In 119 B.C., just when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was having a headache for the huge expenses of the expedition, he was excited by the news that the Henan people Bu Shi had donated his family property to the imperial court several times as military rations for the border fortresses.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very curious, who is this divination style, why did he donate his family property repeatedly, and what was the secret behind it?
So, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent an envoy to ask the divination style:
Do you want to be an official? Bu Shi said that I have been farming and herding sheep since I was a child, and I don't know how to be an official, so I don't want to be an official;
I also asked if you have a grievance to appeal? Bu Shi said that I have never had a dispute with anyone in my life, and the neighbors around me respect me, so how can I be wronged?
The messenger was puzzled, so he asked, "If this is the case, why does the son want it?"
"In that case, why would you do that?"
Bu Shi said, "The Son of Heaven punished the Huns, foolishly thought that the sage should die on the side, and the rich should lose the committee, so that the Huns can be destroyed." ”
Bu Shi's words are very simple, and it can be seen that he is simply the number one fan of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he is real, he agrees with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacking the Xiongnu in his heart, and is willing to donate his family property for it.
That's why we can say that if there are people, they will go to the border to fight, and if they have money, they will pay to support the country.
After the envoy went back to report to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thought that Bu Shi was very virtuous, "Shangyou is virtuous." ”
If all the people in the world were like Bu Shi, and took out real money and silver to support the attack on the Xiongnu, what kind of situation would it be? Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty vigorously publicized the deeds of Bu Shi to inspire the people and wanted the people of the world to follow Bu Shi.
At the same time, he also summoned Bu Shi to the Beijing Division, appointed him as Zhonglang, gave him the title of Zuo Shu Chief, and rewarded ten hectares of land, and announced the above matters to the world. Soon after, he was promoted to the Taifu of Qi State.
Even though Emperor Wu respected the Bu style, the common people were still unwilling to give money to help the country.
This show still can't be performed.
It can be seen that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who is eloquent and strategic, has not really won the hearts of the people, and finally has a hardcore fan, but he still can't bring other people.
At that time, the treasury was tight, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty proposed by Zhang Tang and others, and implemented the "calculation method", that is, people engaged in the end of industry and commerce should estimate their property, make a register and report, and the government will collect taxes according to the "rate of two thousand money", two thousand yuan need to pay 120 yuan, the tax rate is 6%, and the general small handicraftsmen will take one for every four yuan, that is, 4,000 yuan to pay 120 yuan, and the tax rate is 3%.
To put it bluntly, this is property tax. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty levied property tax across the country, and he was already resentful of the masses, and he still thought that someone could donate on his own?
By 112 B.C. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent people to quell the rebellion of the Nanyue Kingdom. Bu Shi, who had already served as the prime minister of Qi, wrote to the imperial court again this time, asking Emperor Wu of Han to approve his father and son and people from Qi who were good at water activities to go to South Vietnam to serve the country.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was overjoyed, and specially issued an edict to praise the divination style, sealing the divination style as the marquis of Guannei, with a bounty of sixty catties and ten hectares of land, and announced the whole country, hoping to set off a wave of competition to sign up for the war.
The result was still as bleak as last time, and no one responded at all.
In 111 B.C., Bu Shi was promoted from the prime minister of Qi to the imperial historian, and when he was in office, he had quite an opinion on the state's monopoly on salt and iron, believing that the salt and iron products sold by the government were of high quality and high price, and they were forced to buy and sell.
After Emperor Wu of Han heard about Bu Shi's remarks, he no longer liked him.
This is a good way for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to collect money, I thought that Bu Shi worshiped himself in all directions, but I didn't expect to have a lot of complaints about the salt and iron monopoly.
It is estimated that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was also super unhappy, and in the second year, he demoted him to the crown prince and the prince on the grounds that he was not good at writing.
It doesn't matter if he wants to come to Bu Shi, he just wanted to herd sheep, and never thought of being a marquis. It was only the heartfelt support for some of Emperor Wu's policies that allowed him to get to where he is today.
Then there was a drought, which was not large. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the officials to pray for rain. Bu Shi also said, "The county officials should only pay taxes on food, rent, and clothing, and now Hong Yang orders the officials to sit in the market and sell goods for profit." Cooking sheep, the sky is rain. ”
It means that the supply of food and clothing for the imperial court should have relied on taxes, but now Sang Hong Sheep has let the officials sit in the market shops, sell goods, and chase profits.
At that time, Sang Hongyang created a method of stabilizing prices, and set up a leveling officer in Beijing to be responsible for the transfer of goods throughout the country. The officials under the Great Agricultural Order are responsible for controlling all kinds of goods in the world, selling them when the price is high and buying them at low prices, in order to achieve the effect of preventing the big merchants from manipulating prices and preventing the prices of various goods from fluctuating too much.
It can be said to have the same effect as the equalization method in Wang Anshi's reform, both of which want to use the power of the imperial court to regulate the supply and demand relationship of materials and stabilize prices.
Ke Bu Shi very much disapproves of Sang Hongyang's approach. In fact, looking at it all over, Bu Shi understands the original intention of the country to get rich, but he does not approve of excessive looting of the people.
In this way, Bu Shi withdrew from the stage of "Zizhi Tongjian". However, looking at what he said at the end, it is difficult not to think of Sima Guang's own attitude towards Wang Anshi's changes.
Many of Wang Anshi's policies of enriching the country and strengthening the army in the reform of the law were not recognized by Sima Guang. At this time, Bu Shi did not recognize Sang Hong sheep.
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