The first holy decree issued by Guo was the disposal of Cui Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Cui Yan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was ordered by the emperor to be fined for two years because he had no way to discipline the clansmen, and was demoted to a knighthood, from a second-class earl to a third-class earl, and a reduction of 200 households.

Remembering that he had "no idea" about this matter and that "righteous annihilation of relatives" was timely, he would not be punished in any other way, so that he could reflect on his mistakes and not make mistakes again in his future work.

He is still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and he still holds the power of the public government's re-examination.

It was not taken down as expected by public opinion.

Then there is the punishment of Shangshu Ling and Shangshu Cheng Yu of the Ministry of Officials.

Cheng Yu has meritorious work and hard work, but because the discipline of his subordinates is not qualified, the subordinates are not strictly controlled, and he does not detect the mistakes of his subordinates in time, it will lead to such a thing.

Therefore, he was fined for one year, demoted to one level, reduced from a second-class marquis to a third-class marquis, reduced the number of food estates by 200 households, and ordered him to reflect deeply, think carefully about his mistakes, and never let go if he made a mistake again.

When Shang Shufu shot Tian Feng to manage the Ministry of Works, there was a problem, he was not strict with his subordinates, and he had selfish intentions, which led to such an ugly thing for his subordinates, and Guo Peng was very angry.

Therefore, he was fined for two years, reduced the number of food estates by 300 households, demoted the lord to a first-class earl, and ordered Tian Feng to reflect deeply and seriously evaluate his subordinates.

Although the problems are not very serious, they are of a rather bad nature, highlighting some problems within the Ministry of Finance.

Therefore, Guo Peng punished Wang Canglu for one year, cut 100 households, ordered Wang Cang to reflect deeply, organize and convene an internal review meeting of the Ministry of Finance, and then write a review and hand it to Guo Peng.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs' Shangshu Zao's lax control of his subordinates led to some acts of corruption and dereliction of duty, and he was fined for half a year and reduced by 50 households, and ordered to conscientiously supervise his subordinates and not make similar mistakes again.

Cao Cao, the first assistant of the cabinet, was not decisive enough to exercise the auditing power, and failed to investigate and report the problems in a timely manner, and was fined for half a year and reduced the number of food and fiefdom by 50 households, and ordered him to reflect deeply.

Then there is the punishment of a group of small fish and shrimp who are found to be problematic, demotion, dismissal, imprisonment, deprivation of family property and abolition of concubines, etc., and of course, we will not forget the punishment of abolishing household registration and moving to the frontier.

So everyone understood.

The small fish and shrimp were unlucky, but the big guys were unharmed, only losing some fur and not involving their own most critical interests.

In such a big turmoil, none of the high-ranking officials were dismissed under the punishment plan, and they were still in their original positions.

The greatest punishment for high-ranking officials was nothing more than demotion, fines, and cutbacks.

The frightening punishment of deregistration is limited to those small fish and shrimp who want to blend in with the center.

Obviously, it was lifted high by the emperor and gently put down.

The emperor didn't want to make a big incident, so he chose to knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, kill one or two scapegoats to shock people's hearts, give everyone a little color to see, let everyone restrain a little, and then continue to do things.

Forget it this time, if you do it again next time, it won't be that simple.

After the emperor said this, he put an end to this matter.

The war on the frontier was not over yet, and the emperor didn't want to expand the matter and make it out of control, so he raised it high and gently put it down, maintaining the overall stability of the imperial court, and also relieved many people.

It looks like everyone is safe.

Many officials with ghosts in their hearts let out a long breath.

But there are still a few smart people who are not completely reassured.

This time, it's everyone's luck.

What about next time?

Hard.

It's really hard to say.

Will the Emperor stop there?

Won't such a thing happen again in the future?

The greedy guys don't care whether the emperor will punish everyone severely, as long as it is profitable, they are extremely happy.

Who knows how big an earth-shattering thunder they will detonate in the future?

With the emperor's anti-corruption methods, I am afraid that it will not only be small fish and shrimp who will die unlucky at that time.

People of insight are secretly worried.

Guo Peng began to chase after the victory and consolidate the fruits of his victory.

In addition to the edict to punish the officials, Guo Peng also issued an edict to increase the commercial tax.

Compared with the previous draft of the tax increase drafted by Wang Cang, this tax increase bill is much milder.

Wang Cang's draft is to make everyone half-dead and survive, and every link from the beginning to the end of commercial activities must be taxed, and the highest tax rate has even reached the point of ten taxes and six taxes, which can be called an absolute heavy tax, which is unimaginable.

If you really want to do this, what kind of business do you still do to make money?

It's all for you to work in the court, right?

Now the emperor himself has drawn up a moderate version of the tax policy, and there are actually only two links in the whole levy, one is called the road maintenance tax and the other is called the city tax.

Road maintenance tax, as the name suggests, is for road maintenance.

