"Who dares to bully her daughter, no one dares to bully, that is, my daughter heard Chang'an Mansion Yin say that she has to pay taxes, and her daughter's workshops have to pay taxes of almost more than 10,000 yuan, and her daughter pays taxes on time every month, but this time the tax, I don't know what's going on, many businessmen feel very strange, those workshops are thousands of dollars paid like this, I don't know why!" Li Lixian heard Li Shimin's question, and immediately reported to Li Shimin in the back.

"Pay taxes? What taxes? When Li Shimin heard this, he turned his head to look at his daughter and asked.

"I don't know, don't you come here to ask, the workshops in Chang'an City basically have to be paid, but no one knows what the specific tax is, it is collected by Yin of Chang'an Mansion!" Li Lixian shook her head and said to Li Shimin.

"That's strange, my father doesn't know about this, so let's come here, let the Ministry of Civil Affairs come here, and my father asks!" When Li Shimin heard this, he said to a eunuch in the distance, and the eunuch heard it, turned around and went out.

"Father, I feel that this tax is a bit abnormal, not according to the previous tax rate, but set by their Chang'an Mansion Yin, so this matter, my daughter feels that she needs to come to her father to talk about it!" Li Lixian continued to speak to Li Shimin, Li Shimin was black-faced at the moment,

If this is the case, then the people below are guilty of a big crime, collecting taxes privately, it is a capital crime, a Chang'an Mansion Yin does not have such a big courage, what is going on behind the scenes, whether there is the support of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, or the support of other people, this needs to be investigated, and soon, Tang Jian arrived at Chengtian Palace. Li Shimin also told Tang Jian about the matter, and when Tang Jian heard it, he was stunned and secretly said that it was not good.

"What the hell is going on?" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and asked.

"Your Majesty, at this time, the minister doesn't know, it stands to reason that the people below don't have such courage, maybe, maybe!"

"Possibly, don't spit on, say!" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, in the past two months, the court has spent a lot of money, and the minister asked those people below to find a way to raise 500,000 yuan, of which I asked them to raise 400,000 yuan in Chang'an Mansion, and I asked them to raise 100,000 yuan in Luoyang Mansion, probably because of this matter, so Chang'an Mansion Yin Ke collected taxes in advance!" Tang Jian stood there and said to Li Shimin.

"Nonsense, what is this? Collect taxes early? The tax rate has not been set, and the merchants do not know what taxes are collected, so who told you to do this? When Li Shimin heard this, he stood up abruptly and asked Tang Jian.

"Yes, the minister is ineffective, please punish Your Majesty!" Tang Jian immediately said to Li Shimin.

"Stop it and let them get the money back!" Li Shimin shouted at Tang Jian, Tang Jian heard it and hesitated.

"How?" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and asked.

"Your Majesty. The Ministry of Civil Affairs really has no money, Peping is not there, and we can't borrow the money from the Ministry of Industry, and now the Ministry of Civil Affairs has repaid the salaries of officials around the country for almost 500,000 yuan, which needs to be sent out this quarter, but now the Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money, and the tax has not arrived so quickly, Your Majesty, at this time, the minister has no choice, thinking about waiting for the tax to arrive this quarter, plus the 500,000 yuan of money obtained below, you can send money to those officials! Tang Jian stood there and said anxiously to Li Shimin.

"The Ministry of Civil Affairs has no money?" Li Shimin looked at Tang Jian in shock and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's gone, spring ploughing, the court needs to provide a lot of seeds for the following, some of the places that were affected by the disaster last year, and they also need to provide ploughing cattle and farm tools, which costs a lot of money, in addition, this year's imperial examination, it also costs a lot, and all parts of the country need money, so now, there is no money in the warehouse of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry, they say, Peping is not here, they will not move a penny, and the minister has no choice but to let all localities start collecting taxes in advance, please Your Majesty Mingjian!" Tang Jian arched his hand and said to Li Shimin, while Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian.

"Uncle Tang, but Chang'an has received more than 400,000 yuan!" Li Lixian said next to her at this moment, Tang Jian looked at Li Lixian puzzled.

"As far as I know, not only my family, but also those workshops in the Ministry of Industry, also have to pay a lot of money, the key is, whether this money is a tax, can it be deducted from future taxes or is it a cost to be apportioned?" Li Lixian said to Tang Jian.

"Of course, it is to deduct future taxes!" Tang Jian looked at Li Lixian and said.

"But we didn't get such an explanation, in this case, the officials below are tired of it, they may have other ideas." Li Lixian stood there and said.

"Check it for me, find it out!" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and said.

"Yes, if that's the case, then the minister will definitely find out!" When Tang Jian heard this, he immediately arched his hand and said.

