Everyone is attacking me

Not only the people of Liao Kingdom are paying attention to the battle for the throne in Liao Kingdom, but almost the whole of Asia has paid attention to it—because of the existence of the International Newspaper.

If the International News was established by another country, I am afraid that I would be afraid to report it, but Wei Wei is not afraid of any country now, so he reported the relevant report openly, and also attached the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, that is, the original Honglu Temple officials, and several other countries. Analysis of Ambassador Liao.

The front-line reporters even went to the capital of the Liao Kingdom, contacted the Liao Prince and the eldest grandson of the emperor with the ambassador to Liao, and interviewed them about their views on the King of Chu. Some reporters also visited the King of Chu.

Over the years, it was not only the Great Wei that saw the advantage brought by public opinion. The emperors of the surrounding countries also discovered the magical effect of the Times. They imitated the Great Wei and set up their own newspapers. The newspapers of various countries even spread to the distant Byzantium through businessmen. other countries.

Not mentioning the newspapers and what changes the contents described in the newspapers will bring to these countries is too far away for Wei to take care of it for the time being, so let's focus on the present first.

The eldest grandson of Prince Liao and the king of Chu also started a public opinion war, publishing newspapers to build momentum for each other.

The prince and grandson of the emperor attacked the king of Chu for rebellion, but he was actually a traitor. The king of Chu insisted that he was doing it for Daliao, for the sake of the prince and the emperor's grandson, not to let them be fooled by traitors, and to shape himself into a flower for the country and for the country. The white lotus of the people, oh, the modern meaning of the word white lotus is what the Yuan and Qing emperors heard from Xia Chan.

In short, when Su Wang led his troops to "support", the two sides were fighting a war of public opinion, and the prince and the emperor's eldest grandson were not stable internally. There were messages in the market about the prince killing Liu Yuan, the former prince of Daliao It was passed on in a well-organized and eye-catching way.

And the one sent by the Liao Kingdom to contact King Su was Han Zhuo who had come to Wei with Liu Yuan.

"The general has worked hard all the way." In the past eight years, Han Zhuo has changed from a young man who was close to the crown to a young man who is about to stand up. His face is still handsome, and even more mature and stable than before. If Liu Yuan is here, I'm sure I'm going to be a hand-rubbing idiot in my heart again.

King Su is no stranger to Han Zhuo. When the embassy was first established, Han Zhuo stayed in Dawei for a year as the first Liao ambassador. In the next few years, Liu Yuan came to Dawei, and he would occasionally follow him. Together.

Of course King Su knew that he was more because of Liu Yuan, who had always coveted this person.

Perhaps because of him and Yuan Yuan, he pays more attention to people who have the same preferences as them, or sexual orientation, like Liang Pingan and Liu Yuan. He can understand Liang Pingan's behavior but he doesn't like it. Liu Yuan Although the words were blunt, his feelings for Han Zhuo made him somewhat sympathetic.

Furthermore, heck, some of his straightforward words are also of great help to enhance the relationship between him and Yuan Yuan.

So when I saw King Han Zhuosu, I felt a little bit complicated, especially when I thought of Liu Yuan who went to Jiangnan incognito now.

Over the years, Liu Yuan found various excuses to reject the marriage proposal given to him by Emperor Liao. Although it was because he was going back to modern times in the future, it had something to do with Han Zhuo.

And I don't know if it is destined or for some other reason, Han Zhuo has not been able to get married in these years.

He originally had a fiancée who was married with his fingertips, but she was born weak and died of illness on the day of their marriage. It is said that she didn't even worship Gao Tang, and she fell down as soon as she entered the door. Han Zhuo volunteered to wear mourning for her for a year, and finally got out Filial piety, his grandmother suddenly fell ill again, and she passed away in a few days, and the grandparents went to mourn for Qi, and it was another year of filial piety.

By the end of the filial piety period, Han Zhuo was already twenty-four, and his heirs of the same age could run around everywhere, but as the son of his great prime minister, he still made an appointment soon, but he didn't expect this time to fail, The fiancée died on the spot after riding a horse and falling from a high slope a month after their engagement.

