Wu Meiniang is a very outstanding politician. She knows that public opinion cannot be disobeyed. Even if it is this, public opinion will help her to put the power to formulate policies into her pocket. She will not say that she will do whatever she wants to deal with Han Yi and mess up the entire country. This is not what she wants. Her ultimate goal is to make things right, bring back national policies, and turn them back to the original policies, and not use rough means. This is another matter with the party struggle. In this way, she can control it. She really can't play with Han Yi's trick. If she wants to play, she will not seek change at all. She just takes it for herself. Of course, Han Yi will not leave.

Therefore, Wu Meiniang did not say that she was stubborn and revised the policy by herself. She summoned some capable ministers in the court. Among the ministers, in addition to Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu, there were Lu Chengqing, Xu Shishi, Liu Xiangdao, Wei Siqian, Ren Yaxiang, and General Xin Mao. Because they were all military generals, they could not get this matter. Not only that, Wu Meiniang also summoned some highly-known scholars and officials from Luoyang to help her revise this policy.

The lineup is unprecedentedly huge.

When Li Zhi met with other ministers in the court, he felt relieved. Wu Meiniang did not do anything randomly. If Wu Meiniang only asked Li Yi Mansion and Xu Jingzong to revise it, many people would feel uneasy.

But this is what Wu Meiniang is most shrewd. Although he invited Lu Chengqing, Xu Shi, Liu Xiangdao, and Wei Siqian, she also invited many scholars and officials. These respected scholars and officials have always had conflicts with Han Yi, who opposed Han Yi and merchants. Lu Chengqing, Wei Siqian and others all came from the gentry, and these gentry members valued seniority. Although they were Shangshu, they had to speak with these gentry and officials in a good voice.

In addition, Lu Chengqing and others don’t know what Han Yi is doing, and they only know how to play small peasant economy. No matter how they revise it, it must be small peasant economy. Moreover, Xu Shi, Lu Chengqing and Liu Xiangdao are also ambitious and want to show their talents. They are very grateful to Wu Meiniang and let them participate. They are also seriously revising the policy.

Wu Meiniang is very relieved and gives them a tolerant environment. The person who speaks is not guilty. You can say whatever you want. I will not blame you. This has helped Wu Meiniang win over many people's hearts.

These people are not waste, they are all from elites, without exception, including Li Yifu and Xu Jingzong, who are also full of knowledge and have read many books of sages and Confucius and Mencius, how could they not know?

Under the leadership of Wu Meiniang and with the efforts of these elites, this policy was quickly revised, with four main items and one additional item.

Article 1: Encourage agriculture and sericulture, and reduce taxes and taxes.

The main content is to reward farmers and subways. Those who have surplus grain at home will be rewarded, reclaimed new fields and rewarded. Moreover, people with less than acres of land at home can be exempted from taxes and promote new agricultural tools, farming technology, and textile technology in the Central Plains.

It seems that it is only targeting agriculture and sericulture, but it is not. You should know that the policies, technology and drawings of Hanyi are monopolized, and are researched by merchants. The merchants invented these things to make money, not for universal purposes. However, according to this situation, they have to hand over part of it, because the country wants to promote these, so the merchants of course cannot resist, including the Yuan family's cotton textile technology, and they must also hand over it. Of course, the Yuan family will definitely hand over it, and the Yuan family will not go against the court.

The small tax is to exempt the people from unnecessary labor, but it is mainly concentrated in both capitals. At the request of Wu Meiniang, all labor labor in both capitals is exempted. The people in the capital and Luoyang do not need to serve in the future. In the past, every citizen had to work for the court for ten days and half a month every year. Whether it was sweeping the streets or repairing houses, this was in the tax system, which was actually a tax reduction.

Article 2: Advocate frugality, banning skill, and banning migration.

The first half of the sentence is directed at officials, allowing officials to take the lead in being frugal, not being extravagant, and prohibiting spontaneous tricks. The main purpose is to limit the official's pomp and entertainment activities. Although this is the consistent policy of the Central Plains dynasty, this is obviously completely opposite to Han Yi's policy. Han Yi advocates consumerism, and money is to be used. Whoever saves money and makes money will bring business opportunities and business can develop.

The second half of the sentence is aimed at the people, restricting the people from leaving their own countryside. This has actually always been restricted. In the eyes of the people of the Central Plains, leaving their hometown is a very sad thing, but under the leadership of Han Yi, the restrictions in this regard have become very loose, and now Wu Meiniang tightens it again.

This is actually a typical small peasant economy, which is hostile to business development. If this person doesn’t move, it will be impossible for this business to develop.

