Luo Sheng looked at Han Lin with his hands behind his back and left the Luo Mansion.

Anyang Hou Han Lin glanced at the mansion behind him with some dejection, he came to Luofu because he was worried that the emperor's large-scale inspection of business taxes would hit too widely, and then cause chaos, so he wanted to ask about Luo's attitude.

After all, Luo's has always supported the development of commerce, and the core idea of King Luowen's reign is to focus on agriculture and commerce, which is also a reason to denigrate the Legalist farming and warfare system.

But think back to what Luo Sheng said to him.

"The court collects taxes, this is the power of the court, if you want to be a loyal minister, then go all out to implement it, if you are worried about the chaos in the world, then consider the degree, what's the use of worrying here?

A thousand years ago, Sheng's ancestor Luo Wengong was still able to sort out the yin and yang world when the Son of Heaven was defeated in the southern expedition and Wangji was in turmoil.

Now the situation of Dahan is better than that of the past, and I don't know how much better it is, so what is there to worry about? ”

These words are typical and reasonable nonsense, which fully reflects Luo Sheng's attitude, he does not pay attention to the internal affairs of the Han Dynasty.

This made Han Lin a little confused.

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Changle Palace.

Regarding the ways and means of checking and collecting commercial taxes, Liu Dan had a rather violent personality and said straightforwardly: "Kanto has always had a style of doing business, especially the wind of doing business in Qidi, so start the investigation from Qidi. ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and quietly glanced at the emperor, is this really going to check the commercial tax?

The king of Jiaodong is in the county of Qidi, and he is still the brother of His Majesty today, if this is found on the head of the king of Jiaodong, what should I do?

Or is this what the emperor is for?

Sang Hongyang asked solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister is very worried, if you meet the nobles of Tianhuang during the inventory, then what should you do?"

Since ancient times, I have never heard of the following offenses and can go smoothly, and the princes and kings of Qi are entrenched, which is something that the ministers dare not offend. ”

Liu Dan sighed with emotion: "Sang Qing, what you said is reasonable, but it is beneficial to the country, can you not do it?"

Emperor Gao's brothers and descendants are now, how many are left in the kingdom?

The kings of the Han Dynasty are generally descendants of Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu, is this just that the imperial court is unwilling to let them enjoy eternal wealth?

This is because they don't think about the hardships of their ancestors' entrepreneurship and make big mistakes, so they have today.

In the past, the first emperor abolished the kingdom of the fifth brother, I saw it with my own eyes, and I knew that the first emperor was unwilling to do that, but if he wanted to correct the hearts of the people in the world, he had to do so.

Now the same is true, the law is there, and by the heart, and not harsh, not to enforce it, is it right?

I want to be a holy lord like Emperor Wen and Emperor Wu, I have the ambition to overcome all difficulties, and I also ask Sang Qing and the great priest to take my sword and go to Qi to check the commercial taxes, whether it is the princes and kings, or the princes, they will be handed over to the Qing to deal with.

I will wait for Qing's good news in Chang'an. ”

Liu Dan's words shocked Sang Hongyang, and the emperor's determination was even greater than he imagined, which made him very excited.

Legalist students have ability, but what they are most afraid of is that the support of the monarch is not strong enough.

As long as the monarch agrees, he wants to let those Confucian scholars who are in high positions but can only talk about what it means to govern the country and what it means to be strong.

Let the people of the world know why Legalism was able to end hundreds of years of chaos and why Confucianism was able to hang up and fight.

"Your Majesty, the minister will never disappoint your expectations!"

Liu Dan said lightly: "Sang Qing, go to Kanto with the Praetorian Guard, those Kanto people are not easy to provoke, a group of outlaws who don't care about their interests for the sake of profit, if they lose the members of the imperial court, it will not be good." ”

Liu Dan said this completely because he was like this when he was a vassal king, and he really knew too well what he thought about these princes and kings.

Sang Hongyang was stunned when he heard this, looked up at the emperor, and keenly noticed that a trace of cold flashed in the emperor's eyes, which made Sang Hongyang a little frightened, and he didn't know what the emperor wanted to do.

In other words, Sang Hongyang was a little afraid to think about it.

But he didn't dare to think about it, but it didn't mean that others didn't dare to think about it, the emperor wanted to start from Qidi, although it was said that Qidi was the heaviest business, but many people thought that he was going to the king of Jiaodong.

The first emperor hesitated between him and King Jiaodong before, which must be a thorn in the heart of the current emperor.

This scene reminded everyone of the time when Emperor Xiaowu in the past, after King Jiujiang Li committed suicide, there was a folk song that said: "A foot of cloth can still be sewn; A bucket of millet is still acceptable. The two brothers are incompatible. ”

This song may be more suitable between His Majesty and the King of Jiaodong today, because King Jiujiang Li still has a way to die, and King Jiaodong is really a disaster.

Under the attention of countless people in the world, the imperial court mission went all the way to Qidi, thousands of miles away, and the entire Qidi fell into panic, this is because there are really many people in Qidi who have not paid business taxes, and basically all merchants are looking for their own masters, to see how they can successfully pass this inventory.

