It is worth noting that a large part of the autumn taxes in the two prefectures in Shu were actually intercepted, and the supplies of Pan Chongche's imperial guards, 80,000 imperial guards, and the monthly food consumed was 100,000 stones.

In addition to the annual salary reserved by the officials of the two governments in Shu, the actual autumn tax in Shu was about 5.3 million stones, which was intercepted 2.7 million stones and transported 2.6 million stones to the court.

Jingnan Prefecture transported 1.4 million stones.

As for the Chameng Protectorate, the population of less than 100,000 was only produced by itself, while the Jiaozhou Protectorate used autumn grain as military pay to quell the rebellion of the Ding tribe.

Because this ghost place in Jiaozhou is densely covered with rainforests and rugged mountains and the summer is rainy season, it must be delayed until the end of the year before it is almost settled.

Of course, these two places have no hope.

What made Li Jia both worried and happy was that there was too much food, so Changsha Prefecture could not resist for a while.

"There are still three million stones in the summer grain treasury. Now that the autumn grain has been fully stored in the treasury, there are still more than three million stone grain ships. They are wandering on the Xiangjiang River and must go ashore as soon as possible!"

Li Jia was filled with emotion. The granaries were full, and there were only a large number of grain ships on the Xiangjiang River. Not to mention the loss, if it was a fire or something, he would be in tears.

Moreover, so many grain ships blocked the Xiangjiang River channel and hurried for more than ten miles, which was also a lot of pressure on the daily commercial activities in Changsha City.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of this, we must suppress the grain prices in Changsha City and will not be reduced again!"

Sun Zhao hurriedly stepped out and said in a deep voice: "Now that autumn grain enters the city, each stone of grain has been reduced to 300 coins. If the grain ships on the Xiangjiang River are learned by merchants, they may have been reduced to 200 coins. Both for the people and the court, the losses will be extremely heavy!"

The imperial court's inventory was about 22 million stones. If the price of grain was reduced by 100 coins, the court's losses would be one-third. For farmers, the price of selling grain was even lower, which would force many farmers to go bankrupt.

There are many private lending businesses, including grain, oxen, diseases, etc., which require money. Once you borrow, you originally hope to repay the loan after autumn grain. If the grain price is too low, it is not a lie to hurt farmers due to low grain.

Of course, Sun Zhao mainly considered the court, and the people were just by the way.

"When it comes to grain merchants, the land of Kyoto must be controlled, and just be serious!"

Li Jia said seriously: "There must be many granaries to store them. We should sell the grain to them for one million stones!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhao Cheng hurriedly said: "The price is fair, and grain merchants are naturally not indispensable. The 200,000 people in Changsha City, plus the merchants who come and go, consume hundreds of thousands of stones of grain per month. They must have warehouses, and selling them will kill two birds with one stone!"

"Then, there are two million stones!"

Li Jia sighed relieved and continued to speak.

He felt like Wang Duoyu, spending money at the sprint, especially three million stones of grain, which cannot be easily abandoned or wasted.

"Although the annual salary of nobles and officials in Beijing is paid in the spring of next year, if we pay it several months in advance, we can still remove about 1.5 million stones!"

The emperor's urgency was a big fuss for the prime ministers. The huge court was afraid that there was no place to spend money, but time was just a little more urgent.

After a little thought, Sun Guangxian came up with an idea.

"Very good!" Li Jia exclaimed: "Let the Department of Agricultural Sciences go and do it as soon as possible. It's fine this year. We will definitely build more granaries next year. The dilemma this year will definitely not be restored!"

Sinong Temple is one of the nine ministers, in charge of grain storage, granary management and the supply of rice for the officials of the Beijing dynasty. This time the granary was not enough, and it was also the main responsibility.

However, the autumn grain was actually two million stones more than the summer grain. In addition, the tribute paid by Goryeo and Wu Yue, especially the doubled Wu Yue's offerings, caused a shortage of warehouses, which was not expected.

"So what about the remaining 500,000 stones?"

"Now, tens of thousands of imperial guards in Changsha can make up for food, 500,000 stones, but only a hundred thousand stag, less than a month's fee!"

Deng Bin hurriedly came over and showed his face back.

"No, soldiers love money more than food. Now the food price is sluggish for less than a month. If you use food to pay for money, the court will suffer too much loss!"

The price reduction after autumn grain is 300 coins per stone, which is about 300 coins lower than usual. If grain is distributed at the market price, it will lose tens of thousands of coins. How could Sun Zhao be willing? This will cause a deficit.

Sun Zhao said in pain:

"In this way, wouldn't the court lose tens of thousands of chunks of money in vain? The autumn taxes of several states? Your Majesty must not!"

"What Sun Xianggong said is very true. The imperial guards have always put money and pay first, followed by cloth. If the imperial court distributes food now, it is probably inappropriate!"

Sun Guangxian glanced at Zhao Cheng and said softly, which surprised Sun Zhao.

"That's it!" Li Jia glanced at the prime ministers, and considering the stability of the army, he didn't want to break the rules of the army. He stood up and said with a smile:

"Don't store these 500,000 stones of grain, and reward the ministers of the court together!"

"I'm afraid!" Several prime ministers knelt down quickly, looking surprised.

"I think so!" Li Jia said seriously: "The imperial court entered Changsha from Guangzhou north, and now several countries have been divided into rivers and governed. It has only been four years since it has been extremely powerful."

"Although relying on the protection of our ancestors, the hard work of our ministers is difficult to erase. Without you, how could the revival of the Tang Dynasty be achieved? Therefore, these 500,000 stones of grain should be used as a reward or encouragement. I hope you will work hard to help us restore the old country in the Tang Dynasty!"

"How dare you make me a contribution of me? This is due to your decisive decision and the protection of our ancestors..."

The prime ministers were happy when they were praised by the emperor, but those who were ministers had to give their merits and took over themselves. After all, wise men are nothing but the emperor. This is a traditional rule for thousands of years. How could they dare to break it openly?

"Forget it, no need to say anything more!" Li Jia also understood that this was just modest. Besides, the court paid nearly five million stones every year, which was just a month's monthly salary. It seemed to be too much, but it was not worth mentioning.

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness!"

After receiving a monthly salary out of thin air, the prime ministers naturally felt happy and thanked him happily.

Next, the commercial tax that you like is popular.

In terms of commercial taxation, in order to avoid the trouble of transportation and other foot fees, the summer and autumn tax system is basically implemented.

For basic commercial taxes such as tariffs and taxes, the governments combined, about 6.5 million guan, and the imperial court accounts for half, which is 3.25 million guan. In other words, if the imperial court lacks money, it can still collect local treasury and a few million guan more.

Of course, this method is to remove the firewood from the bottom of the pot. If there is no money in the area, I am afraid that ordinary bandits will not be able to suppress it.

However, iron, tea, salt, and wine, these four products sold by the imperial court, contributed about six million yuan in money because they were monopoly projects. With the growth of population and the smooth flow of business, they will definitely increase as always.

Commercial tax brought 9.25 million guan to the court.
Chapter completed!