But after Gan Ziyue left, Lin Yaoyun, Qi Yu and Qi Liye who had been walking together also left separately and broke up unhappy.

Qi Liye rubbed his nose and said to Qi Yu: "Uncle Wang, Mr. Lin is angry."

Qi Yu said: "Aren't you happy to watch the excitement? Itches if you don't pick things up for a day?"

Qi Liye said: "Uncle Wang was wronged. I meant it well. Instead of letting Mr. Lin hear about it from other sources, it is better to talk about it face to face. Besides, I also want to arouse Mr. Lin's jealousy. Let him fall in love with you earlier? I didn't expect Mr. Lin to not be jealous at all, he is so dull."

This made Qi Yu even more angry, and, "How do you know that I like Mr. Lin?"

Qi Liye said: "Then what else? Uncle Wang, you are not with your colleagues, but with the young champion of the new department. What else can you do if you don't like him?"

Gan Ziyue delayed going back until the last moment at Youshi, and his legs hurt when he got up early the next day.

And just like that, when they saw Xiao Yuanyang, their eyes lit up and they asked, "Can you go out today?"

Xiao Yuanyang knocked on the table with his fan angrily: "Do you really think this is an inn? Food and drink are included, and you can come and go freely?"

Gan Ziyue: "It's not that I begged to live here."

"Is it because I begged you to live here?" Xiao Yuanyang looked at someone eating and drinking calmly, not at all restrained by his arrival, he couldn't help but sat down, and took a small bun from the plate with his hands.

Seeing Ganzi look over, Xiao Yuanyang said, "What's the matter? I can't even eat a bun?"

Gan Zi looked away and ignored him, but this man sat down to eat breakfast in a serious manner, and had a lot of food brought over.

After breakfast, Xiao Yuanyang started talking about the matter, he said: "I heard that you met King Rong again, and offended him again?"

Gan Ziyue said: "In the beginning, we met by chance, and I didn't expect him to be there. Later, what I wanted to avoid was that he came up by himself."

"Oh, there are quite enough reasons. But the end result is that people have not been forgiven, and they have offended people. Am I right?"

Gan Zi was silent for a while and said, "It's because he's too small."

Xiao Yuanyang snorted and said, "I don't think you are afraid of him. Okay, let's not talk about King Rong, did you go shopping yesterday?"

Gan Ziyue nodded, "Yeah."

"What books did you buy? Let me see."

"Then, see for yourself."

Xiao Yuanyang picked up those books, and just flipped through them briefly. There are really everything there.

Xiao Yuanyang looked at Gan Ziyue with a trace of inquiry: "A rich country or a rich people, the balance depends on the degree, and the degree depends on the current needs. I didn't expect this to be what you said."

Gan Ziyue said, "It's all just talk on paper."

Xiao Yuanyang smiled and said, "I am even more surprised when you say that. But even if you are talking about war on paper, you have to have something in your mind to talk about it."

"Reading the book is not in vain, I also fought for face in the library yesterday."

"Come on, talk to me. Whether you are talking about emphasizing the rich country or the rich people depends on the current needs. Specifically, which one should our Xia country focus on now? What about the rich country? How can the rich people get rich?"

Xiao Yuanyang listened with great interest, only to hear the silence in the room, and Gan Ziyue imitated Chu You as a mute.

Xiao Yuanyang smiled angrily: "Okay, I promise you to go out for another day. The master who doesn't see rabbits and doesn't scatter eagles, a philistine!"

"Three days!"

"……Can!"

Gan Ziyue then said: "That's just talking on paper, I'll talk to you casually, I'm not a courtier."

Xiao Yuanyang nodded.

"Like when the new dynasty was established, it goes without saying that wealth was hidden in the country. This is the basis for the establishment of a dynasty and a country. During this campaign, the money of the previous dynasty must be collected, otherwise it will not be able to support soldiers and horses. Needless to say."

"However, except for the old bottom when the new dynasty was established, and it may not be enough for war, of course the continuous silver from the national treasury mainly comes from private taxation."

