In fact, the day before yesterday, Li Hao had already handed Li Shimin the tax reform to read, Li Shimin was still quite satisfied, and now Li Shimin is in charge of the palace to ask for advice, but it is just a formality, and he also knows in his heart that these guys are not like Li Hao who always have wonderful ideas, and it is estimated that they can't give any good ideas.

Just as the ministers frowned and pondered, Li Hao suddenly came out, holding a letter in both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, the ministers have a good plan to offer." ”

The ministers were shocked when they heard this, this Nima ...... Legato is ready, cheat!

Obviously, Li Hao cheated, Li Shimin asked the palace for advice, but Li Hao had already prepared the recital, what is the difference between this and knowing the test questions before the exam, which made the ministers very angry, they wanted to see what good ideas Li Hao could propose, if it was not a good idea, he must be scared, even if it was a good idea, he had to be scared of creating problems.

Xu Lian walked down and handed Li Hao's recital to Li Shimin, Li Shimin opened it and pretended to look at it for a while, closed the recital, and said: "Poetry madness, dictate your good strategy, give it to the secretaries, and everyone will refer to it together." ”

"Yes." Li Hao arched his hand, then turned to face the ministers, first gave a signature cheap smile (anyway, no matter how Li Hao laughed, the opposition thought it was a cheap smile), and then said slowly, "Everyone, the advice I put forward this time is a change in the tax system. ”

"Tax system?" The ministers were shocked when they heard this, the tax system is one of the basic national policies, and it cannot be changed easily, Li Hao actually proposed to change the tax system, how could they not be surprised.

Kong Yingda, who is old, didn't care what kind of tax system change Li Hao proposed, and asked with trembling steps: "Huangkou Xiaoer, you have also changed the national policy, who do you think you are?" ”

Li Hao frowned when he heard this, he wanted to swear, you haven't heard Lao Tzu talk about the content of the reform, so you will first say that the labor and management are too young to be qualified, this is very unreasonable, you know no, so Li Hao held back his anger and sneered: "That's right, I am indeed a yellow-mouthed child, unlike Kong sacrifice wine, I am about to die." ”

Li Hao's sentence hit Kong Yingda's sore spot, and the implication was that I was still very young, you are different, you are dying.

"You ......" Kong Yingda trembled with anger when he heard this, since ancient times, people are afraid of death, although there are many people who have the courage to sacrifice, but that is because they have their own spiritual beliefs, no one does not cherish their lives, unless there is nothing to love in life.

Kong Yingda is old, he is 74 years old this year, and he has to walk with crutches, but he still feels that he has not lived enough, Li Hao's sentence "Dying" directly poked his sore spot, so angry that he almost fainted to the ground.

Li Shimin saw that Kong Yingda was crumbling, and hurriedly diverted the topic and said: "Kong sacrifice wine, don't be annoyed, Li Hao, don't talk nonsense in the hall, quickly tell the public about the change in the tax system you mentioned in the song." ”

"Yes." Li Hao turned around and arched his hand towards Li Shimin, then turned back to face the ministers, and said, "Everyone, if you are dissatisfied with Li Hao, please wait for Li Hao to finish speaking, everyone will be happy to argue, and Li Hao should answer them one by one." ”

Everyone was silent, Kong Yingda also snorted coldly, rolled his eyes at him, and did not speak, Li Hao continued: "Then I will start to say, the tax system change I proposed has a lot of content, but after summarizing, it can be summarized into one sentence, reduce agricultural tax and increase commercial tax." ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers were in an uproar, and many people screamed like cats that had been stepped on their tails, seeing the reactions of the ministers in such a surprise, Li Hao smiled, because he had expected such a scene and was mentally prepared.

"Nonsense! Nonsense! Kong Yingda pointed at Li Hao with a crossbow and said angrily, "Agriculture is the foundation of the country, Your Majesty is the Ming Jun, you should vigorously encourage agriculture, how can you reduce agricultural taxes!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the ministers nodded one after another, feeling that what he said made sense.

There was a very strange phenomenon in ancient times, the emperor and officials repeatedly shouted to encourage farming, but repeatedly increased the agricultural tax, and at the same time, they looked down on the merchants, but did not collect the commercial tax, which was a very strange phenomenon, which made Li Hao puzzled.

After listening to Kong Yingda's question, Li Hao smiled indifferently and asked: "Kong Sacrifice Wine, let me ask you, do farmers want to reduce agricultural taxes or do they want not to reduce them?" ”

Kong Yingda was stunned when he heard this, and said casually: "Farmers naturally hope to reduce agricultural taxes." ”

"That's it." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty is a saint who loves the people, so he naturally wants to work for the welfare of the people. Let His Majesty lose the opportunity to be praised by the people? ”

This hat was buttoned a little big, Kong Yingda was stunned for a while when he heard this, and after a while, he reacted and said urgently: "Agricultural tax is the foundation of a country's income, if the agricultural tax is reduced, how to fill the treasury, besides, my Datang agricultural tax is not heavy!" ”

