Early Tang Dynasty: Tell Li Er I'm a time traveler at the beginning

Chapter 649 But...I'm not like the previous emperor, I only earn the hard-earned money of the common people
After the seven people were completely sent away, on this day, at three or four in the afternoon, Li Zixing finally couldn't bear it anymore.

In the palace of the Football City, looking at the back of the far away, he asked Li Chong: "What's the meaning of this, Your Highness? Why did you call them twice and didn't say anything."

Li Chong: "..."

I saw that Li Chong was silent for a while.

Then he continued: "One is hesitation, and the other is, you know, no business is not evil, if I am too polite to them, they might think that His Highness is easy to talk to."

"At that time...if there is any deceit and concealment, it will be bad."

Li Zixing also asked, "What's lying?"

Li Chong: "I intend to build them into my team after I ascend the throne in the future."

"Of course! Not necessarily all of them."

"how to say!"

Li Zhong patted Li Zixing on the shoulder and said, "You know, what is the most important thing in governing the country?"

Li Zixing shook his head, expressing that he did not know.

Li Zhong said: "The most important thing in governing the country is to ensure that a country's taxation is normal."

"Only if a country can be in a tax stable environment for a long time, so..."

"There won't be any major problems in this country."

"It's like talking about your Li family. If the money can't make ends meet, can your Li family still exist?"

"In ancient times, a country, or a dynasty, often came to an end."

"There will always be a situation, that is, the emperor and nobles are extravagant."

"So where does all their extravagant money come from?"

Li Zhong asked.

Li Zixing: "..."

Li Chong: "How stupid! Naturally, they searched and exploited from the common people, and made a name for themselves."

"Is it possible that it can still fall from the sky?"

Li Zixing asked again: "Then what does this have to do with those people?"

Li Zhong: "In the past, a country, or a dynasty, could only obtain tax revenue by relying on the people to farm the land."

"Then, since the common people tend to farm land, they can't get rich and rich. Even in a disaster year, their ability to resist disasters is extremely weak."

"So...how?"

"The more frequent natural disasters, the more people will starve to death and sell themselves."

"Take the early years of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty as an example. In Chang'an City, there were still people who starved to death and sold themselves into slavery."

"But now you look at the current Datang, so what?"

Li Zixing thought for a while and said, "Then there are still people who sell themselves into slavery."

Li Chong: "In the past, they were forced to sell themselves as slaves, but now they sell themselves as slaves because they want to find a good employer. Can it be the same!"

"And...whether it is in terms of quantity or the price of slaves, all boats have risen with the tide."

"In the past, when buying and selling slaves, you only need to give them food."

"Nowadays... if you don't give money, whoever will sell it to you."

"Besides, it is sold now because the family has too many children and cannot afford it."

"But back then, the whole family was starving to death."

Li Zixing didn't know much about what happened back then.

and so……

These words may not feel very touching to him.

Li Chong continued: "In short... the tax method of the previous imperial court was only the land rent obtained from the fields. This land rent, the later it is, the harder it is to collect."

"If you want to change the current time to the Han Dynasty, then do you know what the current Tang Dynasty will look like?"

Li Zixing: "What kind of picture?"

Li Chong: "At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty is almost here. In other words... the country is about to perish."

Li Zixing: "..."

Li Chong: "Originally...it should be like this."

"It's just... 100 years ago, your ancestors changed the situation."

"Not only did he invent all kinds of things, he created the Academy of Sciences, but he also proposed to focus on commercial taxes."

"This has been completely reversed. In the later period of the dynasty, the land tax could not be collected, or it was difficult to collect it."

"When the imperial court can still absorb a lot of wealth through commercial taxation, then..."

"Even if the upper class nobles of the Tang Dynasty are corrupt, they can still continue to persevere."

"Taxes collected through land are often fixed."

"Because the number of acres of fields in this world is usually that much, and more land will not be created out of thin air."

"But what about commercial tax!"

"Commercial taxes can almost be considered unlimited."

"Of course!"

"Actually, if the upper-class nobles and emperors don't want extravagance and luxury, and don't pursue enjoyment, then even the land tax is enough."

"The problem is ... it's never going to cross the minds of these people."

"They only know that if they don't have enough money, they should ask the people for it."

"You! As the prime minister, no matter what method you use, you will get me money!"

"The purpose of making money today is to build the palace, but tomorrow the Huns will invade and there will be no money."

"Without money, you can't tell the officials to collect donations, can you?"

"The money that the officials ate, can they still spit it out?"

"In the end, it's not about asking the people for it."

"So... once something unexpected happens, such as a war, such as a natural disaster."

"This tax is collected to death!"

"But the problem is...there is only so much grain in this field, and one or two hundred catties per mu of land in a year."

"It won't suddenly change into tens of thousands of catties."

"Some people saw that the court would not give them a way to survive, so they simply went up the mountain to rebel."

"The imperial court won't let us live, and we haven't rebelled yet. Once the people rebel, the emperor sitting in the palace will be kept in the dark, even..."

"They don't care about the lives of the people at all."

"So... in the end, when the upper-class nobles start fighting for imperial power because of their power, and start attacking alien parties, the group of people who 'have the common people in their hearts' will be loved by the common people."

"Thus... Gradually, he gained the hearts of the world. This is not the case at the end of the Sui Dynasty."

"So the Sui Dynasty fell, Li Mi came out, Dou Jiande came out, Liu Heita came out, and Wang Shichong, but...they didn't beat Li Shimin in the end."

Li Zixing did not have such rich experience as Li Zhong.

So I can only say that I listen to one sentence and understand half a sentence.

Li Zixing also said: "Then what does this have to do with what you said, Your Highness, that you want to build them into your team after you ascend the throne in the future?"

Li Zhong patted Li Zixing on the shoulder and said, "Then I have to squander in the future, and I also want money. Someone must make money for His Highness, right?"

"Your Highness, I must find some trustworthy people to raise money for me."

Li Zixing: "..."

Li Chong: "However... I am not like the previous emperor, who only earns the hard-earned money of the people."

(End of this chapter)