Han Zhuoke's wife, this rumor quickly spread throughout the Liao Kingdom, resulting in the Han family failing to find a suitable candidate for him in the next two years. As Han Zhuo, if the Han family lowered their requirements, it would not be difficult to find him. However, the Liao Emperor passed away one and a half months ago, and the eldest son Xu Wang killed Han Zhuo's father, the most trusted prime minister of the Liao Emperor, when he rebelled.

When his parents went to kill him, Han Zhuo had to keep his filial piety for another three years, and after three years he had to be filial piety.

Although King Su knew that Liu Yuan was interested in Han Zhuo, he didn't know how Han Zhuo thought of Liu Yuan. When he came back from feigning death, Wei didn't mention Han Zhuo half a point, and it seemed that he was planning to stop thinking about it.

However, Han Zhuo is probably not in the mood to consider his own marriage at the moment. Han Zhuo's father, Han Shi, is the pillar of the Han family. Once he fell, most of the Han family collapsed, and it was an extraordinary moment for the succession of the throne. The current situation of the Han family is very delicate .

Great Wei has Zhou Xiang, and Daliao has Han Xiang. Han Shi is as famous as Taifu Zhou Zongkui today. He has been the great prime minister for nearly 20 years. Liao Emperor trusts him very much. Han Shi is also loyal to Liao Emperor. However However, the Han family had a quarrel with the prince. After the former concubine died of illness, the prince wanted to marry the Han family. Fearing that the Han family would not agree, he secretly seduced the daughter of the Han family, but the Han family saw through it and refused in disguise. The prince has held grudges ever since .

But this is also the reason why Emperor Liao trusted Han Shi more. I am afraid that no elderly emperor would be willing to see his prime minister get too close to the prince.

Maybe Han Shi really couldn't understand the crown prince, maybe he followed the trend. In short, the Han family didn't participate in the matter of seizing the heir, at least not in Han Shi's lineage. Emperor Liao, who favored his youngest son, seemed to be just a personal relationship between the two.

But it was also because the Han family did not stand in line, and had rejected the crown prince, and was hated by the crown prince. Han Shi's death was said to be the work of Xu Wang, but in such a critical situation at that time, the crown prince may not have tampered with it.

From the perspective of appreciating talents, King Su felt sorry for Han Shi's death, but from the perspective of Great Wei, Han Shi's death was a good thing for Great Wei.

Without Emperor Liao and Han Shi, the eldest grandson of the crown prince and the king of Chu are still fighting for the throne, and Daliao is exhausted.

Not to mention how King Su greeted Han Zhuo, on the Wei side, with the permission of Emperor Yuan and Qing, King An resolutely opened a bank.

Of course, the Ministry of Finance must be formed before this.

The household department is in charge of the national territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters. The bank should be included in the management of the household department, but now the business of the Great Wei is prosperous, and with the opening of the great voyage in the future, it will only become more and more prosperous. The so-called eggs cannot be put in one basket, so the Yuan and Qing emperors wanted to separate the finance from the household department and set up a separate department for full-time management.

The prosperity of business brings about the increase of merchants. In recent years, the emperor of Yuan and Qing Dynasties intended to support merchants and gave them the title of imperial merchants. Smart merchants immediately seized the opportunity and donated a lot of charitable donations. Spreading out to fulfill one's own reputation, coupled with the development of firms or shops associated with the Invention Award, has gradually changed the common people's views on business. Who doesn't want the things they invent to bring tangible benefits to themselves? .

The invention award gave birth to emerging industries one after another, and more and more people chose to do business, but the difference was that some people only supported their families, while others became wealthy businessmen.

Then came the business tax.

After Wei Taizu unified the Central Plains, he abolished customs duties and only collected taxes on market sales, and the fines and agricultural tools and books were exempted from tax. That is to say, almost all food stalls run by ordinary people were tax-free, and only those valuables and large-scale businessmen needed them. pay taxes.

Later, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong, the residence tax and store tax were added. From then on, all buyers and sellers had to pay a [-]% tax. However, the store tax did not include small food stalls run by ordinary people. It was only valid for major shops in the city. For example, well-known restaurants and inns in a city, etc.

But now more and more shops stand everywhere, and behind these shops there are more or less the shadows of honorable officials. People will pay on time.

Emperor Yuan and Qing segregated the Ministry of Finance this time because they wanted to reformulate commercial taxation and strengthen enforcement.

