After examining the courtiers who were still attacking him, Luo Yan said to Li Shimin: "The so-called competition with the people for profit must also be profitable. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Luo Yan owes a lot of money for this, and he also pushes the price of books to a profitable state, which is already the ultimate I can do. ”

Speaking of this, the corners of Luo Yan's mouth crooked: "Where is it like some people, when I asked Guanguan to help me print two books, I dared to ask me for a thousand yuan just for money." Hehe, compared to my little fight, some people are really competing with the people. ”

Li Shimin originally just wanted Luo Yan to officially put this matter on the table, but now he is secretly happy when he sees those beam-jumping clowns being cleaned up by Luo Yan one by one.

In any case, he has already taken the lion's share of the matter of printing, and it is actually Datang who benefits in the end.

So at this time, Li Shimin was very satisfied with this result.

However, he had not seen this printing himself, only the finished product that had been bound. So at this time, there are also a lot of questions, and I want to take this opportunity to ask Luo Yan clearly.

"Luo Yan, the improved printing technique you mentioned can really bring the cost so low? I've seen the books you have come in, and they are much better than the ones that are bought and sold in the market today. ”

"Your Majesty, the original intention of doing this was a last resort. It cost a lot of money at the beginning, but now it seems that at the current price of the book, it will pay for itself in a few decades. Luo Yan's body shone at this time: "Originally, I was just thinking about engrave a set of manuscripts from my teacher." But then I thought about it, since I could do it, it was better to directly reduce the current high price of books. Scholars in the world have books to read, and Luo Yan can't help such a temptation. ”

Luo Yan did not shy away from the suspicion that he was buying a name.

Li Shimin was relieved this time. Although Luo Yan said that it would take decades to return to his capital, money is only one aspect. A large number of printed books can not only cultivate more scholars from poor families for the Tang Dynasty, so as to break the knowledge monopoly of the old scholars since the Wei and Jin dynasties, but also establish a class contradiction, and he, the emperor, can also breathe a sigh of relief.

"In that case, then I will not pursue this matter. What Mo Xiangju did was a good thing for the benefit of the world's scholars. In the past, Confucius criticized his disciples for buying prisoners and returning them to the state of Lu without accepting thanks, and I will follow suit today. There can be no more objections to this matter, otherwise who else will be willing to work for the well-being of Datang like this in the future? ”

Li Shimin wants to give Luo Yan's actions a final conclusion.

At the beginning, Confucius's students bought prisoners of war from other countries and returned them to Lu, and Lu Xiang wanted to return the money to him, but he refused. Confucius criticized his disciples, saying that by doing so, they cut off the way for anyone to do such good deeds in the future.

Li Shimin used this allusion to speak for Luo Yan, which was to completely cut off the fact that these courtiers took the opportunity to attack Luo Yan. In the future, if anyone dares to talk about this, then everyone in Shilin will accuse him of being unkind.

Li Daoyan and the others listened to Li Shimin's words and knew that this time Li Shimin was really determined to protect Luo Yan. At the same time, he also began to worry deeply about his own industry.

When it comes to running the industries under their name, there is not even a single competitive advantage at all. The price is outrageously high, the quality is not good, and the service attitude is not comparable. Together, it's a good thing to close the door.

originally wanted to get it back from the officialdom, but who would have thought that this time he would lose again.

Luo Yan didn't care how depressed they were at this time. Taking advantage of Li Shimin's good mood at this moment, he still wants to continue to ask for benefits.

"Your Majesty, Wei Chen thought, after all, Mo Xiangju is run for all scholars in the world to have books to read. In the future, it will definitely be necessary to lay storefronts in all major states and counties in the world, but the tax laws are different in various places, and I am afraid that the local officials will make it difficult, so Weichen is brave and wants to ask His Majesty for benefits. ”

Since he was in the court after all, Luo Yan stretched out his hand to Li Shimin this time, and pretended to be polite.

Li Shimin couldn't help but feel proud, Luo Yan, this kid used to ask for benefits, how arrogant he was, and he had never been polite to himself at all. This time, I also know that I can save some face for myself, yes, the young man has made a lot of progress, and it is better to educate Changle.

So he grinned, "Well, what you're saying is indeed a problem. But I don't know, what do you want from me? "The government and the opposition all know that Luo Yan has asked Li Shimin for benefits several times before, and each time, whether it is the inner treasury or the government treasury, he has received huge benefits.

Although Luo Yan's approach was a bit rude, the courtiers still selectively turned a blind eye. can be happy for everyone, why stand up again to disturb Li Shimin's interest.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is thinking that no matter how many stores Moxiangju opens in the future, forty percent of the transaction volume will be handed over to the treasury as Moxiangju's taxes. Since then, whether it is the court or the locality, Moxiang is not allowed to pay additional taxes. ”

Forty percent is an extremely frightening number. But Luo Yan knew it in his heart, and if he integrated all the current taxes, it was almost forty percent of Moxiangju's turnover. Moreover, there are more problems caused by scattered tax payments, and the interpersonal exchanges in the middle may even consume one percent.

