Destiny Only Han

Chapter 608 Liu Ying: If you want to commit a crime, there is nothing wrong with it!
Chang'an City, Central Avenue.

A five-foot-tall marble statue is being put to the finishing touches.

The statue is wearing a flat sky crown, standing with a sword, looking forward, with fluttering clothes. Judging from the iconic beard on the statue's chin, it should be the statue of Liu Bang.

It's just that Liu Bang smashed his mouth, the more he looked at this statue, he didn't look like him, but he looked like Liu Ying when he grew up...

But that's not important, what's important is that the onlookers were bursting with amazement, especially those envoys from the king of Fan from Southeast Asia, who knelt on the ground and worshiped, muttering something in their mouths.

Now they have believed in the identity of King Liu Bang Lei, the great god of creation, who controls thunder, lightning and storms. These islanders who rely on water for water naturally prefer to believe that they have it.

After all, I don’t need money anyway, so I have a little trust...

Of course, the statue of Liu Bang is not free, and don’t expect Xiao He, who pursues Huanglaoweiwei, to use the country’s money, let alone Liu Ying. One day, Liu Ying deliberately found an old dress, made a bunch of patches and shook it in front of Liu Bang...

Therefore, Liu Bang can only pay for it himself, and use his own small treasury to complete this random event that increases the 'Dynasty Prestige' and 'Personal Prestige'.

Because of this, he looked at the face of the statue, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became...

Well, he was very sure that the reason why the statue was Liu Ying was because of the eyes. The eyes of the statue were round and feminine. At first glance, it was the appearance that Liu Ying inherited from Lu Zhi!
So Liu Bang rolled up his sleeves and angrily walked towards Liu Ying who was talking with Xiao He.

"Teacher, this really can't be regarded as extravagance and waste, a waste of national power..." Liu Ying danced and tried her best to distinguish, trying to save herself from the tragic experience of extra classes.

This old man is so annoying, my father doesn't care, he's bullying him endlessly... Liu Ying pointed at the busy workers and said:
"Teacher, think about it, my father's money is his private wealth, unless the state is not enough and owes a big debt, he needs to open his small coffers to fill the state money..."

"But the problem is, teacher, you are too capable. You have managed such a huge country in an orderly manner. I heard that the ropes that thread the money in the treasury in the south of the city are rotten. This year, we need to add another treasury to hold it back from Whale Island." The gold, silver and copper ingots..."

"So, instead of letting my dad's money rust in his small coffers, it's better to use the money to invest in infrastructure, so that the workers can earn money, and the rickshaw drivers who transport the stone can also earn money... The important thing is the money spent In the end, it will go back to my dad's small coffers, so no one loses, but everyone makes money and becomes rich!"

Xiao He twirled his beard and nodded lightly, looked at Liu Bang who was standing behind Liu Ying with his arms up, but was stunned, and said with a smile: "So, this is why you advocate the levy of commercial tax, from [-] to [-], The reason for the adjustment to [-]th tax?"

Liu Ying nodded:
"Of course, our business tax is too low now. The low tax used before is to revitalize business, so that those wealthy businessmen don't hide their money in the cellar to mold, but now that so many years have passed, it's time to adjust the amount! "

"After all, it is not good for the country if certain groups are too rich. It is better to raise taxes and use the collected money for iron public foundations, that is, railways, Chidao, and infrastructure such as medical centers and free schools. .”

Of course, it is not unimportant how much benefit the construction group with tens of thousands of foremen secretly controlled by Liu Ying can gain...

Listening to Liu Ying's words, although Xiao He instinctively felt that something was weird, he still nodded slightly in agreement, after all, such things as commercial tax appeared very early, and it has always been dynamic, and there is no fixed amount.

The important thing is that there is no ancestral law that cannot be changed in the Han Dynasty today, because they are the real ancestors...

Well, the commercial tax originated in the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period. Before that, most merchants were held by relatives of the monarch’s family. They belonged to red-capped merchants. In addition, the productivity was underdeveloped, and the infrastructure of urban roads was not good enough. Some small traders used means of tax evasion, so Commercial tax is not as good as agricultural tax, basically better than nothing.

In the world of great controversy, wealthy businessmen who are not directly related to the monarch have emerged in all countries, so commercial tax is the most important thing...

For example, the Southern Great Wall of Qi State, on the one hand, is to defend Chu State, and more importantly, it is used to collect taxes...

In commercial tax, in addition to land occupation, registration and registration, etc., tax is levied according to a certain percentage of commodity transaction volume, which is mainly divided into three categories: overtax, seat tax and gate tax.

The so-called taxation refers to the tax that the caravan needs to collect when passing through certain checkpoints.

The gate tax refers to the tax that needs to be paid according to the goods carried by the merchant when entering the city. Generally, the tax is collected according to the value of the goods. After paying the tax, you can get the tax payment certificate and sell the goods in the city.

