When Liu Zhigang ascended the throne, the country suffered disasters for many years, resulting in a shortage of food rations, and a large number of Qiantou abandoned their land to wander.

The victims, who had no food or clothing, rose up and looted everywhere, and the situation was terrible.

In recent years, through the large-scale development of agriculture and the expansion of land settlement, the food problem has been barely solved.

But it is only able to protect itself, and there is not much surplus grain to store, so agricultural production is still at the top of the national plan.

Through expansion, Liu Zhi accumulated some wealth and alleviated the problem of financial constraints, but he was definitely not rich.

Moreover, in order to alleviate class contradictions and enable the people to recuperate, Liu Zhi has exempted most of the taxes for more than a dozen counties that have been affected by disasters.

There are also preferential policies for new immigrants who do not collect taxes for several years, so if you calculate carefully, there are not many places that can collect taxes.

If the emperor performs the crown salute and is exempted from the whole country for a few more years, won't it soon be overstretched.

Therefore, this official who stood up against it was the head of the household, who was in charge of the state's tax revenues and expenditures.

It's easy to avoid it, and they have a lot less to do, but when it's time to spend, other departments just know how to reach out and ask for money.

There is no income, and once the few dollars in the treasury are used up, who will go to? It's not their responsibility that something happened.

Therefore, for the household department, it is natural that the more money, the better, and it is easy to do things when there is money.

Yuan Xu, a scholar from Zhongshu Province, also agreed, as he had directly managed the household department and knew their difficulties.

And according to the old practice of the Han Dynasty, taxes were generally exempted for three to five years, and he was really not optimistic that the existing financial resources of the Han Dynasty could support it for so many years.

The treasury is not full enough, this is something that everyone knows well, especially these pillars of the country, who are clear in their hearts.

Everyone wondered if the emperor was embarrassed to say it himself, so he wanted to take the next step through the mouths of his courtiers.

After all, there is this old precedent, and many people are looking forward to it, if His Majesty directly announces it, I am afraid it will cause many people to resent.

This kind of thing was done a lot when Emperor Shun was in the past, but after Liu Zhi ascended the throne, they almost never encountered such a situation.

Therefore, the courtiers echoed the voice, and said that now that the country is in difficulty, it is good to give amnesty to the world, and just reward some more things and rejoice with the people.

Just when everyone thought it was time to make a final decision, a discordant voice came out.

"The minister thought that not only should they be exempted from taxes, but also at least five years, and now that the people's livelihood is difficult, it is just the right opportunity to let them recuperate.

And it can also show His Majesty's benevolence and virtue, so that all the people can praise it. ”

Who? So uninteresting.

The ministers looked fixedly, but it was Fang Zhi, the head of the Inner Government, the original Shaofu Order, he had always been lonely and high, acting at a glance, Liu Zhi took a fancy to this at the beginning, and let him be in charge of the first imperial examination.

This person does not follow the crowd when he speaks and acts, and it is not unusual for him to say such things.

Wouldn't this make the emperor unable to get off the stage, Cao Teng, who has always been long-sleeved and good at dancing, was preparing to relieve Liu Zhi, but he spoke first.

"Oh? So Fang Qing thinks that the financial expenditure in the past few years, how should it be good? ”

Everyone was slightly stunned, but they found that there was no displeasure in his tone, could they all guess wrong?

Fang Zhicai didn't figure out Liu Zhi's face, and talked directly.

"The country does not compete with the people for profit, and the small people of Qianshou go out early and return late every day, and their income is only enough to make ends meet, and they have to go hungry after paying taxes, even in good years.

Your Majesty said that the country's talent and finance, now the trade route has been opened, the profits obtained are a hundred times, the imperial court expedition to Wusun, the cost is more than thousands, for the businessman should repay the king's kindness. ”

A speech, everyone was speechless, yes, everyone was busy expanding the family business, busy and busy, unwilling to let go of this God-given opportunity.

But no one thought that this opportunity was completely won for them by His Majesty, and when he used troops in Liaodong, few people here were in favor of it.

The Eastern Han Dynasty salt and iron officials sold, naturally there is no tax, and other things will have a city tax, that is, a transaction tax, and the output of Shanze Gardens will also be taxed separately.

In the Western Han Dynasty, because of the existence of the Silk Road and the development of commerce and trade, the imperial court would collect special tariffs.

However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the trade routes were cut off and Wubao rose, so tariffs were abolished.

After Fang Zhiyi's reminder, everyone naturally remembered this stubble again, and Yin Song, a secretary of the provincial university, was the first to stand up and applaud and strongly agreed.

