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Chapter 549 Land Tax
With the stable performance of Guo Kai and Wang Jian, the State of Zhao was destroyed in just over a month!
When the State of Zhao fought against the State of Qin, it could naturally unleash 300% of its combat effectiveness, but when fighting against the State of Tang, it was completely useless.

After all, Tang and Zhao had no grudges against each other, especially now that people from all countries knew that when they were common people in Tang, they directly rented the land from the King of Tang and did not need to pay more taxes to anyone else. They only needed to hand over half of their harvest to the government every year!

Half of the income may sound like a lot, but for ordinary people it is simply pie in the sky!
You have to know that in the past, when they rented land from nobles, they had to pay at least 70% to 80% of the income, and there were also various taxes and corvee labor. If they encountered any problems, their families would be immediately broken up.

There is no way. For the vast majority of ordinary people, they have probably never left the city where they were born and raised in their entire lives, so naturally they don’t understand what the various taxes are for.

In fact, even the famous tyrants in ancient times knew that taxes should not be collected too much, otherwise the people under their rule would not be able to survive.

But!
Why did the harsh Qin law lead to rebellions everywhere, while Liu Bang's Three Articles of Law became a legend through the ages?

The main reason is that ordinary people simply don't have the time, energy or conditions to learn those messy legal provisions, right?

Not to mention ancient times, even in later generations, things like using chicken feathers as a token of authority still happen. The more complicated many so-called regulations are, the more room they give to those in the middle to manipulate them.

Now Li Qingyuan directly announced the abolition of corvee labor, taking half of the income and keeping none of the rest, thus directly eliminating all middlemen.

Never underestimate the wisdom of the ancients in taking advantage of loopholes, especially when it comes to their own interests, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many college students being abducted by peasant women.

So after the demise of Zhao, the king of Qi surrendered directly, and Tang was about to unify the world!

Li Qingyuan was not surprised at the surrender of Qi. In the original time and space, the King of Qi also surrendered voluntarily, but Ying Zheng's work was too rough. It was agreed that the King of Qi would not be killed if he surrendered and would be given a fiefdom of 500 miles. However, he ended up throwing the King of Qi alone into the deep mountains and forests without even giving him a servant.

The King of Qi, who had been pampered since childhood, was thrown into the mountains. What could he do?
Let alone the King of Qi, even if it is those netizens in later generations who brag all day long that they can do anything and build a Gundam with their hands, if you really throw him into the forest alone with nothing, he will end up with the same fate as the King of Qi.

Of course, Li Qingyuan said that he was not as unsophisticated as Ying Zheng. After the King of Qi surrendered, he directly settled him in Luoyang. At least he provided him with good food and drink until his death, right?

Qin, Wei, Chu, Zhao, Qi, of all the original countries in the world now only has Yan left!
The main reason why Yan State is still left is because Yan State is located in the north and winter is approaching, so they can only temporarily cease fire.

However, everyone in the world knows that the State of Yan will definitely not survive until next summer. It is estimated that when the ice and snow melt, it will be the day of the demise of the State of Yan.

"Master, is it really okay for you to do this?"

Jingwei asked in some confusion. On this day when the sky was covered with heavy snow, Li Qingyuan, as the King of Tang, did not stay in the palace in Luoyang, but actually took a group of people directly to Jicheng, the capital of Yan State. People really didn't know how to complain about this.

Not to mention safety, just the fact that he has just unified the world, there are so many things to deal with. Li Si is said to be so busy every day that he has no time to sleep. As a result, this king brought a bunch of women to the enemy's capital to play. No matter how you look at it, he is a super tyrant!

"What's wrong with that? We're just going out for some fun! We won't be able to play next year!"

Li Qingyuan said that if he didn't travel quickly, Yan State would become his jurisdiction, so how could he cause trouble in the future?
Besides, who is he to?

Prince Dan of Yan is still somewhat interested!
"Puppy! Take you to see someone!"

Pulling at the decoration of Concubine Yan beneath him, His Majesty the King of Tang said with a smile.

It’s a pity that Concubine Yan doesn’t know Prince Dan of Yan yet, so Ji Ru naturally couldn’t be born.

Yan Fei could only glare at someone fiercely with her eyes. If eyes could kill, she would have cut that person into pieces long ago.

"Wang Wang-"

Instead, the Moon Goddess on the side hurriedly called out in a low voice to please someone. It was obvious that in terms of willpower, the Moon Goddess lost to Yan Fei again!

The group entered the State of Yan without any obstruction, and they didn't even see any patrolling soldiers. "Is the State of Yan also ruined? Give me 30,000 soldiers and I can conquer the State of Yan!"

Liu Ji looked at the city of Ji with its gates wide open and began to blow the whistle.

"Why do you want 30,000? Just give me 20,000 and I can take it down!"

When Peng Yue saw Liu Ji bragging like this, he immediately spoke up.

"Tsk, you two are scumbags, five thousand is all I need!"

The newly joined boy looked at the two seniors with disdain, and then attracted hatred as soon as he opened his mouth.

"What? Are you not convinced? Want to compete?"

The young man who spoke saw the anger in Liu Ji and Peng Yue's eyes, and simply spread his hands and spoke.

"cut!"

Liu Ji and Peng Yue looked at each other and finally decided to ignore each other.

There’s no way, I can’t beat him!

The new guy is called Ying Bu. His strength is so abnormal that even the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Lady Giant Salamander, said that Ying Bu would definitely catch up with her in ten years. He is a super warrior rarely seen in the world!

Liu Ji and Peng Yue used to be the best in their respective small groups. Originally, seeing that Ying Bu seemed to be two years younger than them, they were prepared to act like the big brother in front of Ying Bu. However, who would have thought that both of them were defeated by the other side. Not to mention the big brother status, even their inner strength was lost.

"Father, how come the Yan State doesn't even have someone to guard the city?"

Liu Ji walked to the side of the road and asked an old man who was setting up a stall on the roadside.

"Defend the city? What city? The Tang army is coming?"

The old man asked excitedly, and at the same time stuck his head out to look around.

"How could the Tang army attack us in this heavy snow? Besides, aren't you from Yan? Why are you so excited about the Tang army attacking us?"

"Young man, you are from the south, tell me, they all say that the King of Tang issued an order to give all the poor enough food? As long as they are human beings, they will be given land, right?"

The old man grabbed Liu Bang and asked.

"Indeed, everyone will be given land, but the land belongs to the country and is only rented out to the people for cultivation. If you want to get your own land, you must have made contributions to be pardoned!"

Liu Bang learned a lot this year and naturally became proficient in the laws of the Tang Dynasty.

After all, he participated in the two battles of destroying Qin and Zhao successively, and now he has been promoted to lieutenant colonel. He owns 5,000 acres of land under his command. He can be regarded as a middle-level or above noble in the Tang Dynasty!

"It's good to divide the land! It's good to divide the land!"

But it was obvious that the old man didn't understand his explanation at all. He only heard that land was distributed to everyone!

(End of this chapter)