I was a fan in ancient times [Transmigration Book]

Han Yi looked at the crowd innocently. He didn't think there was anything wrong. What do these people's expressions mean?

Could it be that they don't want to cut taxes?

But if you think about it, none of the people who can stand on the ground and decide the direction of Qin's various policies live by farming, and have more or less commercial output value under their names. Adding business tax is equivalent to mobilizing on them. One knife, it's no wonder they are willing.

After Han Yi agreed, he felt that Yan Zheng seemed a little reckless this time, mainly because he had never heard Yan Zheng mention this matter.

Did he just say it casually?

Thinking of this, Han Yi raised his head and glanced at Yan Zheng, only to find that the other person was leaning on the table and he was very relaxed. This posture made Han Yi feel very familiar.

After he thought about it seriously, he finally remembered, isn't this just him in the state of eating melons and watching dramas?

So what is Yan Zheng's plan?

Han Yi felt a little bald. It wasn't that he was unhappy that Yan Zheng didn't tell him the plan, but that he felt that his IQ couldn't keep up with the boss, and he was afraid that it would be a waste of help.

So should he support or oppose it?

Han Yi thought for a while and decided to also start watching, and then speak according to the situation.

The first person to object was Da Shuchang, an important official who had been on Yan Zheng's side since Yan Zheng succeeded to the throne. This was the first time he opposed Yan Zheng's decision.

His reasons are also very good: "The number of merchants is not as good as that of farmers, and the problem cannot be solved simply by reducing or increasing."

Han Yi thought to himself, isn't this just for you to discuss a balanced policy?

Daliang Zao also coughed lightly and asked, "Why does Your Majesty want to cut taxes?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Han Yi. He was the one who first made a fuss about tax cuts.

But even Han Yi said at the beginning that he would reduce the tax in the newly occupied area, and the tax in the newly occupied area was indeed higher than that of other places at that time, even if it was reduced, it was still the same as other places.

Han Yi hasn't made a fuss about tax cuts since he was treated equally. This matter... may not have anything to do with him.

Yan Zheng nodded without arguing, looking very calm and just asked: "Does anyone have any comments?"

When he was talking, he took a special look at Jiang Buwei, and Jiang Buwei said: "I think what the elder said is very reasonable, but if there is a good way, it is not impossible to reduce taxes."

After hearing this, Han Yi's head was full of black lines: Is there any difference between what you said and what you didn't say?

No, Jiang Buwei didn't keep up with such a good opportunity to suppress Yan Zheng, but was making a mess?

It's not in line with his personality, is it?

Han Yi was very puzzled, and so were the others.

However, after Da Shuchang and the others took another look at Han Yi, they felt that they might have found the truth—from the first time Yan Zheng said the word tax cut, and after Han Yi expressed his support, he never said anything again. .

Several times before, Jiang Buwei spoke first, only to be turned back by Han Yi.

If Jiang Buwei suffered from underestimating the enemy at the beginning, Jiang Buwei may have learned to be smart now, and refused to draw conclusions before Han Yi spoke, and then tried to find a way to target him after Han Yi expressed his opinion.

Han Yi didn't expect this, so he just looked around and said, "What the chief minister said is indeed reasonable, but it's not impossible to solve it. It's a good thing that the king wants to reduce taxes, so everyone should try to find a way, and say it before you try it." No, this is not our Daqin style."

Jiang Buwei asked, "Oh? So, Hou Yue knows why the king wants to cut taxes?"

Although Han Yi didn't know why he asked this question, he insisted that Jiang Buwei would be cheating as long as he spoke to him, so he said very cautiously: "I didn't know it originally, it was just a guess, of course it may be possible. It was the king who thought of it, but I didn't think of it, in short, I think tax reduction is imperative."

"Imperative?" Daliang was a little surprised: "How do you say that?"

For many years, Qin's taxation system has always been like this. Except for changing according to the year's harvest, it basically hasn't changed much. How did it become imperative when he came here?

Han Yi raised his head and glanced at Yan Zheng, Yan Zheng slightly raised his hand and said, "Then Captain Han, please tell me your opinion."

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this, could it be that the two of them really haven't communicated about this question before?

This is strange.

Han Yi coughed lightly and said, "In my opinion, if taxes can be reduced, Daqin's population will definitely grow further. Positive population growth means that all aspects will usher in rapid development, which is naturally a good thing for Daqin."

Jiang Buwei seemed quite interested: "This is the first time I've heard that tax cuts are related to population growth. Please enlighten me, Marquis Jingyue."

Han Yi said in a deep voice: "I don't dare to teach you, it's just a discussion with you. When I was in Dasuo the year before last, I looked through the records and found that there are no newborns today, and most of them born in spring and summer survive. Some, there are very few in autumn and winter, and most of them died of freezing and starvation, and the essence is that they can’t afford to eat or wear.”

