Li Shimin listened carefully to Xia Hongsheng's words and was silent for a long time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

After a while, he suddenly whispered: "Today is you, if others say so, I will take him to prison right now." ”

"It is precisely because Your Majesty is so trustworthy that Weichen dares to say this in front of Your Majesty." Xia Hongsheng nodded and said: "Tax reform, especially according to the direction that Weichen said, is bigger than an earthquake for Datang. It is not impossible to even cause civil unrest and chaos in the world. ”

"Why bring it up when you know that's the case?" Li Shimin asked intently.

"Your Majesty, you are the King of the Holy Ming, and you must be able to see that aside from the social turmoil that may be caused, if the tax law is really implemented as Wei Chen said, how much benefit it will bring to the people and the imperial court!" Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin: "The burden of the people will be lightened, the merchants will be freer, and the court will be richer." His Majesty was able to gain the support and love of the people and merchants of the whole world. Only those who damage the interests of the existing big landlords, gate lords and Dashi clans will be opposed by them. Why, because these big landlords, the big lords, the Dashi clan, they want a court under their control, a court that benefits them, not a court that benefits the people. ”

Xia Hongsheng secretly changed the concept and led Li Shimin's resentment towards being elbowed by the scholars to the tax reform.

Sure enough, Li Shideng frowned. Li Tang started from Li Shimin to Wu Zetian, and the imperial court has been secretly fighting with the scholars to seize power. The Shi clan has always been a thorn in Li Shimin's heart.

"If once the business limit is opened, the whole world will go to business, and who will cultivate? With the grace limit, the businessman is bound to accumulate more wealth, and how can he benefit himself without harming the people? Li Shimin asked Xia Hongsheng.

"That's why it is necessary for the imperial court to formulate a commercial law, a tax law, and a series of systems to make restrictions. Let it develop for the better, not out of control. Xia Hongsheng said: "And there can only be one pilot, and two pilots will be gradually launched." In this way, if there is really any major disadvantage in the middle, it will also be convenient for the imperial court to control the situation. It can also enable the imperial court to sum up experience, revise the drawbacks, and optimize the policy in the exploration of the pilot, so as to gradually roll it out. ”

Li Shimin was silent for a long time. Xia Hongsheng's words are still too advanced for him now, as well as for the current Datang.

"Xia Jingshi, Xia Jingshi, you are playing with fire, if you are not careful, you may cause self-immolation!" After a long silence, Li Shimin suddenly sighed.

Xia Hongsheng smiled and said, "But if the fire is burned properly, it can also become a good fire, benefiting countless people." And ......"

"And what?" Li Shimin raised his head.

"Moreover, once the tax reform is completed, it will benefit forever. Therefore, it is also very dangerous. It is precisely because it is very wide, deep, dangerous, and dangerous that only you, Your Majesty, can do it. Xia Hongsheng paused, and then said: "Except for Your Majesty, the people in the future, I'm afraid it's ......."

Li Shimin's expression was solemn, and a pair of eagle eyes looked at Xia Hongsheng.

Xia Hongsheng continued: "It's not that Weichen said that His Royal Highness the Prince, or that the emperors from the Tang Dynasty onwards are incompetent. It is their status in the minds of Baixin, the majesty in the minds of the ministers, and the foundation in the Tang Dynasty...... In many ways, it will be inferior to you. You can be said to be the person who single-handedly created Datang, in addition to yourself, can anyone know this Datang better than you? You are unique, unique, and incomparable to Datang. So only you can do it! If you don't want to do this, then in this life, Wechen will never mention this matter again. ”

Li Shimin didn't speak, just meditated, and the knuckles of his right hand tapped lightly on the tabletop, making a slight rhythmic sound.

This is a sign of Li Shimin's deep thought.

Xia Hongsheng waited quietly.

After a long time, Li Shimin suddenly raised his head and said to Xia Hongsheng: "If the business limit is opened, regardless of the inconveniences on the side, there are three that cause the most harm. The merchant is rich, that is, seeking the powerful, and his wealth can urge him to travel around the world and make friends for life, if he becomes a magnate, he will sit on one side, causing the power of the court to fall, and this is one of them. The number of businessmen employed by them is often thousands. If they have different intentions, they gather people in secret. It is difficult for the government to oversee it. If it becomes a trend, it must be chaos, and I am afraid that the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period 'rich merchants and big men are rampant in the world, and the princes everywhere bow their heads and look up' will reappear, and this is also the second. What's even more terrifying is that the government doesn't control it! If the powerful and the businessmen collude with each other to make profits for each other, it will greatly corrupt the rule of officials and disturb the foundation of the government. Looking at the history, such as Daoxian, Nanyang Kong and others, "even riding in a car, handing over the minister", interacting frequently with local princes, colluding with officials to seek benefits, there are countless people, and these three are also! If you have a solution to these three problems, I can allow you to try it out in a place where you are ready. ”

Xia Hongsheng was in high spirits, but he was a little helpless.

It was difficult to explain to the ancients that business could increase productivity.

In the eyes of these Tang people, didn't the merchant just buy cheap goods in place A and ship them to place B to sell? Did you create anything new in between? Have you ever contributed to society? He runs back and forth, and he wastes food! Isn't it all over when everyone uses their own things, why bother raising a group of "parasites".

This was the embarrassment of merchants in ancient times -- not being able to make benefits that were visible to the naked eye and could be touched like grain and silk.

The concept of the "free market" and the "invisible hand" is clearly beyond the comprehension of these ancients. Xia Hongsheng didn't know how to explain to Li Shimin.

What His Majesty said, Weichen also thought of it. Everything in the world has two sides, there is light and there is darkness, and there is good and harm. Xia Hongsheng said: "What the imperial court can do is to carry forward its benefits and curb its harms." And not to be beaten to death with a stick. The Turks are cruel and rude, can't we still use iron chains to build roads for the Tang Dynasty and reduce the servitude of the people? The same is true for merchants. Although the imperial court allowed them to open the limit, they naturally had to put shackles on them. These shackles are the commercial law, tax law and other legal regulations set by the imperial court as Fang Caichen said. The court had to take into account all possible circumstances and set laws against them, and then they had to do just according to the law. For example, in order to prevent the monopoly of merchants, the imperial court may set up a department to purchase unsalable goods on the market at a reasonable price, and allow merchants to take loans or credit goods and collect interest according to regulations. Pay to buy unsalable goods and sell them when the market is in short supply. This limited the control of the market by the big merchants, which was conducive to stabilizing prices and commodity exchanges, and also increased the financial revenue of the imperial court. Etcetera. ”

"How are these testimonies derived?" Li Shimin asked closely.

"The minister should rack his brains and think that it is formulated." Xia Hongsheng said: "Moreover, if it is imperfect, when it is tried in the pilot area, the loopholes can be seen, and then the countermeasures can be completed until they are perfected." ”

Li Shimin suddenly smiled and said, "Within half a year, can Xia Qing take out the original book of this law?" ”

Xia Hongsheng was suddenly overjoyed, and immediately stood up: "Yes!" ”

"Good!" Li Shimin leaned back and said, "I have spent half a year with you compiling all the original texts of the commercial law and tax law that you just mentioned, and handed them over to me. If so, I'll let you try it out. You're right, if I don't do this, will I still expect my descendants to do it?! (To be continued.) )