Richest Man: Divine-Grade Reconstruct System Chapter 1257 - 1140: Meat Galore!

Looking at the cheerful crowd below, Lin Yi couldn’t help but reveal a happy smile.

However, he knew this was not his ultimate goal.

Not only was he thinking about exempting their taxes, but in the future, he hoped to not only eliminate all their taxes but even give them rewards.

As long as they guaranteed that everyone had farmland and that everyone could indeed farm the land, then subsidies like those in the future would also be provided.

Of course, these were matters for the future, and at least for now, it was impossible to achieve.

For now, reaching this stage was already quite commendable; it could be said that it was unprecedented and unmatched.

If not for Lin Yi’s presence, such good fortune would not occur even after hundreds or thousands of years.

At this moment, Lin Yi could be said to have instantly captured the hearts of all the people. Without much explanation, as long as this news spread, not only citizens of the three countries today, including Zhao Country, Yan Country, and Dayou, would wish for him, but people from other countries might also hope to be led by Lin Yi someday, considering it an honor.

This undoubtedly solidified Lin Yi’s image in the hearts of every earthling.

All were countries, all were citizens, all were the lowest commoners, but the people of Dayou Country unexpectedly did not have to pay a single bit of tax, and all the grains they grew belonged to them, making those who couldn’t enjoy such policies extremely envious and angry.

However, other countries were unable and dared not to do the same, primarily because they lacked Lin Yi’s commercial system and did not have their own kind of super workshops.

Without these, they could not ensure their funds or maintain abundant cash flow within their national treasuries.

This made them afraid to take such actions; if they did, it would directly cut off the financial routes of their entire countries.

It could be said that almost every country currently relies on these taxes.

Once this is cut off, the economic system of the country would collapse.

The reason Lin Yi dared to do so was entirely because the commercial income they generated during this period had already exceeded the total tax revenues of several previous years combined.

It could be said that the treasury now had so much silver that they didn’t know where to spend it.

It was precisely for this reason that Lin Yi waved his hand and exempted the people from taxes.

After all, exempting these taxes had no impact on Lin Yi at all, and even if some major disaster occurred, it wouldn’t affect Lin Yi or the foundation of Dayou Country.

This is something no other monarch could compare to.

Of course, this was just a small episode among many; Lin Yi also announced several other decrees here.

Including the future construction of a Royal Academy in every county.

The teachers in this Royal Academy would be provided by the court.

Although not everyone could enter the schools to study, and attendance was not enforced upon everyone, Lin Yi stipulated nine years of compulsory education.

Every child must receive at least nine years of education at the Great Tang Royal Academy after their birth, and during these nine years, they wouldn’t need to spend a penny.

Of course, if this decree had been issued before, even if the people were happy to hear it, they wouldn’t have been willing to let their nieces really go to school; after all, while education was free, letting them study meant losing a laborer in the family.

Losing a laborer without reducing the population meant the tax burden fell on the remaining family members, making an already struggling household worse.

For this reason, at least half of the people would have refused to send their children to school.

But now, it was different. With Lin Yi’s previous decree—the tax exemption—and his current words, the public became even more enthusiastic and cheerful.

They knew that with the removal of agricultural taxes, they no longer needed to worry about food and no longer needed to bear the head tax for someone who didn’t work.

As such, why wouldn’t they want to send their children to study?

They understood that education promised a bright future and might enable their children to pursue a promising official career.

If their child became an official, their world would change dramatically.

Thus, Lin Yi announced several monumental decrees right in front of the people.

By the time all these decrees were read out, the people below were almost fainting from happiness.

In short, every decree Lin Yi announced today pertained to the livelihood of the people, concerning the future of Dayou Country.

As Lin Yi’s decrees were announced, the pre-prepared newspapers started being swiftly sent towards every city in Dayou Country, Yan Country, and Zhao Country by swift horses.