Qin Dynasty: Sword Asks the Bright Moon

The half-truth and half-false jokes between Yang Ming and Xue Nu were just a small adjustment in life. In Yan State, Yang Ming had more important things to do.

Qin Wangzheng was able to completely put the power to deal with the Yan land in Yang Ming's hands. No matter what Qin Wangzheng's thoughts were, it was ultimately a kind of trust in Yang Ming, and the person corresponding to it was Yang Ming who must If Yan's affairs are handled well, the strategic issues involved may even affect Qin's national policy of ruling the six kingdoms in the future.

Yang Ming didn't know whether the path he chose was wrong, but Yang Ming knew that if nothing changed, the path belonging to the Qin State and the Qin Dynasty must be wrong, and the ending of Zulong's death and separation was still inevitable.

In that war that lasted for eight years, the damage caused to the world was simply unimaginable, because it was a war with no bottom line. After eight years of war, the newly built empire was so weak that even the emperor There were not many horses of the same color to pull with, which shows how much damage that war caused to the world.

The seven kingdoms have been fighting for more than two hundred years, but the world has not been destroyed to such a state.

That war that lasted eight years would have been better off if it had not happened.

But, where should the first step in governing the Yan State start? Of course, it starts with measuring the land. In this world, land is the foundation.

It is undoubtedly an extremely difficult thing to measure the land of the Yan Kingdom. Fortunately, Yang Ming has already prepared for this. He has been preparing for this for ten years. Yang Ming has trained talents for both military and civilian purposes. A lot, and most of the Habayashi guards around him can use this aspect.

At the end of September in the 16th year of the Qin Dynasty, starting from Jicheng, thousands of soldiers of the Yulin Guards had their own new identities, divided the Yan Kingdom into ten regions, began to draw atlases, conduct population censuses, and then grasp the true identity of the Yan Kingdom. data, and then start the next plan. Everything must start bit by bit.

As the Qin army began to inventory the land within the Yan area, the entire Yan area was already restless. Inspecting the land and conducting a population census were things that the Yan Kingdom had wanted to do in the past dynasties, but no one could complete it. As the most conservative The various internal relationships in the Yan Kingdom were complicated and it could be said to be an extremely bloated country. The local forces were intertwined with each other, making the original Yan Kingdom's court have the smallest power.

This is also the reason why Yan State is called the weakest country even though its territory is not small and its population is not too small.

What Yang Ming has to do is to completely control this power and then use this power to do other things.

Yang Ming insisted on doing things that the previous kings of Yan could not do, because he was not the king of Yan, and he did not have the scruples of the king of Yan. As for turmoil, turmoil that can break out in the first place is not turmoil.

Because the Qin State is at its peak at this time, even if turmoil breaks out, Yang Ming and the Qin Army under his command can extinguish it immediately. On the contrary, if these hidden dangers are hidden, when the Qin State is weak, such as following the original In the course of history, when problems arise within the Qin State and they break out, then it will be truly fatal.

Sure enough, as the census was conducted across Yan, various problems emerged one after another. Some rebelled, and some sent assassins to assassinate the Qin officials who were surveyed. However, when one Qin army after another suppressed their resistance with thunderous force, they were punished. After killing his people, confiscating his family property, and sending his clan members to Liaodong, after the initial turmoil, more people became fearful and silent.

At the end of October in the 16th year of the Qin Dynasty, which was about to enter the 17th year of the Qin Dynasty, after seventeen major clans were annihilated and thirty-two clans were exiled, the inventory of the Yan land was officially completed.

Jicheng, Prime Minister Zuo's Mansion.

In front of Yang Ming are mountains of atlases. These are the entire land and population of Yan State, including those hermit households and slaves.

In front of Yang Ming, dozens of people were busy summarizing all kinds of information, and finally gave Yang Ming complete data.

The Yan State is indeed not weak. At least according to the complete data, the Yan State is not weak. There are tens of millions of acres of various types of cultivated land and a population of nearly four million. And this is only the Yan land south of Yanshan Mountain. If Liaodong is added, this data will become even more beautiful.

However, the land population can quickly complete the inventory through violent means, but a deeper investigation requires another method.

In the Yan Kingdom, where inherited nobles are everywhere, land is just one of their assets, and there are other things besides that.

In this era, although there are no powerful beings, many things are similar. Although there are no powerful people in this world, there are powerful people, and powerful people are enhanced versions of powerful people. How to deal with these "enhanced versions of powerful people", Yang Although Ming couldn't find a better way, he had experience to follow.

