Chapter 882 Commercial Tax
The Han Emperor has what the Han Emperor can do, it can mobilize the resources of the whole Han and make the Han move in the direction of his will.
In the Han Dynasty, civil officials had not yet risen, and it was the families that could really influence the government.
If the emperor wants to do something, if he violates the power of the family, then he has the obligation to explain, and if the explanation is different, then he must be serious.
If the family is not involved, then the emperor can do whatever he wants.
But on the surface, it seems that the few things proposed by Qian Rujun have nothing to do with the family.
But Emperor Liu Heng would not think so, Emperor Liu Heng would know that in fact, the family was involved in all aspects of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, everything that Qian Rujun mentioned can have a relationship with the family, and the most relevant thing is actually the commercial tax that the emperor is ready to do.
Nominally, it was because Empress Lu collected commercial taxes, so in order to avoid being involved with Empress Lu, the Han Dynasty no longer discussed the issue of commercial taxes after it was enriched.
But the problem of commercial tax is far from being so simple, and Lv Hou collected commercial tax at that time, which was actually estranged from his own interests, so it caused a backlash.
That is the important reason why the Liu Dynasty was able to defeat the Lu family and survive.
The reason why Emperor Liu Heng decided to start the commercial tax first is that now in Dahan, he is already known as Emperor Ren, and the government is basically in his hands.
The family had no way to touch his imperial power.
Because in the Han Dynasty, if you want to overthrow an emperor, you must have a reasonable reason. For example, the emperor was tyrannical and unreasonable.
But obviously, Emperor Liu Heng doesn't seem to have anything to do with tyranny and unreasonableness, if someone is tyrannical and unreasonable, it is a local official, and it is not the emperor who takes the initiative to do it.
Moreover, although the collection of business taxes has hit the family the hardest, there is no way for these family families to say that they are doing business on the surface. Turned in favor of the interests of businessmen.
And the more he gets rich by doing business, he is the target of attack in the imperial court.
Unless he can get rich simply by farming, in this way, people will think that this person is a good person who cultivates virtue and self-cultivation.
According to Qian Rujun's suggestion, the emperor's commercial tax itself was very low or even not collected. Unless the merchant himself sells grain, greedy for profit, and gives a very high price.
Then the extra money he earns should be given to the imperial court, and the imperial court will subsidize the people.
This is the best entry point for collecting business taxes.
If it is a little later, the power of the family is just right, and it is very vigorous and difficult to attack.
However, when the Han Dynasty was established at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the scale of the family was not too large, and the large-scale merchants were the targets of the Han Dynasty at any time.
As for the remnants of the abuses of the countries, it is completely possible to take them down and talk about them.
Those hidden families are more or less a little bit of the shadow of the remnants of the kingdoms.
The court said that a little tax would be collected, and the merchants did not dare not pay it, otherwise there would be only one way to perish.
Emperor Liu Heng wants to strike at the value of merchants in the world, it seems, this is normal.
Because in the era of Liu Heng's reign, businessmen were not simply called businessmen, but profiteers.
However, the person appointed by the emperor to do this must be very shrewd.
Otherwise, these businessmen have been in the mall for a long time, and they have a lot of tricks in their heads.
These inexperienced officials will be cheated at every turn.
In the end, the court was betrayed, and the court had to protect the merchants who paid the taxes, and they did not pay enough taxes to enjoy the protection of the court, then it was a big loss for the court.
This damage will continue to expand in the future until it is irretrievable.
Because the imperial court before the Han Dynasty liked Xiao Gui Cao Sui and followed the previous policies, because the entire people had almost no change, only the relationship between the court and the emperor had changed.
Because the constituent elements of the imperial court, the officials, will be an important component of the family.
In the Han Dynasty, it was a very normal thing to attach more importance to the family than to the Han Dynasty.
More importantly, the emperor believed that if the commercial tax could be successfully collected, then in the future, the transportation and the officials would go to the countryside, and those big families would not be able to oppose it.
The serial unknown appeared in Qian Rujun's mouth, and also appeared in the emperor's mind, but the emperor was thinking of her old opponent.
