After Li walked into the post house, he silently found a corner and sat down. m.

In these days, it is a novelty for a woman to appear alone in the inn.

What's more, this woman is as beautiful as a fairy, and her temperament is empty and beautiful.

Therefore, countless eyes have been escorting Li to sit down, and he can't leave for a long time.

For this kind of gaze, the Li family has become accustomed to it, and has been able to be as light as a breeze and as quiet as an orchid, anyway, there are people in the post house to maintain order, who would dare to tease her, not afraid of a hundred spines and a thousand miles of thorns?

After asking Xiao Er for four dishes and one soup, Li began to prick up his ears to listen to others talk about current affairs.

This is one of the reasons why Li likes to come to the inn to eat, and here she can always hear something interesting.

It just so happened that the two merchants not far from the Li family were people who liked to talk loudly, especially after they met the Li family, they talked more vigorously about current affairs, in order to attract the attention of the Li family.

Not to mention, these two businessmen, because of their travel from south to north, have indeed extraordinary knowledge.

Li Shi did hear a lot of big things from their mouths, like Yue Fei has recovered Yizhou and Zhuozhou, like Liu attacked the Huguan, like Han Shizhong recovered Pingyang Mansion, like the Southern Song Dynasty appointed Zhang Suo as a direct bachelor of Longtu Pavilion, and filled Hebei and Henan to recruit envoys, Zhang Suo has now recruited more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians, and is fighting guerrilla warfare with the Chinese army in Henan and Hebei.

In addition, the two businessmen also talked about the current good situation of businessmen, and said loudly that the status of businessmen is not as good as before, they are large taxpayers, and they have made great contributions to the country.

Li was secretly amused, knowing that these two businessmen were saying this to themselves, and then thought of some national policies advocated by Dazhong......

One of the basic national policies of Dazhong is to encourage business development.

In fact, the Northern Song Dynasty already encouraged commercial development.

But compared with Dazhong, the Northern Song Dynasty is simply pediatric.

The generals have completely taken off the shackles that have been put on the merchants for thousands of years, and for the first time, the merchants and their children are allowed to wear silk clothes, and the merchants and their children are not classified as lowly households, and the merchants and their children are not allowed to participate in the scientific examination, and some officials in the current Dazhong are very famous businessmen, like Wang Ze and Xu Derong.

Moreover, the money and paper money created by Dazhong can greatly facilitate the trade of merchants.

Therefore, the merchant class is the most supportive of Li Yan and Dazhong.

In this regard, Li has reservations.

In Li's view, honesty and honesty with others, and businessmen will inevitably do business will be short of two pounds, and even more will do whatever it takes to get rich, "no treacherous business" These four words will expose the true face of businessmen to the fullest, therefore, in order to promote the idea of generosity and benevolence, maintain the social atmosphere, should be suppressed to a certain extent by treacherous businessmen.

Lee: This is standard Confucianism.

however

Not to mention the woman of the Li family, even the adults in the court, they were unable to prevent Li Yan's complete liberation of the merchants.

Of course, while liberating the merchants, Li Yan also added heavy taxes and torture taxes on some luxury goods to commerce, and was even set by Li Yan to more than 90 percent, such as tobacco, spices, etc., and the minimum punishment for tax evasion is also a hundred times the fine, 200 canes, and a thousand miles of stabbing, and a slightly more serious one, that is, raiding the house, or even sitting together, in short, in Dazhong, tax evasion is a felony.

However, Li Yan levied very little on the traditional two taxes, only 30%, and the meritorious people (those who joined the army or became martyrs) only paid 20% to no longer have to pay two taxes at all (first-class meritorious people, exempted from two taxes, and the maximum range can be exempted from 200 mu. Second-class meritorious people, only pay one or two taxes, and the maximum range can be exempted from 100 acres. Third-class meritorious people only pay two percent and two taxes, and the maximum range can be exempted from 50 acres. The statute of limitations is seventy years).

In addition, Li Yan "invented" a very important tax, that is, the printing tax.

The previous house deed, land deed, and land deed are all invalid (but can be used as evidence), since Dazhong took power, Dazhong only recognizes the housing authority, land management bureau, and land management bureau issued by Dazhong's housing authority, land management bureau, and land management bureau, and only protects the real estate, real estate, and land property recognized by Dazhong, and the sale and purchase transaction can only be legally effective if it is stamped with the steel seal of the housing authority, the land management bureau, and the land management bureau.

All in all, Li Yan liberated the merchants and encouraged commerce, but also increased the commercial tax, and in the traditional double tax, Li Yan greatly loosened the peasantry, but pointed the finger at the landlord class, the landlord class wants to annex a large amount of land as before, without paying taxes, that is absolutely impossible, and the printing tax will make them have nothing to hide.

After Li Shi figured out the purpose of Dazhong taxation, he was amazed!

