Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Although he felt comfortable watching the show just now, when it came time to make a decision, Li Shimin was also very speechless.

I had already found steps for Chu Mo to get off the donkey along the slope, and I could earn a lot of money along the way.

But I didn't expect that this kid didn't agree to tax the bank, and even beat Cui Mingzhi, treating him like an unworthy son.

Looking at the real Ziyang who was watching the show on the beam, Li Shimin sighed, then stood up and shouted to everyone:

"The whole court has been turned into a mess by you people, Cheng He's indecency."

"Chu Mo, as an official of the imperial court, you beat up your colleagues in front of so many ministers. Do you know your guilt?"

Chu Mo shook his head, joking, he was not guilty, why should he admit it.

"Your Majesty, I just beat the man named Cui just because he was talking nonsense, so I taught him a lesson for Your Majesty. Not only was he not guilty, but he was actually meritorious."

As soon as these words came out, several family heads immediately quit.

Cui Zheng pointed at Chu Mo's nose and cursed: "Fart, Mingzhi just said a few words, but you actually hit someone."

Chu Mo chuckled: "I was just asking Mr. Wei about taxation. This matter is related to people's livelihood and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty. How can I let him interrupt at will?"

"He interrupted my train of thought and cost the Tang Dynasty an eternal strategy to govern the country, make the country prosperous and the people strong. Do you think we should fight?"

"It's nonsense. You said that your strategy can govern the country and make it prosperous and strong. That's just what you said. How can we believe it?"

"You severely injured a minister just because of something that didn't exist. This is something that will shake the foundation of the country."

Cui Zheng roared angrily, then raised his hands to Li Shimin on the dragon throne and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I now request that Chu Mo, a treacherous person, be imprisoned and handed over to Dali Temple for severe punishment."

"The minister reconsiders..."

After hearing what Cui Zheng said, before Li Shimin could speak, a large group of officials stood up and demanded severe punishment for Chu Mo.

Li Shimin looked at at least half of the officials below and asked Chu Mo to be severely punished.

Looking at Chu Mo and several family heads with hatred, Li Shimin waved his hands to everyone and said, "In the Qing Dynasty, it was just a personal grudge between Chu Mo and Cui Mingzhi. There is no need to get involved."

Seeing that everyone was still kneeling without any reaction, Li Shimin coughed and continued:

"But Chu Mo has caused harm to others after all, so I ordered Chu Mo to compensate Cui Mingzhi 100 taels of silver. In addition, Chu Mo will be responsible for all expenses during the treatment period."

"In addition, as you just said, the increase in tax rates will be implemented immediately. Officials from the Ministry of Revenue should immediately send people to Datang Bank to audit the accounts after the court is over, so that they can make up for the tax arrears."

Upon hearing Li Shimin's penalty, several family heads nodded in satisfaction.

But when they were satisfied, Chu Mo quit.

"Your Majesty, I don't agree. Someone in their family is an official in the court and can be exempted from taxes. However, I am also an official. Why should I be taxed?"

After hearing what Chu Mo said, everyone reacted.

Yes, before everyone just regarded Chu Mo as a merchant, but they forgot that he was also a high-class city gatekeeper.

Although he is just a gatekeeper, he is still a sixth-grade official. According to Tang law, he should be exempted from most taxes.

Thinking of the blunder in their plan, the faces of several family heads suddenly turned ugly.

But then, a few people seemed to remember something again. Zheng Dezhu, the head of the Zheng family in Xingyang, walked up to Chu Mo, snorted coldly, and then said to Li Shimin:

"Your Majesty, that bank is no better than other shops. The bank is very closely connected. There are many matters that need to be maintained by all parties on weekdays. It is a waste of the court's manpower and material resources. If heavy taxes are not levied on it, I am afraid that other merchants will be dissatisfied."

Seeing Zheng Dezhu speaking, Cui Zheng and others also spoke in support.

And Li Shimin originally coveted Chu Mo's bank.

I can't eat meat. Now I have such a good opportunity to drink soup. How can I miss it so easily?

Although the money will only end up in the treasury in the end, he will not get a single copper plate.

However, if the national treasury is sufficient, your own internal funds will naturally be abundant. You no longer have to live so tightly, so why not?

Immediately, Li Shimin nodded and said to Chu Mo: "Chu Mo, you see, everyone wants to tax banks, so I can only humbly accept the advice and accept this suggestion."

Chu Mo chuckled twice, and then said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, since the imperial court wants to tax banks, I have nothing to say, but how can you favor one over another?"

"Since I, a person with an official status, need to pay taxes, then other adults or those who do not need to pay taxes due to special conditions, should their special treatment be removed and let them pay taxes? "

Li Shimin had long wanted to abolish this law.

Before, I just thought about it in my mind, and no one helped me plan it.

Being brought up directly by Chu Mo at this time was tantamount to doing him a big favor.

He was immediately overjoyed: "Chu Mo, you are right. Since we want to collect taxes, we should treat them equally and collect taxes from all merchants."

Chu Mo saw Li Shimin's excited face and knew what he was thinking without even thinking about it. He immediately curled his lips and continued without asking others to speak:

"Your Majesty, since commercial taxes are to be levied again, agricultural taxes and other taxes must also be collected according to this standard without being special?"

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

It's not that he didn't want to, but that he didn't dare.

Although the Tang Dynasty is now in dire straits, silver coins are used everywhere.

But he was also afraid that if he took too big a step, he would get hurt.

Not to mention those noble families, but only those scholars who are scholars and scholars.

If I suddenly tax them, then those helpless scholars will starve to death on the streets.

Li Shimin, who originally thought that Chu Mo had given him a good idea, lost half of his enthusiasm in an instant. He looked at the courtiers in the hall coldly and asked: "My lords, do you think Chu Mo's method is feasible?"

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads.

Then they all knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, please think again. Please think again, Your Majesty."

Seeing that the courtiers were so unanimous, Li Shimin felt a little cold in his heart.

This group of guys who have nothing to do with corpses, they don't know the pain when it doesn't affect their interests, they just watch the fire from the side.

Now, once their interests are touched, these damn guys will get together and even know that this matter is beneficial to the court, but they will all speak out against it.

After exhaling, Li Shimin seemed to have made a decision and said to the ministers, "I understand what you mean."