Now that Li Xiang has already said the way, Li Shimin also explained it to Fang Xuanling, it is more appropriate for Fang Xuanling to do this matter, at least Fang Xuanling will not rebel, but it will be difficult for Li Xiang to say in the future.

Li Shimin explained a few words to the other people, and let them all go down, but leaving Li Xiang for lunch, this is something that has not happened for a long time, you must know that the relationship between the ancestors and grandchildren has been fighting openly and secretly for a while, although it is harmonious on the surface, but the actual situation is only known to the two masters.

"The spices you sent are really good, if I don't have these meals, I'm afraid I won't be able to eat them at all."

There are not many dishes on the table, unlike the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, there are hundreds of dishes at every turn, Li Shimin is still very diligent and thrifty, there are only eight dishes per meal, four meat and four vegetables.

"Grandfather just eats happily."

Li Xiang didn't mean to drink with a bowl, but Li Shimin still asked someone to pour a glass for Li Xiang, Li Xiang couldn't figure out what Li Shimin meant now, and tried to talk as little as possible next to him.

"What's the name of your restaurant?" I remember, the title of Chengping Restaurant is the same as yours, and the business is good, right? ”

The major families don't pay much attention to the business of restaurants, mainly because the profits are not very high, so Li Xiang picked up a loophole, and basically opened one or two in the state capitals of the three hundred and sixty states across the country, and Chang'an and Luoyang opened more than a dozen, and the money was called a lot of money.

Li Xiang didn't think about taking the people's route at the beginning, mainly because the people only had a few money in their hands, and the people had just gotten food and clothing these days, and there were many families who drank porridge, and only had big white steamed buns to eat during the festival every year, so Li Xiang could only walk the route on the rich people, and the rich were the places to make money.

Li Xiang came from modern society, of course he knows what is called the 28th law, and we won't make 80% of the money, not that he can't look down on the common people, but he doesn't want to compete with many small businessmen, so Li Xiang locked in the 20% at the beginning, and the price of the restaurant also expelled the ordinary people, and the price of several dishes should be more than 100 yuan, can the people afford it? Now you can buy two fires for a penny.

"My grandson pays taxes according to the rules, which is different from those people."

Li Xiang didn't understand what Li Shimin wanted to do, so he quickly picked himself out, and now many bureaucrats also buy and sell, but basically they don't pay taxes, and the court won't ask them ruthlessly.

"That's what I want to say, let alone the children of the royal family, even if it's a small county order, if there is a business in the family, then they will try their best to evade taxes, what do you mean?"

If Li Xiang wants to talk about taxes, Li Shimin can't think of it, but when Li Xiang talks about it, Li Shimin wants to ask for clarification.

"My grandson is also thinking of setting an example, and the officials and gentry will pay for the food."

Li Xiang said this thing is a bit ahead of time, you must know that this is only mentioned in the Yongzheng period, throughout thousands of years of feudal society, most of the time officials do not pay taxes, even if you have a fame, the court will not look for you to collect taxes, so many businessmen like to hang their own business in the name of officials, so that you can save a lot of taxes.

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, the society was relatively enlightened, and the officials did not all do this, and the small merchants still paid taxes honestly, of course, the proportion of commercial taxes was not very large, and agricultural taxes were the most important aspect, but with the decline of the Tang Dynasty, this situation would become more and more serious, and the income of the imperial court would also be greatly affected.

At the beginning, Li Shimin didn't understand, but with Li Xiang's explanation, Li Shimin understood that Li Xiang was taking precautions, if this kid became the emperor in the future, he might have to start from the tax law, but Li Shimin didn't say anything, after all, this is for the sake of the royal family, and he is also a beneficiary.

"You can set an example for others by paying your taxes, but doesn't that make the royal family a bit mean? We need scholars to govern the world. ”

Li Shimin said with some hesitation, there are still many Confucians in society who are against the imperial court, if it is directly implemented, it will really move the cake of the readers.

"Grandfather's idea, grandson dare not agree......"

If you want someone else to talk like this, it is estimated that Li Shimin will immediately slap the table, what is it called, you dare not agree, let alone you, no one in the world dares to disagree with the emperor, but Li Xiang is a talented person after all, in addition to being Li Shimin's grandson, some of his ideas have indeed improved many drawbacks of the Tang Dynasty, so Li Shimin is also willing to listen to Li Xiang's opinion.

"If you have different ideas, you just say it, we don't have to worry so much about each other, you can all go down, I don't need you to wait, you can go down too."

Li Shimin said to the eunuchs and palace maids around him, and asked Wang De to go down too, you must know that Wang De is the chief eunuch, no matter how confidential it is, Li Shimin will leave this guy behind, but let him go down today, which shows that there are some things that even he can't know, for example, once the matter of the official gentry receiving food is spread, it will be a touch to the entire world's readers, Li Shimin doesn't want to make a big mess in the world, although he knows that Wang De is reliable, but it is better than no one is reliable.

Although Wang De was curious about what the two ancestors and grandsons were talking about, he was more worried about his head, and the emperor asked him to leave sometimes, perhaps to save his head.

"Grandpa, we need scholars to help manage the world, but we don't manage the world with scholars, and now the status of scholars is a bit high, just take some Confucianism, not to mention ordinary ministers, including our royal children, we all need to respect them, how can this work? What if they drift away in the future, who listens to whom? ”

Since we have talked about this issue today, Li Xiang must make it clear to Li Shimin that although the status of scholars in the Tang Dynasty is not very high, it is not low, in case it develops into the Donglin Party of the Ming Dynasty, there will be no place to cry when the time comes, so everything must be guarded against, and everything must be paid attention to for the sake of imperial power.

When Li Xiang didn't say this, Li Shimin didn't feel the role of these great Confucians, but when Li Xiang finished speaking, Li Shimin did feel that it was a little excessive, and the conversation became more and more interested......