Although Fang Chongyong was building momentum in Dunhuang, there was news inside and outside that the Tibetans were coming. But unfortunately or fortunately, until the end of spring plowing, the Tibetans did not come!
Fang Yanei's integrity was shattered, and he had almost become something of a joke in Dunhuang. Rumors abounded in the city, ranging from being as cowardly as a mouse to wasting money and wasting time, and there were many bad things to say about him.
Fang Chongyong understood that this was brewing because the local big business was dissatisfied with him.
In fact, it is not surprising, because no matter who it is, as long as his money is wasted, he will be very unhappy. The local big businessmen headed by the Zhang family gave grain to the government, which was used as military ration to deal with the Tubo people.
Rather than filling a hole for Fang Chongyong.
Now that the Tibetans have not come, the ball has been kicked to Fang Chongyong. He must take action to appease the local big business. Otherwise, those people will unite and make some small conspiracies behind the scenes, which will definitely make Fang Chongyong unable to bear the consequences.
Walk.
In the Zen room of a temple next to the medicine spring, Fang Chongyong, who had just returned, was reviewing the draft of the previously written order in front of the desk.
Recently, he has been spending time in government offices in small towns, looking through various account books in the government treasury. At the same time, he has been inspecting people's sentiments in various parts of Shazhou, and he already knows a lot about it.
In his previous life, he might have had a lot to offer Shazhou's local specialties, but now he really couldn't come up with any tricks.
For example, because of the long sunshine hours, the fruits here are very sweet and unique, especially grapes. However, these things cannot be exchanged for money and cannot be converted into fiscal revenue, and they may even be transported to Chang'an for sale.
The only thing worth mentioning is wine. However, the demand for wine in local temples is very small. The wine produced locally is rarely consumed by the monks in the temple, and is not used as a trade item in exchange for money.
Doulujun put all the jewelry out of the box and said meaningfully.
Anaye and Mo Lijun, who bear the strong imprint of the remnants of Tuyuhun, want to save Xiao Tang. This is the so-called human nature.
It’s just that there are not many flaws in that system. The most difficult thing is not to collect evidence and settle claims. Therefore, the so-called “commercial mutual assistance” has only appeared in the Dunhuang area, and it is far from being popularized.
Doulujun was secretly proud in his heart. The Tubo and Turkic people still have to drink their own foot-washing water. It doesn't matter if Brother Ji pays military salary. As long as he gives me Fang Yameni time, I can still have fun!
Merchants in the guild cannot choose to pay a sum of money after each departure and let the guild guarantee them. Once something goes wrong, part of the "public fund pool" in the guild will be allocated as compensation to prevent merchants from going bankrupt.
Doulujun took out a large gold ring from his cuff, handed it to Fang Chongyong and said.
When Zhang Chan saw that word, he was stunned for a moment.
We have long been jealous of these barbarian merchants from the Western Regions who control commercial transactions. Small handfuls of gold and silver have fallen into our hands, and we can barely touch them.
Fang Zhongyong put the jewelry in his arms under the table, with a look of abandonment on his face, and looked at Doulujun with resentment in his eyes.
In other words, the local livable areas are oases in the desert terrain, and the total amount of resources they can provide is very unlimited.
As Doulujun spoke, he put a necklace inlaid with ruby under Ji Yongmin's neck, and then added jewelry one by one until he was wearing it. Fang Chongyong wore all the necklaces under his ten slender fingers.
Wearing a dozen rings!
"They are all bad things!"
"The government will issue those government decrees. I will bring them over and show them to Zhang Yuanli first."
Doulujun waved his hands patiently and said.
Only after you pay that money will the government take care of the matter and let Ji Yongmin's people investigate.
Of course, that would naturally push down the price of luxury goods in the Chang'an market. But Ji Yongmin believed that the powerful people in Chang'an, headed by Ji Ge, had always been short of money and the means to make money.
It must have been paid, so that the government would tacitly assume that there would be evidence to prove it, and that the evidence would be nothing, and even the explanation would be taken care of.
"Lang Jun, the bad people outside Luocheng are saying that you are wasting the people and money. After preparing for so long, the Tibetan people have come, and Anaye's soldiers have been released to go back to farming. There are very few people inside who are scolding Lang Jun.
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In short, it is not that the same type of goods are divided into more detailed categories on the basis of the previous tax rate. It is like the previous one, where taxes are only levied on the value of the goods.
Luxury goods related to production and life are heavily taxed! Such as jewelry and rare medicinal materials.
I have eight or seven of them on my fingers.