The third article, that is, the main thing is to fully impose commercial taxes. The municipal tax will not increase, but the workshop tax will be doubled. In addition, the tariff will be increased to five percent, and the first one is five thousandth, which is now ten times higher. This is not only the tariffs on grain and silk fabrics have been increased to seven percent, because agriculture and serenity are the national economy, and the people mainly oppose these two aspects. Restricting merchants to manipulate the national economy and giving you 7 percent taxes, so the merchants can only increase the price, so they do not have an advantage, because every household produces this thing, and when your goods come in, my livelihood will be affected, which is completely in line with the public opinion. This tariff is mainly collected at the starting point, because wealthy businessmen are concentrated in Chang'an, and they can be directly deposited into the national treasury. In short, you have to pay taxes when you get on the ship. It is not to mention going abroad. Now, only Tubo can go abroad in the Tang Dynasty.

Not only that, there is also a new Shanze Mining Tax, which is very high in this regard, directly from 10% to 20%, because these are resources that merchants compete for. The increase in Shanze Mining Tax will undoubtedly increase the cost of merchants.

Of course, these are all aimed at the Central Plains, Peninsula, and Northwest. Wu Meiniang is not stupid. When taxes are collected, will the people in the northwest pay attention to her? Maybe they don’t know Wu Meiniang, and levying their taxes will only make things unhappy. For the words in Goguryeo, because they have just been defeated, they have not recovered, and the military is involved. At that time, merchants mainly deal with the military, and the contract signed has a military background. Wu Meiniang has no courage to tear up the military contract.

No one in the military is loyal to Wu Meiniang. They are loyal to Li Zhi. Even in history, military power has always been in the hands of Li Zhi. It was not until after Li Zhi's death that Wu Meiniang gradually took control of military power.

However, this is enough.

The fourth article is to increase the salary of officials of the eighth rank and eighth rank below. This article is to win people's hearts simply because the people promoted by Wu Meiniang through Li Yi Mansion are now concentrated in the eighth rank, which means that Wu Meiniang uses this to consolidate her power in the court.

As for the additional one, it is that when his father is alive and his mother dies, he has to be filial for three years. It was originally a one-year filial piety, which also reflects the idea of ​​men being superior to women. This seems inconspicuous one, but it actually has great connotations. Wu Meiniang is a realist and she will not do useless things. This is very similar to Han Yi, so they have always had a tacit understanding. In fact, it is actually to enhance the status of women. She is also a woman. Isn’t it also to enhance the status of women? Moreover, she uses filial piety to enhance the status of women. This is very clever, and by the way, she can also disgust Han Yi. The more filial piety is valued, the more despised Han Yi’s behavior is.

Li Zhi has also seen it and agreed, because he doesn't quite understand how Han Yi's policies are played. The policies brought out by Wu Meiniang are all continuing the consistent policies of the Central Plains dynasty. There is nothing wrong with choosing. Is it wrong to persuade farmers and trivial taxes?

Even if Han Yi is there, he cannot say anything wrong. If he says something wrong, it is to go against the people of the world.

After Li Zhi nodded, Wu Meiniang immediately promulgated her new policy.

The people are happy, and they give bonuses and tax cuts. How can they be unhappy? Especially the people in both of them are so happy that we will never go to serve in the future. The officials are also happy because the lower-level officials have the largest amount of salary, so how can they be unhappy?

The landlords and gentry were also happy.

Wu Meiniang's new policy is to use the money of the rich to supplement the poor and kill the rich to help the poor.

This is not wrong, but the key is that there are several types of rich people. Landlords are rich and officials are rich, but Wu Meiniang only collects taxes from merchants, and the landlords and gentry are of course happy.

The people are happy, the officials are happy, and the landlords are happy, which can be said to be a celebration of the whole world.

Moreover, Wu Meiniang did a good job and sent instructions from all over the country to tell the gentry and landlords that the court had already achieved the ultimate. You people should be content and stop blocking the docks or blocking the road. Go back to farm quickly.

Soon, everyone went back to their own homes and looked for their mothers. The crisis was resolved all at once, and the effect was immediate. Wu Meiniang's reputation rose on a rocket.

The most hurt was the merchant, who almost reached the point of despair.

In fact, they would not feel desperate if they were asked to pay no matter how much tax they were, because the businessmen were very tenacious. Anyway, they have been suppressed from ancient times to the present and have never been able to raise their heads. Their vitality is comparable to that of a small strong person.

However, this tariff is what makes them the most desperate, because now is a critical period for them to expand the market, and the manpower and resources are in place. However, once you impose such a high tariff, then with the freight, the cost is very high and there is no competition. If you transport the goods from Chang'an to Yangzhou, the people of Yangzhou cannot afford it.

Moreover, the Commercial Taxation Bureau is controlled by Li Yifu. Wu Meiniang summoned Li Yifu, but in fact he asked him to collect money. Because Li Yifu is cruel and poisonous, if he doesn't force tax increases, you have to burn incense. If anyone dares to evade taxes, he will definitely kill you. Even the Yuan family dare not do this and pay tax honestly.

