Hanbo

Chapter 13 The Butterfly Effect
Liu Che lowered his head to see Huo Shan's expectant eyes, quickly picked up his chopsticks and said:

"eat!"

Huo Shan also picked up the chopsticks, and immediately picked up a piece of beef and fed it to his mouth, um~ Today's beef was cooked very well!

Every time Liu Che saw Huo Shan eating, his appetite doubled, and he started to gobble it up along with him.

Although both of them gobbled it up, Huo Shan really gobbled it up, while Liu Che ate very elegantly, but the speed was faster than Huo Shan's!
Huo Shan was very interested in this set at first, it was simply amazing, after learning it, he felt that this was making things difficult for himself, he couldn’t even eat a meal, so he gave up decisively!

"Did Zihou dream about anything last night?"

Huo Shan paused for a moment, he was very tired of this sentence now, and he regretted playing with it, Liu Che had to ask this sentence several times a day during this time.

Ask once when you wake up in the morning, confirm once you eat at noon, ask again after waking up from a nap, and confirm once before going to bed at night, and then stare at yourself expectantly, Huo Shan feels that he can't take it anymore!

'Ahhh, I'm going to be bored to death! '

Huo Shan nodded directly, and Liu Che became excited when he saw Huo Shan nodding: "What did you dream about?"

"Pulsatilla told His Majesty not to bother him with burning incense every day. He is busy at this time, so he will connect once a month on the first day of the month."

"He also said that the laws of the fairy world are strict, and the immortals are separated and no contact is allowed. This time, it was the great efforts of the sages of my human race to connect the Pulsatilla and me."

"If they are discovered by others, they will all suffer from thunder and fire. This is a trivial matter. If the connection is broken, it would be a pity!"

Huo Shan didn't change his face when he lied, and I'm just a messenger, I don't know anything else, don't look for me...

"Really?"

Huo Shan nodded vigorously, with a cute expression on his face.

Liu Che frowned, a little disbelieving in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly realized that it should be so. If not, why is there no way to live forever in the mortal world?

After thinking about it, Liu Che broke out in a cold sweat. He felt that he had almost ruined a big event. The calamity of thunder and fire, it sounds like it is not a small calamity!

At the same time, he was very moved by the actions of the sages of the past dynasties who sacrificed themselves for China. For China, he really broke his heart. He felt that his Chinese ancestors should be like this, and he felt a sense of pride in his heart!

Looking at his expression, Huo Shan knew that he was thinking again.

Even if you could find someone casually in this era, he might not be able to fully believe these words, but Liu Che firmly believed them. This...

It can only be said that the whole person who seeks longevity is stunned!

After observing for a period of time, Huo Shan discovered that Liu Che not only had delusions of wishful thinking, delusions of persecution, but also depression, and even some symptoms of schizophrenia, which is really terrifying!

Huo Shan is going to pick a time to talk to him directly, saying that there is a way of longevity, give him a goal, satisfy his dream, so as not to make his paranoia worse...

For example, if you make a great contribution to China, like the First Emperor, you can directly live forever after death, and enter the big world at ease!

After I come up with some methods and techniques that make them unbelievable, and I have laid the foundation, I can propose it.

Maybe I can mention the prehistoric system or something!

Then there will be a war between individuals, gods, and demons. Humans are China, demons are nomadic peoples such as the Huns who believe in wolf gods, and gods are naturally the gods of the West!

Give himself some time, and he will be able to compile a very rigorous system, the kind that no one can refute in this era!

Forget it now, no one will believe it, only Liu Che, who is a bit abnormal, will believe it.

But he believed in the truth, and Huo Shan was skeptical about it. He didn't quite understand Liu Che's brain circuit, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

.........

In the next few days, everyone was busy, preparing to leave camp and leave. Only Huo Shan had nothing to do, wandering around with Lao Zhao and Sun Shang every day.

Now he was sitting in front of his hall, staring at the little black bird lying on the ice in the shade in a daze.

It's not that Huo Shan doesn't want to do something serious, but that he really has nothing to do!

In fact, Liu Che also arranged for Huo Shan to have some masters who could teach him how to read and write, but this time, he was in a hurry and the journey was bumpy, so he didn't take them with him.

And Huo Shan wants to practice martial arts, but he is still too young, so he can only exercise his body, and he can't increase his strength...

I also want to practice archery, mainly because I am greedy for Lao Zhao's magic method of pointing and hitting with a range of one hundred steps.

After thinking about it, Huo Shan felt that it was better to go back to Chang'an, and when he got to Chang'an, he could play wild as much as he wanted.

However, because Huo Shan had nothing to do, he paid attention to the major events in the world. He found that because everyone stayed in Mount Tai for a month, some butterfly effects occurred.

Originally, in April of the first year of Yuanfeng, the famous figure Sang Hongyang was about to take over.