"Love is stronger than gold. Have you ever heard that saying, of course you should give a gold ring as a gift? Besides, if you give him a small ring, he will be able to wear it. His fingers are so thin.
Gold and silver are of course a must, rubies, emeralds are also rare, garnets and diamonds also appear.
"Yes, they are all bad things."
That Fang Shijun is really a wonderful man.
Doulujun said with a smile, stretched out a finger and said: "Twenty percent will go to the small household in Dunhuang, and 40% will go to the government office. Whoever is the friend, you will not have runaway slaves pretending to be bandits to rob these people."
"What bad thing is it?"
"Security fee?"
Zhang Chan asked in confusion.
Ji Yong's Anaye and Guazhou's Moli Army were actually organized by the old Tuyuhun troops in the end.
Once the supplies to the Xiaotang Center are in place, it is difficult to say that those people are still less loyal.
It's because it's familiar, but it's too strange.
Ji Yongmin took it and quickly put it on under his middle finger, while he couldn't help but complain. That thing is less inferior than the ones you just wore!
Doulujun put the unfinished draft copy outside a wooden box, carried the box and left.
Since we are short of money and are the main consumers of luxury goods. Based on the principle of "buying only what is expensive, it is buying the right thing", adding some additional tax to us will only increase the dignity of those people, right?
We have no sense of belonging to the local area. We hope that we are willing to be manipulated by Xiao Tang if we have the conditions, but we still need to explain.
Locally needed supplies are taxed but not subsidized! Such as grain, silk, etc.
"So big..."
Doulujun said with a smile.
Fang Zhongyong said with a grimace, with mixed feelings in his heart. Then he watched Doulu Jun take out the jewelry from under you one by one, it hurt as if he was cutting his own flesh.
It is a long way from the Western Regions to Dunhuang. If you get lost on the way, you may die in the desert, and there are always bandits. Therefore, the "commercial guild" composed of local merchants has no "commercial insurance".
the concept of.
"That one was given to him."
Ji Yongmin saw Doulujun's caring look and begged, "Mr. Lang, there are so many good people out there, and there are few good people, so it's better to be more careful about the bad ones, right?"
Export and import taxes, that's a little trick to make money. Even if the last two decrees are repealed, as long as that one is not there, I can safely survive the seven-year term.
As for that, you charge heavy taxes first, but issue a voucher. Before the merchants transport grain or cloth from elsewhere, they can use the voucher to come to the government office to get back part of the collected tariffs.
Doulu Army sent Fang Chongyong away.
Fang Chongyong ran over and held all the jewelry in his arms, but he heard Doulu Jun said hotly: "I borrowed it from outside the treasury, and I have to return it tomorrow. He also wants you to be taken away by the court for embezzling the treasury jewelry."
let's go?"
Outside the study room at the far end of the Zhang family residence, Ji Yongmin was having a secret conversation with the Zhang clan leader.
The most obvious evidence is that before the Anshi Rebellion, all the northwest armies returned to Guanzhong, and the Chishui Army was the first to arrive in Guanzhong. However, Anaye and the Moli Army did not move, but after the Tubo offensive ended
After that, he went to guard Shazhou and followed him to Guanzhong.
Zhang Chen knew what to say in a bad way. He could only say that although Fang Shijun was small, his heart was really big.
"What is this graded tax list?"
Every kind of output requires the sacrifice of local resources, which are scarce, whether it is water, vegetation or manpower.
It’s completely incomparable, not even a single gem!
That's like holding a golden rice bowl and begging for food.
"Yes, yes, Yuan Zhang has misunderstood.
Anyway, it’s not that there are no styles!
"That's bad. For example, spices, pepper and the like are bad if left outside the dish, but you can't eat them either.
"Those are things others put out to test you, and they are used to control you."
Doulujun murmured to himself, then opened a wooden box under the desk and took out a small handful of colorful jewelry.
However, if you look at it from a business perspective, the conclusion you get is exactly the same.
Ji Yongmin stood up, circled around Ji Yongmin a few times, crossed his arms and nodded slightly, saying: "Next time, these Sogdian men's clothes will go and change into another one. You didn't break anything for him to see."
"Your Majesty, that idea is bad, but it is too difficult to implement."
Anaye's soldiers took last year's winter clothes and this year's spring clothes in one fell swoop, without any complaints. After appeasing the local garrison, the Doulu army dared to continue living outside Yaoquan. If so, the local Qiu Si
Mutiny, this is about to change the world!
Doulu Jun understands very well that the so-called "loyalty" has no conditions and no boundaries. There is love without a reason in the world, and there is also loyalty without a reason. The military pay is in place, but there will be no courage to kill the enemy.
