First of all, I want everyone to be clear. What is the battle after all the war? In fact, it is not. The essence of war is an extension of politics, and ultimately it is still fighting for comprehensive national strength.

First of all, I want everyone to be clear, wars are fighting, what exactly is it fighting? Famous generals and powerful generals? Individual combat capability? Tactical design? In fact, none of them are. The essence of the war is an extension of politics, and ultimately it is still fighting for comprehensive national strength.

After understanding this truth, let’s follow the clues and think about it. Throughout history, how many countries or regimes are willing to provoke wars if they have any problems? Unless a regime like Huns must rely on war to make a living!

A cannon fired, and ten thousand taels of gold have been the most unwilling movement that a regime is willing to face. kills 1,000 enemies and hurts 800 yourself. This kind of thing is actually not in line with people's needs to maximize their bones' interests.

The essence of war is actually a game of interests!

So, we need to re-examine Emperor Wu of Han in his life with the Huns! We must think seriously. Emperor Wu of Han has been engaged in strenuous exercise all his life. What comes from his cost consumption? Some people will say, isn’t it just a good grandfather and a good father? But if we think about it carefully, can a year of savings withstand a year of intense consumption? Can't stand it! Therefore, the nearly sixty years of rest and recuperation in the early Han Dynasty could not withstand the 54-year struggle of Emperor Wu of Han. From this we can see that Emperor Wu of Han still had many means and ways to make money.

I don’t want to judge whether Emperor Wu of Han made money right or wrong. I just hope that this article can help everyone understand some behavioral purpose and economic logic!

Emperor Wu of Han inherited a rich heritage, so why did he still make a fortune?

Emperor Wu of Han took over the country after the prosperous era of " Wenjing Zhizhi ". Logically speaking, he should not be short of money.

But as we all know, Emperor Wu of Han could not stand loneliness and fought with the Huns for decades. The war thing looks quite encouraging, but the scene made people excited, and the adrenal hormone soared sharply. However, it is an gold-swallowing beast that cannot be filled and cannot be filled. It costs money everywhere, and I don’t know when it will be.

Han Wendi Although he inherited a rich legacy from his grandfather and father, this huge legacy cannot support his nearly 50 years of trouble in the world. Any action has its own cost, let alone a big move of "a day spent" war.

Let me briefly introduce to you the cost structure of war. It is mainly divided into several major parts: arms, military supplies, military pay, , etc. In fact, there are countless management and service costs that burn countless money behind it.

First of all, if you want to fight, do you need to build and train a considerable number of soldiers? These soldiers were originally all living laborers in the national economy, but now they are no longer engaged in production and work full-time meals and sweat training. Once they enter and exit, the national finance will lose a large amount of economic income.

Then these soldiers will go to the battlefield in the future. They can't fight against the enemy with bare hands, right? So, their armor and weapons are another big expense. Don’t underestimate this expense, these things were similar to luxury goods in ancient times. To give a very simple example, the long spear, which was often used in ancient military wars, had to be made of special wood, repeatedly processed and soaked in tung oil to finally meet the requirements.

and then, soldiers, you have to pay them military pay , which means they also have to make money to support their families, otherwise they will not have the intention to stay in the army. A country often has a large army of hundreds of thousands or millions, and it is easy to imagine how much money and grain it takes to support the monthly military pay. Because the treatment of soldiers cannot be too low, otherwise no one will be willing to work hard.

Of course, the above things are just the cost and cost on the surface. An old saying goes: Before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Do you need to mobilize resources before, during and after starting a military operation? The cost behind large-scale mobilization of resources like is also huge. For example, today you are asked to organize 100,000 people to walk from Shaanxi to Northeast China. Have you calculated how much money you will spend? That's not all about the bulky tools you bring with you. In addition, if you want to manually transport 100,000 stones of grain from , Jianghuai area, , it is still unknown whether these 100,000 stones of grain are enough for these transport personnel to eat on the road!

In addition, there are many management costs that are not included, such as the cost of mobilizing work, such as the management costs of recruiting resources, etc.

Also, if you win, various bonuses and other rewards for must be implemented in ; if you lose, the pensions for those soldiers who fell into battle and the resettlement expenses for the families of are also a huge expense.

In short, once war machines were turned on in ancient times, it was equivalent to opening a furnace that burned money. As long as it was involved in this furnace, various economic resources would involuntarily be wiped out.

Moreover, there was a significant difference between the war between the Huns during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, because the previous Central Plains regime was mainly infantry in combat troops. According to the requirements of the Han-Hungary operations, Emperor Wu of Han had to form a certain size of cavalry to achieve his strategic goal of fighting against the Huns.

But for the Central Plains regime, forming cavalry is a natural measure to burn money.

