The meals are simple, yet fresh. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoSimple soy milk, pancakes, fried dough sticks, and some side dishes. Generally speaking, these are breakfasts, and those officials dare not eat or drink too much in the morning, in case they have to go to the latrine, it will be troublesome, so their stomachs are already empty.

Soy milk with fried dough sticks is a common breakfast in Taiwan. Because it will be very filling, fast and convenient to eat. For the people of the Tang Dynasty, the baked cake was similar to the Hu cake, but the fried fritters were very novel. There weren't many fried things in the Tang Dynasty, and fried foods like this with baked cakes were very fresh to many officials.

However, because it is fresh, it is easy to get into trouble. Eat baked cakes to get rid of sesame seeds, which is often obtained, in addition to sesame seeds, it is also very good at shedding some crumbs. While eating, you have to keep your hands underneath, many people don't expect this, and there is a beard to block it, and it falls all over the chest. Seeing this, Li Chen finished eating it himself and left.

The ministers are slow to use, and if it is not enough, they have to be sent by the family. , he took the lead in withdrawing, which can be regarded as a kind of thoughtfulness. He didn't eat enough here, in addition to leaving early, he also let Yushi rest, saying that eating should be easier, and after I retreated, any behavior was not considered unruly.

At this point, Li Chen's first court meeting after his pro-government ended like this, and he left the hall leisurely. It was left to those officials full of doubts. However, the only common idea is that this emperor is terrible. It's so deeply hidden, how did it make the horse overturn?

Obviously, he was a stupid prince before, but a year after he ascended the throne, he could set off the original deep-rooted horse rebellion. You said that after ascending the throne, they were all in Taoguang and obscurity, which is reasonable, and they have not been singing for three years, and they are a blockbuster. But in the past 30 years, it has all been pretended. I shudder when I think about it, I can pretend to be able to pretend for thirty years, and turn the tables with one move, this scheming is amazing.

While secretly admiring it, I also felt that maybe the Tang Dynasty was hopeful, the new emperor was not a fool, and he did not become a puppet, and he might have a doubling in the future.

Many people secretly thought that they were looking for an opportunity to play a twist or something. The abolition of some draconian policies, especially the new taxes, is too disturbing for the people.

Some people also set their eyes on the prime minister, maybe they can let the prime minister admonish, because Li Chen asked the prime minister to discuss things in Yanying Hall tomorrow, which is just the right time to admonish. The new emperor was pro-government, and the abolition of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes was so inspiring to the people.

Leaving Li Chen, he didn't know what those people thought, but he was distracted. While walking as a car, consume food. While habitually wandering. After eating a pancake and fritters for breakfast, he thought about the origin of fritters.

The origin of the fritters, it is said to be the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was killed in the Fengbo Pavilion, the people were angry, but there was no way to take the adulterous appearance, someone invented a thing, roded out two long dough, and then rolled each other into a twisted flower, fried in the pot, said that this is fried juniper. I can't deal with you, but I can eat you.

However, Li Chen didn't believe it very much, because, in fact, it was later that Yue Fei's status was raised to such a high level. So it is unlikely that someone invented something for this, fried juniper.

It's not that Yue Fei can't be great or great, but counting the Southern Song Dynasty, in fact, he has achieved a lot of success in resisting Jin. Not to mention those wastewood generals, Han Shizhong, Liu Kuang, and Wu Jue all made great achievements in resisting Jin. Yue Fei is only one of many generals, and the credit is relatively large.

will choose Yue Fei, probably only he will not die well. Heroes are meant to die, and if they don't die, they won't be tragic, and if they don't die, they won't arouse widespread sympathy. Can't empathize.

Yue Fei will die, which can be regarded as a result of the Song Dynasty's tradition of emphasizing literature over martial arts. The other people were all traditional generals of the Song Dynasty and knew how to protect themselves. Like Wu Jue, he is also quite good at fighting, and has defeated the Jin people many times, he is middle-aged, takes more Danshi, and is obsessed with wine, so he died.

Is he stupid? No. It may be that he knows that if he doesn't, he will still die. Or rather, hopelessness. Because the military generals of the Song Dynasty have traditions, the best thing is that you have to be greedy for money. It is better to be warlike and greedy for money. That's what makes a good general.

Only when a good war is good can the country be stable. If you are greedy for money, you can enjoy it. Only then will they not be greedy for power, they will not rebel, and the country will be more stable. Several other people, all of whom are traditional generals with a foundation, understand these things very well. Only Yue Fei didn't understand.

Do you remember that Yue Fei said that civil officials don't love money, and military generals don't hesitate to die? Song Gaozong would sometimes consult him about political affairs, and in addition to political affairs, he also interfered in the establishment of the crown prince.

Gaozong had no children, and established Xiaozong as the crown prince. Strictly speaking, Xiaozong is a line of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty. It's very interesting, Zhao Guangyi snatched the throne from his brother back then, saying that he would give the murderer a son in the future, and now it has come true.

Because Yue Fei didn't understand, martial artists shouldn't interfere in politics. At that time, Di Qing was famous, but when he was a privy envoy, the first martial envoy in the history of the Song Dynasty, he died of fear. How dare you, a martial artist who has not even become a privy secretary, interfere in the matter of establishing a prince.

