Out of Yuejing City to the north forty miles, it entered Kunwu County, a straight road that can accommodate two carriages in parallel to connect it with Yuejing, these two years, with the rapid development of Yuejing, Kunwu also took advantage of this east wind, running forward. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBecause of the land price in Yuejing City, housing prices are getting more and more expensive, and many workshops that were originally in Yuejing City have begun to move to the surrounding counties. It is not easy to live in Beijing. Many businessmen can save a lot of costs after moving their original workshops and warehouses to these places, and the convenient transportation conditions will not have much impact on their business.

And a county like Kunwu, for such a thing, naturally welcomes it with both hands, because it will bring them a lot of taxes. In order to encourage agriculture, the tax was 30 taxes and 1, and the per capita tax was abolished, but the land was used as the basis for taxation. The more land you have, the higher the tax rate you pay. This policy was mainly aimed at curbing land annexation. So far, it looks like everything is fine.

Such a low agricultural tax rate is naturally a drop in the bucket for local governments. As a result, local officials close to the people have to turn their attention to other sources of taxation. And the main thing is the business tax.

The commercial tax is one out of ten, and the more business is reached, the more taxes will be collected. In the past two years, the central government of the Ming Dynasty has been poor to death because of years of war, and the government hall has not hesitated to take the local taxes paid to the central government as an important reference item for the performance evaluation of officials. In this context, the development of industry and commerce, making merchants richer, so that they can be approached to collect more taxes, has become the greatest source of motivation for the pro-people officials in various places.

In the past two years, the population of a county like Kunwu has doubled, and the population at the end of last year has reached more than 100,000 people. This is a very terrifying data, like the situation that Kunwu County is facing now, it is actually no different from Yuejing City, a fast-growing city and lagging urban construction.

But the central government has no money to solve this problem, and a small Kunwu county naturally can't do anything about it.

"In a Kunwu county, the taxes paid last year are already worth the taxes of a county in a remote area." Quan Yun, the first assistant who accompanied Qin Feng on horseback, introduced the current situation of Kunwu to Qin Feng, "But there are also many problems, and the problems faced by Yuejing City, Kunwu also has them." And the problems that Yuejing does not have, Kunwu also has, such as public security problems. Yuejing City has carried out a big sweep since last year to remove those dirt and stubborn stains, and the appearance of Yuejing City has changed greatly because of this, but places like Kunwu are even worse, because many bastards have fled from Yuejing City to these places. ”

"Development always comes at a price." Qin Feng didn't think there was any big problem with this, petty theft, robbery and extortion, even in the world of great governance, could it be less? It's all there. Such people can only hide in the dark and work quietly, when the court wants to harvest them, they wield a big knife to cut a stubble, and then they can manage it for a while, and when a new stubble grows, they will come and wield the knife.

"Kunwu County Ling Ban Dingyuan has already complained several times, saying that Kunwu's county prison is overcrowded, and he has to release those who were arrested before for some minor crimes, but after these people go out, they still have to be rapists! He had a good idea and wanted to escort a group of prisoners to Yuejing City, but didn't he know that the prisons in Yuejing City could not be closed either? Quan Yun shook his head again and again.

"Has it come to this point?" Qin Feng said with some surprise.

"Your Majesty, in this world, there are always countless people who are lazy and lazy, obviously they can rely on their strength to eat, but he just wants to go to the wrong door, in fact, last year's Eagle Nest presided over the vigorous crackdown on gang activities, the minister has some different views, these gangs are certainly doing illegal things, but from another aspect, they also manage a large number of lawbreakers for the imperial court, and these things can be limited to a controllable range, now it is good, the Eagle Nest will sweep away the big gang leaders in the capital, and the following will be out of control."

"Shousuke's words are biased." Hearing this, Qin Feng frowned: "These gangs are extremely harmful to the community, some gangs are like another court, it is the duty of officials to govern the place, if they want to rely on the underworld and gangs to do things, it can only be said that the local government is very incompetent." Cracking down on these gangs is only the first step, and in the next step, I will clear those martial arts sects. ”

Quan Yun was taken aback when he heard this: "Your Majesty, you have to be cautious in this matter!" These people are a formidable force, and besides, quite a few of their disciples are now in the army, and most of them are officers. ”

Qin Feng glanced at Quan Yun and said with a smile: "Shoufu don't worry, I naturally won't be suffocated like this." will pay attention to strategy and slowly figure out. However, I will never allow another Ten Thousand Swords Sect, or Nantianmen, to appear in the Ming Dynasty, with a sect, which can affect the government and even blackmail the imperial court. ”

Quan Yun was silent.

