"Tea tax is imposed!"

After the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the tea drinking style was prosperous in the north and south, and it was outside the border. In previous years, Uighurs entered the dynasty and drove famous horses and returned to tea. Tea began to collect tea taxes from the Tang Dynasty. It was originally just a temporary tax for the imperial court to fill the national treasury. However, in the south of the Yangtze River, there were many mountains and few fields, clear water and fertile land, and tea plantings were planted, and there was no land left over from the mountains. Within a thousand miles, there were seven or eight people who were engaged in tea, and the tea tax became a big fat meat. Throughout the dynasties, they dared not give up this fat meat easily.

Even the Tartar court abolished the tea system and changed it to the "telling" system. "From the second year of the reign of Emperor Shizu of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Tingrui, the general manager of Tanzhou Road, changed the invoice law, and every 2 tins were entrusted, allowing tea to be traded freely, so the tea tax increased year by year.

In the 13th year of Zhiyuan, the Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, he took one in three cents, and in the second year, it increased to half a third, and continued to increase since then. In the 21st year of Zhiyuan, the regular tax increased by 1 tael and 5 cents for every entries, which was 3 tael and 5 cents for the old system. In the 23rd year of Zhiyuan, the price per entries increased from 3 guan and 600 guan to 5 cents. In the 26th year of Zhiyuan, the tea tax in the Yuan Dynasty increased by 360 times in the 38th year. It really filled the Tartar court with a lot of silver. If it weren't for the tea tax, the world of the Tartars would have been in chaos long ago, and it would not have been so far.

After Zhu Yuanzhang occupied Jiangnan, he only symbolically collected some taxes. The tea tax, all commercial taxes were levied, which caused the treasury in Jinling City to be tense from time to time. Now that the treasury is to fill the treasury, the only way is to issue another tax. Among these taxes, the tea tax is undoubtedly a tax that comes quickly and is also a tax that the official has. In terms of the situation in Jiangnan, it is indeed the best choice.

Originally, Li Shanchang also wanted to imitate the tea tax system of the Yuan Dynasty, abolish the tea tax system and change it to the "telling" system. However, this would seem to be wise. What Li Shanchang learned in his heart was not only a thousand, but he didn't believe that he could not find a good tax system. So the Prime Minister thought hard and asked Zhang Chang, the Zuosi Dushi, to discuss it, and decided to make a brief modification on the basis of the tea tax of the Yuan Dynasty, and implement the parallel system of "telling tea tax" system. The tea was mainly changed to horses, and tax was supplemented by taxes, and officials and merchants divided it, official tea changed to horses, and merchants were sold. There was a reason for the tea production, and all tea production places were taxed. In this way, as long as the land in Jiangnan was a place for tea production, taxes could be collected! "I just formulated the relevant regulations on tax collection, and someone outside the door reported that the King of Wu asked him to discuss state affairs.

Li Shanchang got up and rubbed his numb hands and feet, tidyed his sleeves until there was no slight fold on his official uniform. Then he said to the outsider: "I'm here!"

The new palace of King Wu has always been planned by Li Shanchang. When the army and horses of Haozhou attacked Jinling, they occupied the office of the Yuan Censorate. At that time, the name of King Wu was not right, and the enemy was erected around him. He was always worried that he would be annexed. Compared with his life, the size of the yamen was not so important, but now it is different. King Wu became the lord of Jinling, just because he was just right. The King of Ming was dead. The King of Wu would be Emperor Gaozu of Han and Liu Bang in the future. In this way,

The government offices of the original government offices seemed much smaller. In addition, after the Poyang Lake War, many systems were becoming more and more perfect, and the number of officials in the yamen increased sharply. The old palace of the King of Wu could no longer accommodate so many officials. Li Shanchang, who had always wanted to be independent of the Prime Minister's Mansion, had been asking Zhu Yuanzhang to build a new palace of the King of Wu over the years. Only after the palace of the King of Wu was built, the prime minister naturally had an extraordinary prime minister's mansion.

A few years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang had a small territory and did not meet all kinds of conditions. The idea of ​​the new palace of King Wu was kept in his heart and did not dare to take action. In recent years, he had only built it on the throne of Wu. Fortunately, he was well prepared and the construction of the palace was quite satisfactory, which made Li Shanchang more and more looking forward to his Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zhu Yuanzhang's close-fitting yellow gate led Li Shanchang into Zhu Yuanzhang's study room in the bell tower, and then bowed and retreated.

"My memory, Li Shanchang greets His Highness the King of Wu?" Li Shanchang bowed and bowed outside the door. He was tall and looked elegant and polite when wearing this red official uniform.

"Oh, is it the Prime Minister? Lord Li, don't be polite, come in and talk?" Zhu Yuanzhang's calm and powerful voice came from the door.

Li Shanchang thanked him and walked into the room. On the coffee table in the room, there was a elm-wood chessboard. The chessboard was brand new and the lines on the chessboard were clear. Zhu Yuanzhang was just an amateur in chess game, but he loved playing chess very much. He has been looking for Li Shanchang a lot in recent years.

Liu Bowen, Xu Da, Tang He, and Zhu Sheng play chess. First of all, these people are really capable. Secondly, Zhu Yuanzhang is also a master who loves to learn. After a few years, he has a great chess skills. From the layout, he uses Yin and plots, he is even more familiar with the game. Occasionally, he can play one or two surprising chess games. Among all the people, Liu Bowen is the best, followed by Li Shanchang, Xu Da, and Song Lian. However, in just two years, Song Lian was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang. I heard that the general, Xu Da, the right prime minister, was Xu Da, a few years ago.