As for the sitting tax, the main reason is that some cities are small and the population is not large, so the merchants can’t sell all the things they carry, so there is a sitting tax based on how much they sell, which is similar to stall fees.

After all, in this period, the market was surrounded by walls. When entering, the goods had to be counted. How many goods were brought in were counted. There were records. When leaving the market, the goods were liquidated. Do not pay taxes.

Well, sitting tax and gate tax basically don't exist at the same time.

After the unification of the Qin Dynasty, customs duties were canceled nationwide, and the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and Guan Liang was unimpeded, so the main thing collected was the city tax, or city rent. As for the taxation of Shanze garden products, this is Liu Bang's small treasury , to collect taxes in the production link.

However, the taxation of Shanze garden products is often taken over by the state and local governments. This has caused Liu Bang to become a priest from time to time, clamoring for my money, they take 200 million, and I share 100 million...

Well, many small traders actually do not pay taxes. For example, farmers living near towns sell vegetables, fish, poultry eggs, or some bamboo and firewood, all of which are within the scope of tax exemption.

Therefore, the increase in the taxation amount will mainly hit the wealthy businessmen. On the one hand, the political status of the merchants is low, so it is easy to handle, but more importantly, even if Liu Ying proposes to increase the taxation amount, it is only a [-]% tax. Compared with the taxation of any country in later generations, it is not high.

Therefore, Liu Ying is not worried that those honorable families who are in business will be dissatisfied. After all, his knife was also cut on his own neck.

Do not suffer from widowhood but suffer from inequity.

If there is such a culprit, Liu Ying has plenty of ways to deal with him.

Can titles only be conferred, not taken back?

On the original historical line, there were 143 founding heroes of the Western Han Dynasty. After Gaozu, Gaohou Huidi, and Wen Jing Dynasty, a total of 68 were eliminated from the country, of which 15 had no successors, and 53 failed in crimes or political struggles or rebelled against the country. Family, in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the regiment was destroyed...

Well, there are actually a few more. After all, when Tai Shigong wrote "Historical Records", Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still alive.

However, those few did not escape the clutches of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

For example, Cao Zong of the Marquis of Pingyang is Cao Can's family. Cao Zong's father, Cao Xiang, is the son of Princess Pingyang, the eldest sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the son of Cao Shi, Marquis of Pingyang.

And Princess Pingyang, who later remarried Wei Qing, gave birth to Cao Xiang, who later married Princess Wei, the daughter of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and gave birth to Cao Zong.

It's just that the grandson who was close to him did not escape the "Witch Gu Rebellion". Cao Zong was convicted of adultery with a middle-class man and breaking into the palace gate without authorization, which is a capital crime.

So he handed over [-] households of Shiyi, only to escape death and become a Chengdan.

As for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's destruction of the group of heroes in the early Han Dynasty, it was not really against them. This was because others were not allowed to snore on the side of the bed.

So, there is a scene where you are so rich in gold... well, is it good enough?

Seeing the conversation between Liu Ying and Xiao He, Liu Bang silently put down his raised palm. It wasn't that he forgave his cheating brat, it was simply that he didn't want to beat him up in front of so many people!

Well, it's not because this Zhuzi is very capable... Liu Bang turned around arrogantly and looked south.

There is Pei County.

At this moment, the thought in his heart became more and more intense, which made him toss and turn these days and could not sleep at night.

He wants to go back to Pei County to have a look...

So he stood in front of Liu Ying, looked at Xiao He and said, "I want to tour the Jianghuai in the south, and the crown prince and Xiangguo will stay and supervise the country!"

Between Jianghuai?Wait, Huai, Huainan King... Liu Ying's eyes widened suddenly, and she grabbed Liu Bang's sleeve: "Father, for the sake of doing my best to repair this statue for you, bring me one... um , it will be fine if I have my teacher in charge of supervising the country..."

Hearing the words 'best effort' and 'statue', Liu Bang's beard under his chin moved without any wind, and his palm stuck out like lightning, and slapped Liu Ying on the back of her head.

"Nai Gong told you not to wear a crown!"

This old man is so unreasonable... Liu Ying looked aggrieved. After all, he still had a few years to reach the age of crowning.

So, he just wanted to beat himself up!

Liu Ying kept all this in her heart, and it was not too late to prepare for a gentleman's revenge for ten years. After all, he still had to ask Liu Bang.

So he continued to pull Liu Bang's sleeve, imitating the tone of little lolita's coquettishness to Liu Bang: "Well, when I get back, I will find a tiara to wear... But father, just take me, please." ..."

In an instant, not only Xiao He's expression of contempt, but even Liu Bang's face darkened, and he slapped Liu Ying on the back of the head again: "Speak well to Naigong!"

There are only three things, I can bear it... Liu Ying bulged her cheeks, and said with a painful face: "The big deal is that I will pay for the expenses along the way... We have plenty of money! By the way, Dad, are you going to go directly to Jianghuai? ?”

Liu Bang shook his head: "Go to Qi to meet Cao Shen first, and then go south..."

(End of this chapter)