"That's right! The aristocrats were powerful, and the world was already in turmoil. If they were forced into a corner, they would endanger the Great Qin Empire!”
"That's right, all the nobles and nobles in the world are loyal to Great Qin. They have money and power, and if we kill them, the consequences will be unimaginable!”
"I suggest that we postpone the collection of taxes from the aristocrats. At least, we should not act rashly before the Xiongnu and the Bai Yue are pacified!”
"When the treasury is short of money and food, it is the aristocrats who send food and money to the soldiers at the border. They are loyal to the court. If we kill them, who will dare to be loyal to the court in the future?”
"That's right! Madam Ba was also a wealthy merchant, she would give food and money to the Meng Army every year!”
"And that Wu's Lok, sell it to the warhorses of the Imperial Court at half price!”
"Such loyalty is moving. If Your Majesty uses them as an example, won't the people of the world despise them?”
"I agree…!"
"I agree…!"
"I agree…!"
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As soon as Chunyu Yue finished speaking, almost all the officials in the court stood up and advised Yin Yingzheng not to levy taxes on the aristocrats.
Ying Zheng, who originally wanted to levy heavy taxes on the aristocrats, suddenly hesitated.
All the officials were right. In the past few years, the imperial court's treasury had long been unable to make ends meet.
The reason why they could still persist until now was all because of the help of some aristocrats.
It was because of them that Great Qin had been able to operate until now!
If he were to lay his hands on them, no matter how he looked at it, he would look like an ungrateful person!
"Today's court examinations are over.”
"Ninth Prince, Madam Ba, stay behind!"
Ying Zheng, who had always been decisive, hesitated for the first time.
He sat on the dragon throne and waved his hand at the hall.
"We will take our leave!"
All the officials looked at each other for a moment before leaving Xianyang Palace.
However, before they left, they gave Ba Qing a look.
It was to tell her to stop the emperor from attacking the nobles!
Ying Zheng's intention was obvious. He wanted to discuss whether to levy taxes on the rich.
The Ninth Young Master strongly advocated for the aristocrats to be punished!
Ba Qing was a well-known wealthy businessman in the country!
If they guessed correctly, the First Emperor wanted to hear the opinions of both sides before deciding whether to impose heavy taxes on the rich.
As long as Ba Qing strongly opposed it, with her friendship with the Emperor, she should be able to stop it.
"Ye 'er, you heard it just now. All the officials in the court, except for a few, were against it!”
"Although I think your suggestion is not bad, I also think that what they said makes sense!”
"In addition, the entire court is against it. Even if I have made up my mind to impose heavy taxes on the nobles and gentry, I'm afraid it will be difficult to implement it under the opposition of all the ministers!”
After all the civil and military officials left Xianyang Palace, Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back and paced back and forth with a frown.
He knew that taxing the rich was the only way out, but under the heavy resistance, even he could not do anything!
He couldn't possibly kill all the civil and military officials, right?
"Father, do you know who are the aristocrats in this world?”
To Ying Zheng and Ba Qing's surprise, Ying Ziye didn't push his own ideas.
He didn't accept his fate and compromise. Instead, he changed the topic and asked a question in return.
"What do you have?"
Ying Zheng blinked his eyes and asked.
He never cared about such things, so he really didn't know the details.
"As far as I know, these nobles are divided into four categories…!”
"One is the salt merchants. They monopolize the salt business in the country, and each of them is as rich as a country!”
"The second is the nobles left behind by the Six Nations!”
"After Father unified the six countries, in order to stabilize the world, he pardoned the nobles of the various countries!”
"The land under their names is countless. Although they haven't reached the level of wealth that can rival a country, most of them are richer than the imperial court!”
"The third type is the rich merchants. They earn money by running businesses and then become rich!”
"The fourth type is the officials of all levels, as well as the landowners and gentry!”
"Although they are not as good as the salt merchants, their land is countless!”
"This kind of people are the most numerous, and they are most afraid that the Imperial Court will impose heavy taxes on them!”
Ying Ziye, who was familiar with history, explained in detail the types of aristocrats in the world.
"Yes!"
"No wonder all the civil and military officials were strongly opposed just now!”
"So they are afraid that I will attack them!”
Hearing what he said, Ying Zheng nodded as if he had suddenly realized something.
Then, he seemed to have thought of something. He patted the dragon table and his eyes lit up."Since that's the case, then I'll issue an imperial edict that officials can pay less taxes on their land. In this way, won't they not object?”
"Imperial Father, your son feels that this plan has little effect!”
Ying Ziye didn't stand on ceremony and directly poured a bucket of cold water on him." The relationship between the officials in the court and the nobles is complicated. They even have marriages with each other. Even if Father exempted them from taxes, they would not support Father to levy taxes on the rich!”
"Uh, this…"
Ying Zheng, who had just relaxed his frown, frowned again after hearing what he said.
That's right, which official in the court had no relationship with the aristocrats?
For example, the disciples of the scholarly faction were almost all aristocrats!
Many of the officials in the court were Confucians.
How could they do it when they were asked to target their relatives and friends?
"Sigh…It seems that this path is also blocked!”
Finally, Ying Zheng sighed and started pacing back and forth again.
"Imperial Father, this tax system reform is imperative!”
"The current tax system is equivalent to robbing the poor to help the rich. If this continues, the aristocrats will be rich and the commoners will be in dire straits!”
"Those officials were wrong about one thing. The foundation of Great Qin is not the nobles, but the millions of ordinary people!”
"The people are the water, and the imperial court is the boat!"
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"
"If the commoners are forced to a dead end, the world will be in chaos!”
Ying Ziye didn't tell his father how to deal with the courtiers, because it was useless.
Thus, he could only try his best to persuade her.
If Great Qin could make changes in time, there would still be time!
Otherwise, the world would fall into chaos once his deadbeat father died!
"Madam Barker, what do you think?"
Ying Zheng did not say anything. He paced back and forth for a moment, and finally, his gaze fell on Ba Qing.
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