"As far as I know, ordinary people have to pay land tax, grain tax, and population tax. When the total income of ordinary people is generally stable, if there are more taxes, the income of ordinary people will naturally decrease. s reason."

Xiao Yuanyang nodded: "You really know a lot. You don't lack food and drink at home, and you haven't dealt with the villagers, right? You still know this?"

Gan Ziyue said: "The family also has Zhuangzi in the outskirts, just listen to someone say a few words, you will know, why don't I know? I really think I am an idiot who knows nothing except King Rong?"

But this is the impression Gan Ziyue gave people.

Facing Shang Ganzi's black and white eyes, Xiao Yuanyang was inexplicably embarrassed, and he surrendered: "Go on, go on."

"If the treasury has more money and the people's income is less, they will live a miserable life. Naturally, there cannot be more than one limit. If it exceeds the limit, the people will lose their hearts."

"Big Xia is not at war with neighboring countries now. Apart from war defense, there is no need for a lot of war consumption. It's time to enrich the people."

"As for how to hide wealth from the people, the most direct way is to lighten taxes, and then use the power of the state to do some great things that will benefit agriculture and mulberry, such as opening up wasteland and repairing water conservancy, and increasing the overall income of the people."

Gan Zi became less interested as he spoke, "However, it's useless for us to talk about these things here, what's the matter, what's the matter?"

"Debating whether to hide wealth from the country or hide wealth from the people is just a war of words, and there is no point in arguing about right and wrong."

Xiao Yuanyang shook his head: "You are wrong. Why do you think you heard this in the study building? There is also a lot of noise in the court hall."

"What you said is really useful. At least it helped to broaden your mind, so you don't have to fight back and forth on this issue."

"It has been arguing for several days, and it is said that the emperor has a headache."

Xiao Yuanyang took another meaningful look at Gan Ziyue: "And what you said is also flattering. You haven't offended either party, but you have something to say. You're lucky, um, and you're smart."

Gan Ziyue didn't bother to surprise Xiao Yuanyang's awkward compliment this time, but asked in surprise, "Is the court arguing about this?"

Gan Zi became more thoughtful: "Do you want to increase or reduce taxes?"

Xiao Yuanyang: "You didn't say it just now. There is no war now, and the treasury is still abundant. The emperor is a benevolent king, so he will not increase taxes rashly."

Gan Ziyue: "Is that to lighten the tax?"

Xiao Yuanyang shook his head: "It's okay, but do you know that the money in the treasury comes from the land tax, grain tax, and population tax you mentioned, and what else?"

In the farming era dominated by agriculture in ancient times, the land tax, grain tax and population tax mentioned by Gan Ziyue were the main source of treasury, but there were also other sources of income.

Gan Ziyue said: "Salt tax." Salt tax is actually another kind of population tax. People can not eat meat, but they can't eat salt, and land tax, food tax and population tax will underreport and conceal, but how much they buy You can't hide the salt.

Xiao Yuanyang nodded: "What else?"

Gan Ziyue: "There should be minerals, tariffs, and commodity taxes." But here, commerce is not well-developed, so the treasury's income mainly comes from taxes on the people.

"Instead of imposing more food taxes on the people who are not well-off, which is difficult for the people and deductible, in fact, it is better to think of ways to increase commodity taxes, overseas trader taxes, etc."

Xiao Yuanyang heard the sparkle in his eyes, but he said: "You dare to say anything, but what you said sounds naive."

Although it is naive, it can only be said by those who have something in their belly. Previously, I just heard that Gan Ziyue was underestimated by a group of scholars in the tea book building, and he was not defeated. Now I have seen it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. Only then did Xiao Yuanyang know what it was like when Gan Ziyue talked about these things.

How could such a person fall in love with Qi Yu?And he likes to the point of throwing himself into the mud regardless of face?

Xiao Yuanyang slapped his fan and said: "You think everyone is arguing about hiding wealth in the country or hiding wealth in the people. What is the reason?"

