After the capital was moved to Jinling, the land around Jinling City was in ruins and waiting for development. The people who moved in from Chu State a few years ago have completely settled down after eight years of adjustment. This is the first year that these people can pay taxes normally.
After eight years of recuperation, these people who were moved from Chu have taken root in Huai State. After several years of tax-free and half-tax benefits, almost every household has accumulated a lot of wealth. Life is much better than in Chu State, and the price of salt in Huai State is cheap.
The reason why Chu State was unwilling to give some of Ba State to Qin State was because Ba State had well salt.
In the Jinling Palace, Wang Qi was listening to reports on this year's taxation situation with other ministers. Wang Qi couldn't help laughing heartily as he watched the clerk summarize the taxes from various places and sort them into categories.
"Your Majesty, the tax this time has increased by one-third compared to last year, and more than doubled compared to before the attack on Chu." The secretary said excitedly.
"Hahaha, the prosperity of Huai State today is all due to the concerted efforts of all the kings!" Wang Qi laughed.
Everyone said: "This is because your Majesty has managed the country well, and God has protected the Huai State to make it smooth. Only in this way can the Huai State be governed well. We are just fulfilling our duties as ministers, and we have made a small contribution!"
"You gentlemen are too humble. If this achievement was just a small part of your duty, the states of Zhou and Zhou would not be in the state they are now." Wang Qi said with a smile.
"Your Majesty, this huge increase in taxes is because the migrating population started to pay taxes normally. Although taxes will increase next year, they will not increase by this much." Wu Zixu reminded next to him.
Wang Qi nodded and said, "I understand and will not blame the officials for this."
"Doctor Wu is overthinking. I guess next year's taxes will also increase significantly." Fan Li next to him said with a smile.
Seeing everyone's looks, Fan Li chuckled and said, "Qingmiao Loan."
"Since the implementation of the Green Crop Loan, many people have taken out loans to reclaim wasteland. Next year, the first batch of reclaimed fields will begin to pay taxes."
Since the implementation of Qingmiao Loan, many problems have arisen, and many grassroots officials have taken advantage of it to make profits. Many grassroots officials directly brought the money and food allocated by the state to local powerful people, and then the powerful people used the money and food to lend to the people at higher interest rates.
Then, after the people return the loan to the local powerful, the powerful will return the money and grain allocated by the state with interest. It seems that the loans issued by the state have been recovered, the officials below have overfulfilled their tasks, the people have also received loans to tide over the difficulties, the powerful have made a fortune, and no one seems to have lost.
But what is the original intention of Qingmiao Loan? It is to reduce the burden on the people, to help them tide over difficulties, or to help them expand production and reclaim wasteland. It is to provide benefits to the people. What is the difference between this approach and the approach of the powerful in the past.
No, there are some differences. The country has obtained some benefits through Qingmiao Loan. The powerful people made huge profits without paying anything, and then distributed the profits 20/80.
And when distributing profits, 30% is turned over to the state and 70% goes to the powerful. Don't think it's too little, just give you 30% in the eyes of those powerful people, which is already a huge favor for you.
After patrolling the censor and conducting many investigations, Wang Qi directly sent out a large army to uproot these powerful officials and officials, and then left them to Wu Zixu to build Jinling City.
After several years of governance, Wang Qi killed many people, and even some of the censors were executed under his orders, and then Qingmiao Loan was implemented according to his will.
The emergence of Qingmiao Loan has reduced the burden on the people and also given many people the ability to reclaim wasteland. According to reports from officials in various places in recent years, tens of thousands of people borrow Qingmiao loans to reclaim wasteland every year.
According to Fan Li's settlement, Huai State's taxes will also increase significantly next year.
"Fan Qing has worked hard to promote the Qingmiao Loan!" Wang Qi happily pulled Fan Li and said with a smile: "I am just a middle-aged man, but I am able to create the current momentum of the Huai Kingdom, all because of the help of all the ministers!"
Fan Li rushed to Wang Qi at the second table and cupped his hands: "Your Majesty is favored by God, so he can achieve such an achievement. Can we
The reason why I am able to achieve my current achievements is because of your trust. "
The implementation of Qingmiao Loan has greatly reduced the bankruptcy rate of ordinary people, curbed the growth of private tycoons, and made more people rich.
The success of Huaiguo's Qingmiao Loan was due to the cooperation of Wang Qi and Fan Li. The Huai State's Youth Loan was successful, but the situation in Qi State, which promoted the Youth Loan, was different. .
Since Fan Li went to Qi as an envoy, the Marquis of Qi began to target the Tian family. The Marquis of Qi worshiped Yan Ying as the prime minister, and then suppressed the Tian family.
Although Qi Guogong's office has experienced several civil strife and decline, it is still not something that Tian can fight against. Coupled with the Prime Minister Yan Ying, Tian is no match at all. At the critical moment, the Tian family attracted some other families of officials in Qi State to confront the Qi State officials.
The Marquis of Qi could not destroy it for a while. Later, in order to gain the support of the nobles, the Marquis of Qi had to throw Qingmiao Dai out. At this point, Qingmiao Loan has become a tool for the nobles and nobles to extract profits.
It really became a three-to-seven split, with Qing Shihao occupying 70% and Qi Hou occupying 30%. After receiving the benefits of Qingmiao Loan, the Qingshi family began to support the Marquis of Qi. Without the support of other Qingshi nobles, although the Tian family hid a lot of strength, they were still annihilated by the Marquis of Qi and the Prime Minister Yanzi, and the Tian family's fiefdom was restored. Take back the office.
This Tian family rebellion lasted for several years, and the politics, economy, and agriculture of Qi State were greatly affected. However, after that, under the governance of Qi Hou and Yan Zi, Qi State began to recover quickly. In particular, the Qingmiao Loan, which was controlled by the nobles, although it could not bring much benefit to the people, it also increased Qi's tax revenue a lot.
Although the goal of enriching the people was not achieved through the Youth Loan, the goal of enriching the country was achieved.
Wang Qi was not surprised by what happened in Qi. Even a lot of this is fueled by them.
As for why Wang Qi did not support the Tian family to replace the Jiang Qi lineage, on the one hand it was because of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and on the other hand it was because if the Tian family succeeded in replacing the Jiang family, Qi's strength would be further enhanced.
After all, if the Tian family succeeds, it will be equivalent to an emerging prince. As long as there are no accidents in those vassal states, the previous generations will all be wise kings. However, Qi State is thousands of miles away and has a population of two million. Such a country will rise quickly as long as the monarch is wise. A powerful Qi State does not meet the requirements. The interests of Huai State, so Wang Qi chose to help Qi Hou.
