Chapter 187 Taxation

Seeing that Fang Xuanling and Wang Ke looked dazed, Comrade Li Er said with a smile: "I have something to ask you if I left you down, you first tell me what you secretly said just now?" ”

Comrade Li Er was really itching, and he didn't know what this old man had just said when he ran outside the imperial study.

Fang Xuanling and Wang Ke glanced at each other and said to Comrade Li Er: "Your Majesty, the minister is just strange, how could this little Lord Wang not think of a way to do this. The minister called Lord Xiao Wang out for questioning, just to 'find' what Lord Xiao Wang thought. ”

"Oh!" When Comrade Li Er saw Fang Xuanling say this, he asked with great interest: "Did Fang Aiqing ask anything?" ”

Fang Xuanling shook his head and said, "No, Lord Xiao Wang has always said that he didn't come up with a way. However, the minister really couldn't think of it, how could Lord Xiao Wang have no way! ”

Comrade Li Er has absolute trust in Fang Xuanling, and seeing that Fang Xuanling still suspects that Wang Ke is making trouble, he also unconsciously becomes suspicious, and looks at Wang Ke with suspicion.

Wang Ke was really a little flustered now, he never thought that there was such a problem, this Fang Xuanling didn't believe in himself, and now even Comrade Li Er began to doubt it, you know, this is a big deal, if you want Comrade Li Er to buckle a perfunctory hat on yourself, you will be really miserable.

Wang Ke argued with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, Uncle Fang, you really wronged the boy!" The kid really doesn't know what to do about this matter, if there is a little way, the kid will also say it, how can he pretend to be in front of the emperor and Uncle Fang! ”

Comrade Li Er doesn't seem to be talking nonsense when he sees Wang Ke now, but because he still believes in Fang Xuanling's words in his heart, he still half-believes in Wang Ke's words, but because he thought of something when discussing things just now, he wants to discuss it with Fang Xuanling and Wang Ke, so he will no longer entangle with Wang Ke on this issue, but just say to Wang Ke like a warning: "Wang family boy, I don't care about you anymore, this time you really didn't think about it." But if there is such a thing in the future, I will not spare you so easily! ”

Wang Ke now only feels that he is covered with a mouth, and he can't defend himself, this Comrade Li Er and Fang Xuanling have already decided that they know what to do, but they didn't say it. As soon as I heard Comrade Li Er say that I didn't care, I immediately wanted to leave here, and hurriedly ran home to hide, lest Comrade Li Er remember it again after a while, and find myself to talk about it, which would be really stupid.

Wang Ke hugged his fist towards Comrade Li Er, and said in his heart: "Your Majesty, if it's okay, the ministers should retreat first." After speaking, he didn't wait for Comrade Li Er to reply, he straightened up and wanted to run out.

Comrade Li Er hurriedly stopped him: "What's the panic, I still have something to tell you." Why, is it a thief in your heart? ”

Wang Ke didn't dare to move anymore now, for fear that if he moved, he would be buttoned up by Comrade Li Er with a hat.

Looking at Wang Ke's restrained appearance, Comrade Li Er was indescribably happy in his heart. In his opinion, no matter what you say today, it can be regarded as taking Wang Ke a handful, whether Wang Ke really didn't think of it today, or pretending not to know, what he said in the end can be regarded as scaring Wang Ke, thinking about what will happen in the future, Wang Ke will definitely work hard to come up with a way to solve his worries.

Fang Xuanling was anxious that he still had a mess of things waiting for him to do, but now Comrade Li Er was leaving himself here to work like this, he was very anxious, but he didn't dare to show it.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Xuanling hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, I don't know what else is going on. Please also ask the emperor to show me, so hurry up and think about it! ”

Full text version read, update, faster, all in (1) бk literature network, computer station: ωωω.ㄧ (6) mobile station: àp.ㄧ (6) support literature, support (1) (6) k! Fang Xuanling's interruption also made Wang Ke breathe a sigh of relief, after all, if he didn't speak, he couldn't bring it up, otherwise Comrade Li Er said that he was a thief and wanted to divert the topic, so wouldn't he have nothing to find 'pumping'? Now it is very appropriate for Fang Xuanling to say it, not only to relieve himself, but also to allow Comrade Li Er to turn his mind to new problems, so that he will not have the heart to find his own stubble.

Wang Ke hurriedly looked at Comrade Li Er to see what he was going to say. It's just that Wang Ke also knows that what he is going to say next must have nothing to do with the military, but a matter of government affairs, otherwise he would not have left Fang Xuanling alone. At this time, Wang Ke didn't beat himself inside, he thought that Comrade Li Er left him behind, just to ask what he had just said to Fang Xuanling.

Comrade Li Er said slowly with a melancholy face: "I chatted with Gao Aiqing a few days ago, and now the treasury is very empty. The imperial court is spending a lot now, and Gao Aiqing always has a feeling that he can't make ends meet, I don't know if you have any way? ”

As soon as Comrade Li Er's words came out, Fang Xuanling and Wang Ke stopped talking, Wang Ke's feelings about this matter were not very deep, but Fang Xuanling felt the same way. On weekdays, Fang Xuanling has been 'dealing' with various government affairs, and he is also worried about this problem, and from time to time he is thinking about how to change this situation, but he feels very embarrassed when he thinks about it left and right, and the tax system used now seems to be very sound, and he doesn't know how to start if he wants to improve it, but the expenses of the imperial court are increasing day by day, but the tax revenue has not increased at the same time, which is really a difficult thing to do.

