"This ......" the prime minister wrinkled his eyebrows, he didn't make a final decision, he thought about it and said, "Your Majesty, it's better to let the city lords of each city plan their own roads, build roads from the taxes collected from various places, and then call on local families to donate.

After all, the major cities are also where they live, and there is no reason to ask the court for money for everything, otherwise why do you want them to be city lords? Can't you share the pressure on the court?"

Most of the money of the imperial court comes from taxes, and the taxes are collected from the major towns and counties, if the imperial court does not collect taxes from them in a short period of time, it is a feasible way to let them use the tax money to build roads.

Zhao Hai's eyes lit up, "It's not impossible, then sort out the major cities across the country to see which places need to build roads, and exempt them from taxes for a year." Make sure the road is built within a year.

Tell them, don't talk about the problem of no money, no money to find a way, I don't support idlers."

This is indeed a good way, although a year's tax revenue can't repair the entire city's roads, but if you ask local families to donate, then it will be much easier to build roads.

Moreover, all roads are paved with cement, which is convenient to travel, and will never be troubled by mud on rainy days.

"Your Majesty is wise." The prime minister and others saluted.

"Regarding the issue of taxation, I want to reform, and I have mentioned commercial taxes before! As long as the commercial tax is raised, the income of the imperial court will also increase, and there is still a lot of room for operation, as long as the industrial and commercial ranks of the peasants are abolished and all classes are equal, the merchant tax can be raised!" Zhao Hai said.

If the imperial court wants to maintain its operation, tax collection is the top priority, but the existence of the problem of the industrial and commercial level of the peasants has led to the lowest people and merchants, and the tax shadow has always been the lowest.

But they are the richest, which invisibly reduces a lot of losses for the imperial court.

Moreover, Zhao Hai is a traverser, combined with the experience of later generations, he believes that the status of businessmen is not low at all, and there is no need to look so low.

You must know that modern businessmen are very powerful, colluding with court officials and businessmen, and even more powerful, they can control the court, and some can override the court.

The court has no money, so it must have to pick up wool! Where to masturbate? It was unrealistic for ordinary people, and the wool naturally fell on the wealthy merchants.

The prime minister was shocked when he heard this, "Your Majesty, by all means! Shinong industry and commerce, this has been the case since ancient times, how can the rules of the ancestors be abolished?"

Several other ministers were also immediately opposed.

Since ancient times, merchants are the last kind of existence, and no one looks down on merchants, even poor people.

And the businessman also can't hold his head up in front of everyone, although he is rich, he has always been humble in front of people, which is equivalent to being a man with his tail between his legs.

If the scholars and the lowliest Shang were put on an equal footing, it would be a humiliation for the Manchu civil and military forces, and of course they would not do it.

Zhao Hai knew what they were thinking, waved his hand and said, "I understand that abolishing the Shinong industrial and commercial hierarchy is an insult to yourself.

At present, Daqin is developing rapidly, and it will become more and more developed in the future, and the status of merchants will definitely be improved.

Even if I don't say it, you all know it. The biggest thing in the world is called power, followed by money.

And who has the most money? Businessmen, of course! When a merchant's property accumulates to a certain extent, his status inevitably rises.

Judging from the current development of Great Qin, it is only a matter of time before the status of merchants rises, so why not sell them a face, and the imperial court will issue a decree to abolish the ranks?

What's more, Shinong and industry are inherently prejudiced, and everyone is human, so why should you be persistent?"

Zhao Hai spoke eloquently, trying to persuade the third trial and six departments.

Everyone was said to look at each other, and their faces were ugly.

The truth is understood, but people are divided into three, six, nine and so on, which is an eternal truth, so that politicians and lowly businessmen are equal and equal, they are not happy!

Zhao Hai coughed dryly, "The abolition of the Shinong industrial and commercial rank does not mean that money and rights are abolished, my words have already expressed all the meaning, I will ask you if you agree?"

By the end, his timbre became deeper and deeper, with one

Silk threatening meaning.

Everyone's hearts skipped a beat when they heard this, and they didn't dare to open their mouths to refute.

They all saw that the Son of Heaven was faintly angry, and simply stopped resisting.

"Stand down." Zhao Hai's face was expressionless.

Several people left unwillingly, but they were helpless.

Soon, news of the abolition of the hierarchy spread from Chang'an.

This news was like a deep-water torpedo, which blew everyone up, and the news spread very quickly, causing the whole country to know about it.

On the streets and alleys, they are all discussing, and the impact is great!

The rules of the ancestors, saying that if they are abolished, they will be abolished, and many people are not adaptable, but the bigger thing is shock, but more people say that Zhao Hai's decision is right. Five

All people are created equal, and the hierarchy should be abolished, so that the issue of fairness can be discussed, not that if you are a businessman, I will look down on you, and if you are a common man, I will look down on you, this kind of mutual contempt.

The happiest is still the last businessman, as soon as this decree is issued, I feel that my waist is much straighter.

What about raising taxes? They are also happy to pay more, but this is a matter of face.

But there are happy and unhappy, such as some people who are famous, and their faces are so black that they can't be blacker.

To protest!

It's a pity that protests are useless.

Before the letter of protest reached the emperor, it was returned by the Third Trial and Sixth Division.

Whether there is a problem or not, it must be okay.

The Emperor's decision-making. If there is a problem, there is no problem, and this is the benefit of imperial power.

With the spread of the news, everyone in the whole country knew about it, and no one knew about it, and the Shinong industrial and commercial class was abolished.

However, the ideas that have been planted in the mind cannot be eliminated immediately, and although they have changed, they have not changed much.

Zhao Hai knows that he does not interfere, this is a human nature problem, and it takes time to slowly eliminate it.

As long as the imperial court no longer treats them differently, there will be no problem.

In addition to the abolition of this rule, the most obvious change is undoubtedly the imperial examination.

In the past, businessmen could not take the imperial examination and could not enter politics.

When the hierarchy was abolished by the imperial court, merchants would be able to participate in the imperial examinations.

For businessmen, this is undoubtedly a decision for a prosperous family!

This decision also led to donations from all large and small families in major cities, and the court laughed. But Zhao Hai didn't know about it. When it was decided that the cement roads should be built on a large scale across the country, he also thought of a point.

By connecting the main roads between the major cities, it is possible to increase the development of travel between the two cities, and also to improve the development of the city itself, so that it can evolve into urbanization more and more to future cities.