Hanbo

Chapter 65 I don't know what title to take ←_←

What is the saying that the people in the closed country are more miserable than those who are not in the closed country?
Because the people of the closed country have to collect a lot more taxes than those who are not closed.

The feudal states that the Dahan directly manages the people also accept, and the people of the feudal states that the Dahan directly manages the people do not accept.

For example, the household tax and the annual tax.

The household tax means that each family has to pay two hundred dollars to the princes and kingdoms every year. If there are six people in a family, a quarter of the head tax will be shared equally.

There are also people who donate money, which is a kind of gift specially used for the people of the country.

All the taxes paid by the people in the feudal kingdom were given to the princes and kings. What if the emperor couldn't collect it, so he got a person's annual tax, which can basically be understood as paying money for the emperor's life.

There are also all kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes. It can be said that the taxes of the big man are not heavy, but the taxes are heavy.

Same as taxes, there are military service, military service and forced service.

Military service is basically divided into three types. The first one is to rotate in various places, and to serve in the North and South Army of the Central Committee, that is, Chang'an, for one year.

The second type is garrison soldiers, who go to the frontier to serve for three days every year.

The third is to serve in various counties and counties for one month.

Don't think that three days or one month is not much, but you have to think about it. This is in ancient times. If you served for three days, you would have to travel for several months on the road.

There is also forced labor. The common people have to set aside one month every year to perform voluntary labor for the country.

These actually look good, but there is one very important point.

During the service period, except for the military service of the Central Army, all other food and drink are ignored, and the common people need to bring their own.

It’s not just about food and drink. During the service, for example, if you want to build a canal, you need to bring all the money and tools you need!

And note that you have to serve every year, from the age of 14 to the age of 56.

With military service and heavy taxes, good years are better, but in bad years, they can't survive, and they can only sell themselves to wealthy families as slaves.

Because compared to being used as an official slave after the land is sold out and there is no money to pay taxes, it is obviously better to sell yourself to a private person, at least you can survive!

Although the big households have to pay double the poll tax to these people, it is much more cost-effective than hiring tenants.

One point is that these people can not only farm, but also herd cattle and sheep, and mine mountains.

The second point is that these people are also a kind of property. They not only help you earn benefits, but are also benefits in themselves.

A small slave can be sold for [-] yuan, a big slave can be sold for [-] yuan, and a strong man can be sold for [-] yuan. The big Han people have become a kind of commodity.

It is said that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was aggressive and killed half of the population. In fact, not many died. Most of them were turned into their own private slaves by these big households, who collected more taxes in the name of joint officials, and land annexation.

This is how they grew up step by step, and even overthrew the big man in less than a hundred years.

Wang Mangjian's new dynasty changed so smoothly, without the slightest obstacle, and they gave their full support, but once they touched the interests of these people, they were overthrown directly!
The topic is far away, and the topic is getting back to the right.

In champion Hou Guo, if the various interests produced by [-] households a year are converted into money, they are basically around four thousand to five thousand gold, and basically never fall below four thousand.

This is the result of Huo Shan exempting them from several taxes such as household tax.

Huo Shan was basically around six or seven thousand before.

Don't think that this is very little, it is actually a lot, five thousand pieces of gold is 5000 million yuan, and this is only one year, this is a road of sustainable development.

Not to mention that everything in this kingdom belongs to him, the land belongs to him, and so do the people.

To put it simply, he is a big slave owner, but he still has to pay taxes to the country for doing business, digging mountains, mining, fishing and raising cattle.

The Champion Marquis, because it is located in Nanyang, is a fertile land, and the taxation is the lowest among all princes, so the people in the country are living a very nourishing life compared with other princes.

Because they don’t have to do forced service anymore, they still have to do military service, but they can refuse to do it, and they have to pay.

Huo Shan basically reinvested the taxes collected in the past few years.

Help them pay the fine, take care of their food and housing, build roads and canals in Fengguo, and help Huo Shan open Gen Liangtian.

As for the wages, no, it’s good enough to take care of food and housing, and the work is still at the door of the house. The output is higher in the land where the canals are built, and more can be left after paying taxes.

The new fields from Kaigen are still handed over to them for planting. There are not so many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes.

I have never seen such a good king, he really deserves to be a champion, they are 'grateful' to Huo Shan!
In fact, the common people are very easy to be satisfied. If you can keep us from starving to death, you are a good country leader. If you can feed us well, that is rare in a century.

Therefore, all the taxes collected by Huo Tan have been invested in it, and the balance will be maintained, so let's develop slowly!

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"Light all the lights in the house."

When Huo Shan returned to the main house after looking at the treasury, it was almost dusk, and it was time to light the lamps.

Huo An made a suggestion after hearing Huo Shan's order:
"My lord, it's still early, and it's not yet time to light up the lamps. Besides, it's enough to light up the main house, so don't light it up in other places?"

Huo Shan rubbed his forehead, feeling a little headache, the old man is still so picky.

"Huo Lao, let's order it first. Money is for spending. If you keep it and don't spend it, it's not money, but dung."

