When Xiao Rui's words were like a stone smashing onto the ground of the court, the entire morning court of the Great Zhou Empire was completely empty.
No one had ever thought that Xiao Rui would dare to play like this. Why would he dare? How dare he! Although these people were so angry that they were about to die, none of them dared to say another word. It was still the same sentence. The officials of the Great Zhou could not be investigated!
"Alright, Yunfeng, just tell me the solution!”Looking at Xiao Rui directly suppressing all the civil and military officials without saying a word, although the Emperor did not have any expression on his face, he was extremely happy in his heart. These officials were not clean, but for the sake of this country, he had no choice but to put them in an important position. However, now was not the time to talk about this matter.
" The Rebellion of Prince Ning is actually very easy to pacify. Firstly, as I said just now, as long as we gather the experts of Six Fan School and Jinyiwei, we can break it. Secondly, we also need to give those soldiers a goal to fight for. In the long run, the guard system must be changed. In the future, it's better for the Great Zhou to change to a recruitment system..." Hearing the Emperor's words, Xiao Rui also spoke up.
"Lord Xiao, the main purpose of the military hoarding system created by the Great Ancestor is to alleviate the pressure on national defense. There is no need for the people to use money and grain to raise soldiers. If it is changed to a recruitment system, the annual consumption will be a large number.”Hearing Xiao Rui's words, another person stood up and said directly.
"That's why I suggested to His Majesty to implement a business tax!”Hearing this person's words, Xiao Rui directly spoke. Yes, Xiao Rui was originally unwilling to stand on the stage, but now that he had been pushed here, he should directly bring this matter out.
When they heard that the business tax was not proposed by Cao Zhengchun but Xiao Rui, everyone in the court looked at Xiao Rui with unfriendly eyes. However, Xiao Rui did not care at all.
"Right now, the Great Zhou's annual tax revenue is 20 million taels of silver. According to my statistics, the Great Zhou's annual commercial output is 2 trillion taels of silver. According to the tax law of 1 out of 10 taxes, that would be 200 billion taels of silver, which is 10,000 times our current income. If we implement a commercial tax, not only would we be able to obtain 10,000 times the tax revenue, but we would also be able to return more benefits to the ordinary people. We can exempt all other taxes, including the agricultural tax."We can also stabilize the country and let them have a more stable business environment. They can earn more. Of course, if a giant merchant has no country, a business tax is like a pair of chopsticks that have touched the meat in their bowl. They wish they could break this pair of chopsticks. They did the same. Those merchants are like this when they seek refuge with Prince Ning. However, I want to see if the Great Zhou's methods are stronger or these wealthy merchants are stronger!”
Looking at the people in the court, Xiao Rui said with a righteous expression.
Hearing Xiao Rui's words, almost everyone in the court had a particularly ugly expression.
"This subject requests for an imperial edict to kill this person. This person's words have brought disaster to the country and the people. He has gone back on his word and actually deceived the emperor to fight for benefits with the people.”However, after the silence, someone suddenly jumped out and shouted at the Emperor. Then, the other civil and military officials instantly knelt down. In the entire court, only Xiao Rui was still standing.
Looking at these people, Xiao Rui smiled and then shrugged at the Emperor. Xiao Rui and the Emperor had already guessed this scene, but when the Emperor saw this scene, his face was still green with anger...
"Everyone, you are really my good ministers…draft the decree!”Taking two deep breaths, the Emperor suppressed the anger in his heart and said loudly at the same time.
" From today onwards, all taxes in the world will be abolished, agricultural taxes will be halved, businesses will be settled according to the household registration system, and taxes will be exempted for annual income below 40 taels of silver. For annual income above 40 taels of silver, the original tax of 61 taels will be increased to 10 taels of silver. Public schools will be established everywhere..."
Hearing the Emperor's young but powerful words, the ministers below really had the heart to die. They had forced the Emperor so much, but in the end, the Emperor still directly issued an edict. It seemed that this time, all the merchants in the world were really going to pay a huge price...
However, although the officials of the Great Zhou were not investigated, there were still some good officials in the court who served the country and the people. They heard other news besides the business tax, such as the abolition of all other miscellaneous taxes and the halving of agricultural taxes. In addition, the emperor also ordered the construction of public schools. This way, the number of poor scholars would undoubtedly increase greatly.
Other than that, there were also matters such as repairing the water power, cleaning the fields, and so on. It could be said that they were all very good for the people. This made the officials who had been strongly opposed to the commercial tax look at each other. Unknowingly, although they were still kneeling, they straightened their backs, meaning that they agreed.
After the Emperor had announced everything, he had originally wanted to hand this matter over to Xiao Rui, but Xiao Rui shook his head. He was not interested in this task.
At the same time, he pointed to the side, and the Emperor saw the new Governor of the East Chamber, Cao Shaoqin.
Therefore, he let Cao Shaoqin do it. When he heard Cao Shaoqin's name, the ministers thought of the same thing at the same time. Eunuch party.
However, it was obvious that the Emperor had already made up his mind. They did not dare to say anything.
After announcing the implementation of the business tax, the Emperor looked at Xiao Rui and gestured. He was asking if Xiao Rui would agree to beat up Prince Ning.
Just as Xiao Rui was about to push the button, a voice suddenly sounded in his ear, a very familiar voice...
"Ding, the internal spy system has detected a mission: Kill Prince Ning and defeat the rebel army. Reward for success: Random draw once. Failure penalty: None."
Hearing the system's voice, Xiao Rui, who was about to shake his head, couldn't help but sigh. It seemed that he couldn't escape this fate.
Seeing Xiao Rui nod his head, the Emperor also understood and then said loudly.
"Here, the Right Minister of Justice of the Supreme Court, Xiao Yunfeng, Jin, the Left Minister of the Ministry of War, has ordered the extermination of Prince Ning's rebel army.”Hearing the Emperor's words, Xiao Rui also bowed down. After all, he had been promoted, although he didn't really want this official position...
As for the other ministers, if looks could kill, Xiao Rui would have died tens of thousands of times. In their eyes, Xiao Rui was really evil. Not only did he cause the Great Zhou Dynasty to be in a mess, but he also got promoted. It really made people gnash their teeth.
However, despite their hatred, they still did not dare to find trouble with Xiao Rui because they had also heard a rumor that this Lord Xiao was not an ordinary person, but a Xiantian expert!
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