webnovelvip Chapter 403 Miss Yu is not popular?
Chapter 403 Miss Yu is not popular?
Chapter 403 Miss Yu is not popular?
Lin Xuan thought for a while and said: "The 500 million guan must be transported to Chang'an before the year. If it cannot be done, I can only ask His Majesty to arbitrate."
There is still more than a month before the Chinese New Year, and there is enough time.
"Okay, there is no problem at all years ago." Cui Hao said.
After talking about this, Lin Xuan bid farewell, and Cui Yuxiu personally sent Lin Xuan out.
"Master Hou, you really dug a big hole for me." Cui Yuxiu said.
She was the one who contacted Lin Xuan at the beginning, but now that the family has lost so much money, many members of the Cui family already have opinions on her.
Although Cui Lingdao made the final decision, who would dare to blame Cui Lingdao?
"Miss Cui was joking. It was the Cui family who broke the contract. How can I say that I dug a hole for you? Besides, although 500 million guan is a lot, it is nothing to the Cui family, right?" Lin Xuan said lightly.
He did go to Cui's house with a plan in mind, but he didn't feel any guilt towards Cui Yuxiu.
It has been so long, if the Cui family wanted to hold Cui Yuxiu accountable, she would have been recalled to the family long ago.
"Miss Cui, I have something else to do. I'm leaving first. Thank you for sending me off." Lin Xuan didn't want to talk nonsense with her, so he got on his horse and left under the guard of his own soldiers.
Cui Yuxiu watched Lin Xuan leave with a somewhat resentful expression.
"Master Hou, I feel that Miss Cui's family is interested in you. That's a girl with five surnames. Master Hou might as well take her." Cao Hu said.
After following Lin Xuan for a while, they already understood Lin Xuan's temper, they were not as restrained as they were at the beginning, and even dared to joke with Lin Xuan.
Lin Xuan was a little speechless when he heard the words, you are still a bachelor, but you are pretending to be a lover.
Zhang Dayong said: "Don't talk nonsense, Lord Hou will soon be a son-in-law. If it gets to the princess' ears, do you still want to marry the princess' maid?"
Marry the princess' maid?
Lin Xuan was taken aback and asked, "What do you mean?"
Cao Hu hurriedly winked at Zhang Dayong, but Zhang Dayong didn't look at him at all, and said: "Back to Lord Hou, Cao Hu told me before that after Lord Hou married the princess, he wanted to ask for a favor from Lord Hou, can you marry the princess as a servant?" Betroth one to him."
Cao Hu quickly said: "Master Hou, what I'm talking about is just ordinary maids, not the princess's personal maids."
The personal maids are usually maids, and he was afraid that Lin Xuan would misunderstand.
Lin Xuan waved his hand and asked in surprise, "Why do you think of marrying the princess' maid?"
When Li Lizhi gets married, she will definitely marry many maids and servants, so it's nothing to betroth one to Cao Hu.
It was not Lin Xuan who arranged the marriage, but those servants who were prostitutes, and the master had the obligation to arrange marriages for them.
Normally speaking, slaves are matched among slaves.
The children they gave birth to are still the servants of the Lin family, which is why there are many loyal servants in those big families.
Everything about those servants is in the hands of the master, so they are naturally loyal.
Cao Hu chuckled, and said with some embarrassment: "I heard that the maids in the palace are no worse than the ladies of some rich families in terms of appearance and education."
This is true, the maids in the palace are all carefully selected, not to mention all of them are stunning, but there must be no ugly ones.
They usually serve noble people, and their etiquette is impeccable.
"You are smart. I will ask the princess to choose a beautiful one for you." Lin Xuan laughed.
"Thank you, Lord Hou." Cao Hu thanked.
Zhang Dayong said with some embarrassment: "Master Hou, can you give me one."
"It's okay to betroth to you, but I remember that Guo Lanhua intends to marry his granddaughter to one of you. Guo Caiyue seems to be not bad, right? You don't like it?" Lin Xuan asked.
