Zhao Xuanji frowned immediately after hearing this.
When normal people hear that the court wants to get more money, their first thought is that the court wants to increase taxes.
Because the imperial court's largest and only source of finance is national taxation.
Since the court thinks it is making less money now, isn't it just an increase in taxes?
But then Zhao Xuanji felt that it was impossible.
Now, when natural disasters hit all parts of the country and people are displaced everywhere, under normal logic, the government cannot provide disaster relief. Taxes have been reduced and reduced again and again, so how can it still increase the tax burden.
This is a stupid move to directly force the people to rebel.
According to his understanding of Li Chen, Li Chen is definitely not the kind of fool who can't see the situation clearly and kills the goose to get the egg.
Before Zhao Xuanji could think about it carefully, Li Chen seemed to be able to see through what he was thinking, and continued: "But it is impossible to increase taxes. Now the people are living in poverty. It is not an exaggeration to say that the people are living in dire straits. At this time, if the imperial court increases
Taxation is equivalent to the government forcing the people to rebel, which will cause big troubles."
It is not impossible to raise taxes.
For example, business tax.
The common people lived a miserable life, but the big businessmen and big landowners still had a very comfortable life.
But right now, it's not the time to move this big force.
Li Chen thought so in his heart and kept talking.
"I want to be in charge of the household department, and the imperial court will open the treasury and set up banks all over the country to attract businessmen, landlords, common people, and people from all over the world to deposit their excess money in banks."
"By then, the bank will have a huge cash flow that no one dares to imagine. How many things can the court do when it gets hold of this money?"
Listening to Li Chen's narration, Zhao Xuanji couldn't help but have a look of astonishment on his face.
To be able to shock this old fox who had truly become a spirit, you can imagine how much impact Li Chen's proposal had on him.
Zhao Xuanji could not connect the imperial court and the bank in any way, and in his opinion, it was completely unreasonable for the imperial court to open a bank when doing business.
"Your Highness!"
Zhao Xuanji interrupted Li Chen's words. He raised his hands and said with a serious expression: "The imperial court assists the emperor in royal affairs, governs the world, and educates the people. It is the core of the government organization of our Great Qin Empire. How can we do business?"
"Scholars, farmers, industry and merchants are the most humble, and yellow and white things have always been the most despised and despised by us scholars."
"Although we must find ways to solve the emptiness of the national treasury, we must not demean ourselves."
"I also ask Your Highness to take back your order, otherwise once this matter comes out, not only the civil and military officials in the court will be in an uproar, but also all the scholars in the world will be chilled."
Seeing Zhao Xuanji's fierce reaction, Li Chen's expression turned cold.
"Business is the meanest thing? I would like to ask Mr. Ge, what are the so-called dignitaries all over the country in the Qin Empire? After your lord, counting up to 360 years, who are the first generation ancestors of each family to become successful?
identity?"
Without waiting for Zhao Xuanji to speak, Li Chen asked and answered: "Let me talk about my ancestors first, the ancestor Emperor Taizu of the Qin Dynasty. He was born as a poor peasant. Later he worked as a beggar on the street, and then became a monk. He also became a monk.
Having been a bandit, it can be said that the most humble person in the world is Emperor Taizu."
"At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, in order to reward the founding fathers of the country, Emperor Taizu selected the thirty-six founding fathers with the most outstanding merits and included them in the roster of Lingyan Pavilion. Of the thirty-six founders of Lingyan Pavilion, only three of them were the first
He was born into a noble family in the imperial dynasty, and the other thirty-three people were fishermen, woodcutters, porters, and hawkers. He was the first chief minister of the cabinet of the Qin Empire, and the second most civil servant in the Lingyan Pavilion. He was a charlatan and a charlatan.