And the imperial court itself had enough money to do such a thing.
However, the officials who preside over commercial taxation must themselves have power and not be from a large family.
There is not just one, but thousands. You must know that if you want to collect commercial taxes, you must send people to various places to keep an eye on the big head, so that you can know how much revenue the other party has.
For everyone, it is a long-term spy war.
Failure is possible, success is possible.
If you don't go to the local area, there is no way to guess how much money the other party is making by observing the flow of money from the businessman.
But if you want to collect business tax, it is the best way for the other party to take the initiative to report, otherwise it is very difficult for you to know how much money he has earned.
But will the businessman take the initiative to report how much business he has done and how much money he has made?
If you think about it, you know it's impossible.
Therefore, the management sent out must be the most flexible people, so that they can subdue these people.
As long as he subdues the leader, he will naturally be unwilling to lose to other businessmen, and he will follow to subdue other businessmen. At the very least, the commercial tax in that place will be more stable.
"Still, we have to look at how much the merchant buys and how much money he makes. But it's very difficult.
I hope Qian Rujun's students can surprise me. ”
However, the officials of the Han court were born in a poor family and were very rare, and even officials from a poor family would be quickly won over by merchants.
In this way, anyone who is already an official cannot use it.
Therefore, all the appointment of officials must use people who are not officials at present, but who have a sense of morality, and do not let others know.
If, as Qian Rujun said, her graduates have no idea of becoming officials at all, and there are very few people who have the idea of becoming officials, then these people are the best officials needed for business tax.
The officials required for commercial taxation should preferably come from commoners, and they have nothing to do with these big families, nor do they have anything to do with big merchants, so their identities must be assessed.
Originally, it had nothing to do with merchants and big families, so it was difficult for commoners to read, after all, paper had just been invented, and most people could get simple books, and it was too difficult to read a lot of books.
However, Qian Rujun opened a bookstore in Jinmai City, Chang'an City, making it possible for ordinary people to read.
And there is no difference between the families of the students who opened the school, except for the Chang'an Women's School.
The Chang'an Women's School was opened for the families of merchants and magnates, teaching them how to buy and consume some luxury goods.
But for the civilian school, it is to teach some basic skills.
These skills did not even exist in the Han Dynasty.
But as soon as it appeared, it quickly integrated into the big Han. It has become an indispensable skill.
Fortunately, these skills are not difficult for people who know words, otherwise there will be a lot of gaps in the big man in an instant.
However, not every one of these students is suitable.
Someone must be sent to investigate these people.
But the people of the faction cannot be a big family.
The emperor thought of the little ones in the palace who had not yet become eunuchs, and most of them would go to the palace to become officials because their families were too poor.
Although they are not in charge of business taxes, it is not difficult to find qualified candidates from the rosters of these schools.
So the emperor was thinking about it, and gradually went through the method of selecting people in his mind.
After making sure that there was no problem, he breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the sky, it was already dark, and no one had come to disturb him during this time.
It is estimated that when Qian Rujun went out, he had already explained to the eunuchs.
The eunuch is the best able to observe words and feelings, and when he sees the emperor's thinking, he knows that Qian Rujun's explanation is reasonable.
Seeing that the emperor came to his senses, the emperor's dinner was quickly put on the table.
When the emperor ate this meal, he felt very comfortable, because he felt that he had done something great. Dahan's future will go further because of this great thing he has done. As long as he gets past this hurdle.
Emperor Liu Heng is about to enter the battlefield, he must prepare sufficient physical strength, this battle is a battle of power, and it is also a battle that must be challenged as an emperor, if a battle fails, then the emperor's power will lose a lot, and it will have a very huge impact on his descendants.
"Qian Rujun probably never thought about the power struggle of his father and emperor, only thought of the people, such a person has no way to manage a country, only a local administrator.
But she never seemed to want to be the manager of the country. Even though she's a girl, I never seem to treat her as a woman.
Women are just a treasure to us men, but Qian Rujun is a person to me, someone who can talk to me on an equal footing.
