The emperor was determined to deal with Lu Fang, but he was still in a hurry.

The weather is now severe and snowy, and it is difficult to move the troops, especially in the north, where water turns into ice, it is difficult to travel, and even the road is unstable. The army is moving, and there are countless cars and horses. How can we advance?

This is really not a good time to move troops, so I can only wait for the spring of the next year.

As the Chinese New Year is coming, Chang'an City has been governed by Liu Yu for more than a year, and the market is prosperous, all industries are prosperous, and everyone lives and works in peace and contentment, and has restored its style as a metropolis in the world.

There are hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an today. In addition to the original Chang'an residents, those who once escaped due to war have returned one after another. Especially after the regaining of Longxi, a major wave of return has emerged, which has caused Chang'an to experience an explosive population growth.

In addition, the people outside the pass also tend to migrate to Guanzhong.

The forces outside the pass are complicated. Liu Xiu, Liu Yong, Zhang Bu, Dong Xian, Peng Chong, Qin Feng, and refugee troops from all over the country. They each occupy one side, with mountains and fighting each other. Agricultural production and commercial activities cannot proceed normally, which seriously affected economic development. The people are still struggling to survive on the brink of poverty and hunger.

On the other hand, Guanzhong was originally a four-bridge area, which was relatively independent and closed, and was relatively easy to achieve stability. Especially last year, the young emperor almost unified Guanzhong. Although Lu Fang was still in rebellion in the border counties, it had little impact on the core Sanfu area. Although Dou Rong was in separatist state of Hexi, the relationship between Hexi and the Chang'an court was not clear. Although Dou Rong did not say that he would surrender, he was at least not hostile and had no war with each other. Both sides even did a lot of business, which made the Silk Road reopen, and commodities from the Western Regions also came to Chang'an through the Hexi Corridor.

The Guanzhong region will be the first to stabilize, and then it will inevitably usher in a golden period of great development.

In order to fill the huge population gap caused by years of war, His Majesty the Emperor adopted a policy of preferential treatment for refugees. All refugees who came to join were allocated land for farming and treated as military farms. Single strong men were merged into the military camps and those with their families were transferred to the civilian villages.

For those in the civilian town, the government provides seeds, farm tools, and at least half of the harvested grains must be paid. Despite this, because the land in Guanzhong is fertile and the yield per mu is high, the annual farming income is enough to maintain the family's food and clothing, which is much more cost-effective than renting a powerful land.

The refugees outside the pass moved in, and they just wanted to find a stable place to survive just to have a full meal.

The places in Hexi and Bashu are the most stable, but both are too remote and it is too difficult to immigrate. In addition, Guanzhong has become the best choice. Although Liu Xiu and other forces have repeatedly issued government orders to prohibit the outflow of people, they are still banned.

The work of accepting and arranging refugees is managed by the Military Affairs Office under the Military Affairs Office. In Hangu Pass, Wu Pass, Taihang Baxing and other places, there are people from the Military Affairs Office waiting to receive refugees from Kanto. As long as hungry refugees cross the border, they will provide food and food, let them report to the local government and arrange for military farming.

The 300,000 Red Eyebrow Army was disbanded, and each family granted land. Unlike refugees' military farming, these fields only require land rent, and the rest of the harvest belongs to the individual. The emperor has never even collected land rent. The farmers' burden is very light, and every family can fill their stomachs. Who wants to be refugees?

In addition to the increase in the population of 300,000, the population of Guanzhong has increased by more than 100,000 in the past year. In this era when people are resources, this means the growth of the strength of the Chang'an court.

The young emperor believed that the population would continue to grow high under his rule, not only the influx of population outside the pass, but also the increase in local newborns.

When you are full and warm, people who have eaten their meals naturally want to do some personnel. And because of the exemption of verbal money, the cost of giving birth to children is reduced. There is no need to worry about paying for children as soon as they land. The enthusiasm for giving birth to children will naturally be greater. Therefore, the number of newborns this year has increased significantly compared with previous years.

Population and land are the two most important foundations of a dynasty. As for the army, conscription depends on population and food and grass rely on land, they are all based on these two foundations. The emperor planned to give more snacks on this matter, take advantage of the various welfare of emerging dynasties after the chaos to straighten out various relationships and consolidate the foundation of rule.

This day was a routine time for His Majesty the Emperor to discuss matters with his Chinese and Korean officials. Zheng Shen led the six ministers of Cao and some men to concentrate in the greenhouse hall.

Zheng Shen first raised a topic: "Your Majesty has been exempted from taxes for two years, and the people can live a full life. Now they have two years of rest and rest, and there is a lot of surplus food among the people. The New Year is approaching, should the court start to collect taxes and enrich the treasury?"

The emperor asked, "Is the treasury now insufficient?"

Zheng Shen said: "After earning the huge profits of salt from Hedong and other counties, the profits of the officials and mountains and seas can be offset by half of the tax, and the achievements of military farming for two consecutive years. The treasury also has some surplus grains and the contributions of the powerful. The capital of the Imperial College and the county school are both huge. Together... If you don't use weapons, these are actually enough to be used by the country. But Your Majesty, if you have not decided today, how can you not reserve money and grain for military affairs?"

