In fact, the day before yesterday, Li Hao had already submitted the memorial on tax reform to Li Shimin. Li Shimin was quite satisfied. Now that Li Shimin is in the palace to ask for advice, it is just a formality. He also knew in his heart that these guys did not always have strange ideas like Li Hao, and probably could not give any good ideas.

Just as the ministers were frowning and pondering, Li Hao suddenly stepped out, held a memorial in both hands, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a good idea to offer you."

The ministers were shocked when they heard this. Damn... they were ready for memorials, cheating!

It is obvious that Li Hao cheated, Li Shimin was in charge of advice, but Li Hao had prepared the memorial for a long time. What is the difference between this and knowing the test questions before the exam was taken, which made the ministers very angry. They wanted to see what good ideas Li Hao could come up with. If it was not a good idea, they must argue. Even if it was a good idea, they would argue with the problem.

Xu Lian walked down and presented Li Hao's memorial to Li Shimin. Li Shimin opened it and looked at it in a pretentious manner for a while, closed the memorial and said, "Psychic, tell your good ideas oral to everyone, and let me know them together."

"Yes." Li Hao bowed, then turned to face the ministers, first giving a signature smirk (no matter how Li Hao laughed, the opposition all thought it was a smirk), and then slowly said, "Everyone, the advice I made this time is a tax system change."

"Tax system?" The ministers were shocked when they heard this. The tax system was one of the basic national policies and could not be changed easily. Li Hao actually proposed to change the tax system. How could they not be surprised?

The old Kong Yingda didn't care what tax system change Li Hao proposed, and took trembling steps and asked: "Young-mouth child has also changed the national policy. Who do you think you are?"

Li Hao frowned when he heard this. He wanted to swear words. Before you could hear me talk about the reform, you said that the labor and capital were too young and ineligible. This was unreasonable. I knew it. So Li Hao suppressed his anger and sneered: "That's right, I am indeed a yellow-mouthed child. Unlike Confucius, I am about to stop."

Li Hao's sentence hit Kong Yingda's soreness, and the implication was: Yes, I'm still very young, you are different, you are almost dying.

"You..." Kong Yingda was so angry that she trembled all over when she heard this. Since ancient times, people have been afraid of death. Although many people have the courage to sacrifice, it is because they have their own spiritual beliefs. No one does not cherish their lives unless they have no desire to live.

Kong Yingda is old, 74 years old this year, and he has to use crutches when walking, but he still feels that he has not lived enough. Li Hao's words "I'm about to go" directly poked his sore spot, which made him so angry that he almost fainted on the ground.

Seeing Kong Yingda shaking, Li Shimin quickly changed the topic and said, "Don't be upset by the wine of Confucius. Li Hao, don't talk nonsense in the hall. Let me tell you the change of the tax system in your memorial."

"Yes." Li Hao turned around and bowed to Li Shimin, then turned to face the ministers and said, "Everyone, if you are dissatisfied with Li Hao, please wait for Li Hao to finish speaking. Everyone is happy to argue, and Li Hao should answer them one by one."

Everyone stopped talking, Kong Yingda also snorted coldly, rolled his eyes at him, and said nothing. Li Hao continued: "Then I will start to say that the tax system changes I have proposed have a lot of content, but after summarizing it, it can be summarized into one sentence: reduce agricultural tax and increase commercial tax."

As soon as this said, the ministers were in an uproar. Many people screamed as if they were being stepped on their tails. Seeing the ministers' reactions so surprising, Li Hao smiled because he had long expected such a scene and was mentally prepared.

"All nonsense! Nonsense!" Kong Yingda pointed to Li Hao's crossbow and said angrily, "Agriculture is the foundation of the country. Your Majesty is a wise ruler. We should vigorously encourage farmers and sericultures, so how can we reduce agricultural taxes lightly!"

As soon as this statement was spoken, the ministers nodded, thinking that what he said made sense.

There was a very strange phenomenon in ancient times. The emperor and officials repeatedly shouted to encourage farming, but repeatedly increased the agricultural tax. At the same time, they looked down on merchants but did not collect commercial taxes. This was a very strange phenomenon, which made Li Hao puzzled.

After hearing Kong Yingda's questioning, Li Hao smiled indifferently and asked, "Kong Jijiu, let me ask you, do farmers hope to reduce agricultural taxes or not?"

Kong Yingda was stunned when he heard this and said casually: "Farmers naturally hope to reduce agricultural taxes."

"That's it." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty is a saint who loves the people, so he naturally wants to benefit the people. Since the people want to reduce agricultural taxes, why do you want to sing the opposite tune? Is Your Majesty missing the opportunity to be praised by the people?"

The hat was a bit big, Kong Yingda was confused when he heard this. After a while, he realized and said anxiously: "Agricultural tax is the foundation of a country's income. How can the agricultural tax be filled with the national treasury? Besides, the agricultural tax in the Tang Dynasty is not heavy!"

Li Hao smiled indifferently and said, "Yes, agricultural tax is the main income of the Tang Dynasty, but Kong Jijiu seemed to know that the wealth of a country was not in the hands of farmers, but in the hands of merchants. The agricultural tax was reduced and the commercial tax was supplemented. Although there were few merchants in the Tang Dynasty, they had a lot of money."

