Obviously, it has been collected by the state, and the situation of indiscriminate collection by local governments has not improved, and the situation of water and land barriers in various places and the unauthorized setting up of cards to collect fees is very serious. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Probably because the central government does not have the right to do so. Alas, it's better to sort it out by yourself. Seriously, not to mention the Tang Dynasty, there are no financial experts in China. Or rather, there is. But Sang Hongyang, Salt and Iron Theory, or Liu Yan's degree, is the limit.

There is no real economist in China who can guide economic development from a very high perspective.

No economist has written the Wealth of Nations as Adam Smith in a principled way about business, or taxation. It may seem a bit biased to say that, but it's better to take taxes. How many ancient Chinese scholars would have pointed out that taxation should be fair and that all people must pay taxes?

This is basic common sense in modern times. In Taiwan, unless there is a specific tax exemption permit, there is no tax exemption. Those who evade taxes also know that they are tax evaders. He doesn't want to pay it, it's not that he doesn't know how to pay it.

But in ancient times, not to mention the Tang Dynasty, even in the Qing Dynasty, there was no concept of fairness in taxes. It's only fair that everyone and every good should be taxed.

If you want to say that Chinese have any financial management concepts, it is probably to be lightly endowed. Collect less taxes, reduce conscription, the government should spend as little money as possible, the emperor should be frugal, military spending should be less, and it is better not to raise soldiers. This is also called the concept of financial management? And, often, this ideal is also difficult to achieve.

That's probably the way the tax situation looks. After returning home, you will carefully consider how to collect taxes in order to conform to the four principles of fairness, certainty, convenience, and economy. Li Chen roughly understood the situation, pointed to an account book and continued, "Now let's discuss why this tax is so short every year." ’

Improving tax collection is not easy, and it can take a long time to discuss without yielding results. This is a big deal, and it can't be moved lightly. Even, Li Chen was thinking that this might be a major event that would affect China's thousand-year-old history.

Exaggeration? No, if he reforms the tax system effectively. Write him into a book, and the later dynasty (if the Tang Dynasty still perishes. ), there is a reference indicator.

This kind of book is not easy to be tampered with or burned. For example, the theory of salt and iron in the Han Dynasty has not also spread to later generations, but also affected the concept of collecting taxes in China for thousands of years.

Since it's a big deal, it's not so easy to discuss a result. It may take a year or two, but Li Chen can wait so long. He wants to start by improving the disadvantages and increasing his income.

To improve the finances, Li Chen will bring several prime ministers and officials of the imperial court to discuss a solution together.

Also, I'd love to ask where all the money goes. Li Chen pointed to one account book after another. These are the revenues from the liquor tax and the salt tax.

As we all know, Datang has started a monopoly on liquor, so as to maximize its income. So when is the most tax on liquor? Yamato eight years. There are records to prove it, not to mention other taxes. That year, the world drank wine, and it was more than 5.6 million yuan.

It's a lot, isn't it, five million six hundred thousand, and then last year, how much? 1.1 million guan. Li Chen wanted to scold people very much, where did all this money go.

This liquor tax, or a similar monopoly system, can be reduced year by year. Don't people in the world drink alcohol? It's weird.

'Not to mention the liquor tax, but also the salt tax, what's going on?' Li Chen asked people to bring some account books from the household department, pointed to the data sorted out from them, and asked.

It will make people angry that not only the alcohol tax, but also the salt tax is getting less and less. This salt tax is almost the largest tax revenue in Datang at present. More than 10 million yuan of annual income, salt tax accounted for one-third. More than three million.

Is it a lot? Yuan and five years, how much is this salt tax? There are nearly seven million more. As a result, it has decreased year by year, and by last year, less than half was left, more than 3 million.

'Half of the people in the whole world are dead?' Li Chen asked very meanly, "Or the other half of the people, can they not eat salt?" ’

'Sage, this salt tax has been decreasing ever since the Yuan He period. Cui Yuanshi refused to come forward again to bear Li Chen's anger, and in desperation, Bai Minzhong had no choice but to bite the bullet himself. Cold sweat broke out all over the body.

Because Li Chen stared at him coldly. Seeing Bai Minzhong, he felt weak and short of breath for a while. He's a horse. Yuan Zhen was promoted. Although it is not exactly the horse party, but there is also a little bit of a relationship in the horse. Yuan Zhen fell. The emperor hasn't made a big reckoning yet, does he want to kill him first and make an example? However, he could only bite the bullet and continue.

'I want to reform, Datang's finances need to be overhauled. Li Chen stopped Bai Minzhong's speech, or nonsense. Bai Minzhong resigned himself to stepping aside.

It's not that Li Chen was dissatisfied with Bai Minzhong, so he glared at him, or didn't let him finish. didn't let him finish speaking, he directly revealed his attitude, he didn't want to listen to the clichés, I believe Bai Minzhong can understand. In addition, when he stared at him just now, he was looking at Bai Minzhong, and from Bai Minzhong, he thought of Bai Juyi.

