Daqin: Check in at the beginning of 18 and ask Zulong to abdicate

"The money and food are paid by the imperial court, so you don't need to be distressed!"

The Ministry of Industry official said angrily!

Hearing this, the supervisor and the person in charge couldn't help but their eyes lit up, and they suddenly made up their minds!
"I can warn you, don't make any decisions about the wages of craftsmen and civilians!"

The official from the Ministry of Industry said in a cold voice: "Your Excellency has just said that anyone who dares to play tricks on this money will be severely punished!

All were punished as hard labor and put into construction! "

Hearing this, the supervisor and the person in charge couldn't help but feel their hearts tighten.

"Good job!" The official of the Ministry of Industry took a serious look at the supervisor and the person in charge, and turned to leave.

"Yuhuatian and Liu Bowen really have a solution. I haven't issued a decree to make a clear instruction, so I figured out a solution myself!"

Ying Zigao couldn't help smiling when he saw the report sent by the court.

"What is a good way?" Dongfang Bubai hurriedly asked curiously.

"They came up with the idea of ​​using employment instead of conscripting labor!"

Ying Zigao smiled, and said seriously: "This is similar to my thinking!"

"Employment method?" Dongfang Bubai hurriedly said: "Isn't it necessary to pay the craftsmen and peasants who work? The imperial court's heroes are not small, and each project costs at least tens of thousands of people! After this year, The salary is not a small sum!"

Speaking of this, Dongfang Bubai looked at Ying Zigao with some dissatisfaction, and said, "Your Majesty, don't you want to use low wages to let the craftsmen work for you?"

"How is that possible?" Ying Zigao said with a serious face: "Since I have issued an edict to permanently exempt corvee, it will definitely be implemented!"

As he spoke, Ying Zigao said seriously, "Not only will we not lower wages, but we will also give craftsmen folk wages that are higher than the market price! The working conditions, food and accommodation conditions will also be higher than the market price!"

Hearing this, Dongfang Bubai couldn't help but his eyes brightened.

To the man in front of him who promises everything, he admires him even more.

But after thinking about it carefully, he still said with some concern: "But in this way, the money and food consumed will not be a small amount! It will also put a lot of pressure on finances."

"You don't have to worry about the money, I've made my own arrangements!"

Ying Zigao smiled confidently, looked at Dongfang Bubai's beautiful big eyes, and said with a smile: "Dongfang Bubai, you are now putting yourself in my shoes and thinking about me! I never thought you would really care about me." !"

As he spoke, he stretched out his right hand and grabbed Dongfang Bubai's slender hand.

"Your Majesty, you..." Dongfang Bubai's pretty face suddenly turned red, and his big eyes drooped shyly!
"Your Majesty!" At this moment, Zhao Yun's voice came from outside the door.

Dongfang Bubai hastily withdrew his hand from Ying Zigao's hand, his face blushed, and he glared at Ying Zigao resentfully.

Ying Zigao coughed lightly, sat there, and then said loudly, "Come in!"

"Your Majesty, I have already made arrangements for sending troops to garrison Shouchun City to deter the place!"

Zhao Yun walked briskly in front of Ying Zigao, knelt down on the ground, bowed and saluted, and said seriously!
"Now that the arrangements are made, let's go back to Xianyang!"

Ying Zigao hurriedly said: "It's time for me to go back and deal with the government affairs properly!"

Ten days later, Ying Zigao returned to Xianyang City.

After the ministers Yuhuatian and Liu Bowen seriously reported the specific situation of the court to Ying Zigao, Yuhuatian stood up and said to Ying Zigao: "Your Majesty, according to your edict, you will be exempted from any corvee permanently. .

But the construction of the Great Wall, the construction of straight roads and galloping roads, and the construction of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor cannot be stopped.

Weichen and others thought of a way to retain craftsmen and civilian husbands by employing employment methods to continue the project. "

"You guys did a great job!"

Ying Zigao smiled slightly and said, "It coincides with my thoughts!"

Hearing this, Yuhuatian and Liu Bowen couldn't help but secretly heaved a sigh of relief and felt relieved.

It seems that their approach has been approved by the emperor!

"Thank you for your compliment, Your Majesty." Yu Huatian hurriedly said, "It's just that the construction of the Great Wall, the construction of straight roads, and the construction of the Mausoleum for the First Emperor are not small in scale, and the construction period is not short. The number of craftsmen and civilians needed is even greater.

There is no problem in the short term with the employment method, but over a long period of time, the salary will not be a small amount, and the financial pressure will not be small! "

"Yes, Your Majesty, the finances will not be able to afford it after a long time!"

Liu Bowen also hurriedly said: "What's more, apart from these few projects now, the court will inevitably have big projects in the future, which will require more money and food!"

Hearing this, Ying Zigao couldn't help but frowned slightly.

Although Yuhuatian and Liu Bowen are flexible minded and capable of governing, they are only officials of literati background after all, and they are still somewhat incapable of dealing with financial issues!

You have to figure it out yourself.

It seems that I still have to train a few officials with financial management skills to help me well.

He Ying Zigao, what he lacks now is a financial manager like Sang Hongyang and Zhang Juzheng!

Thinking of this, Ying Zigao smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to worry about money and food, I'll figure out a solution!"

"Your Majesty, what can you do?" Yu Huatian hurriedly asked.

"Increase business tax!" Ying Zigao hurriedly said: "Implement official salt and iron operations!"

"Your Majesty, what are the specific measures?" Although Ying Zigao had known for a long time that he was planning to increase taxes on businessmen, he did not expect it to be implemented so soon.

Yu Huatian couldn't help being secretly surprised, and asked hastily.

"Business tax has a threshold of [-] yuan!"

Ying Zigao said seriously: "Farmers and small craftsmen who sell their own food, vegetables and small commodities are exempt from tax if the value of the goods does not exceed five hundred dollars."

"For goods over [-] yuan, tax will be collected according to the value of the goods!"

Ying Zigao went on to say: "From five hundred to one thousand yuan, the ten tax is one; from one thousand to ten thousand yuan, the five tax is one; from ten thousand to one hundred thousand yuan, the three tax is one; for more than one hundred thousand yuan, the two tax one!"

"Your Majesty, the bigger your business is, the more taxes you pay!"

Yuhuatian hurriedly said!

"That's right." Ying Zigao nodded, and said, "I just want to impose heavy taxes on big businessmen! They make a deal, and the profit is more than ten thousand gold! Compared with hard-working farmers and skilled craftsmen who work all day, Earn too much!"

While talking, Ying Zigao said with a straight face: "It's not like them who can make money easily. Do you want me to impose heavy taxes on those ordinary people who work hard and live a tight life?"

"My minister understands." Yu Huatian said hastily.

"Your Majesty, it is indeed reasonable to collect taxes in different tiers."

Liu Bowen said seriously.