The orcs were driven away, and the horse thieves were almost eliminated under Xu Lai's control.
A major problem that made life difficult for the grassland people in the past, the cruel oppression from the aristocracy, has almost disappeared under Xu Lai's rectification.
Today's grassland has entered an unprecedented stage of political clarity. Not to mention that every family does not close their doors at night and does not pick up lost items on the road, at least every family can have a surplus of food.
Xu Lai’s food will naturally not be distributed all the time.
But as long as the land policies he formulated can be effectively implemented by officials in various places, the minimum food and clothing can be guaranteed even if problems such as disease occur.
There are not so many food harvests on the earth, and ordinary people have no ability to fight against natural and man-made disasters.
Even so, there have been many prosperous times in history, although this is also related to the redistribution of land after the war.
For prairie people, today’s life is satisfactory enough.
Even though various battles have come one after another on the grassland in the past two years, the people who followed Xu Lai have never been treated badly.
I don’t know how long ago, the grassland herders had hoped that Xu Lai could rule the entire grassland so that they could escape from the sea of suffering.
Now, news has really come out. It is said that after Xu Lai defeated the orcs, he obtained the approval of the temple and the pope and wanted to establish an independent country on the grassland.
The news came from the mouths of those believers.
Although Xu Lai never ruled these believers, Xu Lai was the one who re-erected the statue of the God of War.
At the same time, the temple also clarified Xu Lai's identity as a favored person of the gods, and clarified Xu Lai's status in the temple, second only to the pope.
Not only that, these believers have traveled thousands of miles, and no matter how prepared the temple is, it will not be smooth sailing.
Even though they bypassed the war-torn areas, they still couldn't bypass those unscrupulous nobles.
The nobles in many areas took the money from the temple, but failed to prepare enough rice, or simply used old rice and bran rice to cope with it.
With the war, farmers cannot produce with peace of mind. Even if the land in this world is rich in nutrients, food shortages are prone to occur.
It is true that food prices have been affected by the war and have continued to rise, but after all, the people who moved the temple were the people of the empire, and sufficient money was given.
Just like this, many people came to the grassland still hungry, living a life of hungry and full meals.
Fortunately, after arriving on the grassland, they no longer need to starve. There is no guarantee of vegetables and fruits, but they can have enough staple food and meat every day.
There are cattle and sheep on the grassland. It is not too difficult to provide meat. On the contrary, fruits and vegetables are extremely valuable.
However, for these believers, the treatment Xu Lai gave them was like heaven.
Good treatment and the blessing of faith allowed these believers to work extra hard to promote Xu Lai after receiving orders from the pastors in charge.
No country is built quietly.
The temple, which now fully supports Xu Lai, has long begun to silently build momentum for Xu Lai's founding of the country.
Bishop Duer rushed to Stone City in person. Apart from worrying about the hundreds of thousands of believers, he also wanted to see Xu Lai as soon as possible so that he could give him the blueprint.
Send the drawings to Xu Lai and clarify Xu Lai's thoughts, so that the temple can make things clear.
Otherwise, if the temple's secret promotion of Xu Lai's founding of the country is exposed in the future, some kind of conflict will inevitably arise between the two parties.
Even if it is true that Xu Lai wanted to found a country, he founding a country himself and being pushed to found a country were two completely different feelings.
By then, Xu Lai must explore the idea of the temple.
Looking back, I discovered that when the country was founded, more than half of them were devout believers in the temple. In the future, we would have to be wary of the temple at all costs.
The temple has the status of being the only state religion among successive empires, and its vision and means have always been abundant.
However, the bishops in the temple had no other ideas at this time.
In their understanding, as a favored person of God, Xu Lai himself is the embodiment of the will of the God of War.
The temple is the temple of the God of War. Xu Lai, who possesses the will of the God of War, is almost equivalent to the real owner of the temple.
Therefore, the temple built momentum for Xu Lai in advance and also for future prosperity.
However, if Xu Lai wants to found a country, in addition to the recognition of the temple, the recognition of other countries and major forces is also important.
If there are more forces and countries that are not recognized by the outside world, people and forces who join the grassland countries will naturally be more scrupulous.
