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The first thousand three hundred and ninety-six chapters: laugh at the situation

After relocating the Zhou family and the people who surrendered to Bozhou, Qin Feng finally felt relieved. Next, he felt that he could relax a little. Over the years, he had almost no time to let himself relax.

All actions of Qi have basically come to an end. Everything that should be done has been done, and the rest can only be watched. From the beginning, Qi and Ming all competed in secret. At first, the Ming Dynasty was in a difficult growth. Qi took advantage of the opportunity to use them to restrain other hostile forces, and secretly stabbed the Ming Dynasty to delay the growth of Ming Dynasty. It was not until the Ming Dynasty gradually formed and fought hard with the Qin Deng Pu army in Hengdian that Qi was officially dispatched troops. It originally defeated the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop, but things went against its wishes. Under the extremely difficult situation, the Ming Dynasty actually won victory on three battlefields at the same time. These three victories completely laid the foundation for the Ming Dynasty and also allowed Qi to taste the taste of failure in the first confrontation with the Ming Dynasty.

Because of this failure, Qi had to give up the three counties of Yiyang, Wuling and Taoyuan that they had occupied for several years in exchange for their efforts to destroy the main force of the Chu invasion. However, even if they retreated, they would make the people's livelihoods wither and deserted in the three places.

After the Ming Dynasty gained a foothold, the situation began to reverse. It was the Ming Dynasty's turn to try to stab them in the knife. It was vigorously responsible for the Chu State to recover the six eastern counties, promote the intensification of the conflict between the wealthy families and the royal family in Qi State, and plan the rebellion of Bozhou. It can be said that one heavy punch after another made Qi State overwhelmed.

But Qin Feng was also very clear about the reason for stopping. For example, the Bozhou rebellion, after getting enough benefits, he must let go. Qi State could never tolerate the Ming Dynasty put a needle in Bozhou and pressed it into their hearts. Ming State could continue to support the rebellion of the Zhou clan of Bozhou to continue, but the consequences of this were most likely that Qi State had to launch a full-scale war with the Ming Dynasty in advance.

What made Qin Feng even more worried was that the long-term support for the Zhou family in Bozhou would likely lead to a temporary reconciliation between Cao Tiancheng and the wealthy families in China, concessions to these wealthy families, and thus forming a united front in China. In fact, the reason why the Zhou family and Wu family in Qi have been secretly supporting the Zhou family is nothing more than that they want to force Cao Tiancheng to reconcile with them or even make concessions.

Qin Feng didn't want to see a united Qi State, even if they were temporarily combined.

They must fight, so that even if Cao Tiancheng wins, the shock caused by the complete cleaning of wealthy families will not be able to withstand such consequences in a short time, even a big country like Qi.

Cao Tiancheng's reform of the country with quick knife cutting the mess, and the method of concentrating imperial power was purely the treatment of cutting off the hands and feet when there was injuries on his hands and feet. Even if he won the battle, the main trunk would suffer great losses and in a short period of time, he would not be able to pose any threat to the Ming Dynasty.

The reason why wealthy families posed a huge threat to the royal family of Qi was that they built huge interest groups with land as the core, and used land as a link to firmly connect villages, villages, and counties. They followed them not only the children of these clans, but also countless people living on these lands, and they mobilized their whole bodies. In Qi, if the imperial power did not go to the countryside, it was definitely not just a saying, but it was happening.

When the emperor's imperial edict arrives in the county, it will be considered as the end. If we go further, it depends on what the clan forces do. The people only know the clans on their heads but not the emperor, because the emperor is too far away from them.

The huge local interest groups have begun to force them upward through the huge wealth they own. While they own a lot of land, they have begun to monopolize one commercial and trade business after another and start to support one child after another into the court. In Daqi, studying is still a luxury. Most of the people who have free money to study are clan children. Even if they compete fairly with poor families, the poor Su family may not be able to compete with these people, let alone they are not at the same starting line at all.

Having a family but not a country. After more than a hundred years of such development, Qi State finally began to endanger the authority of the royal family. Emperor Cao Tiancheng had to scrape his bones to cure the poison. From the beginning of the war with Chu State, he consciously began to weaken the power of the wealthy families.

But it has to be said that he was too impatient and did too much, which finally caused a strong backlash from the wealthy families. The contradictions suddenly intensified and he had to take more intense measures.

Looking for the picture is revealed.

