After Xue Lin analyzed the pros and cons of Luo's army's advances and cons between the Han army and the Qi army, he did not stop there and moved to the business of Jingzhou and Zhao. In Xue Lin's words, this business matter also became
It's unfavorable.
"King, we have opened trade with the Zhao army. It seems that we have gained a lot of benefits from it. Just through commercial tax, we can get a lot of tax revenue. It can be said that we can now expand our strength, and we and Zhao are all in this way.
The affairs of trade between the north and the south played a very important role.”
"But the benefits are there, but the disadvantages are also quite a lot. However, the benefits are obvious, but the disadvantages are hidden in the dark, so that we do not directly notice them. Moreover, the impact of these disadvantages is more than the benefits we get
Even more. The benefits we get are not enough to eliminate these adverse effects.”
Situ Hao said suspiciously: "The disadvantages? Tell me, I also want to know what harm we will have in trade and trade, which will benefit us more than we are now."
Xue Lin said: "King, at the beginning, Zhao State opened borders with us and allowed merchants to communicate naturally. That's because the Zhao army started various projects in Yongzhou, requiring a lot of manpower and material resources, and here we can do it for them.
We have benefited from providing some materials. Isn’t this the case in Zhao State? The Zhao army was able to complete various constructions in Yongzhou and restore the old prosperous appearance of Yongzhou. Our Jingzhou merchants and people made an indelible contribution."[
Situ Hao said disrespectfully: "I understand that since it is commercial trade, it is inevitable that both sides will benefit each other. If only we make a profit, Zhao State will not have any profit. They will start a trade with us and will be responsible.
From us to develop and grow? Zhao State knows better than us how much tax is in business. Our ability to develop to this point has a great relationship with the opening of normal trade between the two places. Therefore, if we get benefits, we naturally cannot let the other party get it.
Bar."
Xue Lin shook his head and said, "Reporting to the king, what I am talking about is not this, this is a normal business method, so I naturally would not misunderstand. In addition to these normal trades, more and more merchants in Jingzhou are starting to enter.
Zhao State, not only Yongzhou, but other states in Zhao State have also begun to become the targets of our Jingzhou merchants."
"My dear lords, I believe you all know these things. But why did Zhao State allow these merchants to enter the land of his rule? According to my knowledge, a large number of these merchants began to move their families and businesses.
The focus began to settle down in Zhao State. At the same time, these merchants continued to introduce some of the Zhao State systems, whether related to business or people's livelihood, to our Jingzhou."
"You guys should know that the Zhao army needs to recruit a large amount of labor for repairing the road in Yongzhou. The Zhao merchants opened shops, workshops, and breeding farms in Yongzhou. The Kaiser recruited a large amount of manpower, and except for a large part of these manpower is
Except for the people in Yongzhou, the rest of the people account for the largest proportion are the people in Jingzhou."
"King, the Zhao army secretly transported the Zhao system and policies to our Jingzhou government through trade, so that the people of Jingzhou could know the advantageous policies of Zhao, so as to attract these people's yearning for Zhao. This is why.
Our Jingzhou is already very stable, but the people here are still moving northwards continuously. In addition, many big merchants have begun to move northwards, transferring their family business, King Yongzhou. The king, forgive me for saying frankly, we
The Luo Army and other princes' policies are indeed not as good as the Zhao Army. This commercial tax system alone is not as good as the Zhao State. At least, in the jurisdiction of Zhao State, the defenders and governments of various cities will never dare to
He reached out to these businessmen.”
"It seems that Zhao State is in business with us, and Zhao army and both of us have benefits. In fact, it is the same. Both of us have got what we need. However, his potential influence is extremely unfavorable to us. Zhao
The country spread some news that was not good for us through the mouths of these merchants, so that the merchants and people of Jingzhou began to become interested in Zhao State, so that they could not help but have some problems or difficulties in their own troubles.
The people regard Zhao as their target place and escape place."
"And those businessmen and powerful men who put interests first naturally wanted to gain greater benefits, so they naturally began to move their family center north to Zhao State. After all, not every powerful man has a huge number of fields, and Zhao State is right.
Although there are many restrictions with businessmen, they are also of great benefit to them."
Xue Lin's words made the faces of the people in the hall different. These ministers actually understood these situations more or less. However, for them, the Luo army should expand and stabilize the place, which is the same as Zhao.
The normal business transactions in China cannot be avoided, but after hearing Xue Lin's words, the situation becomes very bad.
The King of Luoyang Situ Hao also had a ugly face. He knew that the systems here and other princes were not as good as those under Zhao State. He also knew that these merchants and the people had the action of moving north to Zhao State. However,
Situ Hao was not as deep as he thought, but now after Xue Lin said this, he was shocked and began to be alert. What Xue Lin said is indeed very reasonable. This is the situation in Jingzhou now.
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Seeing that everyone began to face what they said, Xue Lin continued to say in a deep voice: "King, this Zhao army is in the north of us. Although there is no large army going south, and although there is no attack on us, they have influenced us with their strength.