Let's talk about the Northern Expedition. Although it is said that Yue Fei won a big victory, saying that he would smash the Yellow Dragon and rescue the second emperor. As a result, he was recalled by twelve gold medals.

Actually, if you look at Zhu Xianzhen carefully, you are far from what Huanglong. Want to rescue the Second Emperor? It's not that easy. At that time, it was actually the fifth way to cut gold, but the other four roads were defeated, so Yue Fei would be recruited back.

You're going all the way alone, what about logistics? At that time, the north was in chaos, how should you solve the logistics? Want to rely on the shoulders of ordinary people to hold it? Still rely on them to resist the Jin people's cavalry? The north is dilapidated, where do you go to find a bunch of civilians to supply you with logistics.

While walking, while thinking, I arrived at Yeonying Hall. After a while, several prime ministers also arrived. The scale of Yanying Hall is very small, and the emperor's throne is only a few steps high. Therefore, in disguise, the relationship between the monarch and the minister is closer and more convenient to discuss.

Several prime ministers, Bai Minzhong, this has been introduced. Wei Cong, a bachelor of Hanlin and a scholar of Chinese books. Wei Fu, after the famous minister Wei Zheng, was a squire in the military department. Cui Yuan's style is the secretary of the criminal department, and the servant of the door is also the secretary of the household department.

Zheng Lang's Ministry of Works, Wei Mo, Zhongcheng of the Imperial History, although he is also surnamed Wei, he is also the imperial history, but it has nothing to do with Wei Zheng. Same surname only.

After the greetings between the monarchs and ministers, when the household department was still in charge of Cui Yuanshi, he spoke hard, and asked the saint to abolish it, and the horse thieves should set up a strict tax and miscellaneous taxes.

He said it, saying how those harsh taxes disturbed the people, and how much it would add to Li Chen's prestige after the abolition. You can get the hearts of the people.

Li Chen pretended to listen very carefully, but the left ear went in and the right ear went out. He had already guessed that he would be asked to cut taxes, or even abolish those new miscellaneous taxes.

How is it possible, it would be good if I didn't raise taxes, and I was expected to reduce taxes, or to exempt those shelf taxes and bamboo and wood taxes? Dream.

Although it is said that the reduction of these harsh taxes can increase his prestige. However, he finally found a back-err, how could he be relieved.

Not only can he not reduce it, but he may have to raise taxes in the future. Now it's subtracted, and then it's added? If he really wants to do this, he's a fool, a fool.

He asked himself if he was not a cruel emperor, and he would not raise taxes by any means, just for his own enjoyment, but it is an indisputable fact that Datang is currently underused. Without raising taxes, he couldn't think of a way to solve the problem.

Of course, there are some problems with this tax, such as the shelf tax, although it stipulates that the upper class houses have two thousand per shelf, the middle one thousand, and the lower five hundred. However, there is too much operability in this.

Also, the south of the city is empty, and some people have larger houses, but they are very poor. How should that be calculated, and collected like those rich people? There are also those stores, and the stores collect the same as ordinary houses, which is unreasonable.

There is also a bamboo and wood tax, except for Mo money, shouldn't these be collected? In fact, these are also counted as a kind of commercial tax. Shouldn't a businessman pay taxes?

Shouldn't... At least in the Tang Dynasty, and even in China, in the Confucian concept of financial management, merchants should not collect taxes. The Chinese are very strange, on the one hand, they discriminate against merchants, and there are many restrictions on merchants, such as what kind of clothes they cannot wear, and they are not allowed to take the examination for anything, but on the other hand, they are very honorable to merchants, thinking that they should not collect business taxes.

For example, in the third year of Chang'an, the imperial court did not have enough money and wanted to impose tariffs. As a result, it was opposed by a crowd, and in the end... Those officials said that instead of tariffs and salt taxes, it would be better to increase agricultural taxes. Try not to add it on top of business travel.

The reason is to compete with the people. It is also quite high-sounding to say, thinking that if the merchants are taxed, the merchants will add these taxes to the prices, which is equivalent to causing the price of goods to increase. Travelers do not mean those tourists, but those merchants who come and go from various places to sell goods. In the end, Wu Zetian finally kicked out the minister who stood in the way and imposed tariffs.

It sounds really touching and makes sense. Although it seems ridiculous to modern people, in this era, it is actually a noble and people-oriented idea. However, if Li Chen was at that time, he would definitely curse, wouldn't the agricultural tax increase the burden on the people?

Confucianism is a very small peasant thought in Li Chen's feelings. On the basis of the tax collection of small farmers, everything hopes to be self-sufficient, typical of the idea of an agrarian society. You can't be self-sufficient, and it's best to keep prices as low as possible.

This is completely different from Li Chen's thoughts, he is the thinking of the industrial and commercial society, let's think so. He believes that the price of goods is not a problem at all, and the main thing is to look at income. If the income is enough, what if the price is high? Is that a little bit of money?

The key is how much to receive, not how much to give. This is completely different from the traditional Chinese concept of the past dynasties. It is very difficult for China to develop such a concept. Under the influence of Confucianism, there is simply no space. Whether it is an official or a businessman, few people think about it this way.

In short, I have collected this commercial tax. However, how to collect it, and how to conform to these principles, still need to be discussed with the ministers.

In addition, who will tell me first, how the dynasty collects business taxes? (To be continued.) )