When the old man heard about the tax, his eyes turned red.
The hand that was holding the potato seeds kept trembling.
"The heavens have opened their eyes. Your Majesty is really wise!”
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The commoners who came to collect the seeds all knelt on the ground and chanted ten thousand years and ten thousand years of Great Qin.
For the first time, everyone felt that living in Great Qin was a blissful thing.
The officials and the officers who distributed the seeds quickly went forward.
He helped all the commoners up.
"Everyone, hurry up and get up. As long as everyone goes back and plants potatoes and sweet potatoes well, the yield per mu will be three to four thousand catties.”
"Moreover, His Majesty has also ordered that half of the land produced in the first three years will go to the Imperial Court and the other half to the people.”
"After that, three-tenths will belong to the Imperial Court, and seven-tenths will belong to the people.”
After the commoners heard this, they were all happy.
Some commoners asked.
"Then how is the military service counted?”
"That's right. The imperial court has conscripted so many corvee soldiers. My family no longer has any strong labor to farm.”
"Milords, what should we do?”
Everyone expressed their concern.
"Although the imperial court has half of the people, my family doesn't have enough manpower to plant so much land. When the time comes, I won't be able to pay taxes, and my family will be assessed again.”
The magistrate smiled and explained to everyone,"His Majesty and the Imperial Tutor have already thought about what everyone is worried about.”
"Now, the Imperial Court has reduced 70 - 80% of the corvee and 50 - 60% of the military service.”
"Soon, you will be able to see your sons, grandsons, and husbands return from the border and from the land of corvee.”
This time, everyone found it even more unbelievable.
There was such a good thing?
"Yes!"
"His Majesty and the Imperial Advisor have put in a lot of effort for Great Qin to recuperate. Everyone, take the seeds back and do your best.”
When the commoners heard this, they all knelt on the ground and chanted for ten thousand years for Great Qin, ten thousand years for His Majesty, and ten thousand years for the Imperial Preceptor.
Then, he happily went to plant the land.
At this moment, Xiang Liang of Chu was secretly training his team.
The 2,000 people he had recruited were scattered in dozens of villages and were now gathered together for training.
One of Xiang Liang's advisors had returned from the market.
After he sat down, he said to Xiang Liang,""My Lord, I don't know what has gone wrong with Ying Zheng of Great Qin, but he has suddenly changed his attitude.”
Xiang Liang said," I've always been in the mountains. I know less about the outside world than you do. Tell me about it."”
"The past few months have been the same. Great Qin's officials have imposed exorbitant taxes, causing the people to be filled with resentment. This was a good opportunity for us to send out our troops. I've been traveling around to contact the descendants of the six dynasties, and we're preparing to send out our troops together.”
"But recently, I heard that a state preceptor came to the court and cured the tyrant's body as soon as he arrived. That tyrant changed his usual practice and reduced taxes.”
"In order to obtain land for the use of the Imperial Court, he did not hesitate to go to war with the various aristocrats. They had thought that it was just a show to win the hearts of the people, but they had not expected that it would really cause such a huge commotion. Many nobles had fought against it head-on, and Ying Zheng had not been able to suppress it, and had directly killed more than ten noble families.”
"I'm really going to kill him!"
"There's such a thing?" Xiang Liang was shocked.”
"Which nobles have you killed?"
"The more famous one is the doctor, Zhou Huai," the counselor replied.”
"Zhou Huai?" Xiang Liang raised his eyebrows. I've heard that he was the one who suppressed the Revolutionary Army a few times before. He had always been arrogant and despotic, but he had contributed quite a bit.”
The strategist shook his head." He's domineering. That's why he was severely punished. He's already…"
He made a gesture of cutting off his head.
Xiang Liang rubbed his chin.”
The strategist continued," Land reform is being carried out everywhere in the world. The earthquake in Xianyang caused the big landowners and aristocrats to not dare to challenge the government decrees.”
"Wherever you go, hand over the land obediently and distribute it according to the measurement.”
"Among us, many of our families have already received land, but I've been suppressing it. Otherwise..."
He did not say it clearly, but Xiang Liang understood.
If the soldiers under him knew that their families had already been allocated land, they would be able to get a piece of land.
They would immediately fall apart.
The two of them did not continue. After pondering for a while, the strategist said,"Now, the world is saying that the Imperial Preceptor has taken out three to four thousand catties of grain seeds per mu.”
"Three to four thousand catties per mu?" Xiang Liang was so frightened that he pulled out a few strands of his beard.
"I just came back from the market. The county magistrate and the government army are distributing the seeds. Many commoners have received them. I have also arranged for people to go and collect the seeds.”
The more Xiang Liang heard, the more frightened he became.
If things were really as the strategist said.
The cause of rebellion would become more and more difficult.
The Qin Emperor had suddenly turned from a tyrant into a wise ruler, which caught Xiang Liang off guard.
Xiang Liang narrowed his eyes and said slowly,""Isn't Ying Zheng afraid that the nobles will rise up against him if he suppresses too much?”
The Xiang Clan was a great noble clan in the Chu Country.
He knew too well that the nobles below would rebel if their interests were touched.
There was a high chance that the uprising would be extinguished.
However, if the ruling class rebelled, the destruction would be countless times greater than if the common people rebelled.
After all, the ruling class, the aristocrats, had food and soldiers.
" Sigh, don't mention it. After that Imperial Advisor came, I don't know what kind of bewitching potion Ying Zheng was fed, but he was so wise that everyone felt that following Ying Zheng was a promising prospect.”
"The people below have been given land and seeds. It's impossible for them to rebel.”
"With the few soldiers under their command, it would be difficult for the great nobles to rebel.”
Xiang Liang nodded.
Although the aristocrats and landowners had food and money, it was difficult for no one to rebel.
It didn't take long before the person who had brought back the potato seeds came back.
"My lord, how should we deal with this?"
Xiang Liang asked them to take out the potatoes and sweet potatoes and pinch them in their hands.
"Can this thing be eaten? Go cook a few and eat them."
"If it really can be eaten, we can plant some here to prepare for military rations.”
Soon, the sweet potatoes and potatoes were cooked and served.
Xiangyu followed him in.
Xiang Liang's eyes lit up when he took the first bite.
After eating two, he was already extremely shocked.
Not only was this thing soft in the mouth, but it also tasted extremely good. Moreover, it quickly filled one's stomach.
For a big guy like him, who usually marched and fought, he would feel full after eating two or three, let alone those poor people.
Xiang Liang pointed at the potatoes and sweet potatoes on the plate and said to Xiang Yu,""With this weapon, it will be even more difficult for the Imperial Court to rebel!”
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