The first imperial edict issued by Mr. Guo was the way to deal with the Minister of Rites Cui Yan.

Cui Yan, the Minister of Rites, was wrongly wrong because he was unable to discipline his tribe, and was ordered by the emperor to fine him two years of salary, and his first grade was reduced from a second grade to a third grade, and his fief was reduced by 200 households.

Thinking that he was "unaware of" this matter and "destroying relatives for justice" was timely, he did not give any other punishment, which allowed him to reflect on his own mistakes and not make mistakes again in his future work.

He was also the Minister of Rites and still held the power to re-examination of the Duke's Office.

Not taken down as expected by public opinion.

Then came the punishment measures of the Secretary of the Shangshu and the Minister of Personnel Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu made great contributions in his work and worked hard, but this happened because he failed to discipline his subordinates, was not strict in controlling his subordinates, and did not detect his subordinates' mistakes in time.

Therefore, he was fined one year, reduced his title to one level, reduced from a second-class marquis to a third-class marquis, reduced his fief by 200 households, ordered to reflect deeply, think carefully about his own mistakes, and never let go of any mistakes.

When the Shangshu Pushe Tian Feng was managing the Ministry of Industry, he had problems. He was not strict in controlling his subordinates and had selfish intentions, which led to such a scandal in his subordinates. Guo Peng was very angry.

Therefore, he was fined two years, reduced his fief by 300 households, and reduced his title to a first-class nephew. Tian Feng was ordered to reflect deeply and carefully assess his subordinates. If there were any such incident, he would never give up.

Wang Can, the Minister of Finance, had problems with both being an official and under the management department. Although the problem was not very serious, its nature was relatively bad, highlighting some problems within the Ministry of Finance.

Therefore, Guo Peng fined Wang Can a salary of one year, reduced his fief by 100 households, ordered Wang Can to reflect deeply, organize an internal review meeting of the Ministry of Finance, and then wrote a review and handed it over to Guo Peng. If he made any mistakes, he would be severely punished.

The Minister of Civil Affairs Zao Zhi was not strict in control of his subordinates, which led to some corruption and dereliction of duty in his subordinates. He was fined for half a year and reduced his fiefs by 50 households. He was ordered to supervise his subordinates seriously and not make any other similar mistakes.

Cao Cao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, was not decisive and straightforward to exercise his audit power. He did not promptly find out the problem and reported it in time. He was punished with a salary of half a year and a reduction of fifty households, and ordered to reflect deeply.

Then there are punishments for a group of small fish and shrimps that were found to have problems, demoted, dismissed, imprisoned, deprived of family property and abandoned as commoners, and of course they will not forget to abolish the punishment for revoking household registration and moving to the border.

So everyone understood.

The little fish and shrimp were in trouble, but the big guys were safe and sound, but they only lost some of their fur without involving their most critical interests.

With such a big storm, no senior official was dismissed after the punishment plan, and he was still in his original position.

The biggest punishment for senior officials is nothing more than reducing titles, fines for salary and reducing fiefs.

The terrifying punishment for depriving household registration is limited to those small fish and shrimps who want to get into the center.

It was obvious that the emperor raised it high and gently put it down.

The emperor did not want to cause a big trouble, so he chose to knock on the mountain and shake the tiger, killing one or two scapegoats to shock the hearts, give everyone a little color, let everyone restrain themselves, and then continue to do things.

Forget it this time, if you commit it again next time, it will not be that simple.

After the emperor said this, he finished the matter this time.

The frontier war was not over yet, and the emperor did not want to expand the matter and made it uncontrollable. Then he raised it high and let it go, maintaining the overall stability of the court, and also made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

It seems that everyone is safe.

Many officials who were terrified in their hearts breathed a sigh of relief.

But there are still a few smart people who are not completely relieved.

This time, everyone is lucky.

What about the next time?

It's hard to say.

It's really hard to say.

Will the emperor give up?

Will such a thing happen again in the future?

The guys who are obsessed with profit, regardless of whether the emperor will punish everyone severely. As long as it is profitable, they will be extremely happy.

Who knows how big a thunder they will detonate in the future?

With the emperor's anti-corruption measures, those who are unlucky will probably be the only fish and shrimp that will die in the unlucky way.

The knowledgeable people were secretly worried.

But Guo Peng began to take advantage of the victory and consolidate his own fruits of victory.

In addition to the edict to punish officials, Guo Peng also issued an edict to impose commercial taxes.

Compared with the tax increase draft that Wang Can had previously circulated, this tax increase bill is much more moderate.

Wang Can's draft was to make everyone die and survive. Taxes were collected from the beginning to the end of business activities. The highest tax rate even reached the level of 10 taxes and 6 taxes. It can be called an absolute heavy tax, which is unimaginable.

If you really want to do this, what business do you do and what money you make?

Just work for you in the court?

Now the emperor has personally formulated a moderate tax policy, and there are actually only two links of the taxation, one is called the road maintenance tax and the other is called the municipal tax.

