Li Er smiled and said: "Very good, I remember, there is indeed such a will in the thirteenth year, the emperor follows the law, you implement it very well, don't be nervous, say it slowly, how to make a foreign-related tax refund, how the Ministry of Industry formulated, how Yuezhou is implemented, no matter what you say, the old man guarantees that no one dares to ask you no." “

After seeing the master book and finding out that Duan Hong was a eunuch, he began to get nervous, Li Er comforted him gently, this is another of his problems, he lost his temper and thundered for the ministers in the court, but he has always been tolerant of the officials at the bottom, he was still losing his temper just now, but now he is charitable like the uncle next door, this situation changes with the change of the other party's identity, to Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui will never say a word about the old brother or something, if in the field, he and the old farmer hold their shoulders, and it is common to call brothers and brothers.

"The nobles don't know that there are a lot of Hu merchants in Yuezhou recently, and the gold nuggets and silver nuggets they brought, or golden sand, gold cakes, and silver cakes are far less exquisite than our Datang, and the fineness is also insufficient.

Of course, most of the gold and silver fineness of the Hu merchant is said to be low, and then the money village is taken back and re-minted, and there will be a certain surplus after removing the fire consumption, so that there will be a surplus in the book, and the account can not be flattened, so the extra gold and silver will be re-taxed as the profit of the merchant, and after that, if there is any surplus, it will be returned to the merchant, and the more than 20 silver coins on the book of the pearl bank come from this. “

Fang Xuanling added: "It is true, the account of the household department can not be insufficient, but it is also not tolerated to be surplus, in and out of a lump sum, after the two and two accounts should be equal, insufficient means that there is less income." If there is more, it means that there is a difference there, which is also not allowed, and the old man will not tolerate a shortage when he audits the accounts, nor will he tolerate a surplus, regardless of whether there is a shortage or a surplus, it will inevitably mean that there is lawlessness here. “

Li Er nodded, flipped through the account books of the pearl bank and asked, "The tax paid in the fourteenth year is sixty percent more than the thirteenth year." Does it mean that the pearl store made 60% more money last year than the year before? “

"If you go back to the nobles, not necessarily, according to the little officials, the pearl bank's profit last year was more than double that of the year before last. In the past, it was indeed like what the noble man said, the profits of merchants doubled, and the taxes must also double. “

Li Er was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked Fang Xuanling, how did the emperor change the tax? How did I not know? “

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly and said, "What this Master Zhang is talking about must be the progressive tax system proposed by His Majesty in the eleventh year. That is, the more taxes paid, the greater the various tax reductions enjoyed, such as paying a tax of 100 silver coins and paying a tax of 1,000 silver coins, the difference between their industrial profits is not ten times, sometimes even fifteen or sixteen times. ”

Li Er threw away the tea bowl in his hand at once, and said angrily: "In this way, the rich will get richer, the poor will get poorer, and those with less profits will have to pay more taxes." This is not fair, one of the duties of you, the left servant of Shangshu, is to support Sheji. Correcting the emperor's gains and losses, what did he do when he knew it was inappropriate? ”

Before Fang Xuanling bowed, Master Zhang fainted with a bang, Yun Ye asked Lao Shao to take Master Zhang and a few other officials to the backyard, and ordered the guards to close the door of the store, this scene could not be seen by outsiders.

Fang Xuanling knelt on the ground and lowered his head and remained silent. The same is true for Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson stood up and watched the calligraphy and paintings on the wall with Li Tai, especially when he saw the huge turtle playing in the water in the middle hall, the mother and son whispered, and they were very interested.

"Yun Ye, you come on. I don't believe you didn't know this result in the first place, and in order to make a fortune for yourself, you blackened your heart. Suddenly, hearing the emperor say this, the eldest grandson turned his head in surprise, looked at the angry emperor, and said to Yun Ye anxiously: "You are not allowed to say anything rebellious." ”

This is the first time that the eldest grandson interjected when the emperor was dealing with government affairs, Li Er looked at the eldest grandson suspiciously, and found that his son Li Tai was also embarrassed, and immediately realized that this matter may not be blamed on others, most of it is his own fault, the queen is saving face for herself, husband and wife for many years, this tacit understanding is still not lacking.

Yun Ye was just about to speak happily, but he was almost choked to death by the eldest grandson's words, so he had to roll his eyes and look at the roof.

"Yun Ye, I'm tired, let's go back to the palace to rest, and we'll discuss it tomorrow." After Li Er finished ordering, the guards opened the gate, a carriage was driven over by the guards, Li Er, the eldest grandson got into the carriage, and the guards on the street continued to drill out to join the guards' team, and under the command of Li Tai, they slaughtered towards the palace.

