At dawn.

“Hmm——!”

Han Yi was sleeping soundly, turned around and hugged her, and actually hugged her for a while. When she opened her eyes, she found that Xiao Wuyi was already dressed neatly. She quickly rubbed her eyes and said, "Madam, when is it now?"

Xiao Wuyi said, "It's still early, you can sleep for a while!"

Han Yi said: "Then why did you get up so early?"

Xiao Wuyi gave him a blank look and said, "This Ministry of Revenue is right next to you. Of course, you can't be in a hurry, but I have to rush out of the city, and it's all your fault."

"Blame me?"

"Of course, you blame me. Xin Zhaoyi College started recruiting students today, but when you were recruiting students, you sent Zheng Shanxing out. I don't have to take more responsibility. I have to go and pick up Feixue first. If I don't tell you, I'll go out first."

After saying that, she hurried out.

"This woman!"

Han Yi smiled and rubbed her face, "I'll get up and exercise, so I'll be better."

After running in the yard for a while, he had breakfast with Xiao Rui, then got on the carriage and went to the imperial city.

When he came to the Ministry of Revenue, the elephant gave him a lot of information.

"Wow! What's going on?"

Han Yi looked at the sweat.

Zhang Daxiang smiled and said, "This is about those merchants who want to contract mulberry fields."

"so much?"

“More people come to ask.”

Zhang Daxiang laughed and said, "This businessman is really profit-oriented. Once a profit appears, it will be like a fly, swarming in, but it will be money when you open your mouth."

Han Yi reminded him awkwardly, saying, "This, Mr. Zhang, I am also a businessman. If our Ministry of Revenue does not discuss money, who will take it seriously for us?"

Zhang Daxiang smiled embarrassedly and suddenly heard a sound, "The Emperor is here!"

Han Yi and Zhang Daxiang were stunned. Why did the emperor come? They hurried out and saw Li Zhi, Li Yi Mansion, and Xu Jingzong walking in.

"I'm going to see your Majesty!"

"No gift!"

Li Zhi stretched out his hand and said, "I see the weather is pretty good today, so let's take a look here."

Because the three provinces and six ministries are all in the imperial city, the emperor often comes to inspect.

Fortunately, I got up early today, otherwise I would have been caught and absent from work by the emperor! Han Yi hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Li Zhongshu, Xu Shizhong, please come in."

When he arrived inside, Li Zhi sat down on Han Yi's seat, picked up the information on the table and looked at it curiously: "What is this?"

Han Yi hurriedly said: "Our Ministry of Revenue plans to convert some barren land into mulberry fields and then contract them to merchants."

Li Zhi knew it, nodded and said, "It seems that there are still many businessmen who are interested in it."

Li Yifu smiled and said, "Roads and stations are being built in the northwest. Silk cloth is more suitable for trading there. Therefore, even the price of silk cloth in Chang'an has increased a little. This businessman is by nature to pursue profits, and this is not surprising."

He just hints at Korean art businessmen, but he only has money in his eyes.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "That's the reason."

Xu Jingzong suddenly said: "Your Majesty, since the implementation of the Northwest policy, many people have changed their business paths. Even Zheng Shanxing from Xingyang's Zheng family is doing clothes trading. His workshop in the southern suburbs is so large that only the workshop in the western suburbs of Han can match."

"I've heard of this for a long time!" Li Zhi smiled and said, "But Zheng Shanxing mostly makes money for good. I heard that every winter, he donates a lot of clothes to some poor farmers, and also donates a lot of money to Zhaoyi Academy. If all the merchants in the world are like Zheng Shanxing, I will agree even if they put the merchants and scholars together."

Whether it is him or the queen, he has a very high opinion of Zheng Shanxing.

Xu Jingzong said: "Your Majesty is right, Zheng Shanxing's behavior is indeed admirable. Even the old minister likes the child very much." Speaking of this, he paused and said: "But Your Majesty, when it comes to this businessman, the old minister believes that the merchant class is expanding now, and everyone makes a lot of money. However, our dynasty has never collected commercial taxes, which makes many people dissatisfied. Merchants make the most, but they do not have to pay taxes. The old minister suggested levying commercial taxes, which can fill the national treasury, and secondly, it can calm the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the people."

