Under Liu Hong's eyes, the courtiers' meaningful, and Chen Ping's slightly urging gaze in his panic, Liu Jie's slightly 'panicked', and finally gave an answer to Liu Hong's question.

"By the order of His Majesty, it has been a long time since I found out that the grain merchants in Chang'an did not occupy themselves; The specific omission of commercial rent geometry has long been impossible to verify. ”

"The minister rehearsed that the grain of the wealthy merchants in Chang'an was more than the autumn harvest, and the price of stone money was seventy, and now it is eighty-two dollars of stone, and twelve dollars of stone is profitable."

"According to the law, all things sold in the city should be divided into eleven profits, and they should be paid to the city officials, and they should be rented for business."

"Therefore the minister ordered the officials of the eastern city to pay a hundred times the profit of the grain merchants, and to make up the rent owed by the grain merchants; Just one stone of grain, one stone of commercial rent...

I have to say that as a bureaucrat who has been able to stand in the feudal officialdom for many years, especially a high-ranking official at the Jiuqing level, Liu Jie's emergency public relations ability is undoubtedly very outstanding.

-- It is impossible to verify how long a merchant has evaded taxes, and how much he has escaped, so a hundred times the profit that a grain merchant can make for every stone of grain sold is taken as the standard for the payment of commercial tax.

Liu Hong also understood in his heart that what Liu Jiejie said was the truth - the "Han Law and Guan City Law" stipulates that except for the transaction of bulk items such as houses and acres, all other money and goods exchange are included in the scope of commercial transactions and must be carried out in the place specified by the government, that is, the market.

The standard for the payment of commercial tax is '11 percent of the profits from the sale of goods', that is, one-tenth of the net profit.

As for how to judge the 'net profit', the "Law of the Closed Market" is also very clear: when the thing is purchased, the average market selling price is the cost price, the price when it is sold is the transaction price, and the transaction price minus the cost price is the net profit, that is, the 'profit'.

Seventy yuan, probably the price at which the grain merchants purchased the stored grain from the people after the autumn harvest, even if Liu Jiejie didn't say it, the hundreds of officials in the palace had a number in their hearts; As for today's food prices, women and children in Chang'an City know it - stone eighty-two dollars!

In order to ensure that this link will not be exploited, the "Guanshi Law" also stipulates that if it is not an accidental situation, that is, "the farmer goes to the market to sell the eggs laid by the hen", all other transactions must be carried out under the supervision of the city officials.

The theoretical basis for Liu Jie's dispatch of the internal history officials to the eastern city to collect taxes is based on this - from the perspective of administrative planning, the two eastern and western cities of Chang'an belong to the management of internal history.

At the time of the 'peak period' when grain merchants collectively paid the outstanding commercial tax, the Dongshi city officials who were responsible for collecting the commercial tax were understaffed, so it was reasonable for the internal history of the direct supervisor to send personnel to assist the city officials in collecting the commercial tax.

But even so, Liu Jie still can't explain a phenomenon.

"It is to collect the commercial tax owed by the grain merchants, how can the internal history be taken from the people who buy grain?"

Directly breaking the loopholes in Liu Jie's words, Liu Hong's resentful gaze suddenly took on a trace of danger: "Could it be that the internal history and Guanzhong have an old salary, so they opened the net and turned to oppress my people?" ”

This is the reason why Liu Hong is so angry, so disregarding the dignity of the Son of Heaven, and not hesitating to destroy the image of 'gentleness and benevolence' that he has created for a long time, and is angry at the court meeting - why oppress the people!

Commercial tax is indeed stipulated in the Han law, and the current Liu Hong has no way to interfere at all; Even if you want to make changes to it, you need to make a careful and feasible plan, come up with a theoretical basis that can be put on the table, and submit it to the court for repeated deliberation before the law can be officially changed.

Even, if Liu Hong didn't want to slap Xiao He in the face who formulated this law, he could not directly change the Han law, but set up a countersigned 'edict' as a supplementary clause: in the case of so-and-so, this law can not be observed.

The reason why Han law is called 'law' is precisely because of its unquestionable political correctness and unshakability, and only when there is a political label such as the 'Lü Rebellion' in history, which leads to Lü Hou's being labeled as 'completely wrong', can he depose the "Golden Cloth Law" added by Lü Hou by denying Lü Hou as a person.

Therefore, Liu Hong can fully accept the explanation given by Liu Jie-and regardless of Liu Jie's true intentions, at least this explanation can stand up in the legal sense.

If Liu Jie relied on this set of rhetoric to get wool from the grain merchants in Chang'an, then Liu Hong would definitely have no opinion at all - whether it was the values at this time or the actions of the merchants at this time, it was determined that in a short period of time, the merchants were the 'culprits' of all the problems and contradictions in the Han society.

But Liu Jie's tiger skin of 'punishing the wealthy businessmen and evil gentry according to law' went to attack the people who were already greatly affected by the fluctuation of food prices, and Liu Hong couldn't bear it.

- Even if Liu Jiezhen is as he said, it is 'His Majesty's humerus', and if he does such a thing, Liu Hong will not be able to endure this breath!

was hit by the vital point, although Fang Cai's face was a little frightened, but at least he could speak smoothly, and even Liu Jie, who had a bit of 'Your Majesty has been wronged' in his tone, suddenly stumbled in his words.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this sincerity is not what the ministers want!"

