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Chapter 690
When Yang Zheng ascended the throne, Sima Yan and Sun Hao didn't express anything, which made Yang Zheng feel ashamed.

There was neither a call to arms nor a military provocation at the border, and it was surprisingly quiet.

Of course, if Sima Yan scolded first, he would only be humiliating himself.

Yang Zheng has been tirelessly exposing all kinds of scandals about the Sima family for so many years, one after another, and Sima Yan can't clean it up...

I have done a lot of bad things, but I have some self-knowledge.

Instead, Zhong Hui sent a congratulatory form.

After this guy entered Jiangdong, he was like a fish in water, and he was in a mess.

Sun Hao regards him as a savior, and outsiders can't get in the way. His confidant Wan Yu is jealous and sows discord, claiming that Zhong Hui is the reincarnation of Dong Zhuo, which is uneasy and kind.

But Zhong can play tricks and tricks and can be called the patriarch.

Wan Yu was not an opponent at all, nor was he from a noble family, and had no background, so he was slandered by Zhong Hui and wiped out by Sun Haoyi.

Jiangdong became much quieter in an instant, and no one dared to trouble Zhonghui anymore.

Afterwards, Sun Hao appointed Lu Kai as prime minister on the left and Zhong Hui as prime minister on the right.

State affairs are left to Lu Kai and Ding Feng to take care of, and he concentrates on hunting with Zhong Hui.

On the contrary, the state of Wu became more stable.

Originally, Sun Hao intended to move the capital to Wuchang, but was dissuaded by officials such as Lu Kai, Lu Kang, and Ding Feng. Zhong Hui also said that Wuchang had reached the front line, the city was dilapidated, and Jiangdong's supplies were inconvenient, which could not compare with Jianye's wealth.

Sun Haoran said that he returned to Jianye with Zhong Hui under the welcome of Ding Feng.

The part of Zhonghui stayed in Chaisang.

The Jiangdong gentry originally had lingering fears about Zhong Hui, but he went to Jianye alone, urged Sun Hao, and even brought Hefei as a dowry. The officials of Wu State gradually liked him, and Ding Feng had nothing to say to him.

Zhong Hui made every effort to make friends with the gentry in Jiangdong. His literary talents and martial arts are the best in the world.

Originally, there were many scholars in Jiangdong who fled from the Central Plains at the end of the Han Dynasty, and they had a natural feeling of closeness to Zhong.

Wu people compared it to Lu Su.

Yang Zheng knew what Sun Hao and Zhong Hui were thinking.

He didn't want to provoke the Jin State too much, nor did he want to provoke the Qin State.

The war between East and West is getting closer and closer, they just wait and see what happens.

It doesn't matter to Qin State, Qin State will definitely not take the initiative to attack Wu State under the current situation.

Time is on the side of the equal-field system.

Everyone keeps their own one-acre and three-point land.

In April of the first year of Huangwu, amidst the hazy spring rain, spring plowing began.

Without the government's persuasion, many people reclaimed wasteland by themselves.

Every mile has a farm cooperative, which has cattle and iron farm tools, which are leased to the common people for land reclamation at a price close to free.

The function of the agricultural cooperative is not limited to this, it also sells seeds at the lowest price in the market.

Provide loans to the poor.

Yang Zheng once read an article in later generations, the most direct means of ancient land annexation was usury.

Especially during natural disasters, when farmers fail to harvest, the landlords will issue usury loans at high interest rates. Within two years, all the nearby land will be owned by the powerful.

Usury had already appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty.

Lord Mengchang issued loans to the people in the fief as a source of income to support three thousand customers. In a certain year, the harvest of the fief was not good, but Lord Mengchang still "earned [-] yuan in interest."

In the Han Dynasty, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qiping put down the rebellion of the princes, and even the generals in the army borrowed usury.

Emperor Han Jing also specially set rules on the level of loan interest.

The Qin State was already well-developed in commerce, and the disaster that lasted for two years made many people see business opportunities and reach out to the common people.

However, Yang Zheng's control over the people is unprecedented.

The village chiefs, chiefs, and corps chiefs at the local grassroots level were all from Yang Zheng's own army, and some were from Xuanyi.

Xuan Yizhen has no salary, but it has become a symbol of their honor, and he takes the initiative to report all kinds of unhealthy tendencies in the local area to his superiors.

All Yang Zheng can react in the fastest time.

Yang Zheng was amazed by the methods of big ear holes, donkey rolling, lamb breathing, sitting on the ground and so on.

The times are different, but the greed of human nature is the same.

Wei Guan quickly enacted a decree that any interest rate exceeding [-]% is usury, lenders will be fined ten times the principal, and whistleblowers will get [-]%.

The strictness of the Qin law is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Just let out the wind, private usury disappeared.

Common people can go to farm cooperatives to borrow money for farming, and businessmen can go to Su Hong's bank for commercial loans.

The folk atmosphere has greatly improved.

I don't know if Yang Zheng really made Qin Guo happy after he became emperor.

From March to May, the solar terms are normal, it rains when it should rain, and it clears when it should clear.

There is a lot of rare peace in Guanzhong.

With the support of the farming community, the people reclaimed the barren land to grow mulberry and hemp. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. Chickens, ducks, geese and pigs were raised in the courtyards of every household, fish were raised in the ponds, and sheep were raised on the back hills.

Some family members of Fubing also kept cattle and horses.

When Yang Zheng inspected the villages in Weibei, he could only hear the barking of dogs and the laughter of children everywhere.

The two years of disasters in a row covered an area north of the Weishui River, and the drought was not far-fetched. The government responded well, at least there were no scenes of starvation everywhere.

So this year, the situation is getting better, and the people are full of vitality in an instant.

Yang Zheng could feel that the national power was in a state of explosion.

An obvious signal is the increase in youth and children.

Population does not grow out of the ground, it is affected by the environment.

The tax is too heavy, the pressure of survival is too great, even if the people are born, they will drown.

Qin's duty is to provide a relatively loose and orderly system.

Let the tillers have their fields, the weavers their clothes, the old have something to depend on, and the young have something to support.

Those who are ambitious and capable can get promoted through legitimate channels.

The people themselves will push Qin into a prosperous age.

During the unannounced visits to Jingzhao and Fufeng counties, Yang Zheng's biggest impression was that the people in this land were really hardworking.

As long as you give them a little hope, they will work day and night.

The original wasteland was reclaimed into fertile fields, the slopes were planted with mulberry, and the puddles were dug into city ponds...

Yang Zheng could hardly find a reason why Qin would not rise.

Although there were disasters in the past two years, it was also a blessing in disguise. A large number of tribes in Mobei and the Western Regions took the initiative to migrate to Guanzhong, and the population was always increasing.

A stable and orderly environment is also very attractive to grassland herdsmen.

After all, the greatest need of human beings is survival. In the face of survival, everything else stands aside.

Qin is one of the few forces that does not discriminate against them.

After five years as a slave, you can become a slave, and after another five years, you can become a ruler.

Taxes are reduced step by step. If you want to take a shortcut, you can join the army and make contributions to the Great Qin.

However, Qin Jun's selection was extremely strict, and the general physical fitness of grassland people was not bad.

So I can only join the Muqi, and Malone's Muqi establishment will soon be full.

The Sima family in the east was not so friendly. They taxed Han people seven out of ten, and taxed Wuhuan, Xiongnu, Xianbei and other foreigners eight out of ten.

Yang Zheng didn't even know how they survived.

The patience of the people is ridiculously high.

Fortunately, there have been no major natural disasters in Kanto in the past two years, otherwise the Sima family would have rebelled everywhere, just like in history.

(End of this chapter)