In addition to being an emperor, in addition to increasing the labor force and the number of taxpayers, Xiao Ruxun also had a deep hope for equality of all living beings.
He hoped that these untouchables who once existed would no longer exist, and there would no longer be a distinction between nobility and inferiority.
The untouchables system, like religion, deprived a large number of workers of the possibility to engage in normal labor and increase the number of taxpayers. Abolishing it would do no harm.
The new Daqin needed to be separated from the past, and those things in the past should be gone with the wind.
In conjunction with the liberation of the untouchables and the land reform, Xiao Ruxun also officially promoted the policy of allowing vendors to enter the land. He abolished the poll tax that had been levied since the Western Han Dynasty, and delegated part of the tax to the land. He no longer levied taxes on people.
At the same time, Xiao Ruxun also abolished the tax increase that had been in place since the Han Dynasty. He ordered that from then on, tax collectors were not allowed to levy other taxes in addition to the legal tax. If they were found, they would be severely punished.
This reform coordinated with the further development of the commercial tax. While increasing the tax revenue of the imperial court, it greatly reduced the burden of the people. The social atmosphere of the Daqin took on a new look, reflecting a flourishing posture.
With the promotion of the policies such as the liberation of the labor force and the entry of vendors into the land, the revenue of the national treasury had greatly increased, ten times that of the previous Ming Dynasty. The imperial court also had a lot of freedom to do things. With a sufficient economic foundation as a backing, it naturally had the confidence to do things. This time, it was because of the additional meals for the 200,000 troops.
But that wasn't enough. Xiao Ruxun wanted to make the cake bigger, much bigger. Therefore, she imported wool looms from the United Kingdom and prepared to create a whole new industry.
He wanted to send more ships to sea to find more unclaimed land to exploit. In short, although the Daqin was large, it still needed more land and money.
And with the wool loom, it needed enough wool.
Where did the wool come from? On the sheep.
Where did the sheep come from? On the grassland.
Where did the grassland come from?
In the hands of the enemy.
Whether for economic, political or military purposes, the Hetao River must be wiped out, and the northern grassland must be taken.
Zhao Hu's actions were not only to gain the initiative in the military, but also to gain pastoral areas for the people of Daqin. In the future, when the sweater industry was launched, this would be the pastoral area prepared for the people of Daqin. They could graze their livestock here.
It was the same for the northern grasslands. It was also a pastoral area prepared for the commoners. When the time came, the grasslands would be rented to the commoners at a low price. The commoners would be allowed to herd sheep in the north and produce sheep wool, meat, and milk. The government would arrange for people to buy them and open a green channel to sell them to the land of Huaxia.
In the future Little Ice Age, the sales of woolen sweaters would not be a problem.
Apart from that, it was also important to further open up the European and Southeast Asian markets. Southeast Asian countries, including North Korea and Ryukyu, were already filled with Daqin merchants doing business. Some of them were spies within the Imperial Plantation system, while others were purely civilian merchants.
But the same thing was that Daqin's goods were very popular in the local area and were loved by the upper-class nobles. As for the lower-class merchants in their own country …
They didn't seem to be very willing to manage it. They all had to pay taxes, and the merchants of Daqin paid more. It didn't seem to be a problem to hand over the business to them, right?
Right now, they still didn't know what an economic colony was.
But it didn't matter. They would find out in the future. Moreover, once they left, they would never return. Xiao Ruxun would deal with them in the same way that the United States dealt with Latin America.
Although it wasn't Daqin's land, it was better than Daqin's land.
A large number of supplies were transported to the border, and a large number of commoners received conscription orders. Unlike before, this time, Xiao Ruxun also used a large number of able-bodied Japanese men to undertake the task of transporting food. He tried his best to reduce the burden of the commoners and transfer this burden to the Japanese.
The commoners of the country had only truly begun to recuperate in the second year of Longwu. It had only been four years since then. Although there had been a significant increase in the population, it was far from a state of complete recovery.
Xiao Ruxun implemented his policy of caring for the people and transferred this burden to the Japanese.
A large number of Japanese people shed blood and tears as they transported large amounts of food to the various military bases at the border. They continuously transported all kinds of supplies and gathered in the local areas. They were watched over and waited for the start of the war before heading north together.
As for whether or not they could return, it really depended on the opportunity.
As for whether or not they would escape, it was hard to say. First of all, looking around on the vast prairie, it was a problem to know the direction. Moreover, without food and water, it was very likely that they would starve to death or die of thirst. Moreover, whether or not they would escape, Xiao Ruxun didn't care too much. At least, the people watching over them would certainly not let them go.
Time passed slowly. In late July of the sixth year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun once again received the news that Qi Dayong led the army to defeat the invaders and Zhao Hu led the army to defeat the Mongolian and Tibetan allied forces.
In particular, Zhao Hu performed well. In one battle, he beheaded more than 1,600 people and annihilated more than 30,000 allied forces. He wiped out the main forces of the resistance forces in Dasima and other places, and then led the army to launch a large-scale attack.
He wiped out the former Ming Dynasty's Ten Thousand Homes set up in that area one after another. Like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, he beheaded many and captured many.
The Tumeite chief, Bu Shitu, was killed by Zhao Hu and lost his life. Not many of the seventy to eighty thousand people of the tribe escaped and died. The rest were all captured by the Qin Army and wiped out. Just like that, the largest Northern Barbarians force in the entire Qinghai region was wiped out by Zhao Hu.
And many of the Tibetan forces in Qinghai were also wiped out by Zhao Hu, severely shocking the Tibetan rebel forces in the Qinghai Tibetan region. Later, Zhao Hu ordered his men to build a number of military bases in the local areas with abundant water and grass. He planned to use these places as bases for the migration in the future.
After this battle, the Northern Barbarians in the area around Qinghai Lake were all wiped out.
Zhao Hu continued to lead his army to the west. But along the way, there were no longer any organized enemies that could pose a threat to the Qin Army.
Qi Dayong led his army on both land and water, wiping out countless Taowu. Basically, he wiped out all the large tribes in various ways. There were no longer any organized Taowu that could resist, and the remaining small fish and shrimps were no longer a threat.
It could be said that the Battle of Reenactment and the Battle of Qinghai had basically been won. What was left was the finishing touches. It was only the end of July, not even August.
After learning the news, the General Staff Headquarters was in a state of jubilation. They finally had a better understanding of the combat capability of the Qin Army.
The combat capability of the Qin Army had been tested in actual battles. They had pressed the mortal enemy of the former Ming Dynasty to the ground and beat them up like they were bullying little kids, while suffering very little loss to themselves.
After a few battles, the number of dead in the Qin Army was less than eight hundred. Many were wounded, but most of them were cured.
For the whole of August, Zhao Hu and Qi Dayong had been leading the army to wipe out the remaining Barbarians. Basically, what they encountered was an extremely cruel and bloody massacre. They showed no mercy, and even captured very few captives.
On Xiao Ruxun's side, after getting a specific reference, he had a deeper understanding of the combat capability of the Qin Army. He was even more confident about the northern expedition in a few months.
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