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Today's merchants are no longer pure merchants, but have a very good combination with craftsmen.

Industry and commerce are integrated, craftsmen provide technology, common people are responsible for raw material acquisition, product production, and merchants are responsible for sales.

It can be said that this is a complete industrial chain, which not only improves the craftsmanship of craftsmen, but also provides better income for a large number of people.

And it also allowed people from all over the Tang Dynasty to use cheap and easy-to-use commodities, wealth also circulated, and the country became rich.

It is a good thing that serves multiple purposes!

"What Master Duan said is very true. As far as I know, the workers in the major workshops in Chang'an City are all ordinary people who used to have very low income. Now they have earned more money through their work and their lives have become richer. "

Xiao Yu also expressed his support for Duan Lun's statement.

This is already the second time Xiao Yu has spoken out today, and both times he leaned towards Li Ke.

This scene naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Li Shimin was not surprised, because he knew that Li Ke went to see Empress Xiao before leaving Chang'an City.

He knew the content of the conversation between Empress Xiao and Li Ke, and also knew that Empress Xiao was very satisfied with Li Ke.

Xiao Yu is Empress Xiao's younger brother again, so it is reasonable to help Li Ke.

But Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji and others were very surprised, and their eyes were full of solemnity.

Xiao Yu was an important minister. From the previous dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, he was a high-ranking and powerful figure with great influence.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu didn't know when he leaned towards Li Ke. This information made them very vigilant.

"My lords say that businessmen seek profit, but who is not for profit in life?"

"Farming the land expects high yields, studying and expecting the imperial examination results, and doing business naturally expects to make more money. This is human nature!"

"Business should not be suppressed just because businessmen are chasing profits, but a set of rules must be found to allow business to develop within the rules, so that the ideal state can be achieved."

Duan Zhixuan also stood up and expressed his views.

Duan Zhixuan's wife is doing business with Li Ke, and in the past few months, it can be said that she has made a lot of money!

He himself was not very interested in business before, but in the past few months, his thoughts and concepts have also changed greatly.

Making money is only part of it, and more is that he found that his previous understanding of business was too shallow.

He found that there is a lot of energy in business, and as long as a set of rules is formulated, this energy can explode under control.

That is definitely a good thing for Datang.

"May I ask my lords, is cultivating officialdom considered a business? Do you think it is a good thing or a bad thing to cultivate officialdom?"

Seeing that everyone expressed their opinions, Li Xiaogong also stood up and expressed his thoughts

During this time, they were mainly busy repairing the official road. With a large number of slaves as the construction team, the progress of the construction was very fast!

Many official roads have been open for a long time, and toll stations and post stations have also been put into operation.

Of course, the construction progress was so fast, and the price paid was that thousands of slaves died of exhaustion.

But in their view, the life of a slave is no different from that of an animal.

Hearing Li Xiaogong's words, the ministers present who opposed him didn't know how to refute for a while.

Because there are indeed many official roads that have been built into concrete roads, and they have walked it a few times, both in terms of speed and smoothness, much better than before.

And even if it is windy and rainy, even for the next month, the cement road will still be hard and smooth, and you can drive casually.

But there are toll booths and post stations on the cement road, and strictly speaking, it is indeed a business.

But this kind of business is indeed a good thing for Datang and everyone.

But soon some people began to refute, from all angles.

In short, people on both sides are arguing on their own, the public says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the woman is right.

At this time, Prince Li Chengqian stepped forward.

"Father, my son believes that the business status can be obtained by collecting business tax, mainly depends on the amount of business tax."

"According to my son's analysis, even if we agree to promote the status of merchants, I'm afraid we won't be able to collect much business tax, and it will affect farming instead, and the gains outweigh the losses."

"If the amount of commercial tax is far greater than the impact on farming, then it is not necessary to improve the status of merchants."

Li Chengqian expressed his views.

What he said seemed reasonable, but in fact he judged that the commercial tax would not collect much, so he said it deliberately.

He really doesn't think much of business, so he doesn't have a deep understanding of business, and he thinks that the amount of business tax must not be much.

That's why I stood up and said this with confidence.

"What the prince said is absolutely true!"

Changsun Wuji and the others looked at Li Chengqian in surprise and admiration, they didn't expect him to say such a thing.

On the surface, it shows an attitude of being reasonable and thinking about Datang.

In fact, it is against the collection of commercial taxes by improving the status of merchants.

Moreover, there are reasons, just to collect such a small amount of business tax, is it also embarrassing to improve the status of the merchant?

As for Li Xiaogong and the others, there was no change in expression on their faces.

Because before Li Ke left Chang'an City, he told them 5.9 that the commercial tax is very exaggerated.

They still remember what Li Ke said at the time, 8 guan a year is a start, and 8 guan a year is not a dream.

Therefore, although they don't know how much business tax Yangzhou and Suzhou collect, they are not in a panic.

Because they trust Li Ke's ability very much, Li Ke personally sits in Yangzhou and Suzhou, and personally leads the commercial taxation.

