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At the court meeting, Di Xin slowly walked down from his seat and said to the ministers: "My dear friends, I have decided to use three thousand slaves to build this deer platform, and these three thousand slaves will be built except for the old man. You can be young, and you can use the rest." When the ministers heard Di Xin's words, they didn't feel much strange about him. After all, it was normal to use three thousand slaves to build a deer platform, and it was even a little less.

Then, Di Xin said: "But the slaves who built the deer platform are different. When they were building the deer platform, they could have two meals a day for free."

"What!" Everyone had surprised expressions after hearing Di Xin's words. You must know that only high-ranking officials and nobles like them can enjoy three meals a day, while ordinary people can only enjoy two meals a day, and slaves can only enjoy three meals a day. One meal, some princely states did not even give slaves one meal a day, but Emperor Xin actually allowed slaves to have the same treatment as poor people, wouldn't it be a mess!

"No, Your Majesty!" A minister suddenly walked out and said to Di Xin. Di Xin took a look, haha, the other party was the minister in charge of the treasury. When Di Xin saw the opponent's objection, he asked: "Is the Great Shang Treasury unable to support three thousand slaves?"

After hearing what Emperor Xin said, the minister immediately said: "Yes." Because when Emperor Yi was in power, Emperor Yi Zhongxing appeared in the Shang Dynasty, so the Great Shang treasury was still very rich at this time.

Di Xin asked: "Then why can't slaves be given two meals a day?" After Di Xin finished speaking, he looked at the minister with a gloomy expression.

After seeing Di Xin's face, the minister felt a little uneasy and secretly regretted his actions just now. But at this point, he could only bite the bullet and said, "Your Majesty, slavery has been around for thousands of years, but there has never been a king. This move, and if the king does this, won’t it cause chaos in the system? The people and nobles of the world will be disappointed?”

After hearing what the minister said, Di Xin returned to his seat without even looking at him, and then said, "Is there anyone else who has any objections?"

For a moment, everyone was silent. After all, everyone had seen Di Xin's determination, and the reasons given by the minister just now were too far-fetched. After everyone's reflection, they found that Di Xin's decision was not wrong. After all, those were He's just a slave, life or death doesn't matter. Not to mention not caring about each other's dining issues.

Di Xin saw that no one objected. Then he said: "Okay, from today on, the national master Shen Gongbao is responsible for supervising the construction of Lutai, and ordered that except for the necessary craftsmen, all the rest will be slaves, and they will have two meals a day. If the slaves cannot eat two meals, or automatically save, they will be allowed to Take it back and let your family eat it.”

After Shang Rong heard Di Xin's words, he immediately said: "Your Majesty is wise!" Bigan also said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

At this time, Di Xin said: "Send the order, starting from tomorrow, the city gate tax will be abolished and miscellaneous taxes will be collected instead." Di Xin said again in a surprising way.

"No, Your Majesty!" This time it was Shang Rong who stood up and said to Di Xin in shock: "Your Majesty, our merchant currently only has city gate tax and agricultural tax. At present, these two have been very stable. If Changing it easily will definitely cause chaos to the great merchants, so I ask your Majesty to take it back."

Di Xin said to Shang Rong: "Prime Minister, there is no need to rush to refuse. Please listen to what I have to say first. If the ministers still feel that it is not acceptable, we will discuss it later."

Shang Rong cast a look at Di Xin and signaled Di Xin to continue speaking.

Emperor Xin said to the ministers: "Since ancient times, no matter whether it is the previous dynasty or the big merchants, there have been only two taxes, the city gate tax and the agricultural tax. However, the agricultural tax is too heavy. If there is a natural disaster or man-made disaster, the food will be destroyed." Poor harvest,

The people had no harvest and were starving. However, the city gate tax collected everything, including goods, clothing, horses, wild animals, and livestock. These were countless and it was really difficult to count. "

When Di Xin said this, the minister in charge of the treasury nodded repeatedly. Indeed, today, currency is not yet popular, and what people use most are shells. Copper coins have not appeared yet. Therefore, the taxes collected are everything, which makes the national treasury almost become a warehouse.

Di Xin continued at this time: "Now, I have decided to reform it, starting with the agricultural tax, reducing the agricultural tax, from the current tax of three out of ten to one in ten. Moreover, there will no longer be statistical statistics in the future It is better to pay taxes based on the number of people instead of the number of acres of land owned by an individual. We also encourage the poor to open up wasteland and strive to let the common people diversify their land."

After hearing what Di Xin said, Shang Rong and Bigan both nodded, but they still had some opinions, so Bigan came out and said: "Your Majesty, changing the tax collection system and reducing taxes are indeed good things for the country and the people. I strongly agree. , but wouldn’t this mean that the revenue of the treasury will also be reduced a lot, and the king has to build a deer platform. I am afraid that if time goes by, the treasury will be empty." After Bigan finished speaking, all the ministers nodded repeatedly, agreeing very much with Bigan's words. .

Di Xin said to Bigan at this time: "What the emperor said makes sense, that's why I will reform the city gate tax."

"Oh? I wonder what this has to do with the city gate tax?" Bigan asked doubtfully.

