Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

In fact, the Han Dynasty has been in a strange state since the Western Han Dynasty, that is, it is not that the country has no money, but that the country cannot use the money.

The money is spent in inexplicable places. Huan Tan's "New Theory" records a relatively detailed account of the taxation of the Han Dynasty and the annual income. Two hundred million, hidden in the capital, is forbidden money. The 830,000,000 yuan of the gardens and pools led by the Shaofu are used to provide rewards for the palace.

Have you found any problems? The tax revenue is only 4 billion yuan, and the Shaofu manages its own affairs, and the industry can get 8.3 billion yuan a year. At first glance, it seems that there is no problem.

But in fact, there are two very famous taxes in the Han Dynasty, one is called Suanfu, and the other is called Kouqian. As for the remaining land rent, since the reign of Emperor Jing, he waved his hand, probably because he was afraid that others would change it, so he directly nailed it to death. , Thirty one tax, that is, 3.33% of the grain production is enough.

It can be said that the land rent can basically be ignored, but the real problem in the Western Han Dynasty is that after the land was annexed, the people planted the land of the powerful landlords in various places. In fact, this problem has appeared since the reign of Emperor Wu. For land, see Tax Fifteen", that is to say, to plant the land of Haoqiang, you have to pay half of it to Haoqiang.

But paying half of it is not impossible to survive. The problem is that the more you pay in the future, and the larger the amount of distribution. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such things as seven out of ten taxes came out. , It’s all this ratio. In the end, the common people had no choice but to rise up. This is why the common people pay half of the income, and the common people still call them virtuous.

In addition to land rent, which is a state sleepwalking thing, the main taxation of the Han Dynasty is actually counting Fu and money. Among them, counting Fu refers to one hundred and twenty dollars a year for adults, double for merchants and slaves, and the latter It can be regarded as restraining the powerful landlords, but it is completely useless.

The mouth money is for children, twenty dollars a year for each person.

These two are the real big heads. The population of the Han Dynasty has recovered to more than 50 million during the Zhaoxuan period. The two alone should add up to six or seven billion yuan. million dollars in revenue.

Where did the rest of the money go? greedy? What a joke, an emperor like Zhaoxuan is not really stupid, not to mention such a simple math problem, if you can't figure it out, then don't sit in that position, just pretend to be dead, in fact, that part is very reasonably intercepted .

No matter it is construction or industry, money is needed, and when there is no way to connect various places, it can only be repeated construction, or even repeated waste, and finally eat up part of it abruptly.

As for the Shaofu, although the route taken is a bit crooked, it actually reduces the loss a lot, so that it is twice as high as the tax revenue of the national treasury in one year.

This is the place Chen Xi wants to complain about the most. Just thinking about the status of the Shaofu, it is a real ministerial level for future generations. Such a thing is used to develop an industry, and there is a state support behind it. It seems that it can be complained about. There are also many places.

"The minister has a book to play." Chen Xi sighed, and decided to report the results of Yuanfeng's three years, otherwise there would be no comparison, so where would the harm come from? Look at these courtiers, they are all sympathetic to each other, but they can't do it. When it comes to money, it doesn't make sense at all.

"Zuzao." Liu Tong glanced at Chen Xi and said angrily.

"About last year's income and expenditure, I think we still need to report." Chen Xi said with a sigh. Others heard the rumors through sound transmission, and they all had guesses about Yuanfeng's income and expenditure in the third year, but so far they have not. A quasi-number, just think that it is far beyond what it used to be.

"Last year, we collected 74 billion yuan and spent 72.8 billion yuan, including 42.2 billion military expenditures, 20.6 billion yuan in various industries, and 10 billion yuan spent by the royal family, leaving a balance of 1.2 billion yuan. .” Chen Xi read the data he compiled.

In fact, the military expenditure is really not that much, and the real expenses of the royal family and abroad are only 200 to 300 million yuan from Chen Xi, but Chen Xi can't say that he spent more than 65 billion yuan on the layout of his property, and the rest is basically all Military spending, that basically exposed a lot of things.

Besides, with so much investment in the industry, there will definitely be doubts. If more than 40 billion has been invested in military expenditures, considering the middle and lower reaches of the Ganges River, as well as the face of all people's military service and seventh-generation ships, although Zhu Qing will be shocked, But there is no doubt about this.

With military investment, let’s talk about industrial investment, it’s not so eye-catching. In the end, throwing 10 billion inside and outside the royal family is purely for Liu Tong, but Liu Tong can’t figure out what’s wrong, after all, the gardener Money, the money for building the palace, is really a lot.

But that's what I said, but after reading the court, it exploded. Everyone can understand that the military expenditure is 40 billion yuan. After all, Chen Xi's batch after batch of heavy armor is not a joke, it is hundreds of thousands. Armor, this is tens of billions, and then counting the armor prepared for military service, as well as military and civilian pensions, salaries, etc., everyone knows 40 billion.

