Chenxi's series of policies triggered numerous earthquakes, both large and small.
First and foremost are those aristocratic families, some of whom are preparing to leave Jianming Province.
They were used to having hordes of servants and enjoying being high above others, but now all their privileges are gone, and they have to be treated like quails.
If you break the law, you'll be sentenced just like ordinary people. Things that used to be solvable with connections and money can no longer be resolved.
Furthermore, many scions of prominent families were sentenced to prison because they feared that if they stayed any longer, their wealth would be confiscated.
Some of these families had businesses elsewhere, or their main residence was not in Jianming Province but in other regions.
They can all move away, treat the businesses here as secondary businesses, or dispose of them.
The vast majority chose to dispose of the assets here because they didn't trust anyone else to look after the servants.
But when it comes to actually dealing with these industries, it turns out they are extremely difficult.
Other wealthy families also want to leave, because ordinary people can't afford their things.
Those aristocratic families who didn't intend to leave took advantage of the situation and drove the price down to an extremely low level.
Less than a third of its true value
In such a situation, it becomes very difficult to make a move.
Therefore, many prominent families were delayed for more than two months, and very few people were able to make the journey.
With the issuance of government orders, many ordinary people saw the light and dared to sue those powerful families.
Those that weren't investigated before will be investigated again after being reported by the public, and many more prominent families will suffer misfortune once more.
Not only were they forced to participate in labor reform, but they also had to pay a large sum of money.
In severe cases, it can even lead to decapitation.
These powerful families realized that if things continued this way, there might not be many left in their families.
They simply left their businesses behind and then took their families to leave Kemin Province.
However, if you want to leave, you must have a letter of introduction. If you don't have one, I'm sorry, you can't leave.
They spent a lot of money, but still couldn't get it open.
When asked why, they were unable to find out.
In the end, they all turned to Cao Changgeng, since Cao Changgeng was from a powerful family that refused to leave and had a good relationship with Chenxi.
Cao Changgeng smiled and said, "Now that the leader is vigorously developing the provincial capital, instead of following along properly, you all want to abandon the city and leave."
If you were the leaders, could you release them? Actually, the commander has been very polite to you. He would have massacred the rest of the city long ago, especially the powerful families who were killed first.
The main objective was to seize food and wealth.
These aristocratic families also understood this principle, but they were still somewhat unwilling to accept it.
How could someone from a humble peasant background be allowed to lead them and punish so many of their children?
If you can't afford to mess with them, can't you just leave?
They won't let go no matter how you try to leave.
Cao Changgeng took out a document and handed it to them, saying, "Take a look. This is a document that was planned to be sent out tomorrow, but it was delivered to me today."
Upon seeing this, the heads of the various families immediately understood the connection.
The document states that anyone with permanent property in Jianming Province must register with the government within two months. If they fail to register within two months, their property will be considered public and will no longer be considered private property.
In other words, the government has already taken over the houses, and now it's going to take over the land and shops as well.
When the house is taken back, there is compensation, which is based on the basic price of the house.
These aristocratic families can no longer afford to live in so many houses.
They also need to comply with the government's resettlement arrangements and be allocated housing.
Are land and shops now required to be registered, and will they be taken back?
If you don't register, it will be taken over by the government; if you register, you will receive compensation.
These aristocratic families were going to leave anyway, so they figured if the compensation was decent, giving it directly to Chenxi might be more cost-effective than selling it.
So they thanked Cao Changgeng and went back to make arrangements.
Cao Changgeng was very puzzled. The prices offered by these aristocratic families had already been reduced to one-third. Although they refused to sell, if the price were increased further, he estimated that he could buy them for 70% of the original price.
Why do leaders need to register? Is it like registering houses, where they are then redistributed?
If the shops really follow this model, then all the work he did in the North City would have been for nothing.
But after these families went to register the next day, they waited for a while longer, and received no notification whatsoever.
These powerful families are getting restless again. What's going on?
They came to Cao Changgeng again and asked what the current situation was.
Cao Changgeng said, "It's just a registration; the leader is just doing it for statistics."
That's all? These two words stung the hearts of these aristocratic families.
You only said one thing, but we suffered so much injustice.
"So there won't be any other policies in the future?"
These aristocratic families were still unwilling to accept this.
Cao Changgeng shook his head, "I don't know either. If there is a policy, it will be passed down naturally. If not, they will announce it when the time comes."
The aristocratic family inquired in vain.
Cao Changgeng was actually even more uncertain, as he hadn't been able to find out any information.
Di Yingxue asked Chen Xi the same question, "Chief, why are you dragging these aristocratic families along like this?"
Shen Xi laughed. He was deliberately stalling. She was preventing the issuance of the release letters of introduction in order to stop these people first.
These people have been sued by the people and are afraid that there are still some things they haven't revealed. She must find out.
They enjoyed wealth and power, and did many immoral things. How can we let them leave so easily?
Another issue is that she wants to acquire these shops and land, but she doesn't have the money.
The distress of not having money once again plagued her.
The variety of products made in Bian'ai County is also increasing.
The selling price was also relatively high, and she managed to take over most of Jianming Province.
Logically speaking, the amount of money shouldn't be small anymore.
But she needed to pay off her debts, and as Magistrate Ge saw her accumulating more and more possessions, his eyes gleamed with a wolfish light. Greed!
Ge Congshan took 50% of the profits, and 70% of the profits came from sales in Xianghefu.
Even so, Shenxi was still short of money.
These powerful families cannot leave; if they do, they will surely take away a large amount of food and money. We cannot let them go until we have extracted the last bit of profit from them.
But we can't just kill them directly. It's okay to kill them here, but we'll face fierce resistance when we try to take over other places later.
It's not worth the risk.
Fortunately, only about a third of them actually wanted to leave.
"My approach can be summed up in one word: delay. I wait until they can't take it anymore before issuing a document telling them that these registrations are only for tax purposes."
Di Yingxue chuckled. These things are already subject to taxation, so forcing them to register will definitely result in the most complete registrations.
Sure enough, after some time, just as these powerful families were in a state of utter chaos, the official document was issued.
Taxes? They immediately erupted in uproar.
The taxes on shops, as well as the taxes on land categorized by size and grade, are much higher than before.
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