The situation of the army and the entire Jingzhou. It can be said that our concessions allow the Zhao army to control Jingzhou without bloodshed, and let us become the sharp blade in the hands of Zhao army and do what they want us to do for them."
"Think about it, if it weren't for the existence of Zhao's army, we have now taken over the entire Jingzhou, and the king has become the lord of Jingzhou. Therefore, we cannot give in or retreat. Instead of being quietly whispered by Zhao's army
It is better to fight for the control and utilization than to take advantage of the situation. If the Zhao army no longer cares about the overall situation, then fight with us, and we can also bring the Qi army and the Shu army to fight against the Zhao army head-on. In the past, we could have been in Nanyang Prefecture
Confronting Zhao's army is OK now."
Fang Zhan, the right chief of Luo Army, said in a deep voice: "Sima Xue, now is very different from before. In the past, we were able to confront Zhao army in Nanyang Prefecture because of our Luo Army, Han Army, Qi Army and Shu Army.
Can work together. But now? The Han army has turned to the Zhao army; because after Hanzhong was taken down by the Zhao army, the Shu army could not draw too good people. Moreover, the Shu army is still reorganizing internally. As for the Qi army, they
Can we first pacify the internal "disruption" army. Xue Sima thought that the current Shu army and Qi army could be compared with the previous Qi army and Shu army?"
"In the past, the Qi army and the Shu army were able to provide us with weapons, equipment, food, supplies and support for our soldiers at any time, but now? If the Han army is not destroyed, the Shu army cannot lead the army northward, so don't mention support. As for the Qi army, the Qi army will not be able to support us.
They can support us, but if the "chaotic" army within the Qi army is not pacified, the Qi army cannot provide us with more help. We can rely on these two unreliable allies to block Zhao as before
The army goes south? What if the Zhao army invades through the Han army? Even if we take the lead in attacking the Han army, the Zhao army can enter our territory through the north and west Hanzhong at any time."
"But will the Shu army now take action against the Han army immediately after forming an alliance? The Shu army must retaliate and fight back, and wait until the next year. These few months are enough for the Zhao army to govern the territory through the Han army.
, fully enter the territory of our Luo army. If such a situation occurs, how should we deal with it? We know the jurisdiction of the Han army very well, but isn’t the Han army the same for us? It is easy for us to attack the Han army, but it is possible to
After the Zhao army participated, is it easy for the Han army and the Zhao army coalition to attack us?"
Fang Zhan's words immediately made everyone stunned. Yes, as they said before, it is easy to attack the Han army, but on the other hand, the Han army and the Zhao army join forces, and it is also easy to attack our own side. The Han army and the Luo army were familiar with each other.
, each other knows the other's jurisdiction very well. The Luo army can use the situation of the other party to attack the Han army, so the other party can also use the knowledge of your Luo army to attack the Luo army's jurisdiction.
Xue Lin said in a deep voice: "After that being said, we must always endure the Zhao army's mercy on Jingzhou until the Zhao army goes south and let us surrender? If so, we might as well surrender to the Zhao army early.
Yes, the Zhao army continuously infiltrated the Zhao system and policies into our Luo army through merchants, making the people under our rule full of yearning for Zhao. After a long time, even if the Zhao army goes south, I am afraid that we will
The people of Luo Army also resisted."
Zuo Chengwang Dao hesitated for a little while and said in a deep voice to Luoyang King Situ Hao: "King, I think it is still very beneficial for us to trade with Zhao State. If we cut off the trade relations, we will suddenly reduce a large amount of money.
Trade tax revenue is a problem for us to support the more than 100,000 troops now. Therefore, this trade must exist. At least, before we have enough income to supply the army, we cannot directly cut off trade with Zhao State.
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Situ Hao nodded and said, "I understand what you mean, and I am very clear about what you said. However, Xue Lin had already said that this so-called commerce is actually something that Zhao State wants to use to disrupt it.
Our Luo Army resisted the will. You should be clear that under our rule, many powerful and big merchants have begun to move their family centers north. If this continues, you should be clear about what consequences it will have to us.
That's right."
Wang Dao nodded and said, "I understand that Zhao Jun is naturally in his interests when he is engaged in trade with us, otherwise they will not trade with us. I have a suggestion that can solve these problems, but this requires the king to make a decision.
Only do it."[
"Tell me! I also want to know how to solve these problems and not destroy our trade with Zhao State. As you said, trade with Zhao State is also of great benefit to us." Situ Hao suddenly said that
Interested.
Wang Dao said in a deep voice: "Change! King, in the business of our country of Zhao, what is the reason for letting those powerful and big merchants move north? It is either our Luo army's jurisdiction, the commercial tax and tax are mixed, and the prefectures and counties in various places
He privately charged passers-by merchants' customs fees, and even directly detained merchants' goods."
