Li Qin was looking through various information about Jiangnan, including the tax revenue that Jiangnan had paid to the imperial court over the past few decades.
Li Qin turned the pages, listing the amounts of taxes paid.
The number of discoveries is decreasing year by year.
The economy in Jiangnan has been getting better and better over the past few decades, and the landlords and gentry have become increasingly wealthy.
However, the amount of taxes collected by the imperial court was decreasing.
This situation must be changed as soon as possible; we cannot continue to let them continue like this.
The taxes from Jiangnan must be collected as soon as possible.
In order to support his large expenses in the future.
Besides the taxes from Jiangnan, the revenue collected by the salt administration in Lianghuai also decreased year by year.
In the future, the salt administration of Lianghuai must also be organized by me.
It will become the mainstay of tax revenue for my new dynasty.
Li Qin then took out the tax revenue from the year with the highest income from the documents in front of him.
That was decades ago, in the early days of the founding of the Great Wu Kingdom.
Li Qin redistributed and laid out the taxes in front of him.
He plans to relocate all the officials and tax collectors he has brought from the north to the south.
He simply couldn't trust the officials and tax collectors in Jiangnan.
Their ties with the landlords, officials, and gentry of Jiangnan were too deep.
They had long been in cahoots with the landlords and gentry of Jiangnan.
Relying on them, it's impossible to collect money for myself.
Even if they do collect, the target group they collect from will not be the same group of people they want them to collect from.
Instead, the taxes levied on landlords and gentry were shifted onto the common people.
In the end, it will only force the common people to rebel.
This caused great chaos in Jiangnan.
Therefore, it is still more reliable to rely on the officials and tax collectors that I brought from the north.
Seeing that it was almost time, Li Qin put down the memorial in his hand.
Time to rest.
He went outside and found Qi Duchen standing outside his door.
In his hands was a folded document thicker than a dictionary.
Li Qin looked at the folded document in Qi Duchen's hand and immediately asked:
"Are you going to submit a memorial to the emperor again?"
After hearing Li Qin's words, Qi Duchen shook his head, handed over the memorial with both hands, and said to Li Qin:
"No, these are the silver coins that the landlords and gentry of Jiangnan gave to Your Majesty to reward the army after we entered Jiangnan, as well as some gifts for Your Majesty."
Please take a look, Your Majesty.
After hearing Qi Duchen's words, Li Qin took the memorial from his hand.
Then he said to Qi Duchen:
"Alright, I'll take care of it. You should go and get some rest too."
Furthermore, the Jiangnan region has just been pacified.
"Understood, understood. I have already led people to check the mansion three times, and there is absolutely no problem."
This was prepared by the King's nephew, General Li Xuanshang, and he must have checked it very carefully.
Moreover, I have already deployed troops inside and outside the mansion, with two soldiers every five steps.
Furthermore, I have deployed the King's personal guards around the residence; there will be absolutely no problem.
Qi Duchen repeatedly assured Li Qin that there were absolutely no problems.
After hearing Qi Duchen's words, Li Qin nodded in satisfaction.
Qi Duchen had always been responsible for his safety, and there had never been any problems.
He was relatively reassured.
So after he finished speaking, Li Qin went to his room.
After all, their army has arrived in Jiangnan, so it's best to be careful.
There are still quite a few people here who are loyal to the imperial court and want him dead.
Li Qin was stunned as soon as he returned to his room.
Upon entering his room, he immediately saw four beautiful women from Jiangnan.
At this moment, they saw Li Qin enter.
He immediately stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and said to Li Qin:
"Your servants pay their respects to Your Majesty."
Li Qin looked at the four beautiful women kneeling before him in the candlelight.
He could tell that the four beauties from Jiangnan ranged in age from their teens to their thirties.
He threw the folded document in his hand onto the bed and looked at the four beautiful women from Jiangnan kneeling in front of him.
He went straight to the point and asked:
"Who arranged this?"
After asking that question, Li Qin cursed himself.
You asked too many questions.
Who else could possibly arrange for four beautiful women to live in his bedroom but Qi Duchen, the captain of his personal guards?
Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the woman in her thirties who looked very charming immediately spoke up among the four beauties below:
"It was Lord Qi Duchen who arranged for us to serve you."
After listening to what the person in front of him had to say, Li Qin nodded.
I knew it was this kid.
However, there are four of them, and their ages range from their teens to their thirties.
It seems that ever since the last time he accompanied me to select a princess or concubine from the palace...
He misunderstood my tastes and such.
If you arrange for four people to work at once, what would you do if you did that every day?
Even without assassination, I feel like I don't have more than a few months to live.
However, moderation is a matter for the future.
Since heading south, I have endured a long period of hardship in the army.
Today we've entered Nanjing, so it's a good time for the victors to relax.
Li Qin picked up the document in his hand, which contained the gifts and the amount of silver given to him by the landlords and gentry of Jiangnan.
He casually put it aside and waved to the four people below.
He gestured for them to come over.
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