King of Tubo.
He was now covered in blood.
He was chained to the execution stand.
The current him was extremely regretful of his decision to attack the Great Zhou.
However, he also knew.
Even if they did not attack the Great Zhou now.
In the future, the Great Zhou army would definitely trample the Tubo.
The Emperor of Yongxing today had the same demeanor as the Emperor of Shengwu Ba!
Tubo was originally a subsidiary country of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The Tubo King knew the history of the Great Zhou like the back of his hand!
Thinking back to the past.
Emperor Sheng Wu Ba gathered his strength and united his forces to sweep through the six states and merge them into the Great Zhou territory.
This Tibetan was in the territory of Great Zhou.
How could the Yongxing Emperor let go of such a fat piece of meat like Tubo!
The King of Tubo also wanted to learn from Gou Jian and endure hardships and taste gall. In the future, 3,000 Yue soldiers would swallow Wu!
However…
Emperor Yongxing obviously did not want to give him such an opportunity.
Now.
The executioner's knife sliced off pieces of meat from his body!
The Tubo King gradually died down amidst his wails.
Imperial edicts ordering the deployment of troops were passed down one after another.
Within a month.
The Great Zhou had gathered 600,000 soldiers, with Baiqi as the commander, Wei Qing and Xiang Yu as the deputy commanders, and Li Yuanba, Su Dingfang, and Li Jing as the vanguards.
The Fire System was equipped with 50,000 cannons and over 1,000 cannons!
There was also the 400,000 Great Zhou Navy who had defeated the Folang Mecha people in the Sanctuary Island waters!
The head of the Goguryeon King was now in the hands of the Great Zhou Emperor!
At this moment.
Goguryeo.
In Wang Jing.
The Great Prince was drinking and enjoying the beautiful singers 'singing and dancing!
As he drank, he said to the minister beside him,"Now that Cairo and Baekje have become my territory, I am very happy.”
"Your Majesty, I heard that the Emperor of Great Zhou, who has just ascended the throne less than a year ago, has already annexed Xixia, Tubo, the Turks, and the Wei Nation. I'm afraid that his next step will be to attack Goguryeo!”
"This king knows that you are trying to persuade this king to be vigilant in times of peace. The Great Zhou is eyeing us covetously, but in the past year, the Great Zhou has been at war, and the treasury is probably empty. This young emperor doesn't know how deep the treasury is, and he has spent all the money he has accumulated over the past few generations in a single year. This king wants to see where he can find the money to attack Goguryeo!”
"Your Majesty's words are reasonable, but I heard that the new Emperor of Great Zhou is definitely not an incompetent person. Now that Great Zhou is so powerful, Goguryeo might as well submit to Great Zhou and become a vassal kingdom. As long as they pay tribute every year, they can avoid war.”
"You're thinking too much. Back then, the father of the new emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty led 600,000 troops and personally led an expedition. At that time, my territory was not so large, but he was defeated by me. Only eight years have passed. No matter how strong the Great Zhou Dynasty is, how strong can it be?”
"Great King! Great King, this subject is not exaggerating. The Great Zhou is no longer the Great Zhou of the past. Otherwise, how could it have annexed Xixia, the Turks, the Wei Nation, and Tubo in less than a year? The Turkic cavalry is extremely difficult to provoke. As for Toyotomi Hideyoshi, although he was defeated by the Great King, he is also an extremely difficult person to provoke. Even the Wei Nation was annexed by the Great Zhou. This subject still feels that if he can become a vassal state of the Great Zhou and submit to the Great Zhou Emperor, only then can Goguryeo be preserved!”
"Men, drag this person down and put him in the death row!”
"Great King, spare me! Great King, spare me!"
The minister who had advised him had already been dragged away by the guards.
The Goguryeon King drank a cup of wine and coldly said,"This king hates people persuading this king to submit to the Great Zhou. This king is the first emperor of Goguryeo, so what does the Great Zhou have to fear?”
……
The Steam Airfield Division had already been built.
An endless stream of steam engines was built.
For a time, the price of coal.
Because of the steam engine, the price had increased greatly!
However, it was already spring.
The flowing water gurgled.
The weeping willows by the river had also sprouted.
Everything began to recover.
However, the rising price of coal was a big deal for Ji Hao.
He believed that the reason for the rise in coal prices.
About three points.
The first point was that the steam engine needed coal to operate.
The demand for coal increased, causing the price to rise.
The second reason was the scarcity of coal resources in the Great Zhou.
However, Ji Hao immediately rejected this idea.
The Great Zhou was vast.
As for coal mines, iron mines, and other ores, gunpowder, iron cannons, and steam engines were used to mine them!
This greatly increased the output of coal mines and iron ores!
Then why did the price of coal increase by three times?
The third reason was obvious.
Monopoly!
Someone must have monopolized coal and used the steam engine as a gimmick to hype it up!
Raise the price of coal and profit from it!
Who exactly was it that monopolized the coal industry?
Ji Hao was extremely disgusted by monopolization!
Ever since he ascended the throne, he had implemented a benevolent policy!
The intention is to hide wealth among the people!
As long as the people of the Great Zhou were rich, the Great Zhou could truly become powerful!
Therefore…
Recently.
Ji Hao was considering whether he should cancel the land tax!
Most of the cultivated land in this world was concentrated in the hands of the wealthy families, aristocrats, and the army!
Although the whip technique only collected land taxes from those who owned the land!
However…
He understood one thing.
The wool comes from the sheep!
The land tax was collected from those who owned the land.
However, those who did not have land and could only help others farm.
They would bear a large portion of the land tax!
Although it wouldn't be to the extent of becoming a refugee.
However, if he wanted to farm the land for others, it was impossible for him to truly become rich.
However, when Ji Hao saw the expenditure of the national treasury, he was shocked.
Right now, he had already taken out five million taels of silver from the Great Zhou's treasury to pay for the war against Goguryeo!
After the steam engine was produced.
Although it was very popular.
However, the profits from the sale of steam engines were immediately invested into the production of steam engines, gunpowder, iron cannons, and warships.
Ji Hao thought,'It seems that we can only postpone the abolition of the land tax.”
Moreover, the abolition of land taxes had a huge implication!
The only thing he could abolish was the land tax that was paid into the national treasury.
Those officials with titles and fiefs!
The royal family that had been passed down for generations!
They also had to collect land taxes to eat.
Although the steam engine had been invented!
However, it would still take some time for it to be widely used.
In the end.
The current Great Zhou was only an agricultural country that mainly relied on agriculture!
"Summon Cao Zhengchun and Wei Zhongxian!”
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Liu Jin said respectfully.
An hour later.
Cao Zhengchun and Wei Zhongxian came to Yangxin Palace Hall and knelt in the main hall. They said respectfully,""Greetings, Emperor."
"Rise."
"Many thanks, Your Majesty."
"I want you to investigate a matter. Find out who is monopolizing the coal business and fighting with the people!”
"Yes!"
……
The six hundred thousand soldiers led by Baiqi had already arrived at Goguryeo!
Qi Jiguang also rode the Sea Conqueror and led the 400,000-strong Great Zhou Navy to the Goguryeo Peninsula!
The King of Goguryeo would not be able to escape even if he had wings!
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