It's all about me, the emperor

Chapter 93

Li Shimin came here frightened, and even more frightened when he returned!

He really couldn't figure out what Yunxi's intention was in doing this?Knowing his identity and letting him stay?He even directly said to let him continue to inquire!Could it be that she felt that Wagang was indestructible, even if he figured out everything, it would be impossible to capture Wagang?

It seems that this is the only reason that can explain her behavior.Li Shimin didn't know whether he should laugh or cry, he should be thankful that the enemy is so arrogant, but what is this feeling of being despised?

Li Shimin was still struggling, and Yunxi made another puzzling decision: she asked Li Shimin to run errands with her.

Although everyone in Wagang didn't understand what it meant, no one objected. They knew that no matter what Yunxi did, she had her own intentions, and they would never do anything that was not beneficial.

Is it good?Yun Xi stroked her chin in thought, did the indescribable sour feeling of letting the majestic Emperor Taizong be her running errand boy?

However, she brought Li Shimin by her side not to seek a sense of superiority, but to let him know about Wagang's government affairs, to be precise, to let him learn some advanced ideas.

Wagang occupied the territory of eight states in the Sui Dynasty, and the important military and political affairs in various places would naturally be taken over.Anyone who handles government affairs is the highest authority in a country or a party, such as Wagang who handles government affairs is Yunxi.

It's just that she thought it was troublesome and handed it over to Xu Maogong and Zhang Gongjin, but they would still ask her to make decisions when encountering major issues.Yunxi has always been trustworthy in employing people, Xu and Zhang have done a good job, she can't rush Li Shimin in the past, the superiors are most afraid of changing orders overnight, even if she has a good relationship with Xu Maogong and Zhang Gongjin, she can't do something so easily suspected.

Therefore, I can only bring Li Shimin with me to 'teach by precept and example'.

Li Shimin walked into Zhiwei hall with anxiety, this is the place where Yunxi handles government affairs.

As soon as he entered the door, he was overwhelmed by a large pile of bamboo slips, and the number of bamboo slips was still increasing.

The culprit who caused everything said, "These are the agricultural tax revenues of Yangzhou in the past ten years, and here are the commercial tax revenues of Yangzhou in the past ten years." Yun Xi handed him another form, "You follow this model Get those statistics out."

"Ten years?!" Li Shimin couldn't keep up with her thoughts, and asked him to do things when he first came. Shouldn't he be threatened and warned before giving a sweet date and then telling him the purpose of asking him to come, and finally let him do things? ?What the hell is going straight to the point?

Yunxi narrowed her eyes, "Don't think so? Xiaowu, send me all the materials of Yangzhou in the past 20 years."

"Yes, Mr. Cheng." A crisp young voice sounded outside the door.

Only then did Li Shimin come to his senses, and quickly grabbed Yun Xi and said, "No need, it's not too little, it's not too little."

Yun Xi didn't really want to embarrass him, so he put all the bamboo slips in his arms, and said, "It will be finished in three days."

"Three days?!"

"Why, too much? Then change it to..."

"No, no, three days is enough, enough."

Li Shimin was under the eaves at the moment, so he had to bow his head, and he had to obey whatever Yun Xi said.

Three days passed quickly, Li Shimin was so busy that he didn't touch the ground, he forgot to eat and sleep, and finally finished what Yun Xi had asked him to do within the stipulated time.The form given by Yunxi was also very simple and clear at a glance, which saved him a lot of effort.When he handed the form to Yun Xi, Yun Xi didn't even look at it, and put it aside casually.

Li Shimin was silent for a while and said, "...So, you are really just playing around with me?"

"Huh? Is there any?" Yun Xi looked at him and crushed a stone in his hand.

Li Shimin felt a murderous aura, and silently stepped back two steps, "...No."

Yun Xi was very satisfied with his understanding, squinted and smiled, "That's good, we get along so well, it would be bad if you misunderstood me."

Li Shimin: "..." Bastard!Where do you see that I am happy? !

Yun Xi suddenly turned her head, stared at Li Shimin and said in a serious tone, "Are you scolding me?"

Li Shimin wants to cry but has no tears. Could it be that this person can read minds?He was thinking about how to answer so as not to annoy this big devil who showed off his strength when he didn't agree with each other. At this moment, Xu Maogong and Zhang Gongjin knocked on the door and came in, and Yunxi stopped threatening him.

Xu and Zhang had something to do with Yunxi. Seeing Li Shimin was there, they couldn't help but look at Yunxi. Yunxi nodded slightly, indicating that it was okay. Then Zhang Gongjin said, "Now we are in Wagang to cultivate and live, and the tax issues that were put on hold also need to be paid. To mention again, the previous Northern Wei, Northern Qi, Northern Zhou and Sui dynasties all adopted similar regulations, but the method was different. That is, Ding Nan and Zhong Nan each received [-] mu of land, of which [-] mu was for the distribution of land, and [-] mu for Yongyetian. Subject to Tian Dingnan, who is responsible for paying taxes and serving corvee. Each Ding pays rent to the state with two stones of millet every year, and transfers it to the native land, and pays two feet of silk or silk and three taels of cotton every year; the place where no cotton is produced, that is, Nabu Two feet and five feet, three catties of hemp. In addition, every Ding has to serve [-] days of corvee every year, plus two days in the leap month; if there is no corvee, it will be replaced by silk or cloth, which is equivalent to three feet of silk or three feet, seven inches and five cents of cloth every day ..."

