No matter what Li Ke thought, His Majesty Li Er's face was a little low at this time. He glanced at the officials in the court and said, "I will consider this matter... the establishment of the Commercial Department is still short, which is not enough to prove whether it has advantages or disadvantages! Let's discuss it later... Retreat the court!"

After His Majesty Li Er said that, he strode away from the court with a big strode. Those who stood up and asked His Majesty Li Er to withdraw the Commercial Bureau also looked at each other and turned around silently to leave. There was no look of frustration on his face as he was rejected!

Li Ke and Li Chengqian also left the Tai Chi Hall together. On the way to the Eastern Palace, Li Ke asked his doubts: "Brother, why do they object? It shouldn't be!"

"Haha, why shouldn't it?"

"The establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, and the taxes that merchants have to pay are reduced a lot. Not only will their interests not be harmed, but they will benefit from it..."

"Third brother, I'll ask you a question."

"Brother, please tell me!"

"Although our Tang Dynasty did not have a unified commercial tax, there were many miscellaneous taxes for merchants. Why did these miscellaneous taxes account for very little or very little in the taxes of the national treasury every year?"

"Uh..." Li Chengqian's question made Li Ke think in a moment. He had never thought about this problem, but he couldn't figure out the reason after thinking for a long time. "Please solve the problem with brother!"

"The most heaviest and most important taxes paid by merchants in the world are the tariffs from all over the country, but how many of these tariffs are finally paid to the treasury? Haven't they been taken away by the families and forces behind these people? Now if the Ministry of Commerce is established, merchants can't continue to collect taxes from merchants as long as they have tax payment certificates... As the saying goes, cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents, it would be strange if they can agree!"

Li Ke suddenly realized, "So that's it... But why didn't they oppose the Ministry of Commerce from the beginning? They didn't want to stop it until now?"

"This is simpler, because I made them apart, brother... Do you remember the benefits of establishing the Ministry of Commerce when I proposed to establish the Ministry of Commerce in the court?"

"Remember, did my brother mean that the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce was conducive to managing merchants all over the world, increasing treasury tax revenue, and promoting the comprehensive development of the Tang Dynasty?"

"That's right, brother, I said these three points at that time. The main benefits of the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce are only these three points. But... brother, I didn't say that after the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, the tax payment of merchants in the world needed to be managed by the Ministry of Commerce, and I didn't say that as long as the merchants paid taxes in one place, they didn't have to pay taxes again when they went to other places, right?"

Li Ke now understood completely and said excitedly: "Big Brother means that those people take it for granted that the Ministry of Commerce proposed to establish was adding new commercial taxes on the original basis when levying taxes, so their own industries can be paid taxes according to the standards of the Ministry of Commerce, while other merchants can still collect taxes privately. In this way, not only will they not lose much, but they will make profits because of the reduction in taxes they have to pay. What other merchants resent is the court's tax increase, and they will not resent them at all... Is that true?"

Li Chengqian nodded and said, "Well, yes, so these people from aristocratic families belittle merchants all day long on the surface, but in fact they are the largest merchant group in the world!"

"Brother Never Trouble always said that the aristocratic family is the biggest internal enemy of my Tang Dynasty... But my father ignored them at all, and their ideas were destined not to come true!"

"Haha, you're wrong. What's going on today? The real good show has not been staged yet. The establishment of the Commercial Bureau is not so simple to implement... But this has nothing to do with us, that's my father's business!" Li Chengqian said with a faint smile.

Li Ke looked at his elder brother speechlessly, "You are the prince!"

"So what about the prince? It's not as free as ordinary people... Don't worry, if my father can't even do this, I'm really sorry for him..." Li Chengqian turned his head and looked at the Tai Chi Palace in the distance, but he didn't say the last sentence, but just thought silently in his heart - if the Ministry of Commerce cannot even implement this matter, how could His Majesty Li Er be praised as the "Eternal Emperor" by later generations?

Li Ke looked at Li Chengqian with some confusion, "What did the eldest brother say?"

"No, nothing, anyway, our father is amazing. The affairs of the Ministry of Commerce will definitely be implemented in the end. If you don't believe it, please watch it!"

"oh!"

...

On the other hand, Dou Xiaode knew that his subordinates and shop were arrested by Li Chengqian yesterday. The Feng was so angry that he had been out of the blue. If it weren't for his own brother Dou Dan, he would have come to the door to go and compete with Li Chengqian in a real person!

Under Dou Dan's persuasion and guidance, he did not impulsively do anything out of order. Instead, he followed Dou Dan's method and directly contacted his own officials in the court to deal with Li Chengqian in the court.

So, early this morning, he was anxiously waiting in the mansion for the final result of today's court discussion.

It was not until almost noon that a servant came in a hurry, "Mr. Lang, there is news!"

"What did you say?" Dou Xiaode asked impatiently.

"Your Majesty rejected all the officials' proposals and did not deal with the Commercial Department. He only punished the Prince to think about it for three months, and it was not because of the Commercial Department!"

"How is it possible? Although he is the prince, he should have an explanation for arresting people unscrupulously?"

"Langjun, have you ever noticed a law called the "Tang Empire Patent Act" issued by the imperial court about a month ago?"

"What does this have to do with what happened yesterday?"

"It does matter! Li Chengqian and the Commercial Bureau act according to this law, so their behavior yesterday was not out of line, everything acted according to law!"

"What? Bastard!" Dou Xiaode said in a furious manner!

"More than that, Li Chengqian has sued Qingmufang, Jubaoxuan and the shopkeeper to Dali Temple. His Majesty also allows Dali Temple to hear the case of Qingmufang and Jubaoxuan!"

"Dali Temple? What does this Dali Temple have to do with it?"

"That's how it is..."

When his subordinates told the story of what happened in the court in detail, Dou Xiaode remained silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Langjun, what should we do now?"

"Who is the witness that Li Chengqian caught?" Dou Xiaode asked with a gloomy face.

The subordinate was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "It's not clear yet. You also know that our people are performing tasks everywhere on weekdays, so it's difficult to find out who was caught for a while!"

"Immediately find out who was caught by Li Chengqian, and then erase all traces. You must not let others be exposed!"

"Yes, I understand!"

"In addition... I ask someone to tell Dou Yuanchen that I will do everything possible to get him out and ask him to wait with peace of mind!"

"yes!"

Sending his subordinates away, Dou Xiaode's eyes flashed with anger and muttered to himself: "Li Chengqian, Li Shimin... OK, very good. If you want to play a double act with me, let's take a look!"
Chapter completed!