Huo An squeezed his sleeves, his face was a little hesitant, and Huo Shan tried to persuade:

"And, Mr. Huo, in a few days, there will be a big business to be done. Money will flow into Huo's mansion like water. I have to work hard to spend it, otherwise it will rust in the treasury!"

Seeing his complexion, Huo Shan still hesitated, thought for a while, coughed dryly twice, straightened up, and said solemnly:

"Today I go back to the mansion to celebrate the New Year. In the huge Champion Mansion, only one piece of the main house is lit. Let others see it. I can't help saying that I have [-] households in the Hou Kingdom. I can't bear to light this lamp. What does it look like!"

"Ok, deal!"

Sure enough, Huo An's expression changed immediately when he heard what Huo Shan said, and he nodded repeatedly with annoyed expression on his face.

"The lord is right, the old servant is used to it like this, so I forgot that the lord will be looked down upon by others."

After speaking, he hurried to make arrangements.

After the lights were turned on, the entire Huo Mansion was very bright, and as the sky gradually darkened, the entire Huo Mansion was very conspicuous in Chang'an City.

Liu Che, who was standing on the high hall in Weiyang Palace, looked at the lights of Champion Hou's Mansion in Shangguanli not far outside the palace, his face was livid with anger.

I haven't lit the lamp yet, so you took the lead first?
"Whose mansion is that, so luxurious? Is it comparable to Shangzhen's Weiyang Palace?"

The waiter next to him looked up, then hesitated to speak.

Liu Che waited for a long time without waiting for a reply. Turning his head to look, his eyes narrowed instantly:

"Why, you can't afford to offend him?"

The waiter was almost frightened to death, and immediately broke out in cold sweat. As Liu Che's servant, if you think about others, you are courting death.

The waiter immediately lay down on the ground and said tremblingly:
"Back... back to Your Majesty, it's... the Champion's Mansion!"

Liu Che's face froze, and he turned around and asked:

"Did you read that right?"

"Return to Your Majesty, I am sure."

Liu Che's face softened, and unconsciously revealed a smile, helping Huo Shan to explain.

"Zihou is still young, and it's his first time returning home for the New Year. It's normal if he doesn't understand these things. Let him go and light the lamps, and light up the palace."

The waiter respectfully retreated, and when he was far away, he raised his hand to wipe off his cold sweat, and couldn't help but think in his heart:

"Fortunately, it's Xiao Junhou. If it was someone else, it would be miserable. I guess I have to..."

'However, His Majesty is closer to the little Junhou than his own grandson. I have never seen His Majesty smile on the emperor's grandson. I can't afford it, I can't afford it! '

After the lights of Weiyang Palace were turned on, the lights of various mansions in Chang'an City were also turned on one after another.

However, there are some regulations on the day of the Chinese New Year and the day of the beginning of the year. There are not so many things on other days, and even the lighting of the lights must be managed.

Then after eating, it is to watch the year, and there are no rules, just don't fall asleep, until the next morning.

As soon as the time passed, Huo Shan began to distribute rewards. Huo Shan was not around before, and this task was Huo An's job.

Everyone said a blessing to Huo Shan, and Huo An praised and encouraged him, and then rewarded him with money wearing a red string.

Huo Shan was bored, there were many children in the house, so Huo Shan was going to send them, and Huo An sent the rest.

There are 230 people in the whole mansion, including Xiao Lizi and Sun Shang, plus two hundred Qimen, a total of 440 people.

Normally, Huo An spends five baht per person on New Year's and holidays, one thousand dollars.

Huo Shan didn't change this amount. He could afford to send one million dollars to one person, but it was only more than 4 dollars.

But for this thing, it's not good to send more or less, and there are rules.

Huo An was born in the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion, and with the status of a champion, he naturally knows how much the mansion pays the servants, and there is no need to break the rules.

Moreover, Huo An's picking is not really picking, his is frugal, not extravagant and wasteful, and he is very generous to his own people.

Huo Shan felt that distributing copper coins was so boring.

Although the copper coins of the Huo Mansion are all new and shiny gold coins, it doesn't sound good to say that the copper coins are distributed, and there is no such atmosphere as the distribution of money.

So Huo Shan asked someone to bring a box of Jinbanliang and Jinwuzhu.

Although these two are also money, they are not only money, but also works of art.

Later generations will have to go to the bank to exchange for new banknotes when they distribute lucky money during the New Year.

One gold half tael per person, which is a regular reward, and five gold baht is an additional reward prepared by Huo Shan.

Huo An didn't have any objections, the servants in the mansion used the mansion for food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the mansion paid for a small sill. Their home was the Huo Mansion, and there was nothing to spend money on.

Moreover, it was the first time that Huo Shan personally rewarded such beautiful money, even Huo An himself would not be able to spend it.

These people are loyal, if any relatives came to borrow money from before, they will also exchange money with the government, and if they lend this kind of money to relatives, they will not be able to keep it, and it may be a disaster.

So in the end it will go back to the treasury.

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The humble author would like to wish all readers a happy National Day in advance! ! !
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　Thanks for the [-] rewards of the upgraded version of Yangou, thank you! ! !

　　
　
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