Extraordinary daily life starting from evil spirits

Since Zhiyuan didn't object, it was too obvious.Xun Yu broke free from the soldiers who were pulling him, and then shouted to Jiang Qingqing: "Let Zhiyuan remember that she is only a Hanchen in her life!"

Xun Yu ran to the emperor's side, since he understood the meaning here, then Xun Yu had already made up his mind.That is, he will live and die with the big man. Since Liu Xie is orthodox now, he represents the big man.

However, Xun Yu thought well, but it was a pity that Xun Yu was too poor as a literati.When Jiang Qingqing saw that the opponent was breaking free from the soldier (the soldier didn't dare to go too far) and was about to run back, she flicked the short sword in her hand and flew over Xun Yu's calf.

Xun Yu's calf was slashed and he lay on the ground, and then Jiang Qingqing walked over and grabbed him in two steps. "Brother-in-law died here, I can't explain it... Otherwise, please ask brother-in-law to tell Zhi Yuan in person."

"As for the elder sister at Cao Mengde's place, I will also send someone to pick them up to reunite with her brother-in-law. You should just stay here honestly."

After dragging Xun Yu down, Li Dian and Yu Jin also surrendered alone, because it is meaningless to fight any longer...

Zhang Baiqi, holding a short sword, came to the front of Liu Xie's carriage.Liu Xie was so frightened that he wet his pants, and the two little eunuchs beside him were trembling even more.

Seeing Zhang Baiqi approaching, Liu Xie asked tremblingly: "Why, you have to die to be willing?!"

Zhang Baiqi looked at the teenager and sighed, then she looked at the dark sky. "Don't be an emperor in your next life, this position is really not a good place to sit."

"But you must die, and the big man will also end in my hands. This is in accordance with God's will. And the new man has nothing to do with the previous man."

"I'm sorry... let me send the emperor on the road now!"

Chapter 430: Merchant Power

Zhi Yuan returned to Qingzhou Plain, but when he just arrived at the border of Pingyuan County, he saw thousands of people waiting here.The leading person is actually a child Zheng De, well, he is not young at all when he is around 20 years old.

Even if the businessmen led by Zheng De were pro-Qingzhou emperors, they were basically supporting or standing on Zhiyuan's side. "The general is back, Princess Wu'an is back!"

A group of people were noisy and very happy, and a group of people came directly to both sides of the official road, and some even waved various flags.The corner of Zhiyuan's mouth twitched, and then saw Zheng De at the front of the line.

"It's so frivolous, what a hassle." Zhiyuan complained to Zheng De, but to be honest, Zhiyuan disliked this kind of formalism.

That's right... Zhi Yuan found out that Qingzhou had actually started to engage in formalism, which really took her by surprise.But Zheng De smiled at Zhiyuan: "Because the country needs a general, as long as the general's status among the people is higher, we people will be more stable, won't we?"

Zhiyuan actually had nothing to say, because what Zheng De said was not wrong at all.She took a deep look at Zheng De, and then sighed: "Okay, but don't waste money and people in the future."

Zheng De laughed, and came to the side of Zhiyuan and walked with her to Pingyuan City behind Zhiyuan.Walking away, Zheng De said, "Thank you, Zhiyuan girl. If it weren't for Zhiyuan girl, I wouldn't have achieved so much."

"Although the girl has no affection for me but righteousness, but I spent my own money to do these things, and some merchants took their own money. In fact, there will be a gift for the girl later, but we must give it to the husband. The money is gone, there is no unfairness at all."

"These merchants are very grateful to the girl except for some small nobles who have taken refuge in them. Especially there is also the contribution of the Mi family. Because I came to pick up the girl, the Mi family greeted her at the gate of the city."

"The girl has greatly improved the status of the merchants, so these merchants are sincere in their kindness to the girl. I, Zheng De, will definitely help the girl manage the merchants well and let them serve Qingzhou."

Zhi Yuan nodded. After all, she originally meant to let Zheng De control the merchants, and Qingzhou Emperor took a share to form a state-owned merchant team.This was naturally an exchange for the kite to improve the merchant's status, but the merchants naturally readily agreed.

