God-level Consort of the Tang Dynasty

The big stone that everyone was hanging in their hearts fell to the ground immediately.

……

The next day.

Morning up.

Everything was as Du He expected.

Sure enough, many ministers stood up and impeached him for holding an award ceremony with great fanfare.

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Du He! Yesterday, Du He held an awards ceremony with great fanfare at the entrance of the Wannian County Government, and placed fifty thousand Kaiyuan Tongbao in front of the common people. , Many people no longer want to work hard, but want to make a fortune by reporting tax evasion and tax evasion. If things go on like this, the people in Chang'an City will not think about working, the country will not be the country, and the people will not be the people!"

"Your Majesty, I want to impeach Du He. In Du He's awards ceremony, without the consent of the ministers, I placed the plaques of the ministers in broad daylight. This is tantamount to telling the world that this award ceremony is It was acquiesced by the court."

"Also, I want to impeach Du He. Now, the merchants in Chang'an City are in panic. Many merchants have fled. The merchants no longer concentrate on business, but are panic-stricken. If things continue like this, it won't be long before the merchants in Chang'an City They will all run away, and at that time, not only will they not be able to collect taxes, but it will cause great inconvenience to the people of Chang'an City..."

……

Ministers one by one took turns to criticize Du He for all kinds of wrongdoings.

All of them are very reasonable.

Hearing this, Li Er frowned and asked, "This award ceremony will really make the merchants in Chang'an City flee and affect the business in the East and West markets?"

Wang Gui was the first to say: "Your Majesty, I believe that the words of your lords are not alarmist. This matter is very likely to happen...Since ancient times, there have been countless tax evaders. Businessmen value profits and only have the word profit in their eyes. Now However, Du He came up with a reporting system. Merchants have relatives and subordinates. Under the high rewards for reporting, these people will inevitably not be moved. More importantly, if things go on like this, merchants will think that the imperial court doesn't trust them, and they will feel rebellious or even hostile towards the imperial court, and the business in Chang'an City may be abandoned because of this."

Changsun Wuji said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the most urgent task is to quickly abolish the new tax policy, and then issue an order to warn Du He, so as not to chill the hearts of merchants and the people of Chang'an City."

Li Er fell into deep thought.

After a while, he raised his head and said slowly, "Since that's the case, this new tax policy is..."

Before he finished speaking, Ximen Qing, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the servant has something important to report!" Ximen Qing actually interrupted Li Er's words.

Li Er said displeased: "Say!"

Ximen Qing said: "Your Majesty, news came from outside the palace that early this morning, the big merchants of Chang'an City went to the Wannian County Government in a group, and there were hundreds of them..."

Wang Gui couldn't help but asked: "Could it be to cause trouble? Your Majesty, I have already said that Du He's new tax policy will definitely cause public anger. Now it seems that it is so. The merchants can't bear it and are going to attack the county. It's over, Your Majesty, please make a decision early."

Others chimed in.

Ximen Qing gave Wang Gui a strange look, and shook his head: "No, Your Majesty, my lords, the merchants are not going to the Wannian County Government to make trouble, they are going to support the new tax policy."

What?

The ministers were dumbfounded.

Li Er was dumbfounded: "Say, what's going on?"

Ximen Qing said: "Hundreds of merchants came to the Wannian County Government and admitted to tax evasion, and then admitted their mistakes, saying that they had recognized their mistakes and were willing to reform themselves, and they all praised the openness and transparency of the new tax policy. Fairness and justice... In order to make up for their mistakes, the merchants took out a large sum of money as this year's tax, and handed it all over to the Wannian County Taxation Bureau. repair……"

After Ximen Qing finished speaking, he realized that the entire court was completely silent.

Everyone's eyes widened with disbelief.

Wang Gui wished he could dig a hole in the ground and get in.

What a shame!

So embarrassing!

This is blatantly slapping the old man's face!

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Chapter 1194 Take refuge

Changsun Wuji and Wang Gui looked at each other, and both lowered their heads.

Who would have thought that the situation turned out to be like this.

After a long while, Wang Gui said leisurely, "These... are probably tricks of merchants. Who would be willing to spend a large sum of money and deposit it in the Wannian County Government!"

Only a fool would do this!

Ximen Qing went on to say: "It is said that in less than two hours, the merchants have sent more than [-] coins to the Wannian County Taxation Bureau..."

Wang Gui: "..."

He blew his nose angrily, and gave Ximen Qing a hard look.

Ximen Qing looked aggrieved.

Don't let people talk anymore, right?

"Hahaha……"

In the main hall, a loud laughter suddenly sounded.

It was Li Er who sent it.

After Li Er had finished laughing, he said, "Okay...okay, Du He did a good job. I never thought that instead of objecting, the merchants would support the new tax policy in such a way and pass on my will. Anyone who actively supports the new tax policy, Merchants who have paid the tax to the Wannian County Government in advance can enjoy a [-]% reduction in this year's tax."

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Everyone hurriedly praised.

Li Er was very happy.

Wang Gui, the few ministers who spared no effort to attack Du He just now, did not say a word, and their faces were extremely bitter.

In order to impeach Du He and disgust Du He, many ministers discussed together yesterday and collected a lot of evidence. Several ministers even sacrificed their time sleeping with their concubines to write eloquent impeachment memorials. Unexpectedly, all the careful preparations ended in complete failure.

What a loss!

Li Er was about to announce his withdrawal from the court.

But Dai Zhou stood up.

Dai Zhou said: "Your Majesty, my lords, I suddenly remembered something... Last night, my nephew Jin Yun returned to the mansion and told me that Du He had already guessed that someone would impeach him in the court today. If you don’t believe me, Jin Yun said that his teacher, Du He, even guessed the reason for his impeachment, and took out a piece of paper and handed it to me. Now, I want to take out this piece of paper and show it to all of you adults to have a look together..."

With that said, he took out the paper.

Yu Chigong was the first to take it, and then read aloud with a loud voice: "The twelve reasons for the impeachment of my young master by those soft bastards in the court, the first... the second..."