"You''re a young hero. It''s worth beating up and changing a law. Don''t always dodge when you''re young. Sometimes you should go straight up in the face."


    Tang Hao glanced at Fang Xuanling in surprise. The old man didn''t blink. Li Zhi is now the legendary demon king. Who has enough to provoke him.


    If you wear official clothes, you don''t want to be beaten. Duan Hong urged, "you two should hurry up. Your majesty has been in a hurry."


    Tang Hao and Fang Xuanling looked at each other and followed Duan Hong into the hall. The emperor sat behind the case and looked at the two people who came in with a smile.


    "You two, come quickly when you see what I want."


    Tang Hao glanced and found that he was the only one standing in the middle. Fang Xuanling was already sitting on the mat next to him, kneeling upright with the guard board, and a thought-provoking smile appeared at the corners of the emperor''s mouth.


    Tang Hao quietly stepped back two steps, holding the wat board, biting his teeth and saying, "Your Majesty, I came here today for your will issued during the day. I heard that your majesty ordered the three provinces of Zhongshu, menxia and Shangshu to determine what luxury goods are and to increase the tax rate by three times. I don''t think it''s appropriate."


    "Shut up, your salaries are the wealth of the people. Your clothes, food and clothing are all the sweat and blood of the people. You don''t want to share your worries for the king. You are an official in the court and don''t know how to sympathize with the suffering of the people. You dig your brains to beat the bones and suck the marrow of the people. You will never be satisfied. You design all kinds of ingenious things and shamelessly plunder the life-saving money and food of the people. I''ve made up my mind. Don''t talk about it. If you dare to talk about the tax rate, say more In a word, I''ll double the tax rate. I''d rather destroy these useless tricks than see you enjoy your success. "


    Li Zhi''s attitude is very firm.


    "Your Majesty, please listen to me. This will..."


    "According to Fang Xiang, the luxury tax has increased fourfold." Li Zhi ordered Fang Xuanling.


    "Your Majesty, no, I just want to..."


    "Fang Xuanling, you heard it too. He said again that the tax rate had increased seven times." Li Zhi put his hand on the case with a sneer and waited for Tang Hao to speak again.


    Tang Hao stopped talking, took out a charcoal pen from his arms, calculated it on the wat board, and then bowed his hand to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, the tax rate is really wrong. You always have to listen to the minister, don''t you..."


    Li Zhi smiled and said, "the former doesn''t count. After a few words, the tax rate will be increased by two times. Boy, you continue to say, I really don''t care about destroying those shit things. Without those, Datang might be better. The nine times tax rate depends on how you operate."


    "Have the ability to sell your bag for 100 silver coins."


    "Your Majesty, that''s not how the tax rate is calculated. You''re mistaken..."


    "Good courage, twelve times the tax rate, are you going to break the pot?" Li Zhi was a little strange. Did Tang Hao really care about these shops? This is the biggest source of income for their family.


    Tang Hao and Fang Xuanling looked at each other''s Wat board and looked at each other''s figures. Fang Xuanling stretched out three fingers to Tang Hao.


    Tang Hao nodded, hugged the wat board and said, "I''m not going to break the pot. I want to do a good business. I''ll pass on my skills from generation to generation."


    Then he stared at the emperor''s reaction. Li Zhi found that Tang Hao''s communication with Fang Xuanling felt something wrong, so he shut his mouth and delayed giving orders.


    Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "report back to your majesty. General Tang just said three words, and Wei Chen decided that the quota of luxury tax is 15 times the basic tax rate. Wei Chen retired."


    Fang Xuanling left, and Tang Hao left with his mouth closed. This is the best result. No one will offend. All the mistakes are the emperor''s. those who specialize in making luxury goods also blame the emperor for the charge of business tax.


    The emperor did not allow the minister to be reasonable. General Tang, who spoke out for justice, said a few more words, and was outrageously increased the tax to more than ten times.


    Seeing the two ministers out of the hall, Li Zhi''s face was covered with clouds, but he didn''t think of anything wrong.


    The afterglow of the sunset passed through the rear window and shone on his uncertain face. It was kind of strange. What was wrong?


    "Your Majesty, they are deliberately increasing the tax. I just looked through the business tax in my dynasty and found that you only increased it three times. The business tax is too little." the lady on one side said it.


    "I only levy tax on goods in kind. Take the case of a bag with a selling price of 12 silver coins. Your majesty has increased the tax rate by three times, but there is only ten copper coins for each bag, and the progressive tax rate also applies to luxury goods. In this way, your increase in the tax rate will hardly work."


    "Tang Hao is a sensible man. He thought it was inappropriate to do so, so he mentioned the luxury tax to his majesty early. As soon as he entered the hall, my concubine found that he wanted to increase the tax." his mother had guessed his mind.


    "If it was a tax cut, he would not be so nervous. His Majesty would be annoyed by the tax increase, so he put on his imperial uniform and dragged Fang Xuanling. I''m afraid he was worried that his Majesty would be angry with him."