, a landlord finally couldn't hold back, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the land in Caomin's house is passed down from generation to generation. If you sell all the ancestral property, after Caomin's death, I am afraid that he will have no face to face his ancestors." Zong!"

"Indeed, it's really inappropriate for the younger generations to sell their property." Xu Youxi immediately expressed his understanding, "But, have you ever thought about changing the life of the younger generation's children? I don't know, how many of you have read "Gan Bao"? "

"I have read it."

Several landlords nodded cautiously.

"Actually, "Qianbao" represents a development trend in the future of Dagan. There will be more and more schools in Dagan, and knowledge will change the future of the next generation of Dagan; the establishment of banks, the reform of the tax system, and the future The road of businessmen will be easier to walk; with more and more inventions of Shengong Bureau, various factories will appear one after another. You are still young and have children. Haven’t you ever thought about getting rid of the old shackles and trying A new life?"

"It's shameful if you can't keep your ancestral property, but isn't it shameful to keep your ancestral property even mediocrely? Now that you have so many opportunities to work hard, you have to think about how to make yourself a hero and make your children stand out. If you really have face, you can face your ancestors in a hundred years."

"This……"

The landlords couldn't help but nodded their heads.

"I know it's a bit embarrassing for you to make up your mind to sell your ancestral property so quickly. I will give you time to think about it. You have been landlords for so many years, and your family background is not weak. You can use this money to do business or to live in the Lianghu area. The future of starting a factory is limitless. As a compensation, the imperial court will support you in creating new industries as much as possible during the past two years."

"A hundred years later, you can tell your ancestors that you sold the land to the government, and you made a sacrifice for the sake of the country. It is a good thing with infinite merit. But even so, you still rely on your own hands. , and created a new family business, then you are no worse than your ancestors."

Xu Youxi's persuasive persuasion made the hearts of these big landlords who were listening began to shake.

"If you are worried, you don't know how to do business, and you are also worried about the livelihood after selling your ancestral property. Later, the imperial court will definitely come here to cooperate with factories. I can leave some factory jobs for you, although it won't make you rich and powerful. , but as long as you work diligently, you will definitely not starve to death."

"In addition, I will set up a monument in Hunan to commend you for your righteous deeds. You and your ancestors' names can be written on the monument. This matter can be published in "Ganbao" and be praised by people all over the world."

Xu Youxi also needs to set up a group of excellent demonstrations to stop Yoyo's mouth.

"Shanghai is preparing for a university. In the future, all the children of the clan, as well as the princes and grandchildren of neighboring countries, will be invited to come to study and exchange. This school has a very high threshold, but all children or grandchildren of the right age can enjoy the admission quota .”

"If you have other difficulties, you can tell them directly. If you are still not satisfied with the above conditions, and you are not willing to sell the land to the court, then you don't force it. But all the land must still be converted into public land, you can keep it Living on their own land, they only need to pay taxes according to the number of acres of land every year, but they are not allowed to sell the land privately, or abandon the cultivated land.”

"There is only one chance. I will give you two days to think about it. After the time, all the above preferential treatment will be invalidated. The landlords in other places in Daqian will definitely not have such preferential treatment like you again."

The conditions Xu Youxi gave were indeed very touching, especially agreeing that their children would go to the same school as Shangjing and the nobles.

This alone is priceless!
"In the morning of the next day, there will be imperial guards going door to door looking for you to sign a contract. If there are no other questions, let's leave first."

"Yes..." The big landlords left reluctantly, obviously moved by the conditions, eager to agree immediately, for fear of missing this good opportunity.

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Something happened to Qi Xia.

However, Xu Youxi has already had the experience of "being rich" several times, and Jin Yiwei has become more comfortable in taking over the Qi family's property.

The policy of enjoying a [-]% discount for buying goods at Qi's family with banknotes has also begun to be implemented locally.

All of a sudden, the Qi family's business became extremely good.

The rest of the merchants also heard the news of His Majesty's visit, and no one dared to refuse the people to come and use banknotes at this moment.

His Majesty said it himself, if you don't recognize paper money, you don't recognize the emperor, and that is treason!

Even if they have the guts, they don't have the life!

But Qi's price is too low, and other stores have no way to compete, and they can only learn to use banknotes, which can reduce the price of goods to sell goods.

Therefore, the banking business is also booming!

"Your Majesty, do you want to change the name of Qi's shop? After all, Qi Xia is in jail..."

"No change." Xu Youxi said decisively.

There are too many Qijia shops, and changing the plaques one by one is only time-consuming and expensive.

"Whoever said that the Qi family shop represents the assets of the family with the surname 'Qi', it can also be interpreted as the Qi family governing the country and the world. In the future, the Qi family shop will be explained in this way."

"Then, the profit of Qijia Store?"

"Afterwards, it will be returned to the public property, and the profits will be taxed normally, and the rest will be used as reform funds for the Lianghu area."

Xu Youxi paused, but did not forget to add.

"Decree that the Ministry of Officials transfer two experienced officials as soon as possible to take over the positions of the chief envoys of the two lakes. In addition, Chen Ji of the Imperial Academy is appointed to the two lakes area to be responsible for supervising the reform progress of the two places."

(End of this chapter)