"Absurd!" Kong Yingda stared at her and angrily, "The taxes are all about grain. Only a few prefectures and counties are inconvenient to transport food or do not produce food, so they can only pay taxes with money!"

"You are ridiculous!" Li Hao raised his voice and angrily retorted to him, "Are you afraid that you can't buy food when you have money? Do you know how much food there is in the Tang Dynasty now? Do you know how much food is now?"

"I..." Kong Yingda was speechless when he heard this. Yes, how could he not buy food if he had money? As for how much grain there was in the Tang Dynasty and how much grain price it costs, he really didn't know that he was a scholar, and he was the leader among scholars. He was in a high position. How could he care about these issues all day long? Everything was inferior to that of high school. Most scholars in ancient times were like this, thinking that they were fairy-like, which was different from those ordinary people.

Seeing that Kong Yingda had nothing to say, Li Hao snorted coldly: "You eat rice and grain from the Tang Dynasty every day, but you don't know what the price of grain from the Tang Dynasty is. You dare to speak out here. Since you are immersed in literature and do not ask about the sufferings of the people, how dare you make trouble for the farmers? Are you afraid that the collection of commercial tax will delay your Kong family's business?"

"You...you...you..." Kong Yingda was so angry that she trembled all over when she heard this. She pointed at Li Hao and said "you" for a long time. She couldn't say a word. In her excessive anger, his body had already started to shake, as if he was about to fall down at any time.

Seeing this, Li Shimin hurriedly shouted: "Hold him!"

Xue Rengui was quick-witted and walked forward quickly. It happened that Kong Yingda was about to fall down at this time. Xue Rengui held him up. Kong Yingda's eyes were dull and he opened his mouth and panted heavily, as if he would die at any time. He was already in a semi-coma.

Li Shimin hurriedly said, "Come here, send Kong Jijiu to the Imperial Hospital quickly and order the Imperial Doctor to treat it with care!"

Two Jinwu Guards walked into the hall and carefully carried Kong Yingda out.

Seeing Kong Yingda dizzy by the anger, all the ministers frowned. For the sake of livelihood, almost everyone of the Tang officials would ask their relatives to do some business. However, because people in this era believed that merchants value profit and neglect righteousness, which violated the way of a saint, they looked down on merchants, so they would not be said to the public, and everyone was tacit. However, Li Hao, a kid, was not particular, and pulled off Kong Yingda's crotch in public in Tai Chi Hall. Oh no, it was a fig leaf. He actually pierced the window paper, which made all the ministers' hearts rise.

Kong Yingda was from the Kong family in Hengshui, Jizhou. It is said that he was the 31st generation grandson of Confucius and a prominent family. Confucius was a person from the Spring and Autumn Period. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Tang Dynasty, how many years did this period be!

A family that has been passed down for more than a thousand years, can there be no place in the family? Can there be no business? What a joke? Although the Kong family was unable to be included in the five surnames and seven hopes, its strength among the gentry should not be underestimated, especially among the literary world and scholars. The Kong family is quite famous. After all, it is surrounded by the name of Confucius. This is also the reason why the Kong family has been passed down to this day. No matter which dynasty or emperor, who dares to attack the descendants of Confucius, it is a shameful thing for the world. The saliva of the literati can drown them.

Although the aristocratic families own a large amount of land, they do not have to pay taxes. Yes, they do not have to pay taxes. The aristocratic families do not have to pay taxes. Otherwise, how could they call the aristocratic families a blood-sucking worm?

The family of aristocratic families is very large and naturally requires a lot of financial support. Their main source of income is agricultural products and business, that is, agriculture and commerce. The commercial tax policy proposed by Li Hao has been directly exposed to their interests, so they all opposed Li Hao's proposal.

However, Li Hao was very unprofessional. He actually broke the window paper in court. If anyone comes up to oppose it now, it would be like to take the seat. These court officials are very proud of their face. Although everyone knows it, they never disclose how much business they have in their family, because they look down on businessmen and do business. Isn’t this a slap in the face? It’s like some people who like to watch small movies but look down on actresses, which is very immoral.

Li Hao is different. He is famous for being shameless and being open-minded. Even in the future world, Li Hao is also very open-minded. He dares to publicly admit that he likes to watch small movies. He once said without any hesitation that *** does not make small movies but goes to sing or something. It is an act of inappropriate work. The small movie industry is looking forward to her return, and of course these are not the key points.

Kong Yingda was sick by Li Hao's anger, and all the other ministers looked at each other. They wanted to go up and confront Li Hao, but no one dared to come forward. Who knows whether Li Hao would be unruly? It would be so embarrassing if they brought their old secrets out.

The hall was quiet. After a moment, Changsun Wuji suddenly asked, "So, King Qiongnan, how should this commercial tax be collected? What is the tax rate?"

The ministers couldn't help but look at Changsun Wuji with praise. They were worthy of being an old fox. It was a very wise choice to continue asking questions instead of blindly opposing them.
Chapter completed!