Fang Xuanling took the report and walked a few steps. Seeing that Wei Zheng didn't move, Fang Xuanling stopped and looked at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng: "?"
He raised his head and looked at Fang Xuanling with a puzzled look on his face. You should leave. What do you mean by standing here?
Fang Xuanling: "?"
You won't come with me?
"What do you think I'm doing?" Wei Zheng said helplessly.
"Aren't you leaving?" Fang Xuanling asked.
"Why should I go with you? I am from the Ministry of Education. What does it have to do with you?" Wei Zheng was a little depressed. When did I wear a pair of pants with you? My subordinate department is specifically responsible for supervising your Shangshu province. You should know more about it.
"Let's go. Your Highness is not easy to fool. I am strong enough on my own." Fang Xuanling said helplessly.
"I won't go. It has nothing to do with me anyway." Wei Zheng was a little depressed. It's already depressing for me to be detained as one of His Highness's people for no apparent reason. You keep asking me to come over. What do you mean?
"Then Zhao Guogong will go with us." Fang Xuanling looked at Changsun Wuji who was preparing to return to his Yamen.
"What am I going to do? You have forgotten, and I don't know about this." Changsun Wuji shook his head and said.
"Did you forget that you spilled the beans?" Fang Xuanling was speechless.
"No, no, it doesn't conflict with me to tell you whether I know or not. I don't know about this." Changsun Wuji shook his head, "I have to go back to work. Some policies of next year's conference need to be revised. It has been enacted, and there are still many Datang laws that need to be re-discussed whether to pass."
Fang Xuanling: "..."
You are really indifferent.
But if Changsun Wuji doesn't go, Fang Xuanling can't do anything, but Wei Zheng can't go.
So... on the way to Liangyi Palace, Fang Xuanling walked in front, and Wei Zheng, the big enemy, walked behind. He was dragged directly by Fang Xuanling.
"Hey, to be honest, I miss Duke Ming a little now." Wei Zheng sighed and said.
"What do you mean?" Fang Xuanling looked at Wei Zheng with some confusion.
"Because if he is here, he will definitely accompany you now, and it has nothing to do with me." Wei Zheng shook his head.
"What you think is beautiful. Although Du Ming is gone, I have to say that his heart is black even if he is cut. I am not afraid that he will come to me at night to cause trouble. For things like this related to His Highness, I have to Duke Zheng, come here." Fang Xuanling shook his head.
Wei Zheng: "..."
You are really cruel, that's what you said about your partner.
"Mr. Zheng, please don't look like this. You may not believe me when I tell you. My relationship with Du Ming is not good." Fang Xuanling said seriously, "Although I often need him to help me make some decisions."
"But who told you that the two of us work well together and have a good personal relationship."
"So it's okay for me to scold him now. If his heart is broken, it will be black."
Fang Xuanling shook her head and said.
Wei Zheng didn't bother to pay attention to him. Anyway, Du Ming couldn't refute your words now. It's up to you to say whatever you want. You said that Duke Ming's heart is black when he is cut open, and you are no better off. The hearts of you counselors are all dirty.
Only I, Wei Zheng, am sincere, and the world can learn from it.
Alas, why did we end up on this path of no return?
Wei Zheng sighed and followed Fang Xuanling to Liangyi Palace. Fang Xuanling didn't care about Wei Zheng's behavior, as long as he came, because Fang Xuanling also discovered that Wei Xuancheng was interesting in the past two years.
When they arrived at Liangyi Hall, Fang Xuanling came in and asked with some surprise: "Hey, why is it you, Your Majesty? Where is Your Majesty?"
You are so shameless. The corner of Wei Zheng's mouth twitched and he almost cursed.
"Liang Guogong, it's not like that. I wasn't here just now. Is your news so slow?" Li Ke looked up at Fang Xuanling helplessly and asked.
"It's not that I'm slow to receive news. Rather than saying that I'm slow to receive news, it's better to say that I have a lot of things to do. The statistical work after this year has continued until now. I have no time to spare, so I naturally ignored many things." Fang Xuanling said helplessly. He spoke.
Li Ke automatically ignored his words. Since the Shangshu Province was divided into more than a dozen departments and the number of things each department had to deal with increased, Fang Xuanling had to complain every time they met. It was impossible for Li Ke to interact with him anyway.
"So, Datang's 23-year statistical work is probably over?" Li Ke changed the topic directly.
"It's over. Datang's treasury tax revenue for the whole year of 2023 was about 16.75 million guan, almost all of which came from commercial taxes. Other tax rates have basically been exempted. In addition, state-owned commercial banks turned in profits of 18.5 million guan, with a total income of 35.25 million guan. "Fang Xuanling nodded, and then reported a series of numbers to Li Ke.
"It's okay, not bad, there are about 3.5 libraries." Li Ke said with a smile.
Fang Xuanling was speechless. He wanted to complain. Your Highness, could you please stop using the Ku unit? It is almost turning into a real unit now.
"You should discuss among yourselves the formulation of taxation. Since many taxes have been cancelled, whether the cancellation is reasonable or not needs to be demonstrated. And if the existence of some taxes has other meanings, then it is best not to cancel them. It's because of the state subsidy situation. It's still there in name, but in fact it doesn't cost a penny from the people." Li Ke explained.
"Yes, I will discuss this in detail." Fang Xuanling nodded.
The treasury income of the Tang Dynasty is still far behind. It is said that at the peak of the Song Dynasty, the treasury income was more than 160 million guan a year. The Tang Dynasty now only has more than 30 million guan, not even a fraction of it.
However, considering that the Tang Dynasty abolished the complete agricultural tax, it is already very good to achieve this point purely by relying on commercial taxes.
Of course, a large part of the commercial tax here must come from the large amount of tax revenue brought by foreign trade, and a considerable part of it comes from the profits handed over by state-owned commercial banks.
A considerable part of the profits they handed over was because the private firms of the powerful families wanted to add various equipment, and the profits from these equipment must be paid to the court.
"What about population?" Li Ke asked again.
"In terms of population, we have no way to conduct a detailed survey, but based on the ratio of counties and counties near Chang'an, and referring to the current overall population of Datang, we calculated that it is about 31.6 million people. The survival rate of newborn babies in Datang in recent years The mortality rate is constantly increasing, while the fatality rate is declining rapidly.”
"For this reason alone, the next few years will definitely be a period of population explosion in Datang. According to our estimates, the population growth rate of Datang in the next year is estimated to be about 8%." Fang Xuanling reported to Li Ke .
"Your Highness, the official from Shangshu Province is outside the door asking to see you." Xu Song opened the door and walked in.
"Come in." Li Ke was a little confused. Fang Xuanling is here. Does the Shangshu provincial official have something to report?
Soon, an official in his thirties opened the door and walked in. After saluting Li Ke, he said: "Your Highness, Duke Liang, His Majesty has ordered that you report something to the Xuanzheng Hall."
Li Ke: "?" Shouldn't you go and take a look?
