"Of course." Duan Ye smiled bitterly, "I also want to admit that I am exempt from forced labor, although there is also a part, it is compassion, these people are our people, and it is really unfair to levy forced labor." ”

"Unfair?"

"Yes!" Duan Ye said firmly, "I always believe that people, as long as they pay for their labor, they must be paid, how much labor they pay, how much effort they make, and how big and small their contributions are, but they should all be paid, since they work and become soldiers, of course they must be paid, just like you work for me, in addition to respecting you and trusting you, of course, I also want to give you wealth and nobility, even if you don't care about yourself, I have to give, otherwise, how can I recruit the world's wise men?" ”

Liu Muzhi seemed to understand a little.

Duan Ye said with a smile: "Don't worry, it seems that the conscription can mobilize a lot of people now, and it also saves a lot of money, but now it is all forced, you must also know that many people who repair the city wall and plant forests are foreign workers, and they are not good at all, the quality of their work is actually very low, and the money saved in this way is actually not very much, sometimes if you need to rework, or the quality is not up to standard, in fact, it costs more." ”

Liu Muzhi nodded convincingly, he had to admire Duan Ye, because Duan Ye was indeed farther than he could see.

"As for taxes, you don't have to worry, since I told them that there will be no tax increases, then there really will be no tax increases, and besides, I have to make a decision, that is, to abolish the poll tax!" Duan Ye said confidently.

Liu Muzhi already felt that his heart was a little numb, and this adult was too radical, right? After a while, so many things will have to be reformed, so can it be reformed? Oh my God, you want to abolish even the poll tax, what the hell do you want to do?

The so-called poll tax refers to a tax levied by the state on the person. It existed before the Qin Dynasty, and after the Qin Dynasty, taxes in the nature of poll tax were levied. In a self-sufficient natural economy, there are two main channels for the government to obtain fiscal revenue from the peasants: one is the tax levied on the basis of the acre, that is, the land tax; The first is a tax levied on a per capita basis, that is, a poll tax.

The poll tax is efficient, but the most unfair. Because it is easy to collect taxes and the cost is very low, any country with good household registration management will make the basis of poll tax simpler than any other tax, and the cost of collecting the tax can be very low.

Therefore, the poll tax has always been a lot of money, even today, according to the account book in Liu Mu's heart, this poll tax at least covers about a quarter of Liangzhou's expenses. With such a large sum of money, can it be said that it will be abolished and abolished?

Duan Ye said: "Daohe, why I want to abolish this poll tax, it's actually very simple, because this kind of tax is really unfair!" ”

Liu Muzhi was silent and did not speak. What Duan Ye said is still fair, it seems that this Lord Duan cares about fairness very much.

It's just that only Duan Ye knows that fairness and efficiency are definitely not opposites, think the opposite, really efficient, so that the people are willing to struggle, the pursuit of speed and quality, that premise is fairness.

Duan Ye continued: "What is a tax? That's the money that the government levied on the people for free, to protect them, to maintain the expenses of the army and the government, and to benefit them by the way, right? In this case, of course, whoever has more money will pay more taxes, and less money will pay less taxes, only in this way can we ensure that the gap between the rich and the poor will not get bigger and bigger, otherwise, the gap between the rich and the poor will get bigger and bigger, and something will happen, you know, since ancient times, the people have not suffered from widowhood, but suffer from inequality, this poll tax, the family has thousands of acres of fertile land, and people who basically can't survive, pay the same tax, Daohe, do you say this is reasonable? ”

Liu Muzhi shook his head lightly, indeed, although he hadn't heard Duan Ye's statement, but after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the case. Liu Muzhi himself has also paid the poll tax, he really didn't think much about it in the past, since the government said that the tax would be collected, then pay it.

But now he realizes that there is such unfairness in it.

Liu Muzhi is also a person with ideals, the reason why he traveled thousands of miles to Liangzhou to work for Duan Ye is not to help Duan Ye and create a peaceful and prosperous world together?

So Liu Muzhi said loudly: "My lord, since this is the case, I will fully support you in the future!" ”

"Okay!" Duan Ye is very satisfied, now Liu Muzhi is his core staff member, in charge of internal affairs, as long as Liu Muzhi agrees to this matter, it will be easy to do.

"It's just that my lord, this is still so much money......"

"Hahaha." Duan Ye said with a smile, "Don't worry, for those poor people, of course you should take care of them, you have to take care of them, as for those rich people, hehehe, when they meet me, they are unlucky." ”

Liu Muzhi couldn't help but smile.

……

"Your Majesty." Wei Bin bowed lightly to Fu Hong, with his identity and status in the minds of Fu Jian, Fu Hong's father and son, of course he didn't have to make a big salute.

It's just that Fu Hong, in fact, is still a little not too comfortable with this identity, so he said a little uncomfortably: "Sir, you...... You don't have to be polite. ”

Wei Bin was not humble and nodded.

"Sir, do you have anything new to discover this time?"

