Datang: Huchi served as a bodyguard, but refused to enter the court as an official

Li Congdao raised his head cautiously, and secretly glanced at Li Er's face.

According to the pre-agreed agreement, he needs to try his best to force out the anger of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

Judging from what it means now, it is obvious that the heat is not yet ready, and His Majesty is not satisfied.

He felt bitter, but he had to follow Li Er's orders.

He could only sigh secretly, and then took a deep breath.

"Today, let's also show the demeanor of a famous minister!"

He adjusted his tiara, smoothed the beard on his chin, and tugged at the folds of his clothes.

Then, he took another deep breath and poured it out again.

This series of actions made everyone baffled.

Li Congdao took a few steps forward, knelt down slowly, with a solemn face.

"Qizou Your Majesty, I have been appointed as the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, responsible for controlling the finances of the world, and taxing the people. In my opinion, if the commercial tax is not maintained for a long time, the treasury will be empty and the people will be in turmoil!"

After speaking, he knocked his head on the ground.

After hearing what he said, Chen Shuda's face turned pale.

The censors who accused him of talking nonsense seemed to see an opportunity for promotion, and they were all gearing up, waiting to have a good debate with Li Congdao.

Li Er laughed.

"The national treasury is empty? Chen Aiqing, what's going on in the treasury now?"

Although Chen Shuda, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, doesn't like to manage things very much, he still knows all the basic situations.

Li Congdao's actions made him chill to the bone.

Others don't know, but he knows how desperately Li Congdao used to sneak into Changsun Wuji's side!

Could it be that the purpose of Li Congdao is him, Minister of Civil Affairs?

Anyway, it is impossible for Li Congdao to seek death for no reason!

"Qizou Your Majesty, the whole country of Tang Dynasty is stable, and the taxation of farmers and merchants in various places is increasing steadily. According to the old minister, even if there is no harvest in the next ten years, the treasury can still support it!"

Chen Shuda said loudly.

After finishing speaking, he gave Li Congdao a hard look.

It seemed that if this was not the Xuanzheng Palace, he would have thought of going up to beat Li Congdao.

Li Errao said with interest: "Then why, I see nothing wrong with Li Aiqing's memorial?"

He handed Liu Jin a memorial on the dragon case.

Liu Jin walked down slowly holding the memorial.

Chen Shuda raised his hands high, thinking that Liu Jin was going to show him the memorial.

Unexpectedly, Liu Jin skipped in front of him and handed the memorial to Li Congdao!

"Li Aiqing, since you wrote the memorial, please read it."

Li Er said lightly.

Li Congdao was stunned.

A memorial written by myself?

Why didn't anyone tell me?

He opened the memorial, and when he saw his signature on it, he was shocked.

Isn't this handwriting your own? !

As expected of His Majesty, the fakes are so similar!

"Li Congdao, head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs' Department of Branches, hereby presents His Majesty's request to revise the commercial tax rate."

The first part was full of polite words, but when it came to the middle part, Li Congdao became more and more frightened as he read it.

"In the second year of Zhenguan, the commercial tax was one out of ten. Taking Chang'an alone as an example, there were 1000, 54 merchants, and the average monthly commercial tax was 270 million yuan. In the third year of Zhenguan, the commercial tax was six out of one, and the number of merchants increased to 500. More than six hundred, which is three times that of the second year of Zhenguan, but the average monthly business tax is less than [-] million."

"The tax rate has nearly doubled, the merchants have increased by nearly three times, and the tax payment is less than double. This is the crux of the business tax."

"I believe that the commercial rate is too high, so that private merchants are exhausted in production, reducing the effect of commercial trade, and we should quickly reduce commercial taxes to meet the hearts of the people."

After Li Congdao finished reading, his heart could no longer be described by monstrous waves.

In this memorial, what is said is well-founded.

Especially for some numbers, even he, the head of the Duzhi Division, didn't know very well.

His Majesty actually knew it clearly!

You know, these materials are usually locked in his cabinet!

Perhaps, my words and deeds have long been under His Majesty's surveillance.

Li Congdao secretly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Unlike him, the court, which was still a little restless, suddenly returned to silence.

Everyone looked at each other and exchanged glances.

Obviously, the contents of this memorial gave them a great shock.

It turns out that it does not mean that the higher the business tax, the more silver in the treasury

The tax rate has been doubled, and the number of merchants has been tripled. It stands to reason that the commercial tax in the hands of the treasury should be six times that of the second year of Zhenguan.

In other words, there must be 600 million guan!

