"Daxue, help me send this letter to Concubine Gao Shu, don't hide it to avoid suspicion from others, go with dignity. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info If you deliberately conceal it, that's what arouses the suspicion of others! Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan asked Dugu Daxue to send a letter to Concubine Gao Shu, who was Li Shimin's knife man Gao Huitong at that time, and was born in the Bohai Gao family. Originally, according to history, this Gao Huitong would die in the ninth year of Wude, but Shi Bufan helped her survive, and when Li Shimin became the emperor, she advanced to the first level and became a concubine. This concubine is one of the four concubines of the harem of the Tang Dynasty, and according to the rules, she is treated as a "positive product". The harem of the Tang Dynasty was also divided into grades, the queen and the emperor were beyond the grade, and the four concubines were the first grade, and the others also had corresponding grades. However, there are times when there are cases where the "master and servant" are upside down. For example, there are some low-level concubines who are only six, seven, or eight grades, and the grade is not enough for the female officials in the palace to have a high grade, but they are the queen's concubines, so there are many cases of "master and servant hanging upside down".

However, this Gao Huitong is not an ordinary person, she is a member of the Bohai Gao family, and her identity is not ordinary. Although most of them have been married to Li Shimin before, it does not affect her identity, especially in this era when remarriage is commonplace. And the Bohai Gao clan is terrible, and the current Gao Shilian is also a person from the Bohai Gao clan. Next, there is a future prime minister, Gao Jifu, who is also a person from Bohai Gao. Perhaps Gao Shilian and Gao Jifu are the first and second generation spokespersons of Bohai Gao in the imperial court, respectively.

As for Gao Huitong, he is actually the spokesperson of Bohai Gao in the harem of the Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin's four concubines were not randomly chosen, Wei Guifei is the spokesperson of the harem of the Guanlong Group, and Concubine Gao Shufei is the spokesperson of Bohai Gao, as for Concubine Yan, most of them have something to do with the military generals in Hebei, maybe it is because of balancing and reducing the role of the Guanlong Group that she has this position, and she also has her role. As for what Shi Bufan couldn't understand, that is, Concubine Yin, he couldn't see who was the spokesperson or what role it played for a while.

Therefore, Gao Huitong can directly become a concubine from a knife man, and it is the Bohai Gao clan behind her who is at work. However, Shi Bufan didn't mind sending some news to Li Shimin through her.

After about a few hours, Shi Bufan was summoned by Li Shimin.

"Tell me, what do you mean by asking Gao Huitong to give me this letter? Since you don't plan to send the news through Shangshu Province, it means that this news is very important, otherwise you won't let Gao Huitong send it. Li Shimin said.

Shi Bufan took the initiative to explain: "Your Majesty, I think this matter may become a big controversy, I want to discuss it with the emperor first, and don't go out public." This is actually about the collection of patent tax on people's inventions. I got the person who used the invention in Wannian County, and I must give the inventor a certain amount of compensation, and I hope that the imperial court can set up a corresponding system for this. In addition, 20% of the so-called royalties for the use of patented technology are taken as taxes for the use of patents. That is to say, if everyone gets a patent royalty of five yuan, it will also have to be handed over to the imperial court as a tax. “

"Of course, if the court collects taxes, it also has to do things, and if anyone dares not to pay, then they must be punished, and compensate for losses, and pay fines. And this patent tax is a good way to strengthen our Datang treasury, but it will not cause a backlash from the people. ”

Hearing about the strengthening of the Datang treasury, such a statement immediately made Li Shimin start to care. At present, Datang is most short of money, but he does not dare to loot the people. It would be best if you could make a lot of money without plundering the people. What the hell is this patent tax?

"Your Majesty, every household using that unity plough for this patent tax will have to pay an extra five dollars. And this five-run money can be paid off in twenty years, and the pressure on the people is not great. But at present, I have only made it myself, and I hope that the imperial court will recognize and expand it. The imperial court protects the people's right to invent and create, but they also have to pay 20% of the income to the imperial court, which is a condition for the imperial court to protect their interests. According to our estimates, we can get 3,000 yuan just from the current patent tax and the technology royalties obtained in Xianyang County. At present, in the Gyeonggi area alone, the patent tax that can be collected has reached more than 30,000 yuan. ”

"What's more than 30,000 yuan?" Li Shimin gasped.

This more than 30,000 guan money is not so simple, you must know that more than 30,000 guan money is enough to feed almost 10,000 troops for a year's military expenses in this era. The daily military expenditure of 10,000 troops for a year is only 30,000 yuan. This is only a dozen counties, even if the counties in the Gyeonggi region have a large population, but they have scavenged 30,000 yuan? Crazy, right?

"According to you, one-fifth, which means that the Gyeonggi region paid no less than 180,000 yuan to use this unity plow? Didn't they rebel? Li Shimin exclaimed.

However, Shi Bufan said: "Your Majesty, of course they can't afford it, and I didn't loot it once, I asked them to go to our Qin family bank for a loan, and then paid the money." In the end, it will be paid off in 20 years, so it is not too stressful. However, we can take 20% of the tax from this, so that it is more than 30,000 yuan. ”

"As for whether the people will rebel or not, that's not really a problem. Looting is also necessary to pay attention to the method, in the past, the imperial court looted, that was to use the method of taking it directly and without compensation, so they will definitely hate it. Now, although I have forced them to come up with this so-called technology royalty, they will not resist. Because they actually know very well that using this technology not only saves their energy for them, but can now be done in one day after ten days of work, so that the rest of the time can not be done otherwise? And food production has also increased dramatically, so that they can all get more wealth. In the long run, although it was paid in a short period of time, it was paid off in 20 years. And once the new unity plough and those techniques to increase production are used, it will bring more than a five-thousand-dollar benefit. ”

So at first, although the people didn't understand it, they still chose to accept it under my persecution. Because they actually know that in the long run, they are not at a loss. But if the court took their things without any compensation, then this would definitely be a rebellion. ”

Its Statistically Extraordinary promoted patents at that time, and that was by some means, even semi-coercive repression. Because it is not so easy to implement any policy. In particular, there is no patent in the minds of the people, and they think that since others can use it, can't they learn it according to themselves? Therefore, Shi Bufan had to adopt the method of executive order to force the people to come up with this patent royalty. Even in foreign countries, the promotion of patent policy is not instantaneous, and it is also the use of mandatory orders as a starting point, and finally this patent awareness is formed.

