Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 768

Chapter 773 I will never condone adultery
This time, Mahtabu did not stop him, but secretly ordered a few vigorous male servants, who were Manichean apostles, to protect a girl named Ziba (meaning beautiful). The blood of the former resting royal family is the next Manichaean saint who was personally appointed by Tongtang.

Most of the walking servants also got up, they were busy quickly, some prepared breakfast, some began to feed the horses, and more began to tidy up and salute.Because of Tongtang's noble status, all the Manicheans left the best food for her.

Manichaeism originated in Babylon and prevailed in Persia.However, because of their religious belief conflicts with the Xiejiao, they were no match for each other. After losing the support of the Parthian country, they were forced to go into exile.

Although Manichaeism is not as good as before, there are still many followers of Manichaeism, especially they have a lot of appeal in the lower classes.

After breakfast, everyone started on the road.Xie Daoyun and Liu Mo were sitting in a carriage. At this time, they had passed through Hangu Pass and were about to arrive in Luoyang, not far from Yecheng.

Liu Mo said: "The life in Yecheng is not as good as that in Shangyu, with so many eyes staring at me, this mansion must be well managed!"

"Care?" Xie Daoyun said: "You're talking about Jingwen, right? You don't know how much your husband spoils her? If I didn't know the bottom line, I would have thought that Ran Jingwen was his biological daughter."

It is impossible to say that Xie Daoyun has no opinion on Ran Ming.Ran Ming's love for Ran Jingwen surpassed that of his own children. If it wasn't for Ran Jingwen being a daughter, his son's status would be endangered.

Liu Mo laughed and said: "You don't know, Ran Jingwen was not like this back then, it's all a fault. There are too many censors in Yecheng, and if they don't keep them all, they will be impeached. This trouble will definitely not be less in the future!"

"There will be no less trouble?" At this moment, Xie Daoyun suddenly thought of a possibility, with a look of shock on his face.

Since Ran Ming was canonized as the crown prince, merchants in the entire Wei state were extremely excited.With the rise of Ran Ming's status, the ecological chain of Wei's business has gradually formed.

When Wei State was not established, merchants in Hou Zhao State were like mice.Due to political discrimination, suppression, and backward political system, business activities are extremely difficult.In the post-Zhao state, the status of the Han people was very humble. Not to mention the humble merchants, even officials of Han origin were often robbed by the Jie people.Some post-Zhao Han officials were often robbed to the point where they were left with nothing but their underpants. They went to court meetings naked. If the emperor was in a good mood, they would be rewarded with clothes. Sentenced to death for disrespect and contempt of court.Not to mention those merchants who have no political security.Doing business in this era is almost no different from taking risks.

Since the founding of the Wei State, especially after Ran Ming established the King of Jiaodong, business has received great support with Bu as the center.Although Ran Min is not as supportive of business as Ran Ming, but Ran Min inherited the Han system. In terms of political system, they still adopted the slave system during the post-Zhao Shi dynasty. The victory of barbarism over civilization is a regression in development.Although the Wei State established by Ran Min followed the system of that historical period, it was far more advanced than the political system of Later Zhao.Ran Min and Ran Ming, father and son, both respect legalism from the bottom of their hearts. Since the establishment of Wei State, the law has been gradually improved.

Ran Ming's political views are already ahead of this era. Under Ran Ming's influence, Ran Min has also been more or less influenced.Protective laws for private property are gradually being perfected.Gone are the days of the county magistrates who ransacked their homes and killed their families like the ancient magistrates.

In the past, if merchants were targeted by powerful people, they could only rely on bribery and backdoors to avoid disasters, but now they can use law to resolve civil problems. There have been more than one disputes between powerful people and businessmen in the territory of Wei. , and all these disputes were resolved according to the law under the attention of Ran Min and Ran Ming, and gradually formed a force of habit.In terms of taxation, Ran Min and Ran Ming are also different from the rulers of previous dynasties.

After Ran Min passed through the most difficult and difficult period of three years, Liu Qun once suggested to Ran Min that "Wei State has just established a state, and adopts a more relaxed detention policy for Yan State Xianbei and the foreign races that have just been attached."

At that time, Ran Min was also a little moved, but after thinking about it for a while, Ran Min refused.

"Great Wei established the country by relying on many heroes of the Han family. They risked their lives, put their lives on the line, and fought bloody battles. In this country, their blood was shed on every inch of land. They are the greatest heroes of the Wei State. The Han people are The cornerstone of our country, why should we have strict requirements on the Han people, and tolerate the scum of the foreign race?" Ran Min said at the time: "I know Liu Aiqing meant it as a transitional policy, but it was relaxed at the beginning and then gradually changed. Strictness will not only fail to buy people's hearts, but will also make these people feel that their situation is deteriorating, and will plant great troubles for the future. Instead, it is better to be strict and fair at the beginning to achieve long-term peace and stability."

"This way I'm afraid that these alien races will repeat themselves!" Liu Qun said worriedly.

"The habits of Hu people, I have seen through these years!" Ran Min said: "Hu people bully the weak and fear the hard, it is useless to deal with their morality, only gold and iron horses are useful."

