Chapter 490: Shocking Business Tax
Not only Mohists and Gongshu scholars, but also doctors, farmers, Confucians, and Legalists are all formulating teaching content. Except for Confucians, no one else knows how to write it.
If you write it too simply, you feel it is meaningless; if you write it too difficult, you are afraid that others will not understand it.
For a while, everyone didn't know what to do.
So they all agreed and planned to ask Qin An fifteen days later.
Since it was Qin An who initiated the construction of the academy, Qin An should be the best choice.
Xianyang Palace, Qilin Palace, a new morning dynasty begins.
"See you, Your Majesty. May your Majesty be safe." The officials saluted Ying Zheng.
"Pingsheng." Ying Zheng said slowly, "If there is something to do, I will start to report, but if there is nothing to do, I will withdraw from the court."
Feng Jie, Minister of War, stepped forward and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, there is a battle at the border. The Xiongnu Shanyu Touman Shanyu led an army of 100,000 to sweep across the grassland.
The puppet Chanyu supported by the imperial court was killed, and the Meng family army was caught off guard. General Meng Tian wrote a memorial to plead guilty, hoping that His Majesty would make a decision. "
Ying Zheng's expression changed and he said angrily: "If you're beaten, please forgive me. When did Meng Tian become such a mother-in-law?"
The ministers did not dare to speak and lowered their heads.
Gan Luo rolled his eyes and thought: "Meng Tian was attacked. This is a dereliction of duty. Doesn't this give us a chance?"
So he immediately took a step forward and said: "Your Majesty, General Meng Tian was defeated by Tou Man this time. It was definitely his dereliction of duty.
For the Qin Dynasty, when had it ever been afraid of the Huns? General Meng Tian led an army of 500,000 to drive the Huns out of the Hexi area. But now, only a few years later, they were defeated by the Huns.
No matter how you think about it, this matter is impossible, unless General Meng Tian neglects his duty and Tou Man takes advantage of it. "
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "There is indeed something fishy about this matter. Did Meng Tian explain the reason?"
"Reporting to Your Majesty," Feng Jie said, "General Meng Tian's memorial said that it was because the Huns were cooperating with others, so General Meng Tian did not receive any news, so the Meng family army was caught off guard and was tricked by Tou Man.
Fortunately, the loss was not big, but the original Hexi land was occupied by Touman again. "
"Your Majesty." Feng Quji stepped forward and said, "Those who are not from my race must have different thoughts. Although the emperor's strategy is very good, he does not know the actual situation.
As long as the emperor's master is in Hexi in person, he will probably destroy the Huns on the spot.
Now is not the time to hold people responsible, but to let Meng Tian lead the Meng family army to drive the Huns out of Hexi again.
The remaining Xiongnu people all moved to the land of Baiyue to help the imperial court open roads.
Now we only have sea and water routes, but there are many counties in between without docks. Even if there are docks, there is no way to transport goods to the counties.
Therefore, Wei Chen believes that it would be better to help those aliens with evil intentions to build cement roads. "
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said, "What a good idea. There are many mountains in the Baiyue Land. Although there are roads, they are very difficult to walk. If there is a cement road, it will be good for the court and merchants. It will be a good thing."
"Your Majesty," Li Si said, "Although the Huns are untrustworthy, not all the Huns are untrustworthy. There are some old, weak, women and children who believe in the imperial court very much and have become subjects of the Qin Dynasty.
Even some young and middle-aged people have become common people of Da Qin and live and work in peace and contentment at the border.
General Meng Tian did not explain the situation in detail, so I suggested it. Let Han Xin be stationed at the border and let Meng Tian come back first.
Wait until the court understands clearly before making a decision. Otherwise, all the previous efforts made by the court will be in vain.
Moreover, the emperor should have better ideas for the development of the Xiongnu land. "
Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said: "It's okay, let Meng Tian come back first, let Han Xin command the Meng family army at the border, and let Han Xin make his own decision. He can attack the Xiongnu if he thinks he can.
As long as he is confident, if he wins, I will give him a promotion, if he loses, I will take his head. "
"No. Weichen will make arrangements now." Feng Jie
said.
Now the imperial court has established the Ministry of War. Meng Tian is a military general and is under the management of the Ministry of War, so all documents must be issued by the Ministry of War.
Unless Ying Zheng personally issues the order, there is no need for Ying Zheng to personally issue the order this morning. The Ministry of War can just issue an official document.
"Your Majesty," Li Si said again, "After Wei Chen became the Minister of Household Affairs, he made an adjustment to the imperial court's commercial tax.
This month's tax revenue has increased to more than 1.2 million yuan. "
The court officials were all shocked, this was too much.
Ying Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Why are there so many?"
Li Si immediately explained: "Reporting to your Majesty, this is because the ships from Langya County Pier have returned, bringing a lot of fruits, not only that, but also a lot of spices.
On average, the court can turn over about 30,000 taels of revenue per ship, and the taxes collected by merchants from all over the country add up to that much.
Especially Young Master Jiang Lu, who could originally turn over one hundred thousand taels per month, but since His Majesty gave the recipe of seafood and river fresh food to Young Master Jiang Lu.
Young Master Jianglu's restaurants and restaurants are popular almost every day, and the seafood shipped from Langya Pier is sold out almost every day.
Therefore, it has changed from one hundred thousand guan to two hundred thousand taels, and it is still increasing.
Adding in the taxes from major merchants, there are 1.2 million yuan a month. "
"Okay, haha..." Ying Zheng laughed excitedly.
I had no idea about money before, but after Qin An's explanation, I realized that money can buy anything, even the country.
As for food, it was indeed very important in the past, but with high-yield food, people can basically have enough to eat as long as they are not greedy.
Because Ying Zheng has lowered agricultural taxes and even abolished labor. To be precise, labor is still there, but it can be used to offset labor.
This gave the court another income, and with this income, the court could spend money to recruit laborers to work.
Ying Zheng said with satisfaction: "The general has done a good job and is worthy of a big responsibility. Come and tell the general to go to court."
"No." A forbidden soldier responded.
Not long after, the imperial guards came to the court with their generals.
"See you, father." Jiang Lu saluted Ying Zheng.
"Get up." Ying Zheng said with a smile.
"Thank you, Father." Jiang Lu stood up and asked, "Father, what are your instructions for calling my son?"
Ying Zheng looked at Jiang Lu and said with a smile: "I have an important task for you, are you willing to accept it?" ap.
Jiang Lu was overjoyed. My father finally saw my merits. He immediately said, "My son is willing."
"Okay." Ying Zheng said, "Starting today, I have officially decided to establish the Imperial Merchant. All the income of the Imperial Merchant will be the emperor's personal income.
Secondly, when a state-owned enterprise is established, all the proceeds from the state-owned enterprise belong to the state treasury. Today, the heads of imperial merchants and state-owned enterprises are all headed by generals. "
"Ah?" Jiang Lu was stunned, his mouth wide open.
Ying Zheng smiled and said, "What? You don't want to?"