Otherwise, if you want the people to take the initiative to accept it, this is really difficult, and the persecution must be persecuted, otherwise the policy will not be implemented at all. However, those people are not stupid, they naturally calculated clearly, although they paid five times at a time, they paid it off in twenty years, and then they also used the unity plow to increase production and save time and effort, so that not to mention a five-thousand-dollar could not be exchanged. In the long run, in fact, they still make money, and even if they make a big profit, they can't say anything.

If the government forces them to take out their wealth without compensation, the people will naturally rebel. But this patent took away their wealth, and it was not for them to take it out all at once, but to pay it off in twenty years. In addition, it has a huge impact on the future increase of agricultural production, and they are naturally willing to take it out, because they know that this unity plough is actually beneficial to them.

It's like if you take five dollars out of thin air, maybe a lot of people will be angry. But if you take five dollars from you and let him get fifty dollars in the near future, that's the difference. If it's the latter, I'm afraid many people will take it out without any hesitation. And the former, everyone will be angry, because no one's money is blown by the wind, and whoever takes it out of thin air will be angry.

"So much money, do you have so much money? Do you have so much money to pay? Li Shimin frowned suddenly, because he heard that the Qin family had so much money, which made Li Shimin feel a little uneasy.

However, Shi Bufan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, in fact, it is not that the Qin family has too much money, but that I have adopted some means. Although I made the so-called loan, in fact, the money was not distributed to the people, and most of them were ordered by me to be deposited in the Qin family's bank. Is this just a change on the books, and the real money is not really moving? And I still plan to use this money in the future to re-educate the children of those who have obtained the so-called technology usage fees, and even when they purchase a large number of products, I will ask Qin's Money Bank to organize people to purchase, and we will also eat more of the difference. In this way, we can cut and consume those funds step by step, so that in fact it is only some changes on the books, but their money will be reduced by our Qin Money Village in the layers of expenses, so that we actually don't really have so much money in Qin Money Bank, just some small means of financial management. ”

"Of course, those who get the money to use this technology don't lose much because of it. Anyway, these are all windfalls, so they naturally don't dare to have any opinions! ”

Of course, Shi Bufan will not let this money flow into the people in large quantities, although he only gave it to those people in the accounts, but he will not allow them to take it out at one time, otherwise it will be a devastating blow to the Qin family, because the Qin family will not be able to take out so much money in theory. However, he used some financial management methods, and only moved the books in this way, so that in the end, he still left the money in the Qin family's bank, so that there was no real transfer, and sufficient reserves were ensured. This kind of financial management method is not difficult, even junior high school math can be done.

In addition, if those people want to buy any of the money in the future, they must also buy it through the Qin family's money, so that the layers of peeling off will gradually offset those capital risks. But it doesn't mean that the people are at a loss, because if there is no time to be extraordinary, how can they have this opportunity to exchange technology for wealth? Shi Bufan gave them this opportunity, otherwise their technology would be wasted, and they would not have a penny. If they were full and scolded the cook, then they would really be beaten to death. Shi Bufan passed on the risk to his Qin family's bank, and Shi Bufan took the capital risk for them, so if they didn't allow Shi Bufan to adopt the method of reducing risk, it would be really unreasonable.

Li Shimin rubbed his hands excitedly and said, "Okay, it's really good!" If such a so-called technology is promoted to the whole country in the future, won't the court be able to get a lot of funds? Moreover, the people will not rebound because of this, and will even be very happy to take it out? ”

"Yes, that's it." Shi Bufan replied.

Li Shimin excitedly shook the hand of no objection and said: "You are really the first holy hand of my Datang financial management, just a few times, you have created so much wealth out of thin air, it is amazing!" “

"Your Majesty, that's not the case, I didn't create wealth. I'm just spending my future wealth today, and this technology usage fee is actually future wealth, but I got it today through some means. Of course, after the use of this technology, the people's production of food production has increased a lot, and it is more labor-saving, so in fact, there will be more wealth in the future, and it is okay to spend some in advance, but better. Shi Bufan hurriedly explained.

"Hehehehe, it's good to be able to spend the money in the future today! It's better than some guys, who give the tax to their grandchildren and finally force the people to rebel! You can spend your future wealth today, but the people are willing to accept it, and this is your ability. Li Shimin said.

Shi Bufan was speechless, it turned out that Li Shimin did not value this technological invention, but this wealth! If there was no money, Li Shimin would not have paid attention to this technological invention. It is precisely because technological inventions can bring a lot of court taxes that he attaches so much importance to this invention. But how many ancient emperors attached importance to inventions? If there is no benefit, they will not do it. Counting on Li Shimin's attention to the invention is better to let him see that this invention can bring great wealth to the imperial court, and this is the most important thing. It is impossible to succeed in inventing without wealth. The point is to bring great economic benefits while inventing.

'Okay, I've agreed, and I'm going to levy this royalty. However, the imperial court also has to defend the patents for the so-called use of technology, and the imperial court will severely punish those who use it fraudulently. (To be continued.) )