Great Tang princess

Chapter 495 Good things keep coming
The emperor never acted arbitrarily, let alone did it himself.

Because a person's energy is limited after all, if he wants to become an emperor, let alone whether he is powerful or not, but at least to be a qualified emperor, he must learn how to employ people.

In the past, Li Yuechen would tell his mother everything by himself, even if he wrote a report, he would write it by himself, and hand it in quickly.

In terms of efficiency, it is of course good, but the disadvantage is that she is so hands-on, what she can do is limited after all.

Now that I know that I can let the household department do some complicated work, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as a lot of growth.

Wu Zetian's biggest idea now is to train her to be a qualified emperor. Regardless of whether she will inherit the throne in the future, she must at least have the corresponding ability.

And a qualified emperor must master the art of manipulating people well.Of course, if he can deter his subordinates in terms of force like Taizong, it will be a bonus.

From Wu Zetian's point of view, the current daughter is gradually developing in this direction, because she also knows that now that she manages the army herself, she has no more energy to deal with government affairs.

She can only come up with an idea by herself and let her subordinates gradually improve it. This is what she should do.

Li Yuechen didn't know what his mother was thinking, but he planned to go back and talk to his sister after dinner tonight, and then ask the household department to come up with a reasonable plan.

It was preliminarily determined that people with titles and their families can be exempted from taxes, but others still have to pay taxes, but they can be exempted from corvee.

Because the corvee system will definitely be abolished or greatly reformed in the future, the nobles just enjoyed this in advance.

But in this era, the concept of family is actually a bit broad. Among other things, first of all, wives, concubines and a lot of women are considered family members.

In addition, sons and daughters, regardless of whether they are descendants or concubines, they are also family members.

Not to mention slaves and servants without household registration and human rights, they are naturally considered family members.

The number of noble families is indispensable. If you really want to count them, it is actually a very large number.

But even so, it can still bring a lot of income to the royal family, and then they can use this money to support professional soldiers in charge of war at the border.

……

After dinner and returning to the Princess Mansion, Li Yuechen got off the carriage and walked to her sister's room, intending to have a good chat about it.

However, just after entering the gate of the Princess Mansion, I saw a figure who was already guarding the door. After seeing her, I trotted all the way to the front: "Your Highness!"

"Fulai!" Li Yuechen grinned, then took two steps forward quickly, and came to him: "Long time no see!"

While talking, he stretched out his hand and pinched his cheek twice: "I haven't seen you in three years, I look a little older, and my face has relaxed a lot!"

Fulai looked respectful: "This slave is old, but His Highness is still young."

Li Yuechen smiled after hearing the compliment: "Why did you come back suddenly? I came back yesterday and heard that you went to Chang'an for business."

"I was already on my way back. I heard from a passing businessman that many flying objects appeared in the sky and landed in the palace. The servant girl guessed that His Highness is back, so I hurried back!" Fulai replied, "I haven't seen you for many years. I miss your Highness every day!"

As he said that, his eye sockets turned a little red.

"Well, I'm determined!" Li Yuechen patted him on the shoulder, "Okay, the journey is tiring, let's go and rest first. Xiaohe hasn't come back these few days, so you will wait by my side first."

"Here!" Fulai quickly agreed.

For him, it is best to be able to serve the princess by his side. There are not many things to do every day and it is easy. The princess is considerate of his subordinates and is not harsh on them. It is simply more comfortable.

……

After a few polite words with Fulai, Li Yuechen came to Princess Xuancheng's room and chatted about the reform of the tax system.

After roughly explaining, Princess Xuancheng nodded: "Okay, I'll go there tomorrow and start..."

"Sister, the key is, can you come up with a price they can accept?" Li Yuechen asked.

Princess Xuancheng is not sure about this: "The household income of the nobles is not clear, but if I ask Wan'er to help investigate..."

Having said that, both of them turned their heads and looked at Shangguan Wan'er behind.

Faced with the expectant expressions of the two, Shangguan Wan'er said in a low voice, "This matter...does not comply with the regulations..."

The two sighed, that's right, it's too...

"But!" Shangguan Wan'er continued, "If it is beneficial to Your Highness, Wan'er can try it."

In the end, there was a smile on his face.

Seeing this smile, Li Yuechen felt happy, but at the same time, he was also a little regretful. After working in intelligence for a long time, he would always unravel a lot of the dark side of human nature. After all, Shangguan Wan'er is not what she was when she was a child...

But how to put it, maybe this is the price of growth.

Li Yuechen didn't want to lock her up in the Princess Mansion to be a canary, but hoped that she could give full play to her ability and value, and give full play to her talent.

From this point of view, the current Shangguan Wan'er is pretty good!

