"Commander Qiyu, those cars of Lu County Gong are full of money!" One of the forbidden soldiers whispered in Chang He's ear, with some greed in his words, as the first checkpoint to enter the palace, they would often accept some things from those officials, so when they saw the boxes of money on these carriages brought by Lu Chen, greed naturally appeared.

In the past, Chang He turned a blind eye to their "oil-rubbing" behavior, and occasionally he would get some "filial piety" from these subordinates, but what is the temper of the Lu County Duke in front of him, Chang He knows much better than these subordinates, and if he provokes this grandfather, he has to peel off the skin even if he doesn't die, and even those family officials see this grandfather with their legs and stomachs, so they go to rub the oil of this grandfather with their own subordinates, what is the difference between that and looking for death?

"It's all money, isn't it?" Chang He sneered and looked at the forbidden soldier, followed by a "snap" sound, and saw that the forbidden soldier covered his mouth directly, and a trace of bright red flowed down the corners of his mouth, and Chang He's sudden surprise directly startled Lu Chen, who was watching his subordinates sort out the boxes on the carriage, and turned his head to look at Chang He in surprise.

"If you want to die, don't pull Lao Tzu!" Chang He stared at the soldier who was given a mouth by himself, and shouted fiercely.

"What's wrong?" Hearing Chang He's words, Lu Chen came over curiously, looked at the guard who was slapped by Chang He, and then turned his head to look at Chang He who was angry, and asked curiously.

"This kid actually coveted the goods in his grandfather's car, and he was taught a lesson by the lower officials!" Chang He didn't hide it, but the word "goods" bit very hard, and said to Lu Chen.

"Oh! That's it! Lu Chen glanced at the forbidden soldier who was covering his cheeks, "You can do this yourself!" This is not Bengong's subordinate, but if it goes on like this for a long time, this military discipline... Hehe! Lu Chen shook his head, turned around and left directly, beckoning his own people to enter the imperial city directly.

Looking at the back of Lu Chen leaving with the convoy, Chang He fell into deep thought, after all, Lu Chen's words made Chang He's heart also pang, and now he dares to "eat and take cards", if they really go to the battlefield, can these soldiers still be used? At the same time, seeing the guards who followed Lu Chen, seeing the military discipline of the guards, and then looking at the military discipline of these forbidden armies, this comparison was immediately apparent.

"Your Majesty, Duke Lu is out asking to see you!" At this time, an attendant had already conveyed Lu Chen's request to see Li Yuan, and Chang Bao also reported it directly to Li Yuan.

"Oh?!" Hearing Lu Chen begging to see him outside, Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, put down the song in his hand and looked at Chang Bao, "Is this kid from himself or...?" "This auction has been over for a while, Li Yuan has actually been thinking about how much he can share now, and now when he heard Lu Chen come to ask to see him, he suddenly looked at Chang Bao with some expectation and asked.

"Lu Xiangong also brought a few carriages here!" Chang Bao bowed down again and said, Chang Bao couldn't understand why Li Yuan asked this, but he still answered truthfully.

"Let him in!" Li Yuan nodded, and then instructed Chang Baodao.

"Yes!" Chang Bao left in response.

At this time, Lu Chen was standing at the gate of the palace, looking up at the eaves and arches above the main hall with his hands cooped up, and after hearing the footsteps, he retracted his gaze, looked in the direction of the footsteps, and saw Chang Bao coming over.

"Governor Chang, you look good!" Lu Chen looked at Chang Bao and greeted Chang Bao with a smile.

"Lu County's appearance is also good, His Majesty summoned you, come with our family!" Hearing Lu Chen greet him, Chang Bao could only say hello to Lu Chen, and at the same time motioned for Lu Chen to follow him to see Li Yuan.

"It's hard work!" Lu Chen nodded and instructed the others to watch the carriage, while he followed Chang Bao to the Warm Pavilion to see Li Yuan.

After shaking his sleeves, Lu Chen walked into the warm pavilion and saluted Li Yuan: "Minister, Chang'an County Prince, Lu Chen, meet Your Majesty!" ”

"Excuse me!" Li Yuan waved his hand directly and said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Lu Chen saluted again, and then sat directly cross-legged opposite Li Yuan, Lu Chen's posture directly twitched the corners of Chang Bao's mouth on the side, although Li Yuan said that Lu Chen did not have to abide by the etiquette of sitting, but every time he saw Lu Chen's heroic sitting appearance, Chang Bao was still not used to it, and Li Yuan was a blind attitude.

"You kid won't come to me if you're fine, let's say, what's the matter with coming this time?" Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked with a smile in his eyes.

"Isn't this a gift for Your Majesty!" Lu Chen said very simply and directly.

