Man Tanghong

The best way is to implement a stepped tax law in the Tang Dynasty, imposing heavy taxes on high-income and high-profit merchants, and implementing a luxury tax on luxury goods such as jewelry, jade, ivory, and animal skins.

These things can't be eaten or drunk, and ordinary people can't afford them. They are basically the consumer goods of landlords or rich and powerful families.

Therefore, imposing heavy taxes basically does not exploit the people.

As for affecting prices and making prices rise, people can't afford to live, so don't worry about it.

As long as the imperial court strictly controls the prices of grain, salt, cloth and other daily necessities, as well as the price of acres, it will basically not affect the people.

It's just that the current Datang does not have the soil to implement a stepped tax law.

Because the people of the Tang Dynasty were already used to tax laws such as [-]-[-], [-]-[-], [-]-[-], etc., and rashly changed the tax law to a step-by-step method, not only the people could not accept it, but also the officials in the ruling and opposition parties could not adapt.

They can't figure it out, they can't figure it out.

If someone with ulterior motives influences it, it will mess up the business and taxation, and make the business a mess.

Therefore, we can only think about the implementation of the stepped tax law.

However, this does not prevent the imposition of heavy taxes on water transport and sea transport.

There is a specialization in the arts, and Su Dingfang, a military general, can't figure out these things about business taxes, nor can he understand the disadvantages of business taxes, so he sat there silently drinking tea.

Li Yuanji didn't want to talk too deeply with Su Dingfang, so after taking a sip of tea and moistening his throat, he continued: "However, you and each household have already set the tax on water transportation and sea transportation, so it's not easy to change it. .

Just implement it according to what you have decided, and we will change it later when it is not suitable. "

Su Dingfang knew that this was Li Yuanji trying to protect his face, so he cupped his hands sincerely and said, "Thank you, Your Highness..."

Li Yuanji nodded, and continued: "After leaving the palace for a while, you will act like you have been taught a lesson by me, and then close the door to thank the guests without seeing anyone.

In a few days, when the limelight subsides, you will invest in the establishment of some elementary schools that only accept children from poor families in various workshops in Chang'an City, and give Li Gang a step up. "

Li Gang, as the master of the scholar forest, is also a good person.

If Su Dingfang spends some money to set up elementary schools and subsidize the education of some poor people's children, Li Gang will not be able to chase him down and yell and kill him.

After all, Su Dingfang used water transportation and sea transportation to encourage merchants, but Su Dingfang did not be unkind to the rich, but took out some money to support those children who could not afford to go to school.

For the sake of those children, Li Gang didn't want to yell at Su Dingfang anymore.

Su Dingfang also knew that Li Gang had been staring at him in recent days, and frequently went in and out of the Hall of Martial Virtue to impeach him. Now there is a way to make Li Gang change his mind and shut up.

He naturally followed good advice, "I understand that when I go back, I will send the stewards of the mansion to find a suitable house, and when the limelight is over, I will spread the education."

Li Yuanji nodded and said nothing more.

He just asked Su Dingfang to accompany him to taste tea in the pavilion, and did not let Su Dingfang leave until the moon rose and the light rain fell.

There is a saying that spring rains are continuous and autumn rains are majestic.

It took less than a quarter of an hour for this autumn rain to start pouring down.

Then it got bigger and bigger, and it got bigger and bigger, without any intention of stopping.

Accompanied by thunder after thunder, it fell for three days in a row.

Several water systems connected to Taiji Palace have all increased to a certain extent.

There was also a flood on the Jing River, which flooded tens of thousands of mu of fertile land in Xinping County, and buried all the beans and other crops planted by the people in Xinping County under the mud.

After the county magistrate of Xinping reported the incident, Chen Shuda immediately rushed to Xinping to investigate the disaster situation.

Li Gang also kept a low profile because of the disaster in Xinping County, and because Su Dingfang thanked the guests behind closed doors, he kept a low profile and stopped chasing Su Dingfang to fight and kill.

Just when Li Yuanji thought that the matter of selling tickets would be over like this, the attendees from Liangyi Hall appeared in Wude Hall.

After entering the hall, he saluted cautiously, then said respectfully, "His Royal Highness King Yong, the sage, please bring His Royal Highness Wang Fei to Yanxi Palace to meet you."

Li Yuanji was reviewing the memorials for the expansion of official roads and the establishment of post stations sent by the governor's mansions in various places. Hearing this, he raised his head slightly and asked suspiciously: "What is my father seeing me at this time? And let me bring the princess? "

The audience bowed their heads and knelt without speaking.

Li Yuanji thought for a while and asked, "Are my elder brother and second elder brother by my father's side?"

The visitor hurriedly said: "His Royal Highness is here, and the Second Young Master is also here."

Li Yuanji was taken aback for a moment, and his eyes slowly fell on the visitor.

The word 'also' is used well.

It is worthy of being the one who can serve in front of Liangyi Hall.

"Who else is there?"

Li Yuanji asked.

The visitor lowered his head for a moment, and said in a low voice: "The princesses are also here..."

Li Yuanji frowned slightly, "Who are those?"

The audience whispered: "Except for His Highness Pingyang, the rest are here."

Li Yuanji was stunned, and said thoughtfully: "Changsha, Xiangyang, Gaomi, Guiyang, Wanchun?"

