According to Gao Ming's idea, no matter what it is, you either don't do it, and if you want to do it, you have to do it well.

Before, he didn't want to be the general of this Tiance, but now that he has become a general, he naturally has to take it well, so after the next dynasty, Gao Ming did not return to the East Palace, but went straight to the imperial study.

Li Shimin seemed to have known that he was coming, so he asked the palace maid to make tea and wait for him, and when he saw him come in, he nodded at him with a smile.

"Gao Ming is here, sit down!"

"Hey!"

Gao Ming was not polite, he agreed and sat down, and then picked up the teacup and drank it, seeing his drinking method, Li Shimin suddenly shook his head helplessly.

"Gao Ming, are you here to tell me about the re-establishment of the Tiance Army this time?"

"Tiance Army?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming was stunned at first, but he quickly reacted, and then shook his head at Li Shimin

"It's not the Tiance Army, I already have a hundred cavalry guards, I don't need the Tiance Army, and it's not just the Tiance Army, except for the official position of Admiral Tiance, I don't plan to use all the official positions of the Tiance Mansion originally."

"Why?"

"Trouble!"

“……”

Hearing Gao Ming's answer, Li Shimin suddenly showed a helpless face.

"I knew you would say that, well, since you're not here to talk about the Tiance Mansion, then why did you come to me?"

"For the sake of the old man!"

"Old pawn?"

Looking at Li Shimin's surprised look, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"Yes, it's the old pawn, from the Tang uprising against the Sui, to the defeat of Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, and the domination of the country, how many soldiers and soldiers were shrouded in horse leather, and died on the battlefield, the deceased are gone, but we can't treat them badly if we are alive."

Li Shimin likes Gao Ming's use of "rebel division" to describe his rebellion, so he is in a very good mood at the moment, and after hearing Gao Ming's words, he immediately smiled and nodded.

"Well, that's a good point, so you're going to do that?"

"Make it up to them!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming slowly put away his smile and showed a serious face.

"From Taiyuan to the soldiers who participated in the first battle of destroying Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande, each veteran will be given a subsidy of 150 yuan per month, and if they are disabled in the war, they will be given an additional 50 yuan per month to ensure their livelihood."

The prices of Datang are basically stable now, especially after Gao Ming established the Datang Royal Business Alliance, with their regulation, the prices of daily necessities such as grain and cloth have been reduced.

Nowadays, in Chang'an and Jingzhao Mansion, the price of a bucket of grain is only five yuan, and the average family of three, if you are more frugal, one hundred and fifty yuan a month is enough to live.

These high-ranking people have been specially investigated, so he thinks that giving these veterans 150 to 200 wen per month is a completely acceptable figure.

However, after Li Shimin heard his words, he frowned.

"My Li family started from Taiyuan, and there were tens of thousands of soldiers recruited, and when Wang Shichong and Dou Jiande were defeated, the number of troops was nearly more than 100,000, if everyone had to give so much money, it would take about 200,000 yuan a year, which is not a small amount."

Li Shimin's implication was that he was unwilling to give, and Gao Ming also heard it, so he immediately laughed.

"It's okay, in the future, I will take out 300,000 yuan from Jinzhou's treasury every year to subsidize these veterans in the name of Tiance Mansion, and this is the first step, and in the future, those who have participated in the extermination of the Turks can also get subsidies, but it will be a little less."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I understand what you mean, once these old soldiers get the money, then when I attack Goguryeo in the future, the soldiers will definitely be more courageous, well, this method is really good, with 300,000 guan can boost morale, although it is a bit wasteful, but if you can destroy Goguryeo, it will be worth it!"

"Uh......"

Li Shimin has always been a person with a strong purpose, he prefers to think about problems from a utilitarian point of view, after listening to his words, Gao Ming suddenly cried and laughed.

"What you said is indeed a benefit, but I don't just plan to give it for a year, I plan to use this war subsidy as a permanent military benefit, if I want to be strong forever, I have to be kind to the soldiers."

"Huh?"

Hearing Gao Ming say that he would always give this money, Li Shimin's brows suddenly wrinkled.

"Give every year? Where did you get the money? Don't forget that you owe me a million! ”

“……”

Looking at Li Shimin's expression of "I am a creditor", Gao Ming suddenly sighed helplessly.

"Alas...... You can rest assured, I haven't touched the money of the Tang Royal Club at all, Jinju's finance is enough to bear this expense, I owe you one million yuan, I won't have to give it to you at the end of the year, I will give it to you during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

"Oh?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin suddenly blinked with some curiosity.

"Now Jinju doesn't say that it has completely exempted farmers from paying taxes? Where did the money come from? ”

"Business tax!"

"Business tax?"

Seeing Li Shimin's surprised look, Gao Ming couldn't help but smile and nodded.

