Daily Life In Qin Dynasty

"Master Li."

"Master Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time!"

"Master Zhao."

"Long time no see, everyone. Mr. Li, Mr. Wang, have you also received the invitation?"

In a side hall of Zhisu Neishi Mansion, twenty or thirty officials from the Qin State wearing various costumes gathered together and exchanged polite greetings with each other.

Wait until everyone has said hello.

Then someone finally couldn't help but asked in a low voice.

"Do you know the purpose of the person who invited me here this time?"

When they heard someone take the initiative to mention this matter, the others' eyes twitched and their smiles faded.

"To be honest, I still have no clue."

"Same goes for me, too."

"I've been thinking about it so far, but I haven't been able to get an answer. But I hope it's nothing serious. After all, that person's temper is not very good."

Hearing this, the faces of the twenty or thirty people present couldn't help but change slightly.

It is obviously impossible for these people to say that they are not guilty at all. After all, you know your own affairs well, so it's okay to deceive outsiders with some things, but you can't really deceive yourself.

Although among the people invited this time, there are many people with profound backgrounds, however, no matter how profound the background is, it does not mean much to that person.

After all, even Lao Ai, Lu Buwei, and Lord Changping have fallen into his hands. Now that one is among the top nobles of the Qin Kingdom, and he himself is one of the biggest backgrounds.

And the high position is not the most terrifying thing, the most terrifying thing is that the person acts unscrupulously.

When he was still the governor of Nan County, he dared to command the army by himself and killed twenty-seven noble families of Chu foreign relatives in three days.

Even later, the Queen Mother Huayang personally took action, but not only failed to do anything to the other party, but Ying Zheng killed nearly twenty officials of the Chu foreign relatives' lineage.

Who can not be afraid of such murderousness?

Everyone is talking about it.

I heard a burst of footsteps coming from outside the door, and then a figure appeared from the door. Seeing this, everyone stood up and saluted.

"I'll wait to see Lord Shengping!"

The figure walking in from the door was none other than Mr. Mo. At this time, Mr. Mo had a gentle face and a faint smile on his lips.

Seeing everyone saluting, he said directly: "Everyone, please stand up! No need to be too polite."

Mo Jun strode straight to the main seat and sat down.

See this.

The others also sat down hesitantly.

Lord Mo was not in a hurry to speak. After sitting down, he first poured himself a cup of tea. When others were a little uneasy, Lord Mo finally spoke: "You are all invited to come here today because it is It’s my honor. So in order not to waste your time, I won’t talk nonsense.”

"The purpose of my invitation to you today is very simple. Because of the theft of "new grain seeds", the king plans to send troops to the Kingdom of Zhao to seek an explanation."

"But unfortunately, the national treasury is now empty, so I invite you to come today. The main reason is to ask all ministers to donate a sum of food and grass for military needs."

As Mr. Mo finished speaking, everyone below suddenly looked at each other in awe.

Fortunately, we were worried for a long time before, thinking that something dirty about ourselves had been found out?

It took a long time.

That's it?

Many people breathed a sigh of relief instantly.

Sure enough, young people are still young people, and their methods are too young.

This way of raising food is so naive that it’s laughable.

But I understand after thinking about it.

After all, if a country's financial problems can be solved so easily, what do we need so many ministers for?

"It turns out that Lord Shengping came to see us this time for this matter. Since Lord Shengping has taken such pains, as officials of the Qin State, we should naturally set an example. I can first donate five thousand shi of food as military rations. .”

"I can also donate 3,000 shi of food. At most, in the next six months, I can just live a little frugally."

"You can also donate three thousand shi of grain as a lower official..."

Seeing someone setting an example, others immediately began to follow suit.

Change to before.

They absolutely ignore such donations.

However, the person who spoke now was Mr. Mo. Now that the other party was powerful, in order to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future, they also chose to take a step back temporarily.

Anyway, just think of it as spending thousands of stones of food to coax this Lord Shengping.

What's more, thousands of stones of food are just a drop in the bucket for them.

Twenty or thirty people gathered here and there.

In the end, they managed to collect 70,000 to 80,000 shi of food.

After everyone had set an example, Mr. Mo's expression did not change at all. He just spat out the tea leaves in his mouth and said slowly: "I have received your intention to serve the country. But... ·Is this quantity too small?”

Hear this.

Everyone below looked at each other.

Immediately, a middle-aged man with prominent cheekbones and a mustache stood up, held his hands in front of Mr. Mo and saluted, and then said, "Lord Shengping, I don't want to donate more." In terms of food, our family is actually very poor. The annual salary in the imperial court is only a few hundred dan of food, and now these are the savings my family has accumulated for several years."

"Yeah yeah!"

"Now these are all our savings. If we donate more, the family will really be in trouble!"

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A group of people catered to him one after another, and they all started to behave miserably.

Mr. Mo watched everyone's performance expressionlessly. It was not until everyone below gradually became quiet that he asked: "All the savings accumulated at home? Why do the results of my investigation seem to be so different from what everyone said!"

"My lord, what is your name?"

Mo Jun looked at the middle-aged man with prominent cheekbones and a mustache who stood up before and asked.

"Qian Shanjia, the next official."

"It turns out to be Mr. Qian. If I remember correctly, Mr. Qian's family opened a total of four grain shops, three cloth shops, an inn and an antique shop in Xianyang alone."