He intends to collect business tax according to the transaction amount, and when the transaction reaches a predetermined amount, he needs to pay the corresponding tax, so as to formalize the business tax.

For example, there was no tax for printing and selling books, but now with the implementation of the cultural invasion plan, there are more and more short story books and various picture albums sorted out and sold by the traversers. It is sold to other countries, such a large sales volume, it is impossible not to collect taxes.

There is also paper. Originally, paper was not subject to tax, but now paper is divided into various categories, especially toilet paper, which has long been applied to every household in Dawei and exported to various countries. Although a stack of paper towels is the cheapest, it is only a penny. Money, but it is constantly consumed every day, and the income is very considerable.

The paper towels made by the Royal Paper Bureau are not taxed, but others, such as Princess Qingkang, who was the first to sell toilet paper, brought her a lot of wealth from toilet paper alone, let alone other things, Yuan Qing Di Nian turned a blind eye to her practice of avoiding paying taxes on the grounds that she is an elder and sensible, but now that the Ministry of Finance has been established, it needs to be treated uniformly.

In addition to domestic commerce and tariffs, there have been more and more transactions between countries in recent years. It used to be to open up the market and grasp the economic lifeline of each country. Now it is time to charge tariffs.

As for how to implement it, Emperor Yuan and Qing completely left it to King An and Chen Ting.

Wang An is indeed very distressed. He is very familiar with the business now, so there is no business that he can't get in his hands, and he doesn't rely on the system. After all, the system only provides him with templates for products, and how to operate it depends on himself, um, And some modern business ideas he learned from the traversers.

But he is helpless about political affairs. Although it cannot be said that he is ignorant, it is almost the same. In order to avoid the suspicion of the emperor, he has basically never been to the court except for festivals. This is also the first time he has a real job. Fresh.

Although his status as a prince is noble, it may not be useful to those important officials in the court, especially the honorable clan.

So Wang An was a bit troubled by things like asking for salary or not asking for taxes, and he didn't want to go to the emperor's brother to ask Jin Yiwei or Jinwuwei for help. What is the difference between this and cheating, and how can he let the emperor value him.

"Don't worry, my lord." Seeing his frown, Princess An smiled after understanding the ins and outs, "Why do you need to go through the Holy One to contact the Jinwu Guard? Does your lord remember the incident when the ten rich men went to the south of the Yangtze River?"

Wang An's eyes lit up, and he blurted out, "You mean Wei Huai!"

That's right, how could he forget Wei Huai!

The old son of Ankang County Prince, now the Ankang County King, when the imperial brother trained all the dandies in the city, he also went to Daying, and then went to the south of the Yangtze River with nine other dandies for some reason. One after another "bloody storm" and "turbulent sea" happened. I don't know how many officials were unlucky, and of course many officials were promoted.

Wei Huai, the king of Ankang County, also rose up since then, and became the second nephew in the clan besides Wei Heng who was highly regarded by the emperor's brother. After returning, he was awarded the Jinwu Guard and served as an inspector and supervisor.

Wei Huai has also become a role model for the dandies in the capital, and the dandies have no complaints when they mention him.

With Wei Huai showing up with Jin Wuwei, are you afraid that those shops will renege on their debts?Not to mention Wei Huai's fooling around and not persuading, those dudes directly paid for their own shop.

King An was overjoyed, and couldn't help holding Princess An's hand: "As expected, I am a good wife."

Although his concubine came from an ordinary background and her appearance was not too beautiful, she was intelligent and considerate. After marrying him, she managed the palace in an orderly manner and had a very good relationship with her mother and concubine. They gave birth to him again. Two sons and one daughter, more importantly, she never disliked him, with a wife like this, he had nothing else to ask for.

Speaking of which, he was attracted to Xia Chan at first. After all, Xia Chan was the first woman of the same age who did not show dislike for his stuttering, not because of his identity, but because she really did not dislike him.

And at that time, he had just come into contact with the time traveler, Xia Chan's character and the fresh words that came out of her mouth from time to time made him very novel.

But Xia Chan only regarded him as a friend, and she wanted to go back with all her heart, and he was also engaged, so she suppressed her thoughts. Later, when he knew more and more about the time traveler, the thoughts in her heart gradually faded away. dissipated.

Looking back on it now, I just laughed it off.

King An got an idea and immediately went to the Prince's Mansion of Ankang County.