First of all, there is no horse production base in the Central Plains , you have to go all over the world to find horses; and horses are born to be a loser, they can eat, drink, and do not produce, have a bad temper, and are damaged while eating. They determine that raising horses in the Central Plains is not cost-effective, but you now expect it to take you flying. Even if it is not cost-effective, you should offer it as a Bodhisattva.

Secondly, the training fee for cavalry is too high. A qualified cavalry in ancient times was equivalent to a qualified pilot now. The cost of cultivating a qualified pilot is roughly the same as the weight of this pilot. It is conceivable how expensive it was for tens of thousands of cavalry to penetrate the grasslands and traverse thousands of miles when Emperor Wu of Han fought against the Huns.

Finally, the cavalry's military requirements are higher, and people cannot afford to die or horses cannot afford to die. The protection of them must be in place! armor and weapons must be equipped in a freeze! For wealthy soldiers like cavalry, all aspects of treatment must be provided free of charge!

So, although Emperor Wu of Han inherited the economic heritage of rest and recuperation for nearly 60 years in the early Han Dynasty, those inheritances could not withstand his use of war to burn money. 1999's , the United States spent more than 7 billion US dollars on air strikes that lasted 78 days; 2001 Afghanistan , which lasted 2 months, the United States spent more than 10 billion US dollars on military expenditure alone. This is still in the case of modern warfare and in the case of ancient cold weapon wars, the cost of war is much higher! No matter how strong the family background of Emperor Wu of Han is, can he withstand his decades of hard work?

Emperor Wu of Han has always cared about the identity and reputation of a rich man, but he has always been worried about money behind his back!

Emperor Wu of Han’s measures to make money

It is definitely necessary to fight the Huns, and there will be a heavy price to fight. What should I do? If you can’t save money, you can only find a way to open up the source and find a way to make money from the people.

Making money is the level, spending money is art. Emperor Wu of Han was one of the few masters in ancient times who completed the artistic level of spending and earning money. has a deep routine to make money. From the specific tricks, there are roughly the following tricks:

The first trick: sell official positions and titles. 's move was actually made by Emperor Wu of Han, his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han, but he further developed and innovated his grandfather's operation logic.

Selling official positions and titles has been a taboo in the political arena since ancient times, and it will greatly reduce the authority and order of the bureaucratic system. But, purely from a buying and selling point of view, what are its benefits? That is, the cost is low and the money is fast.

All official positions and titles are set by your Central Government , and all price calibrations are the final decisions of your emperor. Is this a deal difficult to do? You can set up officials and titles as needed, for trading, and others don’t bargain.

First of all, I want everyone to be clear, wars are fighting, what exactly is it fighting? Famous generals and powerful generals? Individual combat capability? Tactical design? In fact, none of them are. The essence of the war is an extension of politics, and ultimately it is still fighting for comprehensive national strength.

After understanding this truth, let’s follow the clues and think about it. Throughout history, how many countries or regimes are willing to provoke wars if they have any problems? Unless a regime like Huns must rely on war to make a living!

A cannon fired, and ten thousand taels of gold have been the most unwilling movement that a regime is willing to face. kills 1,000 enemies and hurts 800 yourself. This kind of thing is actually not in line with people's needs to maximize their bones' interests.

The essence of war is actually a game of interests!

So, we need to re-examine Emperor Wu of Han in his life with the Huns! We must think seriously. Emperor Wu of Han has been engaged in strenuous exercise all his life. What comes from his cost consumption? Some people will say, isn’t it just a good grandfather and a good father? But if we think about it carefully, can a year of savings withstand a year of intense consumption? Can't stand it! Therefore, the nearly sixty years of rest and recuperation in the early Han Dynasty could not withstand the 54-year struggle of Emperor Wu of Han. From this we can see that Emperor Wu of Han still had many means and ways to make money.

I don’t want to judge whether Emperor Wu of Han made money right or wrong. I just hope that this article can help everyone understand some behavioral purpose and economic logic!

Emperor Wu of Han inherited a rich heritage, so why did he still make a fortune?

Emperor Wu of Han took over the country after the prosperous era of " Wenjing Zhizhi ". Logically speaking, he should not be short of money.

But as we all know, Emperor Wu of Han could not stand loneliness and fought with the Huns for decades. The war thing looks quite encouraging, but the scene made people excited, and the adrenal hormone soared sharply. However, it is an gold-swallowing beast that cannot be filled and cannot be filled. It costs money everywhere, and I don’t know when it will be.

Han Wendi Although he inherited a rich legacy from his grandfather and father, this huge legacy cannot support his nearly 50 years of trouble in the world. Any action has its own cost, let alone a big move of "a day spent" war.

