There is a saying in later generations that says it well - without contrast, there is no harm. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At this moment, the military minister looked at the allegiance letters of the dozens of clan leaders in front of him, and thought about the indifference of Xiu Tu, Ou Tuo, and the king of Yougu Li.

In addition, he was forced to make an oath in public today, and the heart of the military minister shook violently like a volcano.

Even though he barely controlled his emotions, he still snorted coldly and said, "King Outuo, King Hutu and King Li, you probably have lofty ideals......

On the steppe, what ideal belongs to the lofty one?

Of course it is - to become Shan Yu!

And the performance of Yishi, the king of Lishi and Outuo, in the battle of Gaoque, as well as the performance of Hutu before and after Gaoque, made the military ministers deeply feel that they were humiliated.

"You stand down first......" the military minister said with a wave of his hand, struggling to maintain his image.

"The minions are gone!" And it was difficult to endure the ecstasy in his heart and kowtowed.

Then he slowly withdrew from the royal tent, looking at the scenery of Dragon City, and finally couldn't help but have a smile on the corner of his mouth.

Who said that only the Sulptian clan can do Shan Yu? In order to be the co-master of the grassland?

In the past, the authority of the Clan's power was relied on by its invincible iron cavalry and powerful ten thousand cavalry!

But now......

Shan Yuting's prestige and trump cards are already in Ma Yi and Gao Que, and they are almost buried.

The three carriages that were once used by Shan Yuting to deter the world, Zhelan, Lou Fu and Bai Yang, were all buried in Mayi.

Among them, the building is annoying, and it is even used as a dog for the people of the Han Dynasty.

Even the remaining two, the tribes left on the grassland, could hardly form their terrible horsemen anymore - at least for five years, there was no way for Zhelan and the White Aries to reappear.

Without these three super thugs, the ruling order of the Xiongnu Empire was already shaky.

Because, since then, the Huns have had to take care of and suppress those who disobey and provocateur by themselves.

At least three forces of ten thousand horsemen in the headquarters are tired of running all year round, wandering in the south and north of the curtain, intimidating the heroes.

In the subsequent battle of Gaoque, the defeat of the Xiongnu was like a mace, smashed on the backbone of the Xiongnu, almost discounting it.

This time, the Huns not only suffered heavy losses, but also lost their birthplace and ancestral land.

The elite of the headquarters has suffered heavy losses.

The two headquarters of 10,000 cavalry were completely destroyed, and the other 10,000 cavalry participating in the war also suffered heavy losses.

After retreating from Gaoque City, Huyan Dangtu lost one-third of the young men of all the tribes under his command, two-thirds of the livestock, and more than half of the Bactrian prisoners of war.

The Huns have never been weaker than they are today.

So careerists naturally appeared irrepressibly.

The Makukubu clan, who may benefit from the military ministers' westward expeditions, will not complain.

But in the entire Munan area, there is a lot of indignation.

Especially those small and medium-sized tribes, they can't live in fear.

It only takes one more defeat for the entire Xiongnu rule in the south of the country to collapse.

All ambitious people are preparing for this moment.

And the canal and carving is the farthest one.

Because, he had a large number of fugitive Han Dynasty officials and criminals under his command.

These people have no way out now.

They originally fled to the Xiongnu because the Xiongnu were strong, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty could not settle accounts with them.

But now, seeing the Han Dynasty's soldiers winning many battles, they are about to usher in their own end - everyone knows that once the Han army defeats the Xiongnu, they will gain control of the whole world.

What kind of punishment will they face?

Halved? That's still light!

I'm afraid that Ling Chi's execution is their final destination!

In order not to let themselves be cut to death, they can only hug one thigh.

Some people once chose Landosin, but Landosin is now dead.

There are also some people who have chosen Huyan to be a slaughter, but Huyan is now difficult to protect himself, if it weren't for Zuoxian Wang Yudan to give him good words and make a guarantee, he would definitely be unable to escape death now!

Even so, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin cannot be escaped!

At the Dragon City Conference, in the face of Wanfu's accusations, Huyan Dangtu had to take all the responsibility.

Therefore, his position as a left general naturally could not be kept.