The emperor said that the official road was originally built to advance smoothly, and now since it is beneficial to commerce, it is also good, but the more people walk, the greater the damage to the road surface, and also listed the damage and cost of the road surface in the first and second years of Yandeok.

Therefore, the road maintenance tax is to target this part of the loss, who uses it, who pays, which is very reasonable.

The specific details of the measures are to set up relevant roadblocks on each traffic artery, and evaluate the caravans passing through the official roads according to the number of people, the number of livestock, the number of carts and the weight of goods, and then collect taxes separately.

The road card belongs to the officials of the Ministry of Finance, and the Ministry of Finance needs to send a special tax officer to establish a road card, and a special person is stationed in the country, and a special person is responsible for calculating taxes.

The number of road cards on a road is not unique, it is assessed according to the length of the road and the flow of people, and the tax fee will also be announced after the assessment, and it will be implemented as soon as possible.

The roadcard is fixed and will not be transferred, so there is no excessive cost, and it can be set up widely and managed by people.

This is the earliest purpose of Guo someone.

But now that the situation has changed, Guo is not satisfied with just charging a toll, and now he has to tax the profits generated by business transactions themselves.

The municipal tax itself is also a tax, but the tax collection methods and proportions in various places are not uniform enough, so Guo has unified it and set up a method to increase the tax rate for the total profit step by step.

This tax is paid in the local market where the transaction is carried out, and the tax is levied according to a certain proportion, and there are clear regulations at each level, and it cannot be overcharged or undercharged.

In this era, the place where transactions were carried out in each city was fixed, called the city, and the city had special management personnel and a fixed organization, and there was no excessive cost.

Both of these taxes can be enforced quickly after they are enacted.

According to the implementation efficiency of the Wei Empire, basically it will be promulgated this year, and the results will be seen next year.

New taxes were born, and the empire had another amount of money to spend on big things.

Officials, look at me, I look at you, and know that this is the condition for the emperor to raise it high and gently put it down.

There is a price to pay for making the emperor compromise.

Everyone takes a step back from each other, you pay taxes, I turn a blind eye, hello, I'm hello, everyone, right?

After this tax increase bill was issued to Shang Shutai, Shang Shu ordered Cheng Yu to discuss it quickly anyway and passed it quickly.

Cheng Yu became a staunch supporter of the tax hike.

Cui Yan seemed to suddenly realize, and also expressed his firm support for tax increases.

He has also become a staunch supporter of the tax hike, saying a lot of good things about the bill, and still speaking out in public.

There is no doubt that the bill was "approved" by almost everyone.

Subsequently, the bill was issued to the Ministry of Industry, and Shangshu ordered Cheng Yu to order the Ministry of Industry to immediately organize manpower to carry out the construction of road cards on roads in various places.

Then the bill was sent to the Ministry of Finance, so that the Ministry of Finance could appoint special tax collectors to prepare for the collection of road maintenance taxes on road cards in various places.

Then the Ministry of Civil Affairs promulgated the world.

Let everyone know that the imperial court is going to levy two new commercial taxes on business travelers in various places, and it will also be issued to various counties and counties, so that each county will make corresponding settings in their own bazaars and prepare to levy a transaction tax.

The Ministry of Finance needs to send special personnel to local markets to provide special guidance and supervision, and not allow local governments to operate at will, so as not to arouse public anger.

For this reason, Wang Cang, the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, said that the Ministry of Finance was seriously understaffed and requested that the number of officials of the Ministry of Finance be expanded.

This request was supported by Emperor Guo Peng, who issued a decree to the Ministry of Officials, ordering the Ministry of Officials to select outstanding officials to enter the Ministry of Finance and expand the number of officials in the Ministry of Finance.

After a series of operations, by early March, the sudden tax hike storm had basically subsided.

Everyone's focus is no longer on the political turmoil itself, but on the changes brought about after the political turmoil, that is, the increase in commercial taxes.

The wealthy still failed to withstand the emperor's high pressure, and chose to compromise with the emperor in the face of the emperor's thunderous wrath, and the emperor paid some political benefits in exchange for some of their economic interests.

It seems to be an equivalent exchange, but some people can still see that this is a long-planned action at all, and the emperor definitely pays much less than he gets.

It seems that everyone compromised with each other, but in fact, the emperor definitely earned it.

Made a lot of money!

Who knows how many roadblocks he has to set up, and what level of transaction tax he has to set in the various markets?

It's all everyone's hard-earned money!

The officials frowned, and only felt that their hearts were dripping blood.

But there is no way, this decree has been passed, and all departments are working hard to implement it, who would dare to oppose it on the cusp?

The killed Cui Qu was just an insignificant little person, but what his death reflected was a large-scale battle that was almost about to spread.

Once it spreads in an all-round way, everyone will bite and fight with each other, and the ugly and dirty things exposed to each other will be exposed to the world.

The emperor forcibly put an end to this battle, that is, the emperor didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but what if the emperor didn't hold back?