However, before Liu Zongyuan could speak, Gao Yue said "Zihou", and then used the Yunfu sword put in the sheath as a crutch, pointing at the south lake from Mabei Mountain.

Liu Zongyuan looked at it and it was the time when the red lotus pond in Nanhu Lake was covered with red lotus ponds. The summer was shining, and the red and green were interspersed, which was beautiful. Gao Yue pointed to it, leaning against the lake dam and the road, many Cai people who were hired were demolishing a temple under the instructions of the military officers.

"this......"

"This is a temple dedicated to Li Xilie. After this rebel minister was executed, he was also turned into a 'King of Jianxing of the Great Chu' by the Wu brothers. The gods stood here and accepted worship and worship from Cai Bing and the villagers." Then Gao Yue turned around and told Liu, "Destroying it means destroying the spiritual pillar of the Huaixi separatist rule. Then he used these acres and wood to erect two brand new temples under the city."

"Is it a sacrifice to Chen Xianqi and Yang Envoy's wife?"

Gao Yue nodded and said that he had finally found the corpse of Chen Xianqi's family. After being brutally killed by the Wu thieves, they were abandoned in mass graves. Now they are built tombs and flags, and then temples are built for the people to sacrifice.

As for the Yang Jia family and four children who died in their country, they were also posthumously conferred a title by the court and allowed temples to be built.

"Zihou, please write an article for the temples of Chen Jieshuai and Mrs. Jia! This Taoist is engraved on a stone tablet, and the literary texts of famous scholars and the blood of loyal and fierce men complement each other, so that the Cai people can be subtly moved." At this time, Gao Yue asked leisurely.

On the way, Liu Zongyuan was solemn, and then bowed to the court to express his acceptance.

Then the two rode their horses slowly and arrived at the banks of Rushui River. The sun began to sink to the west. A small pavilion stood in the clouds of grass. Gao Yue and Liu Zongyuan got off their horses. The ointment ring ran hard to make a way for the master. The two finally stood inside the pavilion to see the water. Liu Zongyuan saw that Duke Wei's back was soaked in sweat, and his temples and forehead were covered with shiny beads of sweat. But he was still very excited. Especially when he saw the small boat carrying bamboo and wood down the water, he pointed south with a sword sheath: "On the south of Runan City, we need to build a tax field in the first district in the original Wengangzha, so that we can give the passing merchant ships money to travel."

These are the things that Gao Yue asked Gu Xiu to host.

Take Caizhou as an example, it is a well-connected place. Therefore, Gaoyue planned to set up four tax fields in this state. On the west side, there is Wencheng Field connected to Ciqiu, Tangzhou, and transport goods along the Lishui River; on the north side, there is Xingqiao Field, which is connected to Yancheng; to the south, there is Baigou Field, which is connected to Tongbai and Shenguang State; there is also the Wengang Field referred to by Gaoyue, which uses Rushui as the main transportation route and can be connected to Huainan.

The so-called money for commerce is to calculate the goods of merchants according to the market price, and draw 20 cents per chunk of money, which is a tax rate of 2%.

For luxury goods such as spices, corals, gold and silver jewelry, you need to draw fifty to eighty cents per steep money.

When Gao Yue opened the Yellow River waterway from Jingyuan to Lingwu and traded with Uighur merchants, he was already familiar with this.

Then, Gao Yue had to set up taxes in the towns around Runan City, that is, to collect trade taxes on the spot.

Taxation sites and taxation, plus salt, tea, wine, and the evil scavenger (sucrose) that Gao Yue is about to operate, you can imagine that Huainan Town will occupy the big part of the business tax.

So at this moment, Liu Zongyuan could finally ask: "Duke Wei, now the matter of the reform in Huainan is full of problems and needs money to support it everywhere. But I heard that when the Huaixi was pacified, Duke Wei commanded a considerable amount of the food and salary, which was only saved by borrowing loans from merchants from Xingyuan, Xichuan and Kuifu. So... do you need the government to return this money to the merchants?"

Gao Yue turned around, with a look of surprise, raised his eyebrows, "Return, of course I have to return it."

Liu Zongyuan was also a little surprised.

Because in this era, the communication channels between the court officials and merchants and farmers were rough and direct: when they had no money, they directly ordered the merchants to pay, or impose heavy taxes on the farmers.

When the emperor conquered Heshuo, the military expenditure was insufficient, so he directly asked Du You and Zhao Zan to break the money cabinet in Chang'an City, dig the cellar, and collect money from the merchants and wealthy people. They were open-minded and robbed.

But Gao Yue said that it is natural to pay back money and to pay back debts.

Because the money of the merchant is not for no reason.

Then Gao Yue told Liu Zongyuan frankly that the military expenses were owed to the merchants a total of 1.3 million kuo.

"Don't the court pay back this money?"

"Your Majesty said that in the past three years, Huainan's tribute will be exempted from 300,000 yuan a year, and then all the debts will belong to us." Gao Yue replied with a smile.

"What should I do!" Liu Zongyuan was a little anxious.

You can't have to increase taxes on the people again, right?

But Gao Yue was as stable as Mount Tai. He continued to point to the pavilion and said, "Zihou, it was a tragedy in Caizhou's war, but it was also a turning point. After a year of anti-rebellion war, the indigenous households that originally occupied two-thirds of the land in Caizhou were also the main body of generals and officials who were relied on by Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang's separatist rule. There were about 40,000 to 50,000 people, and most of them were eliminated by the official army. Isn't this a turning point? So I asked Pei Zhongli and you to start from Caizhou, Guangzhou, the simplest business world, respectively. This is the reason."

"But what if those ownerless fields were secretly occupied by the Cai people in front of the official business world?"

Gao Yue laughed loudly, as if laughing at Liu Zongyuan's innocence, "Isn't this the reason why I insisted on not exempting Cai and Guang's taxes?"

Liu Zongyuan was enlightened.

You can occupy those unowned fields, but if you occupy them, you will have to be drawn on the base of the anvil and pay taxes. In addition, opening up the fields will cost labor and time, which is completely unprofitable for ordinary households.

The original situation of power was OK, but this group of people were almost wiped out in the battle to combat Cai.

This is not necessary for Gao Yue to do this, and no one dares to covet the fields that were vacant due to war and killing.

So Gao Yue further told Liu:

"So many fields, I will immediately allocate one-third of them to the Cai people with a tax exemption of three years, so that they can thank the court, restore the farming and weaving in Caizhou to increase their household registration, and this is one of them; there are one-third of them, and they will be distributed to the Wuyi army and the garrison army. They will not engage in camp fields, but will directly recruit people to plant them. Seven three (tenants seven, army three) will make up for the insufficient military expenditure and military rations; and one-third of them will be given to the merchants in Xingyuan, Xichuan and Kuifu for free, so that 70% of the debt can be offset!"

Sell, sell land, sell it to merchants for free to pay off debts...

Liu Zongyuan's thoughts were a little confused.

Gao Yue said of course that's it. Merchants want land in Caizhou and can recruit farmers to plant and collect rent. Of course, the most important thing is to go along the Wengang in Rushui to Runan City, and then to Xingqiao and Yancheng, and add residences and shops. In this way, the profit will double. Once the profit is large, the commercial goods in Caizhou will increase sharply. I set up a tax field, and the tax collection will also increase the money for the tax collection.

This is a win-win result.
Chapter completed!