Let me briefly introduce to you the cost structure of war. It is mainly divided into several major parts: arms, military supplies, military pay, , etc. In fact, there are countless management and service costs that burn countless money behind it.

First of all, if you want to fight, do you need to build and train a considerable number of soldiers? These soldiers were originally all living laborers in the national economy, but now they are no longer engaged in production and work full-time meals and sweat training. Once they enter and exit, the national finance will lose a large amount of economic income.

Then these soldiers will go to the battlefield in the future. They can't fight against the enemy with bare hands, right? So, their armor and weapons are another big expense. Don’t underestimate this expense, these things were similar to luxury goods in ancient times. To give a very simple example, the long spear, which was often used in ancient military wars, had to be made of special wood, repeatedly processed and soaked in tung oil to finally meet the requirements.

and then, soldiers, you have to pay them military pay , which means they also have to make money to support their families, otherwise they will not have the intention to stay in the army. A country often has a large army of hundreds of thousands or millions, and it is easy to imagine how much money and grain it takes to support the monthly military pay. Because the treatment of soldiers cannot be too low, otherwise no one will be willing to work hard.

Of course, the above things are just the cost and cost on the surface. An old saying goes: Before the troops move, food and grass will come first. Do you need to mobilize resources before, during and after starting a military operation? The cost behind large-scale mobilization of resources like is also huge. For example, today you are asked to organize 100,000 people to walk from Shaanxi to Northeast China. Have you calculated how much money you will spend? That's not all about the bulky tools you bring with you. In addition, if you want to manually transport 100,000 stones of grain from , Jianghuai area, , it is still unknown whether these 100,000 stones of grain are enough for these transport personnel to eat on the road!

In addition, there are many management costs that are not included, such as the cost of mobilizing work, such as the management costs of recruiting resources, etc.

Also, if you win, various bonuses and other rewards for must be implemented in ; if you lose, the pensions for those soldiers who fell into battle and the resettlement expenses for the families of are also a huge expense.

In short, once war machines were turned on in ancient times, it was equivalent to opening a furnace that burned money. As long as it was involved in this furnace, various economic resources would involuntarily be wiped out.

Moreover, there was a significant difference between the war between the Huns during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, because the previous Central Plains regime was mainly infantry in combat troops. According to the requirements of the Han-Hungary operations, Emperor Wu of Han had to form a certain size of cavalry to achieve his strategic goal of fighting against the Huns.

But for the Central Plains regime, forming cavalry is a natural measure to burn money.

First of all, there is no horse production base in the Central Plains , you have to go all over the world to find horses; and horses are born to be a loser, they can eat, drink, and do not produce, have a bad temper, and are damaged while eating. They determine that raising horses in the Central Plains is not cost-effective, but you now expect it to take you flying. Even if it is not cost-effective, you should offer it as a Bodhisattva.

Secondly, the training fee for cavalry is too high. A qualified cavalry in ancient times was equivalent to a qualified pilot now. The cost of cultivating a qualified pilot is roughly the same as the weight of this pilot. It is conceivable how expensive it was for tens of thousands of cavalry to penetrate the grasslands and traverse thousands of miles when Emperor Wu of Han fought against the Huns.

Finally, the cavalry's military requirements are higher, and people cannot afford to die or horses cannot afford to die. The protection of them must be in place! armor and weapons must be equipped in a freeze! For wealthy soldiers like cavalry, all aspects of treatment must be provided free of charge!

So, although Emperor Wu of Han inherited the economic heritage of rest and recuperation for nearly 60 years in the early Han Dynasty, those inheritances could not withstand his use of war to burn money. 1999's , the United States spent more than 7 billion US dollars on air strikes that lasted 78 days; 2001 Afghanistan , which lasted 2 months, the United States spent more than 10 billion US dollars on military expenditure alone. This is still in the case of modern warfare and in the case of ancient cold weapon wars, the cost of war is much higher! No matter how strong the family background of Emperor Wu of Han is, can he withstand his decades of hard work?

Emperor Wu of Han has always cared about the identity and reputation of a rich man, but he has always been worried about money behind his back!

Emperor Wu of Han’s measures to make money

It is definitely necessary to fight the Huns, and there will be a heavy price to fight. What should I do? If you can’t save money, you can only find a way to open up the source and find a way to make money from the people.

Making money is the level, spending money is art. Emperor Wu of Han was one of the few masters in ancient times who completed the artistic level of spending and earning money. has a deep routine to make money. From the specific tricks, there are roughly the following tricks:

The first trick: sell official positions and titles. 's move was actually made by Emperor Wu of Han, his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han, but he further developed and innovated his grandfather's operation logic.

Selling official positions and titles has been a taboo in the political arena since ancient times, and it will greatly reduce the authority and order of the bureaucratic system. But, purely from a buying and selling point of view, what are its benefits? That is, the cost is low and the money is fast.