For example, indigenous nobles, major chambers of commerce, large mercenary groups, etc. will worry about whether they can conduct business with external forces and countries, participate in tasks, and worry about whether their noble status can be recognized.
If these problems are not resolved, although Xu Lai can build the country normally, it will inevitably cause turmoil in people's hearts.
You know, after all the wars and countless heroes in history, Xu Lai is not the only one who has some conscience.
Historically, there were many people who were more holy than Xu Lai. Some of them even followed the example of the saints and directly exempted themselves from agricultural taxes.
Even China only abolished agricultural taxes after its economic level reached a certain stage. These holy ladies proposed this policy at this time, which was undoubtedly too advanced.
Facts have also proved that such an approach can only be short-lived.
Even if the heroes who come here choose long-lived races such as elves, they will not be able to live for 18,000 years like real elves.
No matter how good their policies are, once these powerful heroes die, they will inevitably die, and even they rarely die normally.
In this world, those who hold power are those high-level professionals, mages, knights, and archers, but there are no civilians.
No matter how powerful the hero is, he cannot always guard against danger.
Xu Lai did not exempt agricultural taxes, but reduced the taxes to 30%, so that the ruling class could benefit, so that their desire to resist would not be so strong.
But to be honest, 30% is the most we can get now. This was the ratio agreed upon by the first generation of the Supreme King and a group of nobles.
Looking back and waiting for Xu Laiyi to hang up, the privileged class will definitely still find ways to seek benefits for themselves.
If a man does not serve himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. This is an eternal truth.
Xu Lai founded the country, relying on 30% of the agricultural tax to win over the people, and relying on the blessing of the God of War to gain faith.
The only thing left is to get the support of those who are truly powerful.
It doesn't need to be all of them, even if it only captures a part, it is enough to build a new country.
Xu Lai, who returned to Qingfeng City by teleportation array in advance, had been discussing with Su Ya and the others for several days.
Preparations for the founding of the country and large-scale ceremonies have already begun.
Although Xu Lai did not say it clearly, it was already spreading among the public, and officials in Qingfeng City had heard about it for a long time.
Xu Lai also personally issued an administrative order, ordering the governors from various places to rush to Qingfeng City before the 13th of next month after arranging their work.
The 13th of next month is May 13th. If Xu Lai remembers correctly, he came to this world on May 14th and spent his first morning in this world on May 15th. Xu Lai had never established his own country or been a king, so he still had some yearning and longing in his heart.
Otherwise, even if the congress has so many benefits, Xu Lai must choose an appropriate time to establish the country after careful consideration.
Now I made up my mind without thinking, and started pushing forward immediately after returning to Qingfeng City. The excitement in my heart is naturally self-evident.
In such an exciting moment, why not choose a meaningful point in time.
After coming to this world, Xu Lai never revealed his birthday to anyone, nor did he hold any form of celebration.
There are spells such as prophecy in this world. Xu Lai was cautious and never disclosed his detailed information.
Even if he got the Knight of Honor later, Xu Lai was already used to it.
Then, another time point that is memorable for Xu Lai, Su Ya, and everyone under his command is the day he came into this world.
So, Xu Lai set the official founding date for the 15th of next month, which is less than a month away.
But other tasks of founding the country are progressing smoothly.
Xu Lai decided to choose the location of the palace in the castle where he currently lives.
The Congress and the Royal Palace are heroic buildings that can be completed instantly with money, so there is no need to prepare too much in advance. You only need to clear the nearby roads and buildings.
Choose the castle because the functions of these buildings are completely duplicated. The palace is Xu Lai’s residence, and the castle is also where Xu Lai lives.
Putting them together will also delay Xu Lai and the ministers' discussions. The key is that it can also save a lot of money.
The castle wall where Xu Lai currently lives can save him a lot of gold coins, as well as basic and rare resources such as wood and ores.
When the castle is vacated, Xu Lai can upgrade the parliament to a parliament at any time, and then upgrade the castle to a palace.
But before that, Xu Lai had to finalize many things.
One is the institutional issue after the founding of the People's Republic of China, and the other is the issue of rewards during the founding of the People's Republic of China.
