The phenomenon of tax evasion began to appear since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, and it became more common in the middle period. Some rich people bully others and don't care about the government at all. And some poor people inexplicably increase some taxes, but because they have no money and no power, they dare not resist at all, only dare to be angry and dare not speak. This phenomenon has seriously affected the country's economic development and even the country's stability.
Coupled with the war at that time, the country's wealth was burned out and became empty. Seeing that the army will have no financial support, the state hopes that the rich can make some contributions to the state treasury, but these rich people evade taxes seriously. How can they possibly want to take out their money? What they are thinking is that other people are responsible for the affairs of the country, so there should be no harm in losing me, right? Because these wars didn't enter their lives, they didn't realize the cruelty of war at all.
Faced with this situation, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty issued a decree of liquidation, that is, to increase the taxes of those rich people. But the rich have contacts with the government and still don't pay attention to taxes. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very angry and immediately issued a decree-a warning order to encourage people to report tax evaders. As soon as this imperial edict came out, it immediately attracted many responders. At that time, there were many cases of bankruptcy of the rich.
However, one thing has both advantages and disadvantages. Such imperial edicts also caused many people to be falsely accused, which led to many people being sent to the frontier. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also discovered these scenes and quickly stopped this decision.