Before the issuance of the decree of the Tang Dynasty, there was a very strict procedure, and if a decree wanted to be produced, it must go through the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu, and three checkpoints.

Zhongshu Province drafted a decree, the emperor approved the red and then went to the province to review, and then it had to go through the review of the imperial history platform, if the big man of the imperial history platform was dissatisfied with the emperor's decree, he would call back and redraft, until he was satisfied, it would be issued to the Shangshu Province for implementation, there had been the position of Shangshu Ling before, but because the chief official of this position was Li Er during the prince's period, so after Li Er ascended the throne, the position of Shang Shuling was gone, which was the most powerful department in the six central provinces, Li Er consciously or unintentionally took this right into his own hands.

Now it's different, since Li Er defeated the strong enemy on the grassland, the authority is getting heavier, and a lot of decrees have been issued to Zhongshu Province without consultation, Fang Xuanling will generally persuade one or two times, seeing that the emperor intends to go his own way, he will draft a good decree, and then send it to Menxia Province, Changsun Wuji Since the last time he opposed himself as the assassin of Zhaozhou, I don't know how Li Er closed the door and slapped him, anyway, since then, Menxia Province has always been unswervingly committed to the emperor's orders, Wei Zheng has been chased by the emperor like a dog in the past two years, Those soft eggs left in the Imperial Observatory who dared to touch the emperor's dragon beard would naturally be unanimously voted through, and then carried out by Shangshu Province, a department personally controlled by the emperor.

No matter how smart a person is, there are omissions, and when Zhuge Liang after the myth loses the street pavilion, how can Li Er be an exception? Thousand faces have been in a coma one after another, and now they are going to pat their heads and decide, without the slightest consciousness of accepting the lesson.

Is the luxury tax a lot on the basis of the existing one? This is not food, cloth, these necessary things, if you turn three times, the common people will not be able to live. It's a luxury!

In Datang, if the profit does not multiply by hundreds or ten, are you embarrassed to call it luxury? The top grape wine, the top carriage produced by the Yun family, the top sword produced by the eldest grandson's family, the BMW sent from the grassland that will sweat and blood, and the high jewelry produced in the South China Sea. The invincible polo team, the golden silk brocade produced in Shu, the rice grown on the slate of Xiangyanzhou, the perfume and leather bags of the Yun family, and the top seafood produced in Dengzhou, are not the ones with high prices that are staggering?

What do you think about the tax rate on such luxury goods, which you have turned three times over on the tax rate of grain? God, the current tax rate in Yuezhou is one out of ten. According to the original tax in kind, the tax on the Yun family's bag is actually a tax on crocodile skin, just like the tax on wheat on flour.

You will not be taxed if you grind wheat into flour, you will not be taxed if you steam flour into steamed buns, and the tax on the restaurant is also a tax on raw materials. As for the crocodile skin, if you split it into several layers, no one cares about you, and the government is to give your family a tax on the half-inch thick crocodile skin. And then everyone rejoiced.

Lao Zhou himself was as anxious as a grinding donkey, patted the back of his hand and said to Yun Ye anxiously: "Master Hou." This can't be done, so profitable, our own hearts are not steady, the tax rate has doubled three times, what is the difference between this and nothing, the old slave thinks that it is almost the same to levy ten taxes on the final physical object, you have to go and talk to Your Majesty. If it goes on like this, our bags will not dare to be sold, everyone will be red-eyed, and the world will be full of enemies, and the gains outweigh the losses. “

Xin Yue stood behind Yun Ye and helped him rub his temples. Yun Ye just heard the news that the work report began to have a headache, the farming society was quickly included in the commercial society, many people were not adaptable, Li Er himself was not prepared, he thought that the triple tax rate was already a bad taste, who knew that it would make everyone embarrassed, once the law was determined, it would be over, if the law was not cultivated for ten years, this is a dead rule, if the Yun family is so lawless and ruthless to make ten years of money, this will pay it back!

In fact, everyone is waiting for the birth of the luxury tax, the character of the Tang Dynasty is far from being comparable to those who evade taxes in later generations, they are used to living in the framework set by the imperial court, as long as this frame can give him food and clothing, no one will rebel, unless he can't live anymore, he will rise up to rebel, and then make a new emperor to formulate a new framework.

In the past few years, new industries have emerged one after another, the iron tools of the Changsun family have been metamorphosed to the Thousand Refining Treasure Knife, Yun Ye knows that the Changsun family is talking nonsense, what kind of joke is the Thousand Refining Treasure Knife, the charcoal in the steel has long been forged and run out, and the steel industry has long been fatigued by forging, and it may be broken into two if you shake it, and such a thing is sold at a sky-high price, and with two stones that are three flat and four not round, you dare to say that it is comparable to the cadre Mo Xie.

Let the eldest grandson family continue to do this, rebellion is inevitable, not rebellion is a fluke, this money is too hot, the Yun family does not dare to take it, the eldest grandson family does not care, I heard that the branch of the family has been opened in Yongzhou.

There must be a degree of demand from society, and more than this degree will bring disaster, and when a family is richer than the country, Yun Ye thinks that there is no other solution than war and killing.

