bdsm-fiction Chapter 220
Chapter 220
Taiji Hall.
Li Shimin came earlier than usual.
Because now there are steamed buns for breakfast, which is very convenient.
Although it is not as delicious as the pork stuffing, it is better than the previous "steamed buns".
"My dear ministers, do you have anything to report?"
Li Shimin looked at the ministers and asked in a gentle tone.
"Your Majesty, Fang Xuanling has good news to report!" Fang Xuanling stood up and bowed respectfully.
"Oh?"
"What good news is Xuanling, please tell me quickly!"
Li Shimin was in a very good mood today, and now he heard Fang Xuanling had good news to report, and he felt even more refreshed.
"Your Majesty, I have heard from my subordinates.
Except for the Guannei Road and Longyou Road where drought is severe, other provinces have made full use of the rain and have planted sweet potatoes, potatoes and a small amount of corn seedlings.
After this, the food shortage in our Tang Dynasty will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, I congratulate your majesty! God bless the Tang Dynasty!"
Fang Xuanling bowed to Li Shimin after speaking, and other ministers followed suit and said:
"Respectfully, your majesty, God bless the Tang Dynasty!"
Li Shimin was very excited when he heard this and stood up:
"Okay, when the high-yield crops of this season are stored in the warehouse at the end of the year, the whole Tang Dynasty can be planted next year. By then, there will be no more hungry people in our Tang Dynasty."
"I finally have an explanation to that kid."
Li Shimin has always been worried, like Su Chen, that the weather will make it impossible to plant sweet potatoes and potatoes.
After hearing this news today, Li Shimin was finally relieved.
As for the Guannei Road and Longyou area, it has not caused much impact.
They all know that if the output of those grains can be fully planted in Henan Road and Jiangnan Road, it will be enough to support the entire Tang Dynasty.
"Xuanling, Fuji, you must strictly order the prefectures and cities. The sweet potatoes and potatoes planted by the court must be carefully taken care of, which are the seeds for next year.
It is very important, so don't be careless."
Li Shimin once again reminded the two ministers.
In order to be on the safe side, part of those seeds were given to the people to plant themselves, and the other part was given to the county governments to plant.
"Minister, obey your order!" Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji replied respectfully.
Li Shimin nodded slightly, "Which minister has something to report?"
"Your Majesty, I have a report to report!"
Dai Zhou, the Minister of Revenue, took an A4 paper and stepped forward to say with a bow.
You read it right, it was a white paper like A4 paper.
In the past, the memorials they used to attend court had a high production cost.
Later, after Li Tai and Su Chen made this cheap paper, Li Shimin gave each of the fifth-rank and above officials in Beijing 50 sheets.
"What is your memorial?"
"Your Majesty, yesterday I counted the commercial taxes paid by various places in the past two months, except for the salt tax.
A total of 360,000 copper coins, please take a look."
Li Shimin was quite shocked when he heard this.
"Present it quickly!"
Don't underestimate these 360,000 copper coins. You should know that in the first year of Zhenguan, the tax revenue of the entire Tang Dynasty was only 5 or 6 million copper coins.
And these 5 or 6 million copper coins were converted into grain, and 80% came from farmers' taxes.
As for the cash, the treasury can't see any of it. The amount of commercial taxes collected in the past was about the same as beggars begging for food.
The most important thing is: the current commercial tax policy is not perfect, and some have not yet been included in the collection.
Wang Defa handed Dai Zhou's "report" to Li Shimin.
It was written in black and white, and it was clearly divided into categories.
"Good, good, good, Dai Aiqing, during the collection of commercial taxes, did any merchants resist?"
After reading it carefully, Li Shimin said three good things in a row.
At the beginning, they followed Su Chen's advice and began to collect commercial taxes in the Tang Dynasty.
At the beginning, Li Shimin and others thought that there would be many difficulties.
Who would willingly hand over the money they got to the court?
What's more, there was no example of collecting commercial taxes in the past.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, there was no merchant resisting taxation, but many merchants rushed to pay first."
Dai Zhou reported the feedback from his subordinates truthfully.
"Is this true?" Li Shimin was very confused.
"Your Majesty, this is absolutely true, because the great noble families set an example, and the rest of the merchants or aristocratic families followed suit.
The most important thing is that the court no longer suppresses merchants and their descendants to enter the government."
After listening to Dai Zhou's words, Li Shimin thought about it and nodded slightly.
This makes sense, merchants have always been in a low position.
Unless they are from the top aristocratic families, their descendants are usually not allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
Now that the court has stated that it will no longer suppress merchants, paying some taxes is nothing to them.
They have always been rich but not famous.
...
At the same time, Su Chen and others have arrived at the palace.
"Li Zhi, go to your mother first, I will give these things to your majesty and come back."
"Remember to bring those two ice watermelons."
After speaking, Su ChenWalking towards the Taiji Hall, holding a few books and a small bottle in his hands, and a roll of unwrapped newspapers under his armpit.
After Su Chen left, Princess Changle looked at a pile of things and muttered:
"How can one person carry so many things!"
This time, she brought a lot of things, including two lounge chairs, two big watermelons, shampoo and shower gel.
There were also five boxes of beer left in the palace. The carriage was driven by a family servant, and they could not go to the harem.
Princess Changle looked around. Although there were many guards in the square, they had their own duties, and Princess Changle did not intend to find them.
Besides, guards could not go to the harem.
Fortunately, not long after, a young eunuch walked towards the Taiji Hall from a distance, and Princess Changle hurriedly called him.
"I see your highness!"
"What urgent business do you have to go to the Taiji Hall?" Princess Changle asked.
"Your highness, I have nothing important to do." The eunuch answered respectfully.
"That's great. Go find a few people to move these items to Lizheng Hall. I'll be waiting there."
"They know what to move." Princess Changle pointed to the servant driving the carriage and said.
After Princess Changle finished speaking, she went to Lizheng Hall.
"Yes, I'll go and call someone right away!"
The eunuch hurried to Taiji Hall, where many eunuchs were waiting.
"Meet Lord Su!"
The guards in front of the hall saluted when they saw Su Chen.
Su Chen stopped, nodded and smiled and asked, "Is your majesty in a meeting?"
"Uh, Lord Su, your majesty and the ministers are discussing matters in the morning court." The guard didn't know what a meeting meant.
"Oh, then I'll wait here!"
After Su Chen finished speaking, he walked to the edge of the steps and sat down like that.
Seeing this, several guards looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
At this time, the eunuch also came to the door of Taiji Hall. After bowing to Su Chen at the bottom of the steps, he walked directly into the hall.
"You, little servant, why are you in such a hurry?"
A question came from the older eunuch in the hall.
"Master Wang, I am here on the orders of Princess Changle to find someone to help move things to Lizheng Hall."
When Wang Xi heard that Princess Changle had returned to the palace, he wondered whether he should report to General Manager Wang.
"Princess Changle has returned to the palace. Did the Marquis come with her?"
Wang Xi instantly thought that since the princess had returned to the palace, the Marquis must have come with her.
"Master, the Marquis is sitting on the steps outside the hall."
The young eunuch stepped forward and reported in a low voice.
"What? This is outrageous. Who dares to stop the Marquis!"
Wang Xi was shocked and rushed out of the hall.