Signing in to Datang: Rebellion at the beginning

Chapter 124 Development of People's Livelihood
The country of Wa was afraid, and the emperor was afraid.

In the face of bombs and artillery, they have little power to resist.

Even if he occasionally finds an opportunity to fight in close quarters, facing the heavily armed army of the Dragon Kingdom, the army of the Wa Kingdom is no match at all.

After several confrontations, the Wa country retreated steadily. Not only was it not an opponent on the water, but it was still miserable on land.

Li Ke, who was far away in the Dragon Kingdom, kept receiving news of victory, and he was very relieved.

After all, this place of the Wa Kingdom has been an enemy of the people in the land of China since ancient times, and Li Ke felt very comfortable beating them.

He even once ordered that after the invasion of the Wa country, the emperor of the Wa country and some ministers of the Wa country must be killed.

It's not a good thing anyway!

After Li Yong received the order, he continued to launch a fierce attack. It was true that the Wa country was helpless to fight back.

This battle did not take too much time. After all, the island country is only that big. After Li Yong's army occupied the imperial capital all the way, they directly captured the emperor and other members of the royal family alive and killed them all.

At this point, the country of Wa, which had been rampant for a long time, finally fell into the hands of the country of Long.

For this result, Li Ke was not too surprised, so he was not too surprised. He just ordered Li Yong to complete the unification and enlightenment in the Wa Kingdom.

At the same time, Li Ke also felt that it was really impossible to continue fighting.

If we fight again, I am afraid that the whole of Asia will become the Dragon Kingdom.

That's not a good thing, after all, the area is too large to manage.

Genghis Khan of the later generations is a good example. Most of them failed to hold on to so many mountains and rivers, and in the end they only unified the management of the Central Plains.

This example tells Li Ke that in ancient times, there was no need to lay down too much territory, because it was useless.

Today's Dragon Kingdom is already considered very large.

Such a piece of land is enough for Li Ke to manage, and even some remote places may not be so easy to manage.

For example, the land of the Wa Kingdom, which is summarized into the Dragon Kingdom, is how to manage it on an island so far away from the sea?
Another example is the original Nanzhao, which is now southwest of Yunnan, is also so far away from the capital of the Dragon Kingdom.

The original place of Western Turkic, and the original place of Goguryeo, are too far away.

But fortunately, the strength that the Dragon Kingdom has demonstrated many times has finally made the surrounding countries realize the strength of the Dragon Kingdom.

Even the nations on the sea dare not underestimate the Dragon Kingdom.

Li Ke believes that for a long time, it is impossible for any country to provoke the Dragon Kingdom again.

This can be seen from the fact that Prince Wuji signed an alliance agreement with the Minister of the Dragon Kingdom very seriously.

The prince of Wuji came here with malicious intentions, saying that he was signing a peace treaty, but he also held back and wanted to take advantage of it.

Therefore, when the Dragon Kingdom was fighting against the Wa Kingdom and the Nanzhao Kingdom, the Prince of Wuji was not in a hurry to sign the covenant.

Estimated to also want to observe.

As a result, Long Guo won very well, and he immediately began to sign the covenant in a proper manner.

At the same time, many small countries in the surrounding area have come to establish friendly relations with Long Country.

Everyone is willing to become a vassal state of the Dragon Kingdom, pay tribute to the Dragon Kingdom every year, and come to court every year!
The Dragon Kingdom has also completely become a superpower in Asia, and even the world.

The country is stable.

In the future, there will basically be no more fighting.

A country without war will benefit the people!
During this period of time, whether it was the original Dragon Kingdom, the original Tang Kingdom, or the original Nanzhao... Tuyuhun, Tubo, Turk...

Although they have all been unified into the Dragon Kingdom.

However, not all people may return to their hearts.

this is a problem.

Secondly, today's Dragon Kingdom has gone through various wars before.

Therefore, even if Li Ke completes the unification, there will be huge losses in the previous battles in various places.

These wars all once took place on the land of the Dragon Kingdom today.

There are losses everywhere, not just money, but also food, and other losses.

Now that there is no war in the country, Li Ke must focus on the development of people's livelihood.

He wants all the people to return to their hearts, and he wants the people to live and work in peace and contentment.

The strength of a country is not stronger than the military and government, but stronger than the people's livelihood.

So Li Ke began to think about how to make the common people make money.

Palace, Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Sitting at the table, Li Ke looked at Wu Meiniang and Jin Yan who were dining together, and said:

"You two said, how can the common people make money?"

Wu Meiniang spoke first: "The concubine thinks that grassroots agriculture should be vigorously developed, and grassroots people should be advised to teach farming and mulberry."

Li Ke nodded: "Letting the people develop agriculture is naturally the foundation of people's livelihood."

Jin Yan also said: "Nowadays, thanks to His Majesty, the common people have obtained various vegetable and fruit seeds. Therefore, the development of agriculture has a great prospect."

Li Ke nodded again: "You have revealed the root of the development of the people at the bottom."

Then he smiled again: "However, this is just the foundation of their lives. There is still a distance from making money and being rich."

Both Wu Meiniang and Jin Yan looked at Li Ke, and Li Ke continued:
"Meiniang, after the meal, you draw up an imperial decree. The general content is to let the people grow all kinds of vegetables and fruits, which can be sold in the city. The cities around the city must not block them for any reason, and the local officials must ensure that the farmers enter the city. Convenient for selling fruits and vegetables.”

Wu Meiniang nodded: "Yes!"

"In addition, an imperial decree is drawn up, that all regions can export vegetables and fruits to other countries. There will be no tariffs, but the seeds of vegetables and fruits cannot be sold abroad at will, and they will be strictly managed by local governments."

With these two decrees, the people who grow fruits and vegetables can sell vegetables and fruits at a low cost to make money.

In addition, Li Ke issued a few more orders, all of which are about the open policy for farmers to make money.

Farmers can use crops such as vegetables and fruits to make money, which not only guarantees food for farmers, but also earns income.

"Your Majesty, the revenue from our treasury..." Wu Meiniang said, reminding Li Ke tactfully.

After many battles, the national treasury was also depleted.

In addition, Li Ke exempted many taxes, leaving only commercial taxes, so the current treasury is already very empty.

Li Ke thought for a while, and said, "We still can't collect the farmers' tax, but we have to collect the rich people's tax."

Then he said: "The next imperial decree, the Ministry of Households, can find suitable merchants all over the country to carry out steel forging, and the forged steel will be forged.

Part of it is used for the construction of the whole country, and part of it is exported to other countries. In this way, Dragon Kingdom has one more source of tax revenue.

You know, steel is in great domestic demand and even greater demand abroad, so you can definitely make a lot of money. "

"Your Majesty, if you do this, will there be more steel in other countries, will it pose a threat to us?" Wu Meiniang was very worried.

Li Ke shook his head: "Don't worry, the exported steel should not be so good.

One is to prevent other countries from obtaining forging methods, and the other is that good things are always in our hands! "

Then he added: "Besides, we have bombs, why should we be afraid of them?"

(End of this chapter)