Yuan Xuan hesitated a little and also expressed his support, so next, many people expressed their approval one after another.

Liu Zhi smiled, his main purpose of opening up the Silk Road was to develop industry and commerce and make the country strong.

At this time, productivity was low, and if the two sides were too different after the opening of the trade route, many peasants would abandon their fields and run to handicrafts or business.

Not to mention ancient times, there is no way to solve this problem, even today, when the productive forces are highly developed.

Therefore, in ancient times, many dynasties would use their membership to restrict the peasants and prevent them from leaving the land easily.

He even belittled the merchants, the peasants and the industrialists in terms of etiquette and class, and ranked them at the bottom of the chain of social contempt.

Some dynasties were so radical that they did not allow merchants to enter the government, and discouraged the peasants from doing business from the ideological roots.

But now, this kind of thinking has just begun to sprout, and it has not taken root in the hearts of the people, and Liu Zhi has just relaxed the household registration restrictions, and if the peasants still have to pay high taxes, the consequences will be very serious.

At this time, it is indeed necessary to exempt the peasants from taxes, which can play a role in calming the people's hearts, after all, the people at this time regard land as more important than life.

If it weren't for the fact that they couldn't get by, most of the peasants wouldn't have abandoned their land.

"It makes sense."

Liu Zhi's appreciation is also his attitude, and Fang Zhi's proposal was adopted.

"I want to reopen the tariffs, what do you think?"

Since the reopening of trade routes, the collection of tariffs is an unavoidable topic, and besides, there is a precedent in the Western Han Dynasty, and no one has anything to say.

"Just collect it according to the rules of Emperor Gao, what does Your Majesty think?"

After a moment of silence, someone gave advice.

The so-called old regulations of Emperor Gao were actually promulgated in the second year of the reign of Emperor Lu, which not only collected city taxes, but also collected customs duties.

At that time, commerce was not very developed, and the tax rate was not heavy, so it was definitely the imperial court that suffered according to this rule.

Sure enough, seeing that Liu Zhi's face sank like water, someone immediately offered a plan.

"It's better to count according to the rules of Emperor Wu's period, after all, trade routes were also opened at that time, and the situation is similar."

In order to make up for the huge military expenditure, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty added the equalization and calculation, that is, transportation tax and property tax.

This tax rate is not low, and the income is very heavy, so that most businesses in the Western Han Dynasty are chasing profiteering industries, and other products are unwilling to do it.

"I think that tariffs must be collected, but they must be collected according to the profit of goods, and cannot be charged according to the number of goods as before."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone praised it, and in any case, whether they wanted it in their hearts or not, at least on the surface, they had to agree.

In addition, after the city tax, only the seller of the store will be charged, and the buyer will no longer be charged, and all workshops will also be taxed according to the volume of shipments.

The Ministry of Household Affairs has set up a special tax agency to account for and collect taxes. ”

At this time, everyone still didn't understand that His Majesty had clearly planned for a long time, but he was pretending to be here and guiding them to say it themselves.

Sure enough, it's getting more and more slippery, which makes people unguardable.

Thinking about His Majesty's way of collecting money, the main suppression is the merchants who collect huge profits, and the rest of the small traders and ordinary citizens have little impact.

It is indeed a good plan for the country and the people, but for these big families with resources in their hands, it is not so friendly.

Fang Zhi's eyes lit up, and he simply raised his hands in approval, "Your Majesty's move is wonderful!" ”

Everyone squinted at him, and they all knew that Fang Zhi had a clean breeze on his sleeves, and his family had no money to spare, so he couldn't collect it from his head.

Pure a bit of schadenfreude.

The second person to stand up and support is Cao Teng, who was born as a eunuch, but he is also a rare incorruptible person among eunuchs.

Although he is a man with many faces, he is not greedy for money.

He also has some business in his family, although it can't be compared with the big family, but it is considerable, so his support makes Yuan Xuan also red-faced.

The Yuan family in Runan is huge, and it is a huge wealth for many generations, and almost all businesses have been involved, and they have done well.

For example, during this mission, there were several representatives of the Yuan clan who went to foreign countries with different businesses.

So when he first heard Liu Zhi's words, he was a little hesitant, after all, as one of the actual rulers of the family, he had to think about it.

But Cao Teng's speech sounded the alarm for him, the Yuan family is now a family and two princes, which can be described as a big move, in this case, if you only consider the interests of your own family, and do not think about the country.

I am afraid that I will soon be jealous and suppressed, and I may lose His Majesty's trust at that time, which is really ashamed.

