When local officials levy money taxes, they will levy an extra portion on the grounds of "waste". This part is called fire tax. For example, if rice is eaten by birds and mice, it is called bird mouse tax. This is a type of fire tax.
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In fact, it is equivalent to tacitly allowing local officials to collect more silver, which is an agreed source of extra income.
For example, at the beginning, the national treasury would have a certain amount of "exemption", which was actually a kind of waste, because the purity of private silver was different, and there would be some loss when it was put into the warehouse and then smelted and cast.
And what does it mean to return fire consumption to the public? It means that according to local conditions, fire consumption is added and becomes a normal tax. It is levied uniformly, retained in the vassal treasury, and given to local officials as appropriate to maintain integrity. It can also make up for the fiscal deficit of various places. If there is any surplus,
It can also be used for public purposes, building cities and embankments, etc.
How can I put it this way, with openness, transparency, legalization, and dark collection becoming bright collection, the burden on the people will be much lighter.
This will at least allow some truly honest people to avoid being forced to commit corruption, and also allow some people with wavering hearts, or those with the same name, to have another "right path" to follow. As for those who are greedy by nature, they will do it no matter what the policy is.
If you are greedy in every possible way, there will be nothing you can do.
Yan Shiyue told them the matter carefully.
Emperor Ming Yan suddenly became thoughtful.
From his point of view, this is indeed feasible. In this way, financial power will be gathered into the hands of the court, and local governments will have less autonomy. This is undoubtedly a good thing for controlling officials sent abroad.
Prince Chun and Xu Wenqu were also thinking carefully.
At this time, outside, the shadow guards had also captured the person.
The tin painting shop had already been searched once, and now it was searched thoroughly several times, but nothing was found.
As soon as Shopkeeper Wei came in and saw Jiang Henbie, his expression changed immediately. Then he readily admitted that he had made the fake silver, but he refused to say where he hid it.
The shadow guards tried their best, but they didn't expect that these two people were both stubborn and refused to speak out.
Huo Qijing went over to take a look. When Jiang Henbie saw him, he still smiled at him and said, "Are you Empress Fu's husband?"
Huo Qijing didn't answer, Jiang Henbie clicked his tongue and said: "Among thousands of armies, cut down flags and seize commanders... If you were not married to Empress Fu, you would be so glorious. Now... you are just like the princess's entourage."
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There was so much malice in these words that Huo Qijing didn't care and just looked him up and down.
Then he asked: "Do you feel no pain?"
Jiang Henbie squinted his eyes.
Although it is said that Guan Gong scraped bones to cure poison, played chess, ate and drank, he could only bear it, but Jiang Henbie didn't even twitch or twitch the flesh on his face, and it seemed that he couldn't feel it at all.
Huo Qijing said calmly: "You worked for Cui Hang thirty years ago... If he can trust you, you are at least a young man. So you are probably sixty years old now? But you look like you are thirty years old.
No, is there any way to preserve the beauty? Is there no pain as a result?"
He looked at shopkeeper Wei, whose name was said to be Wei Qing: "You don't have one either?"
Jiang Hen smiled and said, "Yes, you are also quite capable."
He paused for a moment: "Now that you know, then torture is useless, why not just kill us directly. After all, no one can find us in that place after we die. If it takes 1800 years for someone to find us, it will not be the same."
What does it have to do with you?"
Huo Qijing said: "You are not even afraid of death, but you are unwilling to tell where the money is hidden. How can I rest assured?"
Jiang Henbie smiled and said, "What's the use of fighting with us?"
Huo Qijing was not good at extracting confessions, so when he saw that he refused to say anything, he withdrew.
Yan Shiyue had a feeling from the moment he suddenly closed his eyes and fell silent that he would definitely not say anything.
But at that time, I thought I could resist the punishment. I always felt that under the shadow guard's methods, there might be hope. But I didn't expect that I couldn't feel pain?
She wrote to Su Ji, asking him what kind of medicine could make people feel no pain, and what kind of medicine could make people stay young forever. Su Ji replied that he didn't know, and he asked her to send him over to study it for him.
People, if you really have to stay first, maybe it will be of use?
Since he felt no pain, the shadow guard didn't waste any more time, so he put it aside for the time being and just kept searching around the tin painting workshop.
The prince wrote another letter, crying and begging his father to go back quickly, saying that everyone already knew.
Yan Shiyue asked: "Then can we go back?"
Emperor Ming Yan smiled and said, "Should Yue'er go back first?"
"No!" She refused without hesitation: "I don't worry about you running around outside by yourself!"
Emperor Ming Yan said: "Then, we will set off in two days."
Yan Shiyue came out to ask, and Weixin also told her what had happened in the palace in the past few days.
The impeachment of Liu Songcheng, the young master of the prince, really caught the prince by surprise.
The most difficult thing to guard against in this world is when your own people stab you.
The key point is that Liu Songcheng is his "teacher" in name, and he is being impeached for his unfilial piety... This matter is really difficult and disgusting, and no matter how you handle it, it won't be right.
Therefore, the prince simply did not deal with it and left the memorial unpublished, waiting for Emperor Ming Yan to come back and deal with it.
But of course he couldn't do nothing.
Coincidentally, the prince had just finished his tour before coming to the palace.
The prince has received a strict upbringing since he was a child. He was taught by the most knowledgeable ministers in the world. In terms of teachers alone, it can be said that no one in the world can compare with him. He is studious, humble, and good at poetry, so he is on the tour
Along the way, he wrote many articles and poems and exchanged views with talented people from various places.
This is a good story.
So the prince asked people to speed up and publish all these articles and poems. Many of them involved the "taboo of deceased mother".
What the prince meant was that filial piety to his deceased mother was engraved in his bones. Even if he did it impromptu, he would never forget it. How could he forget it in his daily life?
Answer without answering.
Quite a nice counterattack.
But this was just a coincidence. If the prince hadn't happened to be on a tour, many talented people could testify. How could the prince fight back against such a disgusting accusation?
Yan Shiyue sighed: "Fortunately, all my notes were written by Mr. Xu, otherwise I would have had so many fathers, mothers, and masters, so many personal taboos, I would definitely not be able to remember them! What if I make a mistake?
What should I do if someone grabs me and won’t let me go?”
Weixin also became nervous after what she said: "From now on, we will deal with all the writing paper written by the master as soon as possible. Don't keep it."
Yan Shiyue nodded and asked, "But why does this person suddenly want to impeach the prince? Is this... was this ordered by the fourth prince?"
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Weixin quickly gestured to her and whispered: "Master, don't say this nonsense!" She paused and her voice became even lower: "I don't know either, who knows this!"
Yan Shiyue was a little unhappy.
Although she understood psychologically that even if the Fourth Master in history could fight his way out of the Nine Sons' fight for the title by eating fast and chanting Buddha's name, it must not be as harmless as it appears.
But when I saw it with my own eyes, I still felt uncomfortable.
In her heart, the most precious thing about the fourth master is his seriousness and integrity. Even his inquisitive temperament is cute. But what if this is just a "show"? What if he is secretly playing tricks and doing whatever it takes to fight for a big position? (Unfinished)