Currently, among the princesses in the royal family, only these few, along with Li Xiuning, have grown up.

Wan Chun was betrothed to Lu Huairang, the son of Lu Kuan. He was not yet married, and the rest were married and had children.

"Yes……"

The audience responded in a low voice.

What did they run into the palace, and they got together?
Li Yuanji muttered in his heart.

As far as he knew, Xiangyang didn't have a good relationship with the others, and Changsha was domineering, so he didn't have a good relationship with the others.

Logically speaking, it is impossible for these few people to get together, let alone appear in front of Li Yuan together.

Why are they all gathered together uncharacteristically, and they all appeared in front of Li Yuan?

Could it be that they have given up caring about who Li Yuan loves more now?

Who did Li Yuan benefit the most from giving up thinking about it?

"Did they say anything together?"

Li Yuanji stared at the visitor full of doubts and asked.

The visitor's head was lowered even lower, and he didn't say a word.

Li Yuanji instantly understood.

What should be said, what can be said, the audience has said, the rest is what should not be said, and what cannot be said, he has no way to say.

"Go back and tell my father that I'll be there soon."

"Well..."

The visitor agreed softly, and stepped back out of the Hall of Martial Virtue.

Li Yuanji didn't send someone to call Yang Miaoyan, but asked someone to bring him a suit of dry clothes. After changing, he sat on Bao Huo and rushed to Yanxi Palace.

The reason why they are not called Yang Miaoyan is also because they still haven't figured out why the few people in Changsha got together for the first time and went to the palace.

If it is for power and profit, or if there are other small thoughts, then it doesn't matter whether you take Yang Miaoyan or not.

Moreover, if the few people in Changsha really want to fight for power and profit, if they have any serious thoughts, then there will be a war of words.

At that time, it will be embarrassing for a person surnamed Yang to be caught in the middle of a group of people surnamed Li.

If someone among them in Changsha got anxious and said something that shouldn't be said, Yang Miaoyan would be embarrassed, and Yang Miaoyan would not be able to deal with it.

Bao Huo wandered through the Liangyi Gate, arrived at the Liangyi Palace, and then passed through the Ganlu Gate, the Ganlu Hall, until he reached the end of the Jinshui River in the palace, and finally arrived at the Yanxi Palace. .

Yanxi Palace is built on the bank of Jinshui River, and a little further to the west is Sanhai in Taiji Palace.

Compared with other palaces in the palace, there is nothing special about Yanxi Palace. The only saving grace is that after autumn, the scenery outside the palace is more beautiful than other places.

Because a lot of vegetation is planted outside the temple that will show its most beautiful side in autumn.

"Your Highness, we're here..."

The wrestlers who were carrying them stopped when they reached the fifty-foot position in front of Yanxi Hall.

Because they can't go any further, and if they go any further, they will easily bump into the female relatives in the palace.

Li Yuanji signaled the wrestlers to go down, and after they got off, he told the wrestlers to rest where they should go, and then he took Liu Jun to the Yanxi Palace.

When he walked to the gate of the hall, he bumped into Wan Chun.

Wan Chun is the youngest among the grown-up princesses and Li Yuanji's only younger sister, and the rest are all older sisters.

Not only Li Yuanji's sister, but also Li Shimin's sister.

All bigger than them.

"Fourth Brother!"

Holding a girl's hair in a bun, Wan Chun bounced up to Li Yuanji and gave a sweet cry.

With a sweet voice and a bright smile, she looks like a spoiled little girl at home.

It's just her stiff expression and stiff movements that betrayed her.

"Well! I've grown up! She's a big girl!"

Li Yuanji responded flatly.

He could see that Wan Chun seemed to be facing him like a younger sister, but was actually very afraid of him.

Otherwise, the expression will not be stiff, and the movements will not be stiff.

"Well, my father told me to marry Huairang after the winter, and gave me a mansion in Yankang Fang as a residence."

Wan Chun tried to smile and said.

Yankang Fang is the Fugui Fang in Chang'an City. In the former Sui Dynasty, people with noble status lived there. It is the same now. The famous former Sui power official Yang Su lived here.

Whether Li Yuan could bestow the house here to Wan Chun, or when the 'luxury houses' in Chang'an City were starting to become scarce, he gave the house here.

It can be seen that Li Yuan is really generous to his own people.

Princesses of other dynasties after Dafang arrived in the Tang Dynasty would be jealous when they saw him.

"The house in Yankangfang, that's not cheap."

Li Yuanji sighed perfunctorily.

Wan Chun nodded heavily, and said in a low voice with some embarrassment: "It's just that there is no other dowry..."

Li Yuanji froze for a moment, and immediately understood the purpose of the people from Changsha gathering in the palace today.

This is obviously for money, and it is still for money in water transport and sea transport.

This is because he didn't get the tickets from Su Dingfang, so he came through the back door.

"Who taught you these words?"

Li Yuanji stared at Wan Chun and asked.

Wan Chun grew up in the palace and hadn't married yet, so she didn't have to worry about food and clothing on weekdays, and she only came into contact with eunuchs and maids in the palace, and then a group of younger siblings who were much younger than her.

Even if there is any utilitarianism, it is impossible to think about water transportation and sea transportation.

So what she said must have been taught to her.

When Wan Chun heard this, his face froze, and he said in an unnatural low voice: "No, no one taught me..."