late at night
Ying Zheng, Chong Zhen, and Wang Ben had their fill and returned home!
When Ying Zheng returned to the Qin Imperial Palace, it was already morning. He was in high spirits and did not show the slightest hint of tiredness. He immediately ordered a grand court meeting to be held!
All the officials of Great Qin quickly entered the palace!
Everyone was already familiar with Ying Zheng's daily routine. At this moment, he had just returned from the Immortal Master's place, so he would definitely make a big move. Therefore, everyone was discussing in secret.
"Your Majesty, did the immortal master give any instructions for this trip to the immortal land?”Li Si could not help but ask.
"Not bad!"
Ying Zheng's generous admission immediately piqued their interest!
"What instructions does Immortal Master have? Could it be that they want to attack the Bai Yue?"
"You are as stupid as a pig. Great Qin has just destroyed the Xiongnu, so how can we attack the Bai Yue so quickly?”
"Yes! Definitely not. It should be related to the desert.”
"Could it be that the immortal master has objections to the ownership of the desert?”
The officials were discussing among themselves, and many of them looked at Wang Ben, hoping to get an answer from him.
Seeing this, Ying Zheng coughed lightly and continued,""No need to guess. After discussing with the immortal master, we have decided to announce three decisions!”
"The first decision is naturally related to the Hetao region and the desert. These are new territories for Great Qin, and we have to firmly control them.”
"Therefore, the immortal master agreed to our proposal to establish Jiuyuan County and Zhenbei County. He also requested that more than 300,000 households be relocated to firmly control the north!”
As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, the ministers were immediately in an uproar!
300,000? Was he crazy?
"Silence!" " Humph!" Ying Zheng snorted coldly in displeasure." Why are you making such a fuss? The north was such a huge territory. If there were no 300,000 households, how could they control it? How can we develop it?"
"But, Your Majesty." "Where are we going to find so many people to move over?" Li Si asked. It was difficult for the commoners to leave their homeland. They were not willing to settle down in such a distant place. Could it be that they had to use forceful methods? This will cause the people to be filled with resentment!"
"What's so difficult about that?" Ying Zheng laughed out loud and said," The Immortal Master has already given us a solution. We only need to distribute livestock and sheep to the surrendered soldiers of the six dynasties according to their military achievements, and allow their families to move to the north. Then, they will obediently go over!”
"Eh? Why didn't we think of that?"
"This plan is very clever. Immortal Master really didn't miss anything.”
"Using the people to lure them, this plan is feasible!”
The officials all exclaimed in surprise. They were all smart people and naturally saw the viciousness of this move.
Although this move was simple, it was very effective!
As long as this was announced, the hundreds of thousands of surrendered soldiers would be completely loyal to Great Qin, and their families would obediently move north.
This was really killing many birds with one arrow. It was wonderful beyond words!
"The second decision!" Ying Zheng struck while the iron was hot and announced," From now on, all corvee and miscellaneous taxes will be exempted. Only business taxes and land taxes will be retained. It is stipulated that women cannot marry before the age of seventeen, and they cannot give birth before the age of eighteen. Otherwise, they will be severely punished!”
"What, what logic is this?"
"Your Majesty, you can't. How can you do that?”
"Great Qin's taxes are already low, so how can they be any lower?”
"Yeah, why did she marry and have children late? "Right now, Great Qin's population is not good, so we should encourage early marriage and childbirth!”
The officials were all in an uproar, obviously having a very strong opinion of this decision.
Great Qin's land tax was extremely low, only collecting one-twelfth of the land tax!
However, other than the land tax, there was also a huge pile of miscellaneous taxes such as grass, household tax, oral tax, and capital tax. Every year, every household had to serve corvee, and the people lived very hard.
Now, Ying Zheng had exempted the corvee and a lot of miscellaneous taxes with a wave of his hand, and the revenue of the national treasury would plummet. How could the officials agree to this?
" Master Immortal, your intention is to help the people recuperate and increase the population of the Great Qin Empire," Wang Ben explained." Even though the taxes and corvee have been exempted, the treasury will still receive more income after the potatoes and other high-yield immortal food are distributed."”
"Finally, this late marriage and late childbirth is also the guidance of the immortal master. Nowadays, women are already married at the age of fourteen or fifteen and have children before their bodies have even grown.”
"If we delay the age of marriage and childbirth by a few years, we can greatly reduce the chances of premature deaths and greatly increase the population of Great Qin. This is a good thing.”
Wang Ben said confidently, his face full of satisfaction!
It greatly satisfied his desire to act tough.
She experienced how awesome Ji Han was when he was the one who gave the orders.
However, he did not notice the resentful look in Ying Zheng's eyes. This guy dared to steal Old Zhao's lines, he was courting death.
However, his explanation cleared the doubts of the officials!
Everyone thought about it seriously and it was true. After the war, the people really needed to recuperate. It was not impossible to reduce taxes.
"In this way, the people everywhere will definitely be grateful. Your Majesty is wise, and the immortal master is merciful!”
"My Old Qin is poor. If this decision is carried out, it will definitely be supported by the people.”
"Not only that, even the heads of the six dynasties would have to fight and praise the hearts of the people. Who has ever seen such low taxes?”
"Although this late marriage and late childbirth is a little against the secular customs, if it is explained clearly and supplemented with heavy punishment, it will definitely curb the trend of early marriage and early childbirth.”
After discussing for a while, the officials agreed to this decision!
It was impossible not to agree to it, as this was formulated by the high and mighty Immortal Master and Ying Zheng together. Do you want to die?
"The third resolution!" After glancing around, Ying Zheng said in an unquestionable tone,""I want to build a holy temple for the immortal master, for the ancestors of the Great Qin Dynasty, and for the wise ministers and famous generals of the six countries!”
"Hiss!"
All the officials gasped when they heard this!
Everyone looked at Ying Zheng in disbelief, thinking that there was something wrong with their ears.
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