Time Travel: I am the idle king Li Shen and Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty

After hearing what Li Chengqian said, Li Shen quickly replied:

"What the eldest brother said is that it is the younger brother's fault for delaying this matter."

While the two brothers were talking, Wang Hongfu hurried over. He heard that the person who summoned him said that His Highness the Crown Prince was here, so he knew that there was something serious about him.

"Young man, please see His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and see King Ji."

"You bastard, didn't I tell you that it only takes half a month to collect grain? Why are you still collecting it now?

Now the price of food in Chang'an City has increased by 50% to 60%, and there is also a shortage of food. You are a piece of shit, you do things like this.

This is Chang'an City, how could there be a food shortage? "

As soon as Wang Hongfu finished his salute, Li Shen started to curse.

"This... this villain doesn't know what the prince means. The villain thinks that the prince has not stopped and is just continuing the acquisition.

The villain realizes his mistake and orders them to stop purchasing grain now. "

Wang Hongfu quickly admitted his mistake. In fact, he was wronged. King Ji asked him to collect the grain, but he never said to stop.

Wang Hongfu wanted to ask these days, but Li Shen often went out for business these days, and Wang Hongfu didn't find a chance.

Moreover, in his opinion, harvesting grain was just a trivial matter. He did not expect that this matter would alarm the court, and even the prince would come to visit him personally.

"Fart, I said it. It's been half a month, more than twenty days. What if people starve to death in Chang'an City?

Can you afford it? This is the capital city. If I, Aye, find out, I will definitely be punished.

Don't you, a dog slave, have no brains at all when doing things?

If you starve to death, I will kill you by beheading you. "Li Shen looked angry.

"Okay, tenth brother, forget about this matter and just ask him to stop collecting grain. If he continues to collect grain like this, the court will prepare to open a charity warehouse."

Li Chengqian saw Li Shen like this and knew that Li Shen didn't know anything about it, so he softened his words.

"Yes, I will ask them to stop collecting grain now, and grain from various places will be brought to Beijing immediately. Fortunately, our Tang Dynasty is not short of grain now." Li Shen nodded.

"Well, I have to thank my tenth brother for this. It is your contribution, tenth brother, that allows the people of the Tang Dynasty to have enough food and clothing.

Your Zhenguan plow has increased the speed of farming, several times faster than before, and the various grain seeds developed by your agricultural college,

Now the harvests in various places have been greatly improved. You are my hero, Li Tang. "

Li Chengqian praised.

Li Shen looked flattered and waved his hand quickly.

"Big brother is so complimentary. This is all thanks to Aye. If Aye hadn't always supported my younger brother, how could it have gone so smoothly?

It is Aye who stands tall, sees far, strategizes, and controls the overall situation. The younger brother is just trying to make a little money. "

"Hahahaha, tenth brother, you have earned a lot of money. Aye has already told me some things.

Your chamber of commerce donated 12 million yuan to the Ministry of Civil Affairs last year, which is more than the cash collected by the national treasury.

With more than 10 million yuan, this year the Ministry of Industry has vigorously repaired rivers, built water conservancy projects, and repaired border walls.

This can play a big role. "

Li Chengqian couldn't help but sigh. Li Shen's chamber of commerce used to send millions of dollars to the Ministry of Civil Affairs every year.

Everyone thought that Li Shimin had reached some kind of deal with Li Shen, or that Li Shimin had exploited Li Shen to get the money.

But last year, Li Chengqian asked Li Shimin, and Li Shimin told him that the Chamber of Commerce founded by Lao Shi was actually to collect taxes from merchants and noble families.

It's just a disguised form of taxation, with a different name, but the money still has to be paid.

Now Li Shen's First Chamber of Commerce in the Tang Dynasty has accommodated more than 90% of the merchants in the Tang Dynasty, including all foreign merchants, and collected huge amounts of fees every year.

After Li Shen left the money for the operation of the chamber of commerce, he handed over the remaining money to the treasury without taking a penny from it.

This greatly surprised Li Chengqian. He did not expect that his father and younger brother would do such a big thing without anyone noticing.

The disguised collection of commercial taxes also includes the commercial taxes of noble families.

"Brother, what are you talking about? All this money was voluntarily handed over by the younger brother, and it is increasing every year.

When the eldest brother ascends the throne, the money collected will most likely be doubled. "

"I heard Aye say that your hope is to replace the agricultural tax and focus on commercial tax. This is a long way to go."

Li Shen's idea surprised Li Chengqian.

"Brother, I think our current employment arrangements will definitely have drawbacks in the future.

We now have a sparse population and a vast land with abundant resources, so there has not yet been a shortage of land. People can't even farm the land now.

But in the future, when our population increases greatly and the land cannot reach a hundred acres per person, the lives of the people can be imagined.

And by that time, land annexation may occur among nobles, aristocratic families, and officials.

Because of our Tang law, these people do not have to pay taxes.

At that time, many people who cannot afford to pay taxes will hide under them and farm land for them, which will become a black household.

When the land is in their hands, that is, they control the food, the demand for food will increase as the population increases.

The food is in their hands, and they can sell it for as much as they want. Doesn't that mean they control the lifeblood of the Tang Dynasty?

This is very detrimental to the future development of Datang. "Actually, Li Shen himself doesn't know much about this.

These were just fragments of what the teacher said when he was studying history class.

But he does know that in later generations, every farmer in Western countries will be able to influence politics because they control a large amount of land.

After listening to Li Shen's words, Li Chengqian fell into deep thought. What Li Shen said made some sense, but it might be very far away.

How could the population grow so fast? Maybe this would not happen in his generation as emperor.

However, Li Shen's considerations are not unreasonable. If the Tang Dynasty wants to last for generations, it cannot only consider the time when he is in office.

Be prepared for future developments.

"Old Shi, what you said does make sense, but today's business tax cannot support my expenses in Datang. This matter still needs to be considered in the long term."

"What the elder brother said is that the younger brother just has this idea, and commercial taxes will increase more and more in the future. Only when the country's expenditure can be supported can the agricultural tax be slowly replaced.

This is a very long process, but the merchants can be given some sweeteners first, such as canceling their status.

What the people want is very simple. If they can have enough food and clothing, they will not think of rebellion. If they can eat meat from time to time, they will feel very happy.

People will not rebel unless they are forced into a hurry. Even if they are slightly unfair, as long as you can keep them fed and clothed, they will not rebel. "

(Special thanks to book friends: Teacher Wang, you rewarded me too much. I feel embarrassed.

I hope you all can enjoy watching it and be in a happy mood, but just give a little reward to generate electricity for free.

I am a non-professional writer with a main job and a stable financial source.

It’s not easy for everyone to make money, so try not to give rewards, except for those who own mines.

Finally, I would like to thank Teacher Wang again for his affirmation of the author. I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival and make a fortune this year. )