Because in the future when Liu Bian unified the great Han, wouldn't they become imperial merchants?As for the emperor controlling most of the shares, isn't that what it should be... Who dares to compete with the emperor for too much power, they can make money and improve their status, why not do it.

But when Zhiyuan came near the gate of Pingyuan City, he was indeed a little dumbfounded... because just to the left of the gate of Pingyuan City, there was a huge statue with a height of about 30 meters.

The statue holds a long sword in one hand and a machete in the other.The fingers holding the sword are facing forward, and they are heroic, and even the texture of the hair can be seen clearly.Well...it is Zhiyuan herself.

"Hold the grass, you guys know how to play!" Zhi Yuan cursed inwardly.

Zheng De laughed, and then said to Zhiyuan: "When I was in front of me, I heard that Jiang Qingqing and some people mentioned the stories you told. Some stories seemed to mention statues, so I wanted to try it out. Make a statue."

"Since the girl left Qingzhou last time, I plan to take this statue as a gift for the girl. And it can be admired by all people, isn't it?"

Zhiyuan sighed, and on the surface she still wanted to give Zheng De affirmation.It's just that in Zhiyuan's heart, she sighed helplessly, the world is really going off track.

"And... statues are meant to be toppled?" Zhi Yuan knew her future plans, so she was afraid that in a few decades, her statue would have to be toppled by the gentry.

But Zhiyuan saw that Zheng De's expression didn't seem fake, so she guessed that it might indeed belong to Zheng De's sincerity.Now that I am in this position, there are naturally some things that cannot be avoided.

When they came to Pingyuan City, the Mi family and some other families also came to show their affection to Zhi Yuan.And Zhiyuan is naturally enough to chat with each other for a while, after all, these people now belong to her side.

And Zhi Yuan told these people that she is preparing a banquet at her mansion at noon today, and I hope everyone will come to show respect.Then Zhiyuan entered the palace first, and returned to her godbrother Liu Bian.

Regardless, Liu Bian is also the Son of Heaven, so Zhi Yuan had to go to the palace first if she couldn't even return to her own home.The palace here in the plain is also very simple.Even there are only more than 200 ministers now, and everyone is very busy.

There are too many things that need to be busy, and Zhiyuan likes this very much. After all, this kind of situation is the embodiment of a country's prosperity. "Princess Wu'an met the emperor..." Zhi Yuan bowed to Liu Bian.

It's not going to court now, Liu Bian is staying in his bedroom, which is in a small courtyard.Here Zhiyuan was surprised to see her goddaughter Xuejian playing in a flower bed not far away.

Seeing that Xiaoxue is also seven or eight years old now, Zhi Yuan couldn't help being a little dazed, time really passed too fast.And next to Xuejian was Tang Heng, the son of his elder brother Tang Tian.Well... Tang Heng's age is about the same as that of Liu Xie, and he is currently around 15 years old.

Moreover, Liu Bian had a very good relationship with these two people. Tang Heng even asked Lu Zhi to practice martial arts as his teacher. Liu Bian planned to arrange a small captain for him to train him.Seeing that the relationship between these second generations is not bad, Zhi Yuan smiled at Liu Bian again.

Liu Bian didn't care and went straight to Zhi Yuan: "Sister, you've worked hard all the way, I've heard many things."

"Sister did a good job, now Jingzhou is also under my jurisdiction?"

Zhiyuan nodded: "However, Qingzhou lacks a state shepherd. It must be someone who can control the overall situation. Unfortunately, I don't have a good candidate. If the emperor has a good candidate, he can arrange it himself."

Liu Bian nodded, Zhiyuan was planning to let Liu Bian arrange for his own people to go there.To be honest, although many people have blown his nose at him this year, Liu Bian's trust in Zhi Yuan has not changed at all.

The two chatted for a while, Zhi Yuan suddenly asked, "I don't know if my brother might get married?"

After saying this, Liu Bian felt a little embarrassed, then he hesitated for a while, and looked at Tang Xuejian who was playing not far away, and Zhi Yuan immediately understood. "Emotional self asked Liu Bian to bring Xue to meet this child, but in the end he brought out emotional..."

