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I lived in the Qinling Mountains for three days, fishing, hunting, talking about love, and talking about love.

Forget the modern era, forget the Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanxing calmed his heart completely.

Responsibility must be carried after a certain ability, if there is no ability, responsibility is not only not responsible for yourself, but also increased unnecessary pressure on the people around you.

On the evening of the third day, before Li Yuanxing entered Qinwangzhuang through the back door, he saw Zheng He running over from a distance.

"Your Highness, there are many guests!"

"Guest?" Li Yuanxing was very surprised, it was already evening, how could there be many guests in his Zhuangzi.

You must know that Datang has a curfew system, and if these people stay in Zhuangzi, they will make up their minds not to leave at night.

"Where is the long history?" Li Yuanxing asked.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the two elders will greet guests in the front hall." Zheng He replied on the side.

Wei Zheng is back? Li Yuanxing was happy in his heart, Wei Zheng's return meant that Liaodong had been stabilized, and the business road was also stable. Otherwise, Wei Zheng would not have rushed back.

Li Yuanxing couldn't help but take a few steps faster, and said to Cui Yingying as he walked: "You go back to rest first, and this king will go to the front yard to have a look." After speaking, he didn't wait for Cui Yingying's response. Li Yuanxing said to Zheng He again: "Lead the way quickly!" ”

Entering the back door, Li Yuanxing sat in a soft sedan chair and trotted to the front hall.

On the way, Li Yuanxing heard Zheng He reading the list of guests, and the more Li Yuanxing listened, the more shocked he became. At this time, he is Qin Wangzhuang, all of Tianying Pavilion, the six Shangshu, the five deans of the Academy, and all of them have arrived at their own Qinwangzhuang, what is this going on.

For the plague of locusts?

No!

Li Yuanxing shook his head gently, if it was just a few big people, then it would be possible to say the past for the sake of the locust plague. Li Yuanxing doesn't believe that everyone is so dedicated to the country.

Therefore, it can only be for the sake of commercial taxation.

In the living room of the conference, Wang Jishan, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and Li Jing greeted them, and they could be said to represent the four shili above the Tang Dynasty. They represent the family, the emerging nobles, the old department of the Qin Palace, and the military. Although the four shili have their own differences, they are not so distinct.

But. At the time of fighting for their own interests. It's pretty obvious.

"I'm waiting to come, it's really that the reputation of the thousand dumpling banquet is too famous, so I came suddenly, Your Highness forgives me!" Wang Jishan smiled and bowed. Li Yuanxing returned the salute and approached the four people: "Come here for dinner." You say believe it or not! ”

Haha! Wang Jishan smiled heartily. Then he entered the hall with Li Yuanxing.

It doesn't matter if you believe it or not, the important thing is that it's just a statement for outsiders.

"Tell me to go down and prepare for the feast!" Li Yuanxing gave Zheng He an order. Zheng He immediately turned around and ran away.

Lu Maofeng closed the door outside at this time, and even the maids in the conference hall were called out, and the only maids left here were Qiu Xiang and Yuan Chun. In front of the seats, there is an empty cup, a thermos flask, and three boxes of different varieties of tea.

"Your Highness, let's get down to business first. A pirate has attacked the Snow Salt Farm, and this matter is serious! Qin Qiong was the first to stand up, and then saluted Li Jing again: "Li Shangshu, the intelligence shows that this was done by the people of Baekje." robbed 100 quintals of snow salt and injured hundreds of our salt workers. ”

Li Jing didn't say anything, just looked at Li Yuanxing.

"This king agrees to sanction Baekje, let them hand over the murderers, and return the snow salt, otherwise all the Baekje people will be expelled!"

"It's not a war strategy, and the Ministry of Rites agrees." Wang Jishan was the first to express.

"Fighting Baekje requires a water war, and at present, the Datang water combat strength is weak, and the military department also agrees." Li Jing also said.

To clean up Baekje, this is a fact that has already been decided, because Li Yuanxing is in charge of the Tiance General's Mansion, so he needs to take a situation on the surface.

Since the last time this method of expulsion was applied to the Goguryeo people, many officials have believed that it is a good policy. After cutting off the financial route of Goguryeo merchants, they could increase the smuggling to Goguryeo in Liaodong, and the income increased several times. Datang faces a foreign country, and he still looks good on his face.

Next, Cui Junsu stood up: "Your Highness, I think that the commercial tax can be changed." But we don't agree with this about the luxury tax. Unless His Highness has a very good reason to persuade me to wait, Tianying Pavilion will vote unanimously against it. ”

Li Yuanxing smiled: "How much do you spend a year on luxury goods?" ”

"Your Highness, isn't that one of our luxuries?" Cui Junsu did not back down in the slightest.

Li Yuanxing also stood up: "If you come to this king's Zhuangzi for this matter, it is really for eating dumplings." One sentence from this king will make you agree, if you don't believe it, how about we make a bet? If this king loses, he will cook himself today and set out eight dishes and one soup for you! ”

"What if so-and-so loses?"

