Chapter 2: Enthronement as Emperor
Two days have passed, Liu Fei has a certain understanding of the world and this country, fortunately, these crossovers are not as painful as other traversers, either they encounter the dying country, or they encounter others forcing the palace, fortunately, these have not appeared on themselves, this country is still stable, the people still identify with the imperial power, but this country is a little too rotten, and the people's lives are extremely miserable, although the social form and social etiquette and folk customs of this world are basically the same as the Tang and Song dynasties in the history of the country where they were in their previous lives, but the political system and military management system are very backward, basically still stayed before the Qin and Han dynasties, and there was not much difference from the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Even the most basic official selection system is not perfect, basically between clans, the grassroots people are simply unable to participate, but also exist in the entire Xin Han country of the low literacy rate of the outrageous reason, the entire Xin Han country of nearly 10 million people, the number of literate people is less than 10,000, basically are the major families, the children of the major families, they are the hope and future of the major families, is the backbone of the major families spent a lot of money to cultivate.
In addition to the major families and major families, the poor people, since they were born, their parents have prescribed the trajectory of their lives, and they are destined to become the object of exploitation and oppression by the big family.
The most incomprehensible and incredible thing is that the taxes between the countries here are even more outrageously high, and the conscription system is also terrifyingly heavy, which can be compared to the conscription system of the Qin Dynasty. Household registration tax and other strange taxes, and the tax rate is as high as four out of ten, that is to say, a family of ten copper coins of labor income to pay four copper dollars of tax, in a bumper year, the family can barely fill the stomach, but if there is a year of drought or flood, the family can only be bark and grass roots.
Taxation is the main source of a country's financial revenue, but such exploitation and oppression will inevitably make the people miserable, complaining, and even losing confidence in the ruler, resulting in the evil result is that the people can not bear this cruel oppression, and rise up together to resist the ruler, for example, in the last years of the Qin Dynasty, it was the cruel oppression of the people by Qin II that made the people unable to survive, and the final result was the uprising of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, which made the Qin Dynasty's thousands of miles collapse in an instant. In addition, severe taxation and forced labor made it impossible for the people to survive, coupled with the constant wars between countries for many years, not only conscription and food, but also the conscription of civil husbands, which caused the population to appear in a state of negative growth, and the ratio of men and women was seriously imbalanced, forming a vicious circle. In the long run, not to mention that the country can maintain peace and stability for a long time, it may encounter a little large-scale natural and man-made disaster, and the country will definitely collapse in a moment.
Thinking of this, Liu Fei suddenly felt as if he was under a lot of pressure, although he did not encounter the persecution of imperial power by others, nor did he travel to the era of war, but other time-travelers were carrying cheats, either with a system or with a halo; Thinking about it, Liu Fei's head flashed, and the method of laying the rails, the starting of the car, the firing principle of the cannon, etc., not only the principle, but even the structure of a screw were displayed in his mind. It's as clear as a 3D projection. Wow, it turns out that I also have the aura of the protagonist, and I also brought a cheat.
Three days passed in a flash, today is the day of Liu Fei's accession to the throne, at noon, Liu Fei under the leadership of the prince, came to the sacrificial place, held the ceremony of worshiping the sky, the prince held the ceremony of sacrificing to the sky, will become the new generation of emperors of the Xin Han Kingdom. Liu Fei held the incense in both hands and kowtowed three times, and then handed the incense to the ceremonial official on the side, and then kowtowed three times, and the big gift was completed.
Then, Liu Fei stood up, glanced at the prince, and motioned for him to read out the holy decree.
When the prince received the order, he immediately took out the holy decree handed over to him by Liu Fei in the morning from his bosom and read it aloud:
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict, the vast spiritual source, when the trickle does not hesitate, the first emperor collapsed, returned to the five elements, I inherited the emperor's life, the saint's Hongxiu, according to the Daxing Emperor's will, belongs to the order of Lun, into the Fengzong. The civil and military ministers inside and outside the country and the elderly soldiers and civilians combined words to persuade them to advance, and as for the repeated resignation, they refused to get it, and I would like to tell heaven and earth at this time, that is, the emperor's throne. I pondered the importance of the emperor's entrustment, and I was conscientious and conscientious. If you want to prosper and govern, you must reform the old and make the new. Everything is based on the old chapter, and it is also based on the ancestors. Self-only Liangde, still rely on pro-sage, and try to rule the new country. From now on, the New Year will be set to celebrate the same day, and the people of the country will be exempted from paying taxes for half a year. Chin this. ”
Long live my emperor, long live! Long live my emperor, long live, long live! As soon as the holy decree was read, a voice of chanting long live came from outside the sacrificial hall. There has never been an emperor who said that he would be exempted from taxes, and the new emperor was exempted from taxes for half a year as soon as he ascended the throne, which made everyone have a certain degree of recognition for the new emperor. Don't look at the exemption of taxes for half a year, this can be a large number of people in the fire and water, originally according to Liu Fei's inner thoughts, it is to exempt taxes for one to three years, but after careful calculation, the treasury and fiscal revenue can not be done. Therefore, this is only half a year of exemption, and it is hoped that this half year can be used to improve some of the country's systems and enhance the overall comprehensive national strength.
Next, it is for the ministers to meet the new emperor. When the new emperor ascended the throne, all the ministers and the new emperor had a small gathering in the Yangxin Palace, one was to show their faces in front of the new emperor, so that the new emperor could get to know each other, and the other was to reflect the emperor and the hundred officials to enjoy together. Liu Fei also didn't care about this, what to have fun with the people, what to congratulate the new emperor, in fact, it was to eat and drink with public funds, but there was no way, Ruth had to go step by step.
Around the time of Shen, hundreds of civil and military officials were waiting in the Palace of Nourishing Hearts.
"The emperor has arrived!"