After sending off Qiao Jin, Zhao Hanzhang began to convene Zhao Ming and other court ministers to discuss the next major issue.
She wanted to open the mountains and lakes to the people.
Theoretically, the mountains, rivers, and mineral resources of this world belong to the state. Private individuals cannot mine, hunt, fish, or do many things.
Of course, these bans are currently of no use; people go into the mountains as they wish, enter the waters as they please, and there's no shortage of private mining.
However, lifting the bans would be somewhat different; it's a signal that the people can profit from the mountains and lakes to gain the capital to survive.
Zhao Hanzhang, by taking from the rich to aid the poor, coughed, was nurturing the poor by the wealthy, amassing a large amount of money. She hadn't expected that so many wealthy people existed in Yu State, with substantial assets. It appears Yu State has developed well in recent years.
