While the Geng Liang brother and sister were arguing endlessly about their mission to Liangzhou, Yunfeng was also discussing some agenda items with his staff.

The first focus is on the candidates for officials in the thirteen newly established counties. You know, this is a big fat job!

The key lies in the population. Liangzhou is vast and sparsely populated, and some counties within the territory only have two to three thousand people. To put it bluntly, any village in the previous Red Dynasty had more people than it. Even Yunfeng often sighed secretly, even though

It has nearly 700,000 square kilometers of land, but the number of people under its jurisdiction is not as high as that of a small county party secretary in later generations!

The number of people liberated from the Thirteen Wubao this time, not including the men of the thirteen clans, is nearly 300,000! Among them, the largest Jia's Wubao has more than 100,000, and the smallest has more than 10,000.

This means that even the worst county has more than 10,000 people under its jurisdiction, and population is the guarantee of money and food!

The officials all recommended their relatives and friends to serve in the newly established county, but Yunfeng declined with a smile. What he needed was talents who could be ideologically consistent with his! He planned to recruit officials from among the people through examinations.

, there is no limit to men and women! He will naturally come up with the exam questions in person, and inform all counties via flying pigeons that it will be held in Guzang two months later.

Of course, Yunfeng's behavior cannot be said to be an imperial examination. It's not that the imperial examination was not good, but that he only has a million people under his jurisdiction, so there is no need to make it so complicated. One test paper is enough.

In fact, Evianfeng's original intention was to replace all grassroots officials, but he understood that a scalpel-style radical change was not appropriate. The road had to be walked step by step, and the meal had to be eaten in bites. A boil-a-frog-style change was the most appropriate.

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The second point is to reform the tax system. Regarding the land occupation system, Yunfeng has not yet planned to abolish it. This is because there are no gentry in Liangzhou. The Zhang family, the only gentry in Liangzhou, has now disappeared and no longer exists. Replace it with another one.

From a perspective, the land occupation system has become a powerful weapon against local tyrants!

Therefore, he only needs to change the way he pays taxes. The land occupation system stipulates that each year he must pay three pieces of silk, three pounds of cotton, and four stones of grain! Regardless of whether the land is full, whether it is a good year or a poor harvest, this fixed amount will be levied.

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Yunfeng changed it to a system where officials and gentry pay taxes together, and pay taxes according to the output of the ladder system. On a household basis, if the per capita land area is 100 acres or less, the tax is 20 yuan. For those between 100 and 200 acres, the tax is

Fifteen taxes are levied once. For those from 200 to 1,000 acres, five taxes are levied. For more than 1,000 acres, one-third is collected! The purpose is to suppress land annexation. The more you occupy, the more you have to pay.

Speaking of officials and gentry receiving food from one body, we have to mention Yongzheng. Putting aside national prejudices, the emperor that Yunfeng admires the most is him! Because he did what all the emperors in Chinese history wanted to do but failed to do! You know

, even the Red Dynasty did not do this, at least civil servants did not pay taxes on their salaries. It is a pity that his unscrupulous son Qi De De overturned all this after his death. Suddenly, like a spring breeze, the Qing Dynasty

The bureaucrats once again lived a happy life.

Of course, the difficulty of implementing Yunfeng's integrated grain payment system for officials and gentry is thousands of times easier than that of Yongzheng. There is only one reason for this: the population is small and it is convenient to do everything.

Under this regulation, Yunfeng became the biggest victim, because he had 600 hectares of land! He paid taxes according to three taxes and one, and he lost all his pants!

With Yunfeng setting an example, this policy did not encounter much resistance. In fact, officials only needed to divide the land according to the heads of relatives, which would basically meet the standard of one tax per fifteen. In addition, Yunfeng also

He didn't do anything right and doubled the salaries of all officials!

Everyone thought that Yunfeng was selfless, but in fact, he was secretly having fun. You know, he grew cotton in his fields. Except for part of the cotton harvested every year, most of it was used by Yunfeng as strategic materials.

The cotton cloth was then distributed to female Rakshasa and female medical soldiers as sanitary products without charging a penny.

Yunfeng had already planned to distribute the land to the employees for free when he returned home, but asked them to continue planting cotton, and the state government would pay for the purchase every year! Now, he even saved the labor wages!

According to the tax standards set by Yunfeng, the grain collected cannot meet the needs of the army and government at all levels, but it doesn't matter. The state government will pay to purchase the shortfall from farmers. This is also one of his purposes. Through this move,

Wealth is stored in the people. Moreover, when farmers have money, they will naturally consume. This will promote the development of the commodity economy.

