Chapter 129 The Imperial Court is in Deficit Liu Kun wants to practice the salt law

Liu Yan said: All county guards and county orders must govern the people's livelihood in their territories in accordance with the policies promulgated by His Majesty. It is necessary to ensure that the people under his rule are not subject to exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. If you can't do this, you can resign now, but if you don't, you will not be merciful in the future.

Since Zhao Yun entered Shudi, officials of all sizes in Yizhou had expected such a result. For everyone, this result is both good news and bad news, depending on what everyone thinks.

The good thing is: before this, everyone was worried that they would be dismissed from office, but now they have peacefully transitioned to the officials under the new dynasty, their status has been guaranteed, and their hearts have finally been put in their stomachs. If you look at it this way, it's good news!

The downside is; The new dynasty does not allow the collection of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and everyone has no extra income, so I am afraid that life will not be easy in the future, and being an official also needs to spend money everywhere!

Luoyang!

At the end of November, all military operations by the generals were halted. In Changle Palace, Liu Kun was checking the accounts of the household department sent by Hua Xin.

The armor and weapons on the soldier's body are almost entirely from reality. None of the horses cost the imperial court a penny. It was all requisitioned from Xianbei and Karasuma back then.

Even so, the accounts of the household department are still in deficit. There is a big deficit, and it is not small, enough for tens of thousands of gold!

There are three main expenditures: one is the national paving of roads, the second is the national construction of water conservancy, and the third is the expenditure of schools in various places!

Does the imperial court have income? Yes! But it's all grain, and Liu Kun didn't let the household sell it!

Fortunately, Liu Kun's family background is rich, and after he became king last year, he gave Hua Xin tens of thousands of gold at one time. It was used to support the expenses of the imperial court. If not. This year will definitely be due to lack of funds. As a result, countless projects have been discontinued.

Today. Not only is it seventy-seven eighty-eight tens of thousands of golden flowers, but the debts owed by the imperial court to the cement factory have also reached hundreds of millions of dollars, although the cement factory has more than half of Liu Kun's shares, it can't be done like this!

The price of cement sold by the cement factory to the imperial court is not high, and the profit is less than 30%, if it were not for the support of the paper mill and ceramic factory of the Zhen family, it is estimated that it would have gone bankrupt long ago.

In order to facilitate transportation, Liu Kun once entrusted the Zhen family; The road of the imperial court was repaired there. The cement plant was opened there! In this way, it is a huge expense.

The people in the Zhen Mansion probably often complained to Zhen Jiang, but Zhen Jiang didn't say a word to Liu Kun, presumably because he didn't want to bother him.

It's a pity that Zhen Jiang didn't know that when he looted the palace and the property of the ten permanent servants, Liu Kun got hundreds of thousands of gold cakes and property.

The hundreds of thousands of gold in his hand, except for the 100,000 yuan given to Mi Zhu to prepare for the establishment of the Dahan Money Village, the rest of the gold cakes and copper coins are all in the treasure mirror space.

Although Liu Kun has a lot of money in his hands. However, he did not intend to use his property to fill the hole in the imperial court.

This is not an example!

The court is the court of the many. If you develop the habit of 'having no money to ask the emperor', I am afraid that Liu Kun will be exhausted to death in the future.

Liu Kun checked the account books and found that although the big families in various places under his rule did not dare not pay the two percent of the agricultural tax, there were many cases of tax evasion and tax evasion.

For example, the Han family in Jizhou, the number of land they pay taxes on is 8,000 mu, while the figure of the intelligence department is 50,000 mu, a difference of six times, and the courage is too great!!

Before the Chinese New Year, the families were first pit a sum of money and gave the ministers a fortune.

When I have my hands free next year, I will have a good time with these families, and they will definitely swallow this bitter fruit willingly!

Although Hua Xin didn't get much money for Liu Kun, he received a lot of food. In comparison, Mizhu's business tax is very bleak!

Only two or three hundred gold! Although Dahan's business is underdeveloped, it should not be only such a little, and it is said that most of this money is still paid by the Mi family!

Not paying attention to commercial taxation is not a problem of Mi Zhu, but a problem of this era. Whether it was the courtiers of the Han Dynasty or the common people, they would not have thought of it; The commercial tax of a developed country can support the daily consumption of the country.

How can I receive my business tax?