Even the position of Lieutenant Zuo was not kept!

He was directly demoted to the rank of Bone Capital.

He can only lead his headquarters!

Lost control and command over the other horsemen and tribes!

Naturally, the dependents of these two are easily recruited together.

And these people came up with a plan for it.

This strategy is to take millet from the fire, and create opportunities for his development and growth by dividing the relationship between the military minister and other major tribes in the south of the country.

Now it seems that everything is going very well!

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but stand on tiptoe proudly and look forward to a better future.

He was fantasizing about his future monarchy on the grassland and ruling the nations, when suddenly, he felt bursts of soreness in his limbs, tears and snot immediately flowed out irrepressibly, he quickly gritted his teeth, ran back to his tent quickly, almost crawled to open a package, took out the paste-like object inside, and then swallowed the clouds and spitted out the fog, falling into a fluttering illusion.

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At this moment, more than a thousand miles away from the Dragon City, the majestic Great Wall meandered through the north of the city.

More than 50 years ago, there was a famous battle in this place.

It was also the biggest victory of the Han dynasty against the Xiongnu before the Battle of Mayi - the Battle of Shenhe!

The Great Han Thorn Puhou Chai Wu brothers beheaded the traitor Han Wangxin in this battle, defeated the two Huns and Wanqi head-on, and annihilated one of them!

At that time, the city of Shenhe was full of blood and corpses.

After the war, except for a dozen civilians who had taken refuge in the mountains, no one was spared.

To this day, the city and the Great Wall behind it are still the Han Dynasty.

One-third of the soldiers of Daikoku were stationed here.

At the same time, a wide straight road has been restored.

It goes straight to Pingcheng and the important towns such as Taiyuan and Feihukou behind Pingcheng.

It only takes three days for the reinforcements in Taiyuan to support here, and at the latest it is only seven days, and the main force of the Flying Fox Army stationed in it can also rush to the aid here.

If it's pure cavalry, it may be even faster in good weather!

However, it should be pointed out that even the Great Wall of today is very different from the Great Wall of later generations.

Because, at this time, the defense line of the Great Wall, in fact, in many places, was retreated for hundreds of miles.

For example, this Shenhe City, in later generations, was not a city near the Great Wall at all.

But today, it's a real sidestopper.

It is also one of the border fortresses of the market for trade with the Xiongnu.

Speaking of which, you may not believe it.

Although the Han and Hungarian countries fought in Gaoque, the main forces of the two sides clashed hard, and the killing was dark.

But as soon as spring began, the nobles of the Xiongnu tribes, like no one else, drove their livestock, carrying furs and various specialties from afar, to many border markets, including Zaihe, to trade.

And the Han family seems to have forgotten the vigorous crackdown on smuggling and trade with the Xiongnu last year.

The government directly intervened, organized and guided many businessmen to trade here.

But only if you pay your taxes!

At the gates of the city, an official from the Yamen, the lord of the lord, led dozens of retinues under the protection of the army, and taxed all goods that entered and exited through the gates.

Generally speaking, goods out of the city need to be taxed at 10% to 30%.

Goods entering the city are taxed at a uniform rate.

Moreover, people are not collecting taxes indiscriminately!

All taxes have a legal basis, and even the standards for collecting taxes have been approved—the number of Pingjia of the local and Dai counties of Shenhe sat in this city and negotiated with the officials of the lord and the lieutenant on behalf of the merchants every day to set the price of goods.

The official then levied taxes on the basis of the prices approved by Pinja.

Tong Suo is not bullied, and the price is clearly marked!

The taxation of all goods is written on a wooden plaque.

Whether you are a nobleman's retainer or a local tyrant of the people, you have to follow this rule.

Otherwise, don't even think about going out of the city or into the city!

All the merchants gritted their teeth against this official from the Yamen of the Lord Duwei, but they were helpless.

No matter who is behind them or how much authority they have, they have to pay taxes obediently every day.

This is really because the profits of trade with the Xiongnu are too great!

A piece of silk or a piece of porcelain, in China, the profit is only 30%. Fifty percent of them died.

But if it is shipped out of the Great Wall and sold to the Huns, it will change hands to triple, five or even ten times the profit!