On the other hand, the Ming Dynasty paid special attention to the issue of land at the beginning of its founding. It has become a basic national policy forbidden for any person to own land on a large scale in any form. Even if the people do not prohibit the sale of land, when a person owns more than a certain amount of land, the terrifying tax leverage will hit these people heavily, which makes the land owners not only unprofitable, but will have to pay the most if they encounter a disaster year.

For ordinary people, the tax on the basic land they own is basically negligible.

On the basis of the policy of strictly prohibiting land annexation, the Ming Dynasty also opened up wealth, consciously guiding the people to invest their funds in business, and thus supporting a group of commercial giants.

The strict prohibition of land annexation has left the most basic conditions for the growth of wealthy families on the land of the Ming Dynasty. In the eyes of the court, although the wealthy and giants have enough influence, they lack sufficient deterrence. They are completely a source of no roots and water without roots.

You have money, but you have no one.

You have money, but you lack sufficient support in politics.

Then you are only rich. You can live a luxurious life and become the object of envy of everyone. But in the eyes of the court, you are a fat pig. Once you catch your mistake, a small official will be enough to make you lose everything.

The five great masters of Shayang, founding heroes of the Ming Dynasty, have basically been almost divided. Liu and the royal family formed in-laws and became royal relatives, so they would naturally wear pairs with the royal family. After Fang Dazhi was promoted to secondary assistant and served as Minister of Personnel, the Fang family also specially sold many business shares, gave up most of the controlling stake in business and began to live a life of relying on dividends. The Tian family's business was huge, but it was because of this that Tian Zhen could not become the highest leader of the Eagle Nest. Chen Jialuo, the only leader of the five great masters, had limited influence in Shayang area, and was in the Wuling War Zone, surrounded by various troops, not to mention that he was surrounded by various forces, but he was getting further and further away from the power center of Yuejing. Once Chen Jialuo withdrew from the peak of power due to his age, the influence of the Chen family in the army would disappear.

A reform of the administration of officials allowed the court to take all the appointment and removal powers of officials to the central court. The centralized system was completely constructed, and the great development of the transportation system represented by rail cars made the distance from the center to the local area seem to be shorter and shorter than time. The imperial edicts of the court can be delivered day and night. In other words, if any turmoil occurs in the local area, the court's army will reach this place in the shortest time and extinguish it with lightning speed.

The implementation of compulsory education in primary schools is very encouraging, and it does not expect many elites to come up with, but it allows the next generation to basically complete a arduous task that cannot be imagined by literacy in previous dynasties, which greatly reduces the possibility of local people being lost. In fact, no matter which dynasty or generation, no emperor intends to destroy his empire. Many policies that are beneficial to the people are sang from the central government to the local government and are sang the scriptures wrongly. In the end, the policies that benefit the people only benefit those who have ulterior motives. The more the suffering the more the rich are, the rich are richer. When this abnormality accumulates to a certain extent, a volcanic eruption will be concentrated, and the change of dynasties will arise.

Wisdom and enriching the people are the means by the court to win over the people. As long as the people eat enough and wear warm clothes, who would do anything to do that kind of business with their heads? A warm kang with wives and children has been the highest pursuit of the common people since ancient times. Of course, with some spare money, drinking small money, playing small cards, the days were even more enjoyable.

For the current Ming Dynasty, having the power to appoint and remove local officials and absolute control of the army can ensure that the country will not deviate from the predetermined waterway under the central government. Even if there are occasional misfortunes in winds and waves, its strong self-regulation ability can minimize losses.

On this basis, the development of agriculture, business, and labor have made the people richer and more wealthy. The taxes, taxes, taxes, and labor exemptions have made the people less and less burdens. The biggest difference between the government governments of the Ming Dynasty and the governments of other dynasties is that they are not worried about the lack of money in the treasury. They are just worried about how to move money at a faster speed. Only when the money moves, it will create more wealth, and piled in the house and in the warehouse. It seems a lot, but it will never increase its value.

This is also the Qian Lunar (Chief Chief of the Ming Taiping Bank) written by Su Can. It is still a highly confidential book that is strictly prohibited from being circulated. The reason why there are very few people who can see him.

For Qi, it is now the time to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight. I smiled at how Cao Tiancheng was so arrogant and powerful in the country. In Qin Feng's opinion, Cao Tiancheng's victory was certain, and the only difference was how much the price he paid was.

Unfortunately, Cao Yun is a very clear-headed person, and it is difficult to use him to do anything, but if Cao Tiancheng abandons Cao Yun without using it, Qin Feng already feels profitable.
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