Chapter 37 Internal Strategy (Please Subscribe for Monthly Tickets in October)

Wang Hongyi defeated the feudal vassal towns in Qin in a bloody battle, and the Dragon Sword became stable, so the army returned with a great victory.

The territory of Shu was thus unified in the hands of Wang Hongyi.

Wang Hongyi sent someone to write to the court, asking him to be granted the title of King of Shu.

The puppet emperor of the Yan Dynasty denounced Wang Hongyi in the inner palace as a rebellious minister and a traitor, and refused to grant him the title of king.

In fact, all the power of the imperial court now lies in the hands of the powerful minister Wei Yue. The young emperor is just a stamped emperor and has no autonomy.

In this matter, Wei Yue did not want Wang Hongyi to be canonized by the King of Shu.

The last time I was given the title of Marquis of Shu, I actually wanted to lure Wang Hongyi out of Shu and drain him out of the cauldron, but I didn't expect that Wang Hongyi was so unruly that he ate the bait but didn't take the bait.

Also because of that holy decree, Wang Hongyi claimed to be the Marquis of Shu and did not receive much opposition.

But now, if the Yan Dynasty gives Wang Hongyi the title of King of Shu, it will undoubtedly strengthen Wang Hongyi's strength and help him stabilize the rule of Shu, which is not good.

Therefore, under the control of the powerful minister Wei Yue, the Yan Dynasty issued three imperial edicts to reprimand Wang Hongyi, calling him a person who deceived the emperor and treason, and called on the righteous people in the world to rebel against him.

In addition, the Yan Dynasty named Wei Yue the Duke of Wu and ordered him to command the troops and horses to defeat the traitor Wang Hongyi.

As soon as the news came out, the civil and military officials of the entire court were shocked.

Due to the rebellion of the vassal towns in the late period, the imperial court moved south. The actual area was ancient Yangzhou, which was the land of Wu and Yue. The title of Wei Yue as King of Wu was really well known to everyone in Sima Zhao's heart.

This is not over yet!

Seven days later, in the name of Wei Yue's crusade against Wang Hongyi's rebellion, the Yan Dynasty granted Wei Yue the title of King of Wu.

This is a step further.

Although it is said that the imperial court canonized Wei Yue as King of Wu.

But all knowledgeable people know that the imperial court is actually under the control of Wei Yue.

Wei Yue coerced the emperor to order the princes. This was because he used Wang Hongyi's name to make himself king. It also meant that Wei Yue was stimulated by Wang Hongyi and would act more and more radically. This was his intention to swallow the dragon and plot for the dynasty. Usurped the throne?

Suddenly, the sky and the earth were turbulent, and the undercurrent was flowing.

The vassal towns in various places accelerated the pace of unification, and fighting continued.

However, there are many disturbances from the outside world.

Wang Hongyi closed the door and focused on doing his own thing.

He was not worried about the court's reprimand.

Shu is a land of four difficulties. Since ancient times, it has been difficult to create a dragon, and it is easy to form a situation where the dragon is trapped.

But similarly, Shu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. With all the vassal towns in Qin being repulsed by Wang Hongyi, it is not that easy for the outside world to attack Shu.

The imperial court did not agree to give Wang Hongyi the title of King of Shu.

Wang Hongyi took it upon himself and proclaimed himself.

The ceremony for King Shu's enthronement is still proceeding step by step.

And his energy was focused on the internal political governance of Shu.

Wang Hongyi unified Shu too quickly. With the support of Wu Siyuan, it took several years faster than in the original work.

This is a good thing.

But reality is not a game.

It doesn't mean that you can get output just by laying down a piece of land.

Every piece of land that Wang Hongyi conquers needs to be managed by officials and provided with food support, so that blood-sucking organs can be turned into blood-forming organs step by step.

But it takes time and manpower.

His rise was too fast. Even if he tried his best to find talents, it was still not enough. He could only rely heavily on surrendered ministers and officials.

It is not that people with modern experience like Wang Hongyi have not seen the harm caused by officials.

Excessive use of surrendered ministers also has the danger of losing too much.

In the end, there was no way to escape reincarnation. Various interest groups just changed their skins and became active in the court again.

So Wang Hongyi stopped.

On the one hand, it is to cultivate one’s health and rest.

On the other hand, it is to establish various rules and regulations to manage internal affairs.

Among them, Wang Hongyi mainly promotes three policies.

The first policy is to increase investment in universities and martial arts schools, and to join Ming Jing Ke to cultivate suitable officials. But they will not be appointed as officials directly. Instead, they will be allowed to start from official positions such as Dian Li.

Because in the Yan Dynasty, scholars were selected through the imperial examination, and once they came out, they were officials of the seventh rank. Such generous treatment caused scholars all over the world to devote themselves to studying. After ten years of hard work, they were named on the golden list of the dynasty. But after becoming an official, he did not have enough management experience, which resulted in the power in the county falling into the hands of officials.

Youdao is a smooth county magistrate and an iron-clad official.

Wang Hongyi learned this lesson and refused to take it!

However, these officials controlled the grassroots work of the government and gradually evolved into a family business. By doing this, Wang Hongyi actually made them cheese and aroused their resistance. In this regard, Wang Hongyi also took corresponding measures to appease him, which was to let go Promotion channels for officials, and promoted several relatively capable young officials to serve as officials.

This allowed Wang Hongyi's policies to be effectively promoted.

The second policy is to determine the per-acre policy.

Dividing ding into mu, also known as divvying into land and combining land with ding. In the real world, it was an important reform of the tax system in the late feudal society of China. It was a method in which the Qing government merged the ding silver that had been passed down through the ages into land tax collection. The tax system marks the abolition of the head tax (Ding tax) that has been implemented in China for more than 2,000 years.

The implementation of this system has reduced the economic burden of landless and landless farmers and promoted population growth. Workers have greater personal freedom, which is conducive to social and economic development. The simplification of taxation rules reduces the possibility of arbitrary tax increases by the government.

Because it used to be a poll tax, that is, a Ding tax.

In the past, when conscription was based on people, they were the largest in number, and they were often burdened by landlords and other powerful people. Therefore, their burdens far exceeded the proportion that they should bear based on their land and property. After the shareholding, the dingyin was shared evenly according to the number of land or land tax. This part of the peasants had less land, so the burden was naturally lighter than before. After the gentry was apportioned, the privileges and exemptions of the gentry were cancelled, and their land was shared among the dingyin, thus bearing the burden of the dingyin. The increase in the amount of land has also relatively lightened the burden on farmers.

For example, in his previous life, Wang Hongyi collected taxes as usual, but this also aroused public dissatisfaction. The main reason was that the landlord class who should have paid more taxes received less tax, while the peasants who had no land and little land were exploited even more.

This situation will be greatly improved after the shares are divided into acres.

The third policy is the policy of paying grain to both officials and gentry.

The inherent system in feudal society exempts those who have achieved fame from corvee taxes, but the really wealthy people such as officials and landlords do not need to pay much tax. This not only puts the financial burden on the poor people, but also forces the people to pay taxes in order to avoid paying taxes. Entrusting land to these tax-exempt official landowners not only increases personal dependence, but also creates an empty state treasury.

This situation in Shu is not obvious yet.

But once Wang Hongyi unifies the country and develops for decades, this situation will become very serious.

At that time, if you wanted to take action against the policies of officials and gentry, you would encounter particularly strong resistance.

Therefore, Wang Hongyi took precautions and formulated rules and regulations while the territory was still small and the bureaucratic interest class was not particularly strong.

Later, when other sites are established and implemented, it will become customized.