Datang first village

[Today's 180th vote plus update]

I lived in Qinling for three days, fishing, hunting, talking about love, talking about love.

Forget modern times and Tang Dynasty.

Li Yuanxing calmed down completely.

Responsibility can only be borne after having a certain ability. If you do not have that ability, taking responsibility is not only irresponsible to yourself, but also increases the so-called pressure on those around you.

On the evening of the third day, before Li Yuanxing entered Qinwangzhuang through the back door, he saw Zheng He running over from a distance.

"Your Highness, many guests are here!"

"Guests?" Li Yuanxing was very surprised, it was already evening, how could there be so many guests in his Zhuangzi.

You know, Datang has a curfew system, and if these people stay in Zhuangzi, they are determined not to leave at night. [

"Where is the long history?" Li Yuanxing asked.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the two chief historians will greet the guests in the front hall." Zheng He replied from the side.

Wei Zheng is back?Li Yuanxing was overjoyed. Wei Zheng's return meant that Liaodong was stable, and the business was also stable.Otherwise, Wei Zheng would not rush back.

Li Yuanxing couldn't help walking a few steps faster, and said to Cui Yingying as he walked, "Go back and rest first, my king will go to the front yard to have a look." After speaking, he did not wait for Cui Yingying's response.Li Yuanxing said to Zheng He again: "Lead the way quickly!"

After entering the back door, Li Yuanxing sat in a soft sedan chair, and the bearer trotted to the front hall.

On the way, Li Yuanxing heard that Zheng He was reading the list of guests. Li Yuanxing became more and more surprised when he heard it. At this time, he was Qin Wangzhuang, the entire Tianying Pavilion, the six ministers, the five deans of the Jianyuan, and all of them who were not bad. When he arrived at his own Qinwangzhuang, what was he going to do.

For the plague of locusts?

Do not!

Li Yuanxing shook his head lightly. If only a few senior officials were there, then the reason for the locust plague could still be justified.Li Yuanxing didn't believe that everyone was so dedicated to the country.

Therefore, it may only be for business and taxation.

In the living room of the conference, Wang Jishan, Changsun Ji, Fang Xuanling, and Li Jing came out to greet them. They could be said to represent the four forces above the Great Tang Dynasty.Representing the aristocratic family, the emerging nobles, the old department of Qin Wangfu, and the military respectively.Although the four forces have their own intersections, they are not so clearly divided.

However, when fighting for their respective interests, the division is quite obvious.

"I'm waiting to come because the reputation of the Thousand Dumpling Banquet is too high, so I came here suddenly, Your Highness, forgive me!" Wang Jishan smiled and bowed his hands, and Li Yuanxing approached the four of them after returning the gift: "Come here for dinner, you say yourselves?" Believe it or not!"

Hahaha!Wang Jishan smiled heartily, and then entered the hall with Li Yuanxing.

It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not, the important thing is that this is a statement for outsiders. [

"Command down, prepare the banquet!" Li Yuanxing gave Zheng He an order, and Zheng He immediately turned around and ran away.

At this time, Lu Maofeng closed the door outside, and even the maids were called out in the living room of the conference. The only maids left here were Qiu Xiang and Yuan Hun.In front of each guest's seat, there is an empty cup, a thermos bottle, and three boxes of tea of ​​different varieties. Simply put, if you want to drink water, pour it yourself.

"Your Highness, let me talk about a serious matter first. There are pirates attacking the Snow Salt Farm. This matter is very serious!" Qin Qiong was the first to stand up, and then saluted Li Jing: "Li Shangshu, according to the information, this is a hundred Jiren did it. They robbed a hundred loads of snow salt and injured hundreds of our salt workers."

Li Jing didn't say anything, just looked at Li Yuanxing.

"This king agrees to sanction Baekje, let them hand over the murderer and return the snow salt, otherwise all Baekje people will be expelled!"

"The policy of non-war is recognized by the Ministry of Rites." Wang Jishan was the first to express.

"Water warfare is needed to fight Baekje, and Datang is currently weak in water warfare, and the Ministry of War agrees." Li Jing also followed suit.

To clean up Baekje, this is a fact that has already been settled, because Li Yuanxing is in charge of Admiral Tiance's Mansion, so it needs to go through a situation on the surface.

Since this expulsion method was used on Goguryeo people last time, many officials believe that this is a good strategy.After cutting off the source of income for Goguryeo merchants, they could instead increase their sales to Goguryeo in Liaodong, and their income increased several times.Datang still looks good when facing foreign countries.

Next, Cui Junsu stood up: "Your Highness, we believe that the commercial tax can be changed. But I disagree with the luxury tax. Unless Your Highness has a very good reason to persuade me, Tianying Pavilion will vote against it unanimously." .”

Li Yuanxing smiled: "How much do you spend on luxury goods a year?"

"Your Highness, isn't that a luxury that I'm going to spend?" Cui Junsu didn't back down at all.

