"In addition, from now on, the intervening property tax and stamp tax collection methods for transactions proposed by Zhao Zan, the former judge of the Ministry of Household Affairs, will be abolished.
The method of collecting transaction stamp tax for the elimination method will be restored to the previous state, with a tax of 20 per thousand; and The rack tax will no longer be levied on houses that have been built.
In the future, if someone builds a house and sells or rents it, or rents out the built house, the government will pay it at 1% of the market value or 10% of the rent. levy house tax and house transaction tax” As soon as Zhao Ziliang finished speaking, Yuan Zai asked: "Prince Regent, if the intervening tax and the alienation law proposed by Zhao Zan are abolished, how will the huge military expenditure be solved and the salaries of court officials be solved?"
Zhao Ziliang smiled and said: "A few days ago, I asked the Yushitai to check the accounts of the Household Department.
There are big problems in the accounts.
Moreover, when the properties of these corrupt officials were searched, they found about 15 million yuan.
These are all He is just an official of the third rank of the Ministry of Household Affairs.
If the investigation continues, I don’t know how many more can be found.
Hey, how many troops can be supported by 1,500 guan?
The imperial court has no money, and the national treasury has no money.
Where did the money go?
The people are getting poorer and poorer.
It can be seen that the money goes into the pockets of these corrupt officials.
If the money in the national treasury is not enough, at the critical moment, I can make the decision.
From Western Qin The kingdom borrowed 50 million yuan without interest, and it will be repaid in installments after the imperial treasury is full, or it can be offset by silk, brocade, silkworms, porcelain, tea and other goods."
After these words came out, the court officials and princes and ministers were speechless.
In these days, there was no inter-state borrowing, so it was already clear that Zhao Ziliang could borrow money from the Western Qin Dynasty to maintain the court's expenses.
He did These are not for yourself.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Zhao Ziliang turned to look at the emperor: "Your Majesty, what do you think?"
Daizong could only sigh: "The regent is loyal to the country.
I am very pleased with the series of administrative measures proposed by the regent just now.
I agree with them all, so let's do it."
"Yes, Your Majesty" Zhao Ziliang continued: "Let's continue talking about the rebellion of Fengxiang Army.
After careful consideration, I decided to execute Sha Zhali, his confidants and all the more than 8,000 people in Fengxiang Army."
"Buzz!"
The court ministers and princes and nobles all exploded.
Pei Zunqing, one of the defenders of the Taoism, first objected: "Prince Regent, please forgive me for not agreeing with your decision.
It is true that Sha Zhali rebelled, and his confidants indeed deserve to die, but you cannot vent your anger on other generals and soldiers.
They are all under coercion.
This is more than 8,000 lives.
If you kill them just by saying anything, I'm afraid it's not right."
The prince also stood up and said: "Prince Regent, I do not agree to execute everyone.
If you want to kill, you can only kill Sha Zhali and his confidants.
You have too many involvements and it is unbenevolent."
Yuan Zai also stood up and said: "Prince Regent, I do not agree to kill everyone.
You have to know that if everyone is killed, who will dare to surrender in the future?
This will undoubtedly bring great consequences to the court's suppression of the rebellion." big resistance” After these three bosses stood up to speak, many other officials and princes and nobles stood up to express their opposition.
Zhao Ziliang understood that the Fengxiang Army had long been responsible for guarding the security of the west of Chang'an, so it was easy to make meritorious deeds in the Fengxiang Army.
Many court ministers and officials and The princes and nobles all sent their children into the Fengxiang Army.
If all members of the Fengxiang Army were to be killed, then their children and clansmen would not be spared either.
Therefore, most of the opposition was due to this reason, and only a few defenders were there to slander them.
Those who stand up and oppose because of their reputation.
The emperor did not expect that Zhao Ziliang would dare to do this this time and actually want to execute all the Fengxiang Army.
This was far beyond his expectation.
How many people would this offend?
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Daizong asked: "Uncle, do you have to do this?
There is no other solution.
Many people in the Fengxiang Army and the generals still have merit.
Killing them like this will deny all their previous merits.
The government and the public are afraid that The meeting discussed my immorality."
"We must do this," Zhao Ziliang said in a very firm tone, "Your Majesty, Sha Zhali is indeed somewhat brave, but he is not so powerful that he is invincible in the world, and his prestige has not reached the point where he can be answered by a hundred people.
Even if he is a member of the Fengxiang Army, he deputy envoy , but how much prestige does he have to make all the Fengxiang Army follow him and fight against the imperial court?
The officers and soldiers of the Fengxiang Army rebelled under the threat or coercion of Shazhali.
Didn’t those generals and soldiers consider the consequences of the rebellion?
All have brains Son, it’s obvious that they are not pigs.
They fear Shazhali more than they fear the court’s subsequent investigation.
They believe that if they don’t obey Shazhali’s orders, they will be killed immediately, and if they obey, they can live longer.
Maybe even the imperial court will take it until he dies of old age.
They have no choice, so most people have this mentality.
From this point of view, the prestige of the imperial court has been weakened to the point that it is not even as good as a leading general.
If the imperial court does not punch hard and is not cruel, how can it be done?
Let the feudal lords fear" "At this point, not killing is enough to shock the world, and not killing is enough to clarify the punishment.
I want to use this move to tell everyone that rebelling against the imperial court can only lead to death, and there is absolutely no chance to get away with it.
I want to tell everyone All soldiers, when their general leads them to rebel, they must consider clearly whether it is worth following him to rebel.
I also want to tell all generals and soldiers that when their general leads them to rebel, they can stand up.
Object, and kill him on the spot or capture him and hand him over to the court, and they can rely on this merit to become prosperous and wealthy, even if they are crowned kings, it is not impossible.
