Seeing the confused expressions on the faces of the young men, the prince couldn't help but shook his head, thinking that they were still young and very whimsical.
The first thing that came to Man Bao's mind was, could it be that the idea they had racked their brains for for a month was useless?
Not to mention her, even Bai Shan was shocked and his eyes were almost red, "So the method of prohibiting the official's immediate family members from doing business in the jurisdiction can no longer be used?"
The prince raised his eyebrows upon hearing this and asked, "Who came up with this idea?"
Bai Shan said angrily: "The three of us thought it up randomly."
Seeing their depressed expressions, the prince couldn't help but smile and asked, "Didn't it take a lot of effort?"
Bai Shan didn't want to show weakness, so he said, "It's not very strenuous."
Seeing his insincere expression, the prince smiled and said: "This method sounds good and has some effect, but aren't you officials yourself? I remember that you have a lot of property in your own family, right?"
Why are you so desperate to come up with such a way to embarrass yourself?
Bai Shan said matter-of-factly: "Because this is the best for the people and the court."
The prince raised his eyebrows and looked at him. After a moment, he turned to look at Zhou Man and suddenly laughed and said, "I remember, Master Zhuang is your teacher?"
The three of them nodded together.
The prince smiled and said, "You and your teacher are quite similar."
The three of them became happy when they saw the prince's smiling face and waited excitedly for his comments.
Bai Shan thought: Is it wisdom?
Man Bao thought: It must be wisdom, right?
Bai Erlang checked everything in his mind, who is kind-hearted, smart and wise...
The prince thought to himself: It's so naive.
However, he did not say it out loud. Instead, he nodded to the three of them and asked: "Besides this method, what other methods have you come up with?"
Bai Shan spoke on behalf of the three people, "It is best to stipulate that it is relatives within three generations. For the wife's family, it can be relaxed to two generations. In addition, the Ministry of Household Affairs must also strictly determine taxes to reduce tax evasion. This can be curbed to some extent.
The behavior of some officials doing business.”
The prince then asked: "How to determine it?"
He looked at Liu Huan, who was sitting next to him, and asked with a smile, "Do you expect the Minister of Household Affairs? Ask Liu Huan if his grandfather would offend the civil and military officials of the court for a little tax?"
Bai Shandao: "Don't offend the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty, like Mr. Wei..."
"Wei Zhi is a special case," the prince interrupted him directly. "In the civil and military dynasties, except for Wei Zhi who really rented out his shop to collect rent, who really lived by collecting rent and salary?"
"You have been in and out of many princes' houses, right?"
Manbao Baishan and Bai Erlang nodded together.
"Have you ever seen anyone whose family is similar to the Wei family?"
The three of them were speechless for a moment.
Let’s not talk about the Duke’s Mansion. Like Wei Zhi, it is a Hou Mansion. In addition to the Yang He calligrapher family, there is also the Yin or family.
The Yang family is still a big family, and the Wei family and the Yin family are not comparable, but in terms of family background, the Wei family and the Yin family should be almost the same.
"Wei Zhi only lives in a house where the mistress enters. His wife and daughter have to cook and work. Whose house is like his?" The prince looked at Chang Yu and said: "Your marriage to Wei Yu is about to be settled.
, you should know all this, right?"
Chang Yu lowered his head.
Of course she knew it. It was precisely because she knew that she planned to live in the princess's mansion in the future. The expenses of the princess's mansion could not be relied on by her husband's family, she could only maintain it by herself, so she wanted to do something to make money.
invest.
But her little plan actually led to this meeting. It was nothing, she even attracted the prince's brother, and then ate the steamed pork that she had been thinking about for a long time.
Chang Yu thought about the piece of meat he just ate, and he still wanted to eat it.
The prince didn't know what she was thinking. When he saw her lowering her head, he thought she was not happy with the marriage, so he simply stopped poking at her sadness and turned to Bai Shan and said, "Even if Tobe has the intention, he is powerless. Many things are not possible."
It cannot be taken seriously. For example, if a long-term businessman brings a bunch of pearls into the city, he will need to pay a tax of ten to one. If a businessman who does not live in the city brings a handful of pearls into the city, he will need to pay a tax of thirty to one."
Seeing that they were listening attentively, the prince smiled slyly and asked: "Then if Gu's disciples brought pearls into the city and said that the pearls were dedicated to Gu and not for sale, what would happen to your city gate officials and household officials?
tidy?"
Not only Manbao and Baishan Baierlang, but also Mingda and Princess Changyu opened their mouths.
Only the well-informed Yin You and Liu Huan looked indifferent, thinking that this was not common sense?
Man Bao swallowed his saliva and asked in disbelief: "Really, can you still do this?"
The prince said: "Of course, not only Gu's disciples will do that, but also the officials, wealthy families themselves, relatives and servants will do the same."
How can the city gate officials and the Ministry of Revenue collect taxes on the luggage that is said to belong to one’s own family?
Even the most sincere people can't keep staring at other people's things.
Most of the valuable things will be transported back to the house, and then slowly look for opportunities to sell them, either as gifts or bartered with others. The Ministry of Household Affairs has no control over these things.
Man Bao was stunned. She accidentally brought up the distant memory of her childhood. "I remembered that when Fu Erfu left our Luojiang County with Magistrate Fu, she brought specialties from all ages with her. I seemed to have heard of someone.
I mentioned it and said that County Magistrate Fu couldn't afford to drive back to Beijing empty-handed, so he planned to bring some specialties to Beijing, but he couldn't send them out, so he could still sell them to earn some traveling expenses."
The prince nodded, but he felt that the county magistrate named Fu was too petty and only wanted to earn travel expenses.
Bai Shan murmured: "No wonder after we handed in our homework, my husband only said that we had good intentions, but that we didn't think carefully enough and were not reasonable enough. He asked us to think again..."
The prince smiled and said, "Then you can continue to think about it."
But he thinks it's difficult to make improvements. Who doesn't like money?
Bai Shan also said: "Profits are the most touching thing in people's hearts. There is a book that says that benefits can arouse people's greed. As long as the benefits are big enough, they will dare to trample on morals and laws, even if they have to pay for it.
life."
Manbao said weakly: "I don't dare, I'm afraid of death."
No matter how much money you have, you must have the life to spend it. Manbao turned to Bai Shan and said, "Don't take bribes and bend the law in the future. I don't want to have my house confiscated. In fact, I just need enough money to spend."
Bai Shan nodded, "Don't worry, unless you are wronged, I won't let you have my house confiscated with me."
Everyone:......
The prince gritted his teeth and was too lazy to pay attention to their innocent words and thoughts. He stood up and said directly: "Let's play until dark and break up. You are still so young, so stop thinking about these things."
After saying that, he turned around and left.
Everyone quickly stood up and saluted him. When the prince disappeared, everyone turned back to look at the two empty bowls on the table, and Man Bao sighed.
Chang Yu sighed even more than she did, so she just ate one piece, one piece!
The prince went directly back to find the princess for dinner.
As expected, the Crown Princess was waiting for the Prince. It was time for dinner. Since the Prince came back and didn't ask her to eat first, she naturally had to wait for him.
Seeing him, the Crown Princess smiled and asked, "Why did Your Highness think of eating steamed pork today?"