Xu Maogong continued, "We formulated Wagang's tax collection system based on the taxation situation of these dynasties. It is roughly the same, but the tax has been reduced by [-]%. These are rough plans. Brother Yun, take a look."

Yunxi took it over, took a general look, and didn't express any opinion, turned to Li Shimin and said, "Li Er, report your previous statistics."

Li Shimin was stunned for a long time before realizing that Yunxi was calling him, and said angrily, "What the hell is Li Er?"

"Huh? Isn't your surname Li Xinger?"

Li Shimin: "..." Is Li Er the surname of Li Xinger?If the surname is Wang Xingba, wouldn't you call him Wang Ba!
Knowing that the word "two" has some indescribable meaning in Yunxi's eyes, Xu and Zhang smiled unkindly.

Li Shimin was indignant for a while, and then said, "The agricultural tax in Yangzhou in the past ten years was 460 guan, while the commercial tax was 69 guan." He had a good memory and wrote down these two figures directly.

"Hiss!" Xu Maogong and Zhang Gongjin gasped at the same time, and said in surprise, "Why is there such a difference?! The commercial tax is a hundred times that of the agricultural tax!"

Not to mention the two of them, even Li Shimin was very surprised when he first got this number, wondering if he had made a mistake in his calculation, and then did the calculation again to confirm that it was true.Although he also knew that the commercial tax income was higher than the agricultural tax, but he didn't expect it to be so much higher!

Yunxi said, "Don't be surprised. Yangzhou has been a prosperous place since ancient times. It has a prosperous economy and high business tax revenue. It is normal for other places to have a gap of dozens of times, which is far less than Yangzhou!"

Li Shimin secretly slandered: Dozens of times is also very high, okay!
Yun Xi continued, "The reason why I specifically told you about Yangzhou's tax situation is that I want you to see the huge difference between the commercial tax and the agricultural tax. Compared with the commercial tax income, the agricultural tax income is a drop in the bucket."

Li Shimin couldn't help asking, "If that's the case, why did those emperors not encourage business, but emphasized agriculture and suppressed business?"

Yun Xi glanced at him, as if he asked a very stupid question, "Business profiteering, if everyone goes to do business, who will plant the land? No one will farm the land, what will they eat? Are you starving to death with money? It's because of commercial profiteering. To suppress, such as lowering the status of merchants, collecting heavy taxes, etc. Even so, there are still many people who cannot resist the temptation of benefits. On the other hand, improving the status of farmers and encouraging farming is also to prevent farmers from running away. Go into business. Food and clothing are the most basic physiological needs of people, and only when these two conditions are met can we consider other things. Why are so many people revolting against the Sui Dynasty? Isn’t it just that they can’t go on without food or clothing?”

Xu Maogong was puzzled, "Brother Yun, you have confused me. You said that the commercial tax income is high. I thought you wanted to improve your commercial status, but you also said that land is important, so you mean..."

"What I mean is that we don't use the regulations of the previous dynasties. Let's re-enact it. The land will be divided equally, divided into acres, and agricultural taxes will be cancelled..."

"Abolish the farm tax?" The three asked in surprise.Since ancient times, taxes have been an important source of a country's finances. All kings are eager to increase and increase taxes, and there has never been a cancellation.

"Yes! Farm taxes will be abolished, and there may be subsidies for farmers who cultivate the land in the future to encourage farming. At the same time, there will be no restrictions on doing business."

"You mean to collect heavy taxes on merchants and use commercial taxes as an important source of finance?" Zhang Gongjin said.

Yun Xi nodded, "Yes, that's not true. Commercial taxation will naturally be an important source of finance, but heavy taxes cannot be collected. Our main source of finance is the state-owned economy."

The three of them, Li Shimin, had three huge question marks on their heads, and they didn't understand what kind of economy she was referring to as a state-owned economy.

"The state-owned economy is naturally owned by the state. My plan is to nationalize salt, iron, and coal. Private mining and trading are prohibited, and the state sells them. The income from these things will not be less than commercial taxes. It is the bulk of our financial revenue!"

"Is it feasible?" After understanding what she meant, Xu Maogong asked with some concern.

Yunxi said confidently, "It's feasible. These things have been controlled by the state in the past dynasties. We will improve the mining technology, and the cost will be reduced a lot. Even if the selling price is much lower than before, we will still be profitable. If you don't Don't worry, we can try it first, and then promote it if it is feasible."

In this way, their last hesitation was gone, and they all nodded and said, "That's very good."

Among the three, Li Shimin was the most shocked. Xu and Zhang had been with Yunxi for a long time, and they had already understood her occasional shocking words, and the facts proved that her decisions were correct, and they were used to trusting her.But this is the first time for Li Shimin to hear Yun Xi's shocking remarks. It turned out that what she said about staying in Wagang was just a pediatric case, and the most terrifying thing is to abolish taxes and subvert traditions!

Excuse me, I want to be quiet!

"Who is Jing Jing?" Yun Xi's erratic voice rang in his ears.

Li Shimin died, cause of death: excessive fright.

(End of this chapter)