Reborn in the Water Margin as emperor, built tanks to level the world

Just as Zhao Ji was thinking about how to respond to the other party's statement.

Su Yuanjing, who was standing not far from Gao Qiu, suddenly refuted:

"Lieutenant Gao, what's the difference between your rhetoric and the practice of imposing taxes on the people under a clever pretext?"

"To do this is nothing more than drinking poison to quench thirst."

Su Yuanjing saw that after hearing what Gao Qiu said, not only did he not understand, but he turned his head away with great disdain.

In a hurry, he hurriedly took two steps forward and bowed to Zhao Ji, who was sitting at the top:

"Officials, what Captain Gao just said is absolutely unacceptable."

"If not, it will only force the common people to join the chaos even faster!"

"At that time, once those people have fled, the so-called peace and happiness tax will not be collected."

"As a result, not only will there be no tax money left in the national treasury, but on the contrary, it will also lose the support of the people."

"It's really not beneficial to the country's stability, officials!"

But what Su Yuanjing didn't expect was that as soon as he finished speaking, Gao Qiu, who was standing aside, suddenly said with disdain on his face:

"Lieutenant Su, isn't your statement a bit alarmist?"

"Suppose there are a hundred people under the rule of a tax collector."

"After hearing about the official's method of collecting taxes, 70 people ran away."

"But even so, our imperial tax collector can still collect the tax money of the original one hundred people from the pockets of the remaining thirty people."

"So what if there are fewer people paying taxes?"

"We can still collect the amount of tax money that should have been collected from the remaining people."

"As for what Taiwei Su just said, the country is in turmoil."

"In Wei Chen's opinion, it is even more nonsense!"

"The officials manage the country well and their reputation spreads all over the world."

"Wherever the imperial army points its finger, all parties surrender!"

"Our Song Dynasty was governed by such a holy and wise king, so how could the country be in turmoil?"

"Lieutenant Su, I think you are really alarmist!"

Su Yuanjing faced Gao Qiu's strong words, but for a moment, he couldn't find any words to refute him.

So at this moment, all I could do was plead to Zhao Ji:

"Officials, what Captain Gao just said sounds reasonable."

"But this will definitely deepen the suffering of people all over the world."

"Make it more difficult to make a living!"

"Imagine if by that time, people all over the world would not even be able to afford rice."

"Then how can our Song Dynasty be stable?"

"When that time comes, don't even mention paying taxes."

"A large number of extremely hungry people will inevitably join the rebel organization under the influence of the rebel leaders."

"Unite with those rebels and rebel parties and fight against the imperial court together!"

"Just for such a small amount of tax money, the situation in our Song Dynasty became more and more turbulent."

"Making those rebel forces increasingly powerful."

"What's the difference between doing this and killing the goose to retrieve the eggs?"

"Officials, don't believe Gao Qiu's words, or you will ruin your family, country and the world!"

Su Yuanjing became louder and louder as he spoke.

Until the end, it was almost shouted.

But when Gao Qiu, who was standing next to him, listened to these words, instead of showing any sign of introspection on his face, he smiled even more disdainfully.

Zhao Ji closed his eyes slightly and sighed softly:

"Okay, okay, Su Aiqing, please stop shouting."

"No big deal, let's just think of other ways."

A trace of bitterness flashed across Su Yuanjing's face.

The voice was also full of excitement:

"The official family is sage, the official family is sage!"

Zhao Ji glanced at Su Yuanjing:

"Since Su Aiqing, you don't agree with Gao Aiqing's remarks."

"Then please come up with a way to replenish the treasury."

"After all, in the future, whether it is sending troops to quell rebellions or fighting disasters for the people, or whether civil and military officials receive their salaries, they will be inseparable from silver."

"Su Aiqing, since you don't agree with Gao Aiqing's opinion."

"But there has to be a solution, right?"

Su Yuanjing wanted to refuse, but then he thought about it and realized that what Zhao Ji said was not wrong.

As a minister of the Song Dynasty, it was his duty to share the worries of the country and the current officials.

As a result, Su Yuanjing had no choice but to nod his head to Zhao Ji:

"The officials and ministers have been here for a while, but they can't give any good advice."

"If the official insists on asking Wei Chen to speak, then the advice Wei Chen will give is:"

"Previously, the golden geothermal system that Weichen bought back from the Ministry of Industry had a very good heating capacity."

"As for other colleagues, Wei Chen also learned about it through private conversations. Those colleagues also felt very good after using it at home."

"So the Weichen here, the solution for the officials is:"

"Why not let the Ministry of Industry go to full throttle and produce more of that kind of geothermal system."

"When the time comes, we will find an official in the court and entrust him to sell that kind of geothermal system to the people on behalf of the court."

"According to Wei Chen's thinking, if such a geothermal system is bought back by the common people, it will definitely gain a high reputation."

"When word spreads from ten to ten, then the geothermal system produced by our Ministry of Industry will definitely be sold very hotly."

"When the time comes, large amounts of money will come rolling in."

Zhao Ji was startled at first.

Then, he shook his head with a wry smile:

"Su Aiqing, your method is good."

"But now, winter is over."

"After a while, I'm afraid the new buds on the tree will sprout."

"The weather will only get warmer."

"Even now, if we order officials from the Ministry of Industry to produce that kind of geothermal system immediately, it will still take time."

"Wait until the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry and Engineering complete a large number of geothermal systems."

"I'm afraid it's summer already."

"On such a hot day, let the officials from the Ministry of Industry sell geothermal systems."

"How many people in the Song Dynasty do you think would buy it?"

After Su Yuanjing heard this, he couldn't help but grinned bitterly.

When he looked at Zhao Ji, who was sitting at the top, his eyes were full of apology:

"In the official family, all the ministers are careless."

"I beg the officials to punish me."

"But apart from that, Wei Chen may not be able to think of any other feasible solutions in a short period of time."

After hearing this, Zhao Ji did not blame Su Yuanjing.

Instead, he waved his hand to him and motioned for him to go back to the queue first.