As Han Yi listened, something was wrong with this sentence and said, "Shizhong Xu, you can't always look at those merchants who have made a lot of money, those merchants who have lost all their money? You can give this money!"

Li Yifu said: "Mr. Han said this is a bad thing. Since ancient times, there have been commercial taxes. Only our dynasty is polite to the people and does not collect any commercial taxes. But now there are more and more merchants and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. We should collect corresponding commercial taxes. I believe that merchants can understand it."

Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "Is it because Mr. Han is reluctant to let go of the little tax money."

Han Yi snorted: "The money I donated alone is enough to be worth the tax I should pay in my whole life. Do I have to bear this little commercial tax? Besides, I, Han Yi, can be fully grateful to Your Majesty today. As long as your Majesty says, I donate all my money to the court, and it is no problem."

Xu Jingzong smiled and said, "Who can't just say this without practicing?"

"Xu Shizhong, don't irritate me. My money is much more than yours. Then let's donate it together and donate your property. Your Majesty is here. Do you dare to respond?" Han Yi said lightly, as if he was donating someone else's property.

Xu Jingzong's face was flushed by Han Yi's choking, and his mouth was trembling, and he couldn't speak.

Zhang Daxiang only felt that Han Yi was too domineering. He would donate his property if he had disagreements. Who dared to play with you?

But then again, Xu Jingzong is not stupid either. Han Yi has too many ways to make money. You can take away all Han Yi’s money, but you can’t take away the things in Han Yi’s mind, and he will soon make a comeback. However, if Xu Jingzong donated his property, he will be really poor.

Li Zhi looked at them and seemed to have seen some tricks, but he was silent. If you have the ability, you should donate.

Li Yifu hurriedly came out to rescue the siege and said, "Don't be angry, we are talking about commercial taxes. I believe Mr. Han will not care about this commercial tax either. However, Mr. Han, we are also considering the Ministry of Revenue. If we collect commercial taxes, the treasury will have an additional income."

Han Yi ignored this guy and said to Li Zhi: "Your Majesty, the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty led to the closure of business routes. Many merchants were destroyed. During the Zhenguan period, there were very few merchants. Therefore, our dynasty adhered to the idea of ​​lenient business and profit in the end of the business. Now business has just recovered. If the court is anxious to collect commercial taxes, it is tantamount to killing chickens and getting eggs. If ten thousand merchants are abandoned, people will live in poverty. Now the court should continue to give merchants more relaxed policies to help our dynasty economic recovery."

Li Zhi smiled and nodded and said, "Your dear words are exactly what I think. I think that Emperor Wu of Han collected heavy taxes from merchants. Although he had accumulated money for a while, he also cut off the road to open source of finance. Therefore, this commercial tax will not be collected until it is absolutely necessary. Moreover, many merchants now pay taxes on their own craftsmen, which is enough, so there is no need to discuss this matter."

Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu saw that Li Zhi was very determined and felt very depressed.

But Han Yi also saw that these two people were here to find fault today. They thought, it seems that you are so lonely that you are invincible. You want to try your authority with me. Then, let’s not go and see. Today I will let you taste the power of my Ministry of Revenue. First, he shouted: “Your Majesty’s wiseness!” Then he immediately said: “Oh, Your Majesty, I happened to have something to ask Your Majesty.”

Li Zhidao: "What's the matter?"

Han Yi said: "Since he became the Minister of Revenue, I have not been seeking money for the treasury, because some money should still be spent. But I think that this money must be spent on the edge of the knife and do not cause fearless waste. I am determined to build a healthy finance so that it can last forever and benefit future generations."

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Your dear is right, you should do this."

Han Yi said again: "But Your Majesty, when I calculated all the pens, inks, papers and inkstones consumed by each official office every year, I found that the expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue in this regard was far higher than that of Weichen's calculations, and some official offices even doubled their expenses."

Li Zhi was slightly shocked and said, "Are you serious?"

Han Yi nodded and said, "It's true. In fact, it's not difficult to figure it out. It's like eating. If you have more food, eat more. If you have less food, eat less. If you have so much money every year, how can those officials know how to save money? If you can't use it, you can take it home. However, this will not only bring heavy burdens to the treasury, but also cause officials to be extravagant and wasteful."

