readytorunbook Chapter 290 What Is Hard Work?
Chapter 290 What Is Hard Work?
For a big country with a population of hundreds of millions, how much revenue can the national treasury generate every year?
The answer is more than seven million Cosmic Coin.
It's not as good as Tang Xiaoyu making more money by randomly sending out a few soldiers to plunder.
The main reason is that the national policy Tang Xiaoyu just started formulating is to hide wealth among the people.
All taxes that can be exempted will be exempted. If taxes cannot be exempted, they should be levied as low as possible.
Salt, iron, tea, cotton, coal, oil, gold, these bulk commodities are all managed by the state, and private hoarding or reselling is not allowed.
All farmland is state-owned, and the in-kind taxes paid by farmers renting land can be exchanged for vouchers.
Vouchers can be exchanged for the goods you need at any state-owned store.
If it weren't for the fear that some big families would monopolize the entire commodity market, these commodity countries would be too lazy to operate.
As for medical care, education, water conservancy, and transportation, these involve all aspects of people's livelihood, and the state invests a large amount of funds in subsidies every year.
If the lords were not allowed to pay for subsidies, Tang Xiaoyu himself would have spent billions on it.
It is no exaggeration to say that no country in the entire first battlefield can live a more comfortable life than the people on the Conferred God Platform.
After Tang Xiaoyu walked out of Honglu Temple, he wanted to wander around the imperial city on a whim.
He rarely goes to the mortal world. Apart from occasionally visiting the court, most of the time he either stays in the harem or goes to other people's territories.
It's not that he looks down on mortals, it's that he doesn't want to have any interaction with those who are destined to live less than a hundred days.
That feeling is very strange, just like Bo Shang, who was living in front of you in full vigour and vitality a month ago, but will be gone as long as he talks about it a month later.
People have feelings. Watching Bo Shang disappear before his eyes, Tang Xiaoyu couldn't remain indifferent.
Tang Xiaoyu didn't want to become indifferent because he had experienced this kind of thing too much, so he tried to reduce contact with these people as much as possible.
He now somewhat understands why those gods in the sky are unwilling to come down to earth and have contact with mortals.
If you have too much contact with these mortals, your Taoist mind will really be affected.
Walking on the Imperial City Street, there was an endless stream of vehicles and caravans, and a huge crowd of pedestrians on the street.
There are various shops lined up on both sides of the street, making it a lively scene.
Maybe it was because the clothes Tang Xiaoyu wore were too luxurious, many people subconsciously staggered half a distance from him when they passed by him, and many people couldn't help but look at him a few more times.
Although this world does not restrict people from wearing yellow clothes, the golden satin gown Tang Xiaoyu wears is definitely not a bargain at first glance.
Tang Xiaoyu was used to this and didn't pay too much attention to it.
As we walked, the street in front of us was suddenly surrounded by a crowd. There were faint sounds of women crying and a few men scolding.
Tang Xiaoyu pushed away the crowd and took a closer look.
But it was a woman in rags who was pushed to the ground by several vicious officers.
The people watching the excitement around couldn't help but point at the woman and talk about it.
After listening to a few words, Tang Xiaoyu roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that the county town where this woman lived was hit by floods, and she fled all the way to the capital to join her relatives.
Originally, there was nothing surprising about this incident. The reason was that these officers and soldiers were doing well. Why would they arrest a fleeing woman?
Tang Xiaoyu couldn't help but curiously asked the people around him:
"What crime did this woman commit? Why did you want to arrest her?"
An old man in his seventies next to him didn't even turn around when he heard this. He sighed and said:
"How can a woman commit any crime? It must be the dog official who is afraid that the disaster will make things worse, so he sent people to the capital to catch the victims."
Tang Xiaoyu frowned when he heard this.
Damn it?
Could such a bloody plot happen right under my nose?
What kind of dog is so bold as to dare to act cruelly at the foot of the imperial city?
He said dubiously:
"Can't? Who is so bold at the foot of the Imperial City?"
Hearing this, the old man was about to mock Tang Xiaoyu, but when he raised his head and saw Tang Xiaoyu's appearance, he immediately froze on the spot.
The old man didn't know what he thought of, so he hurriedly pushed away the crowd and ran away as if running for his life.
Tang Xiaoyu looked at the panicked old man and felt a little confused.
At this time, the woman who was pushed to the ground was put in shackles and shackles by several officials and began to chase away the crowd of onlookers.
The woman cried loudly while shedding tears:
"A common woman has been wronged! Pei Yuansheng, the governor of Yu County, colluded with profiteers to frame Zhongliang, hoarded grain at high prices, and starved to death thousands of people affected by the disaster in Pi County. My husband, as the grain officer of Pi County, couldn't stand what Pei Yuansheng did, so he decided to open a warehouse Food relief. That thief Pei Yuansheng led his men and beat him to death in the granary. This evil thief has done all kinds of bad things, and God cannot tolerate it! The world is so big, is there no place for justice?"
When several officers saw this, they immediately picked up the sabers at their waists and struck the woman hard on the mouth.
Suddenly, several of the woman's teeth were knocked out, and blood flowed out of her mouth uncontrollably.
When Tang Xiaoyu saw this, he immediately became angry.
How dare you commit murder and hurt people in front of me in the territory of labor and management!
Then Tang Xiaoyu appeared in front of the official and slapped the official who hit him unconscious.
If Tang Xiaoyu wasn't worried that too many people around would frighten the people, Tang Xiaoyu would have wanted to blow his head off with one palm.
Seeing this, other officials around him quickly drew out their sabers from their waists and surrounded Tang Xiaoyu fiercely.
"Bold! Where are you from? You dare to attack officers and soldiers in the imperial city! Do you not want to live anymore?"
Tang Xiaoyu laughed angrily, okay, labor and management have become unruly people, right?
He didn't bother to talk to these little minions, so he said coldly:
"Where are you on duty? Looking at your attire, you don't look like people from the Imperial City Security Department. Go and call your heads over and say that I am the nephew of Lord Lingbo Xuebo, the minister of the dynasty. I want to see it. Look, who dares to touch me?"
Several officers looked at Tang Xiaoyu's appearance, and then at his attire. They knew that they must have encountered serious trouble, and immediately sent one to report the news. The remaining people still surrounded Tang Xiaoyu. .
Tang Xiaoyu didn't want to leave at all. If he had wanted to leave, he would have flown away with the woman.
He just wanted to stay and see who he was, so cruel and crazy, that he dared to do evil under his nose.
Tang Xiaoyu walked to the woman's side and helped the woman on the ground up.
The woman thanked Tang Xiaoyu profusely, and Tang Xiaoyu told her to wait patiently and that he would be the one to decide everything.
After that, Tang Xiaoyu took out a handkerchief and handed it to the woman, then stood there and waited without saying a word.
Less than two minutes later, a group of officers and soldiers rushed over.
Tang Xiaoyu only took one glance and recognized that the uniforms worn by this group of officers and soldiers were those of the Imperial City Security Department.
At this time, two officials rode tall horses and walked in front of the officers and soldiers.
Tang Xiaoyu didn't know either of these two people, but judging from the official uniforms they were wearing, one should be the official uniform of the local governor, and the other should be the uniform of the local yamen.