Bright spring, sprinkled all over the Tang Dynasty, in front of a big mansion, a fast horse against the gate, galloping rapidly, immediately the knight dressed in light cyan clothes, with a fiery red cloak, in the spring sun, flying cloak like a fire, a red cloud. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

There were a few guards at the gate of the mansion, and they were shocked when they saw the fast horses galloping towards them, is this a place where they can trespass at will? The sergeant guarding the gate reacted quickly and immediately lined up, although there were only three people, but they moved quickly and had a momentum like a rainbow, and they were not afraid of the galloping horse at all. The tip of the Mo knife was erected, aimed at the galloping horse, ready to use his life to block the comers.

But at this moment, the door behind him was wide open, and the butler ran out, shouting, 'Get out of the way, get out of the way.' ’

'This? The squad leader hesitated, but was kicked in the hip by the butler, so he had to take two soldiers and get out of the way, and the butler hurriedly dodged away, and the red cloud rushed into the gate.

'Steward Wang, what is this?' The captain asked, one is curiosity, one is duty, the unknown person, he hastily let it go, if something happens, he didn't know, he asked three things, pushed it to the housekeeper, the housekeeper didn't recognize it, he fell down, not to mention, this housekeeper is still a distant relative of the head of the family. Something happened, and he was the one who fell the most.

'New? The butler glanced at him, and the squad leader said, "Yes." Seeing his stupid appearance, the housekeeper didn't bother to continue to show his majesty, and only said, "If you see such a person rushing in the future, get out of the way." After speaking, he didn't look back and entered the gate, leaving the confused team leader.

'Uncle Zhang is really not good?' The woman in red clothes in Tsing Yi grabbed a subordinate, asked a few words, and rushed directly into a lobby, and asked this sentence.

In the lobby, many scribes are walking around, hearing the voice all look up, many people just glance at it, they recognize the person, and then quickly have to deal with the official business in their hands, some take it out, some put it on the table, and then put the colleagues who are confused and don't know the situation, and pull them out, in an instant, there is only a man left in the hall, the main seat has an elegant face, but the figure is straight, and it can be seen that he is a man who is both civil and military.

The man raised his head, with a helpless look and a hint of pampering, just listening to the footsteps he knew who it was, and there was no one else who could break into the inner hall like this.

'Little sister, you can come back, just go home for the New Year, it's been a few months, if I don't let people know you, your Uncle Zhang is dying, and he is reluctant to go home now. Judging from the physiognomy, the two are quite alike, it turned out to be brother and sister, no wonder those scribes just now, the people who recognized it, they all quickly quit, housework, outsiders had better talk less.

It's only been a few months. Uncle Zhang is really not good? The woman ignored her brother and continued to ask, "Yes, the year before last, my body was not good, and I almost didn't get through, although I was sent by the Son of Heaven to be healed, but Fengyu also said that this Uncle Zhang is counting days." ’

Then I'll go see him. As soon as the woman turned around, she was about to rush out, but the man hurriedly stopped him, "Bring more guards." ''No, look at the one who doesn't open his eyes, you are dead, and you hit me with a slingshot.'' See how I fix you. ’

'Didn't you miss it?' As soon as she rushed out of the door, the woman was halfway through her words, and she raised her sword and sent a stone that was coming straight at her into the air. She immediately fixed her eyes on a figure trying to escape, and although she didn't see it clearly, she knew who it was.

'Ding'er, let me in. The man also knew who it was, but he didn't even look at it, so he roared angrily, don't look at him like a scribe, that voice is not small.

The young man who hit someone with a slingshot, when he heard this sound, immediately froze, and he didn't dare to run away, and was obediently pinched by the woman's ears and led into the lobby, but it was one thing not to dare to escape, and it was another thing to beg for mercy, and while walking, he pretended to be pitiful, 'Auntie, didn't you hit it?' Auntie is good at martial arts, I'll play with you, light, my ears are about to break. ’

He bared his teeth and walked in, and then under his father's glare, he was obediently silent, and his father shook his head for a while, "Ding'er, my father has repeatedly warned you that you like hunting, you can go hunting outside the city, don't hit people with a slingshot." ''There is no pleasure in hunting?'' Not in the slightest remorse at reprimand, the young man muttered in a low voice.

Besides, you even beat your aunt, is there a little routine. As soon as he slapped the table, his father glared at him, and he was called a young man, before he apologized in a low voice, "Leave your slingshot and go out." "No, grandpa, I finally made this slingshot." Ding's wail, and finally his voice became quieter and quieter, rubbing his ears, which had finally escaped, and went out.

