Under the leadership of Shou Yan, Han Tongwen and Qin Minghe and Bills with the medicine box came straight to the emperor's bedroom, Li Zhi now even has some difficulty getting up, except for the prime ministers, no one is seen, and military affairs are also decided by the military queen. In the past three years, the prestige www.biquge.info of the Empress Wu has risen greatly, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty have also become accustomed to the Empress Wu being in charge of the government.

"Your Majesty, Han Tongwen and his friend Qin Minghe, a doctor of the Roman Empire, ask to see," Shou Yanchuan reported.

"Come in" Li Zhi's voice was weak and lacking in qi, Han Tongwen was a person who practiced martial arts, and as soon as Li Zhi opened his mouth, Han Tongwen knew that he was not lightly ill.

After entering the dormitory, Li Zhi was still lying on the dragon bed, and he hadn't seen Li Zhi lose weight for three years, and his face had some collapses.

"Han Tongwen has seen His Majesty"

Qin Minghe and Bills just bowed, and the Tang Dynasty was open and rarely knelt except for formal occasions, so although the Romans were a little rude, the emperor did not blame him, and what Li Zhi cared about was Han Tongwen, as for Qin Minghe Bills, even the medical immortals were not saved by medicine stones, who else in this world could save him.

"You're back in Chang'an again, I heard that you're living quite casually in the academy."

"Mr. Cheng is valued as Mr. College, how dare you not fulfill your duties"

"It would be nice if I did my duty" Li Zhi was very dissatisfied with Han Tongwen's laziness every once in a while.

"Your Majesty's words are sincerely afraid, Tongwen is also very worried about Your Majesty," Han Tongwen explained.

"It's true, now Beiting Xizhou has returned to the pre-war level in just two years, and now these two states are even more prosperous, which is unimaginable for me."

After the completion of the reconstruction of Xizhou and Beiting, Li Zhi thought that these merchants no longer had a lot of financial resources to maintain the prosperity they had before, but in just one year after the construction of Beiting and Xizhou, Xizhou Beiting became a gathering place for Tang Dynasty merchants, and even Liangzhou and Youzhou near these two states have become rich.

"Tongwen, I don't understand something"

"Your Majesty, please speak"

"I exempted the taxes of Xizhou and Beiting, originally Datang had less taxes in these two states, and the taxes of Datang should be less this year and last year, but why did Datang increase taxes by more than one million yuan last year" The emperor was very reluctant to reduce the taxes of the two states, fearing that the taxes would not be enough to support the state.

"Your Majesty, this is the importance of my Datang policy. The two states of Xizhou and Beiting were originally poor areas, and even if they collected taxes, they couldn't collect much, but His Majesty met with taxes and gave merchants a lot of privileges in these two states, which greatly mobilized the enthusiasm of merchants and even led to the development of commerce and trade in the entire Tang Dynasty. There is no tax on all kinds of transactions in Beiting and Xizhou, so these merchants will use all the things at hand to come to these two places, and the circulation of various goods will be very fast, but the market in Beiting and Xizhou will soon reach saturation, and at this time, it will spread to nearby states from these two states. Chen has a drunken immortal shop in Xizhou, so it's better to take this as an example."

"The minister's Zuixianfang used to be in short supply because the government restricted the large-scale grain trade, and the result was that the production of Zuixian's wine was scarce, but now there is no such restriction in Xizhou and there is a lot of fertile land and enough grain, so the minister moved the Zuixianfang over. With endless food, drunken immortal wine gradually flooded all cities in Xizhou, and the money earned in the middle belonged to Zuixianfang, among which the benefits were amazing, and the benefits were so great that they attracted more businessmen to go.

The fact that Xizhou allows a large amount of grain trading means that there are countless drunken immortal liquor transported outside of Xizhou, and these wines need to be taxed through the state and county, so although Xizhou does not collect taxes, the taxes in other places will increase a lot. Not only that, the escort caravan will also rest and spend in various places along the way, the guys will spend money in the store, and the inn will buy more chickens, ducks, fish and meat from the farmers after making money, consumption means that the coins can be circulated, and every time the circulation of my Datang can get taxes from it, so I Datang takes Beiting and Xizhou as the fulcrum, which drives the prosperity of the entire Datang"

"Sometimes I really want to open your mind and see why there are so many ways to do things that make me and the courtiers have a headache so easily," Li Zhi said.

"Your Majesty has won the award, if I can't do anything alone, I also rely on the huge financial resources of the merchants"

"Yes, this time I really saw the means of the merchants, and the merchants who were oppressed by the courtiers and officials actually achieved such a feat, how do you think I should be rewarded?"