Road maintenance tax, as the name suggests, is for road maintenance.

The emperor said that the original intention of the official road was to make the smooth progress. Now, since it is beneficial to business, it is also a benefit. However, the more people walk, the greater the damage to the road surface. It also listed the damage and consumption of road surfaces in various places in the first and second years of Yande.

Therefore, the road maintenance tax is to address this part of the loss. It is very reasonable for whoever uses it and whoever pays it.

The specific detailed measures are to set up relevant road checkpoints on each major traffic road, and evaluate the number of people, livestock, large trucks and cargo weights on the caravans passing through the official road, and then collect taxes separately. If the number is small, the number is small, and if the number is large, the number is large.

The road card belongs to the officials of the Ministry of Finance. The Ministry of Finance needs to send special tax collectors to establish the road card, and a dedicated person will be in and responsible for the calculation of taxes.

The number of road cards on a road is not unique. It is evaluated based on the length of the road and the flow of people. Tax fees will also be announced after the assessment and will be implemented as soon as possible.

The road card is fixed and will not be transferred, so there is no excessive cost. It can be widely set up and sent to manage it.

This is Mr. Guo’s earliest purpose.

But the situation has changed now, and Mr. Guo is not satisfied with just collecting a toll. Now he has to collect taxes on the profits generated by commercial transactions.

Municipal tax itself is also a type of tax, but the tax collection methods and proportions in various places are not unified enough. Guo unified it and set up a method to increase the tax rate step by step for the total profit.

This tax is paid in the local market in the transaction, and taxes are drawn according to a certain proportion. There are clear regulations at each level. You cannot collect more or less.

In this era, the place where transactions are conducted in every city are fixed, called the city, and the city has special management personnel and is also a fixed organization, and there is no excessive cost.

Both taxes can be implemented quickly after they are promulgated.

According to the execution efficiency of the Wei Empire, if it is basically promulgated this year, you will see results next year.

New taxes were born, and the empire had another sum of money to do big things.

Officials, look at me, look at you, knowing that this is the condition for the emperor to raise it high and let it go gently.

It takes a price to make the emperor compromise.

Everyone takes a step back and pays taxes. I turn a blind eye to you. Hello, I am, everyone, right?

After the tax increase bill was issued to the Shangshu Detachment, Shangshu Ling Cheng Yu quickly discussed and passed it quickly.

Cheng Yu became a staunch supporter of tax hikes.

Cui Yan seemed to have suddenly realized and expressed his firm support for tax increases.

He also became a staunch tax increase supporter, said a lot of good things about the bill, and expressed such opinions in public.

There is no doubt that the bill has been "approved" by almost everyone.

Subsequently, the bill was issued to the Ministry of Works, and the Secretary of State ordered Cheng Yu to order the Ministry of Works to organize personnel to carry out road block construction on various places.

Then the bill was issued to the Ministry of Finance, allowing the Ministry of Finance to select special tax collectors to prepare to enter various places to collect road taxes.

Then the Ministry of Civil Affairs promulgated the world.

Let everyone know that the court would impose two new commercial taxes on commercial and tourism in various places, and issued them to various counties and counties, ordering them to make corresponding settings in their respective markets and prepare for trading taxes.

The Ministry of Finance needs to send special personnel to markets in various places for special guidance and supervision, and local governments cannot operate at will, so as not to arouse public anger.

To this end, Wang Can, Secretary of the Ministry of Finance, stated that the Ministry of Finance was seriously insufficient in staff and requested to expand the number of officials of the Ministry of Finance.

This request was supported by Emperor Guo Peng, who issued a government order to the Ministry of Personnel, ordering the Ministry of Personnel to select outstanding officials into the Ministry of Finance and expand the number of officials in the Ministry of Finance.

After a series of operations, by early March, the sudden tax increase storm had basically subsided.

Everyone’s focus is no longer on the ** itself, but on the changes brought about by the ***, that is, the levy of commercial tax.

The wealthy families still failed to withstand the emperor's high pressure and chose to compromise with the emperor in the face of the emperor's thunderous wrath. The emperor paid some political interests and exchanged some of their economic interests.

It seems to be an equivalent exchange, but some people still see that this is simply a long-planned action, and the emperor definitely paid much less than he got.

It seems that everyone compromised each other, but in fact, the emperor definitely made a profit.

Making a lot of money!

Who knows how many blocks he wants to set up and what level of transaction tax he wants to set up in local markets?

This is all your hard-earned money!

The officials were frowning and felt that their hearts were bleeding.

But there is no way. This decree has been passed and various departments are fully implementing it. Who dares to object at the forefront?

Cui Qu, who was beaten to death, was just an irrelevant little man, but his death reflected a large-scale battle that was almost spreading in full swing.

Once it spreads in full swing, everyone will fight each other continuously, and the ugly things exposed between each other will be revealed to the world. At that time, how many people will survive when the emperor is furious?
Chapter completed!