All official positions and titles are set by your Central Government , and all price calibrations are the final decisions of your emperor. Is this a deal difficult to do? You can set up officials and titles as needed, for trading, and others don’t bargain.

What were the "innovation" and "breakthrough" of Emperor Wu of Han in selling official positions and titles?

The first breakthrough was that when his grandfather Emperor Wen of Han was doing this, he had a relatively reasonable grasp of the standards. He only sold some honorary titles and other titles, and he usually did not dare to make any official positions and actual positions that assumed actual functions. Emperor Wu of Han was different. He also put some real positions on the shelves, confirming the real power transaction. It goes without saying how destructive the operation of is. The wool comes from the sheep. Those officials who have taken real positions by buying officials must try every means to exploit the people, earn back the costs as soon as possible, and obtain profits.

The second breakthrough is that his grandfather, Emperor Wen of Han, is engaged in wholesale or overall sales, that is, he can buy a title of any level at the cost of the money. The smart Emperor Wu of Han felt that such a business was meaningless. He creatively divided the titles into several levels, such as 20 levels, and each level was clearly marked with the price, which was similar to the time of Emperor Wen of Han. However, Emperor Wen of Han could directly buy a certain level of titles, and Emperor Wu of Han could not do it here. You have to buy them from the first level one by one for me. For example, if it is a 10th-level title of 300,000 yuan, Emperor Wen of Han could only earn 300,000 yuan, but Emperor Wu of Han had to earn more money in the first 9 levels.

The third breakthrough is that Emperor Wu of Han directly combined titles, merits and demerits, and money into a commercial system. During the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, you bought a title, which would only make you feel more socially superior, and then symbolically avoid , and other things. In other aspects, you are still similar to ordinary people. But Emperor Wu of Han would not do this. He stipulated that titles and merits can be used to offset crimes. Without titles and merits, it is okay to offset crimes. Anyway, these things are clearly marked, so it is okay to use the corresponding money to offset crimes. , like , Li Guang, , Gongsun Ao, and others always defeated the battle and were killed according to the law, but as long as he could pay enough fines, the punishment could be reduced. This brought the entire bureaucratic system into a dead end of a vicious cycle, and class contradictions became increasingly fierce.

Emperor Wu of Han made money by this trick eventually became the root cause of the decay of the bureaucratic system in many dynasties in later generations. It is a long story, so I won’t analyze it here.

Second trick: heavy tax on assets. The essence of this move in is to directly pull the wool.

Logically speaking, in ancient China, the agricultural economy was the main focus, and the government's main fiscal revenue should be agricultural tax. However, in order to cultivate and maintain peace and well-being during the reign of Emperor Wen of Han, a loose policy of "Thirty Taxes and One" was formulated, thus gaining a good reputation. If Emperor Wu of Han made a fuss about agricultural tax at this time, there would be little room for Emperor Wu of Han, who had always cherished his feathers.

If you do it too hard, your reputation will be damaged. Moreover, agricultural tax is the most intuitive indicator of national economy and people's livelihood. If you gradually increase pressure, the pain will be very strong for the people and people's livelihood will be unstable.

So, Emperor Wu of Han took a different approach and transferred his position to commercial tax, asset tax, and other positions.

Let’s talk about business tax first! Many people say that if you increase the commercial tax, then in ancient times, it was the focus of agriculture and commerce. Wouldn’t it be enough if I don’t do business? However, how can we do without resource circulation without resource circulation? If you don’t do business, someone must do business! As long as someone does business, Emperor Wu of Han will find things easy to handle.

At the beginning, it was quite mild, but it only collected taxes on vehicles transporting and carrying cargo, called "calculating car" , which is similar to today's various tariffs and high-speed charges.

However, gradually, Emperor Wu of Han, who could not keep up with the money, has put pressure on the other hand. It is not enough to collect tariffs alone. You merchants have to pay market management fees, which is actually protection fees. In order to expand the tax source , even included casinos in the legal tax source.

It’s terrible to think about it carefully. When the government legalizes casinos in order to collect taxes, it will be a big bomb in the people’s livelihood system!

Next, let’s talk about the key asset tax. Because the commercial tax is completely stuck, it will gradually lead to poor circulation of resources nationwide or inflation , and the position must be transferred again.

Emperor Wu of Han once again targeted those rich people doing business and introduced asset tax management methods: has assets worth 2,000 yuan (note that it is assets, not profit), and he has to pay 120 yuan in taxes, and the tax rate is 6%. Small vendors in handicrafts are slightly better, with a tax rate of three percent.

At first glance, the tax is not heavy! But don't think too simple about this. Because the ancient asset evaluation standards were very imperfect, there was too much room for artificial operation.

