Chapter 122 Is She Suspected?Emperor Xuanwu was not interested in listening to their useless talk. He got straight to the point as soon as he opened his mouth: "So what have you figured out?" "No." Yun Shu lowered his head a little embarrassedly: "I always fall asleep while thinking." Emperor Xuanwu: “?” What the hell is this kid talking about? I was so worried that I couldn't sleep well. I always fell asleep while thinking. Is this human language? Emperor Xuanwu was almost confused by her nonsense and glared at her unhappily: "Then think about it carefully for me now! It was because of you that Lord Ye proposed the new commercial tax, and offended so many court officials. In the end, you didn't do anything and just sat back and enjoyed the results. Do you think this is appropriate?"
"..." Is there anything inappropriate? To be honest, this new commercial tax was proposed for Tiansheng, for the Emperor Tiansheng. Isn’t the emperor himself just reaping the benefits? Why can he do it, but she, a little princess, can't? Yun Shu was madly complaining in his heart, but on the surface, he still looked innocent, confused and a little cowardly: "Well... can you tell me again what the difficulties are in implementing this new commercial tax?" Emperor Xuanwu: “…” He began to doubt the life selection simulation system. Can this kid, who looks like he just woke up and has a not-so-good memory, really solve his problem? He repeated the question with a dark face, and Emperor Xuanwu also gave Ye Qingan a seat: "Qing Ye, please sit down and rest for a while. By the time she figures out a solution, it might be dark!" "...Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." Ye Qingan, who heard the implication of Emperor Xuanwu's words, couldn't help but glance at Yun Shu again - Judging from your Majesty's attitude, you won't give up until you get an answer! Could it be that His Majesty also suspected, like him, that Princess Saint Ann actually had a plan in mind? The same thought also clearly emerged in Yun Shu's mind at this moment. After all, if this were not the case, her father's current behavior would be completely unconscionable! Even though he was very busy every day, he was jealous that she could lie flat, so he had to pull her up and roll with her. Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible to throw her a problem that would cause endless arguments among the civil and military officials in the court, and then force her to come up with a solution within one day, right? Is she suspected? Are you going to just insist that you can't do anything? Yun Shu was only confused for less than three seconds before his expression suddenly relaxed: “This problem is easy to solve!”
"Oh?" Emperor Xuanwu, who was still questioning whether she could really come up with a solution the previous second, subconsciously leaned forward: "How to solve?" "There are too many merchants in the world, it's hard to settle accounts one by one, so let's do it separately!" Yunshu used the simplest and most straightforward way of thinking to break the impasse: "After all, what's the difference between this and agricultural taxes? Are the farmers' taxes collected one by one by these officials in the capital?" "Your Highness, this is different." Unexpectedly, what she called simplicity was such a simple method. Ye Qingan quickly explained: “The farmers’ fields and household registrations are all registered. The account books show at a glance how many fields and farmers there are in each state, and how much agricultural tax they need to pay. But for merchants..." Yun Shu: "Then register all the merchants as well!" "That's the problem." Ye Qingan was helpless: "After registering, merchants will have to pay new business taxes. This is something that does them no good and will only cause them to lose a lot of money. Why would they do it?" "Then give them some benefits!" Yun Shu continued to follow Ye Qingan's words and walked straight ahead without any detours: "If the benefits are greater than the taxes, wouldn't they be willing?" "That's easy to say!" Emperor Xuanwu listened to her "completely brainless" words and rolled his eyes in disgust: "Tell me, what benefit can be greater than such a huge tax?" "Who said before that life is nothing but money and power..." Yun Shu scratched his head, and finally started to think a little: "As for money, we definitely can't give it to you." After all, they collect commercial taxes just to make money. "Then besides money, the only thing left is power." "right?" Ye Qing'an subconsciously picked out this word and repeated it again, and Yun Shu nodded affirmatively: "There is nothing else besides this, right? Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. Scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans. I believe that merchants have long suffered from their low status." “But how to give power?” Ye Qingan continued to ask: “We can’t give merchants and officials the same treatment, right?”
"It's not impossible." "what?" Ye Qing'an was startled, and Emperor Xuanwu was itching to throw something at her head again: "What do you mean? I think you are afraid that you live too well!" If she treated merchants and officials the same, not to mention that the scholars would definitely drown her with spit, it would be even more impossible for the officials in the court to tolerate her. Take ordinary people for example. Why should they study and take the imperial examinations in the future? Why don't they all go into business? Isn't that easier than studying? If no one studies and everyone goes into business, this prosperous dynasty will be destroyed sooner or later! "No, Father, please don't get excited. That's not what I meant!" Seeing Emperor Xuanwu's hand unconsciously touching another memorial, Yun Shu quickly explained: "If merchants and officials are treated the same, the impact will be huge. Although I usually don't like studying, I still know about this. What I mean is that they can be allowed to enjoy certain official powers within the merchant circle, but this so-called official power has no effect on people outside the merchants! " "…Explain yourself more clearly." Emperor Xuanwu frowned, although he still didn't quite understand what his little boy meant. But the hand that had already touched the memorial eventually retracted. "What does it mean to have power only within their own circle?" "Didn't we just say that we want merchants from all over the country to register voluntarily?" Seeing that Emperor Xuanwu's excitement had finally calmed down, Yun Shu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "I was thinking, can we open a separate government office for them to handle the affairs of the merchants? This government office can be called...the Chamber of Commerce, and the president who manages this chamber of commerce can be selected from the local merchants who have joined the chamber of commerce. After that, the local business taxes and other things will be collected by the president of the Chamber of Commerce and then directly handed over to the national treasury, without having to go through any court officials in the middle, ensuring that the amount collected is the same as the amount handed over. "