But who cares? The businessman class is the most vulnerable among the four classes. It belongs to the kind that father does not love and mother does not love. No one will pity them, and no one thinks about what they did for the country before.

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"Haha, I saw it or not, how happy the people are! It can be seen that Han Yi's policy is actually unpopular, but everyone dares to be angry but not speak out. Fortunately, our queen is wise and sees the disadvantages of Han Yi's policy. Otherwise, everyone will be kept in the dark by him. Now, it is probably not so easy for Han Yi to confuse the world again."

Xu Jingzong walked on the street, looking at the happy expressions of the people, and couldn't help but feel proud.

"But Han Yi is always a hidden danger. If it is not eliminated, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles." Li Yifu said with no expression on his face. He was actually very happy with the achievements, but if Han Yi doesn't die, he will not be able to enjoy it.

Xu Jingzong said: "Brother, you can't be anxious about this matter. You have to do it step by step. Have you not seen the matter discussed that day? Does Your Majesty still attach great importance to Han Yi?"

Some people laugh, and naturally some people cry.

The beauty of freedom.

"Young Master, what should I do? The more we produce now, the more we lose. At the current price of our free beauty clothing, it is impossible to make money."

Xu Jiu reported to Zheng Shanxing with tears in his eyes.

This beauty of freedom is the hardest hit area. No workshop is worse than it, because the tariffs on all its goods are levied at 7% and are almost double. The raw materials for clothing are silk, silk, and silk is also silk fabrics, and silk has to be paid. Then the cost of silk will definitely increase. From silk to clothing, and when sold, you have to pay a tax once. Who can bear it?

More importantly, the beauty of Freedom has been expanding its market over the years and has attracted many women, because their market is the whole country, not Chang'an, which requires a lot of manpower. Why should the clothes of Freedom be sold to the whole country? It is because the clothes of Freedom be sold at a low price and have a small profit but can be sold at a low price. With such high tariffs, if you sell it so cheaply, you will lose as much as you sell. If the price is increased, there will be no advantage and it will be difficult to expand the market. Those gorgeous dresses were sold to princes and nobles in the past, but now the court advocates frugality, and the market in this regard will definitely be reduced.

It's equivalent to a triple blow.

As time goes by, the beauty of freedom with infinite scenery seems to be about to collapse.

Zheng Shanxing sat on the chair, speechless, and after a while, he asked, "What are you doing?"

"Separate."

Xu Jiu said without hesitation.

Because the city tax has not increased, Wu Meiniang is a very smart woman. If the city tax is increased, then prices will definitely rise. If prices rise, the people will scold her. Wu Meiniang does not raise the city tax. As long as she does not ship, or ships less, she can avoid the high tariffs, and there will be no need for so many people. This is a very realistic problem.

However, this realistic problem exceeded Zheng Shanxing's bottom line, because Zheng Shanxing himself did not have much demand for money, and his personal expenses were not as high as those of his workers. He hoped to help others. If he wanted to lay off people, it would be better not to do this business and said, "What else?"

Xu Jiu remained silent. The beauty of freedom in Chang'an is now, except for the local demand in Chang'an, so you really need to pay as much as you produce, and you must reduce the output.

Zheng Shanxing thought for a while and said, "You can't lay off people and continue to produce, but all the goods produced are stored and you won't leave Chang'an for the time being."

Xu Jiu said in surprise: "Young Master, how can this work? If the goods produced are not sold, then we will not be able to get back our money. This will accumulate more and more, and then we will lose all our money. This is very dangerous."

Zheng Shanxing said: "I know this, but we have made a lot of money over the years. We will give me the money first, and we have to wait until he comes back. If it really doesn't work, then I will at least be ashamed of it." The implication is that the beauty of freedom will live and die with those workers.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside the door laughed and said, "What a shame!"

Cui Jieren walked in from outside the door and bowed to Zheng Shanxing, "Brother Zheng would rather make himself suffer than dismiss a worker. This kind of kindness and righteousness really makes Jieren ashamed."

Zheng Shanxing was a little surprised and then smiled bitterly, "You are sarcasticating me!"

Cui Jieren hurriedly said, "There is no such thing as a slightest meaning, every sentence comes from the heart."

Zheng Shanxing was really not in the mood to tell him this now and asked, "I wonder what it's important to do when you suddenly come here?"

Cui Jieren smiled and said, "I plan to share the joys and sorrows with Brother Zheng!"

Zheng Shanxing was stunned and said, "What do you say?"

Cui Jieren said: "I know that your beauty of freedom must have encountered great difficulties now, so I want to share some of it for you and pay for your money to invest in your beauty of freedom."
Chapter completed!