On the third day after becoming a vassal, Zhu Jun promulgated the Weihai Kingdom Decree, stating that all people under Weihaiwei's rule would not pay taxes.
In the feudal dynasty, taxes and corvee were the two pillars of the country!
Needless to say, taxation is the obligation of every common people.
As for the corvee, the corvee was the supreme ruler of the feudal autocratic society who forced the common people to perform unpaid labor.
Corvee service can be roughly divided into two parts, one is forced service and the other is military service.
Forced labor requires ordinary people to work for the country for free within a specified period of time, and the time and direction of labor are completely determined by the local government.
The trick is that the imperial court is not responsible for the birth, old age, illness, and death of civilians during their labor service.
The military service in Daye is different. There is a military household in the national household registration, and the military household is mainly responsible for military service.
During their military service, civilians were mainly auxiliary soldiers who transported food and grass.
Innocent people need to work unconditionally, but criminals in this era are almost free of life sentences and basically work as free labor.
Either beheaded or work to death.
To a certain extent, corvee service in any dynasty is one of the factors that accelerates the demise of a country.
After Lao Zhu established his great cause, he also specially subdivided the corvee and established three forms of corvee.
They are: Lijia service, Jun corvee, Zafan.
The first type is the best, assisting the government in managing local affairs, and is regarded as a temporary unit worker without status.
The second type is to do chores in the government office, such as feeding horses, guarding gates, etc.
Needless to say, the third type is to build canals. Where large-scale water conservancy is needed, you need to remove people from all over the country, bring dry food, and set off.
You have to take care of your own health and death.
Those magnificent city-states and imperial capitals were all made by the hard work of tens of millions of people.
Zhu Jun sighed. He wanted to get there in one step, but if he took too big a step, he would easily pull his balls.
It's like this all over the world. It's okay if you exempt yourself from agricultural taxes. If you even exempt yourself from corvee labor, wouldn't people all over the world flock to your fiefdom like crazy?
Do you want to rebel?
Not enjoying the cold weather or doing corvee work, if word of it reaches the capital, those officials still don’t think they are rebelling?
Isn't it just to cause trouble?
Therefore, the meal must be eaten one bite at a time.
Zhu Jun's request is that all the new regulations promulgated by the palace should be fully publicized within one month.
What he has to do is to attract as many people as possible to live in Weihaiwei, and in time, when the time is right, he can be exempted from the corvee.
Just as he was thinking about it, Xun Busan came over and announced, "Your Highness, Bi Ying wants to see you!"
"Let him in!"
Soon, Biying came in and said respectfully: "I am here to see you, Your Highness!"
When a vassal king becomes a vassal queen, his rights are not the same as before. In the vassal territory, even the princes and prime ministers of the imperial court must kneel down and worship.
This shows the great power of King Daye.
Take Zhu Di for example, Lao Zhu even authorized him to control the soldiers and horses along the border. In other words, all court officials in the Yan feudal territory must be under Zhu Di's jurisdiction and become proper local warlords.
Zhu Jun came in a hurry and didn't get any benefits.
But even so, Bi Ying did not dare to slack off at all.
"Is something wrong?" Zhu Jun asked.
"Your Highness, I would like to invite Your Highness to build a palace in the city. This area is close to the sea, and Japanese bandits often attack..."
"It doesn't matter. I have more than 40,000 troops. Let alone the little Japanese pirates. Even if I destroy the Japanese island country, I am confident." Zhu Jun said: "You can just stay in the city. Don't worry about it. If something happens, I will take full responsibility for it."
Bi Ying heard this and said nothing more. Thinking about it, this master dared to attack Ying Chang and defeat Meng Yuan's existence. In the eyes of the other party, his ability was nothing.
After thinking for a while, he took out an envelope from his arms and presented it respectfully, "Your Highness, this is a little filial piety from the ministers and brothers. Please accept it with pleasure!"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Jun looked at the envelope sent by Bi Ying, which was half a finger thick, "bribe me?"
"No, no, this is not a bribe, this is just a little bit of kindness from the brothers..."
Zhu Jun looked at him with a half-smile but not a smile, took the envelope in his hand, opened it, and saw neatly stacked papers inside. He pulled out one sheet and saw that it was actually money!
The more is a hundred taels of silver, the less is only one tael. It seems that they really got it together.
"Daye started issuing banknotes?" Zhu Jun frowned, "When did it happen?"
"Back to Your Highness, this treasure banknote has actually been around for a long time. It was first called handover banknote during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty. The treasure banknote is easy to carry and has been circulating in the military." Bi Ying explained.
"How many percent of silver is one or two banknotes worth?" Zhu Jun asked.
Bi Ying suddenly became nervous, "Your Highness, half a year ago it was only 80%, but now it's 90%, and it's still going up!"
"So much?" Zhu Jun was puzzled. This treasure note did not depreciate and was actually worth 90% of cash. "Why did it go up?"
"Thanks to His Highness, since Your Highness defeated Yingchang, the value of this outflank has also increased. It is said that the treasure banknotes circulating in the market will continue to rise. Maybe in two years, these treasure banknotes will be worth 95% ”
Generally speaking, the value of treasure banknotes is high, but the purchasing power is very weak, that is, it does not maintain its value.
There is no complete financial system to issue this kind of money, it is purely for cutting leeks.
In the past, it could be worth 70%, or less, and this little amount was the court's profit.
The most valuable thing about treasure money is just paper. How much does a palm-sized piece of paper cost?
Because the capital is worthless, the country's credibility is not enough to endorse it, and there is not enough gold and silver stored to give the people peace of mind.
Therefore, once this kind of treasure banknote is issued, it is bound to depreciate, and it will depreciate greatly.
Just like five baht coins, if the quality is not good, it will naturally depreciate greatly, which is a huge harm to the people.
But there seems to be some problem here.
This treasure banknote is actually worth 90% of cash. It is surprisingly strong. This value preservation is very good!
"Public recognition?" Zhu Jun asked again.
Bi Ying suddenly felt embarrassed and hesitantly said: "I admit, but the treasure banknotes can only be used as 60% cash."
"Oh, why is this?" Zhu Jun became interested. It seemed that there was something wrong with the original body's memory, or the original body didn't notice the treasure at all, so he had no memory in this regard.
"Your Highness, I will not hide it from you. The reason why this treasure banknote is worth 90% is because those merchants are working behind the scenes.
But the common people don't agree. They prefer heavy copper plates and silver to light treasure notes.
But this precious money is convenient for us, but it is difficult to support our family at all.
Businessmen had to be hired to operate behind the scenes. "
Having said this, Bi Ying knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, please forgive me!"
Zhu Jun hurriedly helped him up, and suddenly understood why Bi Ying came to see him, "How many years has this treasure note been issued, and how many years has it been in your hands?"
