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The treasury is empty, and everything requires money. Even if she does nothing every day, she still needs to spend a lot of money. With so many officials and minor officials under her, don't they need salaries?

There are also soldiers under her command. The money and food consumed every day when she opens her eyes makes her eyesight dim.

So if the treasury has no money, she has to create money.

Selling salt and iron is not the fastest way to make money. As Zhao Ming said, taxation is.

But now people all over the world are suffering. Even if the drought in Yuzhou is light and the disaster is not serious, because of the war in the past six months, Yuzhou has made a lot of efforts in logistics. When she was fighting outside, Yuzhou levied military taxes twice and donated money once. , coupled with the skyrocketing food prices, ordinary people have also reached a critical point.

Therefore, Zhao Hanzhang decided not to tax ordinary people, but to tax merchants, handicraftsmen, gentry, and officials.

She wants to issue an edict.

The so-called Suan Min Order was a decree issued by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which specifically targeted property taxes collected from merchants, loan sharks and craftsmen.

However, Zhao Hanzhang was more ambitious, and her calculation order also included gentry and officials, which basically included the wealthy families in the country.

But she also relaxed the amount of taxation. She required merchants and loan sharks to pay one for every four thousand yuan, and craftsmen, gentry, officials, etc. to pay one for every five thousand yuan. In addition, there was a vehicle and boat tax.

Except for officials, three elders, and serving cavalry who have a tax-free quota for one car and one horse, the rest of the people need to pay a certain amount of money for a car or a horse within the specification. For officials and three elders, the second car must also follow. Pay money together.

Zhao Hanzhang was very fast. When he returned, he had someone draft an edict, which was to be issued the next day.

Ji Yuan, Ming Yu, Zhao Ming and others did not object. As for Min Ling, Cao and Wei before the Jin Dynasty still had it, and it had become a regular tax. However, after the Jin Dynasty, it existed in name only and was basically no longer levied.

Now that Zhao Hanzhang has imposed the levy, everyone in the civil and military dynasties knows why.

The treasury has no money.

Even Zhao Ming was tolerant and didn't care. He generously asked the housekeeper to calculate the family's assets and then pay taxes.

This made Zhao Hanzhang breathe a sigh of relief. She was still waiting to be sprayed, but she didn't expect Uncle Ming to be so considerate and touching.

Zhao Ming didn't spray her, but he thought someone would spray her.

Sure enough, the day after the decree was promulgated, Zhao Hu dragged Zhao Song and several gentry and rushed outside Zhao's house.

This is Zhao Hanzhang's residence in Chen County. Wang lived here most of the time. Because of the war some time ago, she returned to Xiping. At this time, Zhao Hanzhang took the little emperor and others to live here, treating it as a royal farewell. hospital.

Of course, court affairs were often discussed and resolved here.

Zhao Hu rushed to the front of the main hall, but because the guards blocked him, he couldn't go in. Even if he showed off his old master's style, he couldn't do anything.

Zhao Hu was already angry, but now he was even more furious. He grabbed his waist and yelled in the hall, "You are ungrateful and disrespectful to your elders. Zhao Hanzhang, come out! You have the nerve to tax me, don't you have the guts to come out?" ?”

Zhao Hanzhang, who was reviewing the papers in the hall, was startled when he heard the scolding. The guard quickly came in and reported: "General, the fifth and seventh princes are here."

Zhao Hanzhang put down his pen and was not in a hurry to go out. He walked slowly to the door and looked out.

Zhao Song was a little unhappy and was glaring at Zhao Hu, asking him to save his words until he saw someone. What does it look like to yell like this?

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Zhao Hanzhang peeking out to look, and then retracted almost instantly.

Zhao Song:......

Unbecoming!

Zhao Hu also saw it, and pointed with slightly trembling fingers in the direction in which Zhao Hanzhang had retracted. It was too much, it was too much, she even hid!

Zhao Hanzhang probably realized what they were doing, and there was no point in hiding. After a while, he appeared at the door, with a bright smile on his face, and respectfully invited them into the lobby.

Zhao Hu snorted menacingly, passed her and walked into the lobby. The three gentlemen he brought looked at each other and followed in fear.

They went to complain to Zhao Hu, but they didn't expect that he could immediately drag them to Zhao's house to settle the score with Zhao Hanzhang.

To be honest, they were all familiar with Zhao Hanzhang. After all, when they needed to prepare military expenditures several times, she would come out to eat and drink with them, and look forward to the future development of Yuzhou.

Then they paid for it.

But that was just a friendship over meals, private interactions... They were still more familiar with Zhao Ming, Ji Yuan and others.

For some reason, they were all a little afraid of Zhao Hanzhang, even though she always smiled.

Zhao Hanzhang invited them into the lobby and asked them to serve tea before sitting down. "Why is the seventh uncle so angry?"

Zhao Hu sneered and asked: "What's the matter with the calculation order? This year you are short of military expenses for the war, so I gave you 30,000 shi for food alone, and another 100,000 shi for food. I gave it to you at the lowest price." , not to mention money, Zi Nian took at least half a million dollars from me, as well as the medicinal materials, and your army still owes me money for the medicinal materials."

Zhao Hu got angry when he talked about this and couldn't help but read: "I asked you to give me money, and you asked me to find Fan Ying. Where is Fan Ying? She is patrolling in Bingzhou and Youzhou, and you still lied to me, you... …”

"Okay, okay," Zhao Song said, "These are two things, don't mix them into one."

"This is one thing!" Zhao Hu couldn't help stamping her feet and shouted loudly: "This is all the things she did to deceive me and be ungrateful. Also, did she ask Chang Ning to keep an eye on me in the first few years, otherwise she would pay taxes every year? Then Chang Ning doesn’t stare at anyone, just stares at me!”

Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly comforted him and said: "Seventh Uncle, I know that you have supported me a lot, and I will remember it in my heart. It's just that public is public and private is private. Although I remember personal feelings, I can't do it for my own benefit. Is it exempt from the national policy?"

"Fart, stop saying such high-sounding words. The calculation order has always only targeted merchants, loan sharks, and craftsmen. Am I a worker? Or a businessman? Or a loan shark?" Zhao Hu fully suspected that Zhao Hanzhang was trying to rob us. It was only with his money that the gentry was included. "I've never heard of the gentry also having to pay minions."

Zhao Hanzhang asked sincerely: "Why don't the gentry need it?"

Zhao Hu said confidently: "I don't want scholars in the first place!"

Zhao Hanzhang: "What's the reason?"

Zhao Hu choked, isn't this common sense? Why do you need to ask him for a reason?

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, the status of scholars is second only to the royal family, and they are not needed in the first place!

Seeing that he couldn't answer, Zhao Hanzhang sighed: "The seventh uncle is a rich man, how can you discriminate against the nobles? Since they have to pay the fortune, they cannot be left out, otherwise you will look down on them."

This is just bullshit!

Zhao Hu wanted to curse, but Zhao Song glared at him, turned to Zhao Hanzhang and said: "Sanniang, the world needs nobles for stability and management. All officials are from scholars, so the world's taxes will be more lenient to nobles. If you don't, How can you expect them to serve you?"

China has a special national situation. From ancient times to the present, the political and bureaucratic system has had a huge attraction for intellectuals, so most people associate studying with becoming an official.

Scholars like Ji Yuan, because they could not serve as officials under special circumstances, would choose some people to work for them, trying to participate in political activities through officials as a medium.

Isn't the most fundamental reason why intellectuals are so keen on serving as officials the benefits brought by being an official?

This benefit is all-encompassing, including not only money, but also status, a special status.

For example, the gentry class could be exempted from many taxes.