Di Xin said: "Abolish the city gate tax and change it to miscellaneous tax. Miscellaneous is a general term for some people who do business, because business people buy and sell a variety of goods and are particularly miscellaneous." Today, merchants cannot be called merchants. After all, the name of the Great Shang Dynasty was built there, so today's merchants still belong to the ancestors of the miscellaneous families among hundreds of scholars.

Di Xin continued: "Civilians and merchants who enter the city to do business or buy and sell items are allowed to come in and out, and only the tax of these business people is collected, which is thirty to one tax. At the same time, there will be many benefits for miscellaneous taxes." It is a profitable strategy, but whether they are civilians or business people, they only pay one tax. If you have two professions in one, you will pay two taxes." In other words, farmers only pay agricultural taxes, and business people only pay agricultural taxes. Only miscellaneous taxes are paid, but if there are farmers doing business and farming at the same time, then they have to pay two taxes.

At this time, Shang Rong came out and said, "Your Majesty, I wonder if nobles can pay taxes?" After Shang Rong finished speaking, he immediately felt a series of looks from around him, and they were very unkind.

After hearing Shang Rong's words, Di Xin thought for a moment, and then said: "Only pay the agricultural tax." Di Xin did this mainly for food. The nobles not only farmed the land, but also did business. Although the miscellaneous taxes Di Xin knew were very generous , but today’s era is still dominated by food. After all, people’s purchasing power is not that much. This is why the agricultural tax after the reform is higher than the miscellaneous tax. The nobles all have fiefs, and most of the fiefs are fields. , so agricultural taxes are still the mainstay.

Shang Rong also nodded after hearing Di Xin's words. After all, the nobility is also a force that cannot be underestimated, and although the nobles now have high gold content, they are also very competent. Therefore, if Di Xin has any orders, even if they are nobility, no matter what Even if you don’t want to do it, you will do it.

Shang Rong did not retreat, but continued: "Your Majesty, I believe that it is already winter and the farmers have finished harvesting. Therefore, it is not appropriate to implement this reform immediately. It should be officially implemented from next year and miscellaneous taxes should be collected first. Then the agricultural tax will be collected during the grain harvesting time.”

"Well, what the Prime Minister said makes sense. Let's do what the Prime Minister said." Di Xin thought for a while and agreed to Shang Rong's suggestion. After all, people would not be able to accept it if he implemented it immediately. Instead, he gave them some time to get used to it. .

Then, Emperor Xin announced the disbandment of the dynasty, and then called Shang Rong, Bi Gan, Zhao Qi, Mei Bo, and a group of ministers to his Immortal Shou Palace to discuss the details of taxation. After all, Emperor Xin only said so during the great dynasty meeting. A more detailed framework requires further discussion.

It wasn't until late at night that Di Xin said goodbye to the ministers. After finishing these things, Di Xin sat on the ground and rubbed his head. For several hours, Di Xin was mostly talking, while Shang Rong They were just using notes, so they were very tired.

At this moment, Di Xin suddenly felt his head being pressed against a pair of Rouyi, and then they began to massage his head. A pair of hands were also massaging his shoulders.

Di Xin smiled when he saw it. It turned out to be his queen and Concubine Huang. Di Xin said to them: "Thank you for your hard work." Jiang Wenyuan and Concubine Huang showed a sweet smile, then did not speak, but tried their best to Try your best to massage Di Xin.

Jiang Wenyuan said to Di Xin at this time: "Your Majesty, won't you go to Daji's palace?" Although Jiang Wenyuan and Huang Fei did not know Daji's identity, fortunately Di Xin had already done ideological work with the two women before. Moreover, the two girls also knew that Daji came to the palace for a purpose.

Di Xin said: "I'm not going. Let Daji be anxious for a night before talking. Don't leave today. Just stay with me in Xianshou Palace."

"Ah, there are two of us." Huang Fei was a little surprised when she heard Di Xin's words, and at the same time she felt deeply shy.

"Why, you don't want to?" Di Xin said to the two girls with a smile. Although the two girls were shy, they did not refuse Di Xin's request and stayed in the Immortal Shou Palace.

And Daji was indeed as Di Xin expected. After not seeing Di Xin, she always thought that the construction of Lu Tai had not been approved by the ministers, and was sulking. Moreover, Da Ji also heard that Di Xin originally wanted Jiang Ziya to build Lu Tai. However, Jiang Ziya not only refused to do it, but also spoke rudely to Di Xin, and even pointed out Daji's identity. This made Daji feel very scared. Sheng Sheng was afraid that Di Xin would notice something again, or let the ministers invite some powerful people to come. Subdue demons.

The next day, two imperial lists were posted. What was written on them was exactly what happened at yesterday's meeting. Moreover, Emperor Xin also sent officials headed by Mei Bo and Zhao Qi to explain the reforms to those who didn't understand. People did not pay too much attention to miscellaneous taxes. Instead, they heard that Emperor Xin had reduced the agricultural tax and changed it to one tax per ten. This made people very happy. They knelt down in the direction of the palace and lamented Emperor Xin's wise. After all, food has always been the most important thing for people. Now that they heard that the agricultural tax has been reduced and the city gate tax has been abolished, this made the rural people especially outside the city very happy. After this news spread to the vassal states, The princes were immediately shocked by Di Xin's policy, but most princes thought that Di Xin was seeking his own death, so they didn't take it to heart. However, a year later, they no longer thought so.

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