Chapter 931 Taxes, crabs, and shortage of manpower
As an old couple for many years (actually only a few years), Li Mingda and Murong Xue's words and actual actions are often the opposite.
As for the big pig’s hooves?
No
Everyone is very familiar with it. It is normal for Li Mingda to take advantage. In the end, it is really hard to say who takes advantage of whom.
After a while of fun and exploration, dinner was still Li Mingda’s favorite skewers.
Big kidneys are a staple food
There are also some live seafood, mainly crabs and octopus. Since there is no real ocean fishing, most of these are picked up from the beach.
Seafood appeared in Chang'an City of the Tang Dynasty, naturally as high-end ingredients, with prices comparable to gold and silver.
The only people who could afford it were the top nobles of the Tang Dynasty and the businessmen who had made a lot of money following Li Mingda's policies in the past few years.
Regardless of Li Mingda's tax adjustment, the taxes on some luxury goods have doubled, but the impact on their industry is not great.
After all, as luxury goods and special industries, they do not rely on ordinary people to make a living. Those wealthy people should still go there. As for ordinary people, they would go there for shopping.
Only some middle-class people have been affected to some extent. They need to consider their own income and expenditure issues, because every time their luxury consumption has caused a considerable burden on their families.
Some smart people or those who are not very well-off naturally choose to give up this area and store the money or use it to improve the quality of family life.
The quality of family life has improved, and the family atmosphere has become much more harmonious and harmonious. Family harmony and disputes have naturally been reduced, which has also indirectly promoted the harmonious and stable development of Datang society.
Of course, there are all kinds of birds in the woods, and pigs in any pigsty. Some people were very angry by cursing at Li Mingda’s Zeng Ce. Very few people knew about the scolding behind his back, but these people would occasionally go out.
They fell to the ground, bird droppings fell from the sky, they were accidentally splashed with dirty water, and some even choked to death after drinking cold water.
As for why this is the case, some neighbors think they deserve to die. As the saying goes, if the mountains are not high, there will be immortals, and if the water is not deep, there will be dragons. Not to mention that His Majesty the Holy Emperor Mingzun was a princess before.
Your Majesty, the Holy Emperor, is a living god. Isn’t it normal for you to call a god unlucky?
Some people, feeling that something is wrong, will take out some money and go to the Mingzun Holy Sect headquarters to pray for forgiveness, etc., under the persuasion of family members or neighbors.
As for the result, it is better than before. I broke my leg when I went out and sprained my ankle. As for this result, it is better than a broken leg. As for completely eliminating these bad luck, they themselves don’t know.
The missionary came to ask, and it was a good thing that the missionary knew the reason and did not hang them up and whip them on the spot.
As for helping them get rid of them, just dream about it.
The Tang Dynasty had a population of more than 10 million. In addition to Li Mingda's conquests over the years, annexing Tubo, South Asia and the grasslands, the population was heading towards 20 million.
As the population increased, there were more things to do. The workload of the Tang Dynasty's cabinet was increasing every day. Li Mingda was a sensible person and knew that this was not something that an emperor could do. So no matter what Fang Xuanling said, Li Mingda would
I firmly disagree with going down there to help myself.
The resentful look in Fang Xuanling's eyes made Yu Xiaoqian standing beside him feel hairy. After all, he was also the founding father and a powerful figure at the pinnacle level of the Tang Dynasty.
It's like being a little lady who feels aggrieved, right?
Yu Xiaoqian recalled the memorials piled up on the second floor and the trainees who were getting busy. It would be better for him to be the general manager of the palace. He only needs to serve his little ancestor, His Majesty Mingzun, the Holy Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
If the daily work of the palace is well managed, as for other military and state affairs, I will not have to worry about it.
Furthermore, His Majesty the Holy Emperor Mingzun would also allow himself to participate in such things. Times have changed, and if he can't keep up, according to His Majesty the Holy Emperor Mingzun, he will be a loser.
The green sea crabs on the charcoal fire are slowly turning red, and the bubbles in the mouth are heated sea water. Under the special charcoal fire of bamboo charcoal, the taste is even more tempting.
Wiping the corners of his mouth, Li Mingda glanced at Fang Xuanling who refused to leave, thought for a while and said to Fang Xuanling: "Old Fang, it's hard to look at you. I'll give you one of these crabs later."
"Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty, but I still insist on increasing the number of cabinet members."
Although the crab tastes really good, Fang Xuanling gritted his teeth and insisted on his opinion. After all, crabs are delicious, especially fresh ones. But if he doesn't insist, what will he do with the following more and more memorials?
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Now the Tang Dynasty's court is not like before. If the people below are trying to cause trouble for the emperor, they only need to bring up all the messy memorials and make the emperor lie down from exhaustion.
After all, I asked you to read a classical Chinese text with a few hundred words of poems and songs. In fact, what you wrote was that the weather was good and the county magistrate caught two thieves in the territory. It is strange that you wasted more than ten minutes and was not tired.
Nowadays, the text on the cylinder should be concise and clear in vernacular. Li Mingda can read it in one second after opening it, plus there are so many secretaries, hahaha.
It's good to have a secretary
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"Lao Fang, I'll give you another one, it's doubled."
Li Mingda casually handed a nearly ripe crab that Murong Xue had been staring at for a long time to Fang Xuanling. Fang Xuanling took it with both hands and put it on the table in front of him.
hot
The emperor is a reward. If you don't hold it carefully, you will definitely be said to be contemptuous of the imperial power. There is not so much nonsense here in Li Mingda. You can do whatever you want. If you have encountered anyone who is petty or deliberately looking for trouble, this minister will most likely want to do it.
cold.
Murong Xue pouted and looked at Li Mingda with a resentful look: "Gouzi, my crab."
"Hey, there's still a lot in the box. Let's give it to my old man first. I've been working so hard for so long, so I deserve something delicious."
"Okay, I'll take three."
"The remaining twenty in that row are mine."
"What, no, I'll eat ten of them"
"Oh, then the next pot of fifty will be mine."
"Hey, I don't want to trick people like you..."
Fang Xuanling knew that Li Mingda had always been bad, especially when he occasionally bullied Murong Xue. As a minister, he should not look at things he should not see, say things he should not say, and eat and drink things he should eat and drink.
After slowly destroying the two crabs, Fang Xuanling washed his hands with the help of the maid at the side. After cleaning up, he saluted Li Mingda: "Thank you for the reward, Your Majesty. I am waiting for your imperial edict."
Fang Xuanling left, and Murong Xue had a crab leg in her mouth, gnawing at it while taunting Li Mingda: "You bitch, stop being so rude, hurry up and recruit talents, why don't you go back and make old Fang lie down when you are tired?"
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"It's not hard to be a wife, but it's natural to recruit people. It's not difficult to do it."
"How to fix it"
"you guess"
Chapter completed!