Mystery Makes Me Strong

"The tax that the emperor wants to collect is posted everywhere in the capital. It is obvious that one mu of land is only charged three cents more. Why do you charge two cents more?"

"The emperor said that taxes are only collected from those who have land. Why does the land belong to Mr. Liu's family, but his family does not collect it, but instead collects taxes from those tenant farmers?"

"Master Liu's family has only one scholar, and only one person can be exempted from errands. Why should they be exempted from all taxes?"

In the measurement of silver in the Yan Dynasty, 1 tael was equal to 10 qian, which was equal to 100 cents, which was equal to 1000 centimetres.

Somewhere in the Central Plains, a young man said to the tax collectors righteously.

"Crack" greeted him with a whip!

"Let you distort the holy will, what we say is the king's law!" the tax collector said harshly.

The boy was beaten and rolled all over the floor.

If it weren't for the crowds around, many people would look at the tax collector fiercely, and it would be normal for them to be beaten to death.

"Tell you, what the emperor stipulates is the regular tax on imperial grain, and what we collect is extra pie. How can we not pay money for road and embankment construction every year? If you don't charge extra pie, how can you eat and drink?"

"Why didn't Liu Yuan's family accept it? It's because Liu Yuan's family donated money to the county. Have you donated?"

The tax collector is full of little birds, anyway, the countryman is short-sighted, so he can say whatever he wants, and fool him in any way.

The boy was helped up by someone, and he gritted his teeth so as not to cry.

He can't cry, Master Shengou taught that a man doesn't shed tears when he bleeds, tears only flow at home.

Although he only studied for a few short months, the harvest in those few months was far more than what he had learned in a lifetime.

He learned arithmetic, learned a lot of common sense, gained a lot of knowledge, and could understand how the tax collectors acted.

Liu Yuanwai bribed the officials to assign his land to the poor peasants. The fish scale book recorded that the land belonged to the poor peasants, but he held a clear title deed in his hand, so he would definitely not win the lawsuit.

What's more, how could the common people go to the county to file a lawsuit?

It is such a double layer of skin. When paying taxes, the land transforms into a poor peasant; when collecting rent, the land transforms into Liu Yuanwai’s.

He heard from Teacher Shengou that this is called "Schrödinger's Land". Whose it belongs to can only be determined when the box is opened.

"I'll give you one more day, and you have to pay the debts from this year! Otherwise, I'll drag you all to stand in cages!" the vicious tax collector said to everyone.

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At night, in the village ancestral hall.

The teenager sat with a group of adults.

"I've been dreaming these days, and I've seen the Northwest, and the officials there don't dare to yell at the little people, because they really dare to rebel!" A strong man said bitterly.

"But they still turned against it, because there has been drought for years, even if they don't pay the royal rations, they can't survive, not to mention the small people, even the officials can't survive." Another person said.

"We still have something to eat here, they know we dare not rebel, so they bully us vigorously!"

"Damn it, let's do the same!" Everyone said.

At this moment, a voice sounded: "You don't want to be oppressed by the officials, and I don't want to be deceived by the officials. Are you willing to work for me?"

This is the voice of the emperor.

He thought for a long time, and finally thought that only Xiaomin, and only relying on Xiaomin, officials dare not deceive him.

His city mansion is still deep enough, as can be seen from the fact that he strengthened the factory guards after he took office.

He had never trusted courtiers.

He knows the way to balance power, and he has never had a powerful minister under his command.

It was only with more and more rebellions that military generals began to appear.

"You are the emperor?" Everyone immediately knelt down.

Including teenagers too.

The dramas that everyone has seen since childhood, as well as stories about storytellers, all show that the emperor is wise, and he did bad things because he was bewitched by the ministers.

Or is there such a saying as "Qingjun side"?

Everyone believed that the emperor would uphold justice for the great grievances as long as they filed a lawsuit against the imperial court.

"It's me, you are right, I sympathize with the people, how could I collect such high taxes? The decrees issued by the imperial court are good, and it is these corrupt officials who work on them, which makes you suffer..."

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With the help of Xiawang, the emperor spent a month establishing a new tax system in the Zhili area around the imperial city.

The original tax collectors were eliminated, and the county magistrate was no longer responsible for taxation. Instead, ordinary people paid tax money directly in their dreams, and then paid taxes in designated warehouses in reality.

He should be thankful that he has a firm grip on the factory guards, and he still has a few powerful troops who listen to him.

Without these, his measures could not be carried out at all. I am afraid that in the palace, he would fall ill and die.

He would like to thank the factory guards left by his ancestors for helping him fight against the ministers. After the founding of Dayan, there have been no powerful ministers.

No matter how powerful the powerful minister is, he can win it with just one imperial edict.

It is because the factory guards only listen to the emperor.

Two months later, the first tax came up.

Compared with the same period in previous years, it has increased by a full one million taels of silver!

You must know that at this time in previous years, only 200,000 taels of silver were paid.

It increased five times at once!

At the same time, the burden on the people has been greatly reduced, and the small and medium landlords are also very happy.

Because they are also the main objects to be apportioned.

Only the big landowners, the big squires, are eligible for tax exemption and transfer of burdens.

Where did the extra money come from?

from the mouths of officials.

The emperor thought of another important place, the salt tax!

The salt tax is only 2 million taels a year, if it is increased by five times, it will be able to collect an extra 10 million taels!

This can cancel the three rates!

The emperor decided to attack the salt tax.

But the salt tax is not easy to start with.

Because there are many martial arts factions relying on the salt tax to make a living, such as Caoshui faction, Mingjianmen...

They are all sects that make a living by selling salt. Their martial arts are extremely high, and those with low martial arts dare not eat this bowl of rice, and they are robbed on the way.

In addition, the salt merchants and officials in the middle are a mess.

In the past, it was impossible to sort it out clearly. Just thinking about it would make people give up the idea of ​​rectification.

But now it is different, with Xiawang, the emperor can clearly see the stakes, how many people there are, and who is in charge.

Which faction can be wooed and which faction can be attacked can be seen from Xiawang.com.

For example, famous factions can be recruited, their appetites are not too big, and they still have to take care of their face, and they are quite in awe of the court and the emperor.

Although it is only superficial awe, it is enough.

Attack those salt merchants first, although they have raised some masters and servants, after all, their background is not deep, and they are fat.

Then there are those yamen officials.

The main force is the kitchen households and small salt merchants. They have suffered too much and are the most combative.

In the past, the emperor dared not use them.

But with Xiawang, the emperor realized that they were the ones who supported him the most.

Because the emperor is far away from them, distance produces beauty.

The people they hate the most are the salt merchants and officials around them.