This is indeed not the first time Wu Yi has come to Luoyang. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoBefore Wu Yi's soul crossed, the original owner of the body had followed his father Wu Ke to Luoyang, and his uncle Wu Kuang also specially took little Wu Yi to visit Luoyang City several times. But Wu Yi was still very young at that time, and there were not many memories left in his mind, basically just some flashes of images that came and went. But just these intermittent memory fragments are enough for today's Wu Yi to have a general understanding of Luoyang, so when he revisits Luoyang this time, when he walks to some streets, Wu Yi will always have a sense of familiarity with revisiting the old place.

Entering Zhuque Street, the most prosperous commercial area in Luoyang, there are more and more pedestrians on the road, and Wu Yi can hear the hustle and bustle of traders and customers bargaining from a distance. Although there is also a market where Xu Shu once lived, the scale is not comparable to Luoyang Zhuque Street at all. In Wu Yi's eyes, this kind of commercial prosperity made him see a shadow of the future 21st century commercial pedestrian street.

Wu Yi once talked to his mentor Chen Yu about how Liu Hong, as an emperor elected from within the clan, could still sit firmly on the supreme throne after acting recklessly in the imperial court. You must know that the emperors of the Han Dynasty were not only deposed by the ministers, but even poisoned or besieged by the ministers. A mediocre emperor like Liu Hong, who reused traitorous eunuchs and sold officials in the open, was able to miraculously live to the end of his life, which was what puzzled Wu Yi.

At that time, his mentor Chen Yu just patted Wu Yi lightly on the shoulder: "Your Majesty has been vigorously supporting commerce since he ascended the throne, which is why no matter how dissatisfied the courtiers are with Your Majesty, they never dare to mention any abolition." The reason alone is that behind today's saints, there are countless merchant families who are supporting. You must know that money can bribe ghosts and also communicate with gods. The most important thing for those merchant families is always the money in their hands, and as for what will happen to this country, they will never be concerned. ”

"Yuan Zhi, do you know how much the Holy Lords take from commercial taxes today?" Wu Yi suddenly asked Xu Shu beside him a question.

"Business tax? Nowadays, the saint has been changing tricks to increase the land tax, and the commercial tax does not seem to be very high, but the specific amount is not very clear. "Xu Shu was originally a ranger, and later after following Wu Yi, he worked hard to specialize in many ways of commanding troops as generals, but he was not very good at this part of political affairs.

In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the Jin Bulu in the "Zhangjiashan Han Jian" was some of the laws in the second year of the Lu Dynasty, which mentioned the city and rent, pledge money, etc. At that time, the market had a special area, that is, the front and back markets mentioned in the "Zhou Li Examination Gong Ji", the city had a wall, and the middle was the residence of the officials in charge, and it belonged to the integration of workshops and shops. These are aimed at "sitting on the Jia". The relevant pass for merchants is that there were many checkpoints at that time, such as Hangu Pass, and merchants had to pay for transporting goods in and out of the customs.

In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu made foreign expeditions and lacked money in hand. So Emperor Wu thought of adding some taxes from the merchants, and suppressed the merchants with policies such as equal loss and calculation. The average loss is the large-scale transportation of materials organized by the government, and the calculation is the property tax. In the later period of the Western Han Dynasty, retro was advocated, especially Wang Mang's reform, and the economy was changed in a mess.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, because Guangwu received funding from many merchants when he raised his army, the Eastern Han Dynasty has always implemented the national policy of treating merchants well and developing commerce. In Liu Hong's dynasty, Emperor Liu Hong himself was the biggest merchant in the world, but the 'goods' he sold were the officials of the imperial court. Perhaps because he is a businessman, no matter how much Liu Hong wants to make money, he has never thought of using the method of increasing commercial taxes to collect money.

"The peasants in the world are almost poor and have no clothes to wear, but they are still desperately trying to increase the land tax. From the south to the north, there were many rich merchants and merchant families, but the court turned a blind eye to them. Such an absurd decree simply forced those peasants to revolt and rebel. Wu Yi knew that he couldn't change the decrees that the imperial court had implemented for decades, so he could only sigh softly.

The three of them were wandering around, when suddenly a shout came from a restaurant in front of them: "Ziyuan? Ziyuan! This way! ”

Wu Yi looked up and saw that the person standing in the room by the window above the restaurant and shouting to him was actually Cao Cao. Wu Yi led Xu Shu and Xu Chu to the restaurant when they were invited, and Cao Cao was already standing at the top of the stairs waiting: "Haha, Brother Wei thought he was looking away just now, but I didn't expect it to be really Ziyuan." Ziyuan: When did you come to Luoyang? ”

"The younger brother has just arrived in Luoyang a few days ago, and there has been no news of Brother Meng De since Yingchuan said goodbye, but I didn't expect Brother Meng De to also arrive in Luoyang." Wu Yi has been following Zhu Jun in Nanyang since Yingchuan said goodbye, and it has been a long time since he heard from Cao Cao, and it is unexpected to meet Cao Cao in Luoyang this time.

"Hey, it's hard to put into words. Come on, let's introduce a few friends to you first. Cao Cao seemed to have something unspeakable, but he didn't plan to tell Wu Yi at this time.

Cao Cao dragged Wu Yi to a private room, and Xu Chu and Xu Shu saw that the seats in the banquet were limited, so they found another room and ordered some wine and food. And Wu Yi was invited by Cao Cao to sit down. After Cao Cao waited for Wu Yi to sit down, he pointed to the people in the banquet and introduced: "Ziyuan, let me introduce you, these two are the Yuan clan members who were born in the fourth world and the third duke, Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu and Yuan Shu, Yuan Highway. These two are Xun's uncles and nephews from a famous family in Yingchuan, Xun Yu Xun Wenruo, Xun Yu Xun Gongda. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the rising star in the army that I mentioned to you, Chen Liu, Wu Yi, and Wu Ziyuan. ”

Xun's uncle and nephew Wu Yi had seen it at the funeral of his mentor Chen Yu before, and the Yuan brothers really met for the first time, not to mention what everyone thought in their hearts, since Cao Cao introduced each other in the middle, everyone also politely greeted each other on the surface. But Wu Yi noticed that except for Cao Cao, who valued him very much, the other four did not take Wu Yi seriously, after all, Wu Yi was still too young, and Yuan Shao's eldest son was about to catch up with Wu Yi in age.

After three rounds of drinking, Wu Yi learned from the words of everyone during the banquet that Cao Cao had just returned to Luoyang from Jinan yesterday, and this banquet was originally a banquet held by Yuan Shao for Cao Cao. Although Yuan Shu has a bad relationship with his brother Yuan Shao, he and Cao Cao have also known each other since childhood.

As for Xun's uncle and nephew, they were invited by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, and the uncle and nephew were sent to Luoyang as officials, and they took Yuan's way. Now Xun Yu was appointed as the palace guard in charge of the four treasures of the emperor's study, and Xun Yu was appointed as the Huangmen squire. This time, I was invited by the Yuan brothers to come to Beijing to report on the work of Jinan Cao Cao, and the uncle and nephew had to come here to be invited to the banquet because of Yuan's love.