'Brother, Ding'er's habit, why can't he change it, it's too annoying, if your foundation is handed over to him, sooner or later he will be defeated. The woman shook her head, her nephew, this habit is too annoying, but she has repeatedly dissuaded her, punished and punished, and scolded, but she just didn't change.

With that, she turned her head and left, even if she was a blood relative, after all, she was not her son, and it would be annoying to worry too much, 'You, get married early.' The woman's feet slipped and she stomped hatefully, "I have my own opinions." I won't marry that person, you don't care about Ding'er, sooner or later, like that person, his family's foundation will definitely be worshiped by that loser. ’

After that, he didn't have to go back, leaving his brother alone, smiling bitterly, this little sister is not young anymore, but she doesn't get married, she runs out all day long, and she is completely spoiled.

My father was very happy to have a son in his old age, and he spoiled her to heaven. He also had nothing to do with her, although her father died early, she also watched her grow up since she was a child, saying that she was a sister, almost the same as a daughter. originally wanted to promise her to the son of the Zhang family, but who would have thought that when she heard about it, she immediately fought with her sword and walked away.

Not to mention this episode, Li Chen continued to give lessons to several prime ministers, gave a lesson on economics, and told them that it was important to spend money.

In the fourth year of junior high school, although the summer tax has not yet been collected, this year's summer tax can be estimated. A feature of this year, Li Chen asked the household department to start formulating a budget.

In fact, every year, you can calculate how much money you receive, anyway, it's almost every year, if you want to say change, it's getting less and less. There has been a change in the past two years, that is, the commercial tax has increased. However, it is still possible to estimate an approximation.

What are the estimates? The main major ones are the salt tax, the wine tax, and the tea tax, which can be calculated according to the pattern of previous years. In addition, there are small amounts of annual shelf tax, carriage and horse tax, and so on. According to this estimate, this year's tax revenue can reach 20 million yuan.

20 million yuan, a very remarkable number, Li Chen's tax reform for several years, finally ushered in a bumper harvest. The first is the salt tax, which is expected to collect 7 million this year, which is 5 million more than before.

The reform of the salt works has an effect. Twelve sea salt farms, from the original boiling salt, to dry salt, the output increased several times, Li Chen changed the previous salt law, no longer partitioned, restored Liu Yan's old system, the salt field opened to sell salt, the amount is large and cheap, all of a sudden, the tax revenue increased greatly, because of the reform of the salt production method relationship, the income is even more than Liu Yan's period.

Not only has the income increased, but the cost has also decreased, and the officials who used to have to be responsible for investigating and seizing smuggled salt can be eliminated. Because the private salt is really not available, the private salt does not dare to take the official road, and the purchase and sale is not much, it is really not comparable to those who seek formal channels, buy a large number of salt to obtain a lower price, and rely on convenient transportation to obtain a lower cost of salt.

Moreover, it is open to selling salt, and anyone can buy and sell it, and the price is really not high. As a result, those who sold smuggled salt all changed careers and became serious businessmen.

In addition, the liquor tax has also increased quite a bit. Originally, the investigation of smuggled salt was changed, but the investigation of illicit wine was changed, which improved the situation of illicit brewing and illegal sale a lot. This year, the liquor tax is expected to increase by another 1 million guan to 3 million guan.

Finally, there is the tea tax, which has been rectified by Fiji, in addition to strict regulations to prevent officials from doing their own thing, and a large number of tea farms have been reformed. Learn from the salt farm, and change it to the official purchase. The government buys all the tea and then sells it to merchants.

First of all, estimate the annual output of a tea mountain, stipulate the amount of redemption this year, and if it exceeds, the tea farmers can sell it privately. This is to encourage tea farmers to produce more. Li Chen also took advantage of the tea reform to promote the method that tea can be harvested for four seasons a year, so that the tea production increased greatly, not only the income of tea professional monopoly increased, but the price was also much cheaper. This year's tax audit is estimated to reach 3 million, an increase of 2 million.

Not only that, there is still room for further improvement in the tea tax, and the tea production in the Tang Dynasty is prosperous, far better than the previous dynasty, but it is better to get the Song and Ming dynasties in the future, because there are some tea-producing areas that have not yet been developed. Li Chen is also gradually exploring more tea producing land, and the tea tax is expected to increase a lot in the future.

The others also have some sparkling total taxes, so that the estimated total tax amount can rise to 20 million this year. This makes this year's finances much more abundant, not only do not need subsidies from the inner treasury, but there is also a large amount of surplus, which makes several prime ministers very happy.

