When the carriage returned to the house, the living room was very lively, with Yao Hongsleeves, Li Xiangdie and other artists all there.

"Master, the programs to visit the workers are all arranged, do you want to take a look at it first?"

Although Yao Hongsleeve has been released by Sun Xiangfu, she, like Uncle De, is used to calling Master Sun Xiangfu, and now there are two sets of performance teams in Wangjianglou, one is the original team left by Sun Xiangfu and Yu Xiuer, led by Yao Hongsleeve.

One set was brought out by Li Xiangdie from Yangzhou, and then recruited and expanded in Shanyang, forming a team with different styles, taking turns to perform drama songs and dances on stage, which can give the other group more time to train newcomers and rehearse programs.

"You have all rushed to my house to ask for praise, I naturally believed you, but Your Majesty and I have been busy these days, and I don't know when we will be able to make the trip!

In addition, you internally, you have to choose and form the strongest team, these people may have to follow the envoy group to visit the countries of the Western Regions, this is a political task, and it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the social status of the opera, if it is finally decided, Datang is likely to give birth to a group of officials with the identity of opera and musicians, which will give a good start to the entertainment industry in the future. ”

Sun Xiangfu said solemnly, Yao Hongsleeve and Li Xiangdie had a dreaded look in their eyes, they were not people in this industry, and they couldn't understand their sense of needing respect.

If female actors can also be crowned officials, and they can also go to various countries with the mission and go down in history, then they can be regarded as unprecedented, so the question that Sun Xiangfu said is undoubtedly the most important thing they have encountered in their lives.

"Governor, please rest assured, we will do our best to promote the music and drama culture of my Tang Dynasty in a foreign country······"

"I, I will live up to the high expectations of the governor······"

The voices of the two of them trembled unconsciously, and when they saw this, they hurriedly waved their hands and said, "Gotta got, you look so excited that you want to cry, I feel distressed when I see it, ask someone to move the sofa in the hall, and you call people to perform all the programs to be performed in Weinan!" I'll take care of it. ”

Women, when they are entrusted with important tasks, are often more excited than men, and Sun Xiangfu has a problem, that is, he can't see women crying in front of him, anyway, it's still early, listening to a special music show and watching the show can be regarded as relaxing and relaxing his brain.

When the two daughters heard this, they wiped the corners of their eyes and saluted together, "I'll arrange it later." ”

In this era, if you want to feast at home, singing and dancing music performances are almost a must, Yu Xiuer has feasted guests in the living room before, so the family is also very familiar with how to arrange the song and dance field.

After some arrangement, a large area was cleared in the center of the living room, and hundreds of musicians and singers began to place musical instruments in the center of the living room according to the formation of the rehearsal.

"Why, Sun Dudu is going to have a banquet, but he just happened to let the old man catch up."

Du Zhenglun, who was brought in by Uncle De from outside the door, looked at the many musicians holding musical instruments in the living room busy, greeted Sun Xiangfu, and joked.

"Du Shangshu is afraid that when he came to the house as a guest before, he couldn't enjoy eating and drinking, and he wanted to make up for it again today! Just in time, I'll let people set the wine and dishes, and let's talk while drinking. ”

Du Zhenglun is the newly appointed secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, when Sun Mansion put the full moon wine before, he also gave him a post, at the banquet, but there was a lot of communication with him, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Commerce, both are new departments of the imperial court, Sun Xiangfu has a plan for all things in the Ministry of Agriculture, Du Zhenglun is a little dark-eyed, Sun Xiangfu expected that he would come to the house again to ask for advice, I don't want to, it is today.

"The wine in Sun Dudu's house is too strong, and the old man doesn't dare to eat more, but this song and dance show is the old man's favorite, since he has caught up, he will never miss it, you don't blame the old man for being abrupt."

The two were polite to each other, and Uncle De, who was more good at doing things, had already asked the family to set up a set of couches and coffee tables in the center of the living room, and the two of them happened to sit left and right, so that they could watch performances and talk about things.

"Is this the program that you are going to Weinan to perform for the workers in a few days?"

"Du Shangshu also knows about this?"

"That's natural, Your Majesty has issued an order to let the old man gradually take over the supervision of Weinan, and Ma Shilang has been appointed as the deputy envoy of the mission to the countries of the Western Regions."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu had such an expression, now Ma Zhou is Du Zhenglun's subordinate, it is estimated that Ma Zhou learned that he would be sent to the Western Regions soon, so he suggested that his boss Du Zhenglun come to visit him and ask some questions about the development and construction of Weinan.

And sending Ma Zhou to accompany the envoy is also a matter of no way, among the people on Li Shimin's hand, Ma Zhou has the highest understanding, in terms of political thought, he knows the intentions of him and Sun Xiangfu best, and he is young and strong. Of course, it would be more appropriate for Sun Xiangfu to go to the Western Regions by himself, but this trip may be more than two years, and he has too many internal things to deal with, so he can't take a break at all, so he has to go to Ma Zhou.

"In this case, Du Shangshu is only afraid that some will be busy in the future."

