The Minister of Revenue has just returned to the Minister of Revenue's Mansion and is worried about the vacancy of the national treasury.

Today, the Tang Dynasty's treasury is only three million taels of silver left.

He is even poorer than when Li Si first ascended the throne.

The Minister of Revenue was in charge of the Emperor's silver and money in the Tang Dynasty. All the expenses of the Tang Dynasty were asked to be asked by the Minister of Revenue. If the Minister of Revenue could not afford the money, it would be a dereliction of duty!

The Minister of Revenue was worried.

If it were in the past, the Minister of Revenue would not have been worried about anything.

If you don’t have enough money, you can always get through it if you save some money.

But now it's different.

The current Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is obviously a great master of a generation.

If the Minister of Revenue cannot provide the money when the emperor needs money, I am afraid the emperor will be very disappointed.

As a loyal minister to the Tang Dynasty, what the Minister of Revenue feared the most was the emperor's disappointment.

The emperor's disappointment means that the subject is incompetent.

The Minister of Revenue received the salary of the Tang Dynasty, not only did not relieve the emperor's worries, but also disappointed the emperor.

"How to fill the treasury vacancy"

The Minister of Revenue was thinking in his heart.

The fastest way is to arrest some corrupt officials, then search the house and charge the property of the house

However, now, after several purges from the emperor, who dares to commit crimes at the forefront of the storm?

"Or can you ask the powerful and wealthy families in Chang'an City to let them take out some money?"

The Minister of Revenue suddenly thought.

There have been precedents in this method before.

When Emperor Xuanzong was in power, if the Tang Empire was short of money, it would ask the powerful and wealthy families in Chang'an City for it.

These powerful and powerful families have been operating in Chang'an City for two hundred years and have long been rich, so they have made some blood. There is no problem at all.

However, the only disadvantage of doing this is that it is a loss of face.

The great Tang Empire actually asked others for money. Isn’t that right?

Just as the Minister of Revenue was hesitating, the eunuchs in the palace personally sent an order to ask the Minister of Revenue to go to the palace.

"There are my husbands who follow the order."

The Minister of Revenue received the order and entered the palace directly.

Entering the Hall of Eternal Life, the Minister of Revenue found that, in addition to the emperor, the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin was also present.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

The Minister of Revenue performed a ceremony.

Li Si put down the memorials, looked at the Minister of Revenue, and said, "Since both of your beloved ministers have arrived, I will just say it."

The Grand Marshal Yang Qingling and the Minister of Revenue bowed and said, "Your Majesty, please tell me."

Li Si sat upright on the dragon throne and looked at the two ministers: "I plan to cancel the checkpoint tax, what do you think of your two dear ministers?"

As soon as Li Si finished speaking, the Minister of Revenue looked shocked.

Checkpoint tax is an important part of commercial tax. If the emperor really does this, it will probably shake the foundation of the country.

After the Anshi Rebellion, the Tang Dynasty was already in the hope of restoration. In addition, a war against the Turks was launched, and the treasury was only three million taels of silver left, which was the time to lack money.

If the level tax is cancelled, it will probably be even worse for the Tang Dynasty.

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin was not as excited as the Minister of Revenue.

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin was thinking in his heart, what is the significance of the emperor's cancellation of the checkpoint tax?

In Yang Qinglin's eyes, any action of the emperor has profound meaning and he will never say these words for no reason.

Since the emperor was willing to cancel the checkpoint tax, it means that after the cancellation of the checkpoint tax, the impact on the Tang Dynasty will inevitably outweigh the disadvantages.

However, Yang Qinglin thought for a long time, but he didn't expect that after canceling the checkpoint tax, what other benefits would be except for reducing the amount of tax revenue in the Tang Dynasty?

Although the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin couldn't figure it out, he knew in his heart that it didn't matter if he couldn't figure it out. Just do as your Majesty honestly.

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin glanced at him and was about to give advice to dissuade His Majesty’s Minister of Revenue and immediately said: “If Your Majesty decides to cancel the checkpoint tax, as a minister, he will naturally follow it. Every decision of Your Majesty has His Majesty’s plans, and we all cannot figure it out.”

The previous sentence of the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin agreed with His Majesty’s decision, and the next sentence was to remind the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue.

Yang Qinglin means, don’t worry about what Your Majesty wants to do, don’t stand up and question, because what Your Majesty thinks is not something that the ministers can guess at.

The reason why the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin reminded the Minister of Revenue was that he did not want the other party to follow in the footsteps of the Secretary-General.

The Minister of Revenue is one of the few loyal ministers in the court who are willing to die for the Tang Dynasty. Although Yang Qinglin never interferes in the struggle in the court, he does not want the Minister of Revenue to jump into the pit.

As soon as the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin finished speaking, the Minister of Revenue suddenly reacted.

"Wei Minister's Interview"

The Minister of Revenue was in a cold sweat.

Li Si leaned slightly on the dragon throne, looked at the reactions of the two ministers, and shook his head slightly.

If it were others, Li Si would naturally be too lazy to explain, but the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin was the minister of resignation left to him by the late emperor. The Minister of Revenue was loyal to the Tang Dynasty, and Li Si did not want to see these two people in confusion.

"I cancel the checkpoint tax to increase the circulation of goods. As for the lost checkpoint tax, it can naturally be supplemented from other commercial taxes."

Li Si put his right hand on the armrest of the dragon chair and said slowly.

“Other business tax?”

The Minister of Revenue was shocked and suspicious.

In the view of the Minister of Revenue, the big part of commercial tax is the checkpoint tax. As for other commercial taxes, they cannot collect any money.

Since ancient times, scholars, farmers, industry and businessmen have always been the lowest position.

How much money can they have?

The Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin looked solemn.

He vaguely realized that the emperor was improving the status of a businessman

Once the level tax is cancelled, merchants will naturally make more money, so more people will engage in business.

And the more businessmen, the greater the influence. By then, the status will rise.

Although the Taiwei Yang Qinglin guessed that the emperor was preparing to improve his status as a merchant, what he thought was the same as the Minister of Revenue.

Not only the Grand Marshal Yang Qinglin and the Minister of Revenue, but even the civil and military officials of the court are here, there will also have this question.

What is the use of enhancing the status of a businessman?

The real big taxpayer in the Tang Dynasty was a farmer from beginning to end

Never been a businessman.

No matter how many merchants there are, what are the benefits for the Tang Dynasty?

Even if the number of merchants increases, some farmers will abandon their land and work as merchants, which will not be worth the loss.

Li Si looked at the two ministers and did not continue to explain.

Because, no matter how much Li Si said, it would be difficult for them to understand.

In fact, it's not their fault.

This is the limitation of the times!

Not only in the Tang Dynasty, but also in all dynasties, the status of merchants has never been higher.

Even the wise emperor or the intelligent minister did not realize what potential the merchants had

But Li Si knew that in later generations, the status of merchants was terrifying.

Even some top chaebols can directly interfere with the replacement of regimes

Li Si sat on the dragon throne, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Wait.

I want to dig out a []'gold mine' myself!

A "gold mine" that can make me never lack silver from the Tang Dynasty!

Compared with this ‘gold mine’, what is agricultural tax? What is the world’s great tribe?
Chapter completed!