But the problem comes, the prime ministers, no matter who they are, want to keep this tax as a preparation, but how could Li Chen let this kind of thing happen, he must teach the prime ministers a lesson.

'Money, in the warehouse, is nothing, just a pile of metal, and the same goes for grain and cloth. If it doesn't circulate, it will break and rot. Only when you spend it will you generate income. This is placed in the warehouse, which will only cause losses and will not generate any profits. ’

What the sage said is true, but what should be done in the event of a natural or man-made disaster? ''It's very simple, now that the standing position system has been restored, where there is a famine and disaster relief is needed, it is withdrawn from the standing position. ’

The court only needed to prepare some money and food for emergencies. As for the occurrence of war, find a bank to borrow. Regarding the problems of several prime ministers, Li Chen has already had a corresponding way to find a bank to borrow.

'Looking for a bank to borrow? Hearing this, several prime ministers shook their heads one after another, how could it be reasonable for the imperial court to borrow money from a cabinet shop. Too undignified for the court.

'Why, can't you find a bank?' It's similar to a general loan, it also needs a mortgage, and the bank has so much money, just for the imperial court to dispatch. ’

It's not about borrowing and not repaying, but also paying interest on the loan. I want to make a charter, the court can ask the bank to borrow, but other taxes must be used as collateral, if the court does not pay, the bank has the right to withhold that part of the tax as a debt. Make sure the bank doesn't go unpaid. ’

'The dignity of the court? If there had been such a bank in the Anshi Rebellion, even if it would be more difficult in the future, those thieves would have been wiped out long ago. Although Tibet continued to rebel and coerce the dynasty, if the court had money, it would be afraid of fighting on both sides. If the three towns of Hebei are leveled in one fell swoop, the rebels and rebels in the world will be frightened, and they will not be lucky. The dynasty has long been restored, how can there be a miserable situation where the rivers are declining day by day. ”

If there was a large amount of money borrowed at the beginning, it should be paid off in full now, what the court has gained is a complete Tang Dynasty and the dignity of the court? Although the situation is still good now, the local festival envoys often do their own thing, rebel impermanence, and sooner or later they will become disobedient. Sooner or later, the dignity of the imperial court will be trampled on by these feudal towns. Li Chen sneered and thought, if there was a bank in the Anshi Rebellion, maybe I wouldn't have to work so hard, how good it would be to be a Taiping Emperor with peace of mind.

Li Chen talked for a long time, and he was also thirsty, so he stopped to drink water and waited for these prime ministers to digest it. And a few prime ministers, don't look at the age, in fact, the thinking is also quite lively, speaking of which, this is also not as good as Confucianism, at least these ministers will not cling to their ancestors and know the law irreversibly. For reform, the resistance was not as great as in the Song Dynasty.

Speaking of which, this ancestral law cannot be changed, it seems that there are good and bad, if it is good, keep this belief, and continue to maintain it, it is not bad. It's just that this kind of unchanged seems to have played a bad role in Chinese history.

Good things are often difficult to maintain, and in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang set up an iron card that eunuchs were not allowed to interfere in politics. As a result, many eunuchs later misled the country. Then the ban on the sea and the non-payment of taxes caused the court to be miserable. Isn't it caused by the ban on the sea? The gentry did not pay taxes, and there were low commercial taxes, which made them unscrupulous to devour the country's financial resources, Chongzhen asked the Beijing officials to donate salaries, and everyone cried poor, as a result, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, and tens of millions of taels were recovered for the stolen goods. When Chongzhen had this money, he would have calmed the world a long time ago.

Li Chen thought about it casually for a while, and several prime ministers also discussed the result, money can be borrowed, but it needs a strict city, if you don't repay the loan, not only the bank will collapse, but the court's credit will also be lost, that is the real loss of face and dignity.

Since the money can be used, it is now a matter of discussing how to use it. First of all, several large water conservancy projects have to be built. The Guanzhong region should be reorganized, and the focus will be on the Jiangnan region, where some large-scale water conservancy projects are planned to be developed.

In addition, the most important thing is Longxi, the imperial court wants to restore the governance of Longxi, first of all, it is necessary to build roads, and it is planned to extend Li Chen's kind of railcar to the area of Longxi, and the farthest to the original four towns of Anxi, which requires a lot of money.

After counting for a long time, Li Chen sighed, this money is still not enough. Many of the plans he had in mind hadn't been launched yet. The most important thing is to study, and the progress is seriously delayed, and it seems that there is still a subsidy from the inner treasury. (To be continued.) )