So Yuan Xuan hurriedly expressed his stance to follow, and Yin Song, Yuan Tang, Hu Guang, Zhang Ling, etc., all nodded in agreement one after another.

After all, the imperial court paid a lot of money for the trade routes, and it was impossible not to ask for high returns, and to maintain the trade routes in the later stage, ensure the safety of the trade routes, and so on, and continue to invest a lot of manpower and material resources.

The prosperity of the ancient trade road is not so simple to obtain.

And they all understand that even after the high taxes, the profits are still very good, and in general, the account is still cost-effective.

The most important thing is that the trade route is not really smooth at this moment, if the emperor is offended, he is angry, and the ghost knows what decision will be made.

When the time comes, it is better to find a way to maneuver around, it is better to decide now, not to mention that there is still a lot of water in the determination of tax rates and profits, so why go against Your Majesty.

In this way, everyone was happy, and it was quickly decided.

Liu Zhi issued an edict, announcing that after his crowning, he would be granted amnesty to the world and temporarily exempted from land taxes for five years, except for those in the mountains and gardens.

In the past, when the land tax was heavy, the family class of the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to evade taxes, also reported many fertile fields to become gardens.

At this time, he shot himself in the foot and made a lot of money, but if he changed it temporarily, it would definitely not work, so he had to think that he was unlucky.

As for the new commercial tax reform, it is a big matter, and it still needs to be voted on by the court meeting, and then the specific details and regulations can be discussed before it can be promulgated and issued.

It will also take time for the Ministry of Household Affairs to set up a new department, but the mission will not return until at least next summer, so there is no need to rush it.

But I heard that above the border, the Tianzhu and Persians had begun to appear in the bazaar, looking for suitable goods.

The two countries are also discussing the details of the exchange of commerce and trade through the government, and it is believed that they will be able to switch trade with each other this winter.

This is not to be mentioned later, just to say that Liu Zhi's coronation ceremony was not chosen on his birthday, but by the national teacher divination on the auspicious day, and then held ceremoniously.

Zhang Daoling specially opened the altar and solemnly divined the date, but it was September 26.

Empress Dowager Yun also attaches great importance to this, she has always advocated Zhou etiquette, and the etiquette of her son's Canadian dollar dress is extremely solemn.

Together with Empress Deng Meng, he personally prepared the costumes to be worn by Liu Zhi when he was crowned, striving to be perfect and unable to find a single flaw.

The coronation ceremony of the Son of Heaven is different from ordinary people, and the location is chosen in the temple to pay homage to the ancestors.

The choice of the guest of honor is also very particular, and he must be highly respected, Liu Zhi has no elders, and there are very few kings in the capital among the kings of the clan.

So after thinking about it, I decided to ask Taifu Ma Rong to take the role, after all, he is his own division commander, and in any respect, he is qualified to serve.

Ma Rong was also excited when he received the news, such an honor can be shown off for the rest of his life.

As a guest, it is not so easy to be a guest, and you must start fasting three days in advance to show holiness and solemnity.

Those who are eligible to attend the emperor's Canadian dollar dress ceremony, in addition to the clan, the important ministers of the court can basically be listed.

In addition, there are also some famous masters and the like, who will also be specially invited by His Majesty.

In the Han Dynasty, the ceremonies of ordinary people were very grand and cumbersome, not to mention the emperor.

However, the difference between the two is still obvious, after the efforts of several generations of emperors, the ritual has become more like worshipping ancestors, mainly to reflect the authority of the emperor.

Greetings that show the humility and courtesy of the host are naturally omitted.

As an emperor, he must maintain his majesty at all times, and the main ritual that is retained is the Sanga.

Of course, what Liu Zhi is kneeling on cannot be the guest of honor, it can only be the ancestral tablet in the temple, and the first plus is the ancient style of deep clothes.

And the last addition, which is also the official crown dress worn by the emperor to worship the sky, symbolizes that from today onwards, it is officially authorized by the ancestors to start pro-government.

For an emperor who had been in power for several years, this set of rituals was a bit too child's play, so Liu Zhi simplified some of the steps.

Finally, it was the emperor who led his ministers to worship in the Jongmyo and withdraw from the Jongmyo Temple, and there was a grand and lively banquet to celebrate.

And Liu Zhi went to Yong'an Palace to thank the Queen Mother for her nurturing grace.

Since Liu Zhi is not a native of the ancients, he does not attach so much importance to the crown ceremony in his bones, and for him, thanking his mother is the most important thing.

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