Section 29 The Angry Emperor
"Fang Gong, what do you think Your Majesty will react to when he hears our play? Today's juniors are all up to you, if you don't be angry and embarrassed, maybe you will beat me in the court, and the juniors will have no face to see people, you need to think of a way to make Maxi feel that he is wrong, and not hurt his face, what do you say? “
Following the footsteps of Duan Hong, the two followed step by step, and Yun Ye asked Fang Xuanling in a low voice.
"You are young, and you are the younger generation of His Majesty, it is not a shame to be beaten, if the problem is not solved, it will be endless troubles, the old man feels that the "Shang Law" of the Tang Dynasty needs to be comprehensively improved, it is better for you to take the lead in formulating an advanced law, the current law follows the Sui system, and has not been amended for more than 80 years, but in the past few years, the household department has issued some regulations scattered, according to the old man, it is time to reformulate the law.
You are a young hero, and you are beaten in exchange for a law, this kind of thing is worth it, don't always dodge when you're young, sometimes you should face it head-on when you encounter difficulties. “
Yun Ye glanced at Fang Xuanling in surprise, the old guy didn't blink his eyes, Li Er is now the legendary big demon king, who is full of food to provoke him, he wears an official uniform to meet him is unwilling to be beaten, Li Er's hands have never been serious, a favorite concubine in the harem gave birth to a girl for him, it is very rare, he put the child aside when he reviewed the folds, and the child who was less than a year old felt uncomfortable, so he would naturally cry, and the angry Li Er raised his hand and threw the inkstone over......
The inkstone flew out before he remembered that it was his daughter, if it weren't for the fact that Duan Hong desperately hit the inkstone with his head, the consequences would be unimaginable, since then, the prince and princess under the age of five have been ordered by the eldest grandson not to get close to Li Er, Yun Ye is worried that Li Er will beat himself to the ground. The little life is over, and even if Li Er regrets it afterwards, it will be too late.
"No, you have to come up with the charter, it naturally doesn't matter when your majesty is clear, in case your majesty is red-eyed. Beat me up, I can't beat Majesty, I can't escape, it's too dangerous, you just look at the scar on Broken Hong's forehead, your Majesty is not serious, I am not suitable to be a target. ”
"Nonsense, when the ancients invited the people, they didn't have so many thoughts about you, and it was glorious for the scholars to die. The spirit of our generation naturally lasts forever, the former Sui Wu Dianzhang died on the dragon case, you go to see how the "Book of Sui" wrote him, the whole seven pages, what a glory. ”
Yun Ye stopped and looked at Fang Xuanling, swallowed his spit, and said, "If the juniors are not mistaken, Wu Dianzhang's whole family will run out of one Wu Yunzhao, and the rest will be beheaded, right?" You are the prime minister of Datang. Your Majesty always has to give you some face, or you can say it. How about juniors beating the side drum behind you? ”
Before Fang Xuanling could speak, Duan Hong urged: "You two better hurry up, Your Majesty is already in a hurry." ”
Yun Ye and Fang Xuanling glanced at each other, sighed and followed Duan Hong into the main hall, because it was a formal performance. Li Er was also wearing his crown robe, sitting behind the case and looking at the two people who walked in with a smile.
"The two Qing family see what is going on with me, and something will come quickly."
didn't know what was going on, Yun Ye found that he was the only one standing in the middle, and Fang Xuanling was already sitting on the cushion next to him, holding the board and kneeling very formally. A wisp of an intriguing smile also appeared at the corner of Li Er's mouth.
Yun Ye quietly took two steps back, hugged Beban, gritted his teeth, and said: "Your Majesty, Wechen came today for your will during the day, and the minister heard that His Majesty was in the book, and the three provinces of Shangshu were determining what was a luxury and were preparing to increase the tax rate by three times, and Wechen thought it was inappropriate......"
"Shut up! The people and ministers do not think about sharing the worries for the king, the officials of the court do not know how to sympathize with the suffering of the people, and they are especially not satisfied with the people's bones and marrows, and they are especially dissatisfied with the people's bones and marrows, and they are even more dissatisfied.
I have made up my mind, I will not say anything more, and those who dare to say more about the tax rate will double the tax rate if I say one more word, and I would rather destroy these useless things than see you sit back and enjoy them.
"Your Majesty, please listen to Weichen's words, this will ......"
"Fang Qing noted that the luxury tax has been increased to four times!" Li Er gave a categorical order to Fang Xuanling.
"Majesty, no, Weichen just wants to ......"
"Fang Xuanling, you also heard it, he said one, two, three sentences, and the tax rate increased to seven times." Li Erwei smiled and put his hand on the case, waiting for Yun Ye to speak again with anticipation.
Yun Ye didn't say anything, took out a charcoal pen from his bosom and calculated it on the board, and then arched his hand to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the tax rate is really inappropriate, you always have to listen to Weichen, don't you?" “
Li Er smiled and said: "The first three words are my honorific titles, not counted, the second two sentences said that the tax rate will be increased by two times, boy, there is a kind of you who continue to say, I don't care about destroying those bullshit things, without those things, Datang may be better." The tax rate of nine times depends on how you operate, and you have the ability to sell your purse for a hundred silver coins. ”
"Your Majesty, that's not how the tax rate is calculated, you're mistaken."
