According to Li Jia's analysis, the population ruled by the Tang Dynasty was only 12 million, but there were Wu Yue, Goryeo, Bohai, and the Maritime Silk Road.

So, in fact, the population covered by commercial volume exceeds 20 million, so there is only 18 million guan of commercial tax a year.

This is indeed a number worth writing about, but it still has not reached its peak compared to the pre-Tang Dynasty.

During the Xianzong period in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, although the feudal vassals were forced to surrender, the north was actually not under the jurisdiction of the court, so naturally there was no tax collection. The real jurisdiction was the same as that of Li Jia's rule.

During the Yuanhe period when he ruled, the two taxes and commercial taxes were levied, which was only one-third of the local government paid, but now it pays 70%.

If the former Tang Dynasty had the current situation, the fiscal budget would actually double, at least 60 million yuan.

The task is a long way to go!

However, compared with the Song State, although it cannot be defeated by force, it is a financial crush.

Not to mention other things, nearly one-third of the places in the Northern Song Dynasty were vassal states, and only one-third of the tax was paid. In addition, the local areas were destroyed and the vassal states were levied and levy. The total of the two taxes in the spring and autumn of the year, copper coins, silver, silk, grain, rice, and grass was only more than six million qian.

This was the result of taking back Huainan. Of course, after the three years of conquest and military disaster in the next week, and after Li Chongjin's uprising, Li Jia plundered hundreds of thousands of people, but he still provided millions of taxes and nearly one million chunk of salt taxes every year.

Huainan is almost one-third of the Northern Song Dynasty's income.

Of course, if it reduces the vassal states, unifies business, and reduces taxes for tens of millions in a year, it will be fine.

Nowadays, the taxes in the Tang Dynasty are several times more than that.

Li Jia thought that the current rule is still quite shallow and has not yet been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. With the existence of Wu and Yue, it is indeed difficult to surpass the Yuan and Yuan dynasties.

Therefore, it is urgent to continue to reform taxes.

He was about to speak when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Sun Zhao and others walking around, obviously preparing to speak.

"Report to Your Majesty, I have carefully investigated the tax collection of the Transportation Office, and found that the tax rates in some places are really too low. If it is increased a little, the commercial tax will definitely exceed a lot!"

Sun Zhao stood up and said in a deep voice.

"Oh? Let's talk about it carefully!" Li Jia became interested and sat and listened.

"For example, pearls, agate, ivory, etc., they are taxed and only one in ten taxes, which is simply too cheap. Moreover, the resumption of the state is the time of thrift and thrift. How can we live a luxury? I ask your Majesty to clarify the taxes, and may increase them to five taxes or one in three taxes!"

"This is reasonable!" Li Jia nodded and said, "How can such a tempting thing be circulated too widely? Just as your family said, it should be increased to five taxes and one!"

"In addition, I found that sugar cane sugar is popular in the three Lingnan prefectures. Sugar can be made in hundreds of pounds, which is huge profits. The tax is too low and it must be increased!"

Hearing this, Li Jia couldn't help but feel silent.

As the rise of the sugar industry was originally promoted by Shaofu Temple. Sugar is a luxury product. It has worked tirelessly to promote the development of the private sugar industry and allow it to make brown sugar on a large scale. Shaofu Temple purchased brown sugar and then made white sugar. Whether in China, Khitan or Northern Song Dynasty, it made great profits.

Conservatively estimated that sugar can be at least a million-dollar business a year.

Brown sugar is also a scale of two to three million yuan, and it is still expanding. The court naturally refused to let go of this tax, and did not want to continue to lower the tax.

This is the second largest business in Shaofu Temple after the Maritime Bureau. How could it be easily released? Li Jia naturally refused.

However, he is the emperor after all, and both the inner warehouse and the Ministry of Revenue are his own, just making the user department less convenient than the inner warehouse, but it cannot be ignored too much.

After looking at the many silent prime ministers, it was obvious that everyone had reached a tacit understanding for the sake of the court. After weighing the pros and cons, Li Jia spoke:

"In this way, just one tax for ten!"

Immediately, he added: "The sugar production industry involves Taizhong. There are tens of thousands of people engaged in it in Lingnan. How can the court invade people's wealth? The monopoly matter cannot be mentioned again!"

"Here!" The prime ministers sang in unison. Obviously, they also knew that it was too much to directly plunder the emperor's money bag. It was already very good to be able to pull out some fur.

To some extent, it is a compromise!

However, when Li Jia looked at it, he felt that it was possible that he had earned too much money from selling mines before, and the court was quite jealous, but this was owned by the emperor, so it was naturally not the turn of its expansion of commercial tax.

So everyone had to focus on sugar tax, because this was a legitimate thing and the emperor would definitely compromise.

If this was the target of the scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty, the emperor would definitely have to vomit it out. After all, if he ruled with the scholars and officials, he would not dare to be open and upright in the Ming Dynasty, but just silently excluded him.

For Li Jia, this is just taking the left pocket to the right pocket. With more money in the court, it will naturally support his ambitions.

After discussing the sugar tax, the prime ministers relaxed a lot. After all, if this matter is not good, offending the emperor is no different from being able to pull out the teeth of the tiger.

"I am willing to depose the land tax and household tax!" Li Jia chuckled and said.

"Your Majesty, it's fine if household tax, but the local tax is where the charity warehouse is located, so you must not be dismissed!"

Zhao Cheng said sincerely.

"The same is true for me!" Several prime ministers were moved and said in unison. Conservatively, white sugar must be at least a million-yuan business a year.

Brown sugar is also a scale of two to three million yuan, and it is still expanding. The court naturally refused to let go of this tax, and did not want to continue to lower the tax.

This is the second largest business in Shaofu Temple after the Maritime Bureau. How could it be easily released? Li Jia naturally refused.

However, he is the emperor after all, and both the inner warehouse and the Ministry of Revenue are his own, just making the user department less convenient than the inner warehouse, but it cannot be ignored too much.

After looking at the many silent prime ministers, it was obvious that everyone had reached a tacit understanding for the sake of the court. After weighing the pros and cons, Li Jia spoke:

"In this way, just one tax for ten!"

Immediately, he added: "The sugar production industry involves Taizhong. There are tens of thousands of people engaged in it in Lingnan. How can the court invade people's wealth? The monopoly matter cannot be mentioned again!"

"Here!" The prime ministers sang in unison. Obviously, they also knew that it was too much to directly plunder the emperor's money bag. It was already very good to be able to pull out some fur.

To some extent, it is a compromise!

However, when Li Jia looked at it, he felt that it was possible that he had earned too much money from selling mines before, and the court was quite jealous, but this was owned by the emperor, so it was naturally not the turn of its expansion of commercial tax.

So everyone had to focus on sugar tax, because this was a legitimate thing and the emperor would definitely compromise.

If this was the target of the scholars and officials in the Song Dynasty, the emperor would definitely have to vomit it out. After all, if he ruled with the scholars and officials, he would not dare to be open and upright in the Ming Dynasty, but just silently excluded him.
Chapter completed!