Gao Junshan opened another rest cabin for Tian Wenju to live there alone, and sent him a nurse because he was too reactive to seasickness and often vomited.

The seasickness of Bailisha and Liu Hongru was much lighter, only a little dizzy, and later after the conditioning of the ship doctor, they gradually returned to normal.

When the fleet arrived at the port of Keelung, Taiwan, Gao Junshan wanted to send Tian Wenju to the island, Tian Wenju did not do it, he said that he would be with the emperor when he died, Gao Junshan had to let him and leave him on the battleship, anyway, there were many bunks on the ship, and there was no shortage of places for him to sleep.

After a short stay in Keelung Harbor, the fleet headed for Hong Kong, but did not dock in Hong Kong, and stayed in the open sea for two hours, waiting for Hong Kong's newly launched new warships to join the fleet.

When the fleet departed from Hong Kong, the fleet had already become a fleet of 50 or 60 warships, including nine new battleships of the Jinling class, and the fleet was like a snowball, and the further it went, the more warships joined the fleet, and the number of warships in this fleet would increase to 217 when it reached the Strait of Malacca.

After a month and a half of sailing, the fleet finally arrived in Singapore, under the care of the ship's doctor, Tian Wenju's seasickness has been alleviated a lot, and there is no more vomiting, Gao Junshan allowed him to move back to the "collective dormitory" to live, with Tian Wenju, the atmosphere of the "collective dormitory" is active again.

Gao Junshan's six wives in Shanghai called to say that they were tired of having fun in Shanghai, and that they were now on a luxury passenger liner from Shanghai to London, and that they were going to England to see the British queen, their eighth sister.

The luxury passenger ship that the ladies were on was a newly launched internal combustion engine passenger ship, and the six ladies were also fresh enough to board this luxury ship.

With the support of the British Parliament, the eighth sister sat on the throne of the throne, and after she came to power, she further accelerated the economic development of the United Kingdom, and promoted the establishment of British institutions of higher learning, advocating academic freedom, advocating compatibility, and opening up ideas.

It was in this environment that William Petty's book "On Taxation" was published in England, and the book was soon published in Chinese, and now the Chinese version of the book is on Gao Junshan's table.

Gao Junshan only learned about the book "On Taxation" through his daughter Eighth Sister, and she recommended this book to Gao Junshan, the purpose of which is to let Gao Junshan fully understand the British tax system and absorb its essence.

The book was first mailed from England to Singapore, and there are five copies of the book, one of which is in English, so that the original text can be easily accessed and that there may be no misunderstanding. When Gao Junshan passed through Singapore, the book was sent to the battleship.

He distributed the book to three old ministers to read, and he kept a copy for himself. In the past few days, all four of them have calmed down to read the book, which is written by William Petty, an Englishman, and he looked through the table of contents, and the general contents are as follows: 1. The expenditure, increase and countermeasures of public funds; 2. Obstacles to tax collection and collection methods; 3. Introduction and specific collection plans for interest, free ports and various taxes (customs duties, poll taxes, tithes, excise taxes, etc.); 4. Lotteries, donations, monopolies, fines, and other fundraising methods.

A few days later, Gao Junshan gathered all three old ministers together to discuss the issue of taxation, and the three old ministers had read through the book during this time.

Tian Wenju first expressed his views on taxation: "The book mentions that fair taxation, no matter how heavy the tax is, if the yamen can treat everyone equally and tax each person according to a reasonable proportion, then compared to anyone else, they will not bear the tax and reduce their wealth, the wealth relationship of the people will remain unchanged, and everyone will maintain their original status, dignity and identity." ”

Bailisha said: "The question is, what can be considered fair? For example, your Tian family, with a lot of wealth, donates half a street without blinking an eye, and paying taxes is even more a model for the people, because your family can afford it. And for the common people, the tax is too heavy, it will affect the quality of life, when your Tian family comes up with a hundred yuan, but also the people have to come up with so much money, is it unfair? ”

Liu Hongru said: "So there is a problem with this non-discrimination, and the rich should bear more tax obligations." ”

Tian Wenju argued: "You are taking this out of context, and there is a sentence at the end that taxes every common person according to a reasonable proportion. ”

Gao Junshan said: "It is necessary to pay more attention to taxes, and appropriately increase the taxes of the rich to remind them that only when the country is rich and strong can they have the opportunity to make money." If a businessman only thinks about making a profit and does not think about the interests of the country, such a businessman will inevitably become a profit-seeking black-hearted businessman, and will eventually become the enemy of the people. But, then again, we collect taxes to serve the Chinese people, and this includes law-abiding merchants. Therefore, we have set up a pension system and a medical system, which can ensure that the people of China can live a carefree and well-off life. ”

Tian Wenju praised: "The medical system is the emperor's initiative, and now the Chinese people are free of charge, which makes the health level of the Chinese people reach an unprecedented height!" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Comprehensively improving the education and health level of our Chinese people is what we should do. ”

"If the state levies too much tax, so that the amount of money circulating in the market is not enough to meet the needs of normal domestic commerce, then the immediate consequence is a reduction in the workload, and the emergence of this phenomenon will inevitably lead to a shortage of market money, which will lead to an increase in public expenditure." ”

Liu Hongru said: "As a result, the unemployment rate has also increased. ”

Gao Junshan said with a smile: "There is no unemployment rate in our country at present, we are in a stage of rapid development, and we can also deal with the shortage of currency, which is the purpose of my implementation of Huaxia currency." The key issue is to adjust our taxes, such as tithes, which is also mentioned in the book, 'As the burden of tithes has become heavier and heavier due to the increase in the number of incompetent clergy and the increase in the number of the population, and the general disopinion of the people, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to increase the love and respect of the people for the king.' This passage reminds me that it is time for us to reduce or reduce taxes in this area. ”

The three old ministers unanimously bowed to Gao Junshan: "The old ministers thank the emperor for his grace for the people, and the emperor's move benefits the people and the people with immeasurable merits!" ”

"Get up, all of you!" Gao Junshan waved his hand, "You mean that I was a cruel tyrant before?" ”