All soldiers and generals understand these truths, as long as there are no major mistakes in the government's administration, no After losing all the support of the people, no one would dare to rebel casually, because before rebelling, they have to consider whether there are soldiers following him, and whether someone will secretly cut off his head to ask for credit from the court and reward your majesty.
I don’t know if this is what I said.”
"Yes, yes, that's how it should be."
Daizong slapped his thigh, with a ferocious expression on his face, obviously hating the rebel generals who had launched a rebellion and frightened him.
Zhao Ziliang continued: "The most important thing for the court now is to regain its prestige.
On the one hand, it must eliminate bad policies in domestic affairs and implement new policies that are beneficial to the people's livelihood, so that the people can see that the court is working hard to make their lives better.
People With hope, you will feel at ease and produce, and you will not follow some people to rebel; on the other hand, you will be severely punished militarily against the feudal towns that do not obey the court's orders.
Military strikes were launched to eradicate their power, bring the territory they occupied back under the rule of the imperial court, appoint talented people to govern, and implement benevolent government.
In this process, as long as anyone dared to rebel against the imperial court, the imperial court would destroy them with thunderous means.
The rebels will be killed to death, and in order to avoid future trouble, this cruel and severe method will be used to declare to everyone that the imperial court will never tolerate, compromise, or condone rebellion."
Zhao Ziliang's words gave Daizong a reassurance.
He gritted his teeth and said, "Yes, kill, kill all these traitors."
Daizong's attitude made most of the civil and military ministers and princes and nobles change their expressions.
The prince's young master Pei Zunqing came out tremblingly and knelt down to Daizong: "Your Majesty, you can't do this.
This goes against your Majesty's name of benevolence.
I swear to the death to remonstrate with you.
Your Majesty, please take back your order."
When Daizong saw Pei Zunqing, an old minister, coming out to object, he hesitated again.
He looked at Zhao Ziliang who was standing down.
Zhao Ziliang saw Daizong's look and actions from the corner of his eyes.
He raised his hand and slammed the table with anger, pointed at Pei Zunqing and shouted: " Pei Zunqing, you are a person who is just looking for fame, do you think that because you stood up to intercede for the Fengxiang Army rebels, the people of the world will thank you?
They will only use straw to make you look like a villain, prick you with needles every day and night, and curse you.
After death, he was sent to eighteen levels of hell , Qingshihui will record that it is precisely because of the existence of people like you that the imperial court condoned the rebels, causing the Tang Dynasty to evolve into the unmanageable situation it is today.
Who suggested the surrender of Li Huaixian, Tian Chengsi and Li Baochen in the court?
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Waiting for the remnants of the Anshi Rebellion It was you Pei Zunqing, Cui Huan and others who allowed them to continue to guard the three towns of Heshuo.
Now let's see, they are not much more respectful to the court than An Lushan and Shi Siming.
You, the old immortal, are responsible for the Tang feudal town.
The main culprit of the separatist situation” "You" Pei Zunqing pointed at Zhao Ziliang and was speechless.
His lips turned purple, his face turned blue, his eyes rolled up, and his body fell backwards.
"Sir Pei," the ministers collectively exclaimed, and several people immediately ran to him to check the situation.
Jia Zhi, the Minister of Rites, stood up and cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Regent, Mr.
Pei has gone."
"Hahaha" Zhao Ziliang laughed: "He is indeed a person who is seeking fame and reputation.
He died of shame and anger.
Well done, well done."
Jia Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, immediately came out and remonstrated: "Jia Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, risked his own life to remonstrate, and asked the regent to take back his order and only kill Sha Zhali and his close associates, and pardon the other officers and soldiers of the Fengxiang Army.
Otherwise, the regent will surely "Leave the name of the butcher" Zhao Ziliang was furious when he heard this, pointed at Jia Zhi and cursed: "Jia Zhi, Jia Zeng's son Jia Zeng was quite talented and famous back then.
When he was an official, he admonished the officials to know how to make imperial edicts.
You, Jia Zhi, relied on the kindness of your fathers, but you failed."
You failed several times and finally passed the economics exam.
With your level and talent as an official, you can be the minister of etiquette if no one is pushing you from behind. , I will cut off my head and use it as a stool for you to sit on.
You, a person like you who relied on the kindness of your fathers and the help of your friends, have the dignity to risk your life to remonstrate.
Don’t you feel ashamed?
If your father Jia Zeng knew that you were such a sanctimonious person.
You look like this, but in fact, you are secretly colluding with some traitors in the court, who are afraid they will crawl out of the grave and strangle you to death."
Jia Zhi's face turned blue and white.
He pointed at Zhao Ziliang with a trembling finger and his lips trembled: "You, regent, how dare you insult my soldiers like this?
You can be killed, you can't be humiliated."
Zhao Ziliang shouted: "Why does Wu Sun want him to die?"
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Wu Sun, the censor Zhongcheng, came out and took out a case file and read: "The new Jinshi Bai Shengde, Shen Shu and other four people cheated on the answer sheets of this scientific examination in order to get high scores and pass the Jinshi.
Afterwards, in He was found out in the official selection examination and passed my censorship During the interrogation in Taiwan for several days, Bai Shengde, Shu statement and others confessed to the fraud in the scientific examination, and confessed that Jia Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Justice, leaked the test questions to them before invigilating the exam.
By the way, Bai Shengde is Pei Zunqing's grandson, and Statement is the steward of Prime Minister Yuan Zai. son" Zhao Ziliang waited for Wu Sun to finish reading, then looked at Jia Zhi and said coldly: "Jia Zhi, what else do you have to say?"
Jia Zhi collapsed to the ground with a pale face.
Zhao Ziliang shouted to the people around him: "Come here, escort Jia Zhi to Dali Temple for questioning."