For example, if you say you only have 200,000 assets, I have to say you have 200,000 assets, how can you prove your innocence? For example, if you say that this pile of goods is a quantity of one ship, I have to say that you can load two ships, but will you pay the tax on two ships? For example, if you say that the piece of jade on you is not valuable, I insist that it is a luxury, so what can you do?

In short, asset tax was a big killer to destroy people's livelihood when the legal system and system supervision were imperfect at that time. Because the law enforcement officer has the final say, you have to pay as much as you want.

So, is similar to a piece of rag, and people are living in dire straits.

Emperor Wu of Han later realized that this was not possible, so he again stipulated that for goods that were difficult to price, it was still calculated by car. Civilians had to pay a calculated tax if they had a car, and ships with more than five meters had to pay a calculated tax, and merchants' taxes would be doubled.

However, this tax calculation method is still very rough, and basically let the tax collectors have the final say.

has to be forced, and many people can only try their best to hide or transfer their property. In response to this situation, Emperor Wu of Han issued the famous "Reporting the War" . The specific content is to encourage each other to expose other people's property, and to force confiscation if it is found that anyone's hidden property is not reported, and then the government and the informant will be divided into half.

This thing is a naked plot, which is similar to the logic of "fighting the landlord, dividing the land". proletarian is born to hate bourgeoisie . As a result, this "Abuse of the Order" once again became a weapon of killing class struggle and even private revenge. The combination of

was defeated by this combination of punches, and the ecology of the middle class during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han was completely destroyed and thoroughly. This provided opportunities and conditions for the rise of the rich family.

The third trick: currency inflation. The trick of is to create counterfeit coins, bad coins and issue virtual currency .

Let’s first talk about the “virtual currency” deerskin coins during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. This thing is a piece of white deer leather, with a square foot of white deer leather decorated with purple patterns. Emperor Wu of Han stipulated that it was worth 400,000 yuan, and it was not allowed to be discounted or prominent, and royal nobles must also buy it.

According to the rituals of Han Dynasty , the princes need to use jade bi when paying homage to their ancestors. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han stipulated that when the princes used jade bi, they must use deer-skin coins as mats and lined them under the jade bi to show respect. If anyone doesn’t do it, it means disrespect to the ancestors and gods and kill you in minutes.

So, even if everyone understands that "the jade bi is only worth a few thousand coins, but the broken skin of the jade bi costs 400,000 coins" is absurd, but in order to be a good comrade in the eyes of Emperor Wu of Han, he had to be willing to be a sucker.

Let’s talk about the creation of counterfeit and bad coins. This thing is logically clear, but the process is very complicated and it is troublesome to introduce it in detail, so let me briefly introduce it.

The currencies circulated in the Han Dynasty were copper coins and gold, and other currencies were not recognized by the market. As a result, Emperor Wu of Han took the lead in his imagination and used valuable tin to blend it into silver. invented the so-called " platinum coin ".

platinum coins include dragon coins, RMB and turtle coins, and are worth 3000, 500 and 300 yuan respectively. At that time, the people were stunned when they saw it. What is this thing? A turtle carved on a white board is worth 300 yuan. Since you say yes, we will make as much as you want! For a time, the whole world was using platinum coins to cash out gold and copper coins that were truly worth circulating.

When Emperor Wu of Han saw that the situation was wrong, he stipulated that platinum coins could only be minted by the court, and that the people could only mint copper coins. Isn't this a joke? You can only be a hooligan, so the common people must mint good coins in real life? As a result, a large number of smuggling gangs that killed platinum coins emerged again.

Emperor Wu of Han quickly sent more people to manage and curb, which resulted in countless tragedies and increased huge management costs. However, when the people had no way out, a large number of people risked their lives to cast platinum coins. The prisons of the great men are all full of people, but the situation of privately casting platinum coins has been repeatedly banned.

Under this vicious cycle, Emperor Wu of Han himself felt that if he had been adopting this high-pressure policy, he would probably have killed all the people and the platinum coins would still be adulterated. therefore abolished the platinum coins and the right to mint the coins was taken to the central government, and the people were prohibited from minting money.

Han Wudi first launched a new currency called "Wuzhu Coin", but soon found that his production capacity was insufficient, and the issuance of Wuzhu Coin could not meet the needs of the huge Han Empire . While we started to expand the central government's coin production capacity, we delegated part of the coin rights to various counties and countries. After all, they were all from the Liu family.

Not long after, the Han Emperor Wu government began to cut corners on the weight of coins, and the counties and states followed suit, and the currencies that flowed to the market and eventually returned to the central government through taxes became bad coins. Emperor Wu of Han felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

So, Emperor Wu of Han used his brain again and put a side in red copper on the Wuzhu coins. is called "Chinze Wuzhu coins". This kind of money can only be minted by the central government and is the only currency recognized by taxation.

