After getting Li Zhi's permission, Han Yi was not in a hurry to start printing, he first found Yuwen Xiumi, a wealthy businessman, and told them that the new issue of Datang Daily was a summary of this crisis.

Yuwen Xiumi and they were all a little stunned when they heard this, what does this have to do with us.

Han Yi also told them that this issue will be released nationwide, and everyone must be vying to see it, and if your products, workshops, and trademarks can be unveiled on it, it will make your business and selling to a higher level!

After some flickering, Yuwen Xiumi and they paid for advertising one after another.

Only then did Han Yi officially publish the article drafted by Han Yi in the Datang Daily in the name of the imperial court, making a summary of this crisis.

This is necessary, there is no natural disaster, and if it is like this, then it must be explained to the people of the world.

This issue of Datang Daily is a penny a copy, and it is sold nationwide, which is equivalent to how much you sell, how much you will lose, but Han Yi is not afraid, there is a group of wealthy businessmen to help him support.

Daheungzenji Temple.

"Come up to me for refuge?"

Cui Pingzhong closed the Datang Daily, put it on the table, and asked with a smile at Cui Jijian, who had just arrived.

Cui Jijian smiled bitterly: "Our family didn't say anything, after all, we invested the money in the transaction before, but the Boling Cui clan was very dissatisfied. However, when this Datang Daily spreads to Shandong, the child will definitely not be able to escape being taught by those elders. ”

Cui Pingzhong said: "I have also heard a little about this stamp duty, and it is indeed not good for our scholars!" ”

Cui Jijian smiled: "I think this is all about Han Yi's plan, these changes are all business policies that are beneficial to him, and no one can stop him now." ”

Cui Pingzhong shook his head and said: "It's not that simple, if he is just in pursuit of power, he can't do it, because with his merits, it is not a problem to enter and exit, as long as he has power, he can also implement his policies, you know, Empress Wu supported his policies at the beginning, as for fame and wealth, he has already been in his pocket, and what he has now does not seem to be completely consistent with his plan, it can be seen that this is not the whole of his plan, I think he should be still short of that last step." ”

Cui Jijian frowned and said, "One more step?" ”

Cui Pingzhong nodded and said, "I have mentioned more than once that Han Yi's change is from the bottom up, and to see through his ultimate goal, as long as you study the merchant class thoroughly, you can clearly know what his purpose is." I think I already know what he wants, but now that he can't achieve his goal, the project isn't over yet. ”

Cui Jijian immediately asked, "What does Daddy think Han Yi's purpose is?" ”

"What is the merchant after?"

"Benefits!"

"Interests are only the most basic, but such as the Yuan family, good deeds and other wealthy businessmen, they already have enough wealth, and people's desires are endless, they must want more, what they pursue should be fair and free, buying and selling, profits and losses are based on their abilities, but the most basic is the two sides of the contract, it must be a fair and equal relationship, even if the other party is the emperor."

Cui Ji's eyes widened.

Cui Pingzhong said: "Actually, I vaguely guessed this early in the morning, Sage Kong once said, the monarch and the minister, the father and the son, the monarch mainly has the appearance of being a monarch, and the minister must have the appearance of being a courtier, if the monarch is not a monarch, the minister is not a minister, the world will be in chaos, and the same is true of father and son, just like me before, I am not a good father, so your eldest sister is ......." ”

Speaking of this, he waved his hand and sighed, "That's it, don't mention it." But if you think about it the other way around, then the meaning of the saint should be that the monarch must also be restrained, but the saint is pursuing the behavior of the monarch in the form of morality, which is a good idea, but the saint does not know the affairs of the common people after all, and morality cannot even restrain the selfish desires of the people, let alone the monarch. ”

Cui Jijian said: "What really binds the people is the law. ”

Cui Pingzhong nodded and said: "So Legalist thought can restrain the monarch, Confucianism can only be used as the basis of Legalist thought, but how can the monarch easily let the law override his head, and what the monarch pursues is just the opposite, with Han Yi's current ability, he is only above 10,000 people at most, and he has not even reached the original status of Changsun Wuji, so he does not have the strength to restrain the monarch at all, and the monarch will not let the businessman develop to the point of threatening the imperial power, how can he break through this, That's the most important thing. ”

