Fortunate Young Gentleman

Tax reform has been fermenting for several days. Wu Bo, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and more than ten officials proposed a proposal at the morning court today. Kuangsha Literature Network

Tax reform involves many things and is of great importance. It is better to slow down rather than rush. They suggest that the court should take it step by step. It is better to streamline the complicated tax system first, and then talk about tax reform.

Chen State is a country with dozens or hundreds of prefectures. Any decree issued by the court cannot be completed overnight. It will take at least five or six years to popularize the tax system alone to all prefectures.

By then, it is unknown whether the Emperor Chen is still in power. Who will remember this decree?

This right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue took over Han Ming's position not long ago. He came from the capital and his family is also a well-known noble family in the capital. Naturally, he does not want the court to cut off these noble families.

After this proposal was put forward, many officials in the court echoed it.

There are too few poor people who can stand out from the imperial examination and be in the court. The officials in the court are either from powerful and wealthy families or from humble families. But even if they are from humble families, they must be local landlords who own countless fields and have a vested interest in this proposal.

This is actually an important reason why the court cannot abolish the head tax and levy taxes according to the fields. All the decisions of the court are for the ruling class, and the officials who make up the court are the rulers.

How could they be willing to cut from themselves to subsidize the common people?

There are too many officials who seconded this proposal, and even Emperor Chen cannot act alone. After leaving the court, he convened the important officials in the court to discuss and formally passed Wu Bo's proposal to streamline the tax system.

Half a month ago, the gentry and dignitaries who were still opposed to streamlining the tax system seemed very cooperative this time, and there was no discordant voice before and after.

After all, the court has already made concessions. If they still don't know what's good for them and cause His Majesty to regret, it will not benefit anyone.

Many people sighed when they heard the news. They thought that the court would completely stand on their side this time, but they didn't expect that they would succumb to power in the end.

However, despite their disappointment, they were relatively satisfied with the final result.

Even if the head tax could not be abolished, there were many fewer taxes and levies. For some people, it was more than half easier than before.

The gentry and dignitaries who finally breathed a sigh of relief, after calming down, gradually realized that something seemed to be wrong.

The court wanted to implement a streamlined tax system half a year ago, but they were jointly opposed. After that, they mentioned it several times, but nothing happened.

But who would have thought that after a long circle in the past six months, this matter was finally implemented.

In a mansion of a certain dignitary, a man suddenly realized and murmured, "Could this be the original purpose of the court?"

"What a good plan..." In a certain wealthy family's house, another man said with a gloomy face, "What a good Wu Bo, do you think we are fools?"

After the dust settled, the calm people gradually realized that if the original purpose of the court was never tax reform, but to streamline the tax system, then all of them had fallen into the scheme of the court and His Majesty.

First, they put forward a condition that they could not accept, and then greatly lowered the requirements. In comparison, normal people would choose the second one.

But in fact, even the second requirement was something they were unwilling to accept. It was only because of the comparison that they had the illusion of taking advantage.

In fact, they still suffered a loss.

In this way, Wu Bo, the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was not thinking about them at all. This was originally a plot of the court. He dug a pit and let them jump into it, and they actually wanted to be grateful to him...

"What a swindler!"

"Mr. Wu, I will remember this account!"

...

After the tax reform of the Wu family was settled, the outside world suddenly changed. After Wu Bo heard the report from the servants in the mansion, his face was as gloomy as water, and he said angrily: "Mr. Qian, you old fox, are you still a human being!"

It was not until this moment that he understood why the Minister of Revenue did not propose it himself, but gave this "good opportunity" to him.

He must have known at that time that this was a black pot, and Qian Shuo was unwilling to bear this pot, so he let Wu Bo bear it...

When Wu Bo scolded Qian Shuo at home, Qian Shuo sat steadily in the Shangshu Yamen, sipping tea leisurely and comfortably, and secretly made up his mind that he must stay away from Tang Ning and King Huai, the two cunning foxes, in the future.

In the imperial study, Emperor Chen smiled, and his heart was obviously good.

What was originally opposed by the powerful and wealthy families, after this plan, turned out to be something they begged the court to implement. Once this decree is implemented, it can firstly reduce the burden on the people and benefit the long-term stability of the country. Secondly, the tax items are unified and simple, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources. Thirdly, it can also increase the income of the national treasury, which can be said to be killing three birds with one stone.

More importantly, the court did not pay any price for these three gains. It is the most smoothly implemented law in recent years.

King Huai has been implementing this decree for half a year, but there has been no progress. When Tang Ning took over, he was also at a loss. However, with the combination of the two swords, they actually did a great job in such a short time, which pleased him deeply.

He thought of a possibility in his mind, and flipped open a letter casually. When he saw the content written on it, his face sank.

"The secret agent who went to Guizhou to investigate has disappeared..."

Although Qiandi does not belong to the Chen State, it has a special location and can easily threaten Jiangnan. Only when everything in Guizhou is within his sight can he feel at ease.

He clenched his fists, looked at Wei Jian, and said, "Send more people to go to Guizhou to investigate..."

…

Tangning was sitting in the yard, and Fang Xinyue sat opposite him boredly, flipping through a flower rope in his hand, then throwing it away and asking, "Brother Tangning, when will the young lady come back? "

Tangning shook her head and said, "I don't know either."

The old beggar often takes Xiaoxiao out for travel, but usually it only lasts for one or two months, and the longest is no more than three months. This time, he has been away for more than half a year and has not come back.

With the old beggar around, Tangning wasn't worried about his little safety, but none of them had sent a letter back, which made him feel a little unsure.

She was as pure as a little white flower. If he taught her to become a female devil - Tangning couldn't imagine this scene.

After all, when the old beggar was young, he had the experience of traveling and fighting all over the world.

I didn't receive the little letter, but yesterday I received another letter from Su Mei.

Things in Guizhou were more troublesome than she expected. Judging from the current situation, she would have to stay there for a long time.

Fang Xinyue held her chin, sighed softly, and said, "Where is she..."

…

A certain state in Chu State.

From a well-known sect, several figures limped out of the mountain gate, and the leader bowed: "Senior, walk slowly."

A slovenly old man waved his hand and left with a tall girl.

Watching the two of them walk away, the sect owner breathed a sigh of relief.

On the mountain road, the girl looked up at the old man and said, "Master, I want to go home..."

"It's only been more than half a year since we came out..." The old man looked at her, thought for a moment, and said, "We'll hit ten more houses and we'll go back..." Fupin Chinese