If you are lucky, you can get a dirt bun, a piece of silk that is only a few hundred dollars, and it is possible to sell it directly for a cow or even a horse!

Recently, even grain can be sold at a high price.

China's old rice and old grain in the official warehouse, 100 stones can be exchanged for a calf in the market.

Although the profits are not as good as those of silk and porcelain, there is also rhubarb, spices and other trades.

But the victory was in quantity, and the Huns had an almost endless demand, which burst countless merchants.

A certain high-level of the country, even within a month, relied on this trading empty glove white wolf to earn tens of millions of profits!

And his method is now widely known - very simple, first go to the official warehouse or military warehouse, make a white slip, and borrow thousands or even tens of thousands of stones of old rice - anyway, these old rice must be sold at a low price, so that it is convenient to buy new rice.

Then, these Chen rice were pulled to the city and sold to the Huns, who were in great demand.

Then they rushed the livestock, furs and even gold exchanged from the Xiongnu to Taiyuan, Jinyang and even Luoyang and Chang'an for sale.

In the end, the profit was taken and paid to the officials of the official position.

This whole process is safe and risk-free, and it is extremely profitable.

So much so that now, the entire Daiguo and even the dignitaries in the Yanzhao region have followed suit.

Merchants who smelled the profits also flocked to gather near the border trading markets such as Shenhe.

Just in the city, the vehicles entering and leaving every day are calculated in thousands, and the trade volume is worth millions at least millions, and tens of millions at most!

Thinking of this, the merchants were all depressed.

Seeing those little cuties jumping into the hands of others one by one really made their hearts cut.

But there was no way.

Because, everyone knows that behind the lord and lieutenant stands the Son of Heaven.

No one dares to mess with it!

What's more, all the actions of the lord Duwei Yamen are all legal, especially when they brought in the Pingjia to do this, which makes people speechless.

Because of the price approved by the Pingjia, even the most powerful and high-status people dare not express their dissatisfaction, let alone do other things.

The reason is simple.

Procedurally, the behavior of the lord and the lieutenant was almost impeccable, and he fully complied with all the laws in force in the Han Dynasty.

and Pingjia's endorsement is almost impeccable, and he doesn't even have the strength to let people shout 'compete with the people'!

Naturally, there are countless people who have thought of various solutions.

For example, some people want to smuggle, but the Han army garrison patrols almost all roads and arteries in and out of the Great Wall, so that any smuggling behavior may result in the killing of entire families.

I also thought about buying.

But......

These people looked at the young lord who was standing under the city gate, smiling and bowing to the merchants, and they all felt powerless.

This young man surnamed Yang is almost a guy who doesn't eat oil and salt.

He lived a life like a painstaking monk every day.

Every morning, when he got up, he was already at his post, and every night when nightfall, he lived in the military camp outside the city.

Whoever it is, and whose prayer it takes, go to him.

Next to him must be standing a person holding a pen and paper, silently recording his words and deeds.

This almost cuts off the possibility of anyone bribing and bribing - no fool would dare to bribe in front of the imperial history, it is like putting your own head on the severed table!

In the first two years, these bureaucrats of the imperial history and the court captains joined forces to overthrow the bureaucrats of the entire Qilu, thousands of heads fell to the ground, and hundreds of bureaucratic gentry families were wiped out.

Outside the city, there are dozens of poor families who have been exiled here.

No one wants to go farming outside the city.

But unlike these merchants.

Yang Ke is enjoying his current life very much.

Every day he can see his progress - more and more taxes are collected.

And these taxes will become his best political achievements and help him climb to the highest peak.

Carefully pinning the medal he was wearing on his shirt, Yang Ke puffed up his chest with great pride, this is a medal given by the Son of Heaven, called the 'Order of Good Officials', which is only awarded to the most outstanding middle and low-level officials in the court captain, the imperial history, and the lord and the embroidered guard.

Those who receive this medal are registered directly in the 'reserve' file of the Lantai.

This reserve, as the name suggests, is the meaning of the future prince's minister, and it is also the list of the highest priority promotions.

In the entire Han bureaucratic system, Yang Ke knew that there were only 20 people who received this medal.

