"Yes! It smells so good!"
"So spicy! It's so delicious!"
In the crown prince's residence, Hong Lian's pretty face was flushed red from the spiciness!
Even though he was sucking on the scalded food, he still kept stuffing food into his mouth.
She was not used to the spicy taste at first, but the more she ate, the more fragrant it became. The more she ate, the more addicted she became!
At this moment, she couldn't stop eating!
It had already reached the point where he could not stop!
The maid was right. Compared to this hotpot, the sweet potato was worse than pig feed!
"Eat!"
"Eat more!"
"This is your last meal!"
Ying Ziye said casually as he cooked a piece of tripe.
"Last meal…?"
Red Lotus, who was gorging herself, could not help but stop what she was doing when she heard him.
Her pretty face also revealed a touch of astonishment.
A moment later, she seemed to have understood something. She giggled and continued eating.
……
"Yes!"
"Left shoulder!"
"Yes! Use more strength!"
"You didn't eat?"
An hour later, Ying Ziye was lying on the carefree chair, squinting his eyes contentedly.
Red Lotus was standing behind him, massaging his shoulders and back!
At this moment, if Wei Zhuang was here, his jaw would definitely drop.
Hong Lian, who had refused to be a maid before, seemed to have changed into a different person.
Not only would she do whatever Ying Ziye told her to do!
Moreover, even when Ying Ziye scolded her, she still had a smiling expression!
The reason why she was so happy was because of the hot pot and sweet potatoes.
Thinking about how she could eat these delicacies every day in the future, she felt that it was not a big deal to be Ying Ziye's maid!
In fact, she was so happy that she forgot about her home!
If she were to leave the Crown Prince's residence now, she would still be a little reluctant!
"Your Highness, Prime Minister Li Si and Meng Yi are here to see you!”
At this moment, a guard rushed in to report.
"Yes!"
"Let them in!"
Ying Ziye nodded and then waved his hand, signaling Hong Lian to stop.
"Here!"
The guard received the order and quickly walked out. Not long after, Li Si and the others walked in.
Other than him, almost all the three dukes and nine ministers were present.
"This humble official greets Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
Everyone cupped their fists and bowed.
"Why have you come to see this prince?”
Ying Ziye asked while lying on the carefree chair with his legs crossed.
The ministers were no longer surprised by his appearance!
No one really saw him as a slovenly person and treated him as a silkpants!
If he really treated this fiend as a silkpants, he would probably be beheaded!
"His Majesty has decreed that the Crown Prince has a good tax strategy for developing businesses. He has asked us to come and consult His Highness the Crown Prince!”
Li Si cupped his hands and explained his intentions.
The current First Emperor was becoming more and more like a hands-off shopkeeper.
If they encountered any problems, they would come to the Crown Prince for a discussion.
Today, they were suddenly summoned to the palace, saying that there was a good tax plan and asked them to consult the Crown Prince.
With no other choice, they formed a group and came to ask Ying Ziye for advice.
"So it's about this!"
Only then did Ying Ziye remember that he had mentioned this matter to his cheapskate father before.
His father didn't ask about it in detail back then. He didn't expect that he would ask the officials of the court to come today.
"This prince is prepared to adopt a tax policy that favors agriculture and commerce!”
"The so-called light agriculture and heavy commerce means reducing the taxes of farmers and collecting taxes from merchants!”
"According to the size of the business, the tax will be levied according to the level. The bigger the business, the more tax will be levied!”
Ying Ziye gave them a simple explanation of the tax collection method used in the future.
The ministers looked at each other curiously.
After all, before this, no dynasty had ever levied taxes on merchants.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince, if we levy taxes on merchants, will it cause a wave of closing down?”
"Moreover, most of the merchants are concentrated in the city. Their numbers are limited. Even if they collect taxes, I'm afraid they won't be able to collect much!”
"Just relying on merchants to pay taxes, in the long run, I'm worried that the treasury will still be unable to continue?”
Feng Jie, Li Si, and the others voiced their doubts.
"Therefore, not only do we have to collect taxes from merchants, but we also have to think of ways to develop our businesses!”
"First of all, we must create an atmosphere that values business and raise the social status of merchants!”
" For example, every year, ten major tax collectors will be selected from each county in the country. Then, they will take turns to enter the palace to be received by Father and receive an honorary imperial edict!”
"In addition, merchants can spend money to buy the title of Lord bestowed by Father, but they don't receive a salary and have no real power!”
"Wait…!"
Ying Ziye talked about a lot of business development measures, and Li Si and the others nodded repeatedly.
These methods were too brilliant!
Just a single imperial edict was enough to make those merchants compete to pay taxes!
This was because these imperial edicts were the greatest honor and protection for those merchants!
As long as there was an imperial edict, the local officials would not dare to charge recklessly!
Not only that, it was very difficult for ordinary people to see the true appearance of the True Dragon Son of Heaven!
Such a good opportunity to meet the emperor, those merchants would definitely try their best to squeeze in.
Also, spending money to buy a Lord was also a good way to fill the treasury!
In any case, it did not cost the court any salary, nor did it have any real power. It was only a title of Lord.
It could be said to be a huge profit!
"Alright!"
"Go back and study it carefully. Come up with a detailed plan and report it to me!”
Ying Ziye had only given them a blueprint, and the rest was for them to formulate a detailed tax policy based on the actual situation!
However, this wasn't something that Ying Ziye should worry about!
Otherwise, what was the point of having these officials?
"Yes, sir!"
The ministers cupped their hands and were about to leave.
Suddenly, Li Si thought of something and quickly said,""By the way, Your Highness, after the land reform, many noble families were raided. Every day, an endless stream of gold was transported back to Xianyang.”
"This treasury is about to be filled up. Should we expand it?”
He actually had the intention of taking credit!
As an old fox, other than doing things silently, he had to think of a way to let the Emperor and the Crown Prince know of his contributions!
Otherwise, wouldn't all these contributions be in vain?
"Good!"
"Well done!"
Sure enough, when he heard that the treasury was full, Ying Ziye was very happy, and couldn't help but shout out loud!
In an instant, the ministers who had received the Crown Prince's praise suddenly felt that their previous night's hard work was worth it!
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