"Big businessmen and powerful businessmen benefit the country and should repay the country and benefit the people. They should have a sense of social responsibility, such as building bridges and paving roads, large-scale people's livelihood, helping the orphans, widows and weak, and high business taxes."
"I object!" Censor Chen Ling recovered from the confrontation between He Sheng and Xiang Xun. At this moment, he said loudly with a livid face.
"Building bridges and paving roads, improving people's livelihood, and relieving the orphans, widows, and the weak are all the responsibilities of the imperial court. Shifting the responsibilities of the imperial court to the people cannot last long! Nowadays, three out of ten commercial taxes are already not low. If they were higher, I'm afraid the small private sector would It’s unbearable for traders and hawkers.”
"What Zeng Yushi said is wrong! There are levels of commercial taxes, which are based on profits. If small businessmen and hawkers earn a little, the court should collect less; if big businessmen and wealthy merchants earn a lot from trade, the court should collect more. Commercial taxes are sufficient. , the imperial court can reduce agricultural taxes, so that the people can be enriched; and when the people are wealthy, the domestic economy can be strong... Zeng Yushi, you don’t think that the wealthy merchants have succeeded to the throne and the people are enriched, right?!"
Sheng Yuan was always sharp-tongued, but after what he said, Yushi Chen Ling didn't find an opportunity to say anything.
"As for Zeng Yushi's belief that the imperial court passed the responsibility to the people, it is even more nonsense. The imperial court set up a special agency to supervise merchants to maintain moral integrity, cultivate conscience, and do good deeds to benefit the country and the people. How can there be such rumors?
Rather than letting merchants have excess assets and having them bribe court officials, which would lead to being confiscated and exiled, it would be better to let them use their excess assets for good purposes, which would be considered a service to the court. "
The ministers did not expect Sheng Yuan to be so shameless!
Who would think that there is too much money? Return excess assets! When it comes to property, there is no such thing as excess!
However, Sheng Wenzhen's cheeky talk and these righteous words spoke to the emperor's heart!
Without waiting for other courtiers to object, Emperor Jinghe immediately made up his mind: "Sheng Qing will go back and organize this plan and write it down as soon as possible."
Sheng Yuan was originally the Councilor of General Affairs, so other people's chapters had to be screened by her, and her own chapters had no worries of going straight to the Holy See!
Suddenly, many courtiers who had objections were holding their breath.
Slanderous officials! This girl is a slanderer!
Whoever agrees with the emperor in everything is not a slanderer? !
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This morning's court came to an end after the emperor's decision, but the aftermath in the court gradually fermented among the people.
"Sister Yuan, look, someone is scolding you in an article!"
Sheng Yuan had just practiced boxing and sword skills when she saw An Yu coming angrily with a booklet.
"Isn't this "Wenjian"?" Sheng Yuan took the sweat towel handed over by Xiaoyao and wiped it with a smile on her red face.
"It's the latest issue of "Wenjian"." Anyu found a big stone and sat down, waving to Shengyuan, "Look, many academies in the south have articles loaded in them, including the twelve and three. It’s directed at you! Look!”
Shengyuan drank a gulp of water from a bamboo tube, and then took the "Wenjian" from Anyu.
"Wenjian" has been published since last year. It specially accepts manuscripts submitted by students from academies and literati from various places. The contents of the manuscripts are basically related to current affairs.
Yes, the reason for the existence of "Wenjian" is to accommodate the strong desire to talk among these trouble-loving literati.
Since the publication of "Wenjian", there have been countless remote debates and mutual insults in the ten-volume "Wenjian".
As the saying goes, the reason is unclear. The imperial court used the "Wenjian" to tell the students and literati all over the world not to make trouble in secret, but to speak clearly and openly if they have the ability.
Not to mention, the publication of "Wenjian" has been very effective. Those who used to have double standards and had self-consistent logic gradually lost their temper after the publication of "Wenkan".
After all, it is really difficult for a troll to show his full potential against a group of keyboard warriors.
"Now you are facing a group of big trolls!" An Yu pointed at the booklet angrily and said to Sheng Yuan, "You clearly proposed a good plan that morning, but it seems like you poked a hole in the nest of these people!"