With a long sigh, he got up from his chair and asked Xin Yue to serve him in his official uniform, I must talk to the emperor today, the era of patting my head to decide government affairs is gone, the emperor must respect the opinions of his ministers, and every decree must be repeatedly verified before it can be issued, such as this tax rate, it is inappropriate to be too heavy and too light.

I went to see Fang Xuanling in a carriage first, Fang Xuanling was stunned at a piece of paper, and saw that Yun Ye was meticulously dressed in an official robe, so he hurriedly confessed his guilt and returned to the back hall to put on his official uniform before coming out to meet, according to the etiquette of officialdom, Yun Ye saluted Fang Xuanling, and the two sat down after Fang Xuanling returned the salute.

"Yunhou came here this time, but for the luxury tax? His Majesty has already given an order, and it is difficult to change it. Fang Xuanling immediately guessed the purpose of Yun Ye's trip, he also thought that the government affairs decided by the emperor patted his head were unreasonable, but he was still waiting for the investigation, and once the investigation was over, this decree would be written, but the emperor seemed to be unable to wait, and had already sent two groups of chamberlains to ask for news, he was worried that those luxury things would sell more and the country would be damaged, so he wanted to put a halter on the fierce horse of luxury goods as soon as possible.

Yun Ye didn't speak, put the bag in his hand on Fang Xuanling's table, took out fifteen eldest sons and threw them on the side, pointed at the two things sadly, and sat back in his seat.

Fang Xuanling also saw these two things and immediately understood, and asked Yun Ye in surprise: "Is Yunhou saying that the tax rate of His Majesty is not suitable, not too much, but too little?" “

Yun Ye's voice was like a puppeteer speaking: "The market price of this leather bag is ten silver coins, and according to the tax rate of His Majesty, it is fifteen eldest sons, what does Fang Xiang think?" This Qian Yun family didn't dare to earn it, so they fished up those sharks that were raised and skinned and ate meat, drove the tanners back to Chang'an, and let them go to cooked sheepskins. “

Fang Xuanling closed his eyes and was silent, and said to Yun Ye with difficulty for a long time: "It's not too late now, let's go see Your Majesty, this matter is related to Your Majesty's face, and it must not be spread out." “

"It's late, what do you expect to know, who else do you expect not to know? Outside the city, in my small temple, in order to show the majesty of the royal family, the will issued in public, the eldest grandson's family, and the wealthy families in Shuzhong are probably laughing now. The Yun family should also be happy, at least they can make ten years of huge profits without heart and lungs, but I just can't be happy. “

Fang Xuanling smiled bitterly: "Huge profits? I'm afraid it's not so easy to earn, you don't know who Majesty is? You crocodile pond is closed, that's for your majesty's face, if you don't close it, hehe...... It's better to go into the palace with me, after suffering this loss, it's time for Your Majesty to wake up, after all, you are a person, and you can't the heart of the whole world. “

The two of them arrived at the palace in a carriage, Yun Ye and Fang Xuanling were obviously able to enter directly with their waist cards, but the two of them didn't, and in the bewildered eyes of the guards, they took out the official certificate and formally invited them to see them.

Li Er was also very confused when he saw the official changes of the two, shouldn't Yun Ye cry and rush into the palace to hug the queen's leg and beg for a way to live for his family's shop? Why such a formal audience?

The eldest grandson's eyes flickered up and down, and he was also thinking about the reason why Yun Ye did this, if it was Yun Ye himself, it could also be said that Yun Ye was forced to be in a hurry, and he wanted to wear an official uniform to remind His Majesty of the merits he had made, okay, the tax rate should be lowered a little. But he is not alone, there is Fang Xuanling here, both of them are a formal pair, there must be ghosts in it.

"Your Majesty, these two people are not good today, are you ready? An old fox and a little fox are coming together, you better prepare early, if the concubine is not mistaken, they are here for your will today. ”

Li Er patted his belly, which was already a little fat, and laughed and said: "If you want to break through from me, you can't talk about the lotus flower, you can make money one by one, and your heart is black, and I won't drop the tax rate at all if you dare to say a word of pleading, I will double the tax rate, and as soon as I meet, I will say this to the front, and I can't believe that I can't stop their mouths."

Fang Xuanling is eloquent, Yun Ye is endless, and he has a lot of kung fu on his lips, although I am not afraid, but I must not be guarded against, maybe these two people are the lobbyists found by those black-hearted nobles, there is a huge interest group behind them, such a confrontation has not appeared for several years, Guanyin, I am now interested in seeing how they say that I will change the tax rate, even if I destroy these luxuries, there will not be much damage to the country, I just don't agree, see what they can do to me."

The eldest grandson frowned and said, "Why do concubines have a very bad feeling, always feel that they won't do things so simply, die?" Blood? Yun Ye would never want to do this kind of thing, what did they want to do? “

"Hahaha, dead admonishment? Wei Zheng, Liu Mi, they did it, Fang Xuanling, Yun Ye? I don't believe it, especially a kid like Yun Ye who can be called by the board, and I don't believe it even more. (To be continued......)

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