Was the Qin Dynasty so short lived, just because taxes were too high ?

Not only because of "too high taxes", but also because it was an unreasonable economic policy that existed in the Qin Dynasty at that time. In addition to this, it has a lot to do with the way the ruler governs.

The Qin Dynasty was established for a short time, not because their taxes were too high and their policies were too brutal, but because Qin Shi Huang had a big problem with the issue of establishing an heir.

No. Because Qin Shi Huang sent all his troops to the border pass, Qin Shi Huang thought that as long as the world was in the hands of the Han people, the change of dynasty would not be a big deal.

Before Qin Shi Huang destroyed the Six Kingdoms, the agricultural tax was half of the harvest (half of the tax of Thailand), not the twelve taxes mentioned upstairs.

The commercial tax is one of the twelve taxes, and the mines and craftsmen are all state-owned, not to mention this kind of tax.

From the above, it seems that doing business is more cost-effective than farming? However, the relocation, the conscription, and the repair of the city walls were all priority for the conscription of merchants...

At the same time, the Qin State also collected the head tax, which was collected more than a dozen times a year.

Each title of the Qin State is in".Not more"The following adult men who do not work in the government are required to take one month a yearChangeThe content of his service may be as a county officer (soldier or temporary policeman) responsible for repairing the city wall, supervising the hidden official (the hidden official is a person who has committed a crime but is not able to behead him, his family, an orphan who has no one to support, etc., his status is higher than that of a slave than a slave, but lower than a soldier, and he has personal freedom when he reaches adulthood) or slave work. Serving as a guard for state-owned enterprises such as mines, etc., the guards generally serve locally, and the guards have to bring their own clothes and shoes.

The person who was conscripted on the expedition (expedition) did not have to pay the oral levies levied during the expeditionImmediate family members of fallen soldiersAccording to the preferential policy of the local government, the corresponding taxes are exempted and exempted, and those with the title of "gongshi" and above can be assigned a "concubine (in fact, equivalent to a slave of the government)" to help the fields every year during the busy farming, and the immediate family members of the fallen soldiersNo payment for three years.

Before the First Emperor Ping Six Kingdoms, the people of the Qin State did not have to serve in conscription.

Much lower than now! The tax rate of the Qin Dynasty was extremely low, twelve taxes and one, what is this concept? It is lower than the ten taxes and one advocated by Mencius, and the Han Dynasty used the ten taxes and one (Zhangjiashan Han Jian).

Look at it so biasedly.

It is impossible for Dong Zhongshu to compare the Warring States with the Qin Dynasty, but to compare it with the (Zhou) Wenwu and Chengkang periods, which were the lightest in conscription, and the Qin. This is the basic method of comparison.

You should understand the history of the late Warring States period, it is necessary to leave troops to guard the land of Han, Zhao and Wei, but not many, after the living forces of a country are completely wiped out, they must be restored, and these restored forces will be organized again, it will take a long time, each country will leave 10,000 regular troops, and then organize some slaves to be lackeys. As for the Qi State, since Le Yi destroyed Qi, the Qi State began to get tired of the military revolution, at that time it was the ally of the Qin State, and the domestic military revolution was not repaired, and Qin sent people to congratulate each country Qi who destroyed a country, how many soldiers he had, and how many soldiers the princes wanted to send to defend him, it was really a small part. It is enough to send a thousand people on the border.

Wang Qian's 600,000 army attacked Chu, and he didn't need another 600,000 to back it up at all. These 600,000 people include logistics troops. Chu was also unable to organize such a large-scale army at that time, and he did all the troops of the whole country, and only 200,000 could be used to resist Qin on the Western Front.

At that time, the total strength of the country was 1 million, which was about the same. The system of the Qin State was a mechanism for the whole people to cut into the war, and everyone needed to cope with the national war with the food they grew and the military supplies they made, and the men of the (15-40) age group all went out, and the only women who stayed at home to work were basically women, as well as the old, weak, sick, disabled and young, and so on. 20 million people, raising 1 million troops, excluding the 3 million people of Qi without an army, that is, 17 million people to raise 1 million troops, this is already a very efficient social mechanism, no matter which country is mobilized for war, it is impossible to achieve this ratio.

The Sui Dynasty, with a population of 58 million, organized 1.07 million troops to conquer Goryeo, and the whole country rebelled.

Not too heavy? Ask them how many of these 2 million people returned home alive, either buried alive or buried with them.

Is this what the landlord posted?