Come! Go and get the booklet on the desk of the inner room." Uncle Li turned around and Zhao Kun immediately walked towards the inner room. Soon, Zhao Kun walked out with a thick booklet. I looked at it and found that this was the list of tax revenue from the Tang Dynasty last year.

Uncle Li didn't say much, and went straight to check it out. He flipped through several pages in a row, his face was not very good, and his expression looked very bad. I didn't dare to whisper, but just looked at Uncle Li's expression and movements. After Uncle Li turned over dozens of pages, his fingers gently tapped the list of the 22nd Years of Zhenguan tax income, then picked up a pen from the table and drew a clear line under the numbers.

A population census of the Tang Dynasty was conducted at the end of the 20th year of Zhenguan. The total population of the Tang Dynasty was 4.67 million, of which 980,000 were new households, of which 70% were the population of the Tang Dynasty occupied the areas. The hidden households accounted for 30% of the households found. They were still attracted by the preferential policies of being allowed to open up land in Liaodong, Japanese islands, or the rivers, and the taxes were exempted for five years and only 50% of them were collected in ten years.

And it is increasing year by year. By the end of last year, the population was nearly 5 million, and the total population exceeded 27 million. The reason here, let alone Uncle Li understands, I also understand, the civil and military officials of the court, the nobles of the family, and the nobles of the family, and the people of the world do not understand? It is also the problem of fleeing households and hidden households caused by land annexation and other reasons. However, everyone has dealt with this matter in a cold manner. Uncle Li needs to be stable and united to implement various reform measures. The nobles of the family have also made concessions in the hands of the emperor because of this handle.

This is balance. It's so tiring. I'm glad that I'm not the emperor, nor the main decision-maker in the government agency. Otherwise, wouldn't this kind of life that seriously damages brain cells be strange if it's less than 10 or 20 years?

At this time, Uncle Li spoke slowly and woke me up from my random thoughts. Uncle Li had a sinister face. "If you don't count Chang'an, Luoyang, and Jinyang, last year's tax revenue. In my Tang Dynasty, there were 19 Shangzhous with incomes of more than 100,000 guan, eight of which exceeded 150,000 guan. There were nine Zhongzhous with more than 100,000 guan, and only one Zhongzhou had more than 150,000 guan. There was no Xiazhou with more than 100,000 guan. As for the county, there was not even one with more than 50,000 guan."

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After Uncle Li finished chanting the numbers, he stared at me with his eyes: "And you, the magistrate of Weinan County, have collected taxes in just one year, which is more than most of the prefectures and counties in the Tang Dynasty. I still want to hear your son-in-law explain it for me. What's going on?" Uncle Li's expression was a little angry, excited, and a little happy. Well, a very complicated expression.

"Among the 20,000 households in Weinan, there were less than 500 households in the previous tax payment method, but according to the previous tax payment method, tax was paid according to the D. Therefore, even if officials strictly taxed according to the law, it would definitely not exceed 5,000 guan. However, now, Weinan is taxed according to the number of land qualities. Among the 500 households in Weinan County, 217 households have a land acre of more than 1,19 households have a land acre of more than 2,000 acres, 89 households have a 3,000 acres, and 35 households have a tax of more than 4,000 acres... Seven households have a tax of more than 1,000 acres. They do not count on the D.C., but taxes are collected according to the acres. Therefore, the agricultural tax in Weinan County has increased by nearly double, which is the reason."

Facing Uncle Li, I slowly explained the reasons for the sharp increase in local tax revenue in Weinan County. Of course, there are also issues of property tax and commercial tax. There is no need to mention commercial tax. After all, the tax revenue obtained by the country increased a lot compared to the past. In addition, it also eliminated the opportunity for officials to take secret measures.

"And, Weinan is close to Chang'an, the imperial capital of the Tang Dynasty, so its gentry is the least, but even so, we still earned more than 23,000 guan of property tax..." I couldn't say anything anymore because Uncle Li's expression seemed so terrible, with a fierce expression, and his eyes almost popped out of his eyes. The ferocious spirit was used to describe his appearance at this moment.

