After sending Li Gang away, Li Yuanji ordered people to summon Su Dingfang into the Tai Chi Palace.
Li Gang had already set the tone and it was hard for him to refute, so he could only call Su Dingfang into the palace to scold him and put on a show for Mr. Li.
After all, Mr. Li is a veteran of two dynasties and is very famous in the court and among scholars, so he should still be given the face he deserves.
It was already evening when Liu Jun and his people rushed to Su Dingfang's house and brought Su Dingfang into the palace.
The sky was extremely gloomy, with heavy black clouds forming a dark wave of clouds on the horizon, and the sky was extremely dark.
It seems like it's going to rain.
So Li Yuanji met Su Dingfang in the Guanyu Pavilion of Wude Hall.
"Your Majesty, Su Dingfang, meets His Highness..."
After Su Dingfang arrived in front of the pavilion, he did not rush to enter the pavilion, but stood at the entrance of the pavilion and bowed respectfully.
In recent days, many people have hosted banquets for Su Dingfang, so Su Dingfang looked richer than before, and he also had a touch of wealth and nobility. Even though he was wearing a simple white robe, he could not hide his nobility.
At first glance, he looks like a wealthy man with a lot of money in his hands.
"come in!"
Li Yuanji pointed to the high couch not far in front of him.
The reason why I sit on the couch is to avoid sitting directly on the cushion and being contaminated by the moisture of late autumn.
The high couch is made of a log, more than a foot high, with a hollow center and flat edges. It is covered with a thick layer of soft cushions. It looks like a square pier, but is actually much larger than the pier.
People can not only sit on it with their legs hanging down, but also cross-legged or kneel on it.
In front of the high couch is a high table with a stove, a kettle, a tea cup, and tea cups, as well as wooden boxes, porcelain vases, gold pots, and silver plates for various teas.
Looking at the miscellaneous crowds, it seems very tedious, but in fact it is very particular.
Different tea leaves must be presented in different utensils, and must be brewed with different water and tea sets.
This means that Li Yuanji doesn't like to drink tea in soup, grind the tea into foam, add all kinds of weird things in it, and stir up the foam to drink, otherwise, there will be more stuff.
After Su Dingfang bowed and thanked him, he walked into the pavilion with small steps, took off his boots on the edge of the carpet laid in the pavilion, and knelt down on the high couch.
He did not have his legs hanging down on the edge of the high couch, nor did he sit cross-legged on the high couch.
Because the former is not dignified enough, and the latter he is not qualified for.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were people who could sit in front of Li Yuanji as they pleased, but this obviously did not include Su Dingfang.
After Li Yuanji poured a cup of scented tea for Su Dingfang, he said as Su Dingfang respectfully thanked him, "Are you making too much noise?"
Su Dingfang is not only responsible for selling tickets, Li Xiaogong is also involved.
It was also because of Li Xiaogong's participation that the ticket sales became a big deal and everyone knew about it.
According to Li Yuanji's original idea, he was planning to make a fortune quietly.
But now, this matter seems to have developed into a major event in which all the nobles and representatives of all the wealthy families are involved.
And there is a trend that is getting out of control.
Otherwise, Li Gang would not stare at him and teach Su Dingfang a lesson no matter what.
In the eyes of Li Gang, and even most officials in the Tang Dynasty, agriculture was the most important matter of the country, and commerce was only secondary.
If the powerful people in the DPRK and most of the officials in the DPRK plunge headlong into business, then regardless of whether they are right or wrong, they must be suppressed and taught a lesson.
In the language of the scene, it is to guard against the slightest change.
Prevent officials and powerful people from competing with the people for profit and affecting the commercial balance when they have a lot of resources and a lot of power.
It also prevents people like Lu Buwei from appearing when business is prosperous and everyone talks about business, and there are many things that challenge etiquette and morality.
Businessmen value profit over separation. This is the consensus of all wise people in this era.
In the eyes of knowledgeable people, businessmen don't even care about parting, but only care about profits, which means that business will corrode people's hearts, corrode people's hearts, and make everyone compete for profit and everyone talk about profit.
The final result is moral corruption, the collapse of rituals and music, everything can be sold, and everything can be exchanged for money.
Such as official titles, reputation, and feelings.
This is not what people of insight want to see, so as the spokesperson of people of insight in the court, Li Gang will definitely take action to the end if he discovers this sign.
Li Yuanji also knew what would happen after commerce developed and overtook farmers and workers.
But he also knew that only commerce could drive the development of Datang, allowing Datang to accumulate more power in a very short period of time, and then complete greater achievements than in history.
So he has been subtly guiding and developing business.
I just didn't expect that the benefits of water transportation and sea transportation would be so attractive, and that unreliable guy Li Xiaogong would play such a big role.
