The Great Grandson of the Tang Dynasty: The beginning of the slaughter of General Tiance's mans

Chapter 353 Foreign teams, crazy sponsors
Everyone in the hall felt an absurd feeling in their hearts.

There would be times when the Tang Dynasty's treasury was empty?
This is simply the biggest joke in the world!Tell a joke that will make others laugh!

Everyone in the world knows about the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. If even the treasury of the Tang Dynasty is empty, how will other countries get along?

But the treasury is empty, this is indeed an indisputable fact.

The Tang treasury is now really in a situation where it cannot make ends meet.

The consumption of various welfare systems is frighteningly high.

Precisely because the national treasury was empty, Wei Zheng and others did not approve of various infrastructure constructions before.

After hearing what Wei Zheng said, the expressions on the faces of all the ministers became solemn.

"Your Majesty, since the national treasury is empty, why not increase taxes on the people to alleviate the crisis?"

Du Ruhui suggested.

In fact, after learning that the national treasury was empty, the first thing everyone thought about was to increase taxes on the people.

Nowadays, the taxes and corvees imposed on the people by the Tang Dynasty are indeed very low. They are the highest among all dynasties in the past, only less than [-]%.

The general tax rate in the past dynasties was about [-]%, sometimes even higher.

If the people's taxes could be increased, it would indeed be easy to solve the crisis of the Tang Dynasty's treasury being empty.

But Jia Xu was the first to object.

"Absolutely not! Taxation is related to the fundamental people's livelihood of the Tang Dynasty. If we rashly increase people's taxes, it is likely to cause dissatisfaction among the people."

Having said this, Jia Xu paused for a moment and then continued:

"However, commercial taxes can be raised. Datang's commercial development is too developed, and this momentum needs to be curbed a little."

Jia Xu's suggestion is more pertinent.

However, he is firmly opposed to raising taxes on the people, and he strongly supports raising business taxes.

After Li Chengdao's policy of promoting both agriculture and business was implemented, commercial development in Datang became more and more developed.

The development of private commerce has also created many wealthy businessmen.

Wei Zheng sighed and said: "It is okay to raise business taxes, but that alone is far from enough to make up for this loophole."

After hearing Wei Zheng's words, the ministers in the hall continued to discuss.

Some people think that wealth should be collected from foreign places, such as Byzantium, but they are immediately refuted.

The reason is that it is easy for the people in those places to become resistant, leading to the failure of more than ten years of integrated education.

Some people think that import and export trade tariffs should be increased and the tax rate for merchants from other countries who come to Datang to do business should be increased.

However, this move would affect the whole body and affect the stability of commercial trade, so it was also shelved.

All in all, methods are constantly proposed and refuted, but no one can come up with a method that convinces the public.

Li Chengdao was also thinking about this matter, and finally he made a final decision: "The solution to the empty treasury cannot be discussed and the result can be achieved in a short period of time.

This matter needs long-term consideration, but you can take advantage of this sports meeting to amass a wave of wealth.

For example, the method of opening a gambling bureau that Wei Qing mentioned before is very good. "

Wei Zheng proposed the method of setting up gambling bureaus for the imperial court. If you think about it carefully, it is actually equivalent to sports betting in later generations.

In any popular sport, there will be gambling. "But this will ultimately damage the majesty of the imperial court, this"

One minister still hesitated.

Li Chengdao said nonchalantly: "Solving the treasury problem is the top priority. This method can alleviate the urgent need and also increase additional revenue for the court."

"In addition, we can also solicit sponsorship from major private business groups and businessmen to give them the opportunity to advertise at the sports meeting. I believe there will definitely be many businessmen willing to pay."

After Li Chengdao finished speaking, the discussion among the ministers suddenly stopped.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Chengdao.

"Your Majesty is truly a genius."

After a long time, Wei Zheng couldn't help but sigh.

The other ministers nodded with deep understanding.

Why didn't they think of this method?Holding the Cuju Games is a major event that attracts the attention of all people, and Li Chengdao will personally participate.

If you can advertise on such an occasion, countless businessmen will be willing to pay for it!

Just by soliciting sponsorship, the court could earn a large sum of money!

It was only now that the ministers understood the true meaning of the sports meeting.

This is simply a sure-fire deal!
"Let's do this for the time being. The rest will be discussed after the sports meeting. I will leave this matter to Fang Qing and you will be responsible for it."

Li Chengdao closed the coffin and concluded, turning his attention to Fang Xuanling.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Fang Xuanling respectfully agreed.

The Cuju Games was soon in full swing.

The games will be held in Chang'an, and Li Chengdao will also appear in person at the games.

After the news spread, it aroused the enthusiasm of the people, and their expectations for the Cuju Games reached unprecedented levels!
So much so that after the Ministry of Household Affairs released the news about recruiting sponsorships and selling advertising space for the sports games, it directly attracted the attention of all businessmen!
The sports meeting is watched by tens of thousands of people and is called a super event.

A smart businessman will not fail to see how huge profits there are.

Therefore, just as Li Chengdao expected, they rushed to sponsor and purchase advertising space one by one!
In addition, there is also the matter of opening a gambling bureau, which is also carried out secretly.

Under the surging undercurrent, the date of the Cuju Games is getting closer and closer.

The Tang Cup Cuju Games was a grand event that excited the people of the entire Tang Dynasty.

The popularity of this matter has never been greater, which shows that the spirit of loving sports exists in all eras.

The Datang Cup Cuju Games started two months ago.

The reason is very simple, because the participating teams are not only local teams from Datang, but also foreign teams.

There are more than 400 participating teams, and the screening alone takes a long time.

In the end, only 36 teams were able to compete in Datang Chang'an.

Except for the 24 teams composed of military soldiers, the [-] final team spots are divided among the private sector, and more than a dozen of them are foreign teams.

(End of this chapter)