As Mr. Mo spoke, he slowly took out a bamboo slip from the side and continued: "In the seventh year of King Qin's reign, Lord Qian's shop in Xianyang alone had made a profit of 3,000 gold coins. In the eighth year of King Qin's reign, he had made a profit of 3,500 gold coins. . In the ninth year of the Qin Dynasty, the profit was 3,300 gold coins..."

"Until now, Master Qian's shop has made a total profit of 69,311 gold coins."

"According to the Daqin Commercial Tax Law."

"Even if you eliminate the small change, the tax payable for Master Qian's shop should still be 13,800 gold coins."

"However, the taxes that Mr. Qian's family has paid now are only two thousand three hundred and twenty gold coins. It is not even a fraction of the actual business tax that should be paid."

"Master Qian, I wonder how you explain this?"

Mo Jun's tone was neither hasty nor slow when he spoke, and there wasn't even a trace of unnecessary emotional fluctuations.

However, ever since Mo Jun reported the annual profit of his shop, Qian Shanjia's face began to slowly lose color. Until finally, when Mo Jun reported all the unpaid taxes by Qian Shanjia, Qian Shanjia's face had already turned pale. It turned pale and the whole person was stagnant in place.

Seeing Qian Shanjia's expression, an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in the hearts of the others.

For a while.

Only then did Qian Shanjia speak with a hoarse voice and a face full of reluctance.

"How on earth were you found out?"

Although the profit of one's own shop is hidden, if one is willing to investigate, it is not impossible to find out.

What really makes it difficult for him to understand is that in the amount of taxes paid to Qin, he has clearly managed the manpower and kept the account books perfect.

Even if the profit amount is found and compared with the ledger, no problem should be found.

Mo Jun stretched out his thumb and index finger, made a slight gesture, and said: "Sir Qian, the account book you hired someone to make is indeed good, but unfortunately it is still a little bit behind me."

After that, Mr. Mo looked at the others below and continued: "You don't really think that I came to you today just to donate food, right? If you really have such a thought in your heart, In my opinion, I can only say that you are a little too naive to be an official."

After hearing Lord Mo's words, the expressions of everyone below couldn't help but change slightly.

But before they could say anything more, they heard Mr. Mo's tone turn cold and say, "I have finished my official talk here. I believe you all understand the real purpose of my visit to you."

"Face has been given to you. So I won't talk nonsense next. I will give you ten days. As long as you pay back twice the money you evaded taxes before, I can treat this matter as if it never happened. That didn't happen."

"Otherwise... don't blame me for being ruthless."

Drop the last sentence.

Mo Jun stood up directly and planned to leave this side hall.

But just when he walked to the door, he seemed to remember something again. He stopped suddenly and turned around: "By the way, I almost forgot to mention it. You can also try to find the people behind you to put pressure on me. But...it's best not to let me find out who did it. After all, I'm a petty person. If I don't take revenge, I will feel uncomfortable and panic in my heart."

After hearing Mr. Mo's last words, the expressions of several people in the side hall who had just had some thoughts suddenly changed.

to be honest.

Many of them had some thoughts in their minds just now.

After all, they don't care about thousands of stones of grain, but if they really have to pay double the amount of money they evaded taxes in the past this time, it is estimated that it will cost at least 20,000 gold coins, which is more than 200,000 stones of grain.

Even they would feel pain if so many assets were handed over to others for no reason.

not to mention.

Many of them opened shops and grain stores, which were not their own businesses.

In these businesses, at least half or even more than 70% of the profits every year will be used to support people above them and manage all aspects.

If so much money were suddenly taken out at once this time, there is no telling how many people's interests would be harmed.

Nowadays, it is indeed difficult for the unilateral forces of Qin to compete with Lord Mo.

But if pressure is exerted from multiple parties at the same time, there may not be no chance.

However, Mr. Mo's last words just now instantly dispelled many people's thoughts.

Mo Jun's meaning just now was very obvious. If someone dared to cause trouble for him later, it was unclear whether something would happen to the people behind them, but they would definitely face crazy revenge from the other party.

After all, if the other party really wants to talk about it this time, they have already let them go.

Otherwise, if the laws of the Qin Dynasty were completely followed, if tax evasion reached more than 100,000 shi of grain, the lightest punishment would be dismissal from office. If the punishment is a little harsher, it is normal to be sent directly to death row.

"Everyone, slow down, I have to take the first step."

The atmosphere in the side hall was quiet for a moment. Finally, someone stood up and walked out of the door first. This person was Qian Shanjia.

"Lord Qian, you..."

"As I get older, I won't continue to get involved."

Qian Shanjia paused for a moment, then turned slightly, revealing a slightly pale face, and spoke to everyone.

His meaning was already obvious. He did not intend to continue to cause trouble to Mr. Mo, but was going to go home and raise money honestly.

Hear this.

The others were also slightly silent.

After a while.

Another person stood up, hugged everyone and saluted, saying.

"I have to go back and re-liquidate the account books, so I'll take my leave."

"In that case, I'm leaving too."

"I won't send you far."

With the first one taking the lead, the rest quickly made their decisions.

Twenty thousand gold coins was either too much or too little, and most of the people present could get it with gritted teeth.

What's more, Mr. Mo also promised them that as long as they take the money this time, they can forget about it. For this money, it is obviously not a smart choice to go against Mr. Mo, the currently powerful "Sheng Pingjun".

But obviously, not everyone in this world is smart.

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