She opened her arms and gave her a hug: "Wan'er is amazing!"

Shangguan Wan'er smiled lightly: "Actually, if Your Highness wants to lay the foundation for the future, it is better to propose on this basis that the officials of the court and China should pay taxes as well."

"I want to too, but they won't be willing." Li Yuechen shook his head.

She had never thought about this point, but it was not the time to raise this point, after all, it would be nonsense to force the officials to quit.

Still the same sentence, now you can't tell them that you can do it or not, because if they leave, there may really be no one left.

However, Princess Xuancheng seems to have a different idea: "What if we give them a long salary? In this way, wouldn't it be enough to let them use the increased salary to pay taxes? First, it is equivalent to the royal family collecting taxes, and second, they also have to pay taxes." Didn't give them extra salaries..."

Hearing this sentence, Li Yuechen's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously felt that it was feasible.

However, Shangguan Wan'er shook her head: "Your Highness, this is not acceptable."

"Why?" Princess Xuancheng was puzzled.

"Your Majesty's goal is to centralize the imperial power, and its original intention is to enhance the majesty of the royal family." Shangguan Wan'er explained, "But if you do this, it will make them feel that the emperor wants them to pay taxes, so they have to give them the money themselves. In terms of His Majesty's purpose, it is actually counterproductive, and it will fuel their arrogance if not done well."

Hearing her explanation, Li Yuechen couldn't help nodding. This kind of analysis is very thorough, and it is really impossible to do this.

Li Yuechen's original goal was that under the royal family, all beings are equal, and they must not let them feel that the emperor has nothing to do with them.

To put it bluntly, no one should be allowed to slap their noses at the royal family.

So she turned her head and asked Shangguan Wan'er: "Is it feasible to change the way? First propose to increase the salary, and then propose to pay taxes, but the tax quota is higher than the increased part?"

Her idea is also very simple, raise wages first.For example, the increase is five yuan, but then you are told to pay taxes, and the tax is ten yuan.

In this way, this is tantamount to a welfare subsidy, but they still have to pay for it.

As he said that, Li Yuechen couldn't help but secretly nodded in his heart, praising his wisdom.

However, Shangguan Wan'er poured cold water on her again: "Your Highness...does it mean more humiliation?"

"Huh?" Li Yuechen was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed that it was indeed a bit insulting.

The front foot tells you to raise your salary, and the back foot will ask for more money. It seems that the face is really not good-looking, and the face of the royal family still needs to be taken into account.

When she was worrying about what to do, Shangguan Wan'er said: "Actually, if your Highness uses this method for a longer time, it is indeed feasible."

"How?"

"It's not yet March. If you propose to increase their salary at this time and ask them to pay taxes at the end of the year, it should be feasible." Shangguan Wan'er explained.

After all, time has passed. In such a big country, many trivial things will definitely happen after such a long time. If you propose to pay taxes at the end of the year, no one will think that these two things are connected.

Even if someone can think of it, when the time comes to guide the public opinion, and let the hidden guards catch a few people who spread such rumors indiscriminately, it will almost pass.

"Good idea!" Li Yuechen admired, turned his head and said to Princess Xuancheng, "Just follow this, but don't let it out beforehand. Sister, you'd better find someone you can trust."

"Chen'er, don't worry, this matter is not difficult!" Princess Xuancheng nodded confidently and agreed.

Princess Xuancheng's logical thinking is much stronger than that of ordinary people. In addition, she has also seen Di Fan. Now the management of the household department can be said to be strict and orderly. I dare not say that there are no internal and external ones, but there are definitely not many.

The so-called emperor model is essentially a kind of management science, not just the emperor, if it is used properly, it can be useful in any industry.

After confirming some key points, Li Yuechen and Shangguan Wan'er got up and left. After two days, Princess Xuancheng finished sorting out and wrote a memorial to my mother.

On the way back to the room, Li Yuechen's footsteps became much easier.

Once the royal family has money, it will be able to support more professional soldiers, and then the country will not have to worry about the invasion of foreign enemies.

Shangguan Wan'er at the back had a smile on her face: "Your Highness seems to be in a good mood today."

Can it be bad?Li Yuechen thought to himself, the steam engine research was successful, and he decided to start changing the tax system. This country is developing towards a higher civilization.

Even she couldn't help but wonder, what kind of scene would it be if it could follow this trend and develop to the appearance after more than a thousand years?

If you look at it according to the current style, it is likely to be a combination of things.

The only pity is that she herself will definitely not see that day... Li Yuechen shook his head regretfully.

Then he turned around and said, "Wan'er, it's been a long time since I've been lying down and chatting together, how about staying with me tonight?"

"I wish I could!" She had a smile on her face.

(End of this chapter)