Wang Ke only knew one thing from the history books, the tax system of the Tang Dynasty was levied on a per capita basis, and due to the lack of attention to industrial and commercial people, the tax revenue from this aspect was correspondingly small, and most of the tax revenue of the entire Tang Dynasty came from the collection of agriculture.

However, there is also a problem with this, that is, the traditional clans and large landlords held most of the land in the Tang Dynasty, so many landless peasants rented land from these landlords to make a living. However, since the land was recorded in the hands of these landlords, and taxes were levied on a per capita basis, this base became quite small, so that the taxes of the imperial court did not 'improve', and they were always far from reaching the true proportion of output.

Wang Ke didn't know if what he knew was the same as the current situation in Datang, so he turned around and asked Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling just thought that Wang Ke was busy with military affairs on weekdays and didn't know much about this matter, so he told Wang Ke what the current situation was.

As soon as Wang Ke heard that there was not much difference from what he knew, he already had an idea in his heart, turned to Comrade Li Er and said: "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to solve this matter, but it depends on whether the emperor has this determination." ”

When Comrade Li Er and Fang Xuanling heard Wang Ke's words, they all looked at Wang Ke together, and they knew that Wang Ke must have some idea when he said this, but there must be something difficult to do, and Comrade Li Er must be ruthless in order to do it.

Comrade Li Er didn't ask what he wanted to decide, but said very plainly: "If the boy of the Wang family has any ideas, just say it, if it is reasonable, I will do it." ”

Fang Xuanling also echoed on the side: "The virtuous nephew doesn't have to worry, the emperor is wise, as long as it is beneficial to the society, there is nothing that the emperor can't do!" ”

Wang Ke came from later generations, and he didn't have much concept of the class since ancient times, and now when he saw that the two of them had to say it themselves, he didn't hesitate, and said directly: "My current tax collection is calculated according to the number of people, but now a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of some clans and new landlords, who hire landless peasants to cultivate for them, but because in the government, the ownership of these lands is not in the names of these cultivators, so they can only be taxed according to the number of people in the family and the landlord's family; Then there are the industrial and commercial households in the towns, because the imperial court does not know enough about them and does not pay attention to their taxes, which has caused a serious shortage of tax revenue in the imperial court, which has caused a large loss of taxes. ”

Comrade Li Er didn't hear anything from Wang Ke's words, but Fang Xuanling was different, as soon as he heard Wang Ke's words, he already understood that Wang Ke was telling a fact, that is, the taxes received by the imperial court now are only a very small part of the taxes receivable, and a large number of taxes, due to the wrong method of collection, resulting in the failure to collect, as long as the method is correct, this large amount of taxes is completely possible to be collected into the treasury, so that the Tang Dynasty can develop better.

Fang Xuanling also ignored Comrade Li Er's side, and said urgently: "Virtuous nephew, what is the good way to deal with this problem, please explain it quickly." The old man has also thought about this matter for a long time, but he has not seen the key point, and he asked the virtuous nephew to give advice! As he spoke, he thought about Wang Ke and bowed to the end.

Wang Ke hurriedly helped Fang Xuanling up, and said in a loud voice: "Uncle has killed the kid, for the tax problem, the kid has some ideas, as long as the emperor is willing to make this determination, the kid thinks it can be solved!" ”

Comrade Li Er saw that Fang Xuanling was so 'excited', and saw that Wang Ke once again mentioned that he needed to make up his mind to do this, so he said: "The boy of the Wang family doesn't have to worry, as long as what you say is beneficial to the court and does not increase the burden on the people, there is nothing I can't do." Just say it! ”

Comrade Li Er has now made the policy clear, and as long as Wang Ke's method can increase the income of the imperial court on the basis of not increasing the burden on the common people, then there is nothing he dare not do. But think about it, Comrade Li Er is the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, although he also has to rely on the traditional clan strength to maintain his rule, but after all, this is a new dynasty, and it is right to have some touch on the old clan forces, otherwise how can the people of the world be reminded.

Before Comrade Li Er became emperor, during the years when Li Yuan was in power, there were some riots or uprisings of one kind or another from time to time. Besides, the group of people who followed themselves to fight the world are now considered to be the emerging aristocratic class, and they are bound to contradict the previous traditional clans, and at this time, they can only stand on the side of the emerging aristocracy and suppress the old forces.

It's just that all this time, we haven't found a suitable excuse to carry out a thorough reckoning, and now if the method Wang Ke said can be implemented smoothly, a new order will definitely be formed, which is also what Comrade Li Er is happy to see.

Wang Ke is not as complicated as Comrade Li Er thought, he is just simply talking about things, because his views are completely different from the perspective of Comrade Li Er, he just looks at the problem from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, how can the tax be collected in full, and can also 'induce' Comrade Li Er and other cadres to eliminate their contempt for industrialists and businessmen, so that the entire industry of the Tang Empire can truly prosper and reach a new height.

The two ways of thinking are different, but the purpose is the same, that is, how to make the income of the treasury quickly rich and support the orderly operation of the entire Tang Empire. The two different considerations 'intersected' at this point, which made the changes in the Tang Empire unexpected everyone, which was confirmed in the near future, and also strengthened Wang Ke's weight in Comrade Li Er's mind.