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Chapter 1728 Commercial Tax
royal palace.

"What about Your Majesty?"

Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang asked to see the emperor together, but the reply they got was that the emperor was not in the palace.

The two were very confused, as this was their third unsuccessful request for a meeting.

"Where did your Majesty go for fun?"

Wen Huanzhang looked at Xiao Jiasui in confusion and asked, their cabinet had not received any order from the emperor to travel.

"How would I know that? Who can guess His Majesty's whereabouts?"

Xiao Jiasui shook his head helplessly.

"But this thing can't be delayed!"

Wen Huanzhang pointed to a book in his hand and spoke.

"Wait a minute, there's no rush now!"

Xiao Jiasui shook his head and said that there was nothing they could do since the emperor was not around.

The two men looked at each other and saw their helplessness. The cabinet system was simply a blessing for the emperor. The emperors in the past all got up early in the morning and went to bed early in the morning, just to govern the country well.

But once the cabinet system came into being, the emperor became the person with the most leisure time. All matters could be handed over to the cabinet, and he only dealt with major matters. The cabinet was monitored by the censors, and the three judicial officials were watching closely from the side.

The two were about to return to the cabinet to continue handling government affairs when they were suddenly stopped.

"What's the matter, two elders?"

Sun Lei was walking in from outside the palace wearing a Taoist robe.

"His Majesty?"

The two were a little surprised when they saw Sun Lei dressed as a Taoist priest and carrying a sword. They didn't know what the emperor was up to today.

"Go in and talk!"

Sun Lei waved his hands.

After entering the inner hall, Sun Lei sat down and drank a large cup of tea.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Wen Huanzhang asked first.

"Does he look like a Wudang knight?"

Sun Lei took off the sword from his waist, slapped it on the table and laughed.

"Your Majesty, are you pretending to be a knight?"

Xiao Jiasui asked with a frown.

"Isn't it because too many unscrupulous knights have come to Liangshan City? I'll go in and find out what's going on."

Sun Lei smiled and said that Liangshan City is now the largest city in the world. There were no city walls when the city was founded. It was meant to be prosperous and developed. Naturally, no one can be prohibited from entering, but too many people with ulterior motives have come, so they need to be careful.

"What has your majesty learned?"

the two asked.

"Those people are here to convene a heroes' conference to elect a new leader of the martial arts world. Don't you think this is ridiculous? I haven't been the leader of the martial arts world for a few years and someone wants to replace me. How audacious!"

Sun Lei said.

"Heroes' Conference? Martial Arts Leader?"

Both of them were speechless that someone would dare to do this.

"Your Majesty, this is very strange. The world is peaceful now, and the people are living and working in peace. Why are these people suddenly holding a hero conference, and in Liangshan City? I'm afraid there is a conspiracy behind this."

Xiao Jiasui said that there must be a reason for holding the Heroes Conference, and it should not be held in Liangshan City. The world is so big, any place would be more suitable than Liangshan City. The most ideal place should be a famous mountain or a river, where there are few people, so that no one will care how it is held.

"I thought so too, so I went out to investigate. It's been a few days, but I haven't found anything. This group of people are really well hidden."

Sun Lei said helplessly that he couldn't drive these people away without evidence, nor could he alert the enemy.

"Your Majesty, this kind of thing is not something you should investigate in person. It is hard to tell whether those people in the martial arts world are good or evil, and they all have their own agenda. It is too dangerous for your Majesty to go in person."

Wen Huanzhang still advised.

"They are just a bunch of rabble. I'm just playing with them." Sun Lei said indifferently.

"By the way, you guys must be here for something."

Sun Lei looked at the two of them and asked.

"Your Majesty, we have already drafted a bill on commercial taxes."

The commercial tax bill that Wen Huanzhang found on the ground should have been decided by the Three Law Departments. However, when the order came down, the Three Law Departments had not yet become independent.

"Let me see."

Sun Lei nodded and started flipping through the pages.

"This tax rate is not bad, and the wording is concise and clear, but the details need to be improved. You know that businessmen are smart and can find a big hole with a small gap."

Sun Lei looked through the commercial tax document for a while before speaking.

"But this is not appropriate for you to do. You should revise it together with the three judicial officials. After all, this matter still needs to be discussed by the cabinet in the end."

Sun Lei had something to say. It was not that Wen Huanzhang, Xiao Jiasui and others did not formulate the plan well, but that those details needed to be deeply rooted in the people. The cabinet did not know much about it, so naturally it could not complete it.

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But the three judicial departments are different. They not only manage the formulation of various laws, but also have a tax department. These people are very familiar with various tax details.

"There are also some things that need to be taken into consideration, that is, commercial taxes are different from general laws. Under criminal law, theft is theft, and murder is murder. The sentencing standards cannot be changed at will. So many things are fixed."

"But business changes too fast. New industries and new products will appear anytime and anywhere, and taxes must keep up in time. If there is no room at all, merchants will take advantage of it."

Sun Lei looked at the two of them and said.

"Your Majesty, please enlighten me. I am now enlightened!"

The two men immediately realized a huge loophole in their commercial tax formulation, which was that they did not take into account the complexity and variability of business.

"You two are not familiar with the ways of business. This is unavoidable. Business taxes are imposed on businessmen, so we certainly cannot ask businessmen. Mistakes and omissions do not matter. We can fix them whenever we find them."

Sun Lei said.

After discussing some government affairs, Xiao Jiasui and Wen Huanzhang left.

Sun Lei yawned after taking off his Taoist robe. It was actually quite tiring to dress up every day and go out to amuse the clown. Today he dressed up as a Wudang knight and beat up the bald monk from Shaolin. The thief bald even said nonsense like "Buddha has mercy and bless you" to a group of women, which resulted in a fight between Shaolin and Wudang.

However, both sides were smart and knew that they could not kill people in Liangshan City, so they just used fists and feet, but the result was also bruised and swollen faces, and no one got away with it.

Finally, they all retreated before the city inspector arrived.

"Brother, where have you been these days? I can't find you!"

Lu Zhishen walked in hurriedly.

"Daoist robe?"

As soon as Lu Zhishen came in, he saw the Taoist robe on the table.

"I go……"

Sun Lei briefly explained the situation.

"Brother, you are so mean. You didn't even bring me along for such a fun event!"

Lu Zhishen looked at Sun Lei with some resentment. What he loved most in his life was liveliness.

"Your appearance is so distinctive, why wouldn't people recognize you when you go there?"

Sun Lei said speechlessly.

"I can dress up too!"

Lu Zhishen took the Taoist robe pen and drew something.

"It's rare to see a Taoist priest this fat!"

Sun Lei smiled and shook his head. Most Taoists were thin, and only monks were fat and big-eared.

"Change to something else, this dress is too small!"

Lu Zhishen put down his Taoist robe and muttered that the identity of a Taoist priest was not suitable for him.

"By the way, we are short of manpower. I called Jilang back. He should be here tomorrow."

Sun Lei looked at Lu Zhishen and asked, thanks to the convenience of the telegraph, Wu Song was directly recalled halfway.