Chapter 502 Trading Law
The status of merchants is very low, and the tax revenue of the palace comes from the merchants, not the treasury, and the tax collection is controlled by the eunuchs in the palace, so the civil official system is too lazy to manage it.
Merchants are not like peasants and military households, and the attributes of businessmen who value profit are determined, and they are afraid of being obedient, which also means that they are particularly good at sacrifice.
Therefore, even if some merchants have become the richest man, the court will cut it if it is cut, but the court has to weigh a patriarch and the like.
The other is that there is no way to interfere, because the conditions in the capital are determined, and the high-ranking officials and nobles use power to replace the law, and they all have this kind of relationship with the sky, oppressing the merchants, and if they want to reform, the interests of these people will be moved.
Who wants to offend so many people without anything, and they are all unshakable people.
Li Zhao knew these truths, and the two auxiliary ministers were extremely shrewd people, didn't they know?
So I want to get the way of reform from her mouth.
Li Zhao didn't complain after laughing, there are some things, she is more obsessed with doing certain things than others, so she should take on too much.
After all, with or without these reforms, everyone else's life is the same, only she can't.
Looking at Li Yang and the others again, they may not believe much in her, but they don't despise her because she is a woman, and in turn come to the door to ask for advice, such an auxiliary minister who dares to break the routine is already a very rare talent.
She nodded, knowing everything: "It's not that there is no way, it depends on whether everyone has the determination, revise the law, and hand over the final transaction arbitration right to the judicial department, instead of the ministries of Jinyi Weidong Factory, Dali Temple and the Criminal Department still have to take responsibility." ”
That is, the chamberlain can be a person who supervises the operation of the market, collects taxes, etc., but if there is a problem with the transaction, the Dali Temple must be managed, and the Dali Temple must be legislated to manage.
Li Yangdong and Yang Tinghe also had intentions in this regard, but they did not think of legislation.
Once the legislation is enacted, it means that Dali Temple has the right to manage the internal servants.
And the chamberlain is the emperor's person.
Li Yangdong said: "I'm afraid that the movement will be too big, and the two sides are originally in charge." ”
Li Zhao said: "It's tiring to talk to the two masters.
If you don't know what to say, then I'll say it clearly.
Don't let Dali Temple supervise the inner servants, so you can 'guard and steal'.
We should make it clear that the judiciary is to balance the unfairness between people, it is the last bottom line of social morality, and it should not bring human rules and habits to the law.
We should also make it clear that everyone performs their duties for the sake of food and loyalty, why can't they do their own tasks well, but they have to find many excuses to excuse them?
The court gave the power of the city supervisor to the chamberlain, not to make the chamberlain powerful.
As for the royal nobles who are protected by these corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the court does not prohibit them from opening shops, and they can make money if they run well, so why should they take care of how much they earn?
If you have to think of other people's faces in everything, then don't do anything.
My opinion is to revise the law and come up with a separate law, which is called the Law of Transactions. ”
She spoke simply, even with her words and tone a little mean.
The old fritters of officialdom who are used to playing tai chi are a little unaccustomed.
Li Yang and the others also took care of a lot.
Yang Tinghe said: "Mrs. is so direct, the old man also said bluntly, I have no interest in Lord Li, we don't need to bless anyone, it's just that the tax reform has just been implemented today, and it has only been implemented for a year today, and it looks effective, but the complaints are also very loud."
It is also necessary to open up the maritime industry.
Now we have to rectify the market, and even revise the law, it's too big a step, right?
We are afraid that if there are too many people who oppose it, then we will not be able to carry it out. ”
That's why it's so hard to come up with a reform.
But tax reform is the thing that shakes the country's foundation, and if this thing can be done, other things are not enough to be afraid of.
It is also a good thing that Taizu has done a bad thing, that is, the power of the military generals has been reduced, and they are all under the hands of civilian officials.
This problem is that once war breaks out, the combat effectiveness of the army is weakened, but it is really peaceful in peacetime.
Although those nobles had titles and high status, they had no military strength.
So they objected, at most, they were towards King Ning and his ilk, hoping that Yang Houzhao would step down.
But in his previous life, Yang Houzhao had no sons, and these people worked hard for King Ning in their hearts.
So there is no fear of infringing on their interests.
But the chamberlains are more powerful than them.
The dynasty has twelve eunuchs, four divisions, and eight bureaus, all of which are under the leadership of the inner servants.
And not all of them are in the palace, and their responsibilities also involve a lot of manufacturing departments.
Like the history books say that capitalism sprouts, there are also this.
For example, the treasure banknote division is not for printing money, but for printing toilet paper for the palace, which is soft and delicate, and very easy to use.
Not to mention the remaining eight innings, which are basically engaged in handicrafts.
But it's only a few fractions of the eunuchs who have a lot of profits, and the little eunuchs below are very hard.
And the leading eunuchs, this is no longer the Tang and Han dynasties, the imperial power is very centralized, and they are all slaves raised by the emperor, which provides soil for reform.
Therefore, Li Zhao had thought before that this reform involved many people and had a higher status than those involved in the tax reform, but in fact, they were not the foundation personnel who could subvert the dynasty.
It's easier to change them.
It must be changed, and there is no need to be afraid to change.
Li Zhao asked Aunt Qin to bring over the transaction bill she had drafted.
In the palace before, she read the regulations of the Criminal Department, and there were very few economic laws.
So she wrote with her own experience, she is not a powerful person in law, she is just a person who studies social phenomena, so there must be a lot of loopholes.
After Aunt Qin brought it, she asked Li Yang and the others to look at it, and then said: "The decision-making power to finalize the decision is still in the hands of several masters, and I can use this as a reference for the Criminal Department." ”
Li Yang and the two flipped through it casually, and saw that some of the rules and regulations involved the household department, plus the imperial history to the department that belongs to the supervision and implementation of the matter, so that there is a grievance, the court must manage, if the handling is not fair, there is also the imperial history supervision and inspection of the inspectorate, which is equivalent to the crime of murder and arson to handle the case.
This is also too important.
The two were surprised and didn't stop there, they only knew that the queen had many treacherous ideas.
But a woman can understand the affairs of justice, this is beyond the scope of a smart woman, which is more shrewd and pragmatic than some men.
The two of them couldn't speak for a while after reading it.
Li Zhao is a person who likes to control the situation, and the quality of the implementation of the system lies in the people.
She said: "There is a lack of professional talents in this area, but we are not afraid, we all expected that during the tax reform, some large households would lay off a lot of people because they could not afford to pay their wages."
Now it is just right that the imperial court can rehire these people who have read books, are knowledgeable, and preferably can settle accounts.
They are all people who have come from the bottom, and they can run it, and they will definitely learn it.
Then the two of them don't have to worry about them becoming outcasts, it's not a double win.
So the two masters have no objections, and they can find someone to discuss. ”