"Xu is a knife and pen official made his own opinion, and colluded with evil businessmen to gain personal gain..."

Bang!!!

There was another sound of jade shattering, and the last artifact on the imperial case could not escape Liu Hongdi's monstrous anger after all.

"The little official with a knife and pen dared to levy the rent arrears of the grain merchant to the head of the Shaofu?!!"

"The little official has such ability, and the internal history is really a model of people and ministers!!"

Suddenly, the courtiers and officials who were prostrate deeply raised their heads suddenly, their eyes widened, staring at Liu Jie's body that could no longer hold back and began to tremble slightly.

The words have all been said to this point, and no matter how stupid the courtiers are, they can understand why Liu Hong is so angry.

- Good guy, Liu Jie's guy didn't have to be Feng Chehou for a long time, and he dared to blatantly dig into the corner of Shaofu!

Shaofu is said to be Han Jiuqing, but who in the Han officialdom doesn't know that Shaofu is essentially the emperor's private treasury?

Under the normal political order, let alone the internal history of the same Jiuqing, even if the prime minister picks up the wool of Shaofu, he may not be able to escape the pain of Shaofu - the officialdom of the Han family has always been scolded if you can't say it, and beaten if you can't scold!

The essence of Liu Jie's move is to dig Liu Hong's money bag!

In the feudal era, the officials who dug the corners of the country may still have a glimmer of life - whether it is Deng Tong of Emperor Wen, or the famous 'traitorous ministers' and Shen in later generations, they are all ruthless characters who dig the corners of the country and make the emperor full of praise.

But if you dig the corner of the emperor's wall, you will inevitably not be able to hide from the iron fist of dictatorship!

In the 2,000-year-old feudal history of China, the number of people who can really die after digging the corner of Shaofu is definitely not more than five fingers; The closest to this era is the most powerful woman in the Jingdi Dynasty: the princess of the Pavilion Tao - Liu Yan.

There is a joke in later generations: the eldest son of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty will not necessarily be the master of the country in the future; But the eldest daughter of the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty will definitely be a scourge to the world in the future!

Compared with the 'eldest princesses' of the Western Han Dynasty, the notorious princesses of later generations are not one at all!

First, there was the eldest princess of Gaodi Lu Yuan, who forced Liu Bang's eldest son Liu Fei to cede a county and give it Tang Muyi, and then as a sister, she was honored as the queen mother by her younger brother Liu Feizun!

Then there was the princess Tao of Emperor Jingguan, relying on her identity as the 'emperor's sister', she regarded Han Shaofu as her own back garden, took the queen mother's token, and moved things from Shaofu to her home by car!

Even the famous Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in history, in order to sit on the throne of the crown prince, had to curry favor with this aunt, and told the big lie that was 'talked about' in later generations - Jinwu Zangjiao.

- Princess Pavilion Tao, the first queen of Emperor Wu in history: Queen Chen, Chen Ajiao's mother!

In the Han family, there are only these women, who can reasonably and legally eat from the emperor's Shaofu, and they are not hated by the emperor.

Obviously, Liu Jie's surname is not enough to make him an existence at the level of 'Princess Han'.

Things have come to this point, Chen Ping, as the head of the hundred officials, even if he is helpless and unwilling in his heart, he has to come out to 'persuade' Liu Hong.

- Even if Liu Jie and Chen Ping are in the same political camp, even if the emperor and other courtiers have a dirty quarrel, in the case of no owner in the East Palace, this red face can only be sung by the prime minister.

"I hope that Your Majesty will take a break from the wrath of the thunder, and don't hurt the liver and blood..."

Standing up from the ground with great difficulty, Chen Ping bowed deeply to the top of the imperial stairs with a bitter face, and then said: "Although the actions of the internal history have not achieved good results, and have only caused the people to suffer, their original intentions should be good, and they should be selfless..."

Raising his body slightly, seeing that the anger on Liu Hong's face did not weaken at all, Chen Ping had no choice but to say again: "The matter of commercial rent was originally proposed by Xiao Xiangguo, and Emperor Taizu Gao handed it over to the court for discussion, and finally positioned the system, thinking that it was the law of the Han Dynasty; What the internal history does, there should be no suspicion of violating the law. ”

"Those who are in business are cheap; Since Emperor Taizu Gao, the national policy of the Han family has been based on the strong and the weak. ”

"What is this? Nongya; What's the end? Shang also. ”

After brushing away the chaotic breath for a while, Chen Ping carefully wiped the sweat on his forehead: "What the internal history has done is in line with the national policy of the Han family, even if there is a small mistake, there should be no major crime." ”

"As for the officials of the eastern city to rent from the people who buy grain, and tax the grain sold by the Shaofu, it should be a cunning official to seek personal gain, and use the order of the internal history to enrich his own pockets..."

It took almost all the strength to pull Liu Jie out of the whirlpool slightly, Chen Ping slowed down for a while, and then knelt down on the ground again: "The minister is willing to make a military order, and within three days, he will arrest the remnants of the people and evil officials, and the court captain, with the law of the country, I hope Your Majesty will allow it!" ”

Seeing Chen Ping panting and sweating, Liu Hong couldn't help but raise the corners of his eyebrows, and there was a faint hint of understanding in his eyes.

——In the original history, the final date of Chen Ping's death was probably between October this year and September next year!

Now it seems that the butterfly effect caused by Liu Hong has not extended Chen Ping's lifespan - Chen Ping, time is running out.

1603454568