Emperor Qin Ba Shi

Chapter 496: Counting mu to levy silver, official settlement.

"Your Majesty, Han Xin's [-] troops marched out of Liaodong, went straight to Zhao, defeated Gaoyang, and went straight to Wuhuan."

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Dianke suddenly turned pale and came in a hurry.No one thought that Liaodong and Zhao Guo would go to war at this time.Now the reform of the Great Qin Empire is only the last step.

And once Liaodong and Zhao Yi fought, it was only a matter of time before Liaodong King's current strength, coupled with Han Xin's soldiers like a god, annexed the entire Zhao country.

And if Liaodong annexed Zhao land, not only would the prestige be greatly enhanced, but the threat to the Great Qin Empire would be even greater.

Because of this, Dunwei walked in such a hurry, regardless of Qin Emperor Hu Hai's mood, and rushed in directly.

For major military and national affairs, decisions must be made at the first time, otherwise, the war opportunity will be fleeting, and you can only sigh when you lose it.

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"Has Liaodong finally couldn't help but make a move?"

Hearing this, Qin Emperor Hu Hai smiled faintly, he did not stop the worries in his heart.On the contrary, to a certain extent, Hu Hai hoped that Liaodong would send troops to Zhao.

Because compared to Zhao Wangxie, Qin Emperor Hu Hai was more afraid of the combination of Han Xin and Liaodong King Liu Ji.Anyone who is familiar with history knows how outstanding and difficult these two people are.

And this time Liaodong's invasion of Zhaodi was an opportunity that Hu Hai had planned for a long time to hit Liaodong hard.

Now that the opportunity has come, Hu Hai is naturally happy.

After all, Liu Ji established the Han Dynasty and was the only victor in the troubled times at the end of Qin Dynasty. He can be said to be the son of the plane in this troubled times.

Hu Hai's attention and concern for Liu Ji, the king of Liaodong, was even higher than that of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu.

He believes that since Liu Ji can defeat Xiang Yu, he can also defeat him, but Liu Ji in Liaodong is a variable that no one knows.

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Thoughts flickered in his mind, Hu Hai was silent for a while and said: "Dianke immediately sent an envoy to Pengcheng to rescue Zhao with Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu."

"The Overlord of Western Chu came out from Xue County, sent [-] troops, entered Julu, broke Guangyang County, and pointed his sword at Yuyang County."

"At the same time, my Great Qin sent [-] troops from Jiuyuan, went straight into Zhao's land, broke through Shanggu, and joined forces with the Chu army in Yuyang County."

"With the addition of 20 Zhao troops, the [-] troops of the Qin, Zhao, and Chu armies are enough to break through Yuyang, enter Youbeiping, and destroy Liaodong Kingdom. At worst, they can also drive Liaodong King Liu Ji out of Yan."

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"Your Majesty, will Xichu send troops?"

Glancing at the worried pause, Hu Hai smiled and said, "Xichu will definitely send troops, even if there is no Great Qin Empire, I will definitely send troops."

"Princes and uncles, not everyone can be a king! All injustices in this world will be taken care of by it!"

Hearing Hu Hai's explanation, he suddenly said in a hurry, "Old minister, let's go!"

"Ah."

Nodding his head, Hu Hai felt a lot more relaxed.He knew that Xichu at this time was just like Lao Mei at that time. As the boss, he had to assume certain responsibilities.

It's not that easy to be the world's policeman!

And this time, the Qin, Chu and Zhao allied forces must be an easy task.The rapidly expanding Liaodong King Liu Ji will surely suffer heavy losses.

Sending [-] troops is the result of Hu Hai's careful calculations. With [-] troops sent, Jiuyuan still has [-] troops. Even if the Huns go south, the situation will not be corrupted.

At that time, Xianyang will be able to make corresponding remedies, and sending [-] troops will just be able to defend the bottom line of its own interests.

This time, the allied forces of Qin, Chu and Zhao will inevitably encounter the problem of dividing interests.An army of [-] is enough to win enough benefits for Daqin.

Thoughts flickered in his mind, Qin Emperor Hu Hai's eyes flickered, he was thinking of a candidate for the commander of the army.

Now General Wang Ben needs to be in Sanchuan County to defend the Shandong kingdoms, and Li Xin needs to lead an army in Jiuyuan. It can be said that there are almost no generals who can recruit good fighters in the Great Qin Empire.

The only Li Bi served as the director of the General Administration of the City Guards, which cut off the possibility of leading the army to go out.

For a while, Qin Emperor Hu Hai became entangled instead.Da Qin, who promised to be great, has no generals to use.

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"Han Tan, announce my imperial edict to the ten counties of the Great Qin Empire, the third article of the reform: collect money for the mu, pay for the officials, and return the fire to the public!"

"Yes!"

Nodding in agreement, Han Tan will have doubts about other matters when Han Tan is gone, but when it comes to expressing, Han Tan will only execute.

Because he knew that he didn't have keen insight at all in these matters, and it would be better to let Hu Hai's orders be implemented than to add to the liking.

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Watching Han Tan leave, Qin Emperor Hu Hai breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this is the last step of the reform. As long as the Great Qin Empire perseveres, a powerful empire will surely emerge.

In particular, Hu Hai knew that in this way, the collection of taxes and duties would no longer be handled by the village chiefs and grain chiefs, but would be collected directly by local officials and released to the treasury.

From then on, in the territory of the Great Qin Empire, taxes were not collected in kind, which saved the cost of transportation and storage; the head of the village, the head of food and other personnel were not allowed to collect the money on behalf of others, which avoided the disadvantages of erosion and distribution, and made the collection method more perfect.

What's more, once the allocation of land into mu is fully implemented, it will inevitably form a situation where those with more land will pay more, those with less land will pay less, and those without land will not pay.

In this way, the enthusiasm of the people for farming will be high, and at the same time, it will be able to suppress the family landlords and increase the tax revenue of the Great Qin Empire.

Moreover, the reason for promoting the return of fire consumption to the public is that when the Great Qin Empire collects taxes, it will add fire consumption.

In practice, due to his loose management of officials at all levels since he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, officials from all over the country were randomly assigned, and one or two can be added to count money.

Because it is not within the normal amount handed in, officials arbitrarily invaded and corrupted, which has formed a bad habit of officialdom.In order to solve this loophole, Hu Hai intends to implement the system of returning fire consumption to the public.

And the return of fire consumption to the public is also known as the Yanglianyin system, that is, the higher-level government distributes it to officials according to a quota.

In the future, the fire consumption will be divided into three parts: one part will be used to support local officials, one part will be used to make up for local deficits, and one part will be reserved for local public use.In this way, it not only increases the fiscal revenue, but also helps to clean government.

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Thoughts flickered in his mind, and he knew in his heart that the biggest reason for the implementation of sharding into mu was other than increasing the population of the Great Qin Empire.

It is to make the officials of the Great Qin Empire and the aristocratic families pay the food as a whole. The reason why Hu Hai promoted the sharing of the income per mu is to let them also pay taxes as the errands.

Of course, they are not really required to serve in the military and corvée, they can be bought with money.

In this way, the treasury of the Great Qin Empire will be filled.And the most important thing is that in the Great Qin Empire, if you want to have a title, you can only go to battle to kill the enemy and build military exploits.

This means that the aristocratic families and officials must throw their heads and blood for the Great Qin Empire.

It is precisely because of the various benefits of this that Hu Hai, in spite of opposition, promoted the implementation of the per capita income in the Great Qin Empire.Because he knew that this reform would benefit both him and the Great Qin Empire.

(End of this chapter)