Kai Fu Han

Chapter 165

The first transaction was completed an hour after the Korean merchants disembarked. According to Cui Wuhou, he told Liu Xinqi that the first merchant to complete the transaction was the first merchant to test the knife at today's auction.

The name of this Korean businessman is Zheng Qingsheng.

Zheng Qingsheng auctioned items worth 120 and a half taels in total. Among the merchants who participated in the auction on the first day, he was relatively small. It should be because his family was not rich enough.

But this man was very courageous. He dared to be the first to go on stage to try the knife, and he dared to be the first to shout out the price to buy something.

Finally, after Cui Wu and Liu Xinqi compared their descriptions, they learned that this man was also the first Korean businessman to pay a deposit.

Very adventurous.

After deducting his 100 taels of silver deposit, Cui Wu asked him to pay 23 taels of silver, and then delivered all the goods he bought ashore within a quarter of an hour.

After Zheng Qingsheng loaded the goods into the car, he immediately returned to Kaijing without stopping at the port.

……

Cui Wu was on shore responsible for delivering goods to the Korean merchants who bought goods at the auction. Liu Xinqi had nothing to do, sitting on the deck of the Qizhou chatting with Wang Hao and Jiao Rui.

"On the one hand, Tian Chaike restored and developed the production of the Koryo Dynasty. On the other hand, as an important foundation for the centralized power system of Wang's Koryo Dynasty, it established the country's supreme control over the land after its implementation."

"In the early stages of the Goryeo Dynasty, it effectively restricted land annexation by bureaucrats and nobles, thereby ensuring the country's tax sources and becoming a strong material foundation for an authoritarian and centralized state."

Liu Xinqi commented on Goryeo’s Tianchaike system.

Wang Hao looked at Liu Xinqi with admiration in his eyes. He didn't expect that this Zhao native had already had such a profound understanding of Goryeo's land policy in less than two days after arriving in Goryeo.

"Then do we need to learn from Korea?" Jiao Rui asked.

"Any good policy cannot be static and cannot be implemented for ten thousand years. Just like Goryeo's Tianchaike system, all the country's land was nationalized in the early days and laid the foundation for the country's strong political security. But in these 100 years, During the implementation process, the taste gradually changed."

"Tian Chai Ke originally stipulated that after the death of the person who rented the land, the land must be returned to the state. And the salary Tian Chai given to officials and soldiers must also be returned to the country after they leave office. But there was an error. He stipulated that Gongyin field firewood can be passed down from generation to generation. This Gongyin field firewood will naturally be very small in the early stage and will not affect the normal taxation of the country. However, over time, decades or hundreds of years, when accumulated, a large amount of Gongyin field firewood will inevitably be produced. Tian Chai will eventually greatly affect the country's tax payment. Because the tax on Gongyin Tian Chai belongs to the Tian Chai tenant."

"The final result will be that in order to increase taxes, the country will increase other taxes such as the 'poll tax', constantly increasing the taxes of ordinary people. Then these ordinary people will naturally vote with their feet and vote with their feet. The surrender of land to officials and nobles has reduced taxes and further increased the annexation and concentration of land. Under a vicious cycle, contradictions have become more and more prominent, and the "Tian Chaike" that was originally a good policy will gradually be destroyed and become a bad policy. Finally, Abolition."

"Is it so serious?" Wang Hao interjected.

"That's it. You said that your family has a lot of salary and gongyin firewood. This is direct support for my guess. If you can go back safely, you can ask your father if your family's fields are all rewards from the government. ? I think most of the common people who can't stand the high taxes must surrender."

"Oh."

The words 'If you can go back safely' directly suppressed Wang Hao's just mentioned interest.

"Then does our Xinghan League's land law also have such errors and omissions?" Jiao Rui asked.

"I can't see it at the moment, because I only have one head, and my thoughts and considerations will inevitably be one-sided and insufficient. Only in the process of implementation, always be vigilant and observe the results of the implementation of the land policy. If it affects the safety of the Xinghan League or the long-term If there is prosperity and stability, then there must be something wrong with the policy and it is no longer in line with reality, so the law needs to be reformed and the law needs to adapt to the current situation." Liu Xinqi concluded.

The discussion on this profound topic stopped here. "Wang Hao, how about you tell us some interesting stories about the court that you have heard before?" Liu Xinqi suggested.

"Okay." How dare Wang Hao refuse to agree.

"A big event happened in the palace the year before last. The King of Goryeo was young, and his grandfather Li Ziqian was in power. The king's officials tried to eradicate Li Ziqian and his family, Tuo Junjing, but failed. As a result, the palace was burned down. The king almost wanted to kill him at that time. The Zen position is given to Li Ziqian..."

"We have already heard about this." Jiao Rui interrupted.

"Well, I'll think about it then."

"There is one more thing, which happened the year before last. If you inquire carefully, you should be able to find out. We, Goryeo, surrendered to the Jin Dynasty the year before last..."

"Proclaim yourself a minister?" Liu Xinqi said in surprise.

"Yes, Li Ziqian was in power at that time, and the King of Korea was at his mercy. He could only send envoys to the Jin Dynasty, and he became a vassal state of the Jin Dynasty and betrayed the alliance with the Zhao Kingdom."

"That's troublesome."

Liu Xinqi said to himself.

In the past, Goryeo was regarded as an important trade target because Goryeo and Zhao were allies. Now Goryeo has actually pledged its vassalage to the Jin Kingdom. If the Xinghan Alliance does business here, there is a risk of being detained or wiped out at any time.

"Take Mr. Wang down to rest." Liu Xinqi arranged for someone to send Wang Hao to the cabin to rest.

Then Liu Xinqi arranged for Jiao Rui:
"Call the leaders of General Intelligence Department and Di Ting to come over."

After Jiao Rui arranged for someone to call someone, he came back and asked Liu Xinqi.

"Since Goryeo has surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, it should be a hostile force of our Xinghan Alliance. Will we still do business here in the future?"

Liu Xinqi thought for a moment and replied:

"The country of Goryeo has been implementing a 'big deal' strategy for thousands of years. Whichever country in the Middle-earth continent is strong will be attached to that country. It is not surprising that it is now a vassal of the Jin Kingdom."

"The previously established trade policy still needs to be implemented. The industrial products produced by Xinghan League need to be traded to be exchanged for usable money and food. Foreign trade is a basic policy and cannot be shaken."

"It's just that you need to be more careful when trading in Goryeo. We must always be on guard against this small country that is good at 'riding the fence'."

Jiao Rui was a little angry:

"This treacherous villain and wallflower originally had an alliance with the State of Zhao. Now the State of Jin is attacking the State of Zhao. Instead of helping from the side, he betrayed his promise and served gold as his main body. It is really shameful."

Liu Xinqi understood Jiao Rui's anger, but he also understood Goryeo's policy: "This is how a small country survives."

Goryeo surrendered to Jin before Jin attacked Zhao.

(End of this chapter)