As for where the money for the state government comes from? Yunfeng has one word: rob!

Third, Yunfeng issued an order to abolish slavery! Human trafficking was prohibited. The household registrations of maids and slaves were all registered in the state, and they were equal to civilians. If the original family wanted to continue to employ them, they had to sign a contract, in triplicate and one copy.

If it is retained by the government, wages must be paid in addition.

This order was very abrupt, and everyone was a little confused. Yunfeng used himself as an example. As a state pastor, his family did not have maidservants, and he repeatedly expressed his strong desire to abolish slavery. In desperation, everyone also

I had to agree.

After easily solving the three problems, Yunfeng suddenly asked: "I wonder if any of you believe in Buddhism?"

"Uh~?" The officials all looked at me, then I looked at you, and then they all said no. After more than a year of understanding, everyone knew that this person would not be careless. Generally speaking, whatever aspect he was concerned about, he would

He indicated that he would take action in that regard.

Dou Tao hesitated and said: "Could it be that your Majesty wants to attack Buddhism..." As he said that, he slashed down hard with his palm, making a clicking motion!

Yunfeng nodded and said: "Yes, Buddhism does not produce or pay taxes, and it also occupies land and people. I would like to transform the Buddhism in Liangzhou."

Chen Zhen asked: "May I ask how your Majesty should act?"

Yunfeng said sternly: "Taoists should wholeheartedly worship and serve the Buddha, and encourage others to do good, and should not indulge in worldly pleasures. Therefore, I have decided to confiscate the temple property. Taoists are not allowed to have money in their hands, and can only rely on the charity of believers to survive!"

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Yunfeng followed the standards of the Dabei Temple in his previous life. Dabei Temple was the Buddhist temple he admired most. The monks in the temple were not allowed to touch money throughout their lives. Their daily lives depended on growing their own vegetables and rice donated by devotees.

Adhering to the principle of "eating once during the day and not eating after noon", they only eat one meal a day. What is even more rare is that in order to save the world, they have to travel once a year, carrying scriptures and quilts, and walking thousands of miles. They sleep under trees and do not stay in inns.

Begging for food.

To put it bluntly, Yunfeng cannot ban Buddhism. Buddhism has its merits, but he will never allow the Shaolin Temple to appear on his territory!

Chen Zhen's expression changed and she asked, "Is your decision too harsh?"

Yun Feng shook his head and said: "This is how you should act to respect and worship the Buddha. Buddhist temples should not become a place for those who evade paying taxes and those who love leisure and work."

Yin Yu worriedly said: "Although this is a great good deed, your Majesty will not hesitate to make enemies of Buddhism in the world!"

"Hmph!" Yunfeng snorted coldly: "Being an enemy of Buddhism? This general is trying to save Buddhism! Besides, I, the Liangzhou Cavalry, are not just for display!" Yunfeng roughly remembers that from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty for hundreds of years,

There have been several attempts to exterminate Buddhas in China, just because

Buddhism was so rich that it owned a large amount of temple property. Countless people were ordained as monks to avoid paying taxes. The tall Buddha statues were made of pure copper. You know, copper was the raw material for making money at that time! And some monks openly married wives.

Give birth to a son, and the whole place is filled with filth and evil!

After talking to this point, everyone knew that he had made up his mind, so they said nothing. Anyway, none of them believed in Buddhism, and the suppression of skinheads had nothing to do with them.

The following period was not easy for Yunfeng. Although various policies were formulated, they still required his supervision and guidance. Sometimes he had to use strong means to implement them, and he had to correct individual omissions at any time.

In addition, for Buddhist temples, Yunfeng also used the method of persuading monks to return to secular life. As long as there are those who are willing to return to secular life, they will give 10,000 yuan on the spot and allocate land!

As a result, and coupled with the policy of cutting off their roots, there were only more than 200 monks left in Guzang out of more than 4,000. In some temples, even the abbots ran away. There was no way, the source of wealth was cut off, and

How many people are willing to be beggars? How many Buddhists in the world are truly Buddhists?

However, Yunfeng's money is not so easy to get. He followed the practice of the trustworthy people in his previous life and had to sign a guarantee letter first! He promised not to preach Buddhism to his neighbors after returning to secular life, and not to talk about Buddhism in front of others or behind him, otherwise he would be punished double
Chapter completed!