After ten years of sharpening the sword, one sword shocked the sky!

Chapter 111 [Subjectivity]

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was already a month after Lin Lin led the Northern Expedition.

Lin Lin rode on Qing Fei's back, letting the horse walk casually, looking at the scenery in Zhaoxia City all the way.

Compared with a month ago, Zhaoxia City has changed a lot.

Pedestrians come and go on the street, both local residents and foreign business travelers.

There are some smiles on people's faces, which is the spiritual change brought about by the rush of life.

The streets have become much cleaner and tidy, and there are no more refugees, beggars, sewage and garbage that can be seen everywhere.

The shops on both sides of the street are open, and the shopkeepers and waiters are warmly greeting customers. There are also some small vendors without shops operating in designated areas. Even if there are soldiers patrolling past, no one will feel afraid.

Because they all know that these soldiers exist to protect them in order to obey the Xia King's military orders.

Seeing Qing Fei carrying Lin Lin passing by, all the passers-by on the street bowed and saluted spontaneously, respectfully and even opened their mouths with some fanaticism as if paying homage to ancestor gods:
"See King Xia!"

If it weren't for Lin Lin's announcement of the rules, no need to kneel unless on important occasions, it is estimated that these people would spontaneously kneel to show their respect.

The bustling scenery in front of him all shows that Lin Lin's management results in the past month have been very good.

"The experience of the previous life is indeed extremely useful. Mao Gai and Marxism-Leninism in college did not learn in vain."

"Absolute force can establish a brand new order, and strict laws can create a fair and just environment under this order."

"It is the common nature of everyone to yearn for a better quality of life."

"In such a stable, fair and just environment, people find that they can support themselves, improve their lives through their own efforts, and get a better quality of life for themselves."

"In this case, people's subjective initiative can be fully mobilized, and they will maximize their production capacity and create more value."

"Production technology and productivity will continue to grow and improve during this process."

"If this order can be spread to the entire land of Shenzhou, then as time goes by, the whole world will definitely become better and better, reaching or even surpassing the level of civilization in the previous life, and it will no longer be an unreachable goal. fantasy."

Lin Lin watched the grand occasion created by himself in front of him, summing up silently in his heart.

When he was managing the Cold Iron Mine, he used a system of clear rewards and punishments to mobilize the enthusiasm of the miners for production.

But now, using this method in a larger area can also be effective, which gives Lin Lin more insight and understanding on how to govern this world.

Master Cui Ximing taught him how to be the leader of a faction and how to control his subordinates.

What he had seen and heard in his previous life let Lin Lin know what real prosperity and civilization are.

However, on the basis of these two, Lin Lin really managed a city to flourish, and he really had some confidence in his governance ability outside of martial arts.

"Now that the small-scale experiment works, the next thing to do is to scale it up."

Lin Lin thought about it, and was carried by Qing Fei into the City Lord's Mansion.

In the city lord's mansion at this time, many officials were in a hurry.

Although Zhaoxia City has been dealt with in a month of high-intensity busyness, the treatment of the surrounding areas is still in full swing.

Punish corrupt officials, clear up demagogue sect bandits, recruit refugees and beggars into production, preach Xia King's ruling program, and most importantly, tax collection, all of which are steadily advancing.

Whether the rule of a region is in place, apart from whether the law and order in this region is stable, the most important symbol is whether it can collect taxes and fees in full amount at regular intervals.

Sufficient money is essential for a power to operate stably.

This principle is also unbreakable in a unified dynasty.

The salaries of officials, the salaries of the army, the construction of water conservancy, popularization of education, and disaster relief all need to be supported by taxation.

Currently, in addition to Fuliuzhou, which is the base camp, the area where King Xia's forces can collect taxes has also increased the scope of the entire Heyun Prefecture recently.

Lin Lin's follow-up army of hundreds of thousands of Northern Expeditions had already entered Heyun State at this time.

All the powerful landlords, martial arts sects, and all clan forces within this range expressed their approval of King Xia's rule, and paid in full the poll tax and land mu tax for this year.

And those who disagree, as well as some forces and individuals whose personal character is extremely stretched, have already been sent to the underworld at this time.

At this moment, these officials are still busy, which is to continue to expand the scope of tax collection. When the scope of tax collection covers the entire land of Shenzhou, then the preliminary construction of this unified dynasty will be considered successful.

Lin Lin sneaked out for a stroll while he was busy, and a lot of government affairs piled up on the table.

These are some extremely important matters, the less important ones have already been dealt with by the subordinates, and Lin Lin needs to make decisions on the rest.

In the study room, Chang Shuyao, who was a part-time assistant secretary as a guard, saw Lin Lin coming in, her hands kept on handling government affairs, and she said with a resentful expression, "Your Majesty, I have no objection to you wanting to rest, but can you recruit more assistant secretaries? Otherwise, the concubine is really too busy to do it alone."

No matter what, Chang Shuyao was also the lord of Xingyue Palace, the Holy Land of Martial Arts.

Although she doesn't usually like to manage things, it cannot be denied that she has sufficient management skills.

So after the Northern Expedition started, she was transferred to the guard by Lin Linzheng, and recently became an assistant secretary to help her handle government affairs.

Lin Lin smiled and said:
"Manpower is really tight. After all, my power in Baihua Valley can only control one state. At this moment, it has suddenly increased to two states. It is true that I will be in a hurry, but my merit-based official selection system has not stopped. Uncle Ji Yun is helping me select and train the new members of the forces."

"It will be fine in a while."

While talking, Lin Lin had already sat down on the chair behind the table.

Patted Chang Shuyao on the head, said with a smile: "Since you are tired, then do some light work, I will handle government affairs."

Chang Shuyao glanced at Lin Lin charmingly, then obediently got under the table.

(End of this chapter)