Self-harm and avoidance of corvee labor is common in history. It is everywhere in China and abroad. If this happens, it means that the frequency of corvee labor is too high. If not, it means that it is still within the scope of endurance.

However, self-harm is not easy to meet anyone. Self-harm is heavy and self-harm is not worth the loss, and self-harm is useless. The more you encounter a talented and magnanimous monarch, the less useless it is. In the 19th century, Egypt was in trouble with internal and external troubles, and launched Ali reform. Ali introduced advanced science, technology, equipment and talents from Western Europe, hoping to get rid of the control of Britain, France and the Ottomans and make Egypt independent.

The military is the top priority for any adversity reform. During the Ali period, Egypt wars were extremely frequent, and even the conditions in the military were very difficult. Many young people of the right age would rather blind their eyes than join the army. However, in order to expand their military, the Egyptian ruler Mu Ali forced the disabled young people to recruit disabled people, and specially formed two one-eyed dragon infantry regiments.

If someone really dares to cut off one of his arms and avoid labor service, maybe the King of Yan will take a break for a while to recuperate, but general self-harm is not useful to him.

In Jicheng City, Qiaoxi was igniting fire and cooking. Her daughter was very happy when she came back. Zhang's father's old face was smiling and kept blocking her, "Just let your mother do it. Doing things in the royal palace, how can you do these rough work at home?"

"It's okay, there are so many people in the royal palace. There are thousands of female relatives alone, and they are not so tired!" Qiaoxi was very obedient to burn firewood, and said while working, "The king said that in the future, these firewood will not be allowed to accumulate in the city. In addition to attracting fire, they will use a kind of stone to cook rice. The king said that it is called coal."

"Can the stone be lit?" a little boy sat aside with a look of disbelief and shouted, "Sister, I heard that the corvee labor has been collected again. Many neighbors have followed the county magistrate into the mountain. Why are they always corve labor labor?"

"The corvee service is to build canals and build cities, otherwise where do these city walls come from!" Qiaoxi smiled and touched his younger brother's head, shook his head slightly, "Please pay more attention when you are at home and wash your hair."

Seeing the oil on the heads of parents and brothers at home, Qiaoxi was a little overwhelmed. She remembered that Sima Ji had ridiculed the matter about the head, even the scholars were greasy, and the heads of the common farmers could farm.

"There are no such things for ordinary families like us." Zhang's father said bitterly, "My father had no choice but to sell you to the royal palace at that time. He thought he would not meet in this life, but he didn't expect that the king was good to you. I'm so sorry, don't blame my father."

However, the development of the matter was far beyond Zhang's father's expectations. Not only did he not meet his daughter for the rest of his life, Qiaoxi instead helped the family at all times. Even a year ago, their family moved into Jicheng to live.

"Your Highness treats me very well!" Qiaoxi said casually and did not want to reveal too many things in the Yan Palace.

"But he enlists corvee labor every year, and there are so many people every time. Don't some people complain about it?" The little boy was a little dissatisfied.

"I really should discipline you!" Qiaoxi, who was originally smiling, changed her face and scolded her with anger, "Who is dissatisfied? Didn't I take the money to let my father be exempted from labor service? Why do you care about so much about other people's affairs?"

When talking about corvee service, Qiaoxi's face changed and she no longer looked like a good daughter. She had never seen such a look, including Zhang's father and mother. She was like an angry tigress, which scared the little boy.

It took a long time for Zhang’s father and mother to coax the little boy and said embarrassedly, “Daughter, let your brother, he is only ten years old, he was really scared just now.”

"It's better than being chopped in the head in the future!" Qiaoxi sighed and her beautiful eyes were flowing. "Your Highness likes the classics of the Legalists and has always been severe punishments and ruthless laws. Be careful that disasters come from the mouth."

"I won't talk about this anymore. Qiaoxi, my mother asks you something!" Zhang's mother glanced at her husband and took her daughter aside. Zhang's husband didn't understand why, and he didn't know what happened. What were the mother and daughter doing?

After a few words, Qiaoxi's face turned red. Her mother asked too directly and nodded in slightest hint.

"Qiaoxi, if you leave a son and a half of your daughter, you will not have to worry about it in the future. There are so many female relatives in the royal palace. You are favored by your age now, but you will not be sure in the future. Your father will be fine after he gets old, and now he has not been in his ten-day life." Zhang's mother lowered her voice and taught her daughter diligently.

"I know, my daughter will find a way." Qiaoxi said in a low voice like a mosquito and flies, saying that she already knows it.

