I, the military god of the Tang Dynasty, have risen since I destroyed the Turks

Chapter 459: Twenty-fold Increase in Taxes
Subsequently.

"Whoever colluded with him, no matter who he is, even if he is a royal relative, will be captured by me, and executed by slow slicing, and the entire clan will be implicated."

"Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of War."

"All four ministries, unite and search the whole country. If the Ministry of Personnel finds an offender, lock him up immediately. The Ministry of Justice will put him in jail. If he dares to resist and there are not enough guards, the Ministry of War will immediately dispatch troops. The Ministry of Revenue will investigate thoroughly and find the families of these young children and return them."

"This time, I want to tell everyone in the world the price of daring to do this."

"You treat my Tang Dynasty's youngest son so badly and cruelly. This will cut off the foundation of my Tang Dynasty. I will never forgive you." Li Shimin shouted coldly.

Hear the words.

The four ministers all stood up and said, "Your Highness, I accept your order."

After the explanation.

The anger on Li Shimin's face also disappeared a lot, and then he looked at Li Zheng: "Li Zheng, do you have anything to add?"

“It’s a good thing to do.”

"But I do need to add two points." Li Zheng said thoughtfully.

"Li Zheng, go ahead and speak." Li Shimin said.

"Now the question is how to place these young children, especially those who were maimed by the villains with broken hands and feet. There must be many who can't find their parents or families. I am sure that these young children must have other reasons besides being stolen or kidnapped by these villains."

"After that, the placement of these young children will be the key."

Li Zheng said in a deep voice.

Li Shimin nodded: "You are right."

“Placement is a problem.”

"Especially the ones with incomplete rest."

"They are all the people of my Great Tang. I cannot just sit back and watch."

"Li Zheng, what do you think?" Li Zheng asked.

"Interrogate those evildoers and have the Ministry of Revenue do its best to find the young son's family and return them as much as possible."

"If we can't find it, the national treasury will pay for its resettlement."

"After that, I taught those disabled children some ways to make a living, such as playing the zither and singing. In short, I wanted them to survive."

"After all, this was an oversight by our court, and we feel so guilty towards them." Li Zheng sighed.

"you're right."

"It was the court's negligence, it was my negligence."

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes yesterday, I really wouldn't have known that there were such cruel things happening among the people." Li Shimin also sighed.

Subsequently.

He looked at Qin Jiansheng and said, "Qin Qing, you have heard what Li Zheng said just now. Do your best to settle these young sons. All the arrangements will be made from the national treasury. I will grant them all."

"I obey your order." Qin Jiansheng immediately obeyed your order.

"This matter."

"Let's leave it like this for now."

"I don't want this kind of thing to happen again in the Tang Dynasty. Once discovered, they will be severely punished."

"Whoever dares to do this will be killed by me."

"No tolerance." Li Shimin said coldly.

"Your Majesty is wise." All the ministers said in unison.

In this regard.

Naturally, they had no objections and complied with it.

"Let's continue the meeting." Li Shimin said loudly.

"Let's start playing, Your Majesty."

"Ministry of Revenue, submit this May tax revenue report."

Qin Jiansheng said loudly with excitement.

Hear this.

All the ministers focused their attention.

The bet between the current emperor and the crown prince five months ago is still fresh in our memory.

Many people have clearly seen the changes that Chang'an City has undergone in the past five months. Countless merchants have gathered in Chang'an City, bringing with them many things that were not available in Chang'an City before. These are all clearly visible.

"How is it?" Li Shimin smiled and glanced at Li Zheng out of the corner of his eye.

Li Zheng, on the other hand, was very calm and appeared very confident.

"In the past five months, the tax revenue in Chang'an alone has increased twenty times compared to five months ago."

"Before May."

"The tax revenue for half a year was 3.3 million taels of silver. But this time, in just half a year, the tax revenue for Chang'an City was 66 million taels, 80% of which was commercial tax."

"From the merchants."

"Workshops pay taxes on sales, merchants pay taxes on profits from sales, stall taxes, and store taxes."

"These are the key points of taxation, especially the first two." Qin Jiansheng said in a shocked tone.

Hear this number.

All the civil and military officials in the court were surprised.

stunned.

"How can this be?"

"When did the taxation of our Tang Dynasty reach such a level?"

"It has increased twentyfold. The tax revenue collected by Chang'an alone is almost equal to the tax revenue of half of the Tang Dynasty."

"Did I hear wrongly?"

"This is incredible."

"It's a twenty-fold increase in less than half a year. If we continue to encourage it, can we earn more?"

All the court officials were shocked by the tax increase figure and were all stunned.

Even Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was the same at this moment, with a look of complete shock on his old face.

In the entire hall, only Li Zheng appeared calm.

After it lasted for a long time.

"Qin Qing, are you sure you didn't make a mistake?" Li Shimin asked with some disbelief.

"emperor."

"Minister Guo Jia and I personally supervised the statistics of the 200 documents of the Ministry of Revenue and counted them several times. There can be no mistake." Qin Jiansheng said.

Guo Jia also stood up immediately and said, "Your Majesty, rest assured. The Provincial Administration Department was entrusted to me by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. There will be no mistakes."

"Sixty-six million taels of silver, after it is deposited into the national treasury, even if most of it is spent, there will still be a surplus."

"The treasury of our Tang Dynasty is actually full just like this."

"If it can be implemented nationwide, how much tax can the Tang Dynasty treasury collect?" Li Shimin asked in shock.

This number was totally unexpected.

I never thought about it.

"Father."

"You lost."

"I won this bet." Li Zheng smiled and said to Li Shimin.

Hear this.

Li Shimin did not feel depressed at all because of the loss. Instead, he was very happy: "Yes, yes, you win, you win. I really did not expect that the merchants who have been ignored by me could bring so much tax revenue to the national treasury. I really did not expect it."

"The city of Chang'an alone brings so much tax revenue to my Tang Dynasty. If the whole country implements this policy, my Tang Dynasty's treasury will be extremely full."

"Li Zheng."

"From now on, all matters concerning merchants will be left to you."

"I just want to see the treasury full."

"Twenty times growth, this is a big surprise for me."

"If it continues, won't it be thirty or forty times?" Li Shimin said with a big laugh.

"Father."

"Don't be too happy too soon. The reason why Chang'an City has achieved such a level and the tax revenue has increased twenty times in half a year is because merchants from other prefectures of the Tang Dynasty also heard the news and came here. I don't know how many merchants gathered to do business, which is why there is such a growth."

"Once the national policy of encouraging business is popularized throughout the country, there will definitely not be a 20-fold increase in tax revenue. It will only be about 10-fold at most."

Li Zheng smiled and said.

(End of this chapter)