When the emperor is lonely, but when the rich Rujun exists, he is not lonely.
It's just that after someone can compare, it is inevitable that there will be some pressure in the heart. ”
Qian Rujun didn't know that the emperor was thinking about him.
She poured everything she thought of at this time to the emperor, just like throwing out the garbage at home, and felt that the room became very relaxed.
Whenever she feels at ease, she wants to eat something delicious, and when she eats something delicious, she also likes to see the beautiful scenery.
She asked the cook to prepare a basket of delicacies, and took the basket to the mountain, she did not go far, but to a supreme point where she could see Chang'an and the people's lives.
When there is no land and mountains to block the wind, the wind will become very strong, fortunately flying in the sky for a long time, Qian Rujun has learned the skills of blocking the wind, if someone sees Qian Rujun's appearance at this time, the wind is blowing wildly, but Qian Rujun's hair does not move like a mountain, it is estimated that it will feel very weird.
It's a pity that at this time, the wild is on the mountain, unless it is opened up into a scenic spot by Jin Miao, otherwise there is no safe way up the mountain.
When I saw Qian Rujun, there were a lot of beasts.
It's a pity that the sensitive sense of these beasts makes them know that Qian Rujun is someone who can't be approached.
Under Qian Rujun's control, the wind turned into a breeze. And these beasts can feel the roar of the wind. You can better distinguish what is a normal natural environment.
Originally, human beings were also a part of nature, but in the eyes of the beast, the signs that appeared on Qian Rujun's body, including the hem of his clothes and hair, were not part of nature.
Therefore, although the beast appeared around Qian Rujun, it quickly slipped away under the detection of the situation.
In the wild, not challenging powerful enemies is the way to survive.
Unless this enemy in the wild makes up his mind to use you as food, you have no choice but to resist.
But this doesn't happen unless it's a very special case.
Unless your appearance can confuse other animals about strength and weakness.
Neither for you nor for it.
Although it is convenient for hunting, you often have to face a life-and-death struggle.
For this situation, the perception is very keen, Qian Rujun has long seen it, for these beasts, except for the mother beast with a child, in Qian Rujun's eyes, these beasts are delicious or unpalatable food, or the genes that Qian Rujun needs.
However, Qian Rujun searched several times near Chang'an, and there was no way to search for new genes near Chang'an.
Habitually probed all the creatures he observed, and Qian Rujun didn't care about them.
In such a wilderness, many people will think of barbecue, but Qian Rujun did not prepare barbecue, because she knew that her own cooking skills were much worse than the cooking skills of the chef.
Cooking is one of her natural weaknesses.
She has so many shortcomings that she can't live without e-paper books.
Even though her personality is very kind, but kindness will only constitute a hindrance to her life in the end, but fortunately, the weakness of kindness is slowly changing.
Maybe Qian Rujun found that she had no way to change others, she could only change herself, at least she wouldn't have sympathy for no reason when she couldn't see it.
Even if you hear about it, you can just throw a tear of sympathy. She can still endure and not do something.
In fact, Qian Rujun is escaping from pain, so she is not suitable for contact with the general population.
Seeing the emperor this time is too risky for her, such a difficult thing will stimulate the emperor, if the emperor doesn't want to do it at all, he can directly blast her out.
It can be seen that Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty is still a good emperor, although he still has a lot of shortcomings, but for the people, he is the most caring and good emperor.
But Liu Heng is not a person with a flood of sympathy, he knows what he should do and what he can't do.
Even if he knew that the people were hungry, he would not be able to give amnesty to the world. It is even more impossible not to pick a few big businessmen to increase the revenue of the state treasury.
In Emperor Liu Heng's life, he will not kill fewer people than others.
He killed more people than the average person.
Compared with people like Qian Rujun, it is also a lot.
In Qian Rujun's food basket, there are all frying, stir-frying, and it says that the meat and vegetables eaten are all space products.
Originally, some meat was actually not suitable for the Han people, but after the transformation of the space, the meat quality has become much better.
And the chef knows how to bring out the characteristics of these meats and turn them into extremely delicious things.