Of course, the Tang Dynasty was not limited to Chang'an. Outside Chang'an, Luoyang, Xianyang, Taiyuan and other big cities, as long as there were coal mines nearby, carbon fields and briquette shops for pressing briquettes were built at the same time.
These are jointly done by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, and the money earned will naturally belong to the national treasury.
And more and more cinder roads are beginning to appear. The roads in the past were either dirt roads or stone roads.
The dirt road becomes muddy when it rains, while the stone road is time-consuming and laborious.
As an intermediate product between the two, cinder roads are just right. Although they are not as durable as stone roads, they can be paved quickly and are better than dirt roads.
When people walk up there on rainy days, their feet will not be covered in mud.
"This business tax smells so good!"
There were no outsiders in the Xiande Hall, only Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who was gradually recovering from illness. Li Shimin looked at this month's financial and tax report and said quietly.
Now as long as Tang Ping has insulin, he is no different from ordinary people.
This month's financial taxes mainly come from the briquette shop, Tang Ping's industry and some private traders. The real wealthy merchants, big chambers of commerce, and big shops don't pay much tax.
But just like that, this is no longer a small amount of money. It is said that doing energy business makes money.
Nowadays, the briquette shops in major cities in the Tang Dynasty have supplied coal to more than one million households. Although a piece of coal cake is not expensive, the total consumption of a family for a month, plus the basic cost of one million The amount seems very scary.
Then the luxury goods in Tangping's industry are now being sold like crazy by the Cui family in Tubo, Tuguhun, Ximan, and Beiyan.
Tang Ping said something cryptic to the second son of the Cui family, and the Cui family obediently went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs with the gold and paid the tax the next day.
Although the heartache was a little bit, the Cui family could still tell the difference between a meal and a meal.
Now the Cui family has shifted its main business to selling luxury goods produced by the Tang family. Tang Ping also taught Cui Zhongqing some modern luxury goods selling techniques.
The Cui family is even preparing to open trade routes to Fusang and Goryeo, and is also in contact with Dashi further west of Tuyuhun.
Just these few items of business tax made Li Shimin feel really fragrant, so his eyes naturally
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I looked at those businesses that had not yet started paying business taxes.
"What do I think, if we lift the curfew?" Li Shimin raised his head and asked his two prime ministers.
"Lift the curfew?" Du Ruhui hesitated and asked, "But how to ensure public security?"
"I don't think we need to worry about public security." Fang Xuanling said: "Now the people of Chang'an can be said to be living and working in peace and contentment. Based on the opinion poll conducted by Yinshan Houjiao, the result is that the income of the people of Chang'an has basically increased by half compared to last year. It’s almost doubled.”
"In fact, as long as the people have enough to eat and warm clothes, few are willing to do bad things. Moreover, some of the gangsters on the streets in the past have been properly resettled by Yinshan Hou."
Li Shimin liked to hear people praise Tang Ping. When he heard what Fang Xuanling said, he also praised Tang Ping: "Yes, everyone has a job and something to do. There is a little spare money in hand, and there is not much pressure in life. They don’t want to cause trouble. My wife and children are on the hot bed, and they will only come out to do evil if their brains are twitching.”
These words were originally spoken to him by Tang Ping when they were having dinner. After he finished speaking, Li Shimin smiled slightly and said, "If there really is a blind person who wants to come out and do evil, haha, my sword won't hurt?"
The meaning is very clear. If the people's lives are not good, they will be in chaos. Now outside Chang'an City, even the refugees who fled the famine and came to Chang'an have basically entered the workshops. They have food and accommodation and can still receive wages. What are they causing chaos?
When he got excited, Li Shimin continued: "When business taxes are raised, we can build infrastructure, which is called developing public utilities. In this way, we can also increase jobs. With more jobs, people will be willing to have more children, because You don’t have to worry about your children growing up and not being able to farm or being hungry if you don’t have anything to do.”
"As for our infrastructure construction, we can build roads and bridges, making transportation between various places more convenient, and further promote the development of commerce, allowing those businessmen to make more money and pay more taxes. At the same time, when the roads are better, he Wherever the Japanese army is going, it will be much more convenient!"
Li Shimin's rhetoric made Fang and Du stunned for a while. The two looked at each other and nodded.
Li Shimin was anxious: "Why are you nodding? I couldn't have thought of this myself?"
Du Ruhui chuckled: "Neither of us said that this was not His Majesty's own idea!"
"Exactly, Your Majesty has the country in mind
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, will naturally come up with such a method for the sake of the people. Fang Xuanling said in agreement.
Li Shimin could tell that the two of them didn't believe it, but there was nothing they could do: "So we set a curfew. Those who want to do business at night must pay taxes. Otherwise, they can only do it during the day."
This is indeed a method, but Du Ruhui was still a little worried and said: "Although this method is feasible, I'm afraid it will still cause resistance from those businessmen."
"Haha, I wish I didn't say it's a tax collection!" Li Shimin smiled slyly: "If we do business at night, it's not too much for me to charge a night management fee, right? The curfew has been lifted, and I have to ensure that they do business at night. But to ensure their safety, we need to send more manpower, right?”
Fang Xuanling and the other two felt something was wrong when they heard what Li Shimin said, but it seemed to make sense.
"But if that's the case, where will the extra manpower come from? Do we have to recruit more people from Chang'an County and Wannian County?"
After all, talking about ensuring the safety of doing business at night is more than just words.
"The Yinshan Marquis has actually recommended a candidate." Li Shimin said as he glanced at the chamberlain beside him: "Announce the person in."
"Here!"
Soon a person was brought into the Xiande Hall with his whole body trembling slightly.
No one dared to look up at Li Shimin, his knees went weak and he knelt down.
"Little snake, no, no, no, Caomin Ma Dongmei comes to see your majesty."
When he was nervous, he reported his past name, Ma She, no, now it's time to call him Ma Dongmei. He never dreamed that one day he would be able to go to the palace to meet the emperor.
"Your Majesty, who is this person?" Fang and Du had never heard of this person.
"Tell it for yourself!" Li Shimin spoke, and Madong kowtowed again before saying, "The youngster was originally a rogue in the city, but later under the influence of Yinshan Hou, he embarked on the right path, and slowly became a rogue. All the gangsters from the past in Chang'an City have been sent here."
"Don't worry, your majesty. There are small people in charge. Thanks to the courage of the three of them, they don't dare to mess around. The newsboys in the city and so on are all covered by us."
Before entering the palace, Tang Ping had made it clear that he would answer whatever was asked and not hide anything.
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