Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Since all the beloved ministers think it is feasible to levy commercial taxes, but not feasible to levy agricultural taxes."

"Then I will follow your wishes and only levy a comprehensive commercial tax. As for the agricultural tax, I will put it aside for the time being."

After hearing Li Shimin's words, the ministers were instantly confused.

They only opposed the comprehensive collection of agricultural taxes, but they did not say they supported the comprehensive collection of commercial taxes.

You know, among those court officials, none of them have their own properties and shops. If commercial taxes are levied uniformly, wouldn't they have to pay a lot of money to the court in vain every month?

Everyone was about to ask, but when they looked up, they saw that the dragon chair above was empty.

And Li Shimin has long been missing.

When Wang Dehai on the side saw everyone raising their heads, he immediately shook his fly whisk and shouted: "Your Majesty has a decree to order all ministries to coordinate business and tax matters and withdraw from the court."

All the ministers hurriedly saluted.

Chu Mo followed Wei Zheng and Cheng Yaogang out of the palace and was surrounded by a large group of officials.

"Child Chu Mo, you dare to go to court and ask His Majesty to levy commercial taxes. You really deserve to be cut into pieces."

"Young man with a bad mouth, you are a person who fails to succeed but fails to succeed. Not only is he disrespectful to His Majesty, but he even dares to confuse the public with his evil words. It is really abominable."

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Facing the accusations and abuses from all the ministers, Chu Mo yawned, then stretched and said: "You bunch of trash, you didn't even dare to fart in front of His Majesty just now, now in court, who gave it to you?" Are you brave enough to be arrogant in front of me?"

Although everyone was shocked by the way Chu Mo beat Cui Mingzhi just now, they were outside the palace and surrounded by the servants they had brought. If a fight broke out, they would naturally feel confident.

Seeing that Chu Mo was still so arrogant at this time, several petty officials who had been bewitched by Cui Zheng and other family heads immediately stood up and called their servants:

"My lords, this man's demonic words have deceived the public and deceived the Holy Heart. If this is not eliminated, the people will be indignant."

"I am willing to be a pawn, kill this villain for the sake of my reputation, and bring peace to the world."

With that said, a petty official asked his servants to come forward to capture Chu Mo.

That servant was also temporarily lent to this small official by Cui Zheng and the others. He had already received the order. When he heard the order, he rushed towards Chu Mo without saying a word.

Seeing someone taking action, the servants nearby who had also received instructions also rushed forward.

Seeing that something was not going well, Chu Mo hid directly behind Cheng Yaojin, and then shouted to the watching soldiers at the palace gate:

"Didn't you see someone about to commit murder? Why didn't you step forward and arrest him?"

The guard guarding the gate today did not know Chu Mo, but he knew the ministers who wanted to take action against Chu Mo.

Seeing Chu Mo being besieged by so many people, he naturally knew where to stand.

So, he snorted coldly: "This is your lord's personal grudge. We are only responsible for guarding the city gate and don't care about other matters."

Chu Mo's heart froze when he heard the soldiers' words.

Fortunately, there was still Cheng Yaojin in front of him. Those servants were worried about Cheng Yaojin's identity, so they could only stand in a stalemate for a while and did not dare to step forward at all.

Cheng Yaojin also regretted it at this time.

Ever since he boarded Chu Mo's pirate ship, he hadn't earned any money. Instead, he had put a lot of money into it, and there were many big and small affairs one after another.

Today, I have offended so many court officials, even His Majesty.

Although he had already realized that things were not simple when the auction started, he did not expect that now one thing was not settled yet another thing was happening again.

After giving Chu Mo a resentful look, Cheng Yaojin angrily yelled, "You bastards, how dare you step forward to see if your grandpa Cheng doesn't tear him to pieces."

With that said, Cheng Yaojin advanced instead of retreating, and walked directly towards the servants.

If it was Chu Mo who taught these servants lessons, then there must be no burden in their hearts at all.

But if they are asked to take action against Cheng Yaojin, then I'm sorry, they can't do it, and they don't have the courage.

Seeing that Cheng Yaojin's words frightened the servants so much that they didn't dare to come forward. The heads of the family looked at each other and then came forward to greet them.

"Gong Lu, do you really want to go through this muddy water?"

Cui Zheng stared at Cheng Yaojin and asked word by word.

Cheng Yaojin frowned, and then sighed: "Master Cui, it's not that I can't think of it, I have to help this bastard, but really, I have no choice. If I don't help him, then my whole family will have to drink." Northwest wind."

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Cui Zheng was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Cheng Yaojin was determined to side with Chu Mo.

With a sigh, he was just about to let the servants continue to do it without any scruples.

Chu Mo on the side seized the opportunity and shouted to Cui Zheng: "Cui, do you really want to fight me to death? Don't forget, my master will not just watch me being bullied."

Everyone was stunned, and then their expressions changed drastically, and then they remembered Master Ziyang.

They were overwhelmed by anger before, but now being reminded by Chu Mo, everyone felt a chill down their spines.

However, no one else would have been able to endure such a huge loss for them.

As if sensing everyone's dissatisfaction, Chu Mo continued to speak: "Everyone, I wonder if you have got the wrong person?"

"I am also a victim. I went to your house to collect debts before, but I had no choice but to do so."

"Today I was called to the court for no reason. I don't know what happened. When I entered, I was yelled at by you all. When it was over, I was charged business tax for no reason."

"I didn't find anyone to redress my grievances, but you are resenting me?"

"Tell me, what is the deep grudge we have? Did we dig up your ancestral graves, or did Gong Suinv rape your 80-year-old mother? Are you so intolerant of me?"

Although Chu Mo's words were full of ridicule, everyone actively ignored them.

Yes, everyone suffered from that thief Li Er. Today, we originally wanted Li Er to give an explanation.

But I didn't expect that today, not only did I not get an explanation from Li Er, but I was also instigated by the other party. Not only was I asked to collect the full amount of business tax, but I almost had a fight with Chu Mo.

Although Chu Mo was definitely not as innocent as he said, at most he was only used by Li Er.

I didn't see that the other party was worse off than me. I only had a sip of soup at the auction and had to contribute one-tenth of the bank's income as taxes.

Thinking that Chu Mo's current situation was worse than his own, several family heads looked at each other and then all laughed.

Then, he cupped his hands towards Chu Mo and said, "What happened today was all a misunderstanding. Chu Mo, seeing that you have also suffered a lot, let's just forget about it."

After saying that, without waiting for Chu Mo's answer, several family heads boarded the carriage and left without looking back.