Even in the most difficult moment, Ran Min still did not show mercy to Hu.Apparently, Ran Zhi thought of taking advantage of the Hu people's lack of loyalty to achieve great things.It's a pity that Ran Min is simply a deterrent nuclear weapon to Yihu in Wei State.Except for Murong Li whose head was flooded, the other departments did not dare to move rashly.Wei Guoyi and Hu all consciously abided by the laws of Wei Guo, and as time passed, they didn't feel any inconvenience.

Especially the three-level ethnic policy, which is different from the four-caste system in ancient India. The four-caste system in ancient India is unchanged, but the three-level ethnic policy of Wei State will change.No matter what their origin is, once they break the law and betray the interests of the country, they will be punished. Hu people with red hair and green eyes can also have Han nationality. Naturalized nationality or barbarian nationality is imposed.

Of course, Wei Guo's policies are not all support for business, but also suppression.Industries that are beneficial to people's livelihood, such as grain trafficking, processing, silk, porcelain, clothing processing, and furniture, standard tools, and agricultural tools, are given certain preferential policies. However, for wine, spices, and luxury goods such as gold, ivory, coral, Consumer goods such as jade and precious stones are heavily taxed.

In particular, copper and gold wares are not allowed to be used by the people in the state of Wei, but in addition to the luxury goods tax that is tens or hundreds of times higher, there will also be a use tax, and this tax is not collected at one time, but from the date of purchase. , the monthly charge is one cent of the price.However, although there are many restrictions, relatively speaking, Wei's business environment is the best in this era.

Any product is taxed from the factory.After the sales tax is levied, miscellaneous taxes such as transit tax and city entry tax will no longer be levied.As long as you enter Wei State, any commodity can be traded according to the law as long as you have a tax payment certificate, and your private property will not be confiscated.

There are only ten clauses involving the confiscation of family property, which are the so-called heinous crimes.

In the second year of Kaiyuan, although Ran Zhi's coup took place in Wei State, Wei State's agriculture has recovered to the greatest extent. Although it has not reached the highest level, its per capita income has surpassed that of Jin Dynasty. During the Taishi years of development.The handicraft industry and folk art also developed resurgently.

However, Wei's economic development has a lot of factors, that is because of the overseas predatory development of Zhongnan Development Company, Nanyang Development Company and Central Asia Development Company.However, at this time, Nanyang Company and Zhongnan Company were suppressed by the Gupta Empire, especially the sales and source of raw materials of Nanyang Company shrunk by almost two-thirds.

Ran Ming clearly knew that the influence of Nanyang Company had not been conveyed to the country at this time, and once the sales network was destroyed, the impact would definitely be considerable.

Ran Ming took Ran Jin's letter and hurried to the palace.If the Wei government did not support these merchants, these merchants would definitely not be able to compete with a huge empire with almost ten million square kilometers and a population of more than 3000 million.

Ran Ming came to the emperor and saw Zhongchang Shi Youyi.

You Yi hurriedly went to report to Ran Min: "Your Majesty, the crown prince is here!"

Ran Min said: "Let the prince wait outside!"

Ran Ming's wait was not short, from the end of the morning morning to the evening of the next day, after nearly six hours of waiting, Ran Ming almost collapsed.It was only at this time that Ran Min finished handling government affairs.When it was time for dinner, the eunuch and Gong'e had already prepared Ran Min's dinner.

Ran Ming laughed and said, "Father, dealing with government affairs requires a combination of work and rest, how can you not cherish your body so much!"

Ran Min smiled and said, "The world has not yet been unified. Father wants to hand over a complete world to you in his lifetime. If we Dawei want to achieve this goal, we must ensure money and food, and there will be no rebellion and chaos. Only in this way can we have no worries and develop with peace of mind." .Last year, the Yellow River was flooded, and Heluo was severely affected, but this year, the weather is good, and it seems that the treasury can have a lot of money and food."

"No rebellion, no chaos." Ran Ming frowned and said, "Could it be that there is another disturbance somewhere? My son is not talented, and I am willing to share my father's worries!"

"Rebellion cannot be suppressed by force alone! This is only a temporary solution, not a root cause!" Ran Minyu said earnestly: "All rebellions are nothing more than encountering injustice, or because they cannot survive. To solve the problem of injustice, we must ensure the legal system Just, if you want them not to take risks, you must give them a way to survive, so that the rebellion will naturally be wiped out, and it will be too late to suppress the rebellion after someone rises up. Therefore, in the germination of all dangers, this can Bring rapid development to our Great Wei."

"Thank you, father, for your teaching!" Ran Ming said, "My son knows that, in the future, the talented will have a stage to display and give hope to the people of the world."

"Yeah!" Ran Min nodded and said, "Actually, there is one more thing you need to understand. Although fairness and justice are the right way to govern. However, there are always some people who don't know what is good or bad. They can't be satisfied by giving them fairness and justice. They won't be honest. , I want to exempt the Heluo area from taxes for one year, and three buckets of grain per mu. Even if a middle-class family owns a thousand mu of land, they will only be exempted from thirty shi of grain. However, some people would rather risk offending the king. The danger of the law, actually secretly withholding the decree issued by me, so that the people continue to pay taxes."

Those who win the people win the world. The so-called people do not refer to the hardworking people, but the powerful gentry everywhere. They are the spokespersons of the imperial court.

But the real common people, because they don't understand current affairs, can't read and write, and don't have a channel to make their own voices, they can't know the emperor's preferences, good and evil, even if they know it, they hear it from the mouths of the gentry above them. .

(End of this chapter)