"But...is Tang Xuejian too young?" Zhi Yuan looked at Liu Bian.

Liu Bian said affirmatively to Zhiyuan, "I can wait!"

Chapter 430 Three: New Deal Reform

After leaving the palace, Zhiyuan returned to her mansion to arrange a banquet, which lasted until late at night.

Zhifu is still very busy, because there are not many people in the whole Wu'an Mansion, only a few servants and two butlers.One is Tang Gourd and the other is Jinxuan.

Jinxuan was rescued by Zhiyuan in Luoyang back then, and she was one of the two little maids she used to have.After leaving Luoyang's clutches, Zhiyuan let Jinxuan and another girl live in her mansion.

But last year, before Zhiyuan planned to send troops to Jingzhou, the other girl actually got married.Zhiyuan can be regarded as giving the other party some dowry to let her leave gracefully, but Jinxuan did not stay in Wu'an Mansion all the time.

Well... basically Tang Hulu and Jinxuan, plus less than ten servants.Zhiyuan didn't need too many servants, and to put it bluntly, she basically didn't live in her mansion a few times.

After seeing off all the guests, he found that Tang Gourd was counting some gifts with Jin Xuan.Zhiyuan had heard from Zheng De a long time ago, and each of those merchants sent some gifts to Zhiyuan's mansion.

After seeing those things, Zhiyuan felt a toothache.To be honest, Zhiyuan's mansion is not that big, because she doesn't need so many places to live.But once a group of businessmen gave gifts, basically half of the mansion was filled with gifts.

Whether it's silk and satin, jewelry and jade, or even some books and copybooks, paper kites really have a strange feeling.To be honest, Zhiyuan didn't have much money, and most of her money was thrown into the army.

But she doesn't need so much money, because she doesn't have any special requirements for enjoyment.So Zhiyuan thought for a while and said to Tang Hulu, "Think of a way to sell these rags, and then use the money to build some schools in some remote mountain villages in Qingzhou."

"Many children have no money to study, and even if they don't have money to study, the elders don't want them to come to school. I plan to set up some schools with free food and lodging, and instill the idea of ​​knowledge changing destiny to those rural people."

"Well... the money is definitely not enough, but the refining of sea salt seems to be on the right track in the past few years. I will find a way to supplement it with the money over there, let's take it slowly... Tang Hulu and Jinxuan, you two are in charge."

"First in the countryside on the plain, some big ones will start to be built. Anyway, it's not interesting for you to stay at home, why don't you find something to do?"

Tang Hulu and Jinxuan agreed without even thinking about it. After all, it is always good to do things for Zhi Yuan.Because Zhiyuan is their master, they are naturally very happy to do things for the master.

Zhiyuan also handed over some management matters to two people, and they were listening very seriously.

Hmm...Suddenly a servant came over at the door and said to Zhi Yuan, "Master, Yang Yi, the housekeeper of the Yang family, is here to see you."

Zhi Yuan was taken aback for a moment: "That Yang family? What time is it?" Zhi Yuan guessed that it might not be midnight now.

The servant said to Zhiyuan: "Servant Yang Xiu...they came early, but because of the banquet from the previous master, they brought people to wait outside the door."

"Oh?! Chicken ribs? It's him..." Zhiyuan recalled for a while, it seemed that Yang Xiu was one of the representatives of the current noble clan, and Chen Qun and the two of them also had such a place in the court.

But Zhiyuan also quickly realized, and then sneered: "This group of nobles are quite arrogant, they didn't come here in person...send a housekeeper over to talk to me about something."

"Liu Xing (name of this servant) go and get rid of him." Zhi Yuan said to the servant.

Except for Tang Hulu, the remaining servants in Zhi Yuan's family did not change their surname to Tang.And all the servants came and left whenever they wanted... Zhiyuan never interfered.

Of course, to be honest, I don’t know how many civilians want to enter Wu’an Mansion, because Zhiyuan is too kind to his subordinates, and Zhiyuan doesn’t often stay in the mansion, and the people who come in have money and no jobs.

