If it had been six years ago, when the trade alliance had just been established and the state of Chu had not joined, it would not have been a big deal to set up tariffs, and it would indeed have played a certain role in regulation.

But now, Chu is inseparable from the state trade alliance, once Chu is squeezed out of the state trade alliance, then most of the caravans of the rest of the countries will turn to trade with other countries because of cost and tariff issues.

In this way, the state of Chu will suffer heavy losses and lose a large part of its competitiveness.

"Your Majesty misunderstood, we only levy taxes on the nobles in the country, and only for the Cangguo, for example, to collect some benefit fees, or some officials to collect tolls privately, and so on."

Xiong Minne was shocked.

Corruption**, this is a problem that cannot be avoided in any country, especially in Chu.

If these tricks are really used, even those nobles in the country are helpless.

Kill two birds with one stone!

Emperor Cangguo was very happy, and after discussing with Jia Yi for a while, he immediately summoned some ministers of the family.

This move shocked the jaws of the nobles of the Chu State.

Your Majesty the Emperor, has you changed your character?

No longer hiding from everyone?

When the news came out in the palace that His Majesty the Emperor was going to reconcile with the Cangguo, it immediately caused an uproar, and the news quickly spread throughout the city and became a sensation.

Not to mention anything else, the reconciliation between Chu and Cangguo, at least there is no need to fight, and avoiding a war is a great blessing for the people.

So, immediately after that, the court of Chu State was busy, and the ministers discussed how to repair relations with Cangguo and what concessions to make to the war of small countries, so as to ease the contradictions with Cangguo.

After a discussion, just when the caravans of the major families were grinding their fists again and preparing to go to Cangguo to buy goods, a very bad news came from the palace.

Tax increase!

Your Majesty wants to raise taxes on all the caravans of the Chu State!

For a time, the leaders of the major caravans came to visit the major families, hoping to determine whether the news was true.

But sadly, the message is true.

In this regard, of course, the major families do not buy it.

The caravan of the Chu State is of a civil nature, to put it mildly, but in the final analysis, which caravan that can transport across borders does not have the support of a big family behind it?

Most of the profits were divided among the big families.

Those caravan leaders who ran errands just drank the soup.

To collect taxes on caravans trading with Cangguo, the first of the major families disagreed.

The heads of the major families gathered together, and after several unsuccessful attempts to see the emperor, they began to look for another way.

Jia Yi!

Originally, Jia Yi, as one of the two pillars of the Chu State, had a decisive reputation in the Chu State, especially after the other pillar of the country, Xiong Fang, was defeated in the hands of Wu and died, Jia Yi became the only person who could be called the pillar of the country.

In addition, not long ago, it was Jia Yi who successfully persuaded His Majesty to give up the idea of being an enemy of Cangguo, which has fully demonstrated that Jia Yi can speak in front of the emperor, not to mention that he will definitely succeed, at least greater than the hope of these big families.

However, this time it disappointed them.

Jia Yi mercilessly pointed out that this was impossible on the spot, and said frankly that when he promised the major families to persuade His Majesty, he had already done his best, and if he tried to persuade again, he was afraid that he would not even be able to see the emperor's face.

The heads of the major families don't understand the reason and the beginning and end, so it's not good to say more.

After all, as Jia Yi said, he had already asked him to help once, and it was indeed done, and it was not difficult to be strong at this time.

Besides, His Majesty the Emperor's power is increasing day by day, and what these big families should care about most should be the power in their hands, which is the foundation of the family, compared to the trade with Cangguo, this is the foundation.

In May, the news that Chu intended to ease relations with Cang was already flying all over the country.

The kings and ministers of the rest of the countries sighed with regret.

This was originally an excellent opportunity, watching the tiger fight across the mountain, and then taking advantage of the fisherman, this is a beautiful thing to think about, just like the Mang country, which has been stepping up the training of the new army, just waiting for the time when the Chu State and the Cang State will fight, and when the strength is damaged, they will be stabbed in the back......

Unexpectedly, the emperor of Chu State jumped up and down a while ago, drawing in various countries to confront Cangguo, and suddenly he seemed to be a different person, and took the initiative to ease relations with Cangguo!

In addition to regrets, the monarchs and ministers of various countries couldn't help but speculate more, was there something major happening in the country of Chu, such as a coup d'état or rebellion, which caused the emperor of Chu to have scruples and dare not start a war with Cangguo?

And just like that, it's June.

The caravans of the State of Chu, with truckloads of grain goods, entered Xincangcheng one after another, and when they were actively trading, they got very bad news.

The Ministry of Commerce does not accept orders from the State of Chu!

In other words, those things that are unique to Cangguo, the caravan of Chu State is not qualified to buy!

All of a sudden, the caravans of various countries were dumbfounded.

That's not right!

Didn't the State of Chu take the initiative to reconcile with the State of Cang!

Shouldn't Cangguo open its doors and continue to make money?

Cangguo, this is crazy?

You must know that the main money-making commodities in Cangguo are all in the hands of the Ministry of Commerce.

If you don't trade with the Ministry of Commerce, then you will lose the meaning of coming to Cangguo.

Helplessly, Chu has already severed diplomatic relations with Cangguo, and Cangguo has not issued official documents on the relationship between the two countries since the break, which means that the current relationship between the two countries is still far from the step of restoring diplomatic relations, even if they want to reflect this matter, they have no way to start.

According to the rules, businessmen cannot contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and even officials in the Ministry of Commerce can only contact low-level officials at most.

After complaining about the emperor of Chu in his heart, someone proposed a countermeasure - it was the Chu caravan that was not qualified to trade, so why didn't everyone deal with the Ministry of Commerce of Cangguo in the name of other caravans?

In fact, the Ministry of Commerce once stipulated that all caravans that placed orders must be registered, and the Ministry of Commerce only accepts caravans that are recognized by their own country, which is equivalent to tying a caravan to the country's credit, which can be regarded as a screening.

It is precisely because of this that the caravan of the Chu State has no other way but to have other channels, and can only hope for other qualified caravans.

For example, the caravan of Shao, the caravan of Ruan, and the caravan of Wu...... In recent years, these countries have had extremely frequent trade contacts with Cangguo, and their relations with Chu are stable, so they will not do anything to break the contract, which can be called very safe.

Although, the Chu State caravan is bound to give up one or two percent of its profits because of this, but for now, it can only be like this.