In this way, it is more advantageous to calculate it directly.

Li Shimin was silent. The officials were also silent.

Judging from the current popularity of Mo Xiangju, if it can really be like Luo Yan's plan in the future, it will definitely develop into a behemoth. Even a centimeter of the tax here is quite terrible, and it is not something that can be determined by a sentence or two.

Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, as well as the eldest grandson Wuji and Wen Yanbo.

These people are in charge of the three provinces and six ministries, especially the eldest grandson Wuji, who is now also the secretary of the household department, and he knows all kinds of taxes best.

And these people are also thinking about it in their hearts at this time. Luo Yan dared to come up with 20% of the transaction amount, whether Datang would suffer a loss in the end.

Such a calculation could not come out all at once, and after being silent for a long time, the eldest grandson Wuji stood up and told Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, according to the existing tax law of the Tang Dynasty, if Chengguo Gong has the ability to set up a book printing workshop in each way, I am afraid that the tax will be about three percent of its transaction volume at that time." ”

Commerce is heavily taxed, but businessmen naturally have ways to evade taxes. If Luo Yan unites with other nobles and gives away these benefits at that time, it will really be fattening the nobles and making the Tang Dynasty poor.

Li Shimin nodded, he also knew that today's commercial tax was still in the era of twenty taxes and one tax, plus miscellaneous things, and it might even be a little less than what Eldest Sun Wuji said. Therefore, the method proposed by Luo Yan is not impossible.

"Luo Yan, I can promise you this matter. But you have to explain to me why you have to give more of these three points. Don't explain the reasons so openly, you know that you have never done anything to suffer. ”

Since Li Shimin agreed, Luo Yan naturally would not have anything to hide. Although it was really embarrassing to be said by Li Shimin, he didn't have anything to say to outsiders, so he simply said what he thought openly: "Your Majesty doesn't know anything. He doesn't necessarily pay taxes in this place as His Majesty thinks, as much as he wants. It is common for petty officials to deduct and officials to raise taxes. In short, it needs to be 10% of the money to deal with these people, and instead of fattening these moths, it is better to give more to the treasury. ”

Luo Yan was not polite at all to the greed of local officials, Li Shimin had sent a lot of envoys before, and he had heard a lot of such things. Being unveiled by Luo Yan in front of the courtiers like this, Li Shimin was a little angry. But what Luo Yan said is the truth, and lower-level officials are more difficult to govern.

"Alright, the patrol envoys I sent out will deal with this kind of thing one by one. Since you said forty percent, then forty percent. When the time comes, it will be good to settle in coins. ”

Luo Yan bowed, and then continued: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Weichen has another matter, I want to ask Your Majesty for a favor." ”

Li Shimin did the biggest thing, so at this time, Luo Yan said to do a favor, and Li Shimin didn't care: "Say, what do you want me to do?" ”

"Please also ask Your Majesty to write a pair of 'Mo Xiangju', and open a branch in Mo Xiangju in the future, so that you can get some of Your Majesty's light." When Luo Yan said this, his expression was as obscene as he was. When the courtiers heard this, some people immediately spoke out against it.

"Your Majesty, by all means." A great Confucian stood up and said: "Although what Chengguo Gong has done is a great thing for the Fuze scholars, and it is a great thing for the ages, if Your Majesty does this, he will treat Moxiangju as an imperial businessman." ”

"Yes, only the weapon and the name should not be given lightly."

Luo Yan heard a succession of objections. Because, the shop with the emperor's inscription can be called the imperial merchant. When you arrive at the local government, you have to take care of it, and in Chang'an, it is even more amazing, and you can even get a special guard to guard the shop.

What's more, with the influence of an emperor, the world's scholars are not crazy to buy books in Moxiangju? Then Moxiang Juke has completely become a monopoly industry.

Li Shimin was pondering. He had to think about this matter clearly, and he naturally understood Luo Yan's thoughts, didn't he just want to use his own name to make Mo Xiangju live a little more peacefully. After thinking about the forty percent tax that Luo Yan just said, and then thinking about the forty percent of the dry shares in his hand. Li Shimin gritted his teeth: "Okay, you don't have to wait anymore." I agreed. ”

The ministers were in an uproar. They didn't expect that Li Shimin would do this this time. Just as he was about to continue to oppose it, he heard Li Shimin say: "You only see some benefits, but you don't see the benefits that the world's scholars get because of this." There are too many trade-offs in this world, and not just because of some things on the surface. ”

After finishing speaking, he nodded to Luo Yan: "Tomorrow I will send someone to send you over." (To be continued.) )