Gao Ming's advice obviously made Lu Zhi see another new path, so he arched his hand towards Gao Ming.

"Collect money from the goods of the merchants, and at the same time use the collected money to replace the taxes of the farmers, so that the farmers can be more diligent in farming, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is high-minded, and the ministers admire!"

After speaking, Lu Zhi bowed to Li Shimin again, and then retreated to the position where he was standing, indicating that he had no objection.

Seeing Lu Zhi retreat, Gao Ming smiled and nodded at Shangguan Yi again.

"Lord Shangguan, the merchants are raising prices in order to get more benefits, as long as we stipulate in the Tang Law that what can raise the price and what cannot be raised, and the violators will be punished according to the crime of illegal operation, then the merchants will not dare to make trouble, as for the chaos ......"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming looked at the generals on the side, and then laughed.

"Hahahaha, Lord Shangguan, you are worried that the businessmen will be rich and make trouble, do you think that my generals in the Tang Dynasty are all eating for nothing?"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Shangguan Yi noticed that there were a few unkind eyes on the general's side, and his face suddenly changed.

"This official has no such thoughts."

After speaking, he also bowed his hand towards Gao Ming in the same way as Lu Zhi just now, and then bowed to Li Shimin, and then retreated.

Seeing that both of them had retreated, Gao Ming nodded with satisfaction this time.

"Actually, what you are worried about is reasonable, and I understand this, so I plan to establish Jinzhou as the first autonomous prefecture in the Tang Dynasty, and all new political measures will be used in Jinju first, and only then will it be expanded to other states and counties according to the gourd drawing scoop."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming nodded towards Lu Zhi, the head of the household department.

"At that time, the protection fee of Chang'an City will also be cancelled, and it will be officially changed to a commercial tax, and then it will be collected by the household department, what does Lord Lu think?"

In fact, when Lu Zhi finished reading the account book given to him by Gao Ming, he was already shocked by the amount of protection fees, and now he heard Gao Ming say that he would change the protection fees into commercial taxes and transfer them to the household department for collection, which was simply a political achievement for nothing, and he was so happy that he almost jumped.

So he hurriedly stood up, and then arched his hand towards Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very true, especially the commercial tax proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really wonderful, it is simply wonderful, in Weichen's opinion, even if it is taken over by the household department now, there is no problem!"

As soon as Lu Zhi's words fell, Li Shimin immediately laughed, but he didn't agree directly, but raised his chin towards Gao Ming.

"Everyone has heard Lu Aiqing's words, what does the prince think?"

Looking at Lu Zhi's impatient appearance, Gao Ming shook his head with a smile.

"There has to be a process, and there is no hurry, Lord Lu, what do you say?"

As he spoke, Gao Ming squeezed his eyes towards Lu Zhi, and when he saw Gao Ming's expression, Lu Zhi immediately understood, and began to think about it in his heart.

"It seems that we have to let Lu Zheng hurry up!"

Lu Zheng is the Guozi Siye who is ready to marry his daughter to Zhang Sizheng, and he is also the sister-in-law of Fanyang Lu's family, originally Lu Zhi was still a little opposed to this matter at the beginning, but now he feels that it is undoubtedly a very correct decision to join the prince.

"If His Royal Highness the Prince's plan succeeds, and the household department can receive the commercial tax of the entire Tang Dynasty, then this will undoubtedly be a huge amount, and at that time, the position of my household department Shangshu will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai, and it is not impossible to go further in a few years!"

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi's eyes suddenly showed a bit of excitement.

Gao Ming has been paying attention to Lu Zhi, so the change in his expression naturally can't escape Gao Ming's eyes, looking at Lu Zhi who was slightly excited, the corners of Gao Ming's mouth suddenly curled.

"Such a fragrant bait, I don't believe you don't swallow it!"

Lu Zhi did "swallow the bait", and after going down, he couldn't wait to stop Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, can you go to the Humble House for a drink, Weichen also wants to ask the prince for advice on this way of business taxation."

Facing Lu Zhi's invitation, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"Of course you can, Lord Lu, please!"

"Don't dare, it's better for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, please first!"

Saying that, Lu Zhi also bent down slightly towards Gao Ming, his attitude was very humble, seeing this scene, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"Lord Lu is polite, since this is the case, it is better for the prince to be respectful."

"As it should be!"

After saying that, the two looked at each other again, and then laughed, and walked towards the outside of the main hall while laughing.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ze immediately frowned, and then narrowed his eyes.

"This Lu Zhi is so close to the prince, it seems that the plot is not small!"

Thinking of this, Wang Ze looked at Lu Zhi with a faint unkindness, and then he didn't notice that in fact, the officials of the Zheng and Cui families who were standing not far from him were also looking at him with such eyes.

They don't know that their current attitude is exactly what Gao Ming expected.