As a result, it was a platinum coin routine again. In the end, there was no way. Emperor Wu of Han once again nationalized the right to mint the coin and also nationalized the minerals used for minting, which completely monopolized the right to mint the coin.

After Emperor Wu of Han completely monopolized the right to mint coins, a large number of coins were faked, which quickly triggered inflation. But the central government has already successfully arbitrage during this long process of passage. Because the

trick is too sensitive, it is inconvenient to introduce it too much!

The fourth move: compete with the people for profit. 's trick is to use national resources to compete with the people for commercial interests. It is conceivable that can the people surpass the government?

After Emperor Wu of Han monopolized the core resources related to national economy and people's livelihood through a series of operations, such as the famous salt and iron, the people's money bags can no longer be locked up. You have to take out whenever you want to take out, and you have to take out as much as you want to take out, because without those things, your life and survival will be difficult.

This is the primary template for the monopoly enterprise in later generations. With these monopoly enterprises, the lifeline of the people is not determined by the market, but by policies, and life is increasingly restricted.

Taishigong once said: "Therefore, those who are good take it, then those who are beneficial to guide it, then teach it, and then neatly, and those who are the lowest fight against it." What does mean? It is to govern the world, and the lowest level is to compete with the people for profit. Although this move of

guarantees the government's fiscal revenue, it is too harmful to the people's livelihood system. Think about it, after Emperor Wu of Han, all dynasties sold salt and iron without mercy, why did the salt and iron dealers not burn all the wildfires and reborn again after the spring breeze?

To sum up, Emperor Wu of Han almost achieved the ultimate in exploding the hard-earned money of the people at that time through a series of high-pressure operations. Therefore, even though the agricultural tax of the people at that time was still "thirty taxes and one". In fact, in the later years of Emperor Wu of Han, many ordinary people who were exploited to have no life could only sell themselves as slaves, and a large number of people were displaced and on the verge of collapse.

Logical analysis of Emperor Wu of Han’s wealth

I once said that understanding Emperor Wu of Han basically understood half of the feudal history, because he really laid and established the framework of feudal rule, and the feudal governments in later generations basically repaired and repaired it on his basis.

Therefore, when we look at the historical figure of Emperor Wu of Han, we must remain rational and objective. We must neither blindly worship his great achievements nor completely slander him because of his cruelty and ruthlessness.

He has shaped the soul of a nation and built a large territory. He has also deprived the people of many rights and interests, hindered the overall economic progress of the Chinese nation.

Because he successfully turned the whole world into an ATM to realize his desires, resulting in the lack of capital among the people and business cannot develop, and every citizen lives in difficulties! When a nation is thinking about how to survive tomorrow every day, can you expect it to have rapid economic development? Look at the Huns!

In fact, I don’t really want to analyze the logic of Emperor Wu of Han’s wealth accumulation, because I don’t want everyone to learn a lot of conspiracies after reading my articles, which is contrary to my original intention.

adheres to the original intention of restoring the truth of history, let’s say a few simple words!

The value of business comes from the circulation of resources, and it is difficult to generate value if the resources are not circulated. Nowadays, many remote areas do not have good things, but good things cannot be circulated well. Can they gain anything?

I believe everyone has heard a saying, "If you want to get rich, you must first build a road." Why can you get rich by building a road? Isn’t it just to create convenient conditions for the circulation of resources?

So, we often see many classic cases in the economic field. In fact, in essence, they are all doing things in the channels of resource circulation.

For example, why are monopoly companies so profitable? Because they have become the only source of circulation, the traffic is guaranteed! Let’s take a look at what industries they monopolize? Generally, it is a product that is urgently needed. Without those resources, you will not live well, which will make you helpless and unable to resist...

Let’s review the several killer moves that Emperor Wu of Han released to make money: asset heavy taxes, public reports, monetary inflation, monopoly enterprises and the sale of official titles. Which is not monopoly logic? The official title was tailor-made by their Lao Liu family; taxes were collected by his maids according to his wishes, and they could collect whatever they wanted; only they could provide the distribution of interests reported by the masses; not to mention currency monopoly and corporate monopoly.

will not be expanded, I just hope everyone can understand one truth. We should judge whether a person lives well or not. In fact, it is actually one thing in the final analysis. has many ways to obtain core resources and is capable of obtaining core resources.

What we need to do, is always to work hard to strengthen our shortcomings based on our own shortcomings and try to get out of the predicament we can get out of.

Emperor Wu of Han once again targeted those rich people doing business and introduced asset tax management methods: has assets worth 2,000 yuan (note that it is assets, not profit), and he has to pay 120 yuan in taxes, and the tax rate is 6%. Small vendors in handicrafts are slightly better, with a tax rate of three percent.

