Xu Yue carefully organized the finances, rewarded officials who contributed to the development of the economy, saved the country a lot of unnecessary expenses, and contributed to ensuring Zhao's arms

Xu Yue carefully organized the finances, rewarded officials who contributed to the development of the economy, saved the country a lot of unnecessary expenses, and contributed to ensuring Zhao's arms supply. 5. Qi’s military tax policy In 357 BC, King Wei of Qi came to the throne. Soon, he appointed Zou Ji to carry out reforms. One of the characteristics of Qi's reform is to promote the development of agricultural production through official governance. King Wei took the quality of agricultural production and the development of fields as the criteria for judging the quality of officials, and required officials at all levels to do a good job in production. The Jimo doctor who "opened the fields and the people gave them to him" was rewarded with food and towns to thousands of families; while the doctor A who said "the fields were not opened and the people were poor" was sentenced to death, which shocked the whole country. King Qi Wei and Zou Ji carried out reforms, accepted the opinions of their ministers, paid attention to selecting talents, removed incompetent officials, and rewarded local officials who had made outstanding contributions in agricultural production management. Their military purpose was very obvious. While consolidating the ruling order of the landlord class, we also seek to increase military endowments and strengthen the country. After such reforms, the state of Qi gained a new outlook in politics and economy, and from then on "the great rule of the state of Qi" was achieved. Summary and evaluation: The expansion of the army and the intensification of annexation wars during the Warring States Period inevitably posed severe challenges to the guarantee of military expenditures, and the country had to increase its financial payment capacity for war. Generally speaking, the increase in military spending and the changes in military tax policy can be summarized and described by the two keywords of "increasing revenue" and "reducing expenditure". "Open source" means to encourage private ownership of land and poll tax, maximize the sources of national fiscal revenue, and encourage people to engage in agricultural production and military combat through a series of rewards and punishments to improve the combat effectiveness of the army and ensure military expenditures. In addition, the state Methods such as monopoly and restriction of industrial and commercial development are essentially using business as a tool for economic plunder. They are the state's use of economic means to extract taxes from the people, that is, to eliminate those officials who are doing nothing but to deprive themselves of those who enjoy salaries but do not pay taxes. The titles of nobles were all rewarded and punished according to merit, in order to save the country's financial expenditure. But fundamentally speaking, it was the great development and transformation of productivity that created conditions for the expansion of the army and the transformation of military pay. The widespread use of iron tools and agriculture. The unprecedented improvement of handicraft production technology, the development of commerce and the circulation of money were all factors in the rise of the new landlord class and the decline of the nobility. It was precisely because of this that the military tax policy was changed to adapt to the fundamental changes in society. One thing to mention is that although the reforms in the military tax policies of various countries have played a certain role in enriching the country and strengthening the army, in the end only Qin became the absolute overlord, overwhelming the others and achieving unification of the country. Due to the thoroughness and comprehensiveness of Shang Yang's reform, while increasing the national wealth, it was able to maximize the conversion of productivity into combat effectiveness, making the Qin army's strength spread from spirit to individuals, becoming a "tiger and wolf division", which served as the basis for unification. The war laid a solid foundation. Reference materials: "Hanshu Shi Huo Zhi" "Historical Records Biography of Shang Jun" "Warring States Policy" "Ancient Chinese Military System" The pictures in the text are from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If there is any infringement, please contact the author to delete it. I am Jiang Muyunxing, and I would like to look at the distant historical clouds with you and exchange knowledge. It is not easy to be original. Everyone is welcome to pay attention and comment.