"How about singing a song, or dancing a song to celebrate the feast?" Li Yuanxing said with a smile.

In Datang, letting the officials sing and dance at the banquet is not an insult, but a kind of intimacy. According to historical records, when Li Zhi was born, Li Er held a banquet, and the Emperor Li Yuan sang and danced at the banquet. And if you don't have any status, you're not qualified to go down to the dance floor.

"It seems that His Highness is full of confidence, and he listens to him!" Cui Junsu bowed.

"In a word, have you figured out whose tax is really added to the luxury tax?"

Cui Junsu was stunned, Wang Jishan, Fang Xuanling, and the eldest grandson Wuji, including everyone present, were stunned, in their opinion, this luxury tax was to increase their taxes, increase their cost of living, and in turn subsidize the poor, so they all stood up against it.

"Your Highness, please?"

Cui Junsu was speechless when asked for the first time.

"Cui Shangshu, as far as this king knows, half of your family's use is self-produced, and the other half is exchanged with other families. Speaking of workshops, your Cui family's workshops don't dare to say that all walks of life account for it, but for daily use, this king believes that Cui, Wang, and Lu, just these three, your exchange of goods is enough, right? ”

"Yes!" Facing Li Yuanxing's question, Cui Junsu thought about it, it was really like this.

"There are a few of them, and it can be said that the ones that really need to be bought with money are less than 10%, and at most 20%, right?" Li Yuanxing asked again.

Cui Junsu is the head of the household, and after a quick calculation in his heart, he replied: "It seems that it is less than half of it now." I think that in the future, when there is an abundance of products, it will naturally increase. ”

"How many foreign merchants are there in Datang? How many are there in Chang'an? ”

Cui Junsu suddenly realized and bowed to Li Yuanxing: "It's your subordinates who are confused, and Your Highness is smart." ”

"There are some people who will naturally suffer, those low-level scholars, their luxury goods may be one or two percent higher than the price. However, for the entire Tang Dynasty, how much is the increased income, Cui Shangshu should be more detailed than this king. ”

Who cares about the low-level scholars.

However, on the face, Cui Junsu said: "The court encourages the creation of industries, and naturally there will be some other reductions and exemptions." It's not a big deal to want to buy one less new dress a year. Pay an extra tax, so that the poor people in the world can survive the cold winter, this is a great good, Your Highness, this luxury tax, a certain support! ”

"Some kind of support!" At least half responded.

Interests, everything is interests. Li Yuanxing smiled bitterly and shook his head, at the moment, it seems that it is really as Li Yuanxing said, it is the foreign merchants who really increase the cost, and the part they increase will compensate for the extra part of the expenses of the great family.

Fortunately, this is not the Ming Dynasty, and no one will desperately come out to say anything about hooliganism such as the royal family competing for profits with the people.

But what about a few years, a dozen years.

When the luxury tax has been formalized, the output of the family, the income of the family, and the taxes that the family needs to pay. Cui Junsu can't see it, and he can't calculate it.

When everyone saw Li Yuanxing shaking his head, they naturally didn't know what Li Yuanxing really thought.

In their opinion, it was Li Yuanxing who thought that these people were all stupid, and they only saw the small profits in front of them and did not see the long-term benefits, so they disappointed His Royal Highness King Qin.

"Alright, you should know about the locust plague." Li Yuanxing looked back, looking at the reactions of the ministers.

"We know that there is already a holy decree in this matter, and everything is subject to His Highness's arrangement. In all dynasties, locust plagues will only make life miserable, and the people can only wait for death silently, even if we are above the court, we can only be helpless. In all dynasties, after the locust plague, the Son of Heaven prayed to God. ”

Wang Jishan said the truth, and as a superior person, he also had the people in mind.

Li Yuanxing also understands that in ancient times, the people were afraid of natural disasters.

"Senior Brother Yao, this king wants to mobilize the twelve guards. The four guards of the forbidden army of Chang'an City did not move, guarding Chang'an, the twelve guards were first mobilized with four guards, and the three guards urgently went to the east of Weishui, and the king wanted to repair the river. ”

Li Jing didn't have any opinions, so he agreed immediately.

Cui Junsu asked: "Your Highness, we are willing to listen to the arrangement, but can Your Highness tell me the deep meaning of such an arrangement, let me know that in the former Sui Dynasty, there were more than 70 recorded locust plagues, and there were more than 10 really terrible ones, and the damage was huge, and there were many casualties!" ”

"Your Highness, Your Highness also thinks that Your Highness should elaborate." Wang Jishan also said.

Li Yuanxing sat back on the throne: "Then, this king will first tell me what this locust is." Eat first, and after eating, the king will make some preparations, and the locusts are not worth mentioning in the eyes of the king! ”

The ministers looked at each other and nodded.

At this time, Cui Junsu and Wang Jishan realized that they rushed to Qinwangzhuang for the luxury tax, which seemed a little ridiculous. I really don't know who shouted so excitedly, making everyone think that the family's money was robbed. (To be continued......)

PS: Come on, keep writing.