I clearly wanted to be a tyrant, but how did I become the greatest emperor of all time?

Even the boss himself may not be clear.

The jurisdiction of a county in the Zhou Dynasty was very large.

The county magistrate's office was responsible for managing all aspects of the entire county, from encouraging farming and education, to criminal proceedings, urban and water conservancy construction in the county, and even the training of the county militia.

The county magistrate, his subordinates, his staff, and all the officials only numbered about a hundred people.

More than a hundred people may sound like a lot, but it is clearly far from enough to handle so many government affairs.

The imperial court's review of county magistrates also focused mainly on population growth in their jurisdictions.

Therefore, the county magistrate does not have the ability to manage the issue of commercial taxes even though he wants to.

The commercial tax of the Great Zhou was not much, accounting for only 2% of the annual revenue, that is, 2% for every 100%.

But even so, commercial taxes have continued to decline year after year.

The reasons Qian Duoming gave were also very sufficient.

The commercial taxes when the Great Zhou was founded were much higher than they are now!

Business today is much more prosperous than when the Great Zhou was founded!

There are also many more big merchants in the Great Zhou than before.

But commercial taxes are even lower than before!

This is obviously unreasonable!

Qian Duoming felt that this was because tax evasion was a common practice among merchants.

Qian Duoming believed that this was because the local county magistrate neglected his duties.

The imperial court will include commercial tax courses in the review of county magistrates.

As soon as this memorial was issued, the government and the country immediately became turbulent.

All the censors accused Qian Duoming of "harming the people"!

The censors' views are also reasonable and well-founded if the increase in commercial taxes is counted as a subject for the court's assessment.

For officials at the county magistrate level, the standard for promotion is assessment.

If you fail twice in a row, you will be dismissed.

As a result, in order to pass the assessment, some county magistrates would certainly order the people to make up for the commercial taxes for the sake of results.

Some ordinary people may even go bankrupt due to commercial tax collection.

There have been cases of this kind in the past.

The censors told the lessons learned from the time of Emperor Wu of Han.

In order to collect commercial taxes from the people, Emperor Wu of Han issued an edict.

That decree was issued to collect commercial taxes.

The content of the decree was very simple, which was that the people of the Han Dynasty could expose and report the rich.

If the report is successful, the merchant who evaded taxes will have all his property confiscated and his entire family will be exiled.

Half of the confiscated property will be distributed to the person who reported it.

This is the content of the imperial edict.

This seemingly simple decree caused a horrific effect.

Emperor Wu of Han's treasury was filling up rapidly, but historical records show that eight out of ten of the world's richest people went bankrupt.

This policy even led to the exile of hundreds of thousands of people.

Confucianists also criticized this decree for thousands of years.

A decree judged to be cruel.

Therefore, Qian Duoming’s proposal to increase commercial taxes and evaluate county magistrates instantly aroused public anger!

Li Tian was very satisfied!

He immediately issued an edict to support the cabinet's new policy!

At this point, all the censors were silent.

After the censors were caned last time, fewer and fewer people dared to refute His Majesty's orders.

This decree was issued jointly by the emperor and the cabinet.

Who has the courage to object?

Those who oppose His Majesty will be caned.

If you oppose the Prime Minister, you may be exiled from the capital.

A cabinet supported by His Majesty would be extremely terrifying.

Now, amid opposition from both the government and the public, Qian Duoming's first policy order began to be implemented.

Commercial taxes were levied nationwide and included in the assessment of county magistrates.

If there is no natural disaster and commercial taxes still decrease, the county magistrate will be held accountable.

This decree will be implemented immediately!

This decree, which was opposed by all the ministers in the court, was welcomed by the people once it was published in the new palace gazette!

The reason is simple, everyone hates the rich!

No one has any objection to the rich paying more taxes.

And many rich people are unkind.

If Qian Duoming’s first decree was only for discussion by the ministers in the court.

The second one met with strong opposition.

Qian Duoming felt that many people had poor ability to resist disasters and often went bankrupt.

Therefore, the imperial court should help the people. Qian Duoming demanded the re-implementation of the "Qingmiao Law" and open low-interest loans to the people.

As soon as this memorial was released, the situation in the court and the country became completely chaotic.

All this has little to do with Tang Xiaoren, who has already left Beijing.

As the envoy this time, commanding the war against Bodan, it can be said that His Majesty’s favor is very heavy.

For the first time, the imperial court showed unprecedented courtesy to the emperor.

Kaifu Yitong Sansi is a promotion.

This official position has always existed, but it became more difficult to grant in the later feudal dynasties.

To be the same as the Three Officials means to be the same as the Grand Tutor, Grand Master and Grand Commandant.

He is a high-ranking official of the first rank!

In the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the three officials were usually awarded posthumously.

Tang Xiaoren's title of Sansi was not granted, but was a position equal.

That is the same treatment as the three divisions.

This can be said to be unprecedented in the Zhou Dynasty.

Compared with the three divisions, the more important one is the Kaifu Ceremony.

To open a government office means to open a government office.

That is to say, Tang Xiaoren was allowed to recruit personal staff and grant them official positions.

This is the real key to power!

This means that Tang Xiaoren has the power to make all personnel arrangements at the front line!

This is also because the war front is too far away. If everything is reported to the court, it will certainly not be handled in a timely manner.

But Tang Xiaoren was also very excited, as this meant His Majesty’s trust and attention!

Tang Xiaoren has arrived in Luzhou by train.

Tang Ze, the former head of the Cabinet's Central Study, was originally Tang Xiaoren's personal assistant.

Now he has also resigned from his position as head of the cabinet's study.

Tang Xiaoren was given the title of Grand Master of the Imperial Court, and Tang Ze became Tang Xiaoren's chief of staff.

The Chief of Staff was a fourth-rank official, and Tang Ze was also promoted.

Tang Xiaoren and Tang Ze are discussing current affairs of the court.

Seeing Qian Duoming's eagerness to implement the Qingmiao Law, Tang Xiaoren also sighed.

"I discussed this Qingmiao Law with Qian Duoming at the beginning."

"But the resistance was too great, so I was never able to push it forward."

Tang Ze said: "Why is this? Isn't the Qingmiao Law a good thing for the court to give low-interest loans to the people?"

Tang Xiaoren said: "In fact, the Qingmiao Law was already implemented during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period."

"The Qingmiao Law is so sensitive because the core theme of Wang Anshi's reform was the Qingmiao Law."

"Since Wang Anshi's reform failed, later scholars have put the blame on the Qingmiao Law."

"It is a consensus among scholars that the Qingmiao Law is an evil law."

"Qian Duoming wants to reintroduce the Qingmiao Law, but of course there will be a lot of resistance."

Tang Ze asked in confusion: "I also know about Wang Anshi's reforms, but why is the Qingmiao Law an evil law?"

Tang Xiaoren said: "The reason why the Song Dynasty scholars said this is that Wang Anshi was too hasty. In order to implement the Qingmiao Law, the officials he sent made people who did not need loans take out loans, which led to the bankruptcy of many farmers."