In the Han Dynasty, in addition to levied property taxes and consumption taxes from the people and obtained income through monopoly, local governments also made contributions and cash. Contributions mean that the princes and counties and states regularly or irregularly paid special products to the emperor. The amount of contributions was determined by the princes and monarchs. However, in addition to being exempted from tribute in the years of severe disasters, they had to contribute every year.

Jin refers to the money offered by the emperor when he was offering sacrifices to the ancestral temple in August every year. In principle, Jin is not taxable. According to historical records, Emperor Wu of Han formulated the "Jiang Jin Law", which stipulated that wine should be made in the first lunar month and started in August, which was called Jin wine. At this time, the emperor personally led his ministers to sacrifice to the ancestral temple. The princes must offer money to provide sacrifices and pay the amount. The princes and marquis each calculated based on the population of their jurisdiction. Four taels of gold are given per thousand people, and four taels of people who are less than a thousand people are also paid. When participating in the Jin sacrifice, the gold is handed over to the Shaofu.

As for Jiuzhen, Ji, the Sunnan used rhinoceros horns and turtle armors that were more than nine inches long, and Yulin used ivory and jade of more than three feet each to replace the number of four taels of gold. One tael of gold in the Han Dynasty was 625 cents (a pound of gold is worth ten thousand cents), and four taels were 2,500 cents. Of course, the real burden of this money was not the princes, but the people. According to regulations, if a thousand people share four taels, each person would be two and a half cents. In this regard, the burden was not heavy. If the burden was with other burdens, then the burden would be heavy.

In the Han Dynasty, those who violated the provisions of the "Law of Jin" should be punished with different degrees, including economic sanctions and punishments. In the fifth year of Yuanding of Emperor Wu of Han (112 BC), due to the poor quality and insufficient weight of the oxen gold offered by the princes, Emperor Wu of Han ordered "the king to cut the county and the marquis to be exempted from the country", and 106 people were seized.
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