As one-twentieth of the empire, Yang Ke has his own pride and ambition.

He hopes that he can climb as high as possible.

And in the Han family, if a person from a poor family wants to climb up, the only way is political achievements.

Whether it's killing people, collecting taxes, or expanding the territory, if you have political achievements, you will definitely be able to rise!

"I've already collected five million dollars in taxes this month...... Yang Ke thought in his heart.

Five million yuan is equivalent to the sum of the annual land tax and cheap money of a large county in Guanzhong of the Han Dynasty, and is equivalent to 1 500% of the salt and iron income of the Han Dynasty last year.

But that's just the tax he collects in a month!

It filled his heart with pride and pride!

But......

That's not enough!

"Not good enough!" Yang Ke thought in his heart: "I heard that Ma Yi's colleagues have already collected six million taxes!" I can't be left behind by him, I must collect more taxes! ”

And the best way to overtax is to ask the pinjas to raise the price of goods.

However, these pinjas themselves were merchants, and they were elected by the local merchants themselves to negotiate with the government.

How easy is it to ask them to raise prices?

In the past, every day I negotiated with them about the price standard, it was like fighting a war, fighting for every penny!

Thinking of this, Yang Ke gritted his teeth and glanced at the Pingjia standing in the city.

Yang Ke really hopes that the Son of Heaven won't give these guys too much power at this moment!

But the reality is that the commodity tax benchmark of the Han dynasty is now jointly formulated by the government and the peace of mind.

The former sets the tax rate in accordance with the law, and the latter determines the price in accordance with the law.

This is the social model advocated by the Huang Lao School.

It has also been supported and protected by the "Laws of Peace" approved by the Son of Heaven.

There is an article in the law of peace, and even specifically points out: There is a division to determine the above, middle, and lower Jia (price) of its things, and each uses it as the market level, and does not restrict it.

This means that the goods traded between the city and the merchants must be approved by the Pingja and then used as a guide price.

There is also a law pointing out: higher than the price of Pingjia is too expensive, and lower than the price of Pingjia is too flat.

Regardless of whether it is expensive or too flat, if it is a private transaction, if there is no report, then do not ask, but if it is reported, it must be asked.

In addition, the government must strictly adhere to the price of pingja.

Otherwise, the parties will be held responsible.

This policy and law made Yang Ke feel a little suffocated.

But there is no way to do it.

That's the system.

Moreover, he didn't dare to play tricks, the reason is very simple, today's Pingjia system has penetrated into all aspects of the Han family with the implementation of Pinglu.

For example, building roads and water conservancy.

The salaries of the civilian workers involved in the project were determined by Pingja and then paid by the government.

If the government refuses to pay, then the common people are automatically counted as having worked for every month, offsetting half a year's conscription.

Don't think that the law of the "Laws of Peace" has not been promulgated for a long time and has no power.

In fact, since the implementation of Pinglu, there have been three marquis, four 2,000 stones, and dozens of officials who have fallen on Pinglu.

For example, Liang He, who was not far from Shenhe City, kneeled because of Pinglu, and he fell because he sat on a '150,000 yuan for selling a horse, passing Ping, Zang 500, and exempting' a liehou who ate a thousand households, so he collapsed.

And the reason for this is simply because selling a horse sold for 150,000 yuan, which is more than the price of Pingjia by 500 yuan......

Although, this is also related to the political struggle at the top.

However, it is also the power of the law that is at work.

The dignified lieges, because they were too flat to carry more than five hundred dollars.

Yang Ke is sure that if he charges indiscriminately, I am afraid that it will not take half a month for a messenger from Chang'an to investigate him, and any of him will be arrested and sent to Tingwei Prison, don't think of it in this life!

Thinking of this, the young Yang Ke sighed: "Your Majesty is also too inclined to merchants...... This businessman is so rich, it's normal to charge more......"

However, the law is the law.

Yang didn't dare to disobey!

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Prestige type of work, to get away from thorn Jing Ke for attention!

PS: The cases and examples of the Pingja system mentioned in this chapter are all based on historical facts.

That is to say, in the Han Dynasty, where there is no flat law, a similar situation still exists~

I will talk about this situation in the prestige job number~ (to be continued.) )