The more than 20 billion yuan in the industrial layout can also be understood. After all, there are so many cattle, sheep and horses, so many textile industries, so many mines, and so many state-owned cash crop farms. Losing, besides, even if you lose this year, you will make it back next year.

In fact, the reason for the bombing of China and North Korea is the amount of royal spending. I really don’t know this. I was shocked when I calculated that the royal family spent tens of billions. How many people are there in the royal family now? Back then, when the royal family surnamed Liu had thousands, it was impossible for them to spend even one-tenth of it.

Thinking about Liu Yu again, Liu Ai is a frugal person, Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, and Liu Ye all spend their own money, and the tens of billions of emotional expenses are all the fault of the one above?

Thinking of this, the eyes of all those veterans who have experienced hardships in four or more dynasties are green. Does Lingdi have one-tenth the ability to spend money as the eldest princess? Not at all, tens of billions were spent quietly, and people have to calculate it to find out. This is also a skill!

"I spent so much on this palace?" Liu Tong was taken aback, then thought about it, and instantly remembered that he made pastries at the beginning of the year, ate zongzi at the Dragon Boat Festival, ate mooncakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the two palaces that were under construction outside and hadn't been seen until now. , Suddenly his face turned red, as if he couldn't hold it back.

"This is all about last year. Don't discuss it this year. Isn't there a surplus?" Liu Tong coughed lightly twice, throwing the blame away. Anyway, there is no Huachao, and besides, this is all approved by Sangong Jiuqing , Shang Shupu shot the approval of the money, if I have a pot, all of you have it.

"Yes, Your Highness!" Chen Xi clasped his fists in a salute, threw a depth charge to blow it up, and began to read the supplies of the year, "Currently, there are 130,000 war horses, 410,000 rough horses, 820,000 cows, and 1,000 sheep. A million pigs, 4.2 million dolphins, 700,000 bolts of silk, 3.2 million bolts of cotton cloth, 6 million catties of wool spinning, weapons..."

Chen Xi recited a lot of things, except for the silk that was less than last year, the others belonged to the scale that needed to be built for storage. In fact, the 700,000 pieces of silk were not sent to Central Asia and Rome. Contact, how much silk is really received in Rome now.

"So much money left?" Liu Bei was overjoyed, and said to Chen Xi via voice transmission.

Chen Xi rolled his eyes, what does it mean to have so much surplus, these are just not yet ready to be used, the materials are used up very quickly, Wen Jing’s reserves for decades were exhausted by Emperor Wu in a very short period of time, the war talks Strategy is one aspect, and grabbing food and materials is another aspect.

"Qingzhi's report is simple and unpretentious, but it has the bearing of a great country." Liu Tong was deeply satisfied. She could really understand these things. There is a sensitivity.

As for the ministers, they were a little dizzy at this time, and it was precisely because they had experienced the Guanghe and Zhongping years that they could feel terror more clearly. Chen Xi really used materials to forcibly smash a way out.

"The minister's report is over." Chen Xi joined the report and said with a respectful expression. In fact, he sneered in his heart. Let alone the current level compared with the peak taxation period of the Song Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty has not even arrived. In the giant Tang Dynasty, the tax revenue surpassed that of the Song Dynasty in ten years. If you don’t play tricks, it is directly the total tax revenue!

After Chen Xi's report, most of the courtiers were still in a state of dizziness. After Liu Tong asked again, he confirmed that no one had made a report, and immediately opened the palace gate to wait for the tribute from all countries!

Soon the former queen of Funan Kingdom brought gifts from her own family, ten pieces of ivory, ten night pearls, and other rare treasures, but Liu Tong looked very calm, obviously these things are not very impressive now Liu Tong.

In the past few years, Liu Tong had just ascended the throne and had never seen the world. Now that he has been in Yuanfeng for four years, he has met with the tribute several times. Adding in the fact that the Roman envoys came to form an alliance, it was an eye-opener. Naturally, now These things don't touch people's hearts at all.

Or it could be said that now that Liu Tong is eating well, drinking well, and his heart is swelling, it is already a bit difficult to touch his conscience, so naturally his expression is flat.

More than 60 large and small countries that did not know where they came from paid tribute one by one, and then they were enfeoffed, and those guys who had territory also started to dig out things.

It wasn't until Juhu entered the court that Liu Tong, who had been watching the theater before, sat upright, waiting for the gift from the old Yuan's family.

"This is Juhu, the son of Duke Ju, who is quite talented. I didn't expect Yuan Tan to send him to the court." Guo Jiayao explained to Chen Xi through voice transmission.

"Does he have any questions?" Chen Xi asked curiously.

"No problem, it's just that do you think such a gift is necessary? I'm thinking about it, and the old Yuan's family has other ideas." Guo Jia used his mentally retarded brain to estimate the sound transmission twice. road.

"Let's see, I'm also very curious, what can the old Yuan's family give you? Have you received any gifts from the old Yuan's family?" Chen Xi sent a voice transmission to everyone with a calm expression.