The treasury is empty, and everything needs money, even if she doesn't do anything every day, she needs to spend a lot of money, and there are so many officials and petty officials under her hands, don't they need to be paid?

There are also soldiers under her hands, and the money and food consumed every day when she opens her eyes can make her eyes darken.

So the treasury has no money, so she has to create money.

The monopoly of salt and iron is not the fastest way to make money, as Zhao Ming said, taxation is.

But now the people in the world are suffering, even if the drought in Yuzhou is light, the disaster is not serious, but because of the war in the past half a year, Yuzhou has paid a lot as logistics, when she is fighting outside, Yuzhou alone has collected military taxes twice, and there is a donation, plus the soaring price of food, ordinary people have also reached a critical point.

So Zhao Hanzhang decided not to tax the common people, but to collect taxes from merchants, craftsmen and gentry, and officials.

She is to issue a decree of reckoning.

The so-called Reckoning Decree was a decree issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that specifically targeted merchants, usurers, and craftsmen with a property tax.

However, Zhao Hanzhang has a big heart, and her calculation order also adds gentry and officials, basically including the rich people in the country now.

But she also relaxed the amount of taxation, requiring merchants and usurers to pay every four thousand dollars, and craftsmen and gentry and officials to pay five thousand dollars, in addition to taxes on vehicles and vessels.

Except for the officials, the three elders, and the in-service cavalry, who have a tax exemption for one cart and horse, the rest of the people, a car within the specification, or a horse need to pay a fee, and the officials and the three elders, and the second car must also pay the money together.

Zhao Hanzhang was extremely fast, and when he went back, he asked people to draft an edict, which would be released the next day.

Ji Yuan, Ming Pre, Zhao Ming and others did not object, even if it was a decree, Cao Wei before the Jin Dynasty still existed, and it had become a regular tax, but after the Jin Dynasty, it existed in name only, and it was basically not collected.

Now that Zhao Hanzhang is levied, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty know what it is for.

The treasury has no money.

It's just that Zhao Ming is very tolerant and doesn't care, and generously asks the housekeeper to calculate the family's assets, and then go to pay taxes.

This made Zhao Hanzhang breathe a sigh of relief, she was still waiting to be sprayed, but she didn't expect Uncle Ming to be so understanding and moved.

Zhao Ming didn't spray her, but he felt that someone would spray her.

Sure enough, the day after the decree was issued, Zhao Hu dragged Zhao Song and several gentry and old men to rush outside Zhao's house.

This is Zhao Hanzhang's residence in Chen County, occupied, the Wang family lives here most of the time, because of the war some time ago, she returned to Xiping, at this time Zhao Hanzhang took the little emperor and others to live here, and it was regarded as a royal courtyard.

Of course, the government affairs of the imperial court are also mostly discussed and resolved here.

Zhao Hu rushed to the front of the main hall, because the guards blocked him, he couldn't get in, even if he took out the old lady's style, he couldn't help it.

Zhao Hu was already angry, but this time he was even more angry, and he directly pinched his waist and scolded the main hall, "Ungrateful and disrespectful to the elders, Zhao Hanzhang, you come out for me!" Do you have the face to tax me and not dare to come out? ”

Zhao Hanzhang, who was reviewing the excerpts in the hall, was stunned when he heard the scolding, and the guards hurried in to report: "General, the fifth and seventh masters of the house are here." ”

Zhao Hanzhang put down his pen, but was not in a hurry to go out, and slowly paced to the door to look out.

Zhao Song was a little displeased, and was glaring at Zhao Hu, asking him to save the words when he saw people, what does it look like to shout like this?

As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhao Hanzhang probe out and look, and retracted almost instantly.

Zhao Song: ......

Unorthodox!

Zhao Hu also saw it, her fingers trembled slightly and pointed in the direction that Zhao Hanzhang retracted, it was too much, it was too much, she was still hiding!

