Everyone understands why this situation is caused, and everyone has seen how a government-run monopoly company can lose money.

These government-owned enterprises were originally designed to increase revenue for the country, but now they are losing money if they don't make any money.

Of course the emperor couldn't stand it and wanted to make rectifications, but these enterprises had become too big to be eliminated and had too many shortcomings that were difficult to recover from.

The emperor then decided to re-contract these enterprises to private operators.

This is the most distinctive "buying and fighting" system of the Zhou Dynasty.

In the beginning of the maipu system, taxes on wine, vinegar, ponds, markets, ferries, etc. were calculated by the government and contracted by merchants. The one with the highest price won and the right to tax was sold.

In the future, the scope of buying and selling will expand, and various government-run enterprises will be handed over to private contractors after they suffer operating losses.

After private contracting, these companies began to make huge profits again, which can only be described as "miraculous".

Today, there are not many government-run enterprises in Xuzhou City, and the management rights of various monopoly businesses have been contracted out, so this approach is not feasible.

If it was to start a business to make money, Sheng Changbai might as well set up his own business and leave it to a big house to run it, so that Sheng Changbai could use the money he earned more freely.

The remaining major source of income for the government is government land, and for almost the same reason as government-owned enterprises, even after government land is leased, normal output cannot be achieved.

Even because of the official land, the government did not pay land taxes. The land taxes belonging to the official land fell on the tenants who rented the land, which was not friendly to the tenants.

The court dealt with the official land more decisively and cleanly. They did not use the contracting system and directly sold a large amount of farmland that originally belonged to the government to individual landlords.

There are not many official lands that still belong to the government in Xuzhou, including some Futian that supports the expenses of charitable organizations, salary fields that provide daily expenses for state schools and county schools, and the job fields of officials like Sheng Changbai.

Looking at the entire country, a large number of states and counties have not reserved the jobs subsidized to officials.

The government directly converts it into money and grain, and distributes the income that originally belonged to officials' "job fields" to officials.

In some cases where homes were confiscated and property was confiscated, the government would no longer retain the property and would sell it as soon as possible.

There is no official land in the hands of the government anymore, and the way to increase income from the land can be said to be directly cut off.

The government has blocked the way to increase income.

It’s no wonder that when the imperial court ran out of money, it thoughtlessly increased taxes and levies, levied excessive taxes, and exploited the people.

Sheng Changbai thought about it for three days, but he couldn't think of any good way to quickly increase the income of the state government.

Now that the government government is short of money, Sheng Changbai can only choose to kill a group of "fat pigs" to add a quick sum of money to the government government treasury.

"Liu Tao, how is the plan to lure, win over, and divide those large groups of bandits and water bandits to surrender?"

The fat pigs here in Xuzhou belong to the government, that is, some country squires, wealthy businessmen, and bandits.

Squire, wealthy businessman, Sheng Changbai has not found anyone suitable for slaughter yet.

You can't just pick on a small thing and copy someone else's whole family.

According to the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, the crimes committed by these gentry and wealthy businessmen were within the scope of the crimes that could be compensated by fines.

It may be somewhat unfair to directly confiscate someone's home.

In contrast, choosing to use the stolen money from bandits to subsidize the state government's finances is certainly not unfair to these people.

"Sir, after being sealed off for such a long time, most of the bandits in the village have been dispersed. It's almost time to start entering the stronghold to suppress the bandits, otherwise the bandit leaders may flee with their belongings. Although the escaped bandit leaders,

After leaving Xuzhou, we can be considered successful in suppressing the bandits in Xuzhou."

It is not easy for these bandits and water bandits to find a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack. It is not easy for them to use it as their lair, but they will not escape easily.

If you lose the village, you will also lose the house you worked so hard to build, the land you cultivated, and most of the people you gathered.

Leaving the familiar Xuzhou, these people also lost the advantage of being familiar with the geographical location.

Even if he really wanted to escape, Sheng Changbai still blocked the traffic. It would not be easy for these bandit leaders to escape with their belongings. The currency of the Zhou Dynasty was still a small amount of gold and silver. Most of them used copper coins, and the currency usually weighed seven.

Eight pounds.

One thousand guan of money is equivalent to three or four tons, and it is far from convenient to carry. If these people want to escape, it basically means giving up most of the looted money.

"Needless to say, even if these ruthless bandits escaped from Xuzhou, they are unlikely to be good citizens. It would be my fault to let the bandit leaders escape and then gather people to invade other places. I arranged for the leaders to lead the archers into the mountains.
Chapter completed!