"And, father, if Peping is here, he will never allow the Ministry of Civil Affairs to do this, because doing so is tantamount to hurting those merchants, as far as I know, many merchants have great opinions on this levy, some merchants are forced to sell goods at a reduced price, raise this money, Chang'an Mansion Yin levies taxes, completely shouting with mouth, without taking into account the actual situation of those merchants!" Li Lixian said to Li Shimin, Li Shimin heard it and nodded.

"Your Majesty, there is no way to do this matter, now the expenses of the court are also large, and now there are too many places where the court needs money, much more than before, and the minister has no choice!" Tang Jian immediately said to Li Shimin.

"Then you also need to make it clear to the merchants, besides, now that the income of salt and iron is also a lot, why is there no money?" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and asked.

"Your Majesty, that's what you said, but recently, smallpox has occurred in Yangzhou, and a large number of people have been infected, and now the people over there are all separated and need a lot of money, just the day before yesterday, 200,000 yuan was just mobilized to Yangzhou!" Tang Jian said to Li Shimin.

"What do you say? Smallpox? Yangzhou has smallpox? Why didn't anyone report it? Li Shimin pointed at Tang Jian in shock and asked.

"Your Majesty, this matter can be handled well, so I didn't report it, and those ministers have been staring at Goguryeo's affairs recently, so they haven't paid much attention to Yangzhou's affairs!" Tang Jian saluted Li Shimin and said.

"Smallpox? Serious or not? Li Shimin continued to ask, smallpox is not cured in this era, it all depends on autoimmunity, and the lethality rate has reached 30%, the key is that the speed of transmission is very fast, so smallpox, in this era, it is deadly, and any emperor is afraid of this.

"At present, Yangzhou Mansion has, however, this morning, several surrounding prefectures, also on the chapter, also found smallpox, from Yangzhou to the capital of the express, the fastest also takes 5 days, that is to say, five days ago, other state capitals also discovered, how many now, I don't know, the minister let the following levy money, there is also the idea of preparing to deal with smallpox, once those places are closed, the people need a lot of money and food!" Tang Jian stood there and spoke, and Li Lixian was standing there at this moment, anxious, smallpox, it was fatal to children, she wanted to go back and tell the children in the family that no one was allowed to go out, and those housekeepers and maids at home were not allowed to go out!

"Why didn't you report it, come here, pass on the room Xuanling Gao Shilian, I want to ask them, why such a big thing has not been reported!" Li Shimin was very angry, and such a big thing happened, but he didn't return it.

"Father, my daughter has retired first, and in addition, I have to tell my son and Xincheng not to go out, just stay in the palace!" Li Lixian saluted Li Shimin at this moment and said.

"Okay, go back. Tell those boys, don't go out, don't go out! Li Shimin nodded and said to Li Lixian, Li Lixian heard it, nodded too, and quickly retired, and after a while, Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian also arrived on the fourth floor. I heard Li Shimin ask them about smallpox.

"Your Majesty, smallpox often happens, in the years since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been six outbreaks in various places, and at first Yangzhou was not serious, but I didn't expect that other state capitals also broke out, and the minister just received the news and wanted to come over to report, now there are seven state capitals that have found smallpox, and more than a thousand people have died!" Fang Xuanling stood there and said to Li Shimin, and at the same time handed Li Shimin some concerts, and Li Shimin looked at them.

"It's so serious, seven state capitals, this is still the news five days ago? Kindness? Li Shimin said with a frown.

"Yes, the area of this outbreak is very large, there is no way at the moment, please ask Your Majesty to send troops to control those places, you can't let them come out, if the infection continues, then it will be really troublesome!" Fang Xuanling said to Li Shimin.

"Go and call Li Ji to come over, hurry up!" Li Shimin said without raising his head, now it is necessary to use the army to block those areas, otherwise, when it continues to expand, it will be difficult to control.

"Yes!" One of the eunuchs went out at once.

"Your Majesty, please let His Royal Highness the Crown Prince send money back, if it really breaks out, the court will not have so much money!" Tang Jian said to Li Shimin.

"Okay, but all the merchant's money is returned, how much is collected, how much is returned, one child is missing, I behead them!" Li Shimin stared at Tang Jian and said very seriously.

"Yes, the minister will warn them!" When Tang Jian heard it, he immediately nodded and said. Soon, Tang Jian went down first, while Gao Shilian and Fang Xuanling were sitting there, waiting for Li Shimin to finish reading those pieces.

"Five days ago, it was estimated that 50,000 people would be infected, 50,000 people!" Li Shimin looked at the recital, and he couldn't do it in a hurry.