He also lost, and was in Mochou Lake. It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang was itchy at the time and wanted to find someone to play chess. He happened to hear that Xu Da was at home, so he asked Xu Da to come to Mochou Lake, with a boat and a chessboard. The two of them sat opposite each other. When playing chess, Zhu Yuanzhang first made arrangements and then asked Xu Da to show his real skills to play chess. Xu Da had to bite the bullet and play chess with the emperor. The game of chess was not decided from morning until noon. Just when Zhu Yuanzhang was proud of Xu Da's two sons, Xu Da no longer made a move.

Zhu Yuanzhang asked proudly: "Why is the general hesitant?"

Xu Da knelt down on the ground with a "thump" and replied: "Please take a closer look at the overall situation."

Zhu Yuanzhang looked carefully and found that the chess piece on the chessboard had been placed in the word "Long Live" by Xu Da. When Zhu Yuanzhang was happy, he gave the chess building and Mochou Lake Garden to Xu Da. Li Shanchang had only heard of these people. At first, he didn't believe it. How could he do such an unreliable thing? In order to win or lose a game of chess, he rewarded a manor to his subordinates. But not long after, Mochou Lake and the manor on the lake really became Xu Da's mansion, which made Li Shanchang feel nervous and couldn't help but believe it.

"How can you not believe it? When Song Taizu could lose a mountain of Hua, how could the King of Wu today not be rewarded with a manor and a Mochou Lake?"

Li Shanchang thought about these alone and couldn't help but feel a little funny, and unknowingly entered Zhu Yuanzhang's study.

"Come on, Lord Li, I haven't killed a game with you for a long time. Let's play chess and talk about something, okay?" Zhu Yuanzhang warmly greeted Li Shanchang and trusted Li Shanchang from the bottom of his heart. Whether it was Li Shanchang who surrendered to him when he was in a downturn and persuaded him to follow the practice of Liu Bang, the Emperor Gaozu of Han, to be open-minded, generous, know people and be good at responsibilities, and not to be tired of killing people, or to follow him now, "Go to Chuyang, be a counselor, plan for the opportunity, and give the salary, Zhu Yuanzhang was grateful for all this. He asked himself that he was not a passionate person, but he was a person who remembered kindness. At that time, he was just a young general who had not yet achieved success. It was Li Shanchang the first to walk into his big tent. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang saw that this middle-aged man was just a tall figure.

He looked gentle and elegant, and he just thought that this man was a down-and-out scholar who came to his big tent to plan a job to support his family. He didn't care much. Seeing that he wrote well, he made him a clerk. This man didn't care. He copied and wrote every day, but did a good job. Until one day, he saw wars in all directions and the people were killed and injured. He sighed in his heart and said outside the big tent: "When will the battle be determined?"

Unexpectedly, Li Shanchang heard it and told him calmly: "During the Qin Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang was also a commoner. He was open-minded and generous, knew people and was good at responsibilities. He achieved the career of the emperor in just five years. Now the world is no longer Yuan, and Haozhou is not far from Pei. If you can learn from the strengths of this fellow villager, peace will be soon!"

Then he also told him: "As long as the marshal can learn from Liu Bang and do his own things according to his behavior, the world will be yours!" It was precisely this statement that Zhu Yuanzhang had confidence, went to Chuyang, occupied Jinling, and conquered Jiangzhou (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and spread Hongdu (now Nanchang, Jiangxi), assisted Anfeng, attacked Luzhou (the capital is now Hefei, Anhui), and went to Wuchang, and was about to conquer Suzhou. All of this confidence was given by Li Shanchang at the time. Zhu Yuanzhang would remember this kindness for the rest of his life.

"A drop of water should be repaid with a spring of water!"

Li Shanchang sat down carelessly. He was grateful to Zhu Yuanzhang, the master who threw himself into his arms. He had lost to anyone he had learned, but he had no way to serve the country. Li Shanchang, who was determined to achieve great things, was extremely disappointed. After finally waiting for Liu Futong to revolt in Yingzhou, Li Shanchang

"I want to follow the hero, but failed." He had to avoid trouble in Shandong. At this time, he heard that a young man named Zhu Yuanzhang used a plan to collect 20,000 soldiers from Hengjian Mountain and went south to attack Chuyang. He was moved to surrender to the tent. From then on, he gained the praise and trust of Zhu Yuanzhang. This is why he followed Zhu Yuanzhang wholeheartedly and followed him to "go to Chuyang as a counselor, prepare for the plan, and give the salary." He transferred troops and transferred the salary. He restored money, paid for the Huai salt, established tea laws, opened iron smelting, set fish taxes, and the country's use was more abundant, but the people were not trapped! A scholar died for his confidant, and a woman was tolerated for his confidant. This is the gratitude in Li Shanchang's heart.

The two have been together for many years. Although they are kings and ministers, they are better brothers than brothers. After each of them sit down, they have less politeness. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's chess skills are very good, they are naturally much worse than Li Shanchang. However, today, Li Shanchang did not know the purpose of Zhu Yuanzhang coming to him. He seemed a little careless in playing chess. He wrote a few words randomly, and the two of them fought to the point. Otherwise, with Li Shanchang's competitive temperament, he would have beaten Zhu Yuanzhang long ago.

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Chapter completed!