"In the early years of the first emperor, there were wars between our Great Xia, Peifeng, and Nanwu for years. At that time, in order to have money to fight, we implemented salt and iron official camps, and tea and wine monopoly. Now we don't fight. This extra tax Pile it in the treasury, the treasury has become rich, so someone suggested that it was only a temporary measure at that time, and now we can no longer compete with the people for profit."

Gan Ziyue was thoughtful: "Your Majesty will be happy? The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households don't agree?"

No one is willing to let them shut up for the benefits they are used to. Besides, there is money in the treasury, and when the government and the various departments of the government pay the money, the top will be generous.

Xiao Yuanyang said: "Your Majesty is the king of benevolence and righteousness."

Gan Ziyue: "Don't compete for profits with the people? Keep the wealth from the people? But even if the official salt and iron camps are abolished, and the tea and wine monopoly, the rich will definitely be ordinary people?"

A little smile appeared in Xiao Yuanyang's eyes: "Through."

"The active people this time are not only Confucian scholars who advocate 'not competing with the people for profit', but also merchants and powerful merchants. Although they cannot stand in the court, they can make many officials look up to them."

Gan Ziyue said: "I don't think it's hiding wealth from the people, but hiding wealth from officials, and hiding wealth from those merchants and tycoons."

Xiao Yuanyang really knocked the fan on Gan Ziyue's head this time: "If you dare to say it, you really dare to say it."

Gan Ziyue rubbed his head, frowned, very dissatisfied, and didn't want to talk to Xiao Yuanyang anymore, it's boring, whether it's hiding wealth from the country or hiding wealth from the people, in fact, in this kind of society, the common people are not really rich.

After the wealth was hidden in the country, no water conservancy was built, the tax was light and the tax was light, and the development of agriculture and mulberry was encouraged, but the wealth was hidden in the people, and the rich were also rich merchants and powerful merchants.

He is a person who can't be free, neither can affect the situation in the slightest, and those things have nothing to do with him, but Gan Zi looked at Xiao Yuanyang more, and suddenly said: "Which side do you belong to?"

The power headed by the royal family, or the rich and powerful?Is it the party that has already benefited from the franchise of tea and wine, or the party that wants to reshuffle the cards?

Xiao Yuanyang was taken aback by the question. The face of the person opposite was fair and soft, but his eyes were not soft. The clear eyes concealed sharpness, but at this moment, a trace of cunning made that sharpness fade away, making people unable to feel offended and angry.

Xiao Yuanyang knocked on the fan again, this time Gan Ziyue dodged it, looked at him with a frown, and said seriously, "What's wrong? Don't hit me on the head again."

Xiao Yuanyang: "Gan Ziyue, talking to me like that, I think you are really gutsy."

But when he said this, the person on the opposite side didn't even lift his eyelids, so he didn't have any deterrent effect at all. That's right, it wasn't the first day he knew that this person was brave.

"As for which side do I belong to?" Xiao Yuanyang smiled: "Want to spy on me? I won't tell you, it's up to you."

Gan Zi glanced at him sideways, not interested, just asking casually.

Gan Ziyue said: "Don't forget the time you promised me to go out in three days."

Xiao Yuanyang snorted angrily, and the court was noisy, such a big event, here in Gan Ziyue, is not as important as going out to play for two or three days?

Although it's not an idiot, but the eyes are never looking at the key point, just like before when the lame eyes only stared at King Rong.

Xiao Yuanyang said: "You are not stupid, why didn't you study seriously before? Even if you are a scholar, it will sound better, so that everyone won't think you are out of tune."

Ganzi became more silent.

After a while, he said: "I used to worry about food and clothing, and I didn't lack anything. How could I ask for trouble? Reading casual books by myself is different from practicing poems and essays. Isn't scientific examination to endure hardship?"

When Xiao Yuanyang heard this, he suddenly felt a hatred of iron but not steel, and he obviously has the talent to become a good material and beautiful jade.

But Gan Ziyue said: "I don't have an old father who used a whip to push me to make progress, who would choose to suffer by himself?"

Xiao Yuanyang's sarcasm suddenly went out, but his heart still felt bad, thinking, as long as Gan Ziyue's condition of free growth can grow like this, it is actually not too crooked.

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