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Qin Mu went out of the city to hunt, and after a few days, the scope of his hunting was not limited to Qinling. Everywhere I went, I would always go to the homes of ordinary people to sit down, listen to the voices of the people, and understand the people's feelings.

History has proven time and again that some people do well at first, but once they live in the deep palace compound and are separated from the ordinary people, the policies formulated are often out of touch with reality.

Qin Mu believes that all top-level designs need a public opinion base, otherwise it will be difficult to implement. Therefore, in this winter, he once again used the name of hunting to make a private visit.

In addition to the previous livelihood problems, Qin Mu also focused on understanding the actual situation of the ban on logging in the northwest this time. Judging from what he learned from his personal visits, the agricultural regulations have implemented the work of prohibiting indiscriminate logging, and all counties have quickly set up forestry patrol departments to inspect and count the forests in the county, and the propaganda work is also being carried out in an all-round way.

However, the people still have some resistance to this edict, and Qin Mu learned from the mouths of the people that many people will go to collect firewood and sell it in the city to subsidize their families. They are worried about the impact of the tax hike on them.

On the carriage, Li Xiangjun couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, the people are all inseparable, since the people have some resistance, not only tax the wood used in construction, don't increase taxes on firewood." ”

The reason why Li Xiangjun said this is because there has been no tax increase on firewood yet, and it takes time for coal mines to be mined and transferred, and when the supply of honeycomb coal cannot keep up, it is natural that the tax on firewood and grass cannot be increased immediately, which requires a process.

Qin Mu shook his head and said: "Now that each family has been allocated land, even if firewood is completely banned immediately, it will not have much impact on the livelihood of the rural people, but the families who consume firewood and grass in the city will be greatly affected." ”

However, some people rely on firewood to subsidize their families, and if they can't get firewood in the future. It has always had a big impact on this part of the people. ”

"It has a certain impact, but it is not advisable to change the order overnight, although the ban on logging is to close a door for these people, but they will open another door, it is not necessarily necessary to rely on firewood to subsidize the family."

This ban of the imperial court is not actually a complete ban on logging, but a ban on indiscriminate logging, such as a forest, you can't necessarily cut it all. It should be cut down in batches, and three plants should be replanted for one plant, and this should be included in the performance evaluation of local officials.

In fact, these are all palliative measures, and what really works is to increase the tax rate on timber and use the tax to regulate people's consumption of timber.

The same is true for firewood and grass, after the tax on firewood and grass entering the city increases, the consumption cost of the people in the city will increase, and once there is a more affordable supply of honeycomb coal. The people of the city will no longer buy firewood and grass, there will be no buying and selling, and there will be no felling.

In ancient times, taxes tended to be relatively simple. And it rarely changes in the end, which is actually not advisable.

In later generations, the role of taxation is not simply to maintain the country's income, but it also has an important function. That is, through the guò tax to guide consumption, with the regulation of policies.

To put it bluntly, I just want to support that industry. Just give it a tax cut. Otherwise, tax it more. A flexible tax policy is an indispensable means of macroeconomic regulation and control. This tends to be more effective than any ban.

Li Xiangjun drilled into Qin Mu's arms, raised his delicate flower and asked, "What kind of door is Your Majesty going to open for the people?" ”

"I took a look, the war in the northwest for many years, so that many places are barren, farmland and water conservancy are also deserted, these two years will temporarily repair the water conservancy, sub-contracted to do it, so that it is beneficial to the cultivation in the coming year, ordinary people can also get wages from it to subsidize the family, the long-term strategy is to develop people's livelihood, encourage industry and commerce, so that the people can easily find a job in the slack time, so that they do not have to rely on firewood to subsidize the family."

"Your Majesty is wise."

"Hehe, how wise?" Qin Mu hugged her petite and delicate body, like holding a Persian cat. Next to him is a pair of soft pears on Li Zhiyin's chest pressing her arms, warm and moving.