Cui Jijian's eyes suddenly revealed a hint of yearning, and said: "In other words, the real purpose of Han Yi's stamp duty is to lay the foundation for restricting the monarch in the spirit of the contract. ”

Cui Pingzhong nodded and said: "But this is just a planted seed, if you want this seed to blossom and bear fruit, it is a very long process, and it is very difficult, Han Yi wants to use this to restrict the monarch, no matter whether he will get his wish in the future, but he will definitely not see it in this life, and with his character, he will not pin his hope on others." He must have one more step to accelerate the growth of this seed. ”

Cui Jijian frowned and said, "Did Daddy come up with it?" ”

Cui Pingzhong shook his head and said: "To do this, it is very, very difficult, in fact, during the two Jin Dynasty, the nobles and the monarch ruled the world together, and the nobles at that time could restrict the monarch, but both sides were dissatisfied with the status quo, resulting in the nobles often usurping the throne, and the monarch often took the opportunity to eliminate the power of the nobles. ”

Cui Jijian said: "Why does Daddy never think that Han Yi's ultimate goal is ....... ”

Cui Pingzhong said with a smile: "Throughout the ages, except for the change of dynasties other than wars, the heroes who usurped the throne by seizing power, almost all of them took advantage of the emperor's young age and held military power, this is only an objective factor, in addition, you have to serve the public, this is not the people, but those who have power, these conditions Han Yi does not have, and if he wants to do this, then it makes no sense for him to do this, he should be like Cao Cao, Sima Yi, Wang Mang and other generations, to establish a huge force in the court, however, He didn't do any of this, which is why the emperor trusted him. However, this time I want to crack his plan before he does, and as long as I carefully study his every move, I think I should be able to deduce his last step. ”

Seeing his father's excited expression, Cui Jijian smiled and said, "Didn't my father treat Han Yi's plan as a riddle?" ”

Cui Pingzhong was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled: "I'm really enjoying it!" ”

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After the release of this issue of Datang Daily, it caused a great sensation among the people.

Because the content of it announced a lot of little-known things, and even the root cause of Xuzhou's burning of merchant ships was said, of course, Han Yi supported the analysis from the contradiction between landlords and merchants, and did not confess Wu Meiniang, in addition, there are some shady scenes of the government-run workshop, and those officials are corrupt and pervert the law.

This is very rare in feudal society, and the imperial court has never been so responsible, taking the initiative to explain everything, and taking the initiative to admit policy mistakes, and publicizing them widely.

To know the signature of this article, it is the province of Zhongshu, which can definitely represent the imperial court.

First of all, of course, it is to praise the military and those soldiers, because it is the army that stabilizes the situation. Civilian officials were scolded bloody, Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong were the heads of civil ministers, and most of them were civil officials who were corrupt and took bribes, and civil officials had responsibilities that could not be evaded, and the army took the initiative to lay off people, and it did not cause any protests, and civilian officials protested every day, which was a high judgment.

Secondly, this article is both positive and negative for both the merchant and the gentry, very fair, everything is based on facts, and there is no partial generalization. But even so, this is a very big shock to the gentry and the landlord class, who have so many resources in your hands, but do not fulfill your obligations, but because of your selfishness, the crisis is further deepened.

Although Han Yi has criticized and praised businessmen, the problem is that businessmen are that virtue, businessmen are inherently humble and mercenary, you can't expect businessmen, businessmen don't have this obligation.

Moreover, the businessman also did a lot of good things, Han Yi caught Zheng Shanxing and boasted to death, and in the end, it was the businessman who gave the people a bite to eat.

This phenomenon is very interesting, the gentry and the merchant classes are in this crisis, there are good and bad performances, but the people think that the gentry do these good things that should be, not worthy of praise, and the businessmen do these things It is really incredible, there are such good businessmen in the world, it seems to be an impartial article, but it makes public opinion fall to the side of the businessmen.

