Busy days always pass quickly.

After consulting the two old antiques, Fu Luo and the Spirit of Heaven, Qin He roughly determined the direction.

There are quite a lot of things to do.

All the evil spirits in the seventeen levels of hell were liberated with a large shovel.

Feeling it was not enough, he circled the East twice more, saving the souls of a large number of wild evil spirits, ghosts, evil creatures and various corpse monsters.

I hardly ever had a day off.

Poor little calf, he's become thinner from running so much.

There's no way, none of these things are edible.

After traveling around the East, Qin He went to the Western Regions again and saved a large number of people. He also saved a group of werewolves, birdmen and vampire zombies in the area further west of the Western Regions, basically clearing that area.

After walking along the Qin River, I discovered a characteristic of the Dharma Ending Age. The fragments that fell after the collapse of the ancient heaven were not evenly distributed. The approximate center point was in the "J"-shaped area of ​​the Yellow River.

To be precise, it is where Guanzhong and the Yellow River Dragon Palace are located.

Guanzhong, the ancient capital of thirteen dynasties and the cradle of dynasties, corresponds exactly to the destiny of heaven and earth.

From this center, the extent of the Dharma-Ending Age has a clear increasing trend as it spreads to the surrounding areas.

West of the Western Regions, east of the peninsula, south of Vietnam, and north of the North Sea, it is basically the watershed between the Dharma Ending Age and the Dharma Ending Age.

After discovering this, Qin He no longer planned to expand the scope.

When I returned to the capital, it was already October.

Dali is still the same Dali. Everything seems to have changed, but the changes don’t seem to be big.

The rich officials in the capital became poor, and the poor remained poor.

The princes and nobles who had survived after many disasters and hid from place to place saw that the Li Dynasty had risen up and thought that good days had returned. They were preparing to make a big move and swallow up the property of the deceased princes.

As a result, the new emperor issued an imperial decree to take over all the property of the princes of the fallen vassal states and set up the Imperial Property Office to manage them directly.

The ancestral precept of "not competing with the people for profit" was directly abolished.

When the surviving princes and nobles saw this, they cried out that the new emperor had violated the ancestral system and was violating the state order, and demanded that the new emperor revoke his decision.

When the new emperor sees this, he still dares to jump, right?

The cabinet issued an edict, which directly accused the princes and nobles from all over the country of watching the country go into corruption and being rich but unkind.

Another imperial edict demoted the dozen or so kings who submitted the petition to the emperor to the rank of marquis, and the marquises to the rank of earl. The princes who jumped the highest and the officials in the capital who served as the emperor's mouthpieces were directly thrown into the Zhao Prison of the Feiyu Guard.

After pacifying them, the new emperor issued a third decree, ordering the newly appointed "Marquises" to provide relief to the people and overcome the difficulties together. The cabinet also drafted very detailed relief content, and the Feiyu Guards supervised its implementation.

Each item of content is tailor-made for them. If they follow the above content, they will not have to eat coarse food, but they will have to hand over at least 80% of their annual income.

Another explosive blow!

The princes and nobles who were hit by the "two explosive hammers" were furious, afraid and angry.

This new kid on the throne doesn't even consider these uncles and aunts as human beings.

This is like raising pigs, raising them one year and killing them the next!

Tolerable or unbearable!

So he hurriedly contacted the Donglin Party in the south, trying to make a big move to force the emperor to abdicate, or at least make the emperor make concessions. This was too cruel.

Unfortunately, at that time, the Donglin Party was being suppressed by Li Zicheng and was almost dead. The clay Buddha could not even save himself when crossing the river, so how could he dare to speak for this group of blind people?

Mind your own business and wish for good luck.

Therefore, the princes and nobles who were alone and helpless could only grit their teeth and swallow their anger, and at the same time curse the Donglin people for being stupid and not understanding the principle of "lips and teeth are cold".

As soon as he finished cursing, another blow came down, hitting Donglin.

In early August, it was drafted by the cabinet and approved by the emperor.

The Ministry of Revenue followed the example of the Song Dynasty and established Maritime Customs Offices in thirteen coastal cities to collect customs profits and benefit the country.

This decree publicly abolished Dali's "sea ban" policy, which was in name only.

This time, it was Donglin's turn to be furious.

The reason Dali's maritime ban existed in name only was that only powerful officials and merchants could go out to sea to trade. Those without power and influence who wanted to go out to sea had to either pay a fortune for amulets or resort to petty theft. Otherwise, they would be swallowed up by the local officials and gentry, ship and cargo alike, leaving them without a trace.

The essence of being in name only is actually monopoly.

Who monopolizes it?

Naturally, it was the Donglin Party that was behind it. The porcelain, tea, and ironware from Dali could be shipped out at huge profits, and the speed at which wealth was accumulated was extremely astonishing.

This decree meant that all people living along the coastal areas could engage in business, breaking the monopoly.

At the same time, customs duties and taxes are collected, which is like plucking feathers from a passing goose.

But it was useless to jump up and down, as the princes and nobles, who were originally on the same side, saw...

Collect maritime taxes?

That's good. The emperor got some money from you, so maybe we can relax a little.

You were just watching from the sidelines before, now it's our turn to watch the show.

So, with one slap on the left, he crippled the princes and nobles, and with another slap on the left, he smashed the brains of Donglin.

These two decrees opened the way for the new emperor to control the world's financial power.

One public and one private, walking on two legs.

What does it mean to turn your hand and it becomes clouds, and turn your hand again and it becomes rain?

This is.

But all this has just started, and ordinary people have not felt much change.

All we know is that the canal transportation at the capital's docks has become busier, with ships and cargo coming and going from the south and the north. Many docks are overwhelmed and have begun to use the new "pulley crane".

In late autumn, the north wind howled, and it was difficult for ships traveling from south to north to sail. The speed was too slow and the ships often silted up. There were not enough trackers on both sides of the river, and the price was too high.

A boat gang was very sharp and took a fancy to the blacksmith's shop's machine that used firewood to turn "kuchi kuchi" and stole it.

Not only was the machine stolen, but the blacksmith Tie Sanqi who made it was also kidnapped and disappeared.

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