What the lord said, we will remember! Deng Yan and the others got up and bowed.

"Next, let's introduce the basic situation of the two states, in the first three months, there were rebellions in the two states, which had a serious impact on production. Fortunately, General Liu and General Zhao dealt with it decisively, quickly extinguished the rebellion of the family, and stabilized the situation in the two states.

Because the lord ordered the two places to be exempted from taxes on money and grain for two months, the people of the two states were all happy and grateful to the lord. Although some petty people spread rumors in an attempt to smear the reputation of the lord, under the strong counterattack of our army, the rumors were self-defeating, and the people were attached to them.

In addition, a large number of cadres with both ability and political integrity have been selected from the two prefectures of Pingchen, and the situation in the two prefectures is basically stable at present.

According to statistics, there are 1.453 billion people in the two prefectures, of which 560 million are in Youzhou, and the rest are Qingzhou people. Within the two places, there are two royal cities (Jixian and Linzi), eighteen giant cities, and more than 200 big cities. According to the latest estimates, based on the calculation of our army's new tax law, the two states can pay 940 million gold in taxes a year, which is about 500 million gold less than when Gongsun Zan and Kong Rong were in power before.

There are three reasons for the decline in taxes, one is the migration of immigrants, which leads to a decrease in people, especially the families that control wealth, and a decline in taxes. On the other hand, there was the destruction of successive wars, which led to economic regression. The last and most important aspect, the Lord Gongren and Virtue, compared with Gongsun Chan and Kong Rong, our army reduced a large number of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. ”

As he spoke, Deng Yan also hugged his fists at Shang Ji, and the rest of the people also got up at the same time and slapped their asses together.

Careful calculation, Xiangping's tax standard is not low, but in these years, everything is afraid of comparison, compared with Chen and Ping, the princes of other states and counties are more ruthless, and there are many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and it is not uncommon to resist taxes with arms.

In this environment, Pingzhou's taxes are relatively low.

Greatly reducing and exempting harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, this is also the main reason why the Shang army was quickly accepted by Youzhou and Qingzhou, and successfully suppressed the family's rebellion - let those families say flowers, the visible benefits are the most real!

Ordinary people need to pay 50% or even 70% of the taxes to the wealthy families as tenants, while the merchants only collect 40% of the agricultural tax.

"Of course, the reduction of taxes in the two places was only temporary, after the end of the war, because the chaos caused by the war was quickly pacified, and the officials of the two places were cleared, although the people could not live and work in peace and contentment, but at least their lives were worry-free. And because of the need to build super projects such as the Chi Road in the two states, the economies of the two places will recover quickly.

In particular, Qingzhou, which is a traditionally wealthy area with a deep heritage, is expected to achieve the goal of doubling taxes next year without additional taxes! ”

"In addition to these, our biggest harvest is billions of acres of fertile land and a large number of shops, residences, workshops and other fixed assets. The vast majority of these assets were exchanged by emigrant families through land exchange orders, and a small number were confiscated from rebellious officials.

Because the amount is too huge, it has not yet been completely liquidated, but according to rough estimates, the total value of these properties is definitely not less than 30 billion gold!! ”

"Shhhh

Before Deng Yan's words fell, he heard the sound of gasps.

Everyone here is also a well-informed person, but they are still stunned by the terrifying figure of 30 billion gold.

You must know that after three years of large-scale construction plan, the economic level of the region under the rule of Shang Ji has been qualitatively improved, and the tax has increased several times. But even so, the total annual tax of the merchant army is only a mere 2.2 billion gold.

Now when they suddenly heard that they were holding more than 30 billion gold in their hands, everyone had a feeling of unreality!

"Ahem, ahem, 30 billion is just a theoretical value, in fact, how to deal with these properties, the Government Council is planning to ask the lord for instructions!"

Deng Yan coughed lightly, interrupting everyone's imagination.

These 30 billion sounds scary, but in fact, there is no way to realize it at all, and this is all based on the value estimate before the battle of Qingzhou, and no one can say how much it can be worth now.

The majority of these 30 billion yuan is land, which is billions of mu, and most of it is high-quality fertile land. However, it was impossible for the merchants to sell these fields. The local people's financial resources are thin, and even if the merchants give a 50% discount, ordinary people can't afford to buy much.

As for residences, shops, and workshops, these heavy assets, which can easily cost hundreds or even thousands of gold, are not something that ordinary people can buy. Those who could really afford it were either exiled by the merchants, or forced to move with knives.

In the rest of the states and counties, there are wealthy families who can eat some, but Shang Ji's suppression of the family was too ruthless before, and no family would stupidly run to Shang Ji's side to give away people's heads.

With billions of acres of high-quality land, it can be said that most of the land in Qingzhou is concentrated in the hands of merchants. This is of course a pen behemoth, but at the same time, it is also a powder keg, and if it is not handled well, something big can happen.

As mentioned before, the proportion of Qingzhou people who own their own land is very small, and most of them rent the land of wealthy families, and then pay high tenant rents.

The wealthy family could exploit the tenants with impunity, but the merchants could not do the same. It has nothing to do with conscience, the most important difference is the difference in status.

The family pays attention to the interests of each family, while the merchant has long begun to focus on the world and pay more attention to the overall interests of the forces. For merchants, money is secondary, and stability and harmony under the rule are the most important.

Its main purpose is to complete the redistribution of property by force, reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, and alleviate contradictions.

If the land-holding merchants continued to act in the same way, it would be tantamount to going in the opposite direction, and instead of alleviating the social contradictions, they would further aggravate the contradictions, which was not what the merchants were willing to see.

"Fixed property such as workshops, residences, and shops can be auctioned or officially established to operate, and will be handled at the discretion of the Government Council."

As soon as Shang Ji opened his mouth, he attracted everyone's ideas, and everyone stared at him.

Although the value of workshops and residences is huge, they are not worth mentioning compared to billions of acres of fertile land.

"As for the farmland—"

Shang Ji paused and continued: "All farmland is sold to the people, and it is sold at a 7% discount on the price before the war, and it can be paid in interest-free installments, and the payment can be completed within fifteen years. Each household is allocated a purchase quota according to the number of people. The specific government affairs yuan has formulated a charter to ensure fairness and justice as much as possible. ”

"The lord is benevolent, and on behalf of 100,000 people, thank the lord Hongen!"

As soon as Shang Ji's words fell, Deng Yan immediately spoke up, ignoring the regretful and unwilling eyes of many people, and settled the matter.