"Brother-in-law, the shop owner of Lin's Black Tea has donated money to build ten primary schools. Do you think our BreadTalk should also donate money to build a number of primary schools?"

In the other courtyard of Prince Chu's Mansion, Wu Guo raised this question with Li Kuan after reading today's Datang Daily.

"Yes, my Gu family also has some properties in Chang'an City. If necessary, we can also donate money to build a number of elementary schools."

Gu Panpan also joined in the fun.

Because of the booming business of Qingfeng Baozi Shop, Gu Panpan now has more reasons to stay in Chang'an City.

The more prosperous the city is, the more tolerant it is to "leftover women" like Gu Panpan.

This situation can be clearly seen in later generations.

Although some media say that there are 30 million singles in China, people living in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen may have an illusion.

Why do there seem to be more leftover women around me than bachelors?

Especially in economically developed cities like Shenzhen and Shanghai, the number of high-quality leftover women is unbelievable.

When I was there, I thought China was a country with more women than men.

"If we really want to donate money to fund education, our Chu Prince's Mansion has the largest number of workshops in the Tang Dynasty, so we can't go silent at all."

Wu Meiniang also said a little tangledly at the side.

In her opinion, this report by Datang Daily actually put the Chu Palace on the fire.

Lin Family Black Tea has funded the construction of ten primary schools.

The Northwest Trade, East China Sea Fisheries, Ironmaking Workshop, Honeycomb Briquette Workshop, Four-Wheeled Carriage Workshop, Permanent Bicycle Workshop, Tea Frying Workshop...

Which one is not bigger than Lin’s Black Tea?

It is not a secret that Li Kuan proposed the development of education to the imperial court.

Now when it comes time to pay, the actions of Prince Chu's Mansion are worse than those of Lin Family Black Tea.

It would be strange not to attract criticism.

"This matter is not difficult, but we cannot do it so passively, otherwise we will spend money to buy the discomfort, which will still attract criticism."

Li Kuan had indeed never considered the situation Wu Meiniang mentioned before.

It's not that he hates money.

In fact, having so much money means nothing to him anymore.

"How come it's not difficult? Now the Ministry of Education regards the shop owner of Lin's Black Tea as a model for donating money to aid education. Isn't it just to encourage wealthy businessmen and nobles from all over the world to contribute money and efforts to build as many schools as possible?"

Wu Meiniang felt that Li Kuan made a mistake by asking Luo Binwang to attend the opening ceremony of Linjiacun Primary School and write a special article to be placed on the front page of Datang Daily.

But I didn't think of a very good solution for the moment.

"It doesn't actually matter how many schools our royal family builds. What's important is to support the culture of wealthy people building roads and running schools. I am going to propose to Your Majesty that businessmen from all over the country be allowed to invest in schools and donate money to build roads and bridges."

The money will be halved and used to deduct business taxes. In this way, everyone will be more motivated to donate to fund education.”

Li Kuan originally thought of directly allowing businessmen to deduct their financial aid expenses from commercial taxes. Later, he thought that if this was done, many people would fish in troubled waters and make a bunch of false accounts to get tax exemptions.

Now if it is only halved, the risk will be greatly reduced.

Although it cannot be completely avoided that some people deliberately raise the cost of building and operating schools to deduct taxes.

But with the increase in the number of subordinates who have learned arithmetic, this situation should be within a controllable range.

"Half of the business tax deduction? This incentive is quite effective. It is equivalent to building schools and roads. The court contributed half of the money, but all the reputation was given to the merchants. It can be regarded as a disguised support for the merchants to improve their status.

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Although Wu Meiniang felt that Li Kuan's method could not solve the passive situation of the Chu Palace, it was very effective for Li Kuan's original intention of promoting education.

"It's indeed a good idea. The squires from all over the country have a tradition of donating money to fund education and build roads and bridges. Now that the court has tax incentives, everyone's enthusiasm will definitely be much higher."

As the legitimate daughter of the Gu family, Gu Panpan naturally has good taste.

"This tax preferential method has never been used by businessmen before. Mei Niang feels that tax preferential policies can not only be used to encourage businessmen to donate for education, but can also be used in some industries that the imperial court encourages the development of.

For example, if the imperial court hopes to promote cotton cultivation around Shuozhou, then various cotton-related workshops in Shuozhou can consider giving them some tax incentives.

In the future, if the imperial court wants to support the development of any border state capital, it can also announce that businesses building workshops in these state capitals will be given tax exemptions for several years. In this way, it can promote the development of these places. As long as the workshops develop,

Only by attracting more people can everyone live a better life, and the border will naturally become more and more stable."

Wu Meiniang's level of understanding by analogy is unmatched by ordinary people.

It is precisely because of this talent that she became the only orthodox female emperor in history.

"Meiniang's idea is a good one. Needless to say, others, such as Guangzhou and Yazhou, can definitely try a preferential tax policy and see how effective it is. There is also Youzhou, which was the site of the Tang Dynasty's expedition to Liaodong.

If you can manage Youzhou to the scale of Liangzhou, it will not be difficult at all for the imperial court to deal with those people in Liaodong."

War is ultimately fought against a country's comprehensive national strength.

As long as the comprehensive national strength of the Tang Dynasty was strong enough, no matter which general led the troops in the war, he would have a great chance of winning.

"Your Majesty, is your Majesty going to deal with Goguryeo?"

Wu Meiniang felt this keenly from Li Kuan's words.

Speaking of which, Goguryeo was the heart knot of all people in the Tang Dynasty.

When Yang Guang made three expeditions to Goguryeo, he gained nothing but a bunch of corpses for people to eat and a bunch of prisoners for people to develop and grow.

So everyone knew that sooner or later the Tang Dynasty would send troops to Goguryeo.

"Looking around, His Majesty can no longer see his opponent. Even if we don't fight Goguryeo this year, we will fight next year."

Li Kuan did not hide his views.

Li Kuan felt no pressure at all to teach Goguryeo a lesson.

Li Shimin had previously been willing to join forces with Silla to deal with Goguryeo, and he had already considered sending troops.

Now, all we need is a suitable excuse.

And excuses can be found at any time as long as the will to fight is strong enough.

"This time, your Majesty won't be the commander of the expedition, right?"

After hearing what Wu Meiniang said, Li Kuan couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

Is it possible to guess this kind of thing?

Why can't you guess it?
Chapter completed!