The merchants were looked down upon, but this time they completed the reconstruction of the North Courtyard of Xizhou without using a penny from the state treasury, and Li Zhi praised the best performers among them. Although he did not participate in court politics, he had always wondered whether the status of the businessmen was really too low, and he was a little worried that the Shinong, industrial, and commercial class would not be so easy to change after nearly a thousand years of existence.

"The status of the merchants really needs to be improved, and the wealth that these merchants have accumulated for many years of hard work and thrift can be easily taken away by those high-ranking dignitaries, which in itself is the greatest injustice. As aristocrats, it is their privilege to get something for nothing, but if their unearned income is based on the destruction of other people's families, it is difficult for me to accept such a situation."

"They really do owe a lot to the country."

"There is also a limit to promotion, the nature of a businessman is profit-seeking, and he has a huge amount of wealth, if he is raised too high, when power and wealth coexist, then he will become ambitious if he has no ambition."

"Since this is the case, then I will include the property of the merchant in the Tang Law, and the violator will be disposed of by the Tang Law. ”

"Tongwen, are you here to take a last look at me?" Li Zhi asked suddenly.

"Your Majesty is serious, I came to find a friend to heal Your Majesty's condition, and I will go back when Your Majesty's health improves," Han Tongwen said.

"No need, my body knows it by itself, it's very good if you have this heart" Li Zhi didn't believe this young doctor.

"Since you're here, you might as well try it, you might as well die ...... Dead dragons are treated as living dragon doctors," Han Tongwen almost said that he had missed his mouth.

Li Zhi was not angry either, "Since you have a heart, let him try"

Han Tongwen communicated with Haider in Roman dialect, and Haider walked to the emperor's dragon bed and examined it carefully, and pressed a few more places.

"Your emperor is in a very bad situation," Haider said in Roman.

"Is there a cure?"

"Yes, but it will expose my healing powers, and I need to let others out"

"I can't think of the Roman dialect you still understand," Li Zhi asked.

"Studied for a while before"

"So what are you talking about?"

"Doctor Qin said that Your Majesty, although your illness cannot be cured, it can be alleviated and prolong Your Majesty's life, but you need other idle people to go out."

"Can it be cured? really?" Li Zhi was a little unconvinced, after all, it was diagnosed by the medical fairy himself, and now a young man said that he could cure him, so he naturally doubted it.

"I vouch for my life"

"Okay, good!" Li Zhi was excited, "Except for this Doctor Qin, everyone else retreated"

"Your Majesty, let a doctor from a foreign country be alone with you, if this person has any malicious intentions, the slave will die and it will be difficult to atone for his sins," Shou Yan said hurriedly.

"Since Your Majesty doesn't believe in Qin Minghe, I am willing to protect you," Han Tongwen said, Shou Yan must not stay.

"Okay, Han Tong Wenzhen still believes it, you don't need to say much about longevity"

The emperor had already spoken, and Shou Yan could only leave with these palace maids and eunuchs.

"Your Majesty, Doctor Qin said that your eye disease is because the blood has blocked the veins near your eyes, and you need to make a small wound on your forehead to let some blood out" Han Tongwen was a little worried that Li Zhi would object, after all, as an emperor, it was too dangerous to let someone he had never seen use a knife to cut his head.

Li Zhi's body can be regarded as riddled with diseases, but he needs to cover up his healing ability by taking blood for the treatment of eye diseases.

"Okay, I'm already like this, so let you come" Li Zhi is also very bold.

Han Tongwen nodded, Qin Minghe took out a scripture book and put it on the table respectfully and began to pray silently, the archangel technique comes from the power of the gods, and every time you use it, you need to pray. After the prayer, Bills took out a bright knife and a jade bowl, Qin Minghe said a word on Li Zhi's forehead and sideburns, and immediately the blood flowed, Qin Minghe used the bowl with his left hand, and his right hand carried a soft glow. This soft glow instantly enveloped Li Zhi after touching his body, and Li Zhi felt a warm body up and down, and a strange power circulated in his body.

Shou Yan waited anxiously outside the dormitory, and it was the Empress Wu who came with one person.

"Why are you outside the palace, which prime minister is secretly talking to His Majesty?" asked Empress Wu.

"No, it's Han Tongwen who takes a Roman doctor to see His Majesty again"

"From the Roman Empire, you can rest assured that Your Majesty will stay alone in the dormitory with the people of the Roman Empire?" Empress Wu angrily pushed open the door of the dormitory.