Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 587
"However, Lord Hou should also be clear that such things as tax evasion and tax evasion are repeatedly prohibited. Our court wants to absolutely prohibit it, but we can't do it. Otherwise, the income will definitely increase a lot."

Tang Jian's face was bitter. It can be said that their household department has thought a lot to prevent this kind of situation, but is it easy to prevent such things?

After Qin Tian heard Tang Jian's words, he also expressed his understanding that tax evasion and tax evasion would happen in later generations when various technologies were already developed, let alone the current Tang Dynasty.

"Master Tang, tax evasion cannot be eradicated, but it can be reduced. I told the Holy Master about the debit and credit bookkeeping method before, and you know about it. Do you think it is time to implement the debit and credit bookkeeping method?"

Hearing that Qin Tian wanted to implement the debit and credit bookkeeping method, Tang Jian's expression moved slightly, and after thinking about it, he said: "Master Hou, the government's finances are tight now, if it can increase tax revenue, it will be a good thing, as for the situation in the Tang Dynasty, repel it." The Turks and the vassal kings of the court did not dare to move around, and now it is the right time to implement the debit and credit bookkeeping method."

The implementation of the debit and credit bookkeeping method will definitely cause some sensation and some unstable factors, but in a stable environment, these are not a problem, at least, they will not shake the foundation of Datang.

Tang Jian supported it, and Qin Tian nodded: "Okay, I will tell the Holy One tomorrow."

When the two finished talking like this, it was getting late and the rain was still falling.

The next day, early morning.

Qin Tian did not mention these things in the court, whether it was the extermination of Buddha, or the method of debit and credit accounting, these are not things that can be brought up casually.

Only after Li Shimin agreed, he could speak in court.

Many issues were discussed in the early court. Li Shimin didn't mention the loom here. Gao Shilian stood in the hall, a little anxious, but he didn't dare to raise it for a while.

The early court ended like this, but after the early court ended, Qin Tian didn't just leave like this, but went to the imperial study.

Here, Li Shimin also wanted to see Qin Tian, ​​and seeing Qin Tian coming, he was relieved.

"Holy..."

When Qin Tian dared to speak, Li Shimin suddenly laughed: "Qin Aiqing is here just in time. I just happened to tell you something. I heard that you have improved the loom so that one person can weave cloth, and it is very fast?"

Suddenly, Qin Tian felt like he was going to be calculated, because no matter how you looked at it, Li Shimin's smile was full of treachery.

Had he known this earlier, he would not have come.

"Ahem, my lord, this... is just a random improvement."

"It's still Qin Aiqing who is amazing. If she improved a little, she lowered the price of my cloth in Tang Dynasty. If I sell it in the Western Regions, I don't know how much money I can make."

Li Shimin just complimented him like this, but the more he said this, the more uneasy Qin Tian felt, because he felt like he was about to fall into a pit at any time.

This method made Qin Tian very uncomfortable.

"Your Majesty, just say what you have to say. If you keep doing this, I can't bear it."

Li Shimin curled his lips, and said: "Qin Aiqing, look, you have lowered the price of fabrics so much, and the fabrics woven by many ordinary women's women will no longer be sold. They can't sell the fabrics. How's your day going, what do you think?"

"This one……"

"Qin Aiqing, when it comes to everyday things, I still hope that you will have some fraternity."

Qin Tian understood Li Shimin's meaning, he had an urge to scold others, it's too cheating, his own money.

But if you think about it carefully, if you do this yourself, it seems that you have indeed cut off the livelihood of many people. It is no problem to cut off the livelihood of businessmen, but it is a big problem for ordinary people. This is not good.

"So the Holy One wants me to promote the loom?"

Li Shimin smiled: "Qin Aiqing is so smart!"

Qin Tian hehe.

"My lord, the loom can naturally be popularized, but this loom can be sold, and it can't just be given to others for nothing."

"This is also normal, I allow it."

Qin Tian nodded. Although it is impossible to achieve a monopoly, selling looms can also make him a lot of money. In the future, it will be fine to improve in other aspects.

After saying this, Li Shimin finally asked: "Qin Aiqing came into the palace, is there something?"

"My lord, this is the income of the household department this year."

Qin Tian gave Li Shimin what he was looking at yesterday. After Li Shimin read it, his expression was also frozen, a bit ugly. Datang is very big, but half a year's income is only so little. It is really a bit tangled and distressing.

"Qin Aiqing, the income for the first half of this year is not much."

"There will be fewer in the second half of the year."

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment, and his face became even more ugly.

"Qin Aiqing, you didn't come into the palace just to show me these things, did you?"

If it's just these things, it can be said in the early court that there is no need to enter the palace again, and the income of the household department is not high, and his ministerial order is also very responsible, so as smart as Li Shimin, he naturally quickly saw that Qin Tian had something else to do. Purpose.

"Your Majesty, the household tax is not high, and it is impossible to strengthen my Tang Dynasty. I have seen and analyzed this situation, and found that there are two serious problems. If we improve it, it will make my Tang Dynasty stronger. Revenue doubled."

Hearing that the income had doubled, Li Shimin's eyes widened immediately, and he looked at Qin Tian expectantly, and said, "Oh, Qin Aiqing thinks those two aspects can be improved?"

"First, I found out that the monasteries in our Tang Dynasty occupy a large amount of land, and there is too much land. They don't do production, which is not good for our Tang Dynasty. Moreover, their land does not need to pay taxes. If they can Take back their land, dismiss some monks, let them go home to marry wives and have children, my Datang’s income will increase, and the population will also increase, isn’t this killing two birds with one stone?”

Qin Tian said this a little casually, it didn't sound serious, but after Li Shimin heard it, his face turned purple, because no matter how casual Qin Tian said, he already understood Qin Tian's meaning. Isn't that the extermination of Buddha?
It's not that this kind of situation has never happened in the whole of China. Emperor Taiwu of Wei and Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty all did this. They didn't have it in the Tang Dynasty. They just did it. I'm afraid it will be inconvenient. trouble.

Li Shimin raised his head and glanced at Qin Tian, ​​thinking that this kid was really looking for trouble, and he moved the temple's mind.

But thinking about it carefully, what Qin Tian said is also reasonable. The resources occupied by the temple are too much, land, population, and these land and population do not need to pay taxes or do labor. Little contribution.

At least for Datang, which is in great need of strength and development nowadays, it does not make much contribution.

(End of this chapter)