Seeing that the emperor was gone, Yun Ye helped the kneeling Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui up, let them sit down on a chair, and personally poured tea for them before saying: "Fang Gong, Du Gong, think about it, Your Majesty will not have a good life when we return to Chang'an, the progressive tax system is an opening opened for himself by His Majesty in order to pay less taxes, and when Zhenguan was eleven years old, only the queen was eligible to enjoy the benefits of this progressive tax system, and His Majesty did not expect that it would only be three or two years later, There are a lot of people who are eligible to enjoy this kind of thing, and now I regret it.

We were all against it back then, it was His Majesty who insisted on going his own way, and now he is using us to top the cylinder, how is it good, the government decree can't be changed overnight. “

Fang Xuanling took a sip of hot tea and said angrily: "What is the good way for the old man, to stand up to such a majesty, to stay up hard, this decree has a great role in promoting the commercial development of the Tang Dynasty, many small businesses are automatically merged, and they are ready to enjoy this decree feast in a group, and now it seems that it is still good for Datang, and when there are more and more large merchants, the tax revenue of the imperial court will inevitably enter a bottleneck period, and it will be difficult to develop so rapidly." ”

Du Ruhui put down the tea bowl and continued: "Isn't it once or twice that this kind of decree obtained by patting his head has appeared, the retirement order in the army, the military horse law, isn't it all like this?" Once found that it is not suitable, it is better to continue to carry it out than to lose his face, the retirement order will be advanced to the time of retirement of the government soldiers, and the time of service is also advanced, it seems that there is no change, and the young and strong in the army have even become more, but the old man would rather have more veterans in his forties than more sixteen or seventeen-year-old baby soldiers. ”

"Did you two find out, they are all some decrees that are eager for quick success, which shows that His Majesty is in a hurry, and he wants to complete the road that he can take for decades, or even hundreds of years, in one go."

"What's the urgency, the current situation of Datang is rare for hundreds of years, there is no strong enemy outside, no worries inside, the four seas are peaceful, the people live and work in peace and contentment, as long as the current situation is maintained, the old man dares not to say ten years, Datang has a new world, if it can be maintained for a hundred years, the old man at that time dare not think about the situation."

"Greedy, greedy, Lao Fang, you are conscientiously handling the government in Chang'an, the old man is constantly reviewing the army, Lao Li is drinking horse urine on the desert, the eldest grandson is eating pickles on the grassland, the three foreign generals are squeezing the Goryeo people in the ice and snow, Yunhou is struggling on the sea full of crises, don't you want to make the Tang Dynasty safe and sound, now you have to make a new incident, this time the old man and he will not agree to toss again."

After Du Ruhui finished speaking, he went to his own grain store, Fang Xuanling also went back to his own pharmacy with his hands behind his back, Yun Ye stood at the door of his pearl shop and felt that these two bigwigs were more like a shopkeeper at this time.

"Yunhou, help, the little official really doesn't know that it is His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is very reasonable, what you said is right, there is no favoritism, what are you worried about, go back, you don't have the heart to check the accounts today, I guess, you are about to be promoted."

Lao Shao stood behind Yun Ye and watched the surprised and happy Zhang Zhushu leave, and whispered: "This dog's day has stained the light of our family again, and I can see the face of the sky for no reason, and there is green smoke on the ancestral grave." ”

"Don't care if the ancestral grave is smoking, your marquis is already smoking, the imperial pearl is gone, and I buried gold dust in the flesh of such a sea mussel, and it came out with such a superlative, and it was taken away by the queen, I was so angry."

"Don't worry about Hou Ye, Lao Shao, I am also a business wizard who has experienced a hundred battles, how could I poke such a big basket, we still have that bead, the sea mussel in the sea mussel field produces not only one golden pearl, and nine are in the treasure house, that string of moonlight is the best treasure, the queen mother is here, she will definitely not pay, but you can't go back empty-handed, that string of children's faces is the old slave specially said that it has been selected by the little girl, didn't the mother take it, However, if we sell golden pearls later, we must come up with a passable excuse. ”

That's right, this is the person of the Yun family, and he can distinguish the inside and outside in the face of the emperor, although Lao Shao likes to brag on weekdays, but he is definitely a first-class good talent, and the royal family does not have it.

"You are stupid, the mother just took away a string of beads from our house, and a walking bead, you must publicize this matter, and write it on red paper at the door, the queen also likes my beads. Just this sentence, don't change it, don't believe it, what the mother likes, will the women in Yuezhou City not like it? By the way, the value of our store is different, and if the price is increased by 30%, I don't believe that the little thing that Niangniang took away will not be able to earn back. ”

Lao Shao hurriedly nodded yes, Hou Ye has been gone for half an hour, Lao Shao is still sighing and admiring, his own Hou Ye is a business wizard. (To be continued......)

PS: Section 2