Meng Huaiyu was a little surprised: "Aren't you cousins? How come we haven't seen each other for so many years? Besides, you just mentioned that the family's property was a gift from the Liu family. Did they just ignore it?"
Mrs. Zhou shook her head: "Those properties are gifts, not for us to manage on our behalf. After all, our Zhou family was once a wealthy family in Wuzhong, and we were not penniless. The Liu family has done a lot of such things. In addition to
In addition to Liu Tingyun, her sister Liu Tinghua also married a child of the Xie family. A considerable part of the property my family received was betrothal gift from the Xie family, and their family just borrowed flowers to offer to Buddha."
Meng Huaiyu's eyes widened: "Why is there such a complicated relationship? My head is spinning."
Mrs. Zhou sighed: "You don't know the methods among these wealthy families. According to the laws of the Jin Dynasty, children of aristocratic families with titles can be exempted from tax or tax reductions when operating industries. But once the title is lowered, some properties will be exempted.
If it is no longer within the scope of this tax avoidance, they will find a way to give it to other families with titles in the form of gifts. While doing a favor, they can also avoid taxes and be exempted from taxes. If they can discuss it privately, they can even give it at a certain ratio.
How about distributing these profits?"
Liu Yu said in a deep voice: "This is why the longer the Jin Dynasty was established, the more population there was, but the tax revenue became less and less. The land and property belonged to the children of the aristocratic families, and the shop industry also allowed them to make money in this way.
, the way of exchange is to change people to run the business, and more and more titles, it means that the country can collect less and less taxes. No wonder there are aristocratic families in the world, and the national treasury has no money!"
Mrs. Zhou nodded: "Yes, this is the world of aristocratic families. People are tied up in manors or shops and become hermits. How many people are reported by aristocratic families? There are more than a dozen clerks in one shop, and they only know how to do it."
Report one or two people, so that ten people will be exempted from all taxes and servitude. This is the reason why the Jin Dynasty could not recruit troops or collect taxes in the past. In the past few years, your brother Liu has seized power. Although he has been cleared politically,
Economically, it is still controlled by these aristocratic families. Even in this capital, my husband and Liu Tingyun have been working together for many years. Although the taxes collected are more than before, they are still not enough compared to what they should have received.
Thirty percent!”
Meng Huaiyu stomped his feet bitterly: "No wonder we need to please these wealthy families even if we want to destroy Nanyan. It turns out that all the money has been stolen by the wealthy families. Uncle, uncle, he is a man who understands righteousness, so he has to do it no matter what.
Such a thing?!"
Liu Yu said calmly: "Because your uncle's purpose is different from ours. We want to take back the power of the family, including political and economic. We want all the land of the Jin Dynasty, all the
Shops can pay taxes according to national laws. But your uncle, what he wants is to make the Meng family a new aristocratic family, and what he wants is to continue the previous aristocratic family world. Brothers and sisters, I am not wrong."
Zhou sighed softly: "Yes, this is not my instigation or fanning, but Yanda has always thought this way. When he traveled south, although he was just a penniless and poor scholar, he also harbored
Becoming the new Director Wang, Xi Jianzhi, Huaiyu, when you were young, the people your uncle mentioned to you the most were Director Wang and the others, not Liu Kun and Zu Ti!"
Meng Huaiyu lowered his head and murmured: "Until today, I didn't understand what this meant. It turns out that my uncle has always wanted to become a great family, not to regain the north and fight back to his hometown as a great hero."
Liu Yu said seriously: "Huaiyu, don't be sad. This is human nature. There are too few people in this world who only achieve their own heroic reputation and do not seek personal gain for the family. That is Jingba of our Beifu Army."
Brothers, most of them join the army for glory and wealth. You and Meng Long have been around me for too long and have been more influenced by me since childhood. Pure soldiers like you are in the minority."
Zhou nodded and said: "Exactly, Huaiyu, you and Menglong both grew up next to Brother Jinu and have been practicing with him, so Yanda knows that it is impossible for you to be like him. This is why he has never been like him.
You have mentioned the reasons for these things. But you have to understand one thing. Your uncle never wants to harm you or cheat your brothers. The army you lead has a lot of ordnance and equipment, food and war equipment. If it weren’t for your uncle’s business,
How can it be possible to achieve the wealth obtained from industry and only rely on the imperial arsenal?"
Meng Huaiyu looked at Zhou in surprise: "What? Could it be that in recent years, our army's equipment has relied not on the court, but on my uncle himself?"
Zhou sighed and looked at Liu Yu: "Brother Jinu, do you believe this?"
Liu Yu pondered for a moment and said: "I didn't believe it before. I thought that since the founding of the Yi Dynasty, taxes, grain and grass could be collected according to national laws. When I checked the arsenals in various places, I also saw that the warehouses were full of equipment and the grain and grass were stocked everywhere.
This was the reason why I dared to go on the Northern Expedition. However, after the actual war began, I realized that these reserves were only enough for a few months at most. Maintenance was acceptable during normal times, but it was still far from enough for a large army to go on an expedition for more than half a year.
So we had no choice but to compromise with the Jiankang family and let a large number of their children join the army and gain military titles in return for bringing in grain, grass, ordnance, and rotating reinforcements."
Meng Huaiyu gritted his teeth: "In these years when I led the army, I only received food and grass supplies on a monthly basis, accepted recruits to join the army on a yearly basis, and received equipment from the arsenal, but I didn't ask where the equipment came from. I thought these were slaves.
Brother or Brother Xile provided it. After working for a long time, it turned out to be the ill-gotten gains made by my uncle by intercepting taxes." At this point, he lowered his head and his expression became extremely lonely.
Liu Yu patted Meng Huaiyu on the shoulder: "Huaiyu, at least your uncle has provided arms and food for your brothers. Part of these so-called ill-gotten gains has returned to the hands of the soldiers who really need it. Like Liu Ting Yunzhi
Liu Tingyun will only take these resources as his own, and even want to do evil things. The wealth that Xile has saved in Yuzhou over the years has basically fallen into the hands of Liu Tingyun. This is enough to equip a hundred thousand troops for more than two years.
The huge military supplies for the war, I don’t even know where these things went after Liu Tingyun’s death!”
Mrs. Zhou sighed: "There is no point in worrying about these resources now. If the demon thief breaks the city this time, not only will everything in the past be gone, but everything in the future will also be lost. I am afraid that Liu Tingyun killed my husband because she had taken refuge.
He has killed the demon thief, or is the person behind the demon thief, this is something my husband will never accept!"
This chapter has been completed!