If he hadn't listened to Sun Qian's detailed explanation, Yang Rui wouldn't have noticed that Qingzhou had such a large expenditure on military advisors, especially the military service subsidy system, which accounted for a large proportion.
Of course, the military service subsidy was a food subsidy. The figure that Sun Qian mentioned was only gold coins converted from the current price of food. This also greatly reduced Yang Rui's burden.
For other places, food might be very scarce, but for Qingzhou, which had implemented the field system since early on, the food reserves were very sufficient.
On the other hand, the 6 million gold coins required for the recruitment of soldiers was an actual expenditure. Regardless of whether it was the provincial soldiers, county soldiers, or county soldiers, there was a certain amount of free allocation as well as an excessive expenditure standard. This was an unchangeable system setting.
It was just that this money was not spent in one go, and it was not spent in a year. It was a figure that had been accumulated in Qingzhou throughout history.
"In the past year, has there been any other income in Qingzhou?"
After listening to Sun Qian's report, Yang Rui immediately asked.
Only now did Yang Rui realize that he hadn't carefully asked about the internal affairs of Qingzhou and the entire territory for a long time. Fortunately, there were Sun Qian, Ju Shou, Liu Ba, Chen Lin, Xu You, and the others to manage and implement the various basic systems.
As for the details, Yang Rui really didn't spend much time thinking about it.
"Reporting to my lord, except for the income from the sale of resources, the financial needs of Qingzhou were basically privately appropriated by my lord. Fortunately, in the year of famine, the public servants were willing to accept food as their salary. Otherwise, this alone would be a large number …"
Sun Qian's words were rather helpless. Most of the money in Qingzhou actually came from Yang Rui. It was likely that this situation would not exist in other regions.
The actual situation was just as Sun Qian said. At present, Yang Rui's wealth was close to 90 million gold coins, and when Yang Rui was at his richest, this number had once reached 100 million, but with the increase of the territory under his jurisdiction. The expenses of various places also increased dramatically, forcefully pulling down Yang Rui's savings by quite a bit.
The main expenditure was on the recruitment of soldiers. At this time, Yang Rui had more than 5.5 million soldiers under his command. Almost half of them were recruited from the super establishment. Naturally, the expenditure was huge.
In addition, Yang Rui had also spent a lot of money on purchasing horses, iron mines, and other strategic resources. He had never stopped purchasing goods from various civilizations through the supermarket in Grand Mountain City. It also took up a lot of money.
As for the expenditure of other personnel, it was just as Sun Qian had said. Due to the various regions of the three civilizations being in the midst of famine and war, almost everyone was willing to accept food as their salary. This saved Yang Rui a large amount of gold coins.
What Yang Rui had the most in his hands was definitely not money, but various basic resources including food. Among them, food was the most consumed, and the remaining amount was also very large. He had even more of the other basic resources. The vaults all over Qingzhou were filled to the brim, and the construction of the vaults had never stopped.
Although Yan Province's situation was a little worse, it was still catching up. In terms of food and various resources, Yang Rui's territory was rich, and no one could compare to it in the entire three kingdoms' civilization.
Under this background, Yang Rui realized that Qingzhou's demand for the resource exchange policy was not great.
Back then, when Yang Rui implemented the resource exchange policy, it was to let the Liegeman in his territory fill their stomachs first. At the same time, he stabilized the people's livelihood and various production. Now, these two goals had basically been achieved in Qingzhou. Moreover, the production of basic resources was obviously excessive.
Thus, Yang Rui had the intention of temporarily suspending the resource exchange policy in Qingzhou, or perhaps he should expand the focus of Qingzhou's production to other areas.
"My Lord, if the situation in Qingzhou continues, we will not be able to make ends meet. Right now, Qingzhou has no worries about food and clothing. My Lord, please release the tax collection. Increase the treasury's income … "
Before Yang Rui could say anything, Sun Qian had already suggested.
Everyone present did not know the exact wealth of Yang Rui, and they were still a little worried about the treasury's income and expenditure. Thus, when Sun Qian mentioned it, many nodded in agreement.
When Yang Rui took over. The entire Qingzhou could be said to be poor, and the population was much smaller than now. Under this background, Yang Rui adopted the strategy of exempting all taxes to reduce the burden of the Liegeman in Qingzhou.
The strategy of exempting taxes was supported by the majority of the people in Qingzhou. At the same time, it also attracted many refugees and even merchants from outside Qingzhou, providing a relaxed environment for the rapid development of Qingzhou.
Right now, Qingzhou had become the most stable and prosperous area in the three civilizations. It was normal for Sun Qian to propose to start collecting taxes.
"What does everyone think?"
Yang Rui asked everyone present. Before this, he had not thought of restoring taxes.
At the very least, he wanted to avoid restoring taxes and revoking the resource exchange at the same time. Otherwise, if the system changed too much, it was very likely that the Liegeman in the area would not be able to adapt.
"Reporting to my lord, what Gongyou said is reasonable. It is reasonable to restore taxes appropriately." Cheng Yu replied.
"Reporting to my lord, as Gongyou and Zhongde said, we can restore taxes appropriately." Guo Jia also seconded.
"… …"
Following that, most of the people present agreed with Sun Qian's proposal to restore taxes, and gave many suggestions on the scale.
However, Yang Rui did not comment. He only listened to the suggestions of the people present and did not immediately express whether or not he wanted to accept it.
As a player, Yang Rui understood the importance of hiding wealth among the people. At the same time, Yang Rui's current accumulation was sufficient and did not particularly need to accumulate wealth. Therefore, although he did not say it on the surface, Yang Rui was not very enthusiastic about restoring taxes.
In the end, Yang Rui did not care too much about the opinions of the people. Although he did not say anything to interrupt, Yang Rui even took the opportunity to look at Sun Qian's character attributes list.
This was because Yang Rui had already noticed that Sun Qian had changed the way he addressed him to "my lord". Before this, Sun Qian had not formally recognized him as his master.
Title: Sun Qian
Loyalty: 96
Name: Gongyou
Rank: Level 1 Historical Scholar
Talent: Advanced Internal Affairs
Profession: Healer
Reputation: 2000
Identity: Qingzhou Qi State Minister
Level: 85
Force: 10
Intelligence: 90
Politics: 70
Command: 60
Derivative Mantra: Sasashi Administrator Level 3 80% (Special Confucian Technique)
Derivative Skills:
1. Coordination: Level 1 support skill. The difficulty of the process is reduced by 100%. Consumes 100 mantra points. Increases Liegeman's popularity by 10 points. Can be used in the City Lord's Mansion, Council Room, and other administrative buildings.
2. Quick Effect: Level 1 support skill. Increases efficiency by 100%. Consumes 100 mantra points. Increases Liegeman's loyalty by 10 points. Can be used in the City Lord's Mansion, Council Room, and other administrative buildings. Can be used in the City Lord's Mansion, Council Room, and other administrative buildings.
Life Skill: Scholar
Money: 1000 gold coins, 99 silver coins, 99 bronze coins
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