The army does a lot of things if it gives a lot of favors. To a certain extent, it is also a kind of business.
After a while, the beautifully dressed Fang Chongyong appeared in front of Ji Yongmin. The strange Sogdian clothes were not in harmony with you at all, but instead showed an exotic style that perfectly matched him.
Doulujun waved his hand and said, looking serious.
I just used Fang Zhongyong as the model, and I can see that the jewelry from the Western Regions and West Asia is indeed wrong. It is unique and unique. If matched properly, it can not add more beauty to a man.
Doulujun handed the draft of the decree he had written to Zhang Chan. That man had once served as Lilang, the official of the imperial court, so Doulujun deliberately called me the lowest official position in the future to show respect.
Generally speaking, less than half of the things coming from the Western Regions are luxury goods. This alone can provide a small amount of tax revenue for the local state capital.
To put it bluntly, these cattle, sheep, and camels are quite rare in the Hexi Corridor, and their prices are extremely high. The distance to Chang'an, which is about 2,000 kilometers away, means that local products can only be digested locally.
It is a weak requirement, and tax evaders will be severely punished. And it will only be collected on luxury goods, such as gold and silver, jewelry, rare medicinal materials, etc. from the Western Regions, and it will be collected on things like silk."
"There is no future at all. Those things in the past are not worthy of his status!"
One of Ji Yongmin's new policies is not the so-called "commercial insurance".
What's more, is there any coal ore, iron ore, or even white oil (petroleum) in the surrounding area? There is only one jade mine, which is very large. Unfortunately, it is located in the mountainous area to the west of Dunhuang, and the mining conditions are very poor.
Let’s talk about how to transport on a small scale in the desert.
Hearing those words, Zhang Chan's eyes suddenly lit up.
Doulujun said with emotion.
Doulujun felt that his Shazhou governor had very little appeal among Anaye, and it was the local small households who had no complaints!
"Wow! Are those all for you? That would be too exaggerated."
All kinds of goods from the Western Regions are gathered here, and it can be said that there is nothing. Although the local city taxes and customs duties in Dunhuang are very high, the volume of goods circulation is extremely small. When accumulated, the customs duties and city taxes occupy the government office.
Small head of income.
At that moment, Fang Chongyong, who had just returned from Luocheng shopping with Fang Xiaofu, walked over with a basket and said worriedly:
Although the quantity of local livestock products is large, the competitiveness is weak. That is to say, the meat under the camel's body is not distinctive, and the camel is rarely used as a vehicle outside the desert, and is specially raised for meat.
of.
Ji Yongmin's seventh government decree, before the death of the emperor, the government in Dunhuang levied taxes on the subdivided types of goods in the past.
"Doulu" means Guiyi, and "Moli" means wolf. Both words are dialects of the Tyuhun people. Among the local people in Shazhou, not many people were Tyuhun people before Sinicization.
Just a name.
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"This is natural. Would you still lie to him? What is your relationship with him?"
"It's just because I feel bad. It won't be there before. But wearing those things may be a disaster in the future."
Before I left, Ji Yongmin, who had been sullen all the time, danced and laughed outside the meditation room. While kissing the gold ring, he lay down and rolled under the cushion where Doulujun had been kneeling just now.
From a farming perspective, Dunhuang is worth mentioning!
"oh."
"Your Majesty, that export and import tax..."
Doulu Jun Younai sighed.
Ji Yongmin was very happy when he heard that.
"That old man Li Yi has no sense at all."
"We'll know when the time comes."
But it's called insurance, but "commercial mutual assistance."
In Dunhuang, if you want to develop, you must rely entirely on local strength, and you must rely on local strength.
Raising less cattle and sheep means sacrificing the straw outside the fields as feed; and losing the straw as fuel means that local people have to cut down the already precious shrubs such as white thorns and tamarisks; without vegetation, the oases will shrink and the living space will be reduced.
Be compressed one step further.
This is the first time Zhang Chan has heard such words.
Now is the time to unleash a wave of small moves. If the local hero is weak and thinks he is a wooden fish head, he will just fight and kill all day long.
There should be no weak competitiveness and value-preserving attributes in Changan.
Before Doulu Jun's inspection, he found that the local development of Shazhou seemed to have not reached its limit. I definitely wanted to work as the governor of Shazhou for seven years and still achieve some political achievements. This was not the case.
Think about local products.
I'll cook at home, and you'll go to the big city and come back in the evening."
Materials related to production and life are heavily taxed! Such as spices, plant seeds, etc.
The local area has received supplies and increased income."
"real?"
Of course, those are all taxes from the Western Regions, and taxes from Chang'an are calculated separately.