The former is related to the foundation of a country, and the latter is related to whether current and future talents are willing to follow Xu Lai.
A boss who is stingy and unwilling to share will not be able to make a big cake, because the boss is the only one who is willing to work hard from the beginning to the end.
Even the most evil boss in the world must give something to his employees, otherwise no one will be able to work for you in vain.
When Xu Lai returned to Qingfeng City, he first made a merit ranking with Yu Lan, Su Ya and the others based on all the information compiled before.
At the top of the list are naturally Su Ya, Reina, Giselle and Tahan.
But when rewarding these people based on their merit, the national system must be involved.
The system of successive empires has always been a system of enfeoffment, or at best, something else was added to the system of enfeoffment.
For example, the Lion Dynasty added the concept of the Central Army to the feudal system to consolidate the dynasty's rule.
Xu Lai was unwilling to use the feudal system because the rights of the king and the parliament were equal in the feudal system.
That is, the nobles can use the parliamentary system to limit the king's power.
For example, when the king wants unlimited conscription and unlimited taxation, the nobles can use parliament to prevent such unreasonable demands.
Of course, the king's basic rights can still be protected.
For example, how many times a year is a reasonable number of taxes? Once determined, the parliament and nobles must abide by it unconditionally.
Another example is that the king has the right to recruit nobles to fight for him when necessary. As long as certain conditions are met, the noble must respond to the call.
Xu Lai is not afraid of any parliament now. He will not recognize any of the original nobles in his territory.
The new nobles had no time to set up any parliament.
The key is that after the enfeoffment, the power of the nobles was too great and it was too easy to lose control.
If nothing else, Xu came to unify the grassland not long ago. He only ordered the relocation of herdsmen. I don’t know how much of the food and other materials he distributed along the way were corrupted.
Xu Lai not only had the reports submitted by Jimmy, but also the secret report submitted by Jian Yuan.
Jian Yuan specializes in intelligence and is loyal enough to Xu Lai. It is perfect for him to be in charge of the intelligence department.
The two pieces of information corroborate each other, and it is basically unlikely that there will be an unjust, false or wrong case.
It's just that Xu Lai doesn't have time to deal with them now. After they come to Qingfeng City, it won't be too late for him to take action as a warning to others.
This incident alone was enough to deter Xu Lai from directly applying the enfeoffment system.
However, apart from enfeoffment, he really couldn't find any other good way to win over those who really have power.
Even if the feudal system of ancient China is used instead, firstly, Xu Lai must understand this system well enough, and secondly, others must be able to accept it.
Unfortunately, neither of these conditions can be achieved. Xu Lai knows nothing about it except for some superficial knowledge through TV and novels.
Reluctantly put it up, it is just a picture of a tiger instead of a dog, and it becomes a laughing stock.
This is a fact that cannot be changed. I believe that those who came before have never thought about changing this system.
But they all faced the same problem as Xu Lai. They came to this world alone and suddenly formed a force.
Xu Lai will only be a year old next month, but he has already reached the stage of founding a country.
How can such a foundation be stable? It will not be able to change the overall situation at all.
Apart from anything else, as long as he dared to mess up, everyone would resign directly at the founding ceremony, fearing that Xu Lai would be blinded on the spot.
There are hundreds of cities on the grassland. Even if one city only sends ten managers, where will he find these thousand people?
Besides, even if ten people are all heads of various departments, what can they do if they don’t give orders to their own team members.
How many people will be needed if you take the team with you? Xu Lai can't change so many people even if he changes.
No one can take care of things. No matter how strong Xu Lai's force is, it can only destroy, not produce.
Therefore, the new system must be accepted by these people, but it must also satisfy Xu Lai himself.
“Lang Jun, the land you want from successive nobles, as well as the grain harvest corresponding to these lands, have been calculated.
According to your decision, it is all based on the farm. It depends on the production efficiency, which means working at full capacity 24 hours a day, which means it depends on 100 units of grain a day.
However, we are here on the grassland, and grain planting is not subject to bonuses, so it does not count.”
Xu Lai took the account book handed over by Yu Lan and found that the records and calculations were extremely detailed, and he was immediately overjoyed. (End of chapter)