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And these people are the patriarchs of the aristocratic families in Pingliang City, which means that they have defected to Mu Yuan with their families.

Mu Yuan frowned, "Everyone, do you know what you're doing?".

Mu Yuan must confirm the purpose of these people.

Unexpectedly, the patriarchs of these aristocratic families stood up one after another and bowed to Mu Yuan, "Meet the lord".

Although these people are all from small families in Pingliang City, the combined power of the fifteen families is quite terrifying. Almost all the general officials in Pingliang County come from these families.

It is equivalent to Mu Yuan mastering them, he has mastered half of the officials in Pingliang City.

Because in this era, many officials listened to the patriarch more than the emperor.

Therefore, these aristocratic patriarchs have completely relied on themselves, which means that more than half of the officials in the entire Pingliang City are under their control.

Originally, Mu Yuan wanted to carry out an examination, allowing ordinary scholars to participate in the examination, so as to fill the officialdom in Pingliang County.

It seems to be gone now.

Seeing that these people were so knowledgeable, Mu Yuan asked them to recruit all the officials from Pingliang County. Three days later, Mu Yuan promulgated several policies.

There are really only a few, and all of them are related to people's livelihood.

The first is to abolish excessive taxes and all kinds of miscellaneous taxes.

There is only one tax left for farmers, and that is the agricultural tax. Originally, the agricultural tax in Liangshidu was set at half, but the actual tax collected was [-]% to [-]%.

For the rest, for many peasant households, they can only remain in a half-dead state, and many even sell their sons and daughters if they cannot be taxed.

And now Muyuan has set the agricultural tax to one-tenth. Although it is still a bit heavy, it is already relatively very light at this period.

During the most relaxed period of the Sui Dynasty, the tax rate could reach one-thirtieth.

But that was at the peak of the Sui Dynasty, and it is impossible now. The reason why Mu Yuan was set at one-tenth is that the rest of the people can live better, although it is not as good as when the Sui Dynasty was at its peak. , but not too bad.

Under the current chaotic situation in the world, the tax here in Muyuan is definitely the lowest.

And he can guarantee that such a tax will be the same for everyone.

Moreover, he does not collect taxes according to the head, but according to the amount of land.

This prevents many people from owning a lot of land but paying less tax.

Of course, this will inevitably touch the interests of many aristocrats.

But because Muyuan has an army in his hands, there is no need to worry about them rebelling.

Moreover, with the support of the people and food in hand, those aristocrats from aristocratic families will not pose any threat to him.

This is the first policy, and the second policy is still about farmers.

A family has [-] acres of tax-free land, and the excess will be taxed according to the agricultural tax.

Among them, more than [-] mu and less than [-] mu are taxed at [-]/[-], those exceeding [-] mu and less than [-] mu are taxed at [-]/[-], and those exceeding [-] mu are taxed at [-]/[-]. collect taxes.

In fact, as long as the agricultural tax exceeds one-tenth, it is considered a heavy tax.

This is only the tax that Muyuan has set temporarily. After the world is stable, the tax will be re-enacted.

The third policy is still about farmers.

Because of the perennial wars, Mu Yuan stipulated that the agricultural tax was exempted for one year, and at the same time, farmers were encouraged to reclaim the land, and all the land after the reclaimed land belonged to them.

At the same time, two years of taxation will be exempted on land reclaimed.

This is Muyuan encouraging farmers to reclaim the land.

In fact, the most important thing now is not to prepare the army for war, but to let the people under Mu Yuan's rule go into production.

Only in this way can they settle down, and at the same time, it can also provide Mu Yuan with a lot of resources to support ordinary troops.

As for the Beiwei army, they have food, grass, weapons and equipment for two years of fighting, so they don't need to worry at all.

The fourth article is about business tax. Before the Sui Dynasty, businessmen were not taxed.

It's just that this makes the merchant's status very low.

But now Muyuan also collects one-tenth of the tax on merchants, and over a certain amount of assets (Wang Dehao) even has to collect thirteenth of the tax.

At the same time, industries such as salt and iron were also received.

This is a strategic resource.