When it comes to talent, he is not as good as his brother. However, when it comes to being an official, Bai Juyi can't catch up with him. Bai Juyi, who has been the biggest official, is the secretary and supervisor of Sanpin, and has never been the prime minister.

It can be said that there is no such life. If Bai Juyi lives a little longer, even if it is one more year, he may have a chance to become a ruler. During Li Chen's Huichang years, after ascending the throne, he had this desire to find Bai Juyi to be the prime minister. Li Chen knew that Bai Juyi's political achievements were good, and when he was a magistrate, he made quite a lot of achievements.

The official sports will not go well, probably because he has the same mistake as Su Dabeard and loves to talk too much. For example, after he became the left picker, he often wrote books, spoke bluntly about the evils of the times, and even worse, he often wrote poems. On the contrary, Bai Juyi, everyone knows that his poetry, "the old woman can understand." The degree of singing is too high. As a result, of course, the emperor was not happy.

It's okay to like to slap me in the face, and it's going to make everyone know. If Wei Zheng was like him, even if he did, he would have to make a lot of trouble all over the city. Li Chen was very skeptical that Li Shimin would be able to tolerate him for a long time.

He misses it a lot now, and it's easy to get it. If he had lived in modern times, he would probably have been a sociologist, or a critic. Li Chen felt that he needed this kind of person to help him find and solve problems. is not like Bai Minzhong, who is a bureaucrat with prosperous official fortunes.

I would like to tell you here that this financial reform must be made, but how to change it and how to proceed can be discussed slowly. When Li Xiang comes back, in addition to a few prime ministers, I will also find all the officials of the three divisions and discuss a solution together. ’

As for the liquor tax and the salt tax, each one of you will go back and think about it. You don't have to wait for Li Xiang to arrive. Think about the drawbacks that will lead to a reduction in tax revenue year after year. How to improve. ’

You can say anything, but at present, the court is not enough. No business tax, give me a plan. I don't want to listen to any nonsense about increasing agricultural taxes and not raising commercial taxes. ’

After saying that, Li Chen drove people away, it is enough to talk about this today, he is mainly showing up today, stabilizing people's hearts, and telling everyone that this Tang Dynasty, it is his turn Li Chen to be the master. I didn't plan to go into too much detail about the topic.

That's why a big court meeting will be held and a formality will be held. Therefore, there is no need to go too deep into this discussion in Yanying Palace. Just talk to a few people and breathe. even said that he knocked a few prime ministers. I am very dissatisfied with the financial and tax aspects, so I pay attention to it.

The prime minister retreated, Li Chen stood up and stretched, "Uncle Fu, let's go to the event first." At present, the defense of the entire Ming Palace is temporarily taken over by Jinyi, and it will be like this until the remnants of the Ma Party are purged.

Li Chen walked a little further into the square, ran two laps, moved a little, and went to lunch. Lunch is very simple, four dishes and one soup, one meat dish, two vegetarian dishes, one side food, and a bowl of brown rice. Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice. Although the taste may be a little worse, it is not a problem, for the sake of health.

This is after he became pro-government, he changed his way of eating. In the past, he followed the crowd, and he did what the imperial chef did before. And after he takes charge of the government, everything has to be done with money, so naturally he can save it.

After eating, Li Chen almost crossed the entire Daming Palace and Taiji Palace, and came to the Taiji Palace, near the palace gate. I came to Taijoji Temple. Of course, this temple is not a temple anymore, but one of the nine temples of the Tang Dynasty. Under it are the Suburban Society, Taile, Propaganda, Taibu, Lixian and Taiyi Offices.

Li Chen came to Taichang Temple, Taichang Qing, with a group of officials, greeted Li Chen at the door. He is the supreme governor of Taichang Temple. is the third grade, this official is not small, almost a very human minister, in the Tang Dynasty, there are very few officials above the three grades.

There are two people behind him, who are the fourth grade of Shaoqing, and they are the second and third leaders of Taichang Temple. After that, there were two people, four doctors, six Taizhu, Fenglilang, and Xielulang, two each. In addition, there are also the directors of each department, a certain order, all from the seventh grade, only the order of the execution, is the eighth grade.

They were pleasantly surprised to see the emperor. He has no real power, and he can only participate in the Shuowang Dynasty or the New Year's Day Dynasty meeting, and basically he has no chance of meeting the emperor. As for those who are in the court. There is no share of them at all.

Taichang Temple is regarded as an important official. In charge of some seemingly important work, but there is no real power, it can be called an idle job. The reputation is good, but don't think about getting any filial piety.

'Gentlemen, go and get busy, I'll go and pay a visit, the wounded were brought in a few days ago.' Since he came, Li Chen greeted them with cold greetings, showing his demeanor as the first actor of the Tang Dynasty. Then he went to carry out the purpose of his afternoon visit. (To be continued.) )