When Hunjun begins to make elixirs

Chapter 424 Li Dao Yuan

Since ancient times, when the national treasury was in urgent need, it increased taxes and plundered the people. The civil uprising was imminent, so they plundered the merchants.

The world's suffering is not over yet, and the people are in dire straits.

Who in Dayin still has money? Only those businessmen.

Ding Ao couldn't help but think about this. Now, as the chief minister of the Privy Council, he was fighting successive wars, and the treasury was almost at its bottom. Li Shun is also a spender, from the research and development of the Shenji Manufacturing Office to the recruitment of new students in the Tianshu Supervisor, they all spend a lot of money. Therefore, Ding Ao also set his sights on those businessmen.

He was not opposed to Li Shun attacking businessmen, but he was afraid that Li Shun would kill like he did against aristocratic families. When the time comes, who will dare to do business if the situation is noisy?
In case it leads to the decline of all industries. They didn't even have the last egg-laying hen left.

There must be eggs, but the chicken cannot die.

Seeing Ding Ao's hesitant expression, Li Shun smiled and said: "Of course they will pay. But I won't use rogue methods to force it. Ding Aiqing, one of my new policies is to re-determine taxes." . Especially commercial taxes. Although I, Dayin, do not emphasize business, I have not restricted commercial development since the founding of the country. There is no formal tax collection process in apportionment, or we are just killing the goose to get the eggs. I want to change this situation.”

Ding Ao's eyes lit up, and the emperor caught him without even noticing the important point.

Compared with the previous dynasty, the population of Dayin was more than twice that of the previous dynasty, and the number of people engaged in business was much larger. However, it did not get many benefits from business, or in other words, many of the benefits that should be obtained were not obtained. This is one of the main reasons why Dayin's treasury is empty.

Ding Ao said: "What the emperor said is true. I also have this intention."

Li Shundao said: "Okay, then you and Hua Aiqing will cooperate and lead the six ministries to revise the laws of our dynasty."

Ding Ao seems to have heard something terrible, re-revise the law? Is the emperor going to completely change the ancestral system? I originally thought that just increasing the commercial tax content would be enough, but why did the emperor say that he had to overthrow everything?
Li Shun's eyes turned into two crescent moons when he smiled: "My dear, you are a smart person and you should be able to understand my painstaking efforts. I, Dayin, are facing great changes that have not happened in a thousand years. Whether it is internal or external, all kinds of difficulties will arise. They are coming towards us one after another.”

"If we continue to stand on our own laurels, we will only perish our country and destroy our species. The reason why I reuse you is, firstly, because I love you for being mature, steady, loyal and reliable, and secondly, because you are quick-thinking, not pedantic, and have the courage to move forward."

"Everything going on in the past is just a small fight. Even if we have a bloody fight with Xungui and the Shenmu Sect, it is ultimately our internal matter. The world is big, and Dayin is just a small boat. What I have done , none of them are without success. At this time of great change, why don’t you and I, our kings and ministers, work hard to live up to our country and our history?”

Ding Ao looked at Li Shun with piercing eyes, and his eyes flashed with tears: "I am willing to devote myself to Dayin until my death. Whether it is to be famous for a lifetime or to be infamous for thousands of years, I will follow the emperor's footsteps firmly."

Li Shun nodded slightly and looked back at the long train together. The rise of Dayin begins today.

In the seventh year of Shengtong, April 4th.

Execution platforms were built one after another in various places in Dayin. The captured bandit leaders of the Shenmu Sect and those who had committed the most heinous crimes were all pulled onto the platform to be judged by the people.

The execution tool is also an item specially developed by the Shenji Manufacturing Office. The spirit extraction device can extract all the mana and spiritual energy from the cultivator's body. In the end, even the soul will not be spared, destroying the cultivator from the source.

On this day, the people of Dayin witnessed up close what a cultivator is! The golden toad took the moon and took it, and those "immortal figures" were sentenced to death one by one. At the same time, Li Shun also announced to the people and the cultivation world the three laws he had initially drafted on cultivation and identity.

Dayin is an empire where the human race is the main body, human spirits, gods, demons, and immortals, and five races coexist. The five races jointly serve the Emperor of Dayin Empire, and the emperor is sacred and inviolable.

In the country of Dayin, all beings with spiritual consciousness, regardless of human beings, gods, demons or immortals, can be called citizens and enjoy the same rights. They are also bound by the laws of Dayin and cannot discriminate against each other. In case of encountering foreign enemies, all ethnic groups have the responsibility to defend Dayin. If there is rebellion, the whole world will punish it.

The citizens of Dayin enjoy the freedom of cultivation. Unless it harms lives and violates the laws of the empire, no one is allowed to discriminate against or attack each other because of their different cultivation methods.

Li Shun's three decrees instantly spread throughout the entire cultivation world of Dayin, and also reached the ears of Taizu.

Taizu Longhun repeated Li Shun's three laws in his mouth, with a complicated look on his face, and murmured to himself: "This boy is so brave, he actually wants to become the emperor of all races in the world."

Li Yin had to admit that Li Shun was smarter than he thought. These three laws basically set the tone. They not only broke the boundaries between the secular world and the cultivation world, allowing the empire's laws to radiate into all aspects, but also won the hearts of the weak ethnic groups. The demon tribe has always been suppressed in Dayin and cannot hold its head up. exist.

Li Shun had the power of the edict, and once the three laws were promulgated, Qiyun followed them. Bei Xuan, as the representative of the demon clan, clearly felt the goodwill from Qiyun. Bei Xuan was actually actively invited by Qi Luck to become the pillar of Qi Luck. For a time, the Kuiyang Monster Clan was all in high spirits.

At the same time, the cultivators in various secret realms have noticed the changes in their luck. After learning about the three laws issued by Emperor Shengtong, people in the secret realms began to actively seek opportunities for communication with the outside world. Even some local cultivators in Dayin The readers are also somewhat moved.

Most of their understanding of the world is limited to this land. Therefore, they also want to get out of the secret realm and seek opportunities for cultivation.

In the palace, Li Shun looked at the information about people in the secret realm sent by the warlock alliances from various places. Some secret realms have begun to contact them, wanting to find out the attitude of the emperor and the court.

Li Shun didn't expect that his few orders would explode so many fish. As a monarch who keeps his word, he naturally has to do what he says. In this way, a department to manage the cultivation world came into being.

Li Dao Yuan is a yamen responsible for communicating with the cultivation world.

The Lidao Yuan established a minister of management, who had the same position as the six ministers, and under him were the left and right ministers, who were in charge of several affairs, established an archives, and registered the practitioners. Any cultivator who is willing to accept the supervision of the imperial court can move freely in Dayin after registration.

As a result, the Li Dao Yuan, the Heavenly Book Supervisor and the Shen Ji Manufacturing Office appeared above the Dayin Court, targeting the three major institutions in the world of cultivation.

Among them, there are no practitioners in the Li Dao Academy. They are all scholars transferred by Li Shun from the Hanlin Academy. This is also the channel through which Li Shun wants the ministers in the court to understand the practitioners. It is also because Li Shun does not completely trust the practitioners. performance of the person.

Letting mortals manage cultivators is the first step for Li Shun to check and balance cultivators.

(End of this chapter)