"How much can be described as wise?" Li Xiangjun turned tactfully on his lap, smiling like a flower, and the fragrance struck people.

Qin Mu gently ripped off her heart-to-heart Luo clothes, lowered her head and grinded in her arms, her pair of lotus rooms were like inverted jade bowls, only able to hold them, nephrite was crispy, Qin Mu held the small convex piece on the peak through the white middle clothes, and said vaguely: "I am beside all the beauties, I just want to be a faint king." ”

"Your Majesty" Li Xiangjun let out a soft call, with a hint of trill, and her fragrant face was as red as drunk.

After returning to Chang'an City, Qin Mu immediately recruited his ministers and arranged to repair water conservancy in winter.

Sima Kai, who was instructed by Qin Mu, immediately wrote a recital on the presumption of innocence, sprinkled thousands of words, greatly criticized the harm of the presumption of guilt, and explained in detail the benefits of the presumption of innocence.

Qin Mu was even more desperate, and immediately ordered this recital to be published in the imperial court's newspaper.

After Sima Kai was encouraged by Qin Mu, he let go. Shoufu Sima An secretly complained, okay, this time his son was suddenly pushed to the forefront, but the raw rice has been cooked and cooked, except for privately criticizing his son, he can't think about it.

The previous discussion on the presumption of innocence, although wave after wave, but it was all a folk behavior, and now Sima Kai's recital is different, this is relative to the formal mention of this matter to the level of the court, what to do, the court must have an attitude.

For three consecutive days, the ministers had heated discussions on this issue. Qin Mu was high up, listening quietly, and rarely spoke.

However, after hearing the end, Qin Mu faintly felt that something was wrong, and the minister who opposed the presumption of innocence did not seem to be really worried that it would lead to a decrease in the rate of solving cases, which was a little different from his original estimate.

The court meeting dispersed again, Qin Mu took his hands, and thought about it while walking back to the back court on foot, what the ministers were really worried about, and if they couldn't find the evidence, they couldn't prescribe the right medicine.

In this winter, the pavilions and pavilions in the back court are a little clear, and several graceful palace maids are fighting grass by the pool, and a string of gentle laughter comes from time to time.

The women in this palace have no distinction between beauty and ugliness, only the difference between beauty and beauty, and they are always pleasing to the eye.

Qin Mu stopped on the gallery with his hand, across a bush of banana trees, quietly looking at the palace maids who were playing with grass, if they were placed on the street in the future, these girls would be shopping in beautiful short skirts, and the beauty of each of them would be enough to attract 100% of the heads.

And now, they are ordinary palace maids, they can take it by themselves, and even they themselves are looking forward to their own luck, the emperors of the past dynasties are all like this, seeing which palace maid agrees, it is very common for them to go up and push it directly on impulse.

In fact, not only in the palace, but also in the backyard of the homes of high-ranking officials and dignitaries. Power and hierarchy are evident here.

Qin Mu suddenly realized that the officials in the court who opposed the presumption of innocence were really worried about something.

They are not too concerned about the presumption of innocence that will lead to a decrease in the detection rate, but they are concerned that it might upset the old order of superiority and inferiority.

Since ancient times, it has been believed that Chinese society is divided into superior and inferior people, and a balance is maintained by the principle of morality and morality.

Specific to the public court, officials and gentlemen do not have to kneel, and officials cannot be punished at will, which is a privilege.

And the people do not have this privilege, as long as you go to the court, you first have to kneel, and the officials can use the punishment at will. The hierarchy of status and the order of dignity and inferiority are most obvious in the public court.

Once the presumption of innocence is implemented, officials can no longer arbitrarily punish ordinary people, which is actually equivalent to raising the rank of ordinary people in disguise, allowing ordinary people to enjoy treatment that only the gentry can enjoy.

Perhaps, this is the intrinsic reason why officials really oppose the presumption of innocence.

The crux of the problem has been found, so should we take the medicine?

What a problem!

(To be continued......)