Yang Lin killed some tough and loyal people from the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family, and immediately promoted adjutants at all levels.

There is Chen Zixing, an old fried dough stick who has been in Yangzhou for more than ten years.

No one of the civil and military officials dared to resist.

"In the name of the General Administration, officials at all levels of counties and counties will come to report their duties within seven days.

Moreover, Zhang Xian’s essay was issued, and anyone who actively joined the army would be exempted from tuition for life, and would be given land according to military merits, and would be divided into different levels."

It seems that the world is in chaos, and now soldiers are needed.

Although Yang Lin didn't know much about this era, he still knew what the people were thinking.

The first question is nothing more than eating.

If you want to eat, where does the food come from? Of course, it is planted. Whether you can eat enough depends on whether they have land and whether the tax they collect is heavy?

"By the way, how did the imperial court collect taxes over the years? Is it heavy?"

Once power is in hand, I will take the orders.

Yang Lin was about to open a mansion, and he could not leave everything to a military leader to deal with. Of course, the army needed it, and civil servants also needed it.

The most important thing is to win the hearts of the people. This tax issue is the top priority.

When I came here, I had been staying in the Feng family bun shop before, but later, in order to recover from the wounds, I did not go out in the Yuzhu Hall.

I only learned some of the details of this era from Wei Zhenzhen’s mouth.

Wei Zhenzhen is a civilian woman after all, and she definitely doesn't know much about some policy issues at the top.

Gang members like Gui Xiliang are very familiar with territorial snatching and have heard of the wealth and power of a certain businessman. If you want to talk about issues related to national economy and people's livelihood, you will be blinded. Asking questions is vain.

If you have specialized in your profession, you have to ask the officials of the Sui Dynasty for this matter.

Although, so far, the world is in chaos, and officials at all levels have all started to take advantage of the situation and are not very concerned about government affairs.

However, they cannot be unaware of some important policies.

When Chen Zixing heard that Yang Lin first asked about the lifeline of the court, he was not panicked.

He is a military general, but not just a military general. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is both civil and military: "Since the Kaihuang period, our dynasty has implemented the renting and mediocre system, and generally taxes are collected according to the population..."

I understand that collecting taxes by people is to encourage the people to reclaim wasteland. The more they are cultivated, the lower the burden when paying taxes.

But the problem is that some good paddy fields are basically occupied by large households, and the people cannot grow much food. Since they are wasteland, they must have had very little income when they were first reclaimed.

When you become a mature field, you will be occupied by others, so few people will do useless work.

The most important thing is that this will lead to a situation where wealthy and large-scale investors recruit young and strong retail investors and conceal their strong men...

Their power is getting stronger and stronger, and the family does not collect taxes when concealing the population, but the land is not necessarily small.

No wonder, in the late Sui Dynasty, the population was getting smaller and smaller. From the 50 million people counted during the Kaihuang period to Yangguang, after such trouble, only more than 20 million people remained.

The entire country has lost more than 20 million people in more than ten years, and they are all killed by war, starved to death, or exhausted to death.

A large part of them died, but they couldn't survive and escaped, and some of them were probably hidden by wealthy families.

"From now on, check the number of people in wealthy businessmen, be sure to find out the number of dogs and chickens. The policy of collecting taxes based on the caps is good. Just follow the old rules and implement the matters of conscription immediately."

"Your Majesty, no, this may lead to dissatisfaction among scholars...

Also, it is OK to post a post on the recruitment list, but it is difficult to recruit people, and no one will believe what is said in the list."

Chen Zixing called the prince smoothly and his attitude was respectful. He had no choice but to do anything. His strength was inferior to others, so he could not surrender.

It's hard to say how hard he really did.

At this moment, his face looked bitter.

"Insufficient manpower? Yangzhou is the hub of Jiangnan. Even merchants from the Central Plains and the northwest have come to do business. The land is very fertile and can't even recruit a soldier?"

"Prince, please follow the subordinates and see."

Chen Zixing looked embarrassed and led the road ahead.

Yang Lin got on a carriage and walked through the bustling city. At this time, the troops of each battalion had retreated. Those who should defend the city were still defending the city, and those who should reorganize were disrupted and reorganized. Everything was in order and did not disturb the people.

From here, it can be seen that Chen Zixing is very good at managing troops.

Within half an hour, he had already handled military affairs and was with him to obey orders.

Yang Lin felt very worry-free with such a person around him.

The carriage didn't take long to go, and arrived at the north of the city.

When I got here, I heard a burst of noise, like a tide.

The sound of pain, the sound of calling children to call girls, the sound of whips, the sound of harsh scolding, and the sound of rumbling pushing wood and rolling stones...

The heads were densely packed, with men and women, old and young, all of whom were pale and thin, and sweating all over the rain.

This place is actually a large construction site that lasts for miles.

With Yang Lin's sky eyes, he could see a very distant place, but he could only see a sea of ​​people.

It is estimated that at least tens of thousands of people are working on infrastructure.

Looking at the foundation, there are steps and rockery, digging lakes and planting trees, it should be a palace building.

However, the only problem is that the palace is too big, and it seems that it is not one or two.

Wei Zhenzhen, who was following her, looked up and saw tears flowing in her eyes.

The body trembled slightly.

Obviously I remembered some past events at home.

Kou Zhong, Xu Ziling and others also looked sad.

If they could live with peace of mind, how could they join the gang? They just want to make a living to earn a meal, and learn writing and martial arts everywhere, and they also want to find a future.

The life of poor people is really difficult.

However, the officials of the Yangzhou General Administration and the county government have not changed much, and they seem to be used to seeing it.

"I know that Yang Guang went to Jiangnan and wanted to build Yangzhou into a capital, so he would definitely build a palace, but isn't there one?"

Seeing this tragic situation, Yang Lin looked slightly depressed.

The history book says that Yang Guang used a lot of manpower to build the Grand Canal, but it was just a number and had no idea at all. Some people even said that they could give food and salary.

OK, let's believe him.

Also, when he went to Jiangnan, he heard that hundreds of thousands of people were used to provide food along the way. In front of the dragon boat, countless beautiful women were found wearing uniform silk clothes and used them as women in palaces to pull the slim.

Extremely luxurious.

When foreign countries hear about it, they will say that China is powerful.

When the people at the bottom heard this, they would also say that the emperor was so arrogant.

But looking at the scene in front of you, this is not the case at all.

Yang Lin even saw some women and children working hard to make their lives there.
Chapter completed!