Gongyangjie's reforms were very effective. Starting from the third year after the reform, Huaiguo's tax revenue doubled. At the same time, there was an endless flow of businessmen in Huai'an city, and the people's lives also improved. The entire Huai Kingdom has a prosperous appearance.
As time went by, the national power of Huai State steadily increased. In more than 20 years, the cultivated area of Huai State has expanded by 30%, and the total population has also increased by 50%. The abolition of the Dingkou tax prevented people from drowning their babies, and the population naturally increased.
Of course, it’s not all good news. On the contrary, there is also a lot of bad news. With the implementation of the new tax law, many nobles are obstructing it, either openly or covertly, by delaying, overcharging, deliberately lowering the grade of grain, and other different methods.
He distorted and obstructed the new tax laws, and as many as a hundred tax collectors were beheaded by Wang Lin's order over the years. Even some noble families were almost directly killed by Wang Lin's ruthless hands.
It is very difficult to implement the new tax law. Wang Lin gave them a chance from the beginning, but some people always felt that Wang Lin did not dare to do so. There were not a few people who ended up being wiped out by the quarrel.
If you want to implement the New Deal, the method is very simple: win over a group, divide a group, and attack a group. To put it simply, it means treating guests, beheading them, and accepting them as dogs.
After killing a group of nobles, Wang Lin arranged all the vacated rights to be controlled by the public office and the public clan.
At the same time, after reforming taxation, Wang Lin also reformed the college. Over the past hundred years, the college established by Zijue has become a school for aristocrats, which is not in the interests of Huai State or the public office.
Wang Lin imposed a stipulation that Huaiguo College must have Chinese students every year. Wang Lin wanted to inject new blood into the country, and he could not let the decaying aristocracy hold him back.
At the same time, after the tax revenue of Huai State increased and the national treasury was replenished, Wang Lin began to rectify the official offices and clans.
The children of the Huai Kingdom's official family, except for direct descendants, will change their surname after three generations and be downgraded from the official family to the public clan. In fact, when the black bird pattern on their foreheads disappears, they will automatically be downgraded to the public clan.
After the black bird pattern disappears, the luck they provide Zi Jue will be greatly reduced, and at the same time, they will no longer be affected by the fate of Bangzhou's fate. Of course, the protection of the destiny black bird will also be reduced, within three generations after the change. It will become a six-dimensional attribute +3, and after three generations it will be +1, and it will not change again.
In the past, due to financial reasons, the Huai Kingdom Office did not give much support to the public clan. Now that taxes are flooding in, Wang Lin feels that the public clan should also be included.
All children of the public family, including the public clan, must go to school. Those with excellent grades can be appointed to official positions. Those who are strong and healthy can join the Xiaoguo Army. Their food and clothing will be supported by the public family until they reach adulthood.
The Xiaoguo Army is an army specially established for the Duke and the sons of the Duke. It is also the most trusted and important armed force of the Huai Kingdom. The Xiaoguo Army was also started by Wang Lin.
Supported by the Duke of Huai, the sons of the Duke of Xiaoguo Army have been working hard since childhood, learning all kinds of knowledge, and are very strong. The children of the public clan who have been cultivated since childhood have a very high sense of belonging. Even if they fight to the last man, they will not surrender. However, the number of Xiaoguo Army is not large, and the training cost is extremely high.
Wang Lin gave Gongyangjie a high degree of trust, and Gongyangjie lived up to expectations and carried out some restructuring for the Huai Kingdom. After more than twenty years and a whole generation of restructuring, the tax policy has been completely stabilized.
In recent years, a large number of ministers have used various reasons to criticize and slander Gongyangjie. Some people even deliberately spread rumors that Gongyangjie wanted to restore Han to the country.
But these were all rejected by Wang Lin. Wang Lin trusted Gongyangjie very much because he knew that Gongyangjie's reforms were almost on the opposite side of all the nobles. As long as he had the slightest hesitation in supporting Gongyangjie, those People will flock to you.
For more than twenty years, the Huai Kingdom has been governed to make the country prosperous and the people strong. It can be said that the treasury is full, the people are prosperous, business travelers come in an endless stream, and the world is under great rule.
After Wang Lin annexed Han State, he began to continue southward. At this time, the border of Huai State had reached the Yangtze River, and further south was Wu State.
At this time, after nearly two hundred years of development, the Wu State had become a large country south of the Yangtze River. The population is in the millions. When he first annexed Han State, the Marquis of Han wanted to escape to Wu State, and then use Wu State's national power to help him regain his country.
Wu State was far away from Huai'an, the center of Huai State, and it was inconvenient for a large army to conquer, so Wang Lin decided to build a city along the Yangtze River. Then use this city as a bridgehead to attack the state of Wu.
After several inspections, Wang Lin finally decided to build a city in Weiyang. Weiyang was only a small city during the Han Kingdom, but it was close to the river, the surrounding terrain was flat, and there was a river bend where a water village could be built. This was originally the location of the Han Kingdom's navy.
Wang Lin ordered the Huai Navy to station here, and moved 20,000 people to expand the small city.
A large amount of materials were transported from Huai'an to Weiyang. With Huai's current national strength, it was not too difficult to build Weiyang, it was nothing more than money and food.
Wang Lin personally sent his disciples to take charge of building the city, and changed Wei Yang's name to Yangzhou.
The construction of Yangzhou City was not simple, because the possible attack of Wu State had to be considered, so Yangzhou City needed to build fortifications.
With a large supply of materials, the construction of Yangzhou City went smoothly, and a waterway was even dug to introduce Yangtze River water into the city. A waterway was opened in the city to facilitate transportation, and it was also the moat of Yangzhou City.
Wang Lin even came to Yangzhou in person. This city of Yangzhou is indeed a good place.
"Your Majesty, Yangzhou City is four hundred miles away from Huai'an. If we are to conquer Wu State, money and food need to be transferred from Huai'an. The journey is long and the consumption is quite large. It is better to dig a canal directly, divert water from the Yangtze River, connect the Huaihe River, Sishui River, and connect the Huaiguo State. North and south are connected in a line.”
"This will not only facilitate the transportation of supplies, but also facilitate the deployment of troops."
A master craftsman from the Craftsmanship Department spoke to Wang Lin. After hearing this, Wang Lin also felt that this was a good idea and immediately ordered him to lead people to survey the terrain.
The excavation of Hangou requires a large amount of manpower and material resources, but once completed, there are many benefits. This canal directly connects the north and south of Huai State. The cost of material transportation has plummeted.
At the same time, it is also beneficial to the rule of the Huai State. Once the excavation of the river is completed, Wang Lin's order in Huai'an can be regarded as arriving at dawn or at night.
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The excavation of Yangzhou City and Hangou is a great project created by the working people of our country. As the earliest canal clearly recorded, this is likely to be the first canal in human history. The excavation of Hangou made a strong contribution to the later excavation of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and also made an important contribution to connecting the north and the south. ——"Chinese History·Seventh Grade·Volume 1"