Hmm... Even Zhiyuan doesn't need many servants, so there are not many people in the whole mansion.This Liu Xing asked again: "Master, I see that the other party has brought some gifts..."

Zhiyuan thought for a while: "Then that's it, the presents are here to stay... you can deal with it yourself."

Liu Xing nodded and went down. To be honest, Princess Wu'an is in full swing now, and those things of the gentry don't have much prestige among the common people in the plain.So even the gatekeepers in this mansion don't have a good impression of those gentry.

Zhi Yuan began to give lessons to Tang Hulu and Tang Hulu. From Zhi Yuan's point of view, her subordinates had to do something, and she couldn't worry about everything by herself. Wouldn't she be exhausted... She was not Zhuge Liang either.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Liu Xing returned to Zhiyuan with some anger.Then he said to Zhiyuan: "The Yang family insulted the lord, I just asked the guards to beat the housekeeper out."

"But there are some things, my lord, please let me know..." Liu Xing looked very upset, as if he was angry for Zhiyuan.

Zhi Yuan was taken aback for a moment, and she also felt upset.Did the gentry really think that they dare not attack them?Come to test my bottom line if you have nothing to do, what are they relying on?

"Take me there!" Zhiyuan said to Liu Xing.

Liu Xing nodded and the two turned a small room to the main hall in front. When Zhi Yuan came over, he found that there were nearly a hundred people here, basically all of them were young, or children in their teens, but they were all men...

Liu Xing said to Zhiyuan: "Then the Yang family said that this is a male favorite for the lord..."

"Pfft..." Zhiyuan almost spit out a sip of water, and then his expression turned cold.

"Interesting... Really interesting. Okay... Liu Xing, you just accept these people, and then let these people go to my newly established school to study in a few days."

Zhiyuan quickly thought of a solution, but I'm afraid her reputation will definitely not improve in the future.But the purpose of the other party is just this, and they don't care whether you accept these people or not. It is estimated that after the Yang family member returned, a wave of rumors would spread.

Gentlemen... There are still quite a few nobles here in Qingzhou, many of whom defected to the emperor and then moved with their families.Even if they knew that Zhiyuan would not deal with them, they didn't care... Because with the emperor here, Zhiyuan would never dare to slaughter them on a large scale.

And if the kite conflicted with the emperor, that would be something the gentry would like to see.After all, ruling the country depends on the gentry. Could it be possible that the emperor would tolerate a woman dictating in front of him?

The Yang family is using this to test Zhiyuan. Anyway, their Yang family has a lot of money, and Yang Xiu is very knowledgeable, and the emperor is more dependent on him, so Yang Xiu doesn't care about Zhiyuan, so what if I offend you.

And in Zhiyuan's heart, she finally planned to get something out.Now that the world is temporarily stable, let's start to rectify from the inside.

You must act quickly, and you must be ruthless in dealing with the problems of the gentry.Start with Qingzhou, then radiate to Xuzhou, Youzhou, and Yangzhou, and finally focus on Jingzhou, which is now seen by the gentry as the most.

The Jingzhou side must be the most troublesome, and many people may have to be killed.Thinking of this, Zhi Yuan sent someone to call over Jin Yiwei's leader, Jian Shuo, and Jia Xu, who was in charge of intelligence.

And Zhiyuan finally came up with a plan she had decided many years ago, and this plan mainly has three points.The first point is the abolition of slavery, the second is a thorough census of the population, and the third is the implementation of the policy of distributing each individual to the mu.

Chapter 430: New Deal Reform

Zhiyuan doesn't mind attacking the gentry, the sooner the better for some things.As long as the gentry do not react quickly, the less damage they will cause to the Qingzhou regime.

Slavery is abolished, and all servants will be hired by contract in the future.Prohibit the slave trade, prohibit the sale of human beings, and make the sale of human beings a felony.

This item may encounter great resistance, so Zhi Yuan intends to directly use coercive means to control all the gentry in Qingzhou.With the kite army in hand, what if the gentry had private soldiers.

