Life of an exile [BL]

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After Gao Yanli finished speaking, the officials present were all furious, and one by one they began to clamor for opposition.

The concept advocated by Gao Yanli and Lin Yi is that everyone is equal.

This is undoubtedly in serious conflict with the class society and patriarchal society formed under the feudal hierarchy.

People like Tong Weimao who have lived in the Dragon Kingdom Base and enjoyed the social environment of equality for everyone can accept this relatively easily.

However, for the majority of male officials present who enjoy bureaucratic enjoyment and bureaucratic privileges, it is absolutely unacceptable.

"If you don't accept it, just don't take the exam."

Gao Yanli faced the rebuttal of the crowd with a calm expression.

Seeing that Gao Yanli didn't care about them, the officials were speechless for a while.

The Wei Kingdom is so big, and they still think that Gao Yanli needs to rely on them to control and build the country.

If they are not satisfied, Gao Yanli will definitely give in and make some compromises.

Who would have thought that Gao Yanli not only did not back down, but directly told them not to take the exam...

"On August 1, Longguo was officially established. The foundation of Longguo is equality for all. At that time, the privilege system and slavery system will be abolished, and all land will be nationalized."

Gao Yanli looked at everyone with a sharp gaze, and dropped another bombshell.

He was not discussing with everyone, but just notifying everyone.

After the founding of the country, Lin Yi and Gao Yanli can listen to the public opinion and discuss with everyone.

But the fundamental policy of the establishment of the country is: equality for all and nationalization of land.

This is what they have determined early on, and no one can question it!

Abolition of slavery is a must.

Lin Yi and Gao Yanli are now ready to lead Wei into an industrial society.

If slavery is not abolished, how can productivity be liberated and where will the workers come from?

As for the nationalization of land, it is only in name only, to facilitate registration and tax collection.

For example, a small merchant owns a restaurant. The land of the restaurant nominally belongs to the state, but the actual owner is still the restaurant owner. He just needs to pay taxes to the state every year according to the land he occupies.

The state owns the land, and the merchant only owns the right to use the land and the ownership of the buildings on the land.

The more land you own, the more taxes you need to pay.

This measure has no impact on ordinary people, but it avoids them from paying extra taxes.

The real impact is on the landlord class.

These people hold a lot of land in their hands. If they want to continue to hold these lands, the taxes they need to pay every year are naturally a sky-high price.

If they can't pay the taxes, they either sell them or the state takes back the land use rights.

Lin Yi and Gao Yanli's policy really cuts the flesh of this class.