Some of the policies promulgated afterwards were all promulgated by Pingliang County officials.

After all the government affairs are settled.

Mu Yuan felt a little headache.

Gone is the easy and happy life before.

If you really want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight. This sentence is really true.

Now Mu Yuan has also discovered that he doesn't have a civil adviser who can take the lead.

It is indeed very tiring.

Just when Muyuan rested with his eyes closed.

His temples were rubbed.

"` ~ Are you tired?".

Hearing this voice, Mu Yuan knew who it was.

"There is no way, now there is no civil servant who can take on the big responsibility, so I can only come by myself."

"Civil servants? I used to think that those weak civil servants were useless, but now I know that a dynasty can't function without them."

This person is naturally Wanwan Jian.

Now she finally understands the importance of civil servants.

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Mu Yuan smiled, "If you have a good courtier, you also need a good lord."

"Forget it, although Pingliang County has a population of about 50, I can still handle it, but after swallowing the Hetao Plain, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to deal with it alone."

Wanwan thought for a while and said, "Shall I find some talents for you in Jianghu?".

Wanwan wanted to do something for Mu Yuan.

Mu Yuan just smiled, "That's not necessary, I think, the person I need will come one day."

Mu Yuan still hopes that the talents in the system will be the head of civil servants.

He has no reputation now, and it is very difficult to obtain those high-quality talents.

Those who go to themselves are basically not very reliable.

Those talents are not stupid, they really thought that Mu Yuan captured a Pingliang city and they would accept their heads and worship them?

It's naive to think so.

Since he is a talent, he will naturally choose the master. The current Mu Yuan is not enough for those who can use him to rely on him.

In the Sui Dynasty, most of the talents were concentrated in the aristocratic families, and Mu Yuan didn't have any capital for them to come and join him.

Fortunately, Mu Yuan has a source of talent.

Ordinary people, Mu Yuan really looked down upon.

Li Xiuning, Hongfo, Song Yuzhi, Fu Junmao, and Wanwan were five women, only Li Xiuning and Hongfo had some knowledge in this regard.

Fu Junmei, Song Yuzhi, and Wanwan are all just the eyes of the quack.

Asking them to assist Muyuan is really embarrassing for them.

Wan Wan was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mu Yuan, "Could it be that you have already found a good man?".

"That's natural, otherwise you really think I'm going to revolt on a whim?".

"If I'm not fully prepared, how can I do this thing."

Although the facts are somewhat different from what Mu Yuan said, he did have the confidence to say this.

Wan Wan hugged Mu Yuan's arm and said with burning eyes, "Please tell me the truth, how long have you been planning this".

Wanwan was really curious about Mu Yuan, this person was definitely not as simple as what she saw.

Mu Yuan was very indifferent, "There is no need to worry about how long it takes to premeditate, as long as it can be done, it is enough."

Wan Wan rolled her eyes at Mu Yuan, "Hmph, I knew you couldn't tell."

Wanwan was also very helpless, if she was an ordinary person, she would have used all means to get the other party to speak out.

But in the face of Mu Yuan, she has no choice but to use her beauty to seduce her.

It's a pity that Muyuan doesn't seem to have much interest in her.

She was already very presumptuous towards Mu Yuan, but Mu Yuan didn't respond and couldn't shake him at all.

Looking at the bewitching Wanwan, Mu Yuan pinched her tender cheeks, "I know you still ask".

Wanwan snorted coldly, "I thought you would tell me that I'm not someone you can trust."

This sentence is full of resentment.

Mu Yuan smiled, "Why, are you still angry? It's not that I don't want to talk about it, but there are many things that I can't tell you, including Xiuning and the others. Just leave me some secrets."

After speaking, Mu Yuan kissed Wanwan.

Wan Wan was stunned, looking at Mu Yuan with dull eyes.

　(aebf) "You, you~".

Mu Yuan chuckled, "Why, are you still shy?".

Wan Wan's face turned red, and she bit Mu Yuan's shoulder.

Of course, she didn't try hard.

"Damn, you take advantage of me."

Although Wan Wan has made it clear that she likes Mu Yuan.