In the Yan Prince's Mansion, Sima Ji, who was settled the accounts, shivered, how could he feel like he was being calculated? But it was this trembling that made him complete the calculation, and shook the abacus hard to return the result to zero. He said happily, "Put up the copper coins and put them in the box and put them in the treasury. Although the number is not very large, this is a good start."

Because of the exemption of corvee service, the King of Yan received a fee of 190,000 yuan, which made him very happy. Even the chief clerk, the record, and the record were a little unclear. If this was spread, the King of Yan would be confirmed.

"Your Highness, I don't know why I laugh!" Tong Jiang asked in a daze. Who doesn't know that the Yan Prince's Mansion is not short of money at all. Are the copper coins in dozens of warehouses fake? I still don't know what is placed in the newly built warehouse.

What to put? Of course, it was the elephant skin and the things wrapped inside. Unfortunately, Sima Ji didn't know what everyone was thinking, so he explained, "It was a kind of progress to replace corvee with taxes. In the early Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty did this. It was exempted from corvee service for one month and paid 2,000 yuan. Although this king only collected 100 yuan, it shows that the people of the state who were fenced had the remaining money and could afford to use taxes instead of corvee service. How was this unhappy for me? It showed that the people of Yan State had accumulated wealth."

After the Han Dynasty was recuperating, wealth appeared among the people, which of course would also affect corvee labor. Therefore, there was an immunity to paying money. It was the general trend to turn corvee labor into monetary taxes or replace it with physical goods. This transformation must have a foundation. Even if the foundation is not enough, it will be reversed.

The money that was collected this time at least means that Sima Ji's Xia Jibo operation finally had its effect in Yan State. This has shown that the changes in the fining country are not just about demolishing houses and digging canals, but the changes have already appeared among the people.

Otherwise, the tenant farmers who pay the money should pay the money, and they should also pay the worries every day to fill their stomachs. Can they pay taxes without money? In fact, it is just like Jia Nanfeng wants to sell the Nanzheng to the gentry to cash in. Why can't they be sold to ordinary people? The problem is that ordinary people can't afford it.

If you want to dig out purchasing power in the Jin Dynasty, the civilian class should not think about it. Learn more about what the gentry likes, which is better than anything else. The civilian class has no money at all. Even more than 20 million civilians will not be richer than hundreds of thousands of geniuses. Now that taxes can be collected, it means that the civilians in Yan State have already begun to have money. How can this not be happy?

After explaining this principle, several officials immediately looked convinced and said, "Your Highness is far-sighted, and we can't wait. I believe that the rule of the country's title will be even richer in a few years."

"Your Highness practiced day and night, and everything in Yan State today..." Tong Jiang spoke with a look of birth to Yingzhu.

"Your Highness can be easily pinched by all means, thinking far away, and the gods are unpredictable!" As soon as Feng Ji spoke, everyone asked and nodded. It was like this, and it was obviously already very immersed in the play.

"Only with the help of all the masters, Yan State can be more prosperous." Sima Ji looked like I could hold on, and you said happily with a happy expression, "This is just the beginning, I hope it can continue. If it is just once, it won't mean anything."

The hard work of corvee has proved to be worth it. Sima Ji now has more motivation to continue. The standard is how the gentry do it. If he is a little lighter, there will never be any problems. The King of Yan has decided to touch the geniuses to cross the river.

But now he is doing a small thing, making shoes, or boots, for wearing in winter, and must adapt to the climate outside the border.

The King of Yan did not want to take an army to go on an expedition, but when he came back, he had to be amputated. The fence did not waste so much manpower. It is a foregone conclusion that he did not prepare much.

In winter, it is normal for the snow outside the border to not exceed the knees. Just the boots in the Central Plains now? It cannot be said that they are useless at all, but only because they are useless. Of course, learning from the Hu people is also a good way. However, in the eyes of the King of Yan, the boots of the Hu people can also be improved, which is more comfortable and more suitable for the environment outside the border.

When Sima Ji Nan was expeditioning, he suddenly had an idea and decided to collect animal fur and prepare for shoes. So whether it was an elephant, rhino, crocodile, wild boar or buffalo, the Nanzheng Army would even be transported back when they saw each killing one, peeling and drying it.

But after experimenting, most of them were worthless in the end, and cowhide was the most suitable. The rest was too wasteful to use for shoes, and he didn't have time to kill them again in the Indochina Peninsula. The remaining elephant skin, rhinoceros and crocodile skin could only be kept for the Yan Prince's Mansion to use it himself.

"Must half of the cotton can survive, this is a good thing. I am not afraid of waiting!" Sima Ji said patiently, "When all the people of the country survive without abnormal weather, all the people of the country will not suffer from severe cold. When 70% of the cotton survives, they will have to expand their seeds."
Chapter completed!