At first glance, the tax is not heavy! But don't think too simple about this. Because the ancient asset evaluation standards were very imperfect, there was too much room for artificial operation.

For example, if you say you only have 200,000 assets, I have to say you have 200,000 assets, how can you prove your innocence? For example, if you say that this pile of goods is a quantity of one ship, I have to say that you can load two ships, but will you pay the tax on two ships? For example, if you say that the piece of jade on you is not valuable, I insist that it is a luxury, so what can you do?

In short, asset tax was a big killer to destroy people's livelihood when the legal system and system supervision were imperfect at that time. Because the law enforcement officer has the final say, you have to pay as much as you want.

So, is similar to a piece of rag, and people are living in dire straits.

Emperor Wu of Han later realized that this was not possible, so he again stipulated that for goods that were difficult to price, it was still calculated by car. Civilians had to pay a calculated tax if they had a car, and ships with more than five meters had to pay a calculated tax, and merchants' taxes would be doubled.

However, this tax calculation method is still very rough, and basically let the tax collectors have the final say.

has to be forced, and many people can only try their best to hide or transfer their property. In response to this situation, Emperor Wu of Han issued the famous "Reporting the War" . The specific content is to encourage each other to expose other people's property, and to force confiscation if it is found that anyone's hidden property is not reported, and then the government and the informant will be divided into half.

This thing is a naked plot, which is similar to the logic of "fighting the landlord, dividing the land". proletarian is born to hate bourgeoisie . As a result, this "Abuse of the Order" once again became a weapon of killing class struggle and even private revenge. The combination of

was defeated by this combination of punches, and the ecology of the middle class during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han was completely destroyed and thoroughly. This provided opportunities and conditions for the rise of the rich family.

The third trick: currency inflation. The trick of is to create counterfeit coins, bad coins and issue virtual currency .

Let’s first talk about the “virtual currency” deerskin coins during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han. This thing is a piece of white deer leather, with a square foot of white deer leather decorated with purple patterns. Emperor Wu of Han stipulated that it was worth 400,000 yuan, and it was not allowed to be discounted or prominent, and royal nobles must also buy it.

According to the rituals of Han Dynasty , the princes need to use jade bi when paying homage to their ancestors. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Han stipulated that when the princes used jade bi, they must use deer-skin coins as mats and lined them under the jade bi to show respect. If anyone doesn’t do it, it means disrespect to the ancestors and gods and kill you in minutes.

So, even if everyone understands that "the jade bi is only worth a few thousand coins, but the broken skin of the jade bi costs 400,000 coins" is absurd, but in order to be a good comrade in the eyes of Emperor Wu of Han, he had to be willing to be a sucker.

Let’s talk about the creation of counterfeit and bad coins. This thing is logically clear, but the process is very complicated and it is troublesome to introduce it in detail, so let me briefly introduce it.

The currencies circulated in the Han Dynasty were copper coins and gold, and other currencies were not recognized by the market. As a result, Emperor Wu of Han took the lead in his imagination and used valuable tin to blend it into silver. invented the so-called " platinum coin ".

platinum coins include dragon coins, RMB and turtle coins, and are worth 3000, 500 and 300 yuan respectively. At that time, the people were stunned when they saw it. What is this thing? A turtle carved on a white board is worth 300 yuan. Since you say yes, we will make as much as you want! For a time, the whole world was using platinum coins to cash out gold and copper coins that were truly worth circulating.

When Emperor Wu of Han saw that the situation was wrong, he stipulated that platinum coins could only be minted by the court, and that the people could only mint copper coins. Isn't this a joke? You can only be a hooligan, so the common people must mint good coins in real life? As a result, a large number of smuggling gangs that killed platinum coins emerged again.

Emperor Wu of Han quickly sent more people to manage and curb, which resulted in countless tragedies and increased huge management costs. However, when the people had no way out, a large number of people risked their lives to cast platinum coins. The prisons of the great men are all full of people, but the situation of privately casting platinum coins has been repeatedly banned.

Under this vicious cycle, Emperor Wu of Han himself felt that if he had been adopting this high-pressure policy, he would probably have killed all the people and the platinum coins would still be adulterated. therefore abolished the platinum coins and the right to mint the coins was taken to the central government, and the people were prohibited from minting money.

Han Wudi first launched a new currency called "Wuzhu Coin", but soon found that his production capacity was insufficient, and the issuance of Wuzhu Coin could not meet the needs of the huge Han Empire . While we started to expand the central government's coin production capacity, we delegated part of the coin rights to various counties and countries. After all, they were all from the Liu family.