As a result, this matter has developed so far that it has attracted everyone's attention, aroused many people's greed, and also aroused many people's vigilance.
It is basically impossible to reduce the impact of this incident now.
So we can only reprimand Su Dingfang first, play a scene with Su Dingfang, and push Li Gang down first.
As for the rest, we can only wait until this matter comes to an end and slowly eliminate it through time. No matter how big the matter is, as long as the dust settles, the impact can be weakened and digested over a long period of time.
After all, people cannot go back to the past, they can only look forward and move forward.
In the process of walking, time will wash away everything.
Faced with this question, Su Ding picked up the tea cup and tasted it briefly, then said with a bitter look on his face: "I wanted to do it quietly at the beginning, but since the King of Hejian got involved, he took us for half a year.
After the profits made through water and sea transportation were exposed, everything became out of control.
Many people I know and don't know have found my way through various channels.
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After Zai Chen met two or three people and revealed something, everyone swarmed to the door.
It's okay if I see you, but if you don't see me, they will stay at the door of the house and even block you in places where I often go.
Now the share of water transportation and sea transportation has been determined, and there is a steady stream of people coming to visit us."
What Su Dingfang said can be summed up in one sentence. He had been stabbed in the back by Li Xiaogong and became incapable of controlling himself.
He didn't have to see some people who were not as good as him in official rank and didn't have a strong background.
But there was no way he could avoid seeing those who had the same rank as him, or even higher than him, and people with great backgrounds.
Li Yuanji frowned and asked: "Today, how much have you sold for more than a dozen tickets?"
Su Dingfang hurriedly said: "A total of 6.4 million stones of grain were sold. In addition, 10% of the total amount of goods transported by each family must be converted into grain and handed over to us. During the process of transporting goods, each family
In the meantime, some ships must be freed up to help us transport food. The exact amount depends on the value of the goods they transport.
The higher the value, the more food can be transported."
Li Yuanji's brows suddenly furrowed even more tightly.
You might say that the Tang Dynasty was poor. For a ticket for water transportation and sea transportation, those dignitaries and wealthy families could actually spend 6.4 million shi of food in one go.
This amount of food was enough for Datang to launch a war to destroy the country.
You can tell me that the Tang Dynasty was rich. When they were fighting against the Turks, they had to borrow 100,000 shi of food from here and there.
When co-authoring is profitable, Datang will get whatever it wants. When it is unprofitable, Datang will get whatever it wants.
It seems that only the Li family and other small families attached to the big tree of the Li family care about the life and death of the Tang Dynasty?
Don’t you care about other wealthy families?
How unpleasant!
It is no wonder that the three emperors Li Shimin, Li Zhi, and Wu Zetian in history tried every means to weaken the strength of these wealthy families, and even eradicated some of them completely.
"You didn't come up with these things, did you? It was the man named Shen Sanlang who lived in your house who came up with it, right?"
Li Yuanji stared at Su Dingfang and asked.
With Su Dingfang's business acumen, he would never have come up with the idea of linking the share of food delivered to the value of the goods delivered.
After all, the current commercial tax in the Tang Dynasty is 10% off thirty, and the other party agreed to use 10% of the total amount of transported goods in grain to offset the tax, which is equivalent to paying three times the tax.
In this case, Su Dingfang could not further squeeze the other party's interests.
Because this is inconsistent with tax laws, it also means exploiting the other party.
With Su Dingfang's temperament, it was impossible to make more excessive demands.
So this idea must have been thought up by someone else and executed by Su Dingfang.
And this person must know how to do business, and he also knows how much profit each family can get after making a fortune through water transportation and sea transportation, so he will try his best to help Datang to gain more benefits.
Although it is somewhat illegal, from a superficial point of view, it also means to exploit each family.
But this is the way a businessman should think when doing business.
Squeeze the other party's profits as much as possible and strive for more benefits for yourself.
As for whether it is illegal or not, we will wait until someone asks or investigates.
Anyway, striving for the greatest benefit for yourself is the most important, and business law is secondary.
Su Dingfang was stunned, and said truthfully with some embarrassment: "Sanlang Shen helped me come up with it. Isn't that too harsh?"
"harsh?"
Li Yuanji said angrily and funny: "It's not harsh at all, it can even be a little more excessive."
Su Dingfang was stunned for a moment.
Li Yuanji explained: "Our current tax law in the Tang Dynasty is not perfect. One in thirty is reasonable for small businessmen, but for big businessmen, it is just a drop in the bucket.
Therefore, we have to use one tax law for small businessmen and hawkers, and another tax law for large businessmen and merchants.
If everyone is treated equally, small businessmen and hawkers may not be able to do anything, but big businessmen and merchants will make a lot of money.
We can allow them to make money, but we cannot allow them to make huge profits.
This is extremely detrimental to me, Datang."
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