"Good guts, the tax rate is twelve times, you plan to break the jar?" Li Er was a little strange, could it be that Yun Ye really didn't care about these shops, this was his Yun family's biggest source of income.
Yun Ye and Fang Xuanling exchanged Beban with each other to look at the numbers calculated by each other, Fang Xuanling stretched out three fingers to Yun Ye again, Yun Ye nodded, hugged Beban and said, "I don't plan to break the jar, I want to manage it well and pass on the craftsmanship from generation to generation." After speaking, he stared at the emperor's reaction, as long as the emperor increased the tax rate three times, he and Fang Xuanling turned around and left, and they didn't plan to stay longer for a minute, such a result was the best, no one should be offended, the mistakes were all the emperor's, and those who specialized in luxury goods also put the charge of raising taxes on their own and Fang Xuanling's head, the emperor was a tyrant, and the minister was not allowed to speak reasonably, and the righteous Yunhou was arrogantly increased the tax rate by the emperor more than ten times after saying a few more words.
As soon as Li Er found out about the communication between Yun Ye and Fang Xuanling, he sensed that something was wrong, and he closed his mouth and didn't give an order, Fang Xuanling stood up and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Yun Hou just said three more words, and Wechen will go and determine the quota of luxury tax, which is fifteen times the basic tax rate, and Wechen will retire." ”
Fang Xuanling left, Yun Ye closed his mouth and retired, watching the two courtiers out of the main hall, Li Er's face was cloudy, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't think that anything was wrong, the afterglow of the sunset passed through the back window and shone on Li Er's uncertain face, there was an indescribable weirdness, what was wrong?
"Your Majesty, they are deliberately raising taxes, the concubine just looked at the commercial tax of my dynasty, and then I found that you only added three times the commercial tax is too little, and I only levy taxes in kind, take the bag that sells for twelve silver coins, you have increased the tax rate by three times, but it is just an extra ten copper coins per bag, and the progressive tax law also applies to luxury goods, so your increased tax rate almost does not work.
Yun Ye is a sensible person, he knows that it is not appropriate to do this, he and those nobles make too much money, and sooner or later it will cause a big disaster, after all, only the equal sharing of interests can make the business long-lasting, so he mentioned the luxury tax to His Majesty in his early years, as soon as he entered the palace concubine, he found that he wanted to raise taxes, if it was a tax reduction, he would not be so nervous, and the act of raising taxes would make His Majesty embarrassed, so he wore court clothes and dragged Fang Xuanling on, I am afraid that he was worried that His Majesty would attack him. “
The eldest grandson deliberately sketched out the business tax chapter in "Tang Law and Discussion" with a red pen and put it on Li Er's table, and ordered all the attendants to retreat, leaving only the anxious Duan Hong to pay attention to Li Er, who was about to explode at any time.
Li Er finished reading those words, closed his eyes, his chest rose and fell violently, and said word by word: "I wanted to tax the leather bag worth twelve silver coins, but I didn't expect to increase the tax rate on the crocodile skin of a silver coin, and I was so angry......"
The emperor didn't go to the palace for three days, because the accompanying imperial history was already impeaching the emperor for tyranny, and without waiting for the courtiers to finish speaking, he rudely increased the special commercial tax to fifteen times, which was simply mad, and the ancient tyrant had not increased the tax rate so brutally, Wei Zheng's eyes were still wrapped in gauze, and he asked the servant to take him to the palace and knock to see the emperor.
The emperor didn't see Wei Zheng, but the wounded Duan Hong came out and whispered a few words in Wei Zheng's ear, Wei Zheng suddenly turned from anger to consternation, and finally turned into joy, touched Duan Hong's head wrapped in gauze and said, "It's hard work." Then he got into the carriage and went back to his place of residence, concentrating on letting Sun Simiao help him heal his illness, and refused to visit a single visitor.
It was not only Wei Zheng who closed the door, but Fang Xuanling also closed his door, and no one saw him, even if Du Ruhui came to the door, the answer given by the entourage was that the master occasionally felt cold, lest he would be sick to his colleagues, so he didn't see it.
The door of Yun Ye's house was also closed tightly, the family did not come out of the house, and the servants who came out every day to buy daily necessities could never see a single Yun family member again, but the Yun family's luggage store played the last sign of low price, which caused the store to be crowded, and the inventory was dumped clean in a short period of time.
"Yezi, you still avoid my father these days, after I went to see my mother, I said one more word and was kicked on the thigh by my father, his old man has a bad temper these days, only my mother dares to approach, who is close to others, who is unlucky, tell me, what happened to your father, make him angry like that, your head is still firmly on your neck, it's really rare." Li Tai shook the glass in his hand, and the red grapes inside were like a sea wave. (To be continued......)
PS: End of debt repayment chapter.