The new policy of the Black Forest Kingdom was implemented very quickly, and the 'tax army' expanded very quickly. There were also voices of opposition, but they were quickly suppressed.
Because during this process, Xia Qingyang took action.
He asked Elder Li to take over the protection of the palace, and also asked his master to keep an eye on Moqiu City. He put on the ghost face mask and the 'shadow cloak' and began to wander in the darkness.
In the name of removing obstacles for the king, he began to ask the king of Black Forest for a list...
This list is very interesting. It is not a ‘must-kill list’, but a ‘death-free list’!
It's not that Xia Qingyang wants to kill all the dignitaries of the Black Forest Kingdom... but he is afraid that the killing will go smoothly and he will also kill those who have surrendered to the Lord of the Black Forest, which will affect the rule of the Lord of the Black Forest.
There are a few people on the 'Exemption from Death List' who are also the most evil, but at present, stabilizing the rule of the Lord of the Black Forest is more important than anything else, so the evil of these people can only remain for a while longer.
There are very few good people among the powerful class.
Xia Qingyang looked at the list and started killing people... He did not do anything to kill everyone, but only executed the two or three people with the most serious crimes among the powerful people.
Moreover, his method of execution was also very secretive. He sent a third-grade blood palm from afar, but it was done with restraint, and it only stopped the blood flow in the whole body for a short period of time.
How important is human blood flow?
Stopping blood flow is equivalent to stopping metabolism, which is equivalent to death!
Many people changed from fake death to real death under such circumstances... and even until they were found dead, others could not see the slightest clue.
Because there is no external injury at all in this way of death, and no internal injuries can be detected... It is like a sudden 'normal death'.
There are merits in killing these people. Although not as many as the old king who was punished by heaven, the cumulative effect is enough for him to unlock the third-level talent in the second round.
After the nobles of Moqiu City were screened by him in this way, the entire noble class was naturally unable to resist the new policy of the king.
Seeing that there was still a little bit left to unlock the third level of talent, Xia Qingyang directly used the wind escape technique to rush to the nearest big city and launched another round of assassination.
Whether these goals are truly evil or sanctimonious in people's eyes, it is clear under the influence of the talent of 'Chasing Karma'.
So this creates an illusion... He seems to kill indiscriminately regardless of good or bad.
Soon, the city's resistance was collapsed.
Mo Qiu's decree was consciously implemented here... Everyone felt that this was a trick from Mo Qiu, and the whole city was shrouded in fear.
Xia Qingyang has nothing to do about it, but as long as this tax policy can be implemented, it will be fine.
The same is true for the next two cities...
Even before he started attacking the last city, he had already consciously accepted Mo Qiu's decree... So far, within three months, the entire Black Forest Kingdom had accepted the "Black Forest Tax Law."
When Xia Qingyang saw this, he stopped.
Although it is slightly unsatisfactory, the merits required to unlock it have finally been completed... So let's leave it like this this year and think about what to do in the coming year.
This is his selfish motive, using the ruler's new policy to continuously harvest the lives of evil people.
Although this method is too simple and crude to implement the executive order... But he doesn't care!
On the contrary, this is tantamount to completely pushing the monarch into the opposition of the nobles. If he wants to maintain the stability of his regime, he must continue to cling to their thighs.
At the moment, the king was almost blinded by the large amount of wealth that was constantly being sent to him, and for the time being, he completely put aside the worries in his heart.
Although the high-pressure policy will cause trouble, what if this high-pressure is only aimed at the upper class, but opens a promotion channel for the people at the bottom?
That’s when the last place full of ‘energy’ was eliminated.
Anyway, when Xia Qingyang told the leader of the Black Forest this series of ideas, he was very excited.
As for the vision and knowledge of the people at the bottom... Anyway, the current level of human development is not high, and even the nobles are not very knowledgeable.
As long as we recruit more talents from the bottom and cultivate their vision, we will soon be able to select the best from them and produce officials who can replace the nobles.
And once the nobles are no longer irreplaceable, then the reform of the Black Forest Kingdom will become complete... Those who come from the bottom will also become vested interests, naturally standing on the side of the Black Forest Kingdom, and spontaneously support this reform.
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Before that, the servants who had been deliberately trained in the Eighth Prince's Mansion were pulled out of the yamen to quickly fill the vacancies... The entire country did not suffer from any slowdown in operation due to this reform, but was instead streamlined a lot.
Coupled with the unprecedented wealth generated by this tax collection, the annual income of Heilin Kingdom has tripled!
It can be seen that the wealth of this country has always been in the hands of the princes and nobles.
Now that the king is taking action on these people, the treasury will be greatly enriched immediately.
Since the founding of the Black Forest Kingdom, there may not have been such a full treasury.
The leader of the Black Forest Kingdom is now completely defeated. He is gearing up and just wants to have a good fight.
He learned from Xia Qingyang that how well he did during his reign was related to how much preferential treatment he would receive after his death.
Moreover, his father, who directly passed the throne to him, also pointed to the achievements he could make and the sacrifices of his descendants.
At the end of this year, Xia Qingyang personally escorted 20% of the income of the Black Forest Kingdom to the Holy Blood Residence to be inspected by Mrs. Xuanyin...
"So much... I'm afraid it's three times the amount of normal offerings?" She exclaimed, then withdrew a tiny part from it and asked Elder Li to take it back to the Green Demon Sect.
The rest is all the wealth of the blood pool!
Then she became worried again: "Except for some spiritual stones and spiritual materials, what are we going to do with these mortal belongings?"
Xia Qingyang thought for a while and said: "Then let's find the king to build a mine, and then we can use these to buy a group of slaves from that big family to open the mine."
"Although there are many spiritual stones produced in the mountains, it is easier to produce them in the veins. This can be regarded as the foundation of a business."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xuanyin waved her hand and said, "You can handle this kind of thing. I will leave all these mortal belongings and food to you."
She had not yet thought about the impact her random decision would have on the blood pool in the future.
After the reform of the tax law in the Black Forest Kingdom this year, it is foreseeable that a large number of serfs will become free people and change from free farming to rented farming.
In this way, they can pay the poll tax themselves, while large families only need to pay the land tax, and can still receive the land rent of the original land.
This is already a class improvement for slaves who originally had nothing.
And there must be a large number of slaves who were released and had nothing to do... After all, the master no longer wanted to bear such a heavy poll tax.
At this time, Xia Qingyang's mine effect came out.
He would not buy slaves, but hire them to work for him.
Paying a certain salary plus food and accommodation is enough to make these real proletarians burst out with strong enthusiasm for work.
And when the leader of the Black Forest Kingdom realized that the large number of slaves released by the rich clans would become a hidden danger to the country, and followed Xia Qingyang's actions, the state of the country entered a completely new realm.
Landowners, farmers, workers, and businessmen coexisted... and more importantly, these people all had to pay taxes.
It is foreseeable that the finances of the Black Forest Kingdom will make an astonishing leap.