"We can completely eliminate these bad situations, so that our rule will be like Zhao State, and we will be able to maintain commercial taxation and strictly order local prefectures and counties to collect property from caravans privately. The commercial tax issue of our Luo Army's territory will be governed by the Luo Army will be the same as that of the country.
Completely solve the problem, just follow the example of Zhao State. In this way, the powerful clans and the big merchants in our territory need to move north. After all, Jingzhou is their hometown. If possible, how could they easily get married
leave?"
"In addition, we should also remind those merchants who trade with Zhao State so that they know what to say and what not to say. We can even designate merchants to allow cross-border trade. That is to say, any businessman who wants to trade with the North Zhao State must be known to them.
Merchants who trade must pass the permission of our rebel army. In this way, we need to worry that these merchants will say what they should not say and do what they should not do."
Situ Hao said in a narrow voice: "What do you mean is that we are restructuring on finance and taxation, and in addition, we will establish a business yamen similar to Zhao State to specifically supervise the merchants under our Luo army?"
Wang Dao nodded and said, "The king is wise! That's what I mean. In this way, we can control the situation of all the merchants in our territory. If possible, we can also let them participate in some actions related to the Zhao State or the Han Army.
, forcing them to do as we ask. In addition, we must strengthen supervision of all businessmen’s tax payment issues. This yamen should be responsible by the king’s confidant. Any businessman or any powerful family must pay commercial taxes.
.If this problem is solved, our tax revenue will not only not decrease, but will also increase. In the local area, many powerful and large merchants, relying on their family's strength and local influence, do not pay commercial tax to the government at all.
Let our Luo Jun pass on all the tax sources to other merchants who have no backstage power. This is also one of the reasons why these merchants want to move north and enter Zhao State."
"In addition, establishing a new yamen to specialize in managing these merchants, caravans, and merchants is also of great benefit to us. This time, when there was a problem with the logistics of the Zhao army in Hanzhong, the Zhao army transported food, grass and supplies to the Zhao army in Hanzhong through those merchants.
, went south and took the Han army's jurisdiction to enter Hanzhong. Together with the Zhao army's baggage team from Yongzhou, they supported the Hanzhong Zhao army in two ways, and put a lot of effort into solving the logistics problems of the Hanzhong Zhao army. Moreover, in this way, it is still possible to
Reduce the army's logistics team."
"If we do the same, then we can reduce part of the logistics team and let these logistics workers go home to farm. In this way, not only will our logistics pressure be reduced, but these people can also be satisfied. After all, for ordinary people,
For the people, working on their own farming is much luckier than transporting logistics food and grass to the army."
"Reform..." Situ Hao couldn't help but start to ponder. The other ministers also had different faces, especially those important officials who were both family and their relatives, who were frowning secretly. If Luo Jun was in the financial and taxation process, he would
Many people will make profits when they are reorganized, but similarly, many officials and generals will lose a considerable part of their interests. Of course, there are also some powerful people who rely on their identities and have no need to pay taxes in the past.
According to the changes mentioned by the king, they will have to pay a lot of commercial taxes.
Wang Dao naturally understood the reactions of these important officials and colleagues. But Wang Dao did not care. For him, the interests of Luo Jun were the greatest. These important officials, officials and powerful people who rely on illegal income, were actually lying on Luo Jun.
A blood-sucking parasite.
Situ Haochen chanted for a moment, glanced at everyone lightly, and said in a deep voice: "I didn't expect that under my rule, the commercial tax problem would be so serious. According to what the Zuo Cheng said, under my rule,
Many merchants have not paid commercial taxes. It seems that my king does not have a deep understanding of the following. Dear officials, please tell me, can the suggestions of Lord Zuo Cheng be implemented?"
Everyone understood that their king was already annoyed at this moment and was secretly "forced" to ask them. As the king, how could he not know what the family behind these ministers under his command did? Wouldn't that be the powerful man who did not pay commercial taxes be the only one.
Referring to them?
After a while, no one spoke, Xue Lin said, "King, the reform involves a lot and cannot be completed in a short time. Moreover, once the reform begins, we will have time to take care of others in the short term. In addition,
It will also make people worry whether we will carry out comprehensive reforms like Zhao State, which will lead to the emergence of the powerful families below..."
"According to what you said, it is reasonable for me to watch those powerful men take the finances and taxes that originally belonged to our Luo army into their pockets? Is this Luo army my Luo army or the Luo army my strongest? I am right
What will the tax reform cause them to have? Dissatisfied? It seems that the king of Hanzhong has to do this here, and I need to do this." Situ Hao's face was septical and coldly
Xue Lin said.
The king was furious, not only Xue Lin trembled all over, but the rest of the people also apologized for their guilt.
Wang Dao said in a deep voice: "King please calm down! We must have no problem with the reform of finance and taxation. Now, the Shu army is reorganizing above the army, and the King of Hanzhong is also changing the local people's livelihood in Wuling Prefecture. We do this,
There is nothing surprising. This can change our current situation. I think the king should start implementing it immediately."