Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 568
For Gao Ming, there is actually not much pressure to supervise the country.

This feeling is as if the teacher is not there, and the class monitor supervises everyone's self-study, as long as everyone doesn't make noise and skip class, it can be said to be very simple.

It was precisely because of this that he set up a "group of five" to screen the papers, while he flirted with Su Wan'er in the backyard.

After the two laughed for a while, Su Wan'er finally couldn't help showing a worried and guilty expression.

"Lang Jun, is it really okay for you to do this? Why don't you go to the study to have a look!"

Seeing the expression on Su Wan'er's face, Gao Ming could only sigh helplessly.

"Oh, well, if I don't go again, you should treat yourself as a concubine. It's really rare to see a concubine with such a big belly. Isn't it great to have a big belly?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Su Wan'er blushed again, then pouted and stamped her feet in embarrassment.

"Lang Jun!"

Seeing that she was really getting angry from embarrassment, Gao Ming immediately raised his hands in a gesture of surrender.

"Okay, okay, you have a big belly, you have the final say, I'll go, I'll go now, right? There's really nothing I can do about you..."

Having said that, Gao Ming muttered, and turned around towards the study.

Seeing the back of him leaving, Su Wan'er touched her bulging belly again, her face was full of happy smiles.

"Is it a big belly? Hee hee hee..."

When Su Wan'er couldn't help laughing out loud, Gao Ming had already walked out of the inner courtyard and came to the door of the study.

At this time, the door of the study room was open, and when Gao Ming came to the door, he immediately saw the five people inside who were reading the booklet.

Among the five, Changsun Wuji is better. He is just 50 years old this year. Except for him, the other four are all around 70 years old.

Looking at the five busy old men, Gao Ming couldn't help but smacked his lips.

"Tsk... in this age where the average life expectancy is only 50 years old, isn't it a bit unkind for me to do this?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming touched his chin immediately, thinking secretly.

"But if I don't use them, I can't do anything about these discounts. If this is the case, it's not kind to be kind. At worst, I'll pay them some overtime pay later..."

While Gao Ming was thinking about it secretly, the five people in the room also saw Gao Ming outside the door, they immediately put down the folders in their hands, and bowed their hands to Gao Ming.

"I have seen His Royal Highness!"

Hearing the voices of several people, Gao Ming came back to his senses immediately, smiled and cupped his hands towards them.

"This is not the imperial court, you don't have to be so polite, by the way, how is the screening of the papers going?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and bowed to Gao Ming again.

"Back to His Royal Highness, I have just started the screening, but according to the current situation, the screening can be completed before Youshi!"

Seeing Changsun Wuji who was bowing his hands and saluting to him, Gao Ming immediately smiled and nodded.

"That's great. How about this? I'll join in too. Let's screen and process the papers at the same time. This way, it will be faster. Okay, let's stop gossip and start now!"

"Yes!"

As Gao Ming walked into the study, Changsun Wuji and others also quickly entered the state. As soon as Gao Ming sat down, Changsun Wuji handed Gao Ming a booklet.

"His Royal Highness, this is a document submitted by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. It lists more than [-] criminals who need to be executed in autumn. Please give your instructions!"

As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Gao Ming frowned.

"After Autumn? Isn't that more than a month away? Can you wait until the saint's class teacher returns to court? Anyway, he will be back in three or four months at most!"

Regarding human life, Gao Ming has always taken an extremely cautious attitude, because he knew that if he said a word, many people would become souls killed by the sword. Because of this, he planned to wait for Li Shimin to come back.

But Changsun Wuji shook his head and rejected his proposal.

"His Royal Highness, please forgive the old minister for speaking bluntly. His Majesty will probably pardon the world after victory and return to the court, but these criminals who need to be executed are all criminals, so..."

"So we have to kill them first, right?"

Although Changsun Wuji didn't finish his sentence, Gao Ming already understood, and he immediately nodded with a serious expression.

"I understand, then let the Ministry of Criminal Justice review the case again. If there is no doubt, let's execute him in the autumn. Do you think this is an appropriate disposal?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, everyone present nodded their heads in agreement.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming opened the notebook and glanced at it. After finding that it was roughly the same as what Changsun Wuji said, he picked up a pen and wrote the word "agree" in it, and then put the notebook aside.

Gao Ming just put down the booklet, Changsun Wuji immediately took another booklet and sent it over.

"Your Highness, this is a note from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Last year, we exempted half of the farmers' taxes in the Tang Dynasty and changed to collecting merchants' taxes. The results are very good. It has been a full year now, so this year we plan to start exempting farmers from all taxes! "

"Haha, isn't this great?"

Gao Ming laughed as he took the booklet from Changsun Wuji.

"There are many farmers in the Tang Dynasty, but the per capita income is not high. The property of 100 people is not as much as that of a businessman. It is a wise choice to collect business tax."

When he said this, Gao Ming swiped his pen and wrote the word "Agree" on the notebook, put it aside, and nodded to Changsun Wuji at the same time.

"The officials in Jinzhou have paid taxes for a year, and the tax rate is [-]% of their salaries. Tomorrow, Uncle Guo, please mention it in the court, and start to fully implement it in Datang!"

"Yes!"

In Changsun Wuji's view, [-]% of the salary is nothing at all, and there is not much money in a year, so there is no point in arguing with Gao Ming over this matter. If you stand against Gao Ming because of this matter, it will be too much for the gain.

Not only Changsun Wuji, but even the other four people who were present were only slightly taken aback when they heard Gao Ming said that they would collect officials' taxes, but none of them expressed any objection.

Changsun Wuji seemed to have expected this result a long time ago, so after he agreed to Gao Ming, he took out the third copy.

"His Royal Highness, this is an excerpt from the Ministry of Industry, it's about rebuilding the Hanyuan Hall..."

Next, as Changsun Wuji handed over a note, Gao Ming gave a comment, and generally most of them agreed, and only a few Gao Ming felt that it was particularly nonsense to approve or disagree.

For example, where auspiciousness occurs, where a temple collapses, so you ask for sacrifices to the heavens, etc., such wise people will give instructions and disagree.

Of the dozens of notebooks submitted this time, only a small part required Gao Ming's direct comment, and most of them were processed by the county officials below, and they were only reported to the court to know.

Like this part, Gao Ming directly gave the three words "know it", which is the most trouble-free.

When it was Youshi, all the paperwork had been dealt with, Gao Ming immediately stood up, stretched, and then smiled at Changsun Wuji and the others.

"Thank you for your hard work today, let's continue tomorrow. By the way, everyone, don't rush to leave. I'll get someone to send over your 'overtime pay', haha!"

Having said that, Gao Ming walked outside with a smile on his face. Looking at his leaving back, Changsun Wuji and the others immediately showed confusion.

"Overtime pay? What's that?"

(End of this chapter)