"It's me, no, it's the courtroom that indulged these people too much." Uncle Li sighed for a long time and said, "I have investigated Weinan County. There is no trace of aristocratic family power, and there are very few high-quality households. Even so, it can still cause such a huge loss of tax revenue in the country! This really makes me feel both sad and a little lucky. Fortunately, you can come up with such a way. I really want to expand and promote it now." Uncle Li's hand clenched into a fist and smashed it hard on the table, shaking the wine cups and splashing the dishes.

"Your Majesty, no." Uncle Li's words really scared me and he quickly spoke to stop him. This is not what I hope to see. Uncle Li said this as soon as he said

The Buddha saw the scene of corpses everywhere and blood flowing into rivers. Although I also hoped that all the officials, nobles, princes and nobles in the Tang Dynasty would pay taxes together, it was definitely not at this time.

Uncle Li looked back at me, and a wry smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I naturally know and understand this truth. It's just that I feel something and want to complain. Alas, I'm anxious. The people of the world are the foundation of my Tang Dynasty, but we can only watch now."

"My father-in-law, you have done a good job. But this matter is not urgent for a moment, so you can only slow down. It is too urgent and caused the country's turmoil, so that it won't work." I put a glass of wine on Uncle Li and persuaded him. Uncle Li nodded: "I know this too, but I would not allow you to manage and improve your son-in-law in the first place."

"I have been paying attention to the affairs of Weinan, not only the two tax laws, but also the official system of Weinan County. I also see it. Not only me, but also the knowledgeable people in the court are all called good strategies. Unfortunately, although good strategies are needed, if they want to expand promotion, they will inevitably be hindered. They can only do it step by step."

"My father-in-law's words are reasonable, but my son-in-law thinks that my father-in-law has already made arrangements." I took a sip of wine and squeezed at Uncle Li in a despicable way.

"Me?!" Uncle Li was stunned and confused. Well, he really didn't know what I mean, but this young master naturally had a way to let him know, and he also understood that this was obviously his idea, not my land. If others want to use the land, many times, they had to pretend to be stupid and mediocre in their makeup.

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I pretended to think hard and scratched my scalp: "Watch me... By the way! My father-in-law seemed to mention it to my son-in-law when he conquered Goguryeo. At that time, you told me that the newly occupied land has not yet stabilized and it is not the time."

This sentence has a lot of moisture. At that time, Uncle Li and I discussed the tax law issue together. However, who is Uncle Li? He is a great man with IQ of more than 250. Even if there is a mosquito in front of him, Uncle Li can blow it into an elephant. Sure enough, Uncle Li blinked his eyes and turned into a duck!

"Hahaha..." Uncle Li slapped my shoulder, pointed his finger at me, and shook his face, very shameless: "Okay, you guy, well, if it weren't for your reminder, I'd almost forgotten what I said." Look, the emperor, who has a great IQ and shamelessness, could immediately smell the opportunity. Uncle Li immediately beat the snake and stick with the stick, with a serious expression, and he looked like a recollection of his style: "Yes, I really had this idea back then, but I had never considered mature." Uncle Li said so deeply, and even I almost thought that Uncle Li had such a brilliant vision at the beginning.

This shows a problem. When I threw out a brick, Uncle Li threw out a large piece of beautiful jade in a tacit understanding. I think the original meaning of throwing bricks and attracting jade was probably the way Uncle Li and I cooperated with each other to flatter me.

"But! Now, it's time." Uncle Li raised his eyebrows proudly, raised his wine cup at me with satisfaction, and then sipped his wine after he clinked his glasses, and pulled his fingers: "The two places of Liaodong Road and Fujiwara Road are both newly occupied by my Tang Dynasty. Now, there are neither chaebols nor aristocratic families. Although the power of aristocratic families extends here, they are just some side branches. In addition, these two places are in the development stage, with large-scale population and land being developed, and trade transactions are quite frequent, so I want to..." Uncle Li came to my ear and muttered in secret, and it was really easy to plan.
Chapter completed!