Chapter 66: The Founding of the State

As the Mojaveites enjoyed a better life under the rule www.biquge.info of Zhao Dutian, the Mojave's defenses completely disappeared, and the caravans of the Han began to pour into the territory of the Mojavey, and the preparations for the establishment of the Han Empire officially began!

This time, it wasn't Zhao Dutian who was in a hurry, but those new generation of Chief Elders of Mojave who were in a hurry!

They are in a hurry to establish the empire, and then get their own noble titles, receive their own annuities, and enjoy Qingfu!

A coin with the head of the King of the Americas is a good thing, as long as they have this kind of coin, those Mojave leaders can buy a lot of practical objects that they have never seen before!

Stools, chairs, basins and other household utensils!

Especially straw paper!

This thing is naturally not as strong as the handpaper in Zhao Dutian's previous life, but compared with the branches and leaves, it is quite popular with the Indians!

Selling straw paper, Zhao Dutian made an unknown amount of money!

The Mohavei tribe that was not devastated by Zhao Dutian took out the gold ornaments they had saved up before, and in the numismatic bureau established by the Han people, they were severely punished by those tax officials who received Zhao Dutian's strict orders, in exchange for a small number of Zhao Datou coins, and then happily went to buy various practical goods of the Han people!

It can be said that Zhao Dutian used economic means to avoid the bloodshed of the army, and from the hands of the Mojavey, he scooped up all the gold resources they had accumulated for an unknown amount of time!

This kind of soft plunder is often more complete than the strong robbery!

Because of the forcible robbery, it is difficult to find out the wealth hidden by the victims, but if they take the initiative to take it out, it will be very thorough!

It wasn't until the Han Empire was officially announced that the buying frenzy of the Mojaveites weakened slightly, and the benefit of this buying frenzy to Zhao Dutian was that Zhao Dutian, who had not yet healed from the cannonism syndrome, pulled out five 18-pounder unicorn heavy siege cannons, as well as two special large-caliber shells with two bases!

After the official establishment of the Han Empire, which took most of California as its territory, the surrounding Indian tribes living between the Spaniards and the Han Empire sent envoys to pray for the return of Zhao Dutian, the emperor of the Han Empire, on only one condition, to obtain an honorary and affordable title of nobility!

In this regard, Zhao Dutian had to subdivide the title of nobility and lower the title of nobility by a few lower ones!

Because the scale of those Indian tribes that took refuge was too small, therefore, in just a few days, the Han Empire had many lower knights, middle knights, upper knights, great knights, honorary knights and many other low-level noble titles......

Of course, for the leaders of these small tribes, they are naturally not the annuity, they are the rich products within the Han Empire!

The Han Empire was put forward by Zhao Dutian The advanced tariff concept, the tax on the goods circulating within the country is already very high, and if the Han Empire is sold again, it will be charged ten times the tariff!

The productive forces of the Han Empire are not rich, and the internal digestion is sufficient, not yet to the extent of exporting goods!

In any case, the territory of the Han Empire has indeed expanded a lot, and almost all the California Indian tribesmen who did not defect to the Spaniards have gloriously become subjects of the Han Empire!

If it weren't for the centuries-old infiltration of Europeans into the North American continent, the Indians would have taken root in the concept of America, and Zhao Dutian would have even wanted to change the name of America to Hanzhou......

However, these are all small details, and they have no impact on Zhao Dutian!

The power institutions established by the Han Empire are very simple, an intelligence and espionage organization Jinyiwei, a civilian system Ministry of Internal Affairs, a military system General Staff, and a tax system Ministry of Finance!

Of these departments, the most important thing is not the General Staff, but the tax department that has infiltrated into the corners of the Han Empire!

There weren't many officials in the Ministry of the Interior, but the tax collectors of the Han Empire were all over every Indian settlement!

The stingy Zhao Dutian, after the edification of the tax culture in his previous life, set up a variety of tax channels, almost as long as those who belong to the people have income, they have to pay a tax!

Zhao Dutian, who was frenzied, even if the Indians went out to hunt a prey, what natural resource protection fees did they have to charge......

If the hunter still wants to sell the prey, he will pay a transaction tax......

It can be said that the fruits of the labor of every subject will be scraped off by Zhao Dutian, a greedy guy, nearly half!

It's just that the taxes of the Han Empire are very high, but the remuneration given to the laborers is also good, the Han Empire is not like the feudal countries in history, there is a forced labor, hard labor or something to drive the common people to work without compensation, in the Han Empire, the work organized by the government, except for the captive coolies do not need to pay wages, all laborers will get a payment!

The Han Empire adheres to the principle of giving money if you contribute, well, there is still a tax to be levied......

Even those American nobles did not have any tax-free privileges, and the previous Mojave nobles thought that the annuity they received was enough to enjoy them, and those various taxes did not seem to fall on their heads, so they didn't care......

In fact, it is true, as long as these Mojave nobles are safe and sound, they are a breeding pig that eats, sleeps, plays and makes people, the tax collector will rarely come to the door, and the tax of the Han Empire is only for the profit side, and only the commercial transaction tax is occasionally charged to both parties!

But!

Man's greed is endless!

Those Mojave nobles soon discovered that the ordinary people who were once under them continued to accumulate wealth through hard work and selling goods, and the benefits of Zhao Datou's coins Mojave nobles had tasted it, and how could the Mojawi nobles not be greedy for this kind of behavior of constantly putting Zhao Datou in their pockets?

Of course, there are Mojave nobles who use their few civil rights to meddle in commercial interests!

This was not forbidden in the Han Empire, but ......

The Mojave nobles soon became frequent visitors to the tax department, and the Han Empire did not prohibit nobles from trading, but they would increase the tax rate according to the rank of the nobles!

In other words, the more annuity you receive, the higher your title, and the more taxes you pay for trading!

A situation that has never occurred in previous dynasties has become a written law in the Han Empire!

The reason is very simple, the basis of the Han Empire is not these American nobles, but the large number of Indian commoners!

These nobles soon found out tragically, they did business, paid their taxes, and it was good not to lose money......