After Sang Hongyang arrived in Qidi, he went directly to Beihai County, there is naturally a reason for choosing here, Beihai County is the strongest in the old Qi counties, the court is the strongest, only Shouguang Hou is guarded by one person, the east side is the Jiaodong Kingdom and the Jimo Hou Kingdom, the west side is Zichuan County and the Qi Principality, once the Lu family changes, whether it is to the east or to the west is very convenient.

After arriving in Beihai County, Sang Hongyang did not delay at all, and directly began to check the merchants here, and even he himself was shocked when he checked, the amount of money stolen was so large and the number of people was that he was simply mad.

"With so many taxes confiscated, how did Dahan's finances last so long?"

Sang Hongyang's whole person is numb, he is an economic master is a little unable to turn around, this is actually very simple, the tax rate of the Han court is low, the commercial behavior of the people is naturally prosperous, many countries in modern society in order to stimulate the economy, will implement tax reduction policies, this is the reason.

Sang Hongyang lived in the camp of the Qincha, and he was not ready to leave at all, because he was afraid that someone would assassinate him, and Kanto had always had a chivalrous style, but in fact he was a group of unemployed vagrants who did not obey the king's law.

Sang Hongyang has countless ideals to realize, countless glory and wealth to enjoy, and he is not willing to risk his life at all.

"Shangqing, the cloth merchant Wang clan has leaked a large amount, he seems to have colluded with the officials of Beihai County, and other wealthy families in Beihai County are involved, and he has never paid taxes to the imperial court, and he is the most excessive one found."

The subordinates soon found out the most ostentatious Wang, and Sang Hongyang immediately said when he heard this: "There are also county officials involved?" It's a good thing, check it hard! A single official can bring out a group of sloppy merchants.

In addition, he sent someone to raid his house and count his property, since he was unwilling to pay taxes to the imperial court, he would not have to pay it in the future, presumably this was what he wanted. ”

As a result, before the order could be dispatched, he saw another person hurrying over and said, "Shangqing, the head of the Wang family has committed suicide!" ”

Sang Hongyang was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't care about whether he committed suicide or was committed suicide, and immediately said: "If you die, you will die, and if you don't die, you will also end in exile, first go and count all the family property, it is all the money of the imperial court, don't let Your Majesty feel that we are not doing things well, don't let the big business department compare us, if we do well this time, maybe there will be no big business department in the future." ”

The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture were quite excited when they heard this, and the wealthy family who did not dare to offend in the past was now trembling under their own hands, which was also a pleasure.

"Da Si Nong, I found the caravan working for the King of Jiaodong."

It's finally here!

Sang Hongyang took a deep breath and said, "Summoning the King of Jiaodong to Beihai County, this official wants to question him." ”

He has a sword given by the emperor himself, ranks above the princes and kings, and even has the power of life and death, which is what the emperor wants him to do.

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Jiaodong Kingdom.

In the face of Sang Hongyang's summons, King Jiaodong was extremely frightened, and kept pacing: "What can I do, what can I do?"

The widow said before that he would not accept the merchants who evaded the taxes of the imperial court, but you should accept it, but what can you do now?

The widow heard that Sang Hongyang was born in a Legalist family, and they were all a group of crazy people, and they would definitely step on the widow to climb up, and Your Majesty, will Your Majesty want to kill the widow? ”

When Queen Jiaodong heard this, she said in a deep voice: "The king is calmer, those are all made by merchants, what does it have to do with the palace?"

At most, it's just a lack of strictness.

As long as there are businessmen in this world, there will definitely be leakage, and as long as we are still accepting the refuge of businessmen, there will definitely be such things under our subordinates.

Both want to benefit, but are not willing to give, is there such a good thing in this world?

I'm afraid it won't be our turn to Jiaodong Palace.

The concubine accompanied you to see the envoy of the court, but to see what he said! ”

As soon as Queen Jiaodong said this, everyone in the palace felt that they had the backbone, so the people of Jiaodong Kingdom rushed to Beihai County.

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In the first year of Yuanzheng, Hongyang was ordered to go out of the customs, into the North Sea, between the ten months, hundreds of bankrupts, more than 1,000 people died, all of them were businessmen and wealthy families, the people were resentful, Hongyang said: "People die for money, birds die for food, Li Lingzhi faints to this point, and he deserves to die!" ”

The people of the time said: "Those who do the law will kill themselves." - "Hanshu Sang Hong Yang Biography"

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In ancient dynasties, with the improvement of the dynasty's national strength, in order to maintain the rule, the emperor will definitely start border wars, build canals, build palaces, build cities, and palace extravagance, these complicated matters will definitely cause huge financial pressure on the dynasty, so to obtain more financial resources, more taxes must be added, but history proves that unless there is a supreme god watching everything, any tax increase will eventually be added to the poorest and poorest people, which is not even based on the type of civilization, state structure, There is a distinction in the social process, but it is a common disease of human beings, and the author writes this paragraph, and I have to admit that the decline of the Han Dynasty began. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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