She never expected that Li Yan would be so bold and dare to carry out such a big reform as soon as he came to power!

You must know that the reason why the Northern Song Dynasty died, to a large extent, is because of Wang Anshi's reform caused by Wang Anshi's reform, the ministers of the Northern Song Dynasty, whether willing or unwilling, were divided into reformers and conservatives, after Zhao Huan came to power, the reason for the war and uncertainty was related to the ministers who had the main battle and the main peace, but more related to the internal struggle between the reformers and the conservatives, in other words, the main battle of the reformers, the conservatives on the main peace, the reformers on the main war, and Zhao Huan, the novice driver, It was not possible to drive the Northern Song Dynasty, a big car with such sharp internal contradictions and conflicts, so the car was finally destroyed and people died.

And although Li Yan is an old driver, is it a bit too hasty to carry out such a big reform as soon as he comes up?

In fact

Lee: This is completely unfounded.

The reason why Li Yan dared to carry out such a big reform as soon as he came up was not only because Li Yan had a powerful force in his hands to suppress all the resistance forces, but also because Li Yan had already experimented in his other territories such as Goryeo and Japan, and had proved that these policies were all feasible.

The food that the Li family asked for came up quickly, and the Li family was not in the mood to listen to the two businessmen talk about it anymore.

Seeing this, one merchant suddenly and mysteriously lowered his voice and said to another merchant in a voice that only Li and the other merchant could hear: "Your Majesty has found those heavy treasures that the Jin people plundered from the Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Palace and the Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum. ”

Another trader asked, "Found it so quickly? Didn't Yan Zonghan send his cronies to transport all these heavy treasures to a secret cave on Song Mountain and hide them? Songshan is so big, how can it be found so quickly? ”

Seeing that the Li family was also listening, the merchant before was greatly encouraged, and then continued to whisper: "Didn't General Liu, General Han Shizhong, and General Zhang Xian capture more than a thousand Jurchens and send them back to Beijing. ”

Another businessman said: "This is not new news, who doesn't know about it now." ”

The merchant before hurriedly said: "You listen to me first, General Liu, didn't they kill the more than 1,000 Jurchens, but the people wanted to kill, the people said, these Jurchens have done a lot of evil, and they have done everything to rape and plunder in our Han land, and they can't let them live, and some people even stopped the sedan chair of the Prime Minister Wen and asked to kill these Jurchens, so many ministers gave His Majesty a twist and asked to kill these Jurchens." After a pause, he continued: "After His Majesty heard about the various crimes of the Jurchens, he said that it was too cheap to kill these Jurchens, and then ordered all these Jurchens to be punished, and then they were all sent to Kyushu County to dig gold mines, and they would not be pardoned for life. ”

Another merchant urged, "Yes! Let these Jurchens do all the evil things in my Han land, they should be castrated, let them dig mines for a lifetime, really when my Han emperor and Han court are all Zhao Huang and Zhao Song are so weak and deceivable...... By the way, you haven't said yet, how did Your Majesty find those heavy treasures? ”

The merchant before secretly glanced at Li again, and saw that Li was still listening, so he said, "Don't worry, I'll just say it...... In order to inflict palace punishment on more than 1,000 Jurchens, more than 100 eunuchs were dispatched to the palace, and more than 100 executions and pig knockers were recruited from the people. ”

After a pause, the previous businessman's tone changed, and then he said mysteriously: "However, just when he was about to castrate Yan Xianbao, there was an accident, and somehow, Wan Yan Xianbao's sealing cloth actually fell, and he saw that all the Jurchens had become eunuchs, Wan Yan Xianbao was frightened, you think, he is a young man in his early twenties, how can he be willing to become a eunuch when he eats women, so he shouted desperately, but the old eunuch ignored him at all, and was ready to forcibly inflict palace punishment on him, Wanyan Xianbao may have been in a hurry, shouting, 'I know where those treasures are, let me go, I'll take you to find them', the prison officer heard this, and took Wanyan Xianbao away, and there was no news of Wanyan Xianbao after that. ”

Another trader said, "Finished? ”

The merchant from before said, "It's over." ”

Another merchant said: "There is no definite news that Your Majesty has found those heavy treasures." ”

The previous merchant said: "You are stupid, Wanyan Xianbao is the second son of Wanyan Zonghan, it is very likely that he has participated in the treasure hiding matter, and even presided over the treasure hiding matter, if he is willing to lead the way to find it, how can he not find it?" ”

Another trader said, "What if he is talking nonsense to protect himself?" ”

The merchant before, seeing that the Li family seemed to have a look of disbelief, secretly gritted his teeth, and then lowered his voice very low, and said: "You don't know this, that night, His Majesty's first guard, Ruan Xiaoqi, led 3,000 people out of the city, and it wasn't until last night that the 3,000 people returned, my house was on the street, and I got up at night, and I happened to see them escorting nearly 1,000 carts straight to the palace......"

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