The twenty-three leaders all understood that Zhao Xuening was killing the chicken to show the monkeys.
They are those monkeys.
But they didn't get angry because they were treated like monkeys. Mainly, they didn't have the room to get angry.
They knew the current situation very well. Since Zhao Xuening was able to lay waste to Batavia and execute so many Dutch people in a serious manner, it already spoke volumes.
The Dutch, who had been domineering in this sea area for more than a hundred years, were completely finished. From now on, the Chinese tycoon who replaced them and continued to be domineering was Zhao Xuening.
Those of them who haven't made a clear statement must make a clear statement.
Either accept Zhao Xuening's rule and join the Lanfang Republic, or reject his rule and become his enemy.
The fate of becoming his enemy is imminent, and the arrogant and powerful European colonists cannot escape his bullets. So how many choices are left for the leaders?
The answer is obvious.
None of us are stupid people. Being able to survive to this day under the rule of the Netherlands proves that we are all smart people. At least, we are also people with a strong desire to survive.
Therefore, when Zhao Xuening sent the leaders out of Batavia with a smile, all twenty-three leaders had expressed their willingness to accept Zhao Xuening's rule, lead all his subordinates to join the Lanfang Republic, and abide by Lanfang's laws from now on. Adhere to Lanfang's laws and be loyal to Lanfang's leaders.
At this point, no matter what the reality is, at least in name, on the surface, the entire Dutch East Indies, including Guinea, has been completely controlled by Zhao Xuening.
The theoretical territory of the Lanfang Republic has expanded to the entire Dutch East Indies, or in other words, the East Indies to which Lanfang belongs.
There is nothing wrong with calling it Lan Fong Islands.
For Zhao Xuening, using the corpse of the Dutch East India Company in exchange for his absolute hegemony in the entire spice sea was a successful operation that had two fishes.
On the one hand, it obtained benefits from the British by uniting with the British, and on the other hand, it obtained contributions from local forces by frightening them.
The restrictions on Lanfang's further development have been basically eliminated through this military and commercial operation. Both external and internal threats have been resolved to a certain extent. Then the next step is to rectify internal affairs and expand externally.
The rectification of internal affairs is relatively complicated. If it is really carried out, it will not be smoothed out for ten or eight years.
Zhao Xuening could not devote ten or eight years to rectifying the internal affairs, so he decided to complete the most important things first, and left many remaining matters to the entire internal affairs team to deal with slowly.
The most important thing is the tax system.
If a country wants to operate, it needs money. Money is divided into internal sources and external sources. Taxation is the most important part of internal sources. Without taxation, it will be difficult for the country to gain no matter how much benefit it can get from war and foreign trade. Keep it up.
Therefore, the first legal code that Zhao Xuening focused on at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China was the "Tax Administration Law" of the Lanfang Republic.
Agricultural tax, commercial tax, industrial tax, fishery tax, etc., a series of tax laws and regulations for related industries are the primary focus of Zhao Xuening and his team. Even Lanfang's Constitution and Criminal Law were not promulgated as quickly as the Tax Management Law. .
Zhao Xuening also quickly asked Finance Minister Tang Wenshan to set up a tax administration within the Ministry of Finance for tax management, and arrange a team of elite Lanfang Company veterans and retired soldiers to become the initial tax commissioners, specifically responsible for tax collection. .
Of course, because of the relatively successful and mature political organizational structure, at least within the areas directly managed by the Lanfang Republic, taxation is not a problem.
In the Lanfang Administrative Region, which is built with farms as the basic unit, it is relatively simple to complete the taxation work. Everyone recognizes Lanfang's rule and accepts Lanfang's military protection, so they are relatively active in taxation. , tax specialists can carry out tax work smoothly as long as they go to the local area.
This is a fine tradition accumulated since the days of Lanfang Company.
Therefore, the problem is not the direct jurisdiction of the Lan Fong Republic, but the non-direct jurisdictions that have gradually joined the Lan Fong Republic as a whole.
