English Translation
The king imposed heavy taxes on the people.
I don’t see any mention of literal taxes in the Japanese sentence…
@kebukebu
Another low-quality sentence set from Tanaka Corpus…
The king imposed heavy taxes on the people. = 王は人民に重税を課した。(pron. じゅうぜいをかした)
王は人民を抑圧した。= The king oppressed the people (e.g., by racial discrimination, limited freedom of speech, genocide).