"I've considered these things, but there's no good way to do it, unless I continue to expand my territory." An emperor would certainly have thought of these.

"Aye, expanding the territory is only one aspect, now my Datang population is more than 3 million households, what if one day our population grows tenfold to 30 million households?" Even if there is a family of six, there are only 18,000 people in 30 million households, and the population of 1.4 billion in later generations.

"30 million households?" Li Shimin never dared to think about it.

"Aya, even if we expand our territory, the population will still grow, and we will always face the land problem, and our land equalization system will one day become a disaster in the future. People have been displaced without land.

The collection of business taxes can enrich the country and benefit the people. Why do we have to withhold money from the people, how much money can they have?

Merchants will not rebel in order to make less than half of the money, but the people will rebel because they can't survive anymore.

The collection of commercial tax is the trend of the times and a major event that benefits the country and the people. And the state can also take from the people for the people. Building roads and bridges to improve the lives of the people, the people will naturally buy things when they live well, and the money will return to the hands of the merchants, and the merchants will pay taxes, and the cycle will continue. ”

"Then you mean to collect taxes from these princes and nobles??" Li Shimin's eyes widened, and Li Shimin instantly understood what Li Shen meant. You, Li Shen, are now the richest princes and nobles?

In fact, Li Shen has been thinking about this problem for a long time, he is also a privileged class, and he can live his life without paying taxes, but since Wei Guifei married Li Shen last year, Li Shen thought of a question, what to do with his children and grandchildren.

Li Shen is not a child, he was already in his thirties in his previous life. It is impossible for him not to consider the problems of his children and grandchildren, and he will not let out a sentence that his children and grandchildren will not care about future generations after they have their own children and grandchildren.

People who think this way can only mean that you are still young and have not married and had children.

He doesn't want his children to be gone in a few generations, everyone hopes that his lineage will be passed on from generation to generation.

And Li Shen felt that he had traveled here and had to do something for this era. Leave something for posterity.

So Li Shencai raised this question, anyway, it doesn't matter to him whether he pays taxes or not. He's not short of that money. The biggest trouble is how to collect taxes from the princes and nobles, and if you know that he brought it up, you won't eat him?

"Old ten, don't say these words again in the future, you haven't changed this ability yet, have you heard it?" Li Shimin didn't want Li Shen to take risks, so in the past few years, this son has made him worry-free, and he has added a sense of happiness to his boring career as an emperor. So he wants to keep this son.

"Got it, Aya" Li Shen didn't say more, he also knew that the front gang would definitely not be able to do so many princes and nobles. Both tax systems were implemented in the late Tang Dynasty.

You can't fight hard, but you can outwit it.

Li Shen didn't expect Li Shimin to fall asleep comfortably, so he waved his hand to signal everyone else to go out, and Li Shen closed the door and guarded the rest area at the door.

Li Shimin slept for an hour before waking up, which made Li Shimin refreshed and unprecedentedly comfortable.

After everyone got dressed, Li Shen led Li Shiren to the tea house to drink tea. Junchen was once again shocked by the elegant style of the tea house.

I saw that there was a miniature version of the mountain in the center of the hall, there were small bridges and flowing water in the mountains, there were farmers, fishermen fishing, and children playing, so a peaceful and quiet scene, which made people feel refreshed and happy.

Li Shen led Li Shimin to his own private room, and the others also entered other private rooms in groups of three or five, and some maids entered to serve them.

Li Shen's box is different from other boxes, other boxes are tables and chairs, while his box is tatami mats, but the tatami mats like kang, one foot high, are for Li Shen to lie down.

"Ahh

Li Shen took out two pillows of his own design, and at this moment, a maidservant girl came in and lit sandalwood in the corner of the wall and began to make tea.

Li Shen said to Li Shimin again: "Aya, take off your boots and let Chunxiang press your feet, it's very comfortable." ”

Li Shimin leaned there and nodded, anyway, it has come out today, Li Shen is what he says.

Chunxiang stepped forward to help Li Shimin take off his boots, and a maid next to him had already prepared two wooden barrels. Dongmei was responsible for taking off Li Shen's boots.

In this way, the two of them started foot therapy again, which Li Shen specially taught the two maidservants, and specially asked Sun Simiao to draw a map of the acupuncture points on the soles of the feet.

Li Shimin should be a little unaccustomed to being pressed on his feet for the first time, and Chunxiang asked a few times to meet Li Shimin's strength.

The tea was also brewed, Li Shimin leaned on the cushion, drinking tea and enjoying the pedicure. couldn't help but sigh: "Old ten, people say that King Ji is rich, lives a luxurious life, and knows how to enjoy it, but today, the world still underestimates you." ”

Li Shimin suddenly seemed to understand why Li Shen kept saying that he didn't want to be the emperor, Li Shen's enjoyment was something that the emperor couldn't enjoy, unless he wanted to be a faint monarch and the king of Shang.

In the past, Li Shimin said to Li Shen that he would not be suspicious of the prince, otherwise he would not be able to install a hundred horsemen in King Ji's Mansion, how could the emperor be completely at ease with a prince who could make such money.

This is also the main reason why Li Shimin did not let Li Shen go to the fief, and putting a capable prince to the fief can benefit the place.

It would not be a good thing to put a prince who had the ability and could earn a lot of wealth to go to the fief. Of course, Li Shimin knew that the basis of war was money.

Li Shen can earn millions of dollars of wealth every year, enough to feed an army of more than 100,000 yuan, as long as he digs deep holes in the fiefdom, accumulates grain, and slowly becomes king, he will have the capital of rebellion in a few years.

But today's trip made him somewhat believe in Li Shen's words, such a luxurious life is indeed not suitable for an emperor.

"Ayah, life is too short to be happy, this has always been my way of doing things. Can sit and never stand, can lie down and never sit. After I get married, I am ready to go to the fiefdom and live an idle cloud away from the world.... Ah.. ”

Before Li Shen finished speaking, he was knocked on the head by Li Shimin.

"I can't let you go to the fiefdom, and you are far away from the world, and there are many temples in the family of An, if you don't feel worthy of your identity, you can build one yourself." After speaking, Li Shimin took a sip of tea and continued to close his eyes and enjoy.

Li Shen looked at Li Shimin, Gaba mouthed twice, and didn't dare to say anything. When I looked up, I saw Wang De snickering there, and I was angry.

"Lao Wang, you still dare to laugh, Aya, I reported Lao Wang and received a lot of benefits from me."

Looking at Li Shimin again, his eyes didn't fight, he just sent out a hmm-word from his nose, and it was over.

"Your Highness, everyone knows the money collected by the old slave. You can't punish the old slave for this. Wang De said to Li Shen with a smile, and Li Shen felt that Wang De's smile was full of mockery.