"I'm already going to set up a martial arts garden in Shangjing City." Qin Feng said lightly: "Those powerful sects in the Great Ming Sect can come to Wuyuan to preach. ”

"What if someone doesn't want to come?"

"Don't want to come?" Qin Feng snorted, "He will come, because he doesn't want to come, the court will tell him how to behave." ”

Since the emperor had already planned, Quan Yun didn't plan to compete with the emperor on this issue, compared to other major events in the court, these things were just small things. Those martial arts sects of the Ming Dynasty were originally not very successful, although there were many sects, there were no such giants as Nantianmen and Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Moreover, now that many of the children of the sect are military attachés in the army, it will not be too difficult to implement the policy of Wuyuan. And with the emperor's temperament, he should throw a big pie to catch them. Now in the Ming Dynasty, several great masters are the minions of the imperial court, and they can't afford to make big waves, as long as the army can control it, there will be no big deals, at most some small waves.

"Your Majesty, those who are traitors and criminals still have to find some way to get out! It's not a way to let it out like this, and Kunwu County has proven that such an approach will not work. Quan Yun picked up the previous topic.

"Shoufu said this, he must already have an idea, so don't hide it, just say it!" Qin Feng glanced at Quan Yun and said with a smile.

"The minister really has some ideas." Quan Yun said: "Your Majesty, instead of putting them in prison and eating white rice, the state still needs to support them, so it is better to send them out." ”

"Distribute out? Where does it go? Do you mean to drive them out of the capital and drive them to another place to plague the people? Qin Feng smiled: "Shoufu, this is a symptomatic treatment but not a root cause, you can't see it, but the people in other places are about to suffer." ”

"No, no, no!" Quan Yun shook his head again and again, "Of course not. Your Majesty, the minister thinks like this, places like Wuling, Taoyuan, and Yiyang have been choked by the Qi people, and the number of people has decreased sharply, and a large number of strong men and rich households have been wrapped up by the Qi people, and now a large number of fields are abandoned and no one cultivates them. Although His Majesty granted a large amount of land to soldiers with military merits and organized military families to immigrate, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the abandoned land in these three counties. Therefore, the minister thought, where to organize these lawbreakers to reclaim. ”

"Reclamation?" Qin Feng raised his eyebrows.

"That's right, select the guys who are not the most heinous ones among those guys, organize them into a reclamation group, restrain them with military law, and send them to Yiyang, Wuling, Taoyuan and other places to organize reclamation and land reclamation, so that the prison can be vacated, and these guys who listen to white rice in prison can create value, which can be regarded as atonement for the crimes they committed!"

"Can the local officials accept it?" Qin Feng said with a smile.

"Of course they can accept it." Quan Yun smiled and said, "They are very happy. These people go to the reclamation, and the value created is all owned by the local people, and these people just let them be fed and clothed. Where to find such a good thing? Moreover, in these three places, a large number of troops can be stationed now, and where these people go, if they are not honest, there will be an army to teach them how to behave at all times! ”

"It's all a good calculation!" Qin Feng laughed: "Since that's the case, Shoufu will do it." Let these people go to work hard and reform, let them know that it is not easy to work! However, light pressure is still not enough, and it is still necessary to give hope to these people, according to their sentences, if they are well reformed in the cantonment regiment, they can get the cultivated land they reclaimed during the cantonment period after the completion of their sentences. Of course, these reclaimed lands are not allowed to be bought or sold for at least 10 years. Maybe with the land, these people will be more honest in the future. ”

"Your Majesty, in this way, the implementation of this reclamation policy will be smoother." Kwon Yun was overjoyed.

"This strategy, let's experiment in Yuejing City and Kunwu, Nanyang and other places, the first phase of the reclamation regiment will be put in Taoyuan, which borders the Qi country, and the reclamation regiment must be protected by the army, so that they will be more honest. If it is effective, then it will be extended to all localities, and in the future, wherever there are prisoners, they can be handled in this way. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, in this way, the world's prisons will be empty, and this is the rule of the prosperous era." Kwon Yun slapped his ass.

"Let's brag about ourselves, it's just a different form." Qin Feng laughed, "But this is indeed much better than putting them in prison." Reclamation, re-education through labor, hahaha, not bad, not bad. ”