The amount of commercial tax collected will definitely not be low.

"Is this what you all love?"

Li Shimin glanced at everyone, focused on Li Chengqian for a second, and then asked a question.

"I agree with His Royal Highness' statement."

The ministers nodded one after another.

"It just so happens that the King of Wu sent someone to report the business tax collection in Yangzhou and Suzhou a few days ago."

"read."

Li Shimin motioned to the little eunuch next to him.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The little eunuch immediately took out the notebook he had prepared before, and read it.

"Yangzhou and Suzhou began to collect business tax on the 5th. In less than a month, Yangzhou collected 1.12 yuan of business tax, and Suzhou collected 68 yuan of business tax."

"In less than a full month, the two places have collected a total of 1.8 guan in commercial tax, and it is estimated that more than 2 guan of commercial tax will be collected next month!"

The little eunuch read the number aloud.

And after hearing this number, everyone in the court was shocked!

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The number read out by the little eunuch was like a heavy hammer, hitting their hearts heavily.

In less than a whole month, only the two states of Yangzhou and Suzhou received a total of 1.8 yuan in commercial taxes!

Moreover, it is estimated that more than 2 guan of commercial tax will be collected for the whole month. Isn't it more than 24 guan a year?

And this is only the land of two states, Datang has a whole 360 ​​states!

Yangzhou and Suzhou are only equivalent to 180/[-]th of the many state capitals in the Tang Dynasty.

However, the commercial tax collected in one year has reached 33/[-] of Datang's fiscal revenue.

Even if some state capitals are not as rich as Yangzhou and Suzhou, at least the number and population are here.

The total business tax collected is definitely a huge figure, at least not less than Datang's annual fiscal revenue!

And if business is prosperous, there will be more business taxes everywhere.

At that time, it will exceed Datang's annual financial income, and it will be easy!

Thinking that Datang's annual fiscal revenue would be doubled in the future, or even several times in the future, many ministers in the Tai Chi Hall suddenly couldn't hold back.

"Your Majesty, I support raising the status of merchants to levy merchant taxes!"

Tang Jian was the first to stand up, expressing his support for the levy of commercial tax in an extremely excited and firm tone.

Li Ke is really capable of dealing with him, and he really cares about things!

Before leaving Chang'an City, Li Ke told him that he would send a big surprise to the household department in the future.

He was still looking forward to it, but he didn't expect the surprise from Li Ke to be bigger than the sky!

As long as business taxes are collected throughout the Tang Dynasty, the household department will take off directly, earning tens of millions of dollars a year, and the household department minister is more comfortable than a god in front of him.

"Your Majesty, I support His Highness King Wu's suggestion!"

Fang Xuanling also made a calculation in his heart, and immediately stood up to 21 to express his support.

Once the business tax comes up, then Datang will have money.

A penny beats a hero, there are only two things you can't do without money, this can't be done, and that can't be done.

But with money, anything can be done!

Li Shimin wants to go on an expedition to Goguryeo?

Hit directly!

You can play wherever you want, anyway, when you have money in the future, you can stand the test!

Other ministers also expressed their support. Even the ministers who had not expressed their opinions before fell to the side of supporting commercial taxation.

After all, no one wants to have trouble with money.

Even if you don't think about Datang, you have to think about yourself!

When the Tang treasury has money, the salaries and benefits of the officials will naturally increase, which is tantamount to a wage increase.

How can you raise your salary if you have no money?No salary reduction is good!

But Li Chengqian, Changsun Wuji and others were dumbfounded after hearing the business tax figure!

Li Chengqian also pretended to be rational and analyzed a wave before, thinking that the commercial tax collected was far from enough to make up for the loss in agriculture.

But now this number is like two big hands, slapping his face one by one, the sound is extraordinarily clear!

Li Chengqian's face was extremely ugly, because after the matter reached this point, there seemed to be no room for maneuver.

After all, it was he himself who said just now that if the commercial tax collected is greater than the loss to agriculture, then it is not impossible to collect commercial tax.

Now that the real data is here, the commercial tax collected is too exaggerated, and it is worth Datang's fiscal revenue for one year!

If you still object to this, then I'm afraid it's obviously a bad show.

The faces of Changsun Wuji and others were as ugly as Li Chengqian's. They agreed with Li Chengqian's statement before and cut off their way back.

Now the data that Li Shimin presented completely left them speechless.

"Your Majesty, although business and tax benefits are great, as Lord Baoguo Duan said, we need to set a rule first. Only by allowing business to develop within this rule will it be beneficial to the stability of our Tang Dynasty."

At this time, one person stood up and expressed his opinion very rationally.

This person is a truth-seeker, not a fake truth-seeker like Li Chengqian with his private goods.

He is really thinking about the interests of the entire Tang Dynasty, and feels that business must be developed within a framework.

Otherwise, if it develops later, it will easily exceed the control of the imperial court.

"Your Majesty, I agree with this proposal."

Changsun Wuji immediately stood up and expressed his second opinion.

Then a group of people expressed their agreement with this view.

"My loves are right."