After leaving the palace and walking to Tailongfang, they said goodbye and Han You hurried back to the mansion.
Sure enough, Dad was still squatting on the steps, next to the two brothers Wang Shan and Wang Hai who were being sprayed.
Seeing Han You coming back, Dad breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly came up to meet him.
Han You opened his mouth with a critical strike: "Dad, I want to see Your Majesty."
Han Bairen was stunned: "Entering the palace?"
"Well, the emperor wants to personally examine me, a teacher in the palace."
Upon hearing this, Han Bairen felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and subconsciously said, "Then why did Youer come back alive?"
Han You: "..."
Han Bairen's expression changed again: "Go back to your home to await your punishment?"
"Oh dad, why do you look down on your son so much? It's nothing."
While pulling his father to the mansion, Han You explained: "The emperor is quite satisfied with the child's talent and learning, so he gave the child an errand. Isn't it tax season? He asked the child to find ways to collect the tax money in Beijing. .”
Han Bairen stopped and turned his head numbly to stare at Han You.
Asking Youer to collect taxes, this old lady is just trying to pull a rubber band.
Wang Shan's expression suddenly changed: "Is it possible that the emperor wants to kill everyone in the Han family?!"
Han You was confused: "What do you mean?"
"Don't talk about the beginning of the spring, let's talk about the previous dynasty. It is the most difficult to collect taxes and money in the capital. Where is the capital? There are more officials than dogs, there are more aristocratic families than officials. The big businessmen in the capital, behind the scenes Which of the bosses has no foundation? It is not easy to collect taxes and money from Beijing."
Han Bairen let out a long sigh and said, "That's right. It's obvious that he deliberately made things difficult for You'er and the Han family. If this job goes wrong, your Majesty will punish you. You've fallen into a fucking trap."
Upon hearing this, Han You breathed a sigh of relief. He thought what was going on.
In fact, today's matter is just a matter of rushing to the shelves. At first glance, the emperor did not want to give this job to him, but it was just a rush of chatting. Seeing that he looked confident, the emperor thought that he would give it a try. That's all, it's not as complicated as dad thought.
"Dad, you are overthinking. Don't forget that you are the governor of Jingzhao Mansion."
Han You said dumbfounded: "If your Majesty wants to cause trouble for you, you will have the opportunity to go to court every day, and it will not be the same every time."
Han Bairen's expression changed: "It makes some sense, but it's not to embarrass the father. Could it be that it's to embarrass You'er?"
"A child is so virtuous and capable."
Han You didn't know how to explain it, so he simply said: "Your Majesty wants to train His Highness Prince You, and I happen to be the teacher of the Prince's Palace, so I will accompany His Highness through all the troubles."
Han Bairen suddenly realized: "It turns out that the one your Majesty wants to make things difficult for is King You!"
Han You: "..."
It can be seen that my father sincerely believes that whoever is involved in the tax collection in Beijing will be in trouble, even the nobles of Tianhuang.
Han You could only comfort him for a while before sending his worried father back to the bedroom.
Back in the back garden, Han You, who was hungry, asked Wang Shan to bring some food. While eating, he asked about tax and silver issues.
The taxes in Dazhou are nothing more than commercial taxes and agricultural taxes accounting for the majority. Other state capitals are mainly agricultural taxes, and Beijing and Zhong are commercial taxes.
The amount of commercial tax is relatively high, with the collection amount reaching one-tenth.
If merchants from other state capitals faced such high taxes, they would definitely complain, but there was nothing they could do about it. Among scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants, merchants were the most despised.
But the merchants in Beijing are very well-off. The wool comes from the sheep, let alone one-tenth, even one-fifth is fine. If you charge more, I will sell it more, and that’s it. If the court slaughters me, I will Kill the people, perfect.
Commercial taxes are levied four times a year on Great Monday, once every quarter, and are levied in the first month of the next quarter. They are mainly collected in tax dollars. Prefectural governments can also use grain, cloth and other items to offset the tax dollars paid.
Commercial tax in Beijing and China is a long-standing problem. This is no longer a matter of tax evasion. Merchants pay taxes just for what they mean. I can give you the order, so what kind of bicycle do you want?
This kind of thing happened in the previous dynasty. The emperor wanted to check the taxes. A detailed, rigorous, and ruthless investigation. As a result, all the merchants ran away and a lot of shops were closed. Didn’t you collect taxes? I quit doing it. What do you want? how.
This has led to a shortage of various goods and materials in Beijing, affecting the people.
Even a fool would not believe that this matter was not controlled by officials from the famous family in Beijing. However, the former emperor could not do anything about it. It was too involved. If he resorted to thunderous means and everyone fell out, the consequences would be disastrous.
Maybe it was because he was bitten by a snake once and was afraid of well ropes for ten years. After that, the Ministry of Household Affairs had to muddle along with the Jingzhong Commercial Tax. Anyway, Jingzhao Mansion took the blame, and everyone was selling each other face, tacitly understanding it.
Even if the new king ascends the throne, the spring business tax in Beijing will still be the same as it is in the summer, with less than 50,000 yuan collected.
This is not 50,000 guan. This is a big-mouthed man, slapping his arms in front and back of the emperor's big face.
You must know that even when the last emperor of the previous dynasty caused instability in the country and the country, the commercial tax in Beijing still collected almost 80,000 yuan.
Why, you, Zhou Ke, have become the emperor, but you are not as good as your predecessor, so why don’t you become the chicken-feather emperor?
Therefore, collecting business taxes in Beijing is a job of avoiding ghosts and gods, and whoever gets involved will die.
From the current point of view, there are only three endings for Han You to take this job.
Or, offend officials and aristocratic families.
Or, let the emperor down.
Or, he disappointed the emperor and offended the noble family and officials at the same time.
Anyway, it cannot be separated from the word "death".
Wang Shan had a sad expression on his face: "Master, if you ask me, why don't you go to the palace tomorrow and resign from this job with the emperor, and beat you to a cripple with a severe whip, otherwise, you won't get anything good."
Han You took a sip of the coarse tea, rinsed his mouth and sprayed it into the grass, looking unconcerned.
"I ask you, how did the emperor ascend the throne?"
Wang Shan didn't understand what he meant: "Why does the young master ask this matter?"
"The emperor was able to rebel when he was still a general. He responded to the call of the army, assassinated the previous emperor, and then filled the capital... no, it was officials all over the world who played tricks with aristocratic families, and finally ascended the throne as emperor, right?"
"You can say that."
"Then let me ask you again, when the emperor was still a general, he could be manipulated by officials and aristocratic families. Now that he is the supreme emperor, not a general but an emperor, the officials and aristocratic families are still nothing."
Wang Shan finally understood what Han You meant.
When the emperor was a general, he could turn clouds and rain with his hands. Now that he is the emperor, he has greater power and his combat effectiveness has increased exponentially.
I understand, but Wang Shan doesn’t agree.
Precisely because he became the emperor, he had more worries.
The general thinks about victory or defeat, while the emperor thinks about the country, the country, and the country. He seeks stability, not ruthlessness.
In fact, Han You also understands this truth.
If the emperor had not considered the country and the country, he would not have cared about taxes and money.
Not to mention, people always have to take sides. Only by taking sides again and again can one become the leader.
If there was no father, if the father was not the governor of Jingzhao Mansion, he would never take this job.
This is what is meant by the saying that no matter how bold a person is, how productive the land is, and how big a bird is, it will make a big nest.
"The emperor wants taxes."
Han You suddenly smiled, a little weirdly: "I want my life, so why not do it."
