Taxes were not uncommon in the Warring States period.

The reason for this is, of course, because the threat of war to the coffers of various countries has forced the monarchs to find ways to open up more revenue.

In 594 B.C., the initial tax on mu was introduced by the Lu state, which was the first time in Chinese history that the privatization of land was recognized, and the people who owned the land were taxed on this basis.

As the war progressed, the number of armies in various countries continued to expand, and the ensuing financial pressure naturally increased, so business was naturally included in the scope of taxation.

Nowadays, there are three main types of commercial taxes in Zhao State, the first is the house foundation tax, the second is the business tax that opens the store in the market, and the third is the customs duty that has passed through various customs.

In order to collect taxes, Zhao Guo set up the field department, the city department, the customs department and other departments responsible for the usual management and specific taxes.

At that time, Zhao Kuo's father, Zhao Hao, once served as a small official in Tianbe, and became famous for his iron-faced selflessness and daring to fight against Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, and won the trust of the then monarch Zhao Huiwen.

Among these three types of taxes, business tax and customs duties are the majority, but because the countries have been wiped out by Zhao over the years, the number of caravans passing through the border passes of Zhao has been greatly reduced, but the business tax has been rising continuously due to the expansion of the territory, and has become the largest source of commercial tax revenue for Zhao today.

Zhao's business tax has changed many times, until when Zhao Dan just ascended the throne, Zhao Dan's mother, Zhao Weihou, after consulting with Zhao's important ministers, set the fifteenth tax at one.

The so-called fifteenth tax one, that is, major businesses need to hand over one-fifteenth of their turnover to Zhao Guo, that is, 6.66% of the tax.

If you combine the foundation tax and the customs duty, basically the tax added to the three should be 10 taxes on average, that is, about 10%.

There is only one exception, and that is the Zhao State Shaofu. As the private property of the monarch, the Shaofu and all its assets, factories, etc., are not subject to any taxes.

These tax laws have been in place smoothly for more than a decade, and on the surface, they don't seem to have caused any problems.

But the problem is that there will always be people in this world who are unwilling to willingly pay these taxes to the state in full.

Zhao Dan looked at the sweaty two important ministers in front of him, and said leisurely: "An Guojun, if the widow is not mistaken, the turnover of the industry under your command reported to the city and customs department is completely half less than what is recorded in this booklet." By the way, there is also Ru Wenxinjun, Wenxinjun Ru's Lu firm, this year's reported turnover is also less than the actual turnover by 30%, I don't know what explanation you have for this? ”

Yu Xin hesitated, and was about to say something, but Lu Buwei next to him had already knelt down: "The minister is guilty, please ask the king to condemn the minister!"

Yu Xinleng paused, and then immediately knelt down.

If you don't kneel, you can't do it.

At this point, Yu Xin didn't have to think about it to know that since Zhao Dan was able to take out this booklet, it was enough to prove that the monarch already had enough evidence in his hands.

Zhao Dan shook his head, sighed, and said, "The widow is really disappointed in you. Over the years, you have taken advantage of the expansion of Zhao to buy industries in Qidi, Yandi, and Weidi, do you really think that the widows don't know? But even if you buy the property, you are not even willing to pay the full amount of the taxes paid to the widow, and the widow wants to ask, what is your intention in this? ”

Concealing and underreporting taxes is of course something that Zhao Dan can't bear.

You must know that these taxes should have been in the treasury, and they were his Zhao Dan's money! Now it has been secretly hidden by these damned, greedy ministers, and secretly hidden in their own treasury.

"Bastard thing!" Zhao Dan suddenly slapped the table hard and let out an angry roar.

Yu Xin and Lu Buwei's bodies kneeling on the ground trembled at a visceral amplitude, and they immediately fell even lower.

"Is this how you repay the trust of the widow? This is the good courtier of the widow, this is the good minister of the widow! Hmph, An Guojun, come, explain to the widow what is going on! ”

Yu Xin sweated like rain.

Originally, he was full of ambition to take advantage of the fact that he had just become the prime minister to take office as a new official, but he didn't expect that his fire had not burned first, but it burned to himself first.

Yu Xin said with some difficulty: "Please rest assured, the minister will go back to rectify the family style, cut off all those damn house slaves and disobedient retainers, and then make up the taxes due, and will not disappoint the king." ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Yu Xin with a smile and did not speak.

Lu Buwei on the side hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister will also make up the taxes that should be paid, including the previous five years!" ”

Yu Xin secretly scolded himself for being confused, and hurriedly said: "King, the minister also means this. ”

After hearing these words, Zhao Dan's face softened slightly.

Speaking of which, this matter has actually been ignored by Zhao Dan all along.

After all, over the years, Zhao Dan has focused most of his energy on diplomacy and war, and has not paid so much attention to this part of internal affairs.

So it wasn't until two years ago that Zhao Dan learned about this situation through the secret report of the Supervision Guard, and through two years and the cooperation of Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, he basically controlled the intelligence.

I don't know if I don't check, and I'm shocked when I check it.

Judging from the information that Zhao Dan now controls, the taxes concealed by these nobles every year account for half of the current treasury income of Zhao State!

An even more shocking fact is that almost all the important ministers of Longtai were involved, and the family property under their command was on the list of pamphlets in Zhao Dan's hands.

This is why Zhao Sheng has been dissuading Zhao Dan and telling Zhao Dan not to rush to investigate, Lao Xiangbang is actually worried that the scope of the impact will be too large and affect the foundation of Zhao Guo himself.

But Zhao Sheng actually underestimated Zhao Dan's determination.

Zhao Dan stared at Yu Xin and Lu Buwei in front of him with sharp eyes, and said: "An Guojun, Wen Xinjun, you will investigate this matter for the widow next, and see if those bastards are so rampant that they dare to swallow the widow's money!" Remember, the punishment that should be punished, the punishment that should be killed! If you can't do it well, then the widow will do it for someone else! ”

When Zhao Dan said these words, the whole person exuded a heavy murderous intent from the inside out.

It's not that the time has not come, and now, it's time to clean up these moths in the country of widows!