A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 461: Grassland Forms, Mountains and Rivers Laws
Daqian divided the grassland into twelve tribes, and did not include the Southern Xiongnu. The Southern Xiongnu were closer to Daqian, and many of them had been naturalized.Wang Xin still sent General Zhonglang to protect the Xiongnu and take charge of it.

Wang Xin gave the surname Liu to the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu. Originally, the Chanyu of the Southern Xiongnu wanted to give the surname Wang, but was rejected.The royal family didn't want the Southern Huns to get involved, and those ministers privately discussed, "Are you worthy of the surname Wang?" '

After all, more than [-]% of the royal surnames in the world come from the royal family, and most of the other royal surnames come from the Zhou family or princes.

After giving surnames to the Xiongnu Chanyu, the Daqian court also began to give surnames to the southern Xiongnu tribes, or let these Huns change their surnames on their own.

The Southern Xiongnu have lived in the border areas for decades, and have been controlled by Daqian in terms of military, economy and politics. Over the past few decades, they have been deeply influenced by Daqian. It is estimated that this situation will continue for decades or hundreds of years. The Southern Xiongnu The Xiongnu tribe ceased to exist.

Wang Xin did not forcibly assimilate these people. After all, that was a method during war. Instead, he used economic means to subtly influence them. This also set an example for other barbarians.

After completing the division of the grassland, the court's expenditure on the grassland dropped in the second year. After canceling immigration and reducing the garrison, the expenditure of the Zhenbei Protectorate was reduced from 500 million silver dollars to 150 million silver dollars, while tax revenue was obtained from the grassland. It has also been increased to 120 million.

The balance of payments was almost completed, which gave the Daqian court a sigh of relief.

It's just that after the grassland was no longer under the control of Daqian, a lot of small frictions began to occur. Now that Daqian still has the power and the Zhenbei Protectorate Army is stationed, these tribes only have small frictions. After they test the bottom line of Daqian , it is estimated that there will be more and more fights on the grassland.

Before the grassland is completely controlled, the chaotic and endless grassland is more in line with Daqian's interests.

In the following period, due to the change of the form of the grassland and the reduction of the Zhenbei Protectorate, the strategy for the grassland will also change accordingly.

Wang Xin discussed with everyone in the royal family that the main purpose of the grassland would be political and economic interference, supplemented by the military. He would grant titles to the grassland tribes and then trade with them, allowing the grassland tribes to fight on their own. The court only needed to control the emergence of powerful tribes. That's it.

In this way, the annual cost is not high, and at the same time, huge profits can be obtained.

You must know that the imperial court spent a lot of money at the Zhenbei Protectorate before. That was because the materials transported by the imperial court to the Mobei grassland were sold at low prices.If you change your strategy now, you will naturally not sell at a loss.

Of course, there are requirements for this. The sale of weapons is prohibited, and the sale of iron tools is also restricted, let alone crossbows and armors.There are not many restrictions on food, including cloth, silk, salt, tea, and sugar.

At the same time, the imperial court would purchase leather, tendons, wool, horns, cattle, sheep, horses, etc. from the grasslands.

In fact, the imperial court sold a large amount of tea, sugar, silk and other enjoyment items in order to let the Xiongnu nobles enjoy and wear down their will.These Hun nobles also apply to meat-eaters.

And because the Huns live in a bitter and cold land, as long as they have enjoyed these things, the possibility of rejecting them is extremely low.As long as the Xiongnu nobles develop into enjoying themselves, it will be difficult for them to fight. This is human inertia and nature.Wang Xin even had a way of selling all kinds of enjoyment items to the grassland at low prices to see how low those nobles in the grassland could sink.

Of course, this idea only flashed through his mind.After all, the money needed to spend is not a small amount, and Wang Xin is also worried that if the Huns are completely destroyed, other nomadic groups will rise.Will there be another fight then?
After some discussion with everyone in his direct line, Wang Xin finally decided not to implement this corrupt plan.Except for King Haotianwen, no one has the vision to see the distant future. They can only deal with the immediate and future issues now, and leave it to future generations to deal with.

After the royal family unified their ideas, the Daqian court also began to implement Wang Xin's will.

Ever since the court raided their homes due to the counterfeit silver coin case and discovered the large silver mine in the hands of the nobles, the court began to discuss the introduction of new laws.However, the introduction of this law did not go smoothly. Many nobles and officials were opposed to it, and they even used their influence to influence some academicians.

Some officials and dignitaries even began to use the late emperor's opening of mountains and rivers as an example.Tell us what it was like during the reign of the first emperor, and what it is like now.It's a pity that the imperial court and the royal family did not accept this policy. They directly stated that the state system was a well-field system during the Bang and Zhou Dynasty, and now it is a private land system. Should we use the laws of the Bang and Zhou Dynasty to solve the current problem?

If someone really dares to be stubborn and say that he will be dealt with according to the laws of Bangzhou, the royal family and the court will directly accuse him of missing Bangzhou, having evil intentions, and treason.

It's a pity that after decades of political ups and downs, those nobles and officials have all learned a lot, and no one dares to say anything about this kind of thing.So I can only give advice in a circumstantial way.

When the imperial court implements laws, it cannot be forced.After all, the mountains and rivers cannot be controlled by the court. If those nobles really want to hide it, the court will not be able to find it for a while. Therefore, this kind of law must leave some profits for the nobles, officials, and powerful people.

After several discussions, the Mountains and Rivers Law finally took shape.There is no tax on ordinary people collecting wood, fishing, gathering, or hunting.However, if it is carried out in large quantities and on a large scale, taxes will be charged.

For example, enclosing lakes to raise fish, enclosing mountains and forests to cut down wood carbon, etc., all of which require paying taxes and leasing fees to the local government.Specific rental fees and taxes will be discussed again.

For things like minerals, after discovery, mining rights can be purchased from the court.Even if minerals are discovered on their own land, they still need to purchase mining rights from the court.At the same time, taxes need to be paid.

Ordinary minerals can be bought and sold at will, but important minerals such as copper, silver, and gold must be mined under the supervision of the imperial court.And the ore produced cannot be sold at will.You can smelt it yourself and sell it, or you can sell it to the imperial workshop.

Generally speaking, the price of purchasing mining rights from the court is not too expensive, about one-tenth of the annual mineral production, and the court's tax is [-]%.There are still [-]% to [-]% that need to be allocated to the local government. After calculation, it is roughly that the nobles who mine the minerals can get [-]% of the profit, the court gets [-]%, the local government gets [-]%, and the royal family [-]% is transferred to the Shaofu.

Although it seems that the nobles make the most profits, in fact the nobles need to be responsible for the mining and the manpower and material resources. Of course, the court will also bear part of it.

After some deliberations, the prototype of this decree was finally completed.

(End of this chapter)