He was promoted to Zhisu Duwei and led the big farmers. Zhisu Duwei was originally in charge of the logistics and other responsibilities of the military rations. Han Xin, Marquis of Huaiyin, held this official position, a high position of two thousand shi!
But now, there have been some changes, not to mention that Sang Hongyang has also led a large farmer. From this point of view, Sang Hongyang will be able to manage a lot in the future. Commerce and agriculture are all under his jurisdiction, and water conservancy is also under his jurisdiction. I can manage it!
The scope is quite wide, and the power is also great, but although he has stepped into the ranks of important ministers, in Huo Shan's view, he is actually quite aggrieved.

There is an old Liu on the top who asks for money from time to time, to be a boy who spreads money, and there are a bunch of rotten people below who maliciously slander him as a traitor, compete with the people for profit, and wantonly smear!

The main reason is that Liu Che still doesn't care about anything, as long as money, if you can't get money, you are incompetent, but Sang Hongyang is really good, and he hasn't lost the chain for decades.

But as long as you don't lose the chain, then you are an indispensable figure in this empire. No matter which emperor is in power, as long as he is not a fool, he cannot easily replace you, because you are in charge of the empire's money bag, and only you can manage it. money.

Although he was demoted later, his rights have never been lost, and it can be seen from the fact that Han Wu became the assistant minister after his death. It is estimated that he also saw everything clearly, so he has some fun in it, and it will last a lifetime!

But now some accidents happened. It was already in the middle of May, and the edict had not been issued yet, so it might have something to do with Liu Che staying in Mount Tai.

In April, Sang Hongyang came to power, and in May, there was actually one major event that did not happen, that is, to set the balance and not to sue.

This is an event that affects all aspects and has a great impact!

It's a long story!

In the winter of the sixth year of Yuanguang (129 BC), it was a critical moment for Gong to defeat the Xiongnu. However, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty found that the empire was short of money, so he issued an edict to start taxing merchants, vehicles, ships and min (min) money.

It is easy to understand the initial tax on merchants' vehicles and ships, the vehicle and vessel tax, and what is this money?

In the Han Dynasty, 1000 liters were counted as min, and each min was counted as 120 wen, and this government decree was aimed at merchants, loan sharks, wealthy businessmen and handicraft owners, etc., this is the counting decree!
You must know that it is not only money that needs to be taxed, but real estate such as commercial goods, vehicles, ships, fields, livestock, and even slaves are all within the scope of taxation, and then taxed collectively.

How could these people be willing?Why should I give you my money?Just because you want to fight the Huns?Don't be kidding me!
Therefore, most people report more and less, or do not report. In short, they are tax evasion and tax evasion, and they just don’t pay.

As for Lao Liu, he had anticipated this situation a long time ago, so the punishment clause was left in the decree at that time, but it was at a critical moment to fight the Huns, and he couldn't take action...

'Wait, we will settle this account later! '

Old Liu is such a narrow-minded person, how can he not hold grudges?
So 12 years later, when Lao Huo passed away, he felt aggrieved and remembered this incident...

In the sixth year of Yuanshou, the famous prosecution order was promulgated, and Yang Ke, a cruel official under him, was appointed to preside over the prosecution work, encouraging everyone to expose and report those who stole and evaded taxes.

What kind of person is Yang Ke?
He's a really cool official, the kind that doesn't discredit him at all!
It doesn't matter whether you evade taxes or evade taxes, as long as I kill more, then the political achievements will naturally be higher, no, things will become big!

And when Lao Liu saw that so much money was brought in, alas, he was so happy, there was no shortage of money to spend, but after thinking about it, they had got so much money, they must have hidden more.

So after another three years, the third year of Yuanding, Lao Liu added another fire and offered a reward, half of the found property to the accuser.

The real and complete warning order was born!

As long as you report any family for tax evasion, half of the property of that family will directly belong to you if it is found out.

As soon as this edict came out, the whole world went crazy. Those who were most excited were those who were ungrateful, idle, immoral, and low-status people. Regardless of whether you evaded taxes, report them all!
And the person who handled this matter happened to be Yang Ke. As long as you report it, the house will be ransacked, the property will be confiscated, and the whole family will be sent to the border.

All of a sudden, the whole world is in chaos, no matter whether you are good or bad, as long as you report it, you are all bad people!

After this incident, the empire acquired a large amount of property. Hundreds of millions of confiscated property could not be piled up in the warehouse, tens of thousands of slaves were confiscated, land was confiscated as public land, hundreds of hectares were confiscated in large counties, and more than a hundred hectares in small counties. The houses were also confiscated accordingly.

The benefits are indeed great, but what about the harm?It is very appropriate to use one word to describe it, that is to kill the chicken and take the egg!
Seeing this, some businessmen who survived the catastrophe stopped doing business well. Anyway, even if they make any money, they will be taken away by you, and the whole family has to go to the border. Why should I still do business? !

After making some money from a business trip, I don’t save any more, just spend it all, and then earn money after I spend it!
Commerce and handicraft industries were directly cut off in the middle, and they have never recovered since then. Then there were fewer people engaged in vehicle and boat trade, goods were in short supply everywhere, and prices soared.

And did Lao Liu find out about all this? He found out, but he didn't pay attention at first, but after he did, he found that there was no way.

Then a person appeared in his eyes, this person is - Sang Hongyang!

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