A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 164 Qi Civil Disturbance
After the capital was moved to Jinling, the land around Jinling City was left unused. The people who moved in from Chu State a few years ago have settled down completely after eight years of adjustment. This year is the first year for these people to pay taxes normally.

After eight years of recuperation, these people who were migrated from Chu have already taken root in Huai country.After several years of tax-free and half-tax concessions, almost every household has accumulated a lot of wealth.Life is much better than in Chu State, and the price of salt in Huai State is cheap.

The reason why Chu State was unwilling to give some of Ba State to Qin State was because Ba State had well salt.

In the Jinling Palace, Wang Qi is listening to the report on this year's taxation situation with the ministers.Wang Qi couldn't help laughing heartily after watching the clerk collect the taxes from all over the country and sort them out by category.

"Your Majesty, this tax has increased by one-third compared to last year, and more than doubled compared to before the attack on Chu." The clerk said excitedly.

"Hahaha, the prosperity of Huai country today is all thanks to the concerted efforts of all the kings!" Wang Qi laughed.

Everyone said: "This is because the emperor has a good way of governing the country, God protects the Huai country, and makes the Huai country smooth, so that the Huai country can be governed. We are just doing our duty as a minister, and we have made a small contribution!"

"Your lords are too modest. If this achievement was insignificant, the states of Bangzhou and Zhou would not be as they are now." Wang Qi said with a smile.

"Your Majesty, the tax increase this time is the result of the immigrant population starting to pay taxes normally. Although the tax will increase next year, it will not increase so much." Wu Zixu reminded.

Wang Qi nodded and said: "Gu understands, and will not blame the officials for this."

"Doctor Wu is worrying too much. I guess that next year's tax will also increase significantly." Fan Li beside him said with a smile.

Seeing the eyes of everyone looking over, Fan Li chuckled and said, "Qingmiaodai."

"Since the implementation of the green crop loan, many people have borrowed money to reclaim wasteland. Next year, the first batch of reclaimed land will start to pay taxes."

Since the implementation of the Youth Loan, there have been many problems, and there are many low-level officials who use it to make profits.Many grassroots officials directly brought the money and food allocated by the state directly to the local tycoons, and then the tyrants took the money and food and loaned it to the people at higher interest rates.

Then, after the people returned the loans to the local tycoons, the tyrants would return the money and food allocated by the state with interest.It seems that the loans issued by the state have been recovered, the officials below have overfulfilled their tasks, the people have also received loans to tide over the difficulties, and the powerful have made a fortune, and it seems that no one has lost money.

But what is the original intention of Youth Loan?It is to reduce the burden of the people, to let the people tide over the difficulties, or to help the people to expand production, reclaim wasteland, to give the people benefits. According to this method, what is the difference from the previous tyrants.

No, there are still some differences. The state has obtained some benefits through the young crop loan.The tyrants are empty-handed white wolves, earning high profits without paying anything, and then distributing the profits [-]%.

And when distributing profits, [-]% will be handed over to the state, and [-]% will be returned to the powerful.Don't think it's too little, just for this, giving you [-]% in the eyes of those tyrants is already giving you a lot of face.

After inspecting the censor for many times, Wang Qi directly sent a large army to uproot these tyrants and officials, and then threw them to Wu Zixu to build Jinling City.

After several years of governance, Wang Qi killed many people, and even the inspector censor was ordered to execute a few by him, so that Qingmiaodai was carried out according to his will.

The emergence of green crop loans has lightened the burden on the common people, and at the same time enabled many common people to have the ability to reclaim wasteland.According to the situation reported by officials from various places in recent years, tens of thousands of people borrow green crop loans every year to reclaim wasteland.

According to Fan Li's settlement, next year's Huai country's taxes will also be greatly increased.

"Fan Qing has worked hard in promoting the youth crop loan!" Wang Qi happily pulled Fan Li and smiled, "Gu is just a middle-aged person, but he was able to create the current momentum of the Huai Kingdom, all thanks to the assistance of the ministers!"

At the second seat, Fan Li cupped his hands at Wang Qi and said, "Your Majesty is favored by the heavens, that's why we can achieve such achievements. It is because of your Majesty's trust that we can achieve what we are today."

The implementation of the Youth Loan has greatly reduced the bankruptcy rate of the small people, curbed the growth of the private tycoons, and made more people rich.

The success of Huai Country's Youth Loan was due to the cooperation of Wang Qi and Fan Li.The Huai country's youth loan was successful, but another Qi country that implemented the youth loan was different.

Ever since Fan Li was envoy to the state of Qi, the Marquis of Qi began to target the Tian clan, and the Marquis of Qi worshiped Yan Ying as the prime minister, and then suppressed the Tian clan.

Although the Duke of Qi has suffered several civil strife and decline, it is still not something that Tian can fight against. In addition to Xiangguo Yanying, Tian is not an opponent at all.At the critical juncture, the Tian family attracted some other noble families in the Qi state to fight against the Qi state government.

Qi Hou couldn't wipe it out for a while, and later, in order to gain the support of those nobles and nobles, Qi Hou had to throw Qingmiaodai out.So far, Qingmiaodai has become a tool for nobles and nobles to gain profits.

It has really become a [-]-[-] split, with Qing Shihao occupying [-]% and Qi Hou accounting for [-]%.After receiving the benefits of Qingmiao Loan, the noble family began to support Qihou. Without the support of other nobles, although the Tian family concealed a lot of strength, it was still wiped out by Qihou and the Prime Minister Yanzi, and the Tian family's fiefdom was restored. Take back the office.

This Tian clan rebellion lasted for several years, and the politics, economy, and agriculture of Qi State were greatly affected. However, under the governance of Qi Hou and Yan Zi, Qi State began to recover quickly.Especially the Qingmiao Loan, which was manipulated by the nobles and nobles, although it could not bring much benefits to the people, it also increased Qi's tax revenue a lot.

Although the goal of enriching the people was not achieved through the youth crop loan, the goal of enriching the country was achieved.

Wang Qi was not surprised by what happened in Qi.Even a lot of it is they are fueling the flames.

As for why Wang Qi did not support Tian's replacement of Jiang Qi's lineage, on the one hand, it was because of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and on the other hand, it was because if Tian's success in replacing Jiang's, the strength of Qi would be further improved.

After all, if the Tian family succeeds, it is equivalent to a new prince.As long as there are no accidents in those vassal states, the previous generations will be Mingjun, and Qi State is thousands of miles away and has a population of 200 million. Such a country, as long as the monarch is wise, will rise soon. The interests of the country, so Wang Qi chose to help Qihou.

(End of this chapter)