Customs offices are everywhere, and some merchants transport their goods thousands of miles away, only to find that the customs clearance fees alone exceed the value of the goods and their profits before they even reach halfway.
This situation has a long history and is very common. It is not a chronic disease of a certain time or place.
Changing the tax bureau, like re-inventing the land, abolishing the head tax, and levying taxes only on the number of acres of land, will affect the interests of a very powerful class.
Since ancient times, people who have done this have always had a bad end.
Depressed during life, stigmatized after death.
But Xia Daohua doesn't mind these.
Her sense of belonging to this world was never truly genuine or pure. Especially with the golden thigh of Space Supermarket in her hands, she often felt that if things went wrong, it would be nice to hide away and live in seclusion.
In terms of behavior, it manifests as being extremely reckless, or in other words, extremely brave and stubborn.
Xia Daohua's Ten Policies to Benefit the People, also known as the Ten Policies to Enrich the People, not only mentioned sending Jinyiyunqi to inspect customs, crack down on local tyrants, and protect trade routes, but also proposed overly bold plans such as re-measuring land, abolishing the head tax, collecting taxes based on the actual amount of land owned, opening the sea for ocean trade, and imposing tariffs.
This caused a huge uproar in the court of the Great Chu Dynasty, which was not surprising at all.
Among these measures, some were adopted smoothly by the young emperor and Gu Mingzhen, but some could not withstand the pressure from the court officials and were criticized before they even started.
Ever since the two suicidal emperors passed away and Prince Xin returned to Beijing, the situation in the court has become increasingly complicated.
Xia Daohua didn't want to see the Gu family killing each other, nor did she want to help one faction suppress the other. What's more, there was the matter of Li Gan - Li Gan had always supported Prince Xin.
But the little emperor and Gu Mingzhen have always been nice to Xia Daohua.
Xia Daohua simply stayed out of the situation, offering no support to either side, and even reduced her attendance at court. But even though she wasn't at court, her influence remained.
Three years later, the roads around the capital had been built to a certain scale, and some county towns in the suburbs of Beijing were the first to benefit.
In order to achieve this goal, Xia Daohua brought out cement and sold it together with the basic modern cement provided in the Space Supermarket. This attracted many malicious "partners" and gave Xia Daohua the opportunity to "raid" several times.
As for “house search”, the one whose house is searched feels heartache, liverache and fleshache, while Xia Daohua counts money until her hands cramp and ache.
Good things are naturally easy to spread. Even in Bashu and Luojing, where Prince Xin once stayed, cement distribution stores have been opened.
During this period, Xia Daohua was constantly slandered and spread rumors about her.
There are arrangements in every direction.
There are rumors that she is a monster that escaped from hell. She sucks human blood, eats human flesh, digs out hearts and livers, and does all kinds of evil.
There was also a wave of rumors that she actually had improper relationships with many people in the court, that she was actually a Yangzhou skinny horse and Qinhuai courtesan, and that she had achieved her current position by manipulating several famous officials...
What's more, it is rumored that she is a spy from the Northern Barbarian Kingdom, and the reason she was able to gain a foothold in the court is because someone is secretly colluding with the Northern Barbarian court, especially Xiao Lubuhua, who was redeemed by the Northern Barbarians for a large sum of money a year ago and is her backer in the Northern Barbarian Kingdom.
All kinds of rumors have portrayed the image of summer rice flowers in all sorts of strange and bizarre ways.
However, all the criticisms focus on one point - Xia Daohua has reached the marriageable age, but has never married or even engaged. This is clear evidence that there is something wrong with her.
Some people even "enthusiastically" ran up to Xia Daohua and told her that as long as she got married, these rumors would be self-defeating.
Xia Daohua just smiled but didn't respond.
Although many people are still in the dark, many people in the top circles of power already know that Xia Daohua possesses inexhaustible wealth.
What's more, even if you don't know what happened later, just based on her grain business and cement business, marrying her home would be a very profitable deal.
And the price they need to pay is probably just a worthless bastard.
Xia Daohua knew exactly what these people were planning, but she was too lazy to expose them.
If she was really pissed off, she would just rob that person's house of all their wealth. Anyway, using the space to collect supplies was a piece of cake, and it could also erase all traces.
In the past three years, the space has been upgraded twice, and its range has been expanded to an area of 1,000 square meters around Xia Daohua.
In other words, even if Xia Daohua was two miles away, she could collect things two miles away into the space with just a thought, without leaving a trace.
However, this method is not without side effects.
There is no evidence, but suspicion is inevitable.
Anyone who crosses Xia Daohua will be in trouble. They won't lose their life, but only their property...
This has almost become a law, but even though some people with discerning eyes have noticed it, no one dares to speak out directly. Because such things are too evil, who knows if they will be doomed to fall upon themselves if they speak out?
But these smart people are not the same group of people who secretly spread rumors about Xia Daohua and expected her to solve her troubles by getting married.
The latter are not only more numerous, more widespread, and more shameless, but are also worse at summarizing and learning lessons.
As a result, more and more people began to rush to find a matchmaker for Xia Daohua through various channels. Even the Empress Dowager came forward to match Xia Daohua—Xia Daohua had already rejected her once, and refusing again would be too disrespectful to the royal family.
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