"Oh? What did you come up with again? Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked, although he knew that Lu Chen had brought a few carriages, and Li Yuan also guessed in his heart that Lu Chen should have sent money to him, but he also knew that the guy in front of him was not the master of the cards according to common sense, and there might be something else on the carriage, so Li Yuan still asked curiously.

"Back to Your Majesty, this time it's just sending money, nothing else!" Lu Chen said with an expression of "I didn't lie".

"You're talking about the so-called auction... Dividends, right? Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and pondered for a moment and asked again.

"Exactly!" Lu Chen nodded in response, "Your Majesty accounts for thirty percent!" It's a total of 10,000..."When Lu Chen was about to report the number that Li Yuan shared, Li Yuan directly raised his hand to interrupt Lu Chen's words, and at the same time motioned Chang Bao to retreat left and right, Chang Bao could naturally see Li Yuan's eyes, and directly beckoned those palace maids and attendants to withdraw from the warm pavilion along with himself.

"Your Majesty, it doesn't have to be like this, right?" Lu Chen watched Chang Bao withdraw from the Warm Pavilion with those palace maids, looked at Li Yuan's cautious appearance, and asked directly with a smile.

"Hey! You kid doesn't know! Our Tang Dynasty was just established, and there were places where money was used everywhere, if those guys knew that I had so much money in my hands, they would probably be clamoring for money from me! Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen, smiled bitterly and said.

Li Yuan's words are not nonsense, with the increase in iron production, the corresponding places to use money have also increased, the Ministry of Civil Affairs Shangshu Xiao Yu and the Ministry of War Shangshu Qu Tutong from time to time to Li Yuan complained that the money is not enough, in addition, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Wushi Tong also asked Li Yuan for money from time to time, and directly made Li Yuan very big, if he knew that Li Yuan suddenly had more than 20,000 yuan, these three old guys had to go to Li Yuan to ask for money.

There is still a lot of grain left from the Sui Dynasty, but there is really not much money.

Li Yuan said this, Lu Chen was not surprised, to say whether the Tang Dynasty has money, yes, but it is not in the hands of the imperial court, nor in the hands of the emperor, but in the hands of the family, and the Tang Dynasty in this period did not have a salt and iron tax, as for the commercial tax, it is not high, and even due to the war, it is unknown how many people the Tang Dynasty has now, the family has hidden its wealth, and the people who have escaped the war have also hidden their wealth, which is equivalent to "hiding wealth from the people".

Just experienced the war, and the Li family wanted to live with the people, which caused the entire early Tang Dynasty, the poorest was the imperial court, the royal family, and the imperial court had to use money everywhere, so naturally, the finances must be a little stretched.

Lu Chen remembered that during this period, Li Yuan did not issue money to officials, but developed a set of self-operated financial systems independent of taxes. As for the bureaucrats, the government does not distribute the land and does not allocate office funds, but instead gives these officials some public land and public money, so that the officials can rent out these fields and collect taxes themselves. Let the officials take the money to usury, earn interest, and get their money from it.

This method seemed to solve the problem for a while, but this method later proved to be undoubtedly "drinking to quench thirst", and according to the size of the title, the officials were granted a part of the Yongye field, which could be passed on to future generations.

According to the official's occupation, the government grants another piece of land for the official's income and office expenses, and after the official leaves office, he must hand over this part of the land to the next official. It seems that Gongyantian is a good solution, but there will be many problems in practice.

These officials are all scholars, and the process from leasing to collecting taxes is not simple, plus the grain produced, how to transport, store, and buy and sell, these are all technical tasks, and if you don't have a little business acumen, it is easy to fail.

As a result, many officials did not have money, but with the increase of officials, the number of professional fields became more and more, and the phenomenon of occupying the people's land became more and more serious.

But now this method can solve the urgent need of the imperial court, although Lu Chen has the intention to change, but this is not something that can be changed in a moment, the upward and downward effect, if you want to reverse the whole thing, the difficulty can be imagined, besides, this kind of thing needs an opportunity, as for where this "opportunity" is, Lu Chen has already prepared.

"Your Majesty, why don't you levy a commercial tax?" Lu Chen looked at Li Yuan and asked, Lu Chen originally wanted to bring up the matter of "salt and iron tax", and even wanted to say that if this "salt and iron" is nationalized, then the imperial court will not have money, but Lu Chen thought about it, the current "salt and iron" is in the hands of the family, if it is mentioned rashly, I am afraid that it will have the opposite effect, so Lu Chen put forward the concept of "commercial tax".

"Business tax?" Hearing Lu Chen's words, Li Yuan directly smiled bitterly, "How easy it is to talk about!" You have the heart to share my worries, and I am very pleased, but is Datang really stable now? If there is no solid foundation, how can we talk about commercial taxation? Li Yuan looked at Lu Chen and asked rhetorically, and Li Yuan's words also made Lu Chen a little unsure of how to answer.