Da Shuchang said: "These people have no money to support themselves and no room to pay taxes, and tax cuts can't be reduced to them."

Han Yi shook his head and said: "The current taxation system of Daqin is indeed not much if it is calculated from the imperial court, but there are quite a lot of tax collections in various places. That is the biggest burden on the people.”

Daliangzao sighed and said, "That's true. The reduction of taxes by the imperial court will only empty the national treasury, but the local governments will still have various types of taxes. At that time, the central government will be weak and the local governments will be strong. The Emperor Zhou's lessons will not be far away."

Jiang Buwei said calmly: "Da Liang makes the truth is an old and prudent word."

After he finished speaking, he looked at Han Yi with a smile, as if asking if you have anything else to say?

Han Yi thought for a while that what Daliang said was indeed reasonable, but he still wanted to support Yan Zheng.

He had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "Actually, there is one thing I didn't mention just now, that is, among the newborn babies who died, female babies accounted for the majority, resulting in the number of male babies outnumbering female babies. Because of various things, young women have a much higher death rate than young men. If this continues, the problem that may result is that many people will not be able to marry wives in the future. I have been alone all my life, and when there are more people like this, what will happen, you can think about it."

Yan Zheng sat up slightly after hearing this, and his expression became dignified. He hadn't thought of this before.

Predominance of sons over daughters is probably unavoidable at all, and it is even more excessive when the living standards of ordinary people are so low that they can only guarantee food and clothing.

At this time, many people's thinking is very simple: girls can't do much work, and they will still belong to other people's families in the future, while boys can work when they are in their teens, and can become the pillars of the family.

Some people may think that there is no woman, where does the man come from?

However, when they can't even eat enough to eat, probably no one will think about this matter. As for whether they can marry a wife in the future, they can't see so far, after all, it's hard to say how long they can live.

The richer the family, the less likely it is that resources will be skewed toward boys, but girls will not be killed.

It happened that basically none of the people who stood above this court had poor family conditions, so they probably knew that there was a patriarchal custom in the folk, but they didn't know how serious it was, and they never paid too much attention to this aspect.

Only Han Yi, a pseudo-noble, will only care when he sees these data.

The consequences of gender imbalance will be very serious. Even in later generations, there is no way to solve this problem. If it cannot solve the people's patriarchal concept, it will only squeeze the living space of girls even more.

Han Yi wasn't a feminist at first, he was a salted fish advocate, but in this era, the lives of young ladies are more difficult than those of later generations.

Little ladies these days are not independent, they may have been used as tools from birth, even princesses are no exception.

No matter where you start from, Han Yi feels that he needs to remind everyone.

Not to mention Daliang Zao, even Jiang Buwei knows that if people are desperate, they can do anything.

This continent has been in chaos for so many years, and everything has happened. It is not uncommon to gather crowds to revolt. Of course, there is usually a restless person who takes the lead, and then a group of hungry people follow suit.

Because the legal system of Qin State is too strict, the people are oppressed miserably, and even a little bit of clues may be reported, so there is no such thing.

But they still have to worry about the consequences of gender imbalance. The simplest example is that there are fewer young ladies, so those who like three wives and four concubines have less room to choose beauties?The wives and concubines in their families need maids, which will also be affected. The biggest impact is that when they are enough to buy female slaves, the price becomes very high.

Daliang Zao asked someone to bring the previous brochure, ready to review the data again.

After finishing the research, he was very ashamed and said: "It's the old minister's negligence, but he didn't discover this hidden worry. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

But Yan Zheng said: "This matter is not the fault of one person made by Daliang. Now that it has been discovered, let's discuss it by the way."

Everyone is silent, how else can we discuss it?Don't we still have to cut taxes in the end?

However, tax cuts may repeat the situation of Zhou State in the past, when the Zhou State was divided because the princes were strong and the center was weak.

This may be the case after the tax cut.

Han Yi listened to them discussing this, and he didn't speak for a long time. He was tired of listening. Aren't these people all have exquisite hearts?Why do you think of one size fits all when it comes to tax cuts?You can't find a better way?

Yan Zheng had been listening all the time, but after looking at Han Yi several times, he found that Han Yi wanted to open his mouth several times, but in the end he held back. Seeing that he was so anxious that he couldn't bear it, he smiled and said, "What's the matter with Captain Han?" Come up with your thoughts quickly."

Han Yi let out a sigh of relief first, md, he didn't dare to speak without knowing Yan Zheng's real purpose!

Now that he could finally say it, he couldn't help but said, "Have you never thought about flexible taxation?"

Everyone:? ? ? ?What the hell?