Among the many dynasties in history, there was once a dynasty that used all possible means to fight against the powerful, and various methods emerged in an endless stream. Coincidentally, from a historical perspective, that dynasty was far away from this time. Time and space are not too far away.

Among the methods of tracing the assets of 'powerful people', there are two very interesting methods, called suanmin and suomin.

The so-called calculation of money is also called calculation of money. A property tax law levied in the early Western Han Dynasty, which is similar to a progressive income tax. It levies a tax on people whose income reaches a certain level. Because the starting point is not low, it is mainly targeted at merchants, handicraftsmen, loan sharks, and carts and ships. taxes levied.

As for suing min, it is even more extreme. The so-called extension of suing min and suing min is to encourage people to report and pay for false accusations. If the revelation is true, all the property of the defendant will be confiscated and he will be fined to guard the border for one year. The informer will be rewarded with half of the confiscated property. As for the other half, of course it belongs to the official.

More importantly, in addition to those engaged in handicrafts, in the Yan State, merchants, loan sharks, and people with a large number of cars and ships at home are almost all from the homes of the powerful. In the Yan State, there is no so-called merchant class, so there are too many powerful people here. , has already extended its tentacles to all walks of life that can make money.

It can be said that calculations and accusations that will only appear in the future are suitable for use in Yandi at this time, at least for Yang Ming's plan. Moreover, this process can also allow Yang Ming to succeed in Yandi. Cultivate an excellent system of tax officials.

Yang Ming knew very well how important a team of excellent and efficient officials could play in a country's governance system, because taxation corresponds to a country's finances and is the most important component of a court's power.

The principle that money makes things easier can be applied anywhere.

Therefore, when Yang Ming handed out the documents in his hands, the soldiers and officers in the hall who were selected by Yang Ming and who would form the Yandi taxation system in the future fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister, is this too harsh? Is it just a matter of telling a secret?" said a very special being among the crowd.

Among these people, including Yang Ming, they are all young people, but he is already over thirty years old and can be said to be the oldest person.

"Liu Ji, do you have any objections?" Yang Ming looked at the person who spoke.

"Your Excellency, Prime Minister, there is no problem in implementing this denunciation strategy. No one can refuse the temptation of a large reward, but doing so will also have a huge hidden danger." Liu Ji felt relieved when he saw that Yang Ming did not look angry. After learning a lot, I have more courage to speak.

"Tell me about it." Yang Ming said, Liu Ji, although his fighting skills are not very good and his martial arts is not very good, but he also has something he is good at, which is his talent in people's livelihood. He knows what most Guizhou leaders need, and he also has his own sympathy, so he can see many things that even a genius like Qin Wangzheng cannot.

Most of the people in this world who are born into the royal family have the arrogance of the royal family. Geniuses such as Qin Wangzheng are like this, and Han Fei, who studies Tongfa and Confucianism, is like this. As for Yan Dan, although he can see the power of villains, But he never knew what those villains in his eyes wanted.

"Once this whistle-blowing thing becomes popular, it will have a consequence, that is, there will be countless whistle-blowers. The huge benefits these whistle-blowers will get will only stimulate more people to stare at others and only want to whistle-blow. As time goes by, people will regard informing as a profitable thing. For the sake of profit and forgetting morality, it will only destroy the people's morals, which will be very detrimental to the Prime Minister's long-term governance of Yan." Liu Ji said his own thoughts questioned.

As Liu Ji voiced his doubts, everyone in the hall turned their attention to Liu Ji. Everyone in the Yulin Guard looked down upon the only person with connections in the Yulin Guard, who was also the oldest person. on, because Liu Ji's abilities seemed to have little room to be used in the military camp.

But now that Liu Ji was able to say such a thing, everyone's reaction was completely different. Some people were sneering, laughing at Liu Ji for questioning Yang Ming's decision, while others were meditating on Liu Ji's decision. The meaning behind Ji Shuo's words.

Of course, more people then turned their attention to Yang Ming. How would Prime Minister Zuo react when Liu Ji questioned his decision?

The Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army, including the Yulin Guards, were trained by Yang Ming himself. Over the years, they followed Yang Ming from the Chu State to the Yan State. In the true sense, they were invincible in the south and north battles, which made Yang Ming invincible. The prestige among the Dragon and Tiger Forbidden Army has already reached an unimaginable height.

Will Yang Ming tolerate other people's doubts?

Sure enough, Yang Ming's eyes never left Liu Ji after falling on him. After a long silence, he felt unimaginably depressed.

"It seems that you are not suitable to be a tax official." After a moment, Yang Ming said quietly.