Now, there are actually only 500 million guan!

Reality overturned their ideas.

Chen Shuda opened his mouth, but did not speak.

He became Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs only after the ducks were put on the shelves.

It was not the material for this line of work!

"Who can give me an explanation?"

Li Er suddenly spoke.

Everyone lowered their heads as if in tacit agreement.

Fang Xuanling walked to the middle and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think this matter is related to knowledge of mathematics and economics, so I invite people from the academy to have an audience!"

As No.1 in the current dynasty, Fang Xuanling and Li Er have a "twinkle heart".

They don't admit that this is a step that has been arranged long ago.

Li Er nodded slightly, and said: "Good! Hurry up and call the imperial servant to come!"

'Waiting for imperial censor' is a relatively leisurely position.

Strictly speaking, they were also under the jurisdiction of Yushitai.

But in fact, they are the emperor's staff.

Since he is an aide, he shouldn't appear in front of the stage.

It was the first time that Zhao came to the main hall.

Soon, Zhang Jianzhi, the censor who was waiting for the imperial edict, came up carelessly.

"See Your Majesty!"

Seeing his appearance, Baiguan couldn't help secretly applauding him.

"Good style!"

Zhang Jian's person looks like a dog, and he looks really good.

Especially after seeing His Majesty, he was neither humble nor overbearing, showing the high spirits of a young man.

"Show him the notebook!"

Li Er said lightly.

Zhang Jianzhi only glanced at the memorial, then smiled, and said: "This kind of knowledge is the basis for admission to my academy, but Xiaodaoer!"

Chapter 846 The old man has been loyal to the country all his life, how could he become a merchant?

A person's status determines the weight of his words.

When Li Er opened his mouth, it can be said that he kept his word.

If you want to refute, you have to weigh your own neck, whether it is hard enough.

Li Congdao's words can be regarded as fart by some people, and it's no big deal for people with similar status to refute him a few words.

Unless, what he said was earth-shattering.

And what Zhang Jianzhi said, basically everyone can treat it as fart.

Especially above the court.

Full of fights and calculations, the petty officials below the sixth rank are only Zhang Jianzhi and the others who are so-called "waiting to serve the imperial censor".

Recently, the academy has been in the limelight too much, and many of them are gathering their energy, planning to find an opportunity to dampen the enthusiasm of the students of the academy.

Otherwise, in a year or two, when Zhang Jianzhi and his group of students who were the first to enter the court climbed to the positions of senior officials, where would the old courtiers face?

"Nonsense! The old man has been immersed in government affairs for many years, and he dare not pretend to be a small way!"

"You are playing with the safety of the people in the world!"

"Son of pomp, what a joke to talk about!"

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In order to show his face in front of His Majesty, no matter how handsome Zhang Jianzhi was, in the eyes of these ministers, he became hideous.

They thought Zhang Jianzhi was farting, and Zhang Jianzhi simply thought they were farting.

"When His Majesty came to teach in the academy and opened the School of Economics, Wei Chen was the first batch of students to enter the School of Economics. The tax rate is the same. Although it is related to the safety of the people, it is really a small way in my academy. How about arguing from the bottom to the top?"

Chen Shuda jumped out first.

On the bright side, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, who basically doesn't care about anything, is not a muddleheaded one.

In terms of family background, he is much better than most officials in the court.

Because he was originally from the former royal family.

In Chen Guo in the Southern Dynasty, the Empress Chen who was pulled up from the well by former Sui soldiers was his own brother.

If the Kingdom of Chen hadn't perished, this guy would still be a prince with real power.

At the beginning, Li Er was able to establish the Tiance Mansion and achieved a great cause, and he has contributed a lot.

That's why he was able to withstand the pressure of his eldest grandson Wuji, and he was born in the province of Shangshu, bearing the title of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he has lived to this day

Leaving aside how many skills he has, at least his qualifications are high enough and his credit is high enough!

Still on the beam, it can also bear the weight.

"Little Huangkou, let's talk about important affairs of the state! The old man asks you, how can you support the national treasury if the tax money of ten cents has become two cents?"

Upon hearing this, some smart people knew that Chen Shu Dabai jumped out.

He didn't understand at all what Li Congdao meant when he read it just now.

In fact, I can't blame him.

Let a person who only knows how to play with a pen to study economics.

It's not much different from asking Cheng Yaojin to embroider.

Li Er, who was originally interested in watching a good show, also felt a little disappointed.

It is his idea to revise the tax rate.

He knows better than anyone that changing tax rates is not that simple.