If it is a peaceful and prosperous era, from the current small government, the benefits of the government and the small-scale military farming can barely maintain the government's operation, but if you have to fight, you have no money!

The emperor said: "There was a lot of surplus in the Shaofu for two years. It was used to enrich the treasury as a military resource."

Shaofu is the inner treasury of the little emperor. Headed by Zhai Xing, there is a group of people who specialize in managing the emperor's private finance. It is said to be a private inner treasury, but in fact its scale is comparable to that of the national treasury.

The Shaofu was in charge of the taxation of mountains, seas, and pools, and collected local contributions for the purpose of the court. Later, Emperor Wu of Han adjusted the responsibilities of the Shaofu. The wuguan, salt officials, iron officials and others under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu became subordinate institutions of the Grand Secretary. The benefits of the officials from the emperor's inner treasury were transferred from the emperor's inner treasury to the national treasury.

Later, the money of Shaofu mainly came from rents for the gardens, ponds and mountains and wilderness, private business tax, checkpoint tax, children's money, etc.

Since the emperor exempted the calculation of the sacrificial tax, that is, commercial tax, and also exempted the checkpoint tax and verbal money, the general source of Shaofu was only the rent of royal real estate.

But this is not a small number. The assets of the royal family only cover a vast area. Shanglinyuan spans several counties and crisscross hundreds of miles, including Wei, Jing, Feng, Lao, Hua, Hua, Hua, Hua, Hua, and Ba River.

The emperor was usually busy with government affairs and hardly went to Shanglinyuan to visit. He occasionally took people to hunt and rowed a boat in Kunming pond. The utilization rate of Shanglinyuan was extremely low. Therefore, the emperor rented them out. In addition to retaining the core area, the rest even allowed people to open up land and farm and collect rent as imperial fields.

The little emperor had countless imperial fields under his name. When he destroyed the powerful Yang Yu, Zhang Ding and others, the confiscated land was the imperial fields. He also won more than 2,000 hectares of bets when he attacked Qingshui County in Longxi, but these were still drizzling for his total number of imperial fields.

The Shaofu only had huge incomes for these rents. The emperor was very good at managing finances. He cooperated with big merchants and opened up the ladies, with a huge income, and almost monopolized the gambling industry, especially gambling, which made countless huge profits.

The little emperor can make money, but does not spend money. There are only a few hundred people in the palace and only two concubines, so it is difficult to travel around. It is simply a model of eating but not losing. It is all saved in the stomach, making the belly round and unable to digest it.

Zheng Shen was already thinking about the money of the Shaofu, but now he saw that the emperor was willing to use it for military purposes. He was overjoyed and quickly led a group of court officials to leave the seat and bow down, shouting "My emperor's wiseness."

The emperor has become accustomed to this kind of flattery, and in fact, it cannot be called flattery, because what they say is true.

The emperor said: "The calculating and checkpoint tax are exempted. Merchants from all over the country have frequented their travels. Guanzhong has become the most prosperous place for business, and all things in the world are circulating here. In my opinion, the checkpoint tax is still exempt. As long as you come to trade, you don't have to worry about being charged for the card and coming and going freely. However, they have made a lot of money in the past two years. You can consider calculating some, but one thing must not be higher than the tax rate outside the customs! In this way, based on the tax rates across the country, take the lowest one and reduce the levy by half!"

After these words were said, the ministers left the seat and congratulated each other, shouting that the emperor could not sit upright. If you want to make trouble, you will have to do it. Anyway, I don’t need to move.

Zheng Shen breathed a sigh of relief. No matter what, the emperor finally started to collect taxes, and the treasury's money could be greatly increased.

"Your Majesty, how should you collect Tian Zuhe and the tuition?" Zheng Shen asked, thinking that it would probably be reduced by half.

Unexpectedly, the emperor shook his head and said, "No, no charge!"

As soon as this sentence was said, the officials were dumbfounded. No one spoke or acted. They even forgot that they should leave the seat and congratulate him, shouting that the emperor was benevolent.

Yang Yanshou, who has always been following the emperor's will, could not stand it anymore and said, "In this chaotic era, the country's use is insufficient. Your Majesty has been exempted from rent and tax for two years. This great kindness has never been there since ancient times. It is just that the taxes of the country are fundamental. If it is exempted... Your Majesty, if there is an out-of-time need, the treasury is not enough."

As soon as these words were said, everyone nodded, led by Zheng Shen, and left the seat and bowed down, saying, "Your Majesty is so kind that all people are blessed. It's just that the taxes are related to the foundation of the country. Please restore the taxes for immediate use."

The emperor said "free" and he would not want to collect taxes this year. It would be easy for him to speak, but it would be difficult to repent. If there is any shortage of the treasury and he cannot collect taxes, he would inevitably add another name to plunder the people, which would be unfair.

Even if the levy is only half, the amount is really not small, and it may be of great use.
Chapter completed!