"Yes, it's the commercial tax, Jinzhou is located in the middle of Taiyuan, Luoyang and Jingzhaofu, the commercial location is very good, as long as it is a shop in Jinzhou, the tax is paid every month according to the number of transactions they make, I remember that it seems to have collected 180,000 yuan last month, and it should be more this month."

Hearing Gao Ming's figure, Li Shimin gasped again.

"Hiss......"

180,000 guan a month, which is more than 2 million guan a year, which is almost Datang's financial income last year, so Li Shimin was also shocked.

"There are so many business taxes?"

Looking at Li Shimin's surprised look, Gao Ming smiled and nodded again.

"The transaction tax is only a type of business tax, and in addition to this, there is also personal income tax, such as officials and businessmen in Jinju, who also have to pay personal income tax every month according to their income."

Speaking of this, Gao Ming saw Li Shimin frown again, and he immediately explained to Li Shimin.

"For example, Li Goudan, as the assassin of Jinzhou, pays five yuan every month, and Jinzhou's personal income tax is levied on three yuan, and every extra 100 yuan of money has to be paid 15 yuan, so Li Goudan has to pay 300 yuan of personal income tax every month."

Hearing Gao Ming's explanation, Li Shimin immediately understood, and he immediately nodded.

"I see, but it shouldn't be much, right?"

"Yes, the personal income tax collected by Jinju now is less than 100,000 yuan a month, which is only half of the transaction tax, and I am afraid that it will not be much improved for a long time, so it can only be regarded as a small amount of money."

"Uh......"

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Li Shimin was obviously stunned again.

At first, Li Shimin thought that the personal income tax was not much, but Gao Ming made him dumbfounded as soon as he opened his mouth.

Less than 100,000? Money?

This is nearly 100,000 guan, 1 million guan a year, enough for him to build a cavalry corps of 100,000 people, is this still a small amount of money?

Li Shimin calculated that the two taxes in Gao Ming's mouth just now have a fiscal revenue of 3 million a year, that is to say, a small place like Jinzhou alone has a year's revenue that exceeds the treasury income of the entire Tang Dynasty.

As the saying goes, there is no harm if there is no comparison, seeing that Gao Ming has made Jinju prosperous, not to mention anything else, the tax revenue alone can have 3 million guan a year, compared with him, the household department can only collect more than 2 million guan of tax every year, which is simply a waste.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin was suddenly full of resentment towards the household officials.

"Gao Ming, in a few days, I will send a few officials from the household department to Jinju, and you can teach these wine bags and rice bags how to collect taxes."

"Uh......"

Hearing Li Shimin say that the officials of the household department were wine bags and rice bags, Gao Ming was suddenly a little dumbfounded, but he couldn't explain it to Li Shimin, so he could only nod in agreement.

"Okay!"

Seeing that Gao Ming agreed so happily, Li Shimin's face also improved slightly.

"Okay, since Jinju can indeed afford these old soldiers, then do as you say, and I will give you a holy decree."

As he spoke, Li Shimin waved his pen and wrote down a holy decree with a "swish", and then handed it to Gao Ming.

"Here, I'll leave this matter to you, and you can just look at it when the time comes."

"Hey, hey, good!"

Gao Ming smiled and took the holy decree at the same time, and he didn't open it to look at it, and put it in his arms.

Looking at Gao Ming's action, Li Shimin immediately shook his head with a smile.

"You...... By the way, if you encounter someone who drinks the blood of a soldier, you don't need to ask me for advice, just kill it. ”

In Li Shimin's view, since Gao Ming's subsidy is given every year, there will definitely be people who make up his mind on this, so he gave Gao Ming a privilege in advance.

And after Gao Ming heard Li Shimin's words, a smile also appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, I have 20,000 cavalry guards under my hands, and I will let them be responsible for this money, and there will be no deduction of military salaries."

"Well, that's good!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin nodded suddenly, and then picked up the tea cup in front of him, brought it to his lips and took a sip.

Seeing Li Shimin's action, Gao Ming immediately understood that he was driving people away, so he immediately stood up.

"Old man, those household officials sent to Jinju to learn tax collection, you can give me the list after you have decided, and I will go back if it's okay."

"Well, go ahead!"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming bowed to him, and then turned to leave, and when he walked to the door, he suddenly heard Li Shimin's voice behind him.

"Gao Ming, in a few days it will be a rest, what kind of rugby league of yours is scheduled for this day, and then I will let all the civil and military officials pass."

"Huh?"

Hearing Li Shimin's sudden words, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted, and a bright smile appeared on his face.

"Okay, you have what you say!"

After saying that, he gave Li Shimin a thumbs up before turning around and leaving.

Seeing Gao Ming's back, Li Shimin's face also showed a smile.

"This kid ......"