And Jia Xu had received the task of Zhi Yuan to investigate the nobles a long time ago, so this time Zhi Yuan also planned to let Jia Xu and Jian Shuo cooperate to arrest people directly.As long as the upper class of the gentry is under control, and then the population and the labor force of the hermits are liberated, then the entire Qingzhou or the big Han will definitely usher in a population expansion.

Then there is the real census, although Zhiyuan has done it once before.But that time it was more vague, after all, the gentry concealed a large number of people.

And the last point is that all the people should pay for the mu, which is a very good policy.This policy is mainly aimed at the landlords and squires. Don’t deny this policy just because it was proposed when foreigners occupied the Han people.

Because this policy is mainly divided into three points, the first is the abolition of poll tax.The Han Dynasty also had a head tax, which was divided into counting tax and mouth money.Due to war or other reasons, sometimes these two poll taxes are more, sometimes less...

当然多少的增加也是看当时的钱是否值钱的原因，越是战乱这个人头税就越多。口钱是7--14岁的儿童征收的，当然有的时候打仗就变成了3--14岁。上缴的钱从一年20钱到一年30钱左右不等。

Those who are over 14 years old have to pay a calculation tax from the age of 15, which ranges from about 80 to 120 yuan per year.This calculation has to be paid until the age of 60, and how many commoners in the Han Dynasty can live to the age of 60?Basically, around forty, there is almost no ability to work. It is not for nothing to know the destiny at forty.

However, the gentry secretly annexed a large number of people, and these people naturally did not have to pay taxes.But in times of war or disaster, ordinary people have their families ruined by these poll taxes.Therefore, the kite will naturally abolish the poll tax and change to a tax on mu, that is, land.

This is also the second point of dividing the land into mu. Inspect the land in the world and collect taxes according to the size of the land.This completely cut off the advantage of the hidden population of the gentry landlords and squires serving them, because the money is calculated according to the size of the land, so if your family has money to hire farmers to cultivate, the money will be collected from you in the end.

The more land you have, the more you can collect. On the contrary, the people who collect less land will naturally have less.Zhiyuan intends to collect heavy taxes on landowners and exempt common people from exorbitant taxes.

Then there is a more critical point is to open up the household registration system to increase population mobility.Zhiyuan intends to develop things like factories. As long as farmers enter the factories and replace some of the lives of farming forever, this can greatly alleviate the serious consequences of land annexation at the end of the dynasty.

Although this will result in the transformation from peasants to workers in the future, at least it greatly relieves the pressure on the land from the population of agricultural countries.As for future sweatshops...

Zhiyuan said silently in her heart: "This is unavoidable, it is in any era." There are some things that cannot be said too much, the common people can have a meal to eat is already the greatest kindness of the ruler, isn't it?

Jia Xu and Jian Shuo came soon, and Zhi Yuan directly showed the plan to the two of them and digested it.Jia Xu's performance was calm, because he had already guessed what Zhi Yuan might do.

But after Jia Xu saw the policy of distributing everything to the mother, he still couldn't help but praise Zhi Yuan. "My lord is really destiny, to think of such a way to deal with those gentry."

But Jian Shuo's complexion was not very good, because after he saw the abolition of slavery and the policy against the gentry, Jian Shuo thought of the late emperor.Emperor Huandi and Lingdi...in order to suppress the gentry, he implemented two party bans, but in the end, he still failed to kill the gentry.

And that system, anyone who is familiar with history knows that this thing is basically similar to the reforms carried out by Emperor Jianxing.Jian Shuo hesitated for a moment, then asked Zhi Yuan, "Is this too radical?"

Zhiyuan thought for a while, and then said to Jian Shuo: "You guys actually think it's pretty good. A lot of what I did was what Wang Jujun did back then. The main reason for his failure was that he was too anxious. Siege."

"But now the world is in troubled times. More than ten years of turmoil have brought the control of the gentry to the lowest point. And at that time, Wang Jujun was not completely destroyed. Some things cannot be broken or established..."

"He didn't do this at all, so how can he establish it?"

"How many gentry died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion? How many gentry have been wiped out in the past few decades? There are not many gentry in Qingzhou today, and it is the best time for the new policy to be issued."