Zhang Dayong said: "My master also told me about this, but I don't like Guo Caiyue like that."
Guo Caiyue is very beautiful, but she lacks a ladylike temperament.
Both Zhang Dayong and Cao Hu like the kind of woman who has the temperament of a lady.
With their identities, those with status would naturally not marry their daughters to them, so they paid attention to Li Lizhi's dowry maid.
Lin Xuan looked at Cao Hu, who quickly said, "Master Hou, I'm the same as Dayong."
Lin Xuan didn't know what to say, Guo Caiyue was in good shape, and she was like Yujie Fan, they didn't even like her.
Could it be that sister Yu was not popular in ancient times?
But he knows that a twisted melon is not sweet, and he has no idea of forcing it.
"Okay, I see. After I get married to the princess, I will tell the princess to let her choose for you." Lin Xuan said.
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Imperial Palace, Tai Chi Hall, Early Dynasty
In the past, when the year was approaching, there must have been a lot of things.
In fact, there is no money to make a fuss. When the year comes, money is needed for this, and money is needed for that. Naturally, there are many things.
But because the national treasury is full this year, all places that need money have been allocated, so things will naturally be less.
But when the newly established Minister of Commerce, Ma Zhou, came out to play, the originally peaceful court was boiling.
"Your Majesty, when businessmen pay taxes, tax evasion and tax evasion often occur, but business tax is not as easy to check as other taxes. After thinking hard, I came up with a way to effectively prevent this situation." Ma Zhou said.
The common people pay taxes, and they need to pay two shi of grain every year for one cricket, and they only need to be paid according to the head of the population.
However, business tax is based on the profits earned by businessmen, and businessmen naturally have various ways to evade taxes.
"What way?" Li Shimin asked.
Ma Zhou said: "The status of merchants is low. As long as merchants pay taxes normally, they can enjoy the treatment of ordinary people. Naturally, those merchants will not object to paying taxes."
"I don't know what kind of treatment Ma Shangshu said about enjoying the treatment of ordinary people?" Someone asked aloud.
Ma Zhou said lightly: "As long as ordinary people can do it, they can do it."
Because of the low grain output in ancient times, the Central Plains dynasty has always been dominated by agriculture. Like the previous imperial dynasties, the Tang Dynasty also made discrimination and suppression of private industry and commerce a basic national policy, given that the development of private industry and commerce would most impact the order and stability of the dynastic society.
During the Zhenguan period, the official rank order was initially determined, and there were 643 civil and military officials. Taizong told his important minister Fang Xuanling to say: "I set up this official to treat the wise men. The businessmen and businessmen are of different colors, and the fake orders are better than their peers. When giving property, you must not exceed the rank of the official, stand shoulder to shoulder with the virtuous gentleman, sit and eat together."
Treat non-government businessmen as "variegated streams" and discriminate against them based on their status. They also prevent them from becoming officials and politically exclude them.
In the period of Emperor Gaozong, this restriction was even stricter: "Businessmen and merchants are not allowed to ride on horses", "Subordinates and merchants' wives are not allowed to ride in Xi chariots and eaves", to prevent private businessmen from relying on their wealth to improve their social status.There are also discriminatory and restrictive regulations in terms of clothing and funerals.
What Ma Zhou meant was that as long as merchants paid taxes normally, their descendants would be allowed to take the imperial examination, and in other respects, they would be treated equally with ordinary people.
"Your Majesty, this is an inappropriate move. Scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce have already made a conclusion, so how can we change it?"
"That's right, businessmen don't care about production, they only look out for profit. If they are the same as ordinary people, there will be a large number of people engaged in business. Who will grow the land?"
"Businessmen value profits and are greedy. If the heirs of merchants become officials, they will definitely exploit the common people."
……
As soon as Ma Zhou finished speaking, the whole court was full of objections.
(End of this chapter)