Li Hao smiled indifferently: "That's right, agricultural tax is the most important income of Datang, but Kong Saijiu doesn't seem to know that the wealth of a country is not in the hands of farmers, but in the hands of businessmen. ”

"Ridiculous!" Kong Yingda glared and snorted angrily, "Taxes are paid for grain, and only a few states and counties are inconvenient to transport grain or do not produce grain, so they pay taxes with money!" ”

"You're ridiculous!" Li Hao raised his voice and scolded him angrily, "With money, are you still afraid that you won't be able to buy grain, do you know how much grain Datang has now?" Do you know how much food is priced now? ”

"I ......" Kong Yingda was speechless when he heard this, yes, how could he not buy grain if he had money, as for how much grain Datang has now, and how much is the price of grain, he really doesn't know, he is a person who is a scholar, and he is the leader of the scholars, in a high position, how can he care about these issues all day long, everything is inferior only to high reading, most of the ancient scholars are like this, thinking that they are immortal, different from those laymen.

Seeing that Kong Yingda had nothing to say, Li Hao snorted coldly: "You eat the rice and grain of the Tang Dynasty every day, but you don't know the price of the grain in the Tang Dynasty, and you dare to make a lot of nonsense here, since you are immersed in the way of literature and don't ask about the people's suffering, how dare you come to point fingers at the peasants!" Are you afraid that the collection of commercial taxes will delay your Kong family's business? ”

"You...... You...... You ......" Kong Yingda trembled with anger when he heard this, and pointed at Li Hao "You" for a long time, but he couldn't say a word, and under excessive anger, his body had begun to shake, and it seemed that he was about to fall down at any time.

Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Hold him up!" ”

Xue Rengui's eyes were quick, and he stepped forward quickly, just as Kong Yingda was about to fall at this time, Xue Rengui held him up, only to see Kong Yingda's eyes were blank, and he was panting with his mouth open, as if he would lose his breath at any time, and he had entered a semi-comatose state.

Li Shimin hurriedly said: "Come on, quickly send the Kong sacrificial wine to the Tai Hospital, and order the Tai Yi to heal the heart!" ”

Two Jin Wuwei walked into the hall and carefully carried Kong Yingda out.

Seeing Kong Yingda being stunned, the ministers frowned, in order to make a living, almost everyone in the Tang Dynasty officials will let their relatives do some business, but because people in this era think that businessmen value profit over righteousness, and it is against the way of sages, they all look down on businessmen, so this kind of thing will not be said on the surface, everyone tacitly, but Li Hao, this kid is not particular, and ripped off Kong Yingda's crotch cloth in public in the Taiji Palace, ah no, it is a fig leaf, he actually pierced the layer of window paper, which made the hearts of all the ministers can't help but lift.

Kong Yingda is a native of the Kong family in Hengshui, Jizhou, it is said that he is also the 31st grandson of Confucius, a famous family, Confucius is a person in the Spring and Autumn Period, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty, how many years is this period!

A family that has been inherited for more than a thousand years, can there be no land at home? Can you get some business? What are you kidding, although the Kong family failed to rank among the five surnames and seven hopes, but among the scholars, the strength should not be underestimated, especially in the literary world and among the scholars, the Kong family is quite famous, after all, there is the name of Kong Sheng, which is why the Kong family can be passed down to this day, no matter which dynasty, which emperor, who dares to do something to the descendants of Kong Sheng, it is a risk of the world's disapproval, and the saliva of the literati can drown them.

Although the gate lord clan occupies a large amount of land, however, they don't have to pay taxes, yes, they don't have to pay taxes, and the nobles don't have to pay taxes, otherwise how could they call the gate lord clan a bloodsucker.

The family of the gate lord clan is very large, so they naturally need a lot of financial support, and their main source of income is agriculture and business, that is, agriculture and commerce, and Li Hao's proposed policy of levying commercial taxes directly touches their interests, so they are all against Li Hao's proposal.

However, Li Hao is very unparticular, he actually pierced the window paper in court, if anyone comes up to oppose it now, then it is equivalent to taking a seat in the right seat, these courtiers are all good-looking, although everyone knows it, but they will never disclose how much business they have, because they look down on businessmen, but they are doing business, isn't this a slap in the face, just like some people, who like to watch small movies but look down on actresses, this is very immoral.

Li Hao is different, he is notoriously shameless, bad and frank, even in the future world, Li Hao is also very frank, he dares to publicly admit that he likes to watch small movies, and he has also said without taboo that *** not making small movies but singing or something, it is a kind of non-professional behavior, the small film industry is looking forward to her return, of course, these are not the point.

Kong Yingda was sick by Li Hao, and the other ministers all looked at each other, they wanted to go up and slap Li Hao, but no one dared to step forward, who knows if Li Hao will be unruly, if they pull out their old bottom, how embarrassing.

There was silence in the hall, and after a while, the eldest grandson Wuji suddenly asked, "Then may I ask King Qiongnan, this business tax ...... How is it collected? What is the tax rate? ”

The ministers couldn't help but cast an approving look at the eldest grandson Wuji, worthy of an old fox, at this time it was a very wise choice to choose to continue to ask instead of blindly objecting.