Can you live forever

Chapter 331 Qin Law is like a prison, shuddering
Take Bai Qi as an example of the succession system of descending titles.

Bai Qi's title is Daliang Zao (level 16), but his son Bai Zhong Xijue only has a public vehicle (level 8).If Da Qin is still there, his descendants will continue to follow, the grandson will only be an official (level 6), the great-grandson will only be left unchanged (level 4), the great-great-great-grandson will be the hairpin (level 2), and the sixth generation will be reduced to the rank and file. civilian.

In other words.

Nobility, those who are above the rank of the people, the Qingjue will inherit the nobility, and the direct level will be halved, which can be seen from the ruthlessness.

Thereafter, each generation is downgraded by two levels.

Moreover, it is not only downgrading, but at the same time as downgrading, there is also the system of taking land by death.

Still take Bai Qi as an example.

Baiqi was built by Daliang, granted 86 hectares of land, 86 houses, and a salary of 800 shi.A hectare of one hundred mu means 8600 mu of land, and a house of five mu. Basically, the yards are mostly used for planting mulberry trees and raising livestock. 86 houses are 430 mu of gardens.As for the 800 stone salary, it doesn’t mean that you can receive it if you have a title. This salary means that you can receive this salary only when you are an official and do things for the country.

If there is no position, there is no salary.

That is to say, if the largest number of "official officials" want to farm by themselves instead of becoming small officials, they will have no salary to receive.

As for the subsidy and salary of the official position, it is only available at the county magistrate level, with a rank of [-] to [-] shi. Ordinary officials can only receive salaries according to their titles, and without titles, they cannot be officials.

The title of Daliang made Bai Qi a lot of wealth.

But after Bai Qi's death, Bai Zhong's title of inheriting the public vehicle was only 8th level, and the treatment was only 20 hectares of land, 20 houses, and 400 shi salary.Not to mention the official position, but the 66 hectares of land and the 66 houses that are too much have to be taken back.

In other words.

Bai Qi's accumulated contributions to the sky are less than a quarter of which is only passed down to one generation, and after the sixth generation, there will be no shadow left.

The fields and houses that were taken away can be distributed to newcomers who have made meritorious deeds.

As for Bai Qi's illustrious moment, apart from the title of land and house, can the accumulated wealth continue to multiply in the hands of future generations?
Excuse me.

The taxation of the Qin Dynasty was extremely strict and comprehensive. In addition to land rent tax and head tax, there were also commercial taxes such as customs duties, market rents, and wine taxes, taxes on special products such as salt and iron, and labor taxes on private handicraft industries.

The commerce of the Qin Dynasty was quite developed. Xianyang and many big cities had fairs set up by the government, and there was a prosperous scene of "Market Zhang Lie Si".

Because the Qin Dynasty demanded that "things have no second price", so buying things is basically fool-proof, and there is no need to worry about being cheated. Therefore, the market is very friendly to buyers, so there is a large demand for trade.

The efficiency of commodity exchange is high, but because of the commercial tax, the profits of traders are also limited.

In addition, in the reform of Shang Yang: "The price of expensive wine and meat is more expensive than the rent, and it will be ten times cheaper." That is to say, the market is very strict on food and clothing, and the price of luxury goods such as wine and meat is deliberately raised to increase the income of the rich. enjoyment cost.

Shang Yang also "set a hundred times the profit and collected the tax of Shanze".

Qin State allowed salt and iron to be privately owned, but the tax rate was extremely high.

It can be seen that in terms of capital appreciation, the system of the Qin Dynasty has greatly restricted it, increasing layers of barriers to income, increasing expenditures on enjoyment, and trying to reduce the wealth of the rich.

However, that's only half of the equation. The other half is...property taxes.

Qin Chao likes to call this property tax, the words are different, but the meaning is the same.

In the Qin Dynasty, not only the inheritance of the title would be downgraded, but even the inheritance of property must be reported to the government. There are cases in the Qin bamboo slips of later generations.

In "The Case of Knowing the Injustice of Robbery", when a woman declared her son's property, she concealed 68300 debts owed by others, as well as a cloth shop and a guest house.

When she was going through property declaration, Shi Shi, who was originally a servant of her family, served as a soldier and became a public official. After returning home, Shi found out that she was "hiding money".

So Shi Shi blackmailed her and asked for the cloth shop and the guest house.

She was terrified at first, and gave the cloth shop and the guest house to Shi, but later she reported on Shi's extortion, and then both of them were punished by law...

In this case, we know that concealing assets is a felony, otherwise the woman would not have to give the cloth shop and guest house to the official.

So what is the result of the penalty?
The woman's husband was originally a doctor (level 5). It stands to reason that the eldest son can inherit the title of Zaniao. Because of the hidden assets, the title was demoted to a commoner, and then a fine of Erjia (about 3200 yuan) was imposed.

But because of blackmail, Shi was demoted to Chengdan, tied up in shackles, and escorted to Shu.

The woman's hidden assets are 68300 yuan, cloth shops, and guest houses. This is a lot of money, but in terms of level, it belongs to the third level of concealment.In the Qin Dynasty, the crime of concealing assets was divided into three classes, the first class, concealing 110 coins, the second class, hiding 220 coins, and the third class, hiding 660 coins.

In the case of the woman voluntarily surrendering herself, she was even demoted to three ranks and fined two ranks.

It can be seen how serious the Qin Dynasty's hidden assets were.

In terms of asset tax, the Qin Dynasty is very strong. As for how high the asset tax is, the risk must be relative to the benefit. If it is not for the high asset tax, is it necessary for a woman to take such a big risk to hide her assets?

We don't know the ratio of the Qin Dynasty's property tax, but according to the standards of the inheritance system, it should be graded and strict.

As rich as the woman's family, I am afraid that half of the assets will be taken away directly...

In the entire Qin Dynasty, except for those who died in battle and their titles could be inherited by their sons, in other cases, most of the flesh would be cut off within a generation, in order to quickly bridge the gap between the rich and the poor. (The title of knighthood inherited by the dead in battle should be limited to civilian knights, and it is mainly used to take care of low-level soldiers)

The entire system of the Qin Dynasty is like a precise and solid cage.

In this cage, ordinary people are forced and tempted to work hard, and the rich and powerful are cut off from their flesh and blood, mechanically and ruthlessly maintaining social balance and equality.

In this system, the aristocrats of the six countries who were aloof in the past were crushed like rotten meat.

Even the clan of the Qin State was greatly suppressed under this system.

Its fundamental purpose is that within the Great Qin, from the king down, there are only people. The so-called officials and nobles are all public servants of the country for a while.

Those who have merit will go up, and those who have no merit will go down.

The law is clear, and the heart is awe-inspiring.

"Chilling! Trembling! Under the legal system of this country, how can people feel at ease? The whole country and all people are dogs and horses, where are people?!"

After listening to Zhang Zhixiang's explanation of Daqin's system, Geng Ju objected even more hysterically.

The feeling to Geng Ju, no, the feeling to everyone is, a pair of eyes staring at him all the time, from birth to burying, there is no privacy at all, which makes people extremely uncomfortable...

Scared.

Everyone was afraid, even the civilian husbands at the scene showed confused eyes, wondering whether life under the Qin Law was good or bad, but after all, it seemed that they were unwilling to live under such a system...

(End of this chapter)