The best way to do this is to issue invoices, but this measure will take a long time for the people to accept. Even in later generations, there are still a lot of people who don't need invoices to buy things!

Where else is there to get money?

The fastest way is to dig gold mines, Liu Kun came from later generations, and naturally knew that there were gold mines and silver mines there.

But he didn't want to mine these things early, whether it was gold. Silver mines, copper mines, or jade mines were all encircled by Liu Kun into the royal industry, and these things are non-renewable resources, and a little less is used.

It is necessary to find a long-term and effective profit point for the imperial court! Liu Kunzhi thought about it again and again, and only took out the killer feature of salt making.

Salt of the Han Dynasty. Iron belonged to the imperial court, but at this time the way of salt production was clumsy, and there was not much profit in it. The salt tax alone did not bring much revenue to the imperial court.

And Liu Kun's method of salt making is very different, if he takes out the method of drying salt, his profit will be at least more than double, or even two or three times.

In this way, the expenses of the court will be easily solved, but it is necessary to beat the ministers well, so as not to give birth to the idea of 'sharing a piece of the pie'!

The next day, the court meeting of hundreds of officials, with the small yellow door shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!" Liu Kun entered the court.

Before coming to the throne, Liu Kun turned to face the ministers. The ministers bowed and bowed: "See Your Majesty!" ”

Liu Kun waved his sleeves and said lightly: "Zhongqing is flat!" "Then sit down on the dragon chair!

Xiao Huangmen shouted loudly: "The ministers are doing things! ”

Cheng Song Dian of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce said: "Your Majesty, now the main trunk of the highway has been built, and a total of seven main roads have been built;

Luoyang Tong Chang'an, Xiliang,

Luoyang Tongxiangyang, Nanjun,

Luoyang Tongshouchun, Jiujiang,

Luoyang Tongtai Mountain, Qingzhou,

Chang'an Tonghanzhong, Yizhou

Jizhou runs through the north-south highway.

The state runs through the north-south highway.

In addition, according to His Majesty's orders, a large granary was built with the states to store grain, which has been fully completed, and most of it has been put into use! ”

Liu Kun nodded and said, "Very good!" Well done! The people of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce will add 50% to this year's salary! ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Song Dian bowed down and thanked him! Because he got Liu Kun's praise, he returned to the queue with a happy face!

Hubu Cheng Bi Lan came out and said: "Your Majesty, according to Your Majesty's orders, the ministers are mainly in Jizhou and Bingzhou this year. The three places in Qingzhou built keel waterwheels and thirsty wu (siphon pipes). At present, the places along the river in Jizhou and Qingzhou have been basically completed, and a total of 1,200 keel waterwheels have been built, and 600 thirsty places have been built! ”

Liu Kun nodded in appreciation: "Good job, Aiqing has worked hard!" This year, all the people in the household department will also be added by 50%. Make persistent efforts next year and strive for an early completion! ”

Bi Lan promised to thank him and returned to the queue!

Hubu Secretary Hua Xin said: "Your Majesty, the financial affairs of the imperial court this year have been in a big deficit. There is no money to distribute the ministers' salaries, and it is not appropriate to build a large number of buildings next year! ”

Liu Kun pretended to say: "If you don't have money, try to get money!" How can you give up food because of choking? I don't know what the ministers think? ”

Ministers, you look at me, I look at you, glaring at each other.

It's not one money, two money, tens of thousands of dollars at every turn, who will pay it?

Cai Yong said: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to donate this year's Yulu to help the court tide over the difficulties!" ”

Liu Kun was secretly pleased, although the Cai family's maternal uncle did not have much, this intention was rare, Liu Kun knew it well; The Cai family has no family background, if there is no Yulu, I am afraid that they will have to drink wind in the coming year!

Then a few ministers also wanted to donate money, Liu Kun waved his hand and said: "Everyone also has to live, donating money should not be mentioned again, it is better to think of some feasible ideas!" ”

Tao Qian came out and said: "Your Majesty, before the spring sowing this year, the more than 100,000 cattle and more than 100,000 quyuan plows issued by Your Majesty to the people are all owed on credit!" This year, the people have a good harvest, and if the debts of the people's cattle and ploughs are recovered, the financial crisis can be alleviated! ”

Tao Qian didn't say anything, and Liu Kun almost forgot about it.

However, it is enough to promise the people to pay it off within three years, and collecting this account is not in line with Liu Kun's original intention. (To be continued......)

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