Li Yuanxing also stood up: "If you come to this king's Zhuangzi for this matter, it is really for eating dumplings. This king can make you agree with a word. If you don't believe me, how about we make a bet? If this The king has lost, and today I will cook in person and present eight dishes and one soup for everyone!"

"What if someone loses?"

"How about singing or dancing to celebrate the banquet?" Li Yuanxing said with a smile.

In Datang, letting high officials sing and dance at banquets is not an insult, but a kind of intimacy.According to historical records, when Li Zhi was born, Li Er held a banquet, and the Supreme Emperor Li Yuan sang and danced at the banquet, which was very lively.And people without any status, you are not qualified to go to the dance floor.

"It seems that His Highness is full of confidence, so I will listen to you!" Cui Junsu bowed.

"In a word, have you thought about it clearly, whose tax is really added by the luxury tax?"

Cui Junsu was stunned, Wang Jishan, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Ji, and everyone present were stunned. In their view, this luxury tax is just increasing their taxes, increasing their living costs, and in turn subsidizing the poor. , so everyone stood up against it.

"Please tell me, Your Highness?"

Cui Junsu was asked to be dumb for the first time.

"Cui Shangshu, as far as this king knows, half of your family's expenses are self-produced, and the other half is exchanged with other aristocratic families. Speaking of workshops, your Cui family's workshops dare not say that all walks of life are occupied. But the cost of r, I believe, Cui, Wang, and Lu, just these three, your item exchange is enough, right?"

"Yes!" Facing Li Yuanxing's question, Cui Junsu thought, this is really the case.

"There are still a few. It can be said that the real need to spend less than [-]% of the money to buy, at most [-]%, right?" Li Yuanxing asked again.

Cui Junsu is the Minister of the Household Department. After a quick calculation in his mind, he replied: "Containing it now seems to be less than half of it. I think it will be richer in the future, and it will naturally increase."

"How many foreign merchants are there in Datang? How many are there in Chang'an?"

Cui Junsu suddenly realized, and bowed to Li Yuanxing: "This minister is confused, Your Highness is wise."

"Some people will naturally suffer. For those low-level gentry, their luxury goods may be [-] to [-]% higher. However, for the entire Tang Dynasty, Cui Shangshu should be more profitable than this one. Wang counts more carefully."

Who cares about low-level gentry.

However, in face, Cui Junsu said: "The court encourages the establishment of industries, and there will naturally be some other reductions. It is not a big deal to buy less than one new clothes in a year. Pay an extra tax, so that the world's poor After the cold winter, this is a great good thing, Your Highness, this luxury tax, I support it!"

"Some support!" At least half of them responded.

Interests, everything is interests.Li Yuanxing shook his head with a wry smile. Now it seems that, as Li Yuanxing said, it is the foreign merchants who really increase the cost, and their increased part will compensate for the extra expenditure of the big family.

Fortunately, it's not the Ming Dynasty here, and no one will try their best to say hooligan talk about the royal family competing for profit with the people.

However, in a few years, ten years or so.

When the luxury tax has been formalized, the output of the family, the income of the family, and the tax that the family needs to pay.Cui Junsu couldn't see it, and he couldn't figure it out either.

When everyone saw Li Yuanxing shaking his head, they naturally didn't know what Li Yuanxing was really thinking.

From their point of view, it was Li Yuanxing who thought that these people were all idiots, who only saw a small loss in the immediate future, but did not see the long-term benefits, so he disappointed His Royal Highness King Qin.

"Okay, you should know about the locust plague." Li Yuanxing looked back to see the reactions of the ministers.

"We know that the Holy Majesty has already issued an imperial decree on this matter, and everything is subject to His Highness's arrangement. In the past dynasties, locust plagues will only make people miserable, and the people can only wait for death in silence. After the plague of locusts, it is time to pray to the Son of Heaven."

What Wang Jishan said is true, and as a superior, he also has the common people in his heart.

Li Yuanxing also understood that in ancient times, the common people were afraid of natural disasters.

"Brother Yao, this king wants to mobilize the twelve guards. The four guards of the imperial guards in Chang'an City will not move to protect Chang'an. The twelve guards will first mobilize the four guards, and the third guards will rush to the east of the Wei River. This king will repair the river."

Li Jing had no objection, and agreed immediately.

Cui Junsu asked, "Your Highness, we are willing to obey the arrangement, but can Your Highness tell us the meaning of this arrangement and let us know that there were more than 70 recorded locust plagues in the previous Sui Dynasty, and there were more than ten truly terrible ones?" , the disaster was huge, and there were a lot of casualties!"

"Your Highness, I also think that Your Highness should explain in detail." Wang Jishan also said.

Li Yuanxing sat back on the seat: "Then, I will first talk about what this locust is. Eat first, and I will make some preparations after eating. Locusts are not worth mentioning in my eyes!"

All the ministers looked at each other and nodded.

At this time, Cui Junsu and Wang Jishan realized that it seemed ridiculous that they rushed to Qinwangzhuang for the luxury tax.I really don't know who shouted so excitedly back then, making everyone think that the family's money was robbed. (To be continued.)