Zhao Hanzhang probably reacted, it was useless to hide, and he appeared at the door after a while, with a bright smile on his face, and invited them into the lobby very respectfully.

Zhao Hu snorted violently, passed her and went to the lobby, the three masters he brought glanced at each other, and followed in fear.

They went to complain to Zhao Hu, but they didn't expect him to immediately pull them to Zhao Mansion to settle accounts with Zhao Hanzhang.

Seriously, they are no strangers to Zhao Hanzhang, after all, when they need to prepare for military spending several times, she will come forward to eat and drink with them, and by the way, look forward to the future development of Yuzhou.

And then they paid for it.

But it was just a friendship over dinner, a private exchange...... They are still more familiar with Zhao Ming, Ji Yuan and others.

For some reason, they were all a little afraid of Zhao Hanzhang, even if she was always smiling.

Zhao Hanzhang invited them into the lobby and asked them to sit down after serving them tea, "Why is the Seventh Uncle Ancestor so angry?" ”

Zhao Hu sneered and asked, "What's the matter with the Counting Order?" This year, you are short of military funds for the war, I will give you 30,000 stone for only food, and 100,000 stone of food, I will give you according to the lowest price of food, not to mention money, Zinian took at least 500,000 yuan from me, and the medicinal materials, your army still owes me money for medicinal materials. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Hu got angry, and couldn't help but read: "I asked you to give money, you asked me to go to Fan Ying, where is Fan Ying?" She's patrolling Youzhou in Bingzhou, and you're still lying to me, you're ......"

"Okay, okay," Zhao Song said: "These are two things, you don't want to mix them up into one thing." ”

"That's one thing!" Zhao Hu couldn't help but stomp his feet and shouted loudly: "This is everything she deceived me and was ungrateful, and what about it, did she tell Chang Ning to stare at me in the first few years, otherwise if you pay taxes every year, then Chang Ning will not be staring at anyone, just staring at me!" ”

Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly comforted him and said: "Seventh Uncle Ancestor, I know that you have a lot of support for me, and I remember it in my heart, but the public is public, and the private is private, although I remember my personal feelings, I can't dismiss a national policy for my own selfishness, right?" ”

"Fart, you don't say high-sounding words, the edict is always only for merchants and those who make usury, as well as craftsmen, etc., am I a worker? Or is it a quotient? Or is it a loan shark? Zhao Hu fully suspected that Zhao Hanzhang had included the gentry in order to rob him of his money, "I have never heard that the gentry also have to pay money." ”

Zhao Hanzhang asked sincerely: "Why don't the gentry need it?" ”

Zhao Hu was confident: "I don't want a soldier in the first place!" ”

Zhao Hanzhang: "What is the reason? ”

Zhao Hu choked for a moment, isn't this common sense? Why ask him for a reason?

Shi Nong Industry and Commerce, the status of Shi is second only to the royal family, there is no need in the first place!

Zhao Hanzhang saw that he couldn't answer, so he sighed and said: "Seventh Uncle Ancestor, they are all rich people, how can you discriminate against the scholars?" Since they all have to pay the money, they must not be left out, otherwise they will be looked down upon. ”

That's a fart!

Zhao Hu wanted to scold, but Zhao Song glared at him, turned his head and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "Sanniang, the world needs the stability and management of the scholars, and the officials are all from the scholars, so the world's taxes are more tolerant to the scholars, if you don't have preferential tolerance, how can you expect them to serve you?" ”

China has a special national situation, from ancient times to the present, the political bureaucracy has a huge attraction to intellectuals, so most people associate studying with becoming an official.

Scholars like Ji Yuan, because of the special environment, cannot become officials themselves, so they will choose some people to work in an attempt to participate in political activities through the medium of officials.

Isn't the most fundamental reason why intellectuals are so keen to become officials is the benefits they bring?

This interest is all-encompassing, including not only money, but also status, special status.

For example, the gentry were exempt from many taxes.

Some people died, but not completely......