"All nonsense!"

Xu Jingzong immediately retorted: "Your Majesty, these are just one-sided words from Mr. Han. I have been in Hongwenguan for so many years, but I feel that the pen, ink, paper and inkstone are not enough, and I have never seen too many things."

"That was during the Zhenguan period, but since the Yonghui period, the Ministry of Revenue's expenditure in this regard has increased year by year, especially in these years."

Han Yi said: "Your Majesty, I never talk nonsense in terms of finance. I rely on data to speak. Please wait a moment." As he said that, he took out some information from the bookcase and said: "Your Majesty, please see, this is Wei's calculation formula. Although there are deviations, the approximate number will not be wrong."

Li Zhi took it and was shocked when he saw it. The statistics were very detailed. How many words can be written with a brush? How many people can be written in each official office? How many official documents, how many words are written by each person every year, how many brushes and paper are consumed, and anyway, the consumables of the official office are counted.

Han Yi handed over another copy and said, "Your Majesty, this is the annual expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue. If you compare it, you can see the problem better."

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The difference is really almost double.

Han Yi also said: "In the three provinces, the per capita consumption of pen, ink, paper and inkstone is comparable to your Majesty, your Majesty, you are the most frugal and most in line with your budget. This last page is the consumption of the equipment in the Liangyi Hall of Your Majesty."

Li Zhi quickly turned to the end and saw that it was really true!

Li Yifu was very depressed and scolded Han Yi for being shameless. How could he compare this with the emperor? The world belongs to the emperor. Of course, the emperor will not use public interest for personal gain. It is as much as possible. Li Zhi doesn't like wasting it. The officials are different. The officials hold the officials in their hands from the court, so of course they can take it as long as they can. This is the nature of a person.

But Li Zhi would not think so. It turns out that I am the most economical. I am still an emperor. I first handed two accounts to Xu Jingzong and Li Yi's mansion, and then asked Han Yi: "What advice do you have, but I'm fine."

Han Yi said: "I want to suggest that Your Majesty adopt a quarterly system to distribute consumables from the official office every quarter, and based on the budget of the Ministry of Revenue, so that it can become more flexible. If there is an emergency situation in a certain official office or something important to do, the Ministry of Revenue can add the equipment of the official office one quarter in advance. For example, this year's big test, our Ministry of Revenue will add equipment to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel. For example, if there is no war, the supplies can be reduced, and if there is war, it can be increased."

Li Yifu said anxiously: "It's too troublesome to do this. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to consume, but I'm afraid it will cause more consumption."

Han Yi said: "There are so many officials in my Ministry of Revenue. The court supports them not to let them eat and drink here for free. Moreover, since the Ministry of Revenue adopted the statistics of Weichen, it has increased the calculation several times, which is enough to calculate it within a quarter." In fact, although the Ministry of Revenue is in charge of the world's finances today, it is actually very rare, because the tax on the equal land system is simple, which means grain and silk cloth. Once you pay it every year, you will be done. Moreover, if you don't fight, there are very few expenditure items. Because of the settlement system, local governments have their own granaries, so the finances in various places are autonomous, and the Ministry of Revenue manages very little.

"Accepted!"

Li Zhi didn't give Li Yi's mansion a chance to continue to argue.

In Li Yi Mansion, Xu Jingzong was stunned. This is about every official and it is not a trivial matter. How could you be so rash!

Of course, Xu Jingzong refused. I was just promoted to prime minister and formed my own team of staff. I could make a lot of money here. I quickly said, "Your Majesty--!"

Li Zhi interrupted him and said unhappily: "The Ministry of Revenue calculates so clearly and has evidence to convince all officials. And since you are not officials of the Ministry of Revenue, don't interfere with the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue."

In Li Yi's Mansion, Xu Jingzong was stunned. He said this very seriously, but they were all prime ministers. How could they not discuss finances? Then they would still play a game.

Han Yi laughed secretly, you know you were wrong this time!

In fact, Li Zhi didn't know what they were doing, and he knew it clearly in his heart, but what he disliked the most was the quarrels between them, because the palms and backs of their hands were flesh, and they hurt when they fought. Then the best way to prevent this situation is to punish the party who was first to cause trouble.
Chapter completed!