It's very simple, we used to listen to your gentry so much, and supported you so much, but you fell into the trap, we usually scolded the merchants so much, and helped you suppress the merchants together, but there are still merchants who are so good to us, if you choose one of the two, I might as well choose the merchants.

This phenomenon also laid the foundation for stamp duty, which was mainly to allow the landlord class to share the taxes borne by the common people.

Although Datang Daily did not announce the news of stamp duty, there was also news from the DPRK.

When the news of stamp duty came out, the people were overjoyed, and the workers and peasants in Chang'an were very supportive of stamp duty, because the gentry's public opinion advantage had been broken by Han Yi, and the reputation of the gentry had just been overshadowed. And stamp duty is beneficial to the people, and the gentry are not easy to fool them, since you gentry do not take us to heart at all, then you have to use the form of law to stipulate the obligations of your gentry and landlords.

That's pretty fair.

The gentry and landlords of Chang'an and Luoyang are silent, if they make trouble again, the people will directly overthrow them, and if you annex our land, then you should bear this part of the tax, or you will return the land to us.

And this is not completely unfavorable for the landlords, after all, their land is still recognized.

However, the businessman was a little panicked, because the stamp duty had not yet been completed, but the grapevine came out, how much was this stamp duty? This is very crucial.

City Department.

"Brother Han, stamp duty is being spread everywhere now, is it true?"

Qian Dafang said with anxiety on his face.

Han Yi nodded and said, "It's true, the imperial court does intend to abolish the rent regulation and start collecting stamp duty." ”

Qian Dafang felt a pain in his kidneys when he heard it, "This --- is too unfair to our businessmen, and we have to pay taxes if we sign a contract." ”

"Yes! Brother Han, you're a little more terrifying than tariffs. ”

"Brother Han, we haven't recovered yet, you have to levy such a high tax, we really can't afford it!"

......．

The merchants complained that they had been told that they had to pay taxes in proportion to the contract, which seemed to them to be directed at their merchants, because the merchants had to make deeds for everything, and the landlords had to make a deed.

This is really a wave of unsettled waves!

The fate of the businessman is really bumpy.

Han Yi smiled bitterly: "Where did you hear the gossip, this stamp duty is mainly to replace the rent modulation, that is, in the future, the land will have to pay taxes according to the number of acres, in fact, everyone can not pay this tax, but if you don't pay taxes, then the court will not guarantee this contract, if the landlord does not pay, the title deed is not counted, and the land is owned by the state." As for the transactions between merchants and merchants, if you trust each other, you can not pay them. ”

You said it lightly, who would dare to believe in the contract without the guarantee of the law!

The covenant must be supported by the law!

Dou Heng asked, "Then I don't know how high the stamp duty of our merchants is?" ”

Han Yi said with a smile: "This has not been formulated yet, but it is very, very low, and the maximum will not be higher than a penny." ”

Qian Dafang said cautiously: "Baiwen charges a penny? ”

Han Yi said: "No, it's always the same." ”

Those merchants blinked, this is indeed a new level, a thousand contracts, to pay the same money, and this is still the highest.

If that's the case, it's acceptable, but the tariff is charged at a fraction of the tenth.

Han Yi said: "Think about it, if you don't have to pay taxes at all, will the landlord agree?" Moreover, this is also reasonable, you don't pay taxes, why does the court guarantee you, if there is a dispute, you must be looking for the court, you want the court to have the obligation to help you uphold justice, first of all, you have to contribute to the court, everyone is a businessman, and there is a basis for consideration in the contract. ”

Qian Dafang nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, Brother Han is right, we are mainly afraid that the tax is too high, if it is not very high, then of course we can accept it." ”

Han Yi smiled: "Don't worry, we will consider this carefully, you should all know my purpose, what you want is a win-win situation, you get profits, and the court can be taxed, if you are all finished, you can't receive a penny, then this stamp duty will be meaningless, so you put your heart in your stomach." ”