"Yes." Wei Bin said, "Duan Ye in Liangzhou has made a big move again. ”

"Oh?" Fu Hong was a little interested, "What is he going to do?" ”

"According to the lowly person, he is collecting treasures and antiques everywhere, and it seems that he is going to send them to Chang'an to pay tribute to His Majesty."

"That's a good thing!" Fu Hong smiled, "No matter what his intentions are, this time I ...... This time I have to take it, hehe, I'm worried about the lack of rice to put in the pot. ”

"When he comes to give gifts, he must have a plan."

"That's nature." Fu Hong said, "What does Sir think he wants?" ”

"Sealed." Wei Bin said lightly.

Fu Hong listened to it and looked awe-inspiring.

The meaning of the edict, of course Fu Hong knows, and now Fu Hong has been deliberately avoiding this issue, because once the edict is sealed, it is equivalent to recognizing Duan Ye's legal possession of Liangzhou and his status.

With Duan Ye's current strength, in fact, wanting to recapture Liangzhou is basically an impossible task for Fu Hong, who is now under attack. However, as long as there is no enclosure and no official recognition, things will leave a tail, and one day, if there is an opportunity, you can justifiably crusade.

But the reality is that Fu Hong is really short of money.

In the past two years, there has been basically no war, and Fu Hong has finally eased up a little, and the grain in Guanzhong is also a bumper harvest, and the problem of eating has been solved.

But the problem is that Chang'an feeds so many people, including many standing armies that are not engaged in production, and these people spend as much money as running water. Nowadays, many controlled areas have fallen, resulting in a decrease in fiscal revenue, and business travelers preferring to take a detour rather than cross the border.

If a merchant does not cross the border, there will be no taxes, and of course there will be no money.

Fu Hong pursed his lips with difficulty and said, "Sir, look at this matter......"

Wei Bin glanced at Fu Hong and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is very important, but the old slave does not dare to say anything, but there is a sentence, please remember it." ”

"Please."

"No matter what decision Your Majesty makes, this matter is reasonable, but Your Majesty must be arbitrary, not a court discussion, because this matter cannot be discussed and cannot be high-profile, once Your Majesty has a fixed opinion, you must do it immediately!"

Wei Bin's meaning is also obvious, Duan Ye is now taking advantage of Fu Hong's lack of money, and taking advantage of the temptation that Fu Hong is unlikely to refuse in exchange for a name for himself. To put it bluntly, it's a business.

Of course, there are profits and losses in this business, and you can't talk about it. But the problem is that in exchange for the name of Liangzhou, the stakes are a bit big.

Moreover, once the court is discussed, the time will be delayed, and there will be a lot of people talking, and there is still a question, that is, if it is messed up, who is responsible?

Wei Bin's meaning is that this kind of big thing, you have to be responsible, and you have to carry it yourself! This is Wei Bin's advice and reminder to Fu Hong. After all, Wei Bin has served Fu Jian's father and son for many years, and he has a lot of feelings, and although he is a eunuch, he is not the kind of eunuch who was born, but for another reason, so Fu Jian or Fu Hong have great respect for Wei Bin. To a certain extent, Fu Hong has almost regarded Wei Bin as an elder who can point out and criticize him.

"I see." Fu Hong nodded silently. And in his heart, he also secretly made up his mind.

……

"Princess." Qiu'er saw that Fu Bao had been staring at the mirror, snickered, and then shouted.

"Huh?" Fu Bao patted his chest nervously, looked back, and saw that it was Qiu'er, and couldn't help but say: "You dead girl, you don't know that people are scary, scared to death!" What's wrong? ”

Qiu'er became serious at this time and said, "Princess, there has been an abnormality in the direction of Jiangling recently!" ”

"Oh?" When Fu Bao heard that it was serious, he also became serious, "What are they going to do?" ”

"Why, no." Qiu'er hesitated for a moment, "It's just that recently, no one has been to our Mianyue Building for a long time." ”

Qiu'er said that Mianyue Tower is a brothel opened by Fu Bao in Jiangling, and the girls in it are popular all over Jingzhou, but in fact, Fu Bao's purpose is of course to collect intelligence.

This Mianyue Building has helped Fu Bao a lot in the past, because the young people of the Huan family always like to go there, and sometimes a few words that are spoken unconsciously can come in handy.

"Well...... Huan Chong didn't die for long, and they were probably still guarding filial piety. Fu Bao hesitated and said.

"However, Huan Shiqian has been there before, if you keep filial piety, why didn't you keep it at that time?"

"Makes sense." Fu Bao became serious, "Tell me what happened to them?" ”

Qiu'er shook her head, "The slave maid doesn't know, but the children of the Huan family haven't appeared for so long, and they haven't had fun in Jiangling, I'm afraid they want to do something big, the slave maid felt that something was wrong, so she came to tell Miss." ”

"That's right." Fu Bao touched his chin, "Hey! Do you think they will come to Chengdu to look for us? ”

"Huh?"

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