Although they knew that the emperor might be keeping an eye on their own homes, some people couldn't bear it if they didn't use the money at home. They might not know who had used it, and if the emperor found out, they would have their homes confiscated.
Since the emperor is keeping an eye on these families, Linlang doesn't have to keep an eye on them. Sometimes when she is bored, she will collect information about whose family in the capital is richer, and then see if they have done anything illegal or criminal. Fortunately, the court needs money. When the time came, she would kill this fat sheep to solve the crisis in the court so that nothing would happen to the court and the world would not be in chaos, which would affect her living environment.
It has to be said that after the dynasty has been running for more than a hundred years, some families in the court have accumulated a lot of money in the long-term peaceful environment. Although not as much as Wang Xi, the entire family has a net worth of several million. There is actually more than one family, which shows how wealthy these families are.
Of course, most of this money was obtained illegally.
This is also normal, because if you get it through normal channels, how can you save so quickly? You have to know the prices of this era. A family can live a very good life with twenty taels of silver. The purchasing power of several million can almost It is similar to tens of billions in some modern worlds. It relies on normal channels alone, and it is not like Wang Xi who knows how to do business. (Actually, Wang Xi does not know how to do business, but because of modern technology, others cannot do it. Only he can do it. He can only earn money from monopoly if he can do it. Otherwise, if he really knows how to do business, why hasn't he made money in modern times? How can he save so much? After all, you must know that every big family lives an extremely luxurious life.
With so many expenses every year, you can still save millions. How can you save it without relying on illegal means? Just like the former officials who retired due to illness, the reason why millions of dollars of property suddenly appeared in their families was not because they copied the Wang family. Got it through greed?
The nature of these families is the same as that of retired officials and other sick people. They all saved their money through some illegal means, including but not limited to expropriation of usury and the seizure of people's land.
Especially seizing people's fields, many big families in Beijing have done this.
This is also normal, because the big families in Beijing have money and cannot buy land like ordinary people, buying it one acre, but often hundreds or thousands of acres, and then surrounding a large field to make it In a village, there are tenant farmers and other types of work in the village, which facilitates management.
However, how can there be so many acres of land in the world for you to buy? Generally, the acres of land are owned by one owner, or they belong to the same owner, or they belong to many common people.
The same owner usually has some power, otherwise they would not be able to get the land. Unless they are forced to buy their land, how can they sell the land they have worked so hard to collect to someone else? you? Unless you offer a very high price to make up for the painstaking cost of collecting the land, those people may be willing to sell, but those from big families are not willing to spend more, so they simply use force to force others.
As for if it does not belong to the same owner, but to many common people, it will be even more difficult. After all, it is easy for one person to negotiate, but there are always thorns in the side of a group of people who are unwilling to sell. At this time, the same is true. You can only use force to force others.
No matter which one it is, it is all about occupying people's land.
They had no choice but to seize people's fields. It was basically impossible for them to buy large tracts of land. They could only use force to force people to hand over their fields.
Especially if you want to buy a field not far from the capital - after all, it is too far away to manage, and it will be troublesome to transport things into the capital at the end of the year - if you don't use your power to pressure others, it will be impossible to buy it. After all, who doesn't know how far away from the capital it is? The nearby fields are a good thing, and everyone wants to buy them, so there won’t be any spare ones for you.
In order to seize people's land, these people killed countless people, so when the court needed money, they reported them and ransacked their homes. They used the money to provide disaster relief or do other things, which was considered as repaying money to the people and avenging those who suffered. They are.
Linlang thought this and waited for the opportunity to slaughter these fat sheep.
Now the emperor has received more than 100 million taels of silver. Due to the recent water conservancy repairs and the beating of the barbarians at the border, the barbarians have not come to trouble this year. The court's expenses have been much smaller, so the emperor has exempted the world for another year. Tax.
Originally, I wanted to reduce taxes, charge less for a year, and then implement this policy for a few more years to recuperate with the people. However, I thought that some ministers said it was good. Even if they said to charge less, the lower-level officials below would not know what to do. Those who carry out the work may say that they charge less, but they charge about the same as in previous years, and then only turn over a small amount, and the rest goes into the pockets of those low-level officials, so they simply don’t charge it. This will tell the world that all Common people all know that those officials can find no reason to accept the money, so that the benefits can truly fall into the hands of the common people.
In response, Linlang nodded, thinking that since the emperor knew this, it would be good to exempt him directly from tax.
The imperial court had been in operation for more than a hundred years, and the trend of land annexation became more and more fierce. In some places, the people could no longer afford it, resulting in various uprisings from time to time.
In the hands of the current emperor, because he plundered the Wang family and the houses of these officials, he became rich and gave tax exemptions to the people. Then he spent money to build water conservancy projects. Many ordinary people got some money for helping to repair water conservancy projects, and their lives were much better.
After all, if you don't pay taxes, you can still work and make money. One in and one out is equivalent to getting two pieces of money. Life will naturally be much better, and there will be fewer uprisings.
That's right, what those big businessmen are plundering is the people's fat and the people's anointing. They rob them and distribute the money to everyone in the world. Even if they can't make everyone in the world rich, at least they can live a little better. This is called taking from the people and using it for the people. .
Therefore, many times when the world is in chaos, it is caused by lack of money. With money, the emperor feels comfortable, the people can also feel comfortable, and even the borders can be much quieter.
Of course, this also requires a good emperor. If it is a faint emperor, no matter how much money comes into their hands, they will not use it for the people, but will only use it for themselves. This is why Linlang will not help the faint emperor. As long as he can give it to the people It is affordable, and Linlang will help him like this. This is why Linlang goes to various ancient worlds, unless there is a faint king above, otherwise he can make the people of that ancient world live a better life than before.
The people in those worlds probably never thought that there was actually an invisible hand helping them in their own world.
But he said that after five years of lying in bed, Wang Xi still passed away.
However, he was eighty years old before. At such an advanced age, he could still live for five years after being paralyzed and without food. I have to say that his vitality is really tenacious.
Is Wang Xi reborn? Have you put it back on? No, this time he died, he was really dead, and all his hopes and plans could not be realized.