The biggest family in the Tang Dynasty with five surnames and seven hopes, if they are united, Gao Ming will have nothing to do with them, but once they are suspicious of each other, or even tear each other down, then Gao Ming has a way, so the first thing Gao Ming has to do is to disintegrate them first.

Now, under the clever means, the work has finally achieved initial results, and the next morning, Li Shimin received an excerpt from Cui Lian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, impeaching the Wang officials.

For this matter, Li Shimin also specially called Gao Ming to the imperial study, and then handed him the fold.

"It's the first time, how did you do it?"

Looking at Li Shimin's interested eyes, Gao Ming suddenly smiled slightly, and then borrowed a sentence from the nineteenth-century British Prime Minister Palmerston.

"There are no eternal friends, only eternal interests."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the smile on Li Shimin's face was even worse.

"Well said, so what are you going to do next?"

Looking at Li Shimin with a smile on his face, Gao Ming shook his head.

"Do nothing, just wait and see!"

In Gao Ming's view, since there is a contradiction between these gate valves, then they will naturally find a way to solve this contradiction, either by making the other party pay a certain price, or by paying a certain price to the other party.

And Gao Ming's plan is just to make a move at the right time to make their contradictions more intense.

Li Shimin also understood what Gao Ming meant, so he also nodded.

"I understand what you mean, I will suppress all the excerpts of the impeachment between Zheng and Wang, what else do you want to say?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Li Shimin's heart suddenly tightened, he was worried that Gao Ming would say something to anger him, so he waved his hand at Gao Ming again.

"Forget it, I forgive you for not saying anything good, just go out if it's okay!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming immediately became angry.

"Old man, you look down on people too much, why can't I say anything good? Don't talk nonsense without evidence, I always thought you were the king at that time! ”

Seeing that Gao Ming even pulled out "Mingjun at that time", Li Shimin had no choice but to sigh.

"Okay, so tell me, what else do you want to say?"

Seeing that Li Shimin had retreated, Gao Ming showed a satisfied smile.

"Actually, I don't have anything to say, but there is a question, it is said that the old man you have a queen, four concubines, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one wives, adding up to a total of one hundred and twenty-two people, I just want to ask you, can your waist stand it?"

“……”

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Li Shimin's face suddenly turned black, and he slowly raised a finger to the door, but before he could speak, Gao Ming stretched out his slap to him.

"You don't need to say more, I know you want me to get out, bye!"

After speaking, Gao Ming walked out of the door of the imperial study as soon as he slipped away, and helped Li Shimin close the door, but Gao Ming had just closed the door of the imperial study when he heard the sound of porcelain breaking inside, so he shook his head helplessly.

"This emperor is moody!"

After speaking, Gao Ming shook his head and went back to the East Palace, and after returning to the East Palace, he immediately called Su Wan'er to the house.

"Wan'er, how much money do we have in our treasury now?"

Hearing Gao Ming ask about money, Su Wan'er immediately laughed.

"Coupled with the seven hundred guan money sent by Su Gan Chengji yesterday, now we have more than fourteen thousand guan money, is Your Highness planning to take it and return it to Lu Guogong?"

Gao Ming borrowed Cheng Biting Jin's money, and Su Wan'er also knew about it, so now when she heard Gao Ming ask about the money, she thought that Gao Ming was planning to use the money to pay off the debt.

But what she didn't expect was that Gao Ming shook his head with a smile at this time.

"I promised to repay Lu Guogong's debts after the autumn, and there are still a few months to go, I can use this money for myself, hehe!"

“……”

Although Su Wan'er didn't know what Gao Ming planned to do with the money, since Gao Ming said that it was useful, she immediately asked people to prepare all the money, and after she prepared the money, Gao Ming immediately asked people to move away 10,000 yuan.

Seeing that the warehouse was so empty all at once, although Su Wan'er didn't say it, the reluctance on her face couldn't be hidden, looking at her distressed expression, Gao Ming couldn't help but laugh dumbly.

"I didn't expect my crown princess to have the potential of an iron rooster!"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming directly gently wrapped around Su Wan'er's slender waist from behind, and then whispered in her ear: "Don't worry, soon this money will be multiplied several times in a short time." ”

Hearing Gao Ming say this, Su Wan'er smiled and nodded.

"The concubine believes in Lang Jun."

"That's good, let's have one!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming kissed Su Wan'er's face with a "chirp", and the palace maids around who heard this voice all lowered their heads and laughed, and Su Wan'er's face instantly turned red.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is playing tricks on the concubine again, and the concubine is ignoring you!"

As she spoke, she broke free from Gao Ming's embrace and ran away, looking at her fleeing figure, Gao Ming suddenly smiled and shrugged her shoulders.

"Dare to run, there is something today, I'll clean you up when I get back!"

After speaking, Gao Ming asked people to lift boxes of heavy copper coins, and then went out of the East Palace.

Three days later, on Suzaku Street, the most prosperous street in the south of Chang'an, there was an exceptionally luxuriously decorated attic, with six big characters written on it - Datang Royal Club.