But except for Yanshui, the rest of the countries are mainly agriculture, agriculture is the foundation of the country, if the agricultural tax is reduced, the country's tax income will be several percent less, how much silver it must be, no matter how short of the emperor does not dare to do this!

If business profits are high, more taxes should be levied, but because there are not many people engaged in business, or because businessmen are shrewd, there are various ways to evade taxes. On the contrary, the state does not levy taxes on business at a high rate, which causes businessmen to become rich, and then bribe officials with real money and silver, which makes their business more convenient.

As time went on, the life of the peasants, the cornerstone of a country, became more and more difficult, but the life of the merchants became more and more nourishing, and they not only had money, but also because they had the money to lend, they enclosed the peasants' land into their own hands, and they also thought of ways to hang the land in the name of the famous martial arts or scholars to avoid paying taxes.

In the long run, the state receives less and less taxes, and the merchants and officials get richer and richer, and the national power slowly declines.

Isn't Yanshui Country a living example, Yanshui Country was not surnamed Yan before, Yanshui's royal family used to be just a country merchant, because of his sweet and diligent mouth, business was booming, and then after several generations the business became bigger, big enough to control the imperial court, and then later, he simply overthrew the previous dynasty and became the emperor himself.

One can imagine how powerful a businessman is.

But except for a small number of people of insight, most people can't see this drawback, maybe some officials who are dedicated to the country and the people see the drawbacks, but the voice that can be raised is weak, either it has not reached the ears of the emperor at all, or the emperor does not pay attention to it, or it is taken seriously, and because it involves too much, if you really want to do it, I am afraid that it will shake the country's foundation, and shrink back.

But his own master actually dared to do this, Ruan Baochai's heart rose with infinite pride, and looking at Xiling Lan's eyes, he became more and more fanatical and worshipful.

Because Xu Mengchen wanted to discuss the law with Xiling Lan, his back was to Ruan Baochai, just in front of Xiling Lan, and at this moment, Ruan Baochai's hot eyes directly wanted to roast his back and penetrate it, no matter how thick the lines were, he also felt it.

When I turned around, I saw Ruan Baochai's eyes, how familiar I looked, isn't this the same as when I looked at the boss?

Xu Mengchen immediately felt a sense of crisis in his heart, saying that although he was the first to take refuge in the boss, he was the boss's first junior brother, and he always thought that his younger brother's position was stable, but later Yuan Xuan came, who was more handsome than himself, higher in kung fu than himself, and was good at leading troops to fight or something, and turned himself into scum in seconds.

He also admitted it, who made himself a good brother with Yuan Xuan! It's okay to be the second in 10,000 years.

But where did this girl come out, and she dared to compete with herself for the position of the boss's henchman and right-hand man, and thug, really when he was a dead man?

Fighting vigilance, I can't take care of much, keeping my position first is the first thing, while Xiling Lan is still figuring out one of the laws, he glared at Ruan Baochai warningly.

Ruan Baochai was glared at inexplicably, and didn't understand it too much, but after seeing Xu Mengchen standing closer to Xiling Lan showing off, and throwing himself a smug look, he had an epiphany.

Let's just say that this guy who doesn't have much force, how can he still support himself for so long in Suijun with a dozen guards, it turns out that he loves his master and wants to show himself in front of his master!