Chapter 117: Ting Yi (below)

There has been a discussion about salt and iron, as well as commercial taxes, but there is no final conclusion. Therefore, the commercial tax has not been collected, and the management of salt and iron is not strict. Now that we will discuss it again, it is estimated that the situation is not much better.
Hu Wei, the minister of household affairs, must have the right to speak about tax collection. This time, he must also stand up and speak first. Otherwise, it is difficult to say his position as the household secretary.
"Let’s talk about commercial tax first. Weichen also found that the existing tax targets are unreasonable. The people are farming and farming. After a year of hard work, they can’t earn as much as a businessman, but they need to pay. Taxes, although the taxes are now relatively low, but paying taxes in this way, plus what you eat, there is only a small amount of surplus grain and money. But the businessmen are getting richer, and the gap between them is growing. Tax collection is a good choice."
Xu Mo also stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the merchant collects taxes, and the micro minister thinks nothing wrong, I agree."
"Weichen seconded."
"Chen also agreed."
The first group of people who stood out were the family members who joined the Xihe Chamber of Commerce. What they paid for was something that they naturally wanted to support. After earning so much money, it can be said that it was Yang Yichuan's credit. Yang Yichuan only made 20% of the profit, and they still made a lot of money. Paying the tax to the court to the state is not painful.
Dong Wei once again stood up and said: "He thought that the matter of salt and iron was related to the people's livelihood and national fortune. In the past, there were salt merchants who were dissatisfied with the court and took the opportunity to make troubles, which caused a great disturbance in the land of several states at that time. One thing. If you want to bring salt and iron back to the court, you must stop the salt merchants everywhere. Otherwise, you can't move lightly."
"Well, Dong Aiqing's justification for this matter will make a comprehensive plan and do actions."
Yang Tianci's words fell, and Dong Wei and his group of ministers said together, "His Majesty Shengming."
"Heritage also raises one thing, which is related to the military. Yichuan said that the current recruitment system is very unreasonable, and people should be encouraged to enlist in the military. But it should not be too long, generally limited to three years, and once the three-year period expires, You can retire and return home. And the court gives preferential treatment, land to the land, or tax reduction for a few years. You can have a demobilization fund that reaches a certain age, or a disabled soldier can get it from the fund every month. Dibao. The war dead soldiers, after verification, can build a monument to commemorate the war dead soldiers."
"There is also a military training base. Most soldiers now go to the battlefield without much training. This is irresponsible to the soldiers. After training, they can make the soldiers more capable of fighting. The survival rate is also higher. General Xiao, do you guys have any views?"
Xiao Tianjing was neither humble nor overbearing, and began to return: "Your Majesty, this training method is now being studied by the Xiaojiajun. It is indeed effective. The most important thing for the army is that the command is prohibited, the command is issued, and the soldiers can do it unconditionally. This training method is to let Soldiers obey, obey, and obey. Improving the soldier’s strength and ability in all aspects means that the soldiers will be stronger. And the entire team can also cooperate with each other, so, whether it is a single operation or a cooperative operation, The soldiers will be stronger."
"Previous wars emphasized the confrontation of numbers. In this way, the emphasis is on strong personal abilities and strong team abilities. To achieve fewer enemies, the same number is undefeated, and the number of opponents is greater than the opposite is invincible. Moreover, in training In the process, it will repeatedly emphasize loyalty to Your Majesty and serve the country."
"I plan to do a drill to let your Xiao Jiajun and an untrained team come to a show. Or find two teams that share the same place and train in the new way while training in the original way. Contest."
Xiao Tianjing immediately replied: "Your Majesty is wise, only when you are always ready to fight, when the real battle comes, will you be at a loss."
"Okay, then that's the decision. The new training method will come from General Xiao. You should come from the original training method, General Wang. I will give you 2000 imprisoned troops each and conduct the drill a month later."
General Wang and Xiao Tianjing accepted the order together, "Yes, Your Majesty."
"The matter of the military base was temporarily postponed."
auzw.com "There is one more thing about Xihe Chengxi and the state. He sent me a newspaper and said that he would let the court also run a newspaper. I will first copy this The newspaper circulates to you and tells you what you think of this newspaper."
"Just start with the text, and I think your opinion on this newspaper must be the most accurate."
Yang Tianci signaled that the father-in-law next to him handed the newspaper to Wenwenyu. Although Wenwenyu was old, he picked up the newspaper and squinted and began to look.
"Yichuan said that this newspaper publishes news, and the news is what is happening in the country. Many people now do not know what is happening around them. They don't know anything about the outside world, even the court. Nothing. They only know that some people collect taxes, but they don’t know that the court has not done a lot of things for them, so that there is too much separation between the court and the people. The people have no trust in the court, or even support it, so yes It was not a good thing for the court."
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the newspapers have merit in the contemporary era and benefit the future. As your majesty said, this newspaper can build the image of the court among the people, and secondly, let the people know more about the outside. This is a subtle way of educating people and opening up people’s wisdom."
"However, there are pros and cons to this newspaper. I am afraid that some people will talk nonsense in the newspaper and incite public opinion. Therefore, the distribution of the newspaper must be approved by the government and the court, and the content must be strictly controlled."
"Well, Yichuan said the same thing. Nowadays, because of lack of education, many people can't distinguish right from wrong, so people will follow the cloud. Take the previous cult Cangtian religion to confuse the people. A large part of the reason is that people cannot Discern right from wrong."
"Yes."
Yan Wenyu passed the newspaper to others, and the others quickly glanced.
"Your Majesty, it's just that most people in this world are illiterate. I am afraid the role of this newspaper is limited?"
"It's really very restrictive, but can't you think of other ways? For example, to find someone to go to the village and go to the village to read this newspaper to the people? It doesn't take too much time. The court After the decree was issued, people often did not know. But now, they can be read through newspapers and people to let the people know. Talk about the pros and cons of the decree. If the people understand it, they will naturally support it."
More and more people have read the newspaper, never thought that there is such a thing. There are books that record the currents of rivers and rivers in various places, and customs and habits. This newspaper is equivalent to a "book" that records the major events that have occurred across the country recently.
"Your Majesty, the matter of newspapers, Weichen thinks that it is feasible, and it is necessary to let the whole country know the newspapers and read them. Perhaps it is very troublesome to make people all over the world literate, but by reading newspapers and reading newspapers, people can also know More."
"Yes, Your Majesty, Weichen thought that the matter of the newspaper should be sooner rather than later."
Yang Tianci was very relieved to see this group of ministers who were full of approval. Because he saw a passage in Yang Yichuan's letter, he discovered that the Dawei Dynasty still had such a huge hidden danger. Therefore, Yang Tianci was shocked and wanted to change this status quo. Therefore, Yang Tianci changed the words in Yang Yichuan's letter and changed them into his own words.
"Yichuan said that this newspaper will allow people to increase their recognition of the court and their belonging to the country. At first, I still don't know what this sense of identity and belonging means. However, after careful thought, I only knew that Over the years, one big thing has been neglected."
"Some people will feel that it doesn’t matter because the people of Beiyuan are far away from the grassland, because the disaster-affected area is not around them. It is because they do not regard the world as a family. Now, through the newspapers’ propaganda, this awareness is slowly cultivated. Both damage and loss. Then the Dawei dynasty will make the whole people a soldier, will unite all people, will be immortal, do you think this is the case?"
"Your Majesty St. Ming, the Dawei dynasty's monarchs and the people are one heart, immortal."
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