"It's a good thing to be busy, I'm afraid I don't know what I should be busy with, everything on Ma Zhou's side will be handed over to the old man, and until now, the old man doesn't know the Ministry of Commerce he is in charge of, what exactly should he do, can Sun Dudu tell the old man?"

Du Zhenglun is the Sui Dynasty's imperial examination of the show talent, after the Tang Dynasty, has been a local official, Zhenguan was recommended to Li Shimin by Wei Zheng in the first year, Li Shimin used him very easily, almost a year to promote a level, it can be seen that he is a capable minister who can do things, he can speak bluntly to Sun Xiangfu, which proves that he is a frank person, not a pedantic person with a good face.

"When it comes to what the Ministry of Commerce has to do, there are too many, but I am afraid that it is not less worrying than the Weinan construction site, first of all, it is the macroeconomic regulation and control of national commodities."

"Macro-control?"

This word is no longer understood by the ancients, so Sun Xiangfu can only tell him in the way that the ancients understood.

"The meaning of macro-control is that for the demand for all domestic commodities and output data, we must first have a general understanding of what we lack in Datang and what things are too much, so as to formulate rules according to actual demand, for example, I mean for example, our Datang's salted fish and bean paste is made too much, and the market can't digest it at all, so the Ministry of Commerce must find a way to export it to other countries, so that it will not be hoarded in the domestic market to depreciate, or because of unsalable, it will rot, deteriorate, and waste in vain.

For another example, Gaochangguo's Sanle pulp is too expensive to sell in our Datang, earning several times the profit, which makes my country's money outflow significantly, so we should prohibit domestic merchants from buying their Sanle pulp, and prevent them from arbitrarily dumping their original low-cost goods in our country.

Alternatively, they can also raise the cost of exporting their goods to Datang by imposing high tariffs, and I personally think that it is reasonable to impose at least 25 percent tariffs on Gaochang State. ”

"How to collect taxes, my Ministry of Commerce can also manage it?" Du Zhenglun said with some surprise.

Previously, Datang's taxes were all in charge of the household department, which was the power of the eldest grandson Wuji, who dared to touch it.

Sun Xiangfu nodded and replied, "Of course, although the Ministry of Commerce is not responsible for the specific collection of taxes, the rules for collecting taxes on goods still need to be determined by the Ministry of Commerce."

For example, a wine merchant in Gaochangguo sold me a bucket of three pulp for 10,000 yuan, but his cost was only 500 yuan, and he earned 9,500 yuan, and the imperial court could only collect more than 300 yuan in taxes according to the tax law of 30 taxes and 1.

And my Datang wine merchants, sell me ten jars of rice wine, the price is also 10,000 yuan, but the cost is 8,000 yuan, they only make 2,000 yuan, the imperial court still according to the 30 tax one, the Tang Dynasty wine merchant more than 300 yuan in taxes, this is obviously unreasonable! ”

Hearing this, Du Zhenglun, who was drinking the fine wine from the Sun Mansion, nodded and said, "It's really unreasonable." ”

Sun Xiangfu saw that he understood, so he continued to explain, "Therefore, the Ministry of Commerce also has a task, which is to figure out the cost, market price, and profit margin of all commodities circulating in the Datang market, and formulate reasonable taxes according to different commodities, different market prices, and different profit margins.

Moreover, after the implementation of the citizen system, there is no distinction between merchants, peasant households, and industrial households, so in order to manage merchants well and ensure the tax revenue of the imperial court, the Ministry of Commerce should also conduct qualification examinations for each merchant, issue business licenses, conduct random inspections on commodity safety from time to time, and do some behavioral management, not allowing them to defraud customers and disrupt the business environment of Datang. ”

When Sun Xiangfu said this, the artist team led by Yao Hongsleeve and Li Xiangdie had already arrived, lined up, arranged the performance instruments, and cast an inquiring look at Sun Xiangfu.

Sun Xiangfu waved his hand and signaled that they could start, in fact, he didn't know whether these things he told Du Zhenglun were suitable in ancient times, perhaps, when they continued to implement it, the grassroots officials would take this opportunity to exploit the businessmen.

Even in later generations, a business license is not so easy to do, if you have a lot of requirements for small businesses in this period, it is estimated that most small shops will not be able to open, first of all, you can not ask for a food hygiene license.

After the prelude to the music played, Sun Xiangfu no longer bothered about this problem, and he and Du Zhenglun listened to the music attentively.

"A big river, wide waves.

The wind blows the rice flowers, fragrant on both sides.

My home is right here, living on the shore.

I'm used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the ship······"

The singers' singing voices are very beautiful, especially after entering Yao Hongsleeve's solo part, even Sun Xiangfu had to give her a thumbs up, after a few years of singing, these people's singing skills have grown a lot, and they are not even weaker than some professional singers in later generations.

Because there were outsiders in the living room, Yu Xiu'er, who was holding the child, listened to the song at the railing of the living room on the second floor, and her son Sun Lele in her arms seemed to be very interested in these sounds, and his eyes were rolling from side to side, as if he was looking for a place where the sound came from.

After the song, Du Zhenglun applauded louder than Sun Xiangfu, no wonder he was a person who could mix with Li Chengqian in history, it turned out to be a good mouthful, but I don't know how much he remembered what Sun Xiangfu just said.