In the Han Dynasty, in addition to levying property taxes and consumption taxes from the people and obtaining income through monopoly sales, they also asked local governments to contribute and pay tribute. Contribution refers to the regular or irregular tribute paid by princes, kings, and counties to their locally produced specialties.
The amount of contributions to the emperor is determined by each prince and feudal lord. However, except for special exemptions in years of severe disasters, contributions must be made every year.
Jinjin refers to the money that the emperor sacrificed to the ancestral temple in August every year and the princes donated money when they participated in the sacrifice. In principle, Jinjin does not have the nature of tax. According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty formulated the "Rule of Jinjin", which stipulated that the day of the first lunar month should be used as the day of the lunar month.
Wine is made in the eighth month and is called soujiu. At this time, the emperor personally leads his ministers to worship in the ancestral temple. The princes must donate money to assist the sacrifice, and the amount of payment is calculated based on the population of the area under their jurisdiction, and each thousand people donate four taels of gold.
, those with a population of less than 1,000 also pay four taels. When participating in the ceremony, the gold is handed over to the Shaofu. As for Jiuzhen, Rinan uses rhinoceros horns and turtle shells that are more than nine inches long, and Yulin uses ivory that is more than three feet long.
Twenty each of jadeite and jadeite, instead of four taels of gold. In the Han Dynasty, one tael of gold was worth 625 qian (a pound of gold was worth ten thousand yuan), and four taels was worth 2,500 qian. Of course, the real burden of this money
It is not the princes, but the people. According to the regulations, a thousand people share four taels, so each person is two and a half taels. In this regard, the burden is not heavy. If it is combined with other burdens, then the people's burden will be
It's heavy.
In the Han Dynasty, those who violated the "Laws of Gold" were punished to varying degrees, including economic sanctions and criminal penalties. In the fifth year of Yuanding (112 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because the gold offered by the princes was of poor quality and insufficient in weight,
As a result, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered that "the kings cut off the counties and the princes were dismissed from the country", and a hundred and six people were deprived of their titles.