Not long after, the Han Emperor Wu government began to cut corners on the weight of coins, and the counties and states followed suit, and the currencies that flowed to the market and eventually returned to the central government through taxes became bad coins. Emperor Wu of Han felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.

So, Emperor Wu of Han used his brain again and put a side in red copper on the Wuzhu coins. is called "Chinze Wuzhu coins". This kind of money can only be minted by the central government and is the only currency recognized by taxation.

As a result, it was a platinum coin routine again. In the end, there was no way. Emperor Wu of Han once again nationalized the right to mint the coin and also nationalized the minerals used for minting, which completely monopolized the right to mint the coin.

After Emperor Wu of Han completely monopolized the right to mint coins, a large number of coins were faked, which quickly triggered inflation. But the central government has already successfully arbitrage during this long process of passage. Because the

trick is too sensitive, it is inconvenient to introduce it too much!

The fourth move: compete with the people for profit. 's trick is to use national resources to compete with the people for commercial interests. It is conceivable that can the people surpass the government?

After Emperor Wu of Han monopolized the core resources related to national economy and people's livelihood through a series of operations, such as the famous salt and iron, the people's money bags can no longer be locked up. You have to take out whenever you want to take out, and you have to take out as much as you want to take out, because without those things, your life and survival will be difficult.

This is the primary template for the monopoly enterprise in later generations. With these monopoly enterprises, the lifeline of the people is not determined by the market, but by policies, and life is increasingly restricted.

Taishigong once said: "Therefore, those who are good take it, then those who are beneficial to guide it, then teach it, and then neatly, and those who are the lowest fight against it." What does mean? It is to govern the world, and the lowest level is to compete with the people for profit. Although this move of

guarantees the government's fiscal revenue, it is too harmful to the people's livelihood system. Think about it, after Emperor Wu of Han, all dynasties sold salt and iron without mercy, why did the salt and iron dealers not burn all the wildfires and reborn again after the spring breeze?

To sum up, Emperor Wu of Han almost achieved the ultimate in exploding the hard-earned money of the people at that time through a series of high-pressure operations. Therefore, even though the agricultural tax of the people at that time was still "thirty taxes and one". In fact, in the later years of Emperor Wu of Han, many ordinary people who were exploited to have no life could only sell themselves as slaves, and a large number of people were displaced and on the verge of collapse.

Logical analysis of Emperor Wu of Han’s wealth

I once said that understanding Emperor Wu of Han basically understood half of the feudal history, because he really laid and established the framework of feudal rule, and the feudal governments in later generations basically repaired and repaired it on his basis.

Therefore, when we look at the historical figure of Emperor Wu of Han, we must remain rational and objective. We must neither blindly worship his great achievements nor completely slander him because of his cruelty and ruthlessness.

He has shaped the soul of a nation and built a large territory. He has also deprived the people of many rights and interests, hindered the overall economic progress of the Chinese nation.

Because he successfully turned the whole world into an ATM to realize his desires, resulting in the lack of capital among the people and business cannot develop, and every citizen lives in difficulties! When a nation is thinking about how to survive tomorrow every day, can you expect it to have rapid economic development? Look at the Huns!

In fact, I don’t really want to analyze the logic of Emperor Wu of Han’s wealth accumulation, because I don’t want everyone to learn a lot of conspiracies after reading my articles, which is contrary to my original intention.

adheres to the original intention of restoring the truth of history, let’s say a few simple words!

The value of business comes from the circulation of resources, and it is difficult to generate value if the resources are not circulated. Nowadays, many remote areas do not have good things, but good things cannot be circulated well. Can they gain anything?

I believe everyone has heard a saying, "If you want to get rich, you must first build a road." Why can you get rich by building a road? Isn’t it just to create convenient conditions for the circulation of resources?

So, we often see many classic cases in the economic field. In fact, in essence, they are all doing things in the channels of resource circulation.

For example, why are monopoly companies so profitable? Because they have become the only source of circulation, the traffic is guaranteed! Let’s take a look at what industries they monopolize? Generally, it is a product that is urgently needed. Without those resources, you will not live well, which will make you helpless and unable to resist...

Let’s review the several killer moves that Emperor Wu of Han released to make money: asset heavy taxes, public reports, monetary inflation, monopoly enterprises and the sale of official titles. Which is not monopoly logic? The official title was tailor-made by their Lao Liu family; taxes were collected by his maids according to his wishes, and they could collect whatever they wanted; only they could provide the distribution of interests reported by the masses; not to mention currency monopoly and corporate monopoly.

will not be expanded, I just hope everyone can understand one truth. We should judge whether a person lives well or not. In fact, it is actually one thing in the final analysis. has many ways to obtain core resources and is capable of obtaining core resources.

What we need to do, is always to work hard to strengthen our shortcomings based on our own shortcomings and try to get out of the predicament we can get out of.