Fang Xuanling added: "indeed, there can be no shortage in the book of the Ministry of household, but it can''t tolerate a surplus. After accounting in pairs, the number of books should be flat. If it is insufficient, it means less. If there is more income, it means where there is an error, which is also not allowed."


    Li Zhi nodded, turned over the account of the Pearl store again, and said, "don''t say that the tax in five years is 60% more than that in three years, does it mean that the Pearl store made 60% more money last year than the previous year?"


    "Not necessarily. In the past, as the nobleman said, the profits of businesses doubled, and the taxes must also double, but the taxes have not changed since your majesty changed. According to the officials, the profits of the Pearl store last year were more than double that of the previous year."


    Li Zhi was stunned and asked Fang Xuanling, "how did the emperor change the tax? Why don''t I know?"


    Fang Xuanling said with a wry smile: "what this master book said must be the progressive tax system proposed by your majesty before, that is, the more taxes you pay, the greater the intensity of various tax cuts you enjoy."


    Lao Fang then explained, "for example, if you pay 100 silver coins and 1000 silver coins, the difference between their industrial profits is not ten times, sometimes even dozens of times."


    Li Zhi threw away the tea bowl in his hand and said angrily, "in this way, the richer the rich, the poorer the poor? Those with less profits have to pay more taxes, which is unfair. One of your duties is to help the country and correct mistakes. You know it''s wrong. What did you do at that time?"


    Before Fang Xuanling bowed down, Master Zhang fainted.


    Tang Hao asked Lao Shao to take Master Zhang and two other officials to the backyard and ordered the bodyguard to close the store door. This scene can''t be seen by outsiders.


    Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui knelt down on the ground, while his mother and Li Dan watched the calligraphy and paintings on the wall, especially when they saw the huge picture of turtles swimming in the water in the nave, the mother and son whispered and were in great interest.


    "As for Tang Hao, I don''t believe you didn''t know the result at the beginning. You blacked your heart in order to get rich." hearing the emperor''s words, the empress turned around in surprise to see the angry emperor, and quickly said to Tang Hao, "don''t you say anything against the law."


    This is the first time that the empress interrupted when the emperor was dealing with government affairs. Li Zhi looked at the empress suspiciously, but found that Li Dan also looked embarrassed. He immediately realized that it might be no wonder others. Most of them were his own fault.


    My mother saved her face at this moment. After years of husband and wife, there is still no lack of tacit understanding.


    As soon as Tang Hao was about to speak, he was almost choked to death by his mother''s words, so he had to turn his eyes and look at the roof.


    "Tang Hao, I''m tired. I''ll go back to the palace to have a rest. We''ll discuss it tomorrow."


    "Yes."


    As soon as Li Zhi finished his command, the bodyguard opened the door. The emperor and his Empress got into the carriage. People continued to join the bodyguard in the street and killed the palace under the command of Li Dan.


    Seeing the emperor gone, Tang Hao helped Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui up, asked them to sit down in a chair and poured them tea himself. Then he said, "Lord Fang and Duke Du, think of a way. If your majesty does this, we won''t have a good life back in Chang''an. The progressive tax system is an opening made by your majesty to pay less taxes."


    "We all opposed it in those years. Your majesty insisted on his own way. Now he takes us to the top of the tank. What should we do? Warrant, this thing can''t be changed day and night."


    Fang Xuanling took a sip of hot tea and said angrily: "What can I do? This decree has greatly promoted the commercial development of Datang. Many small businesses merge automatically and enjoy this decree feast in a group. Now it seems that it is really good for Datang, waiting for more and more big businesses. The tax revenue of the imperial court must enter a bottleneck period. It is difficult to develop so fast."


    Du Ruhui put down his tea bowl and then said, "Your Majesty, this kind of government order obtained by patting your head has appeared again and again. Isn''t this the way the military and horse laws are? Once it''s found inappropriate, you''d rather stick to it rather than damage your face."


    The retirement order advances the retirement time of the government soldiers and the service time, which seems to have not changed, and there are even more young soldiers in the army. However, in Fang Xuanling''s view, he would rather have more veterans in their 40s than more baby soldiers in their 16S and 7S.


    "Many old generals have complained," Fang Xuanling said.


    "Have you two found out? These are decrees eager for quick success and instant benefit. Your majesty is worried. He wants to finish the road that can only be completed in the previous ten or even hundreds of years at one go," Tang Hao said.


    "What is peace in the world? Live and work in peace is not a strong enemy. There is no worry, no one can worry about it." the people can live and work in peace and contentment. As long as the situation is maintained, the old man can not speak for ten years.


    Fang Xuanling said confidently.