In terms of economy, Liu Bei is still not as powerful as Li Mengxi. If Li Mengxi were here, Li Mengxi would still have more overbearing ways to improve the economy by developing technology to increase productivity.

Developing technology to increase productivity is industry, while spreading it across the land is nothing more than tax reform, national debt, and financial games. These two are nothing more than trivial matters.

Liu Bei said that to maintain a country, it should be divided into tax collectors, tax collectors, etc., and the emperor asked what were the problems in farming.

Liu Bei called the Ling Emperor and said, "Land is the foundation of people's lives. In the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the household registration has doubled, but the land remains unchanged. In addition, it has become a common practice for the powerful and powerful to annex and devour the people's land.

As a result, the rich have no place to stand, while the poor have no place to stand.

There is a method of equalizing the land." At this point, Liu Bei frowned and began to think. After a moment, he said, "The method of equalizing the land is that the imperial court buys back the land in the world at the average land price and uses it as public land.

Then, the acres of land in the world will be divided equally among the people of the world.

In this way, everyone in the world will have land, and everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, the world will be stable, and the country will be in peace."

The method of equalizing the land is a very powerful medicine, which can directly bring a dynasty in its last years back to life.

Emperor Ling was interested in the method of equal distribution of land, but he could not understand why he wanted to buy land, and why he should divide the land after buying it.

In the whole world, is it possible that the royal land and the imperial court want to use it to buy it?

The powerful medicine that had the effect of bringing the dead back to life was easily abandoned by Emperor Ling.

Emperor Ling asked about the method of running an army.

Liu Bei answered many questions.

But because Emperor Ling knew the treasury and knew a little about taxation, Emperor Ling knew nothing about running an army. Emperor Ling didn't understand any of Liu Bei's many good methods for running an army, and his response was mediocre.

When Liu Bei enthusiastically explained to Emperor Ling how to run an army, Liu Bei suddenly paused, "Oh," Liu Bei sighed.

"The Han Dynasty has many generals, and the method of running an army cannot be explained by a certain person.

However, I am worried that even though His Majesty can train millions of soldiers and horses, the country's affairs are still worrying.

Today, although there are frequent bandits and rebellions, Your Majesty still has the Nine Provinces in his hands, the rivers and mountains are still there, the relevant cities are strong, and there are still no less than hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers in various parts of the Han Dynasty.

However, the only thing to worry about is the loss of people's hearts.

The sage said, "Consolidate a country without relying on the dangers of mountains and rivers, and dominate the world without relying on the advantages of war." The foundation of a country does not depend on the dangers of rivers and mountains, nor does it depend on the advantages of war."

"If the hearts of the people are not in the Han Dynasty, the dangers of the mountains and rivers will create an advantage for the people to rise up and fight. The advantage of one man's military confrontation will not be matched by thousands of people rising up in rebellion, and the advantage of millions of people fighting against each other will not be matched by the crowds in the world."

"It is easy for Your Majesty to raise the treasury, build strong cities, and organize and train a strong army. Only by regaining the hearts of the people can you be prepared for all difficulties."

Faced with Liu Bei's earnest warning, Emperor Ling did not take it seriously.

Emperor Ling thought that if the treasury had sufficient troops and horses, it would be as stable as Mount Tai.

As everyone knows, the Qin Dynasty, which had strong soldiers and horses and a full treasury, also perished.

Liu Bei has seen the deepest crisis of the Han Dynasty. The root crisis of the Han Dynasty is by no means superficial problems such as taxation, military power, thieves and chaos. The most fundamental problem is that the people are suffering, they have no way to survive, and more and more people are rebelling.

More and more people rebelled against the Han.

Liu Bei proposed a method to regain the people's support. Liu Bei suggested that the people of the world should be exempted from paying taxes for three years.

Emperor Ling was puzzled, "If the whole world is exempted, how can the state use it?"

Liu Bei shook his head, sighed, and talked about the old story of Julu, "Your Majesty, you know that after I gathered the rest of Zhang Jue's troops, I got all the talents from the government that Zhang Jue had plundered. After the battle, I sent someone else to take money and buy grain elsewhere.

As a result, the government wealth obtained by the Yellow Turbans was converted into food, which could fully support the Yellow Turbans.

I don't understand. I don't understand why the government would rather die than save the people, and would rather wait for the people to rebel than help.

Your Majesty said that if all the emperors were exempted from taxes, the country would not be able to continue its use.

But why should it be used for state purposes? For the sake of the world.

The world is tax-free for three years, and the government's wealth for three years will be used to help the people. The people will have a chance to breathe for three years, and they will be able to survive and no longer rebel. With these three years, people's hearts will be restored.

And if the tax for three years is unavoidable and the government gets what the people have gained for three years, in recent years, disasters have occurred in various places and harvests have been poor year after year. The people are already in hardship and are close to despair. If the government continues to forcefully collect their gains, the people will have no way to survive.

At this point, the common people, whose livelihood was cut off, took the risk and raised troops to rebel. The government was trapped, and all the taxes collected for three years were taken, destroyed and consumed by the rebels. At this point, the imperial court had lost all the people and the hearts of the people.

If taxes are not collected for three years, the court will lose taxes for three years, the people will have a chance to breathe, the world will be stable for ten years, and the court will regain its support.

After three years of tax collection, the people's livelihood was cut off and they started fighting and rebelling. People's hearts were greatly lost, and the three years of tax collection would eventually be lost.

There is a balance here, and there is a clear distinction between superiority and inferiority.

Someone heard that those who are good at fighting have no outstanding achievements. The best way to destroy thieves is not to sweep, attack and kill, but to prevent thieves from being born.

Although the three-year tax exemption left the imperial court with no money to mobilize troops, there was no need to raise a single soldier, which would have been enough to eliminate the rebellion in the world before it started.

This is a strategy of fighting without fighting. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Chapter completed!