It was the third day of July in the eighteenth year of Jianyuan.
At the great court meeting, the prime minister, the imperial censor and other ministers headed by Confucianists jointly submitted a book of determined reforms aimed at increasing the country's fiscal revenue.
There are three core contents of the reform.
One is the official camp of Yantie.
The second is to take back the right to mint coins. From now on, no matter wealthy merchants or princes, they are allowed to mint coins privately. All coins are minted and issued by the imperial court. Past coins will be recycled and recast in the next few years. After the deadline, No more old coins are allowed.
The third is to lose evenly.
Among them, equalization refers to transporting the special products paid by counties and princes to nearby places with high prices for sale to increase the revenue of the treasury. The equalization principle means that the country directly participates in economic operations and buys certain things when they are cheap and when they are high. Sell to stabilize prices.
It also prevents some businessmen from hoarding.
Most importantly, this includes internal and external trade, that is, internal and external trade on the Silk Road.
From then on, only the state was allowed to conduct business on the Western Regions’ trade routes.
It is self-evident who it is aimed at.
Bai Sheng has now changed hands or abandoned many non-core industries in Daqian. Some of the still profitable industries have been transferred to his grandchildren, and some to his daughters and grandchildren.
Those that were not very profitable, had alternatives, or seriously polluted the environment were basically abandoned by her.
So in reality, 80% of Bai Sheng's commercial income comes from internal and external trade on the Silk Road. If all this aspect is really changed to official trade only, Bai Sheng will indeed suffer heavy losses.
After all, her Maritime Silk Road has not yet been opened.
The overseas production base has not yet been established.
These are currently only accessible but not accessible.
Obviously, the Confucian side has carefully investigated Bai Sheng's situation, and it is even clear that Bai Sheng's ability to achieve many things depends on her wealth, not her status as the Queen Mother. After all, just her status as the Queen Mother, But there is no way to give Baijia that much financial support.
Without enough financial resources, it is a question whether those weak schools can survive, let alone engage in research, and there is no chance to revive their own schools now.
However, what they harmed was not just the interests of Bai Sheng. The above three proposals, no matter which one harmed them, were actually the interests of the princes, princes and major wealthy businessmen. Therefore, it was natural that they would be opposed by the ministers. Generally speaking, those who have interests involved are in opposition, those who have no interests involved either do not help or directly support, and supporters account for the majority.
The Mohists and farmers did not dare to object, after all, these proposals did not seriously damage their interests.
If they actively opposed it, it would not be equivalent to helping the Empress Dowager who had broken with them, so they could only neither support nor oppose it, and stand neutral.
Which ones are actually likely to be actively opposed?
They are princes, kings, princes and wealthy businessmen.
Needless to say, the wealthy businessmen are not qualified to go to court at all. Most of the princes do not have specific positions in the court, and a large part of them stay in their own fiefdoms. This is especially true for the princes and kings. They do not have a chartered capital. There was no way to leave his vassal state.
Not to mention coming to Chang'an to go to court.
Most of those whose interests have been harmed cannot go to court. Of course, the supporters in the court far outnumber the opponents.
But whether you agree or not depends on Emperor Jianyuan.
He has veto power.
At this time, Emperor Jianyuan was undoubtedly very excited, because whether he was enjoying himself, fighting the Huns, or doing other things, he couldn't do without money. It was true that he was the emperor, but once he didn't If you have enough money, you can't do many things.
He can use military service to recruit soldiers, but he cannot not allocate a penny and let those soldiers bear their own expenses during the war. Let alone the combat effectiveness of such an army, I am afraid it has not been allocated for a long time.
There will have to be mutiny and rebellion internally.
Elite soldiers and generals are all raised by money. If there is not enough money, then human lives have to be used to fill it.
After the tax law reform, although the country's fiscal revenue has increased a lot, it is still far from the level where he can do whatever he wants, and it is even more difficult for him to spend freely and enjoy himself.
After much thought, Emperor Jianyuan agreed. He could see the purpose of Confucianism, but he was willing to cooperate.
the most important is.
He is more interested in the income after doing so.
Monopoly business has been the most profitable since ancient times. Now that he monopolizes most of the money-making industries as a state, it is easy to know that the next income will definitely bring him great surprises. It is really full of money.
And doing so would also hurt his royal grandmother.
Attack the princes, kings, powerful merchants, etc.
It's a perfect achievement.
However, Emperor Jianyuan's agreement was only that there was no problem in the general direction, and the specific details still needed to be carefully negotiated. No, as soon as the court meeting was over, he retained the core figures Kong only and Sang Hongyang who had submitted the letter.
"You two are really courageous. You want to take action against the Empress Dowager's Chamber of Commerce. But have you ever thought about the consequences? What would you do if the Empress Dowager unites all the princes, kings and princes to oppose it? , I cannot disobey my grandmother and be unfilial!"
Although he agreed, Emperor Jianyuan was really unsure whether it would succeed and how the Empress Dowager would respond, so he left Kong Yue and Sang Hongyang behind.
I just hope they can have peace of mind.
This will also determine whether he will fully support Confucianism in this way, or whether he will be at odds with some details.
For example, abandon the part targeting the Empress Dowager.
Or don’t do it so absolutely and leave some room.
"Your Majesty, you should be able to see that in recent years, the Queen Mother has always shown an external image of kindness, kindness and caring for the people.
Not only did he care for the people and was unwilling to increase their wealth, but he also cared for the soldiers. He also prepared better weapons for them and various medicines for their injuries. He even increased their pensions after their deaths and took care of their widows and orphans. and disabled soldiers, and set up temples to offer sacrifices.
It can be said that the Queen Mother has been doing good things.
Even the reform of commercial taxation was promoted by the Empress Dowager. Therefore, the Empress Dowager will not refuse anything that serves the country and the people. Although the reform we proposed this time will harm the Empress Dowager interests, but it is indeed for the country and the people! "
Sang Hongyang may not be able to understand the concept of personality and personality collapse, but he is still keenly aware that a good person who has always shown himself to serve the country and the people and does charity is very likely to suffer the loss of silence for the sake of face.
In other words, you can use this as an excuse.
Force her to suffer the loss of being dumb.
If you don’t obey, then you are not truly serving the country and the people.