Although they confirmed their naturalization information with the Lanfang Republic, reported their respective populations, and accepted the Republic’s tax requirements, to the Republic, the information they reported was their own responsibility, and There is no confirmation or clear statistics from government officials of the Republic.
Previously, Zhao Xuening could endure for the sake of the overall situation, but in this special period when the Dutch colonists were successfully expelled, Zhao Xuening did not intend to endure anymore.
Even if he can accept these non-directly governed nationals who are naturalized as a whole to live the life that their ancestors have lived for generations, he still needs to clearly understand the number and production status of these citizens in order to collect taxes more reasonably.
Therefore, after Zhao Xuening received the good news that the expeditionary force had won a complete victory and the Japanese army was over, he was very happy and immediately spread the big news to the whole country.
By the way, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Xuening ordered the Ministry of Finance and the General Administration of Taxation to convey a decree in the name of the Lanfang Republic, notifying all non-regional citizens that the government of the Republic will send people to count the population and production status in preparation for the formal collection of taxes.
To put it bluntly, the government of the Republic must conduct a census and production census on them to find out their family background, and then formally stipulate the tax amount and type, as well as the method of paying tax, to see whether it collects physical tax or monetary tax, and the date of collection. , transportation channels, etc.
In addition, Zhao Xuening began to ask the Ministry of Finance to start research and preparations for the issuance of Lanfang Republic's own currency.
Currently, there are a wide variety of currencies circulating in the Spice Sea. Currencies from the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, and Portugal, as well as precious metals such as gold and silver, can be used as currencies. There is no single currency that is universally recognized.
Since Zhao Xuening started his business, he has mainly carried out trade with physical metals such as gold, silver and bronze, and hoarded these precious metals in large quantities in order to prepare for the issuance of his own currency in the future.
After he completely conquered the Philippines and drove away the Spanish and Portuguese, he planned to start studying the implementation of the Lanfang Republic's own currency, and spend a few years rectifying the economic situation in the entire Southeast Asian maritime area, cooperating with the British, Rectify the unified market.
His second-stage goal is to make Lanfang the only legal regime in Southeast Asian waters, unify politics, military and economy, monopolize maritime trade with Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, Siam and other places to a considerable extent, and share it with the British Profits from the Eastern Sea opened up European trade routes in the name of Lanfang Republic.
In this way, he will be able to obtain a solid basic base for heading north.
Some time later, with the news of the great victory of the Lanfang Expeditionary Force in the Netherlands Colony, as well as the appearance of a large number of Dutch prisoners of war in Seoul, and the special "Prisoner Presentation Ceremony" held by Zhao Xuening, Zhao Xuening The reputation in the Spice Sea has been further enhanced.
The powerful Lanfang army swept across the armed forces of the Netherlands and turned Batavia into its own territory. This news severely impacted those guys in the Spice Sea who were tortured to death by the Dutch colonists.
While they sang and danced to celebrate the colonists' final curtain call, they also felt a little worried.
As we all know, Zhao Xuening's appetite is not small. Growing up in the Dutch system, he still attaches great importance to interests.
But fortunately, compared to the colonists, Zhao Xuening's advantage is that he is an orderist. He is keen on establishing order, ending chaos, and then leading everyone to abide by order.
To put it bluntly, Zhao Xuening will also collect taxes from them, and will also have many demands on them. It will also break their old way of life and cause the original indigenous rulers to lose their original status and power in a certain sense.
For example, he proposed a census and a production census this time.
But the good thing is that Zhao Xuening is a reasonable person. As long as you abide by the order he set, he is willing to reason with you. Moreover, this rule is effective, and he himself will abide by the rules he set.
If you don't abide by the order he established, then he will also reason with you - let Lanfang's army come and reason with you.
The colonists are unreasonable. Even if you abide by the rules, the colonists will change the rules at any time. All rights of interpretation belong to the colonists. Sometimes, if you argue with them, they will directly take away your life with guns. .
Therefore, to survive under Zhao Xuening's rule, the right to survival is guaranteed. Zhao Xuening is keen on order and loves order. This is essentially different from the colonists who pay attention to plunder and exploitation.
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