Since the founding of the country, that is, after Wang Ke ascended the throne as emperor, it can be regarded as settling down. Hundreds of years of war in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have made the population of Zhuxia a small land.

When Wang Luo ruled the world, the population of the world was only more than 20 million. Then Wang Luo invaded the Xiongnu in the north, Baiyue in the south, built the Great Wall, and galloped the road. The people's power in the world has always been in a state of tension.

When he died, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms began to rebel, but fortunately, Wang Ke calmly dealt with it calmly, calmed down the war in the shortest possible time, and then began to recuperate, which is why Daqian is prosperous today.

It is also his painstaking management for 20 years, and Daqian finally has some prosperous scenes. The people's lives have improved a lot, and the division of southern Fujian, Yunnan and Yan has also been rewarded.

With the support of the Central Plains, Southern Fujian, Dian and Yan all gained a foothold, and then the Central Plains also began to trade with these vassal states.

In the eyes of many Qianren in the Central Plains, these places belong to the wilderness or bitter cold land, and poisonous insects and poisonous miasma are everywhere, and they are not suitable for survival. But in fact, these places are also rich in products.

Dian is rich in copper ore and silver ore, Liaodong is rich in fur and precious medicinal materials, as well as gold, and southern Fujian also has various minerals and tea.

As long as these things are shipped back to the Central Plains, they are best-sellers, and with 20 years of development, the road has been smooth, and the trade has been fruitful.

Many of the copper coins minted by the imperial court in these years were transported from the Dian Kingdom by water.

In addition to these, the gold and medicinal materials of Liaodong were also very popular in the Central Plains, and lacquerware, silk, and salt and iron produced in the Central Plains were also very popular.

After defeating the Xiongnu, Wang Ke opened a mutual market in the north, exchanging salt, iron pots, tea, sugar, lacquerware, and silk for cattle, sheep and horses, which was also very profitable.

Over the years, the imperial court has supported the vassal states and divided the feudal clans, and there has not been much savings, and now the treasury of the great cadres has finally begun to grow.

As the Taifu Order, Xiao He can finally breathe a sigh of relief, and he doesn't need to look at some of the money and food he has worked so hard to accumulate, and it will be empty in a blink of an eye.

In the Qianyuan Palace.

Wang Ke looked at the new year's taxes, his face was full of relief, and the ministers and ministers all sat on both sides to congratulate each other.

Taifu Ling Xiao He is summarizing the taxes of the twenty-three years of Daqian Tianyou.

"Your Majesty, according to your order, the great cadres have been reducing taxes all these years, the tax was four out of ten during the first emperor's time, and now it has been reduced to one out of ten taxes, and the people all praise your benevolence. Hao Tianwen King blessed, under your wise leadership, even the model has been promoted in Guanzhong, Jinling, Gusu, Bashu and other places after years of practice, and last year there was no major disaster in the world, so all parts of the country have a bumper harvest. ”

"Because of the implementation of the law of continuous planting, although the positive tax has been reduced, the national tax has increased by two percent."

The taxation of the great cadres still adopts the Huai State's tax law, which integrates miscellaneous taxes and local taxes into one type to collect, and as long as the regular tax is paid, there will be no other miscellaneous taxes, and this is to reduce the opportunities for local officials to work on their hands.

Because the more types of taxes, the easier it is for the local government to get into some tricks. On the contrary, if only one kind of tax is collected, it will not be easy for local officials to do so.

As long as the inspector asks the people in various places how many times to collect taxes and how much grain they collect, they can easily find out the evidence of local corruption.

The majority of the taxes collected by the cadres were grain and cloth, and only a small part of the copper money collected, making it more difficult for officials to be corrupt.

"Your Majesty is merciful and can't bear to hurt the peasants, so the price of grain collected by the imperial court from the people has increased, and the people everywhere have enthusiastically sold grain, and the purchased grain has been piled up in warehouses. Therefore, Taifu built 100 granaries in Luokou to collect this year's tax grain. ”

"Your Majesty, now that there is an abundance of grain, the minister suggested that the implementation of the equalization law should be implemented, and the granaries in each county should be established to collect the people's grain at a parity price to prepare for famine." Xiao He said respectfully.

"Accurate!" Wang Ke said directly.

In fact, Wang Ke has long wanted to implement the plan, but the time was not ripe before, and now the world has increased the grain output due to the continuous planting method, and there have been no natural disasters, and the grain has been harvested year after year, and it is just the right time to establish a regular closing purchase.

Looking at the numbers on the newspaper, Wang Ke couldn't help laughing: "Since ancient times, the price of grain has been so low, can it be as low as this dynasty?" The food is abundant, the people can be full, may there be no more hungry people in the world! ”

"Your Majesty is merciful, and the people of the world are not hungry!" The surrounding ministers congratulated one after another.

"I use low taxes to feed the people, the world is prosperous, the more Dingkou, the more acres of land, although the low tax is levied, but the world's taxes do not decrease but increase. During the Bang Zhou period, the princes of the world were tyrannical and looted the people, and every time I read it, I sighed, how can the country be strong if the people are treated so harshly? ”

"In the past, the Xia countries joined forces, and the tax revenue was very small compared to today, and the people were poor, unwilling to fight, and the world was resentful, and the first king was able to sweep the six in one to dominate the world! This is what everyone wants, and the destiny of heaven returns! ”

"Your Majesty Shengming, benevolence and virtue are widely spread, and you will be able to do it for ten thousand years!"

"Your Majesty Shengming, benevolence and virtue are widely spread, and you will be able to do it for ten thousand years!"

Above the main hall, the three princes and nine officials shouted respectfully.

"Prince, in the future, you will be the emperor, remember my words today!"

Wang Jing sat down to watch the government for several years, and already had his own views on the government, and was also surprised by last year's taxes. ”

"Your Majesty, in addition to the regular tax, the world's commercial tax also increased by two percent last year, and the people have money in their hands and are willing to buy all kinds of goods, so the business and trade exchanges in various places are prosperous."

In order to encourage business, the commercial tax formulated by the great cadres is 20 taxes and 1, also because the vassal states have stabilized, all kinds of trade routes are unimpeded, and the commercial tax has also been continuously raised.

However, compared with the taxes received by the imperial court, the benefits of the powerful and noble officials in various places are even greater.

After all, in this era, there are very few merchants who have no heels, and only the powerful, nobles, and officials from all over the country have the ability to do business with caravans, and they have obtained rich benefits.

Wang Ke thinks that it is good to let the powerful, nobles, and officials in various places make some money, and they can promote business development, but in Wang Jing's opinion, these people make too much.

Twenty taxes are a fee, and the money earned by those merchants is several times or even ten times more than that of the imperial court. There are even some nobles and powerful who will evade taxes.

Instead of letting these people earn a lot of money, it is better to take back the country, and then use the money to do some big things, such as sending troops to conquer the Xiongnu and completely solve the border troubles, such as sending troops to conquer the Western Regions and incorporating the Western Regions into the territory of the Great Qian.

(End of chapter)