When the news that the officials of Shangshu Province had returned to the government within half an hour reached the palace, Li Shimin sighed.
This matter is finally over, just arresting dozens of corrupt old officials, and deterring those officials, which can be regarded as a better result.
"It's not easy for Wen Yuan."
Li Shimin said to Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui in front of him.
"It's still a little too impatient."
Du Ruhui said.
Today, the emperor summoned the two of them, and did not summon other prime ministers, just to talk about Li Chao's recent actions.
Li Chao's recent changes have aroused opposition from many people, and even people's hearts are unstable.
"Wenyuan implements the two-tax law, increases the household tax, levies an additional tax per household, and adds a land tax to tax per mu.
This household tax has increased the tax for everyone in the world, and the land tax has not only increased the tax for everyone, but also increased the tax for those landlords and wealthy households with more land, and now not only the ordinary people are complaining about the two tax laws, but the nobles, bureaucrats and landlords are even more opposed to the new law. ” The new two tax laws, of course, have greatly increased the taxes of the imperial court, but on the other hand, it has also increased the tax burden, especially for those who own a lot of land, now there is no exemption from taxation, and there is no upper limit on tax payment.
This is not a one-time thing, it has to be done every year, and you will have to pay taxes according to this new tax law every year after that.
After the two tax laws, there was the industrial and commercial tax law, which increased the tax on merchants' businesses, and many nobles, bureaucrats, and landlords' families were actually the main force in running commerce, and they owned a large amount of land, but also operated many businesses.
Coupled with the monopoly law such as salt, iron, tea, wine, and mines, ordinary people cannot operate these highly profitable industries.
Even if you want to operate, you have to obtain a special license, and the tax amount is greatly increased.
In the past, those who operated salt farms, salt wells, brewers, and mines and iron smelting were basically powerful businessmen, or directly those nobles and powerful people were running them.
Li Chao slashed at their heads with a knife.
What's more, what kind of labor security bill, to give slaves a minimum wage, to give them basic security, to give them the freedom to redeem themselves, and so on, their farms, their tea plantations, their workshops, mines, salt works, etc., where to get so many people Although these new policies are actually aimed at enriching countries and strengthening the army, those people don't care about this, they only see that if the new policies are implemented, their interests will be greatly harmed.
"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, Wenyuan's new policies are indeed a law that benefits the country and can enrich the country and strengthen the army, but some are too hasty, and all the laws are implemented together, I am afraid that it will cause a great backlash."
Even Fang Xuanling was worried.
Li Shimin said, "I forced Wen Yuan, but I can't help it, the imperial court has such a large financial deficit and so many national debts, and the northern Turks are staring at us like wolves."
To defend against the Turks, you have to repair your armaments and strengthen the nine sides, but you need money. ” "You can come slowly, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry."
Du Ruhui said, as he spoke, he coughed non-stop, his face was red and his ears were red, and it was not easy to stop.
Li Shimin was concerned about passing on the imperial doctor, Du Ruhan shook his head with a smile.
"Your Majesty also knows that this is a stubborn disease, and the imperial doctor doesn't know how many times he has seen it, and the medicine is taken every day, but it is still the same, so don't bother the imperial doctor, it's better to cough this time."
"Du Xiang has to take good care of his body, I can't leave you in Sumeru."
Returning to the topic just now, Li Shimin reluctantly said that if he had time, he would be willing to slow down, but the Turks were like a man, and he didn't dare to relax at any time.
Besides, he felt that the time was ripe now.
The world was unified, and the Turks were defeated, and now Tuyuhun and Goguryeo were also quite stable, and at this time, the imperial court implemented new policy reforms, which were also for the purpose of quickly enriching the country and strengthening the army.
"Wen Yuan has a sentence that is very true, I like it very much.
The safety of the Tang Dynasty relies on the iron cavalry and long knives, strong bows and crossbows of the Tang Dynasty, and cannot count on the benevolence of foreign people. ” "Now that we know some shortcomings, what's wrong with change at this time, wait until when, today, those people will be dissatisfied with the reform, and tomorrow, they will also be dissatisfied with the reform, since this is the case, it is better to change now."
Facing this young and enterprising monarch, Fang Xuanling didn't know what to say.
"Wen Yuan has a good method of reform, and I have the firm support of me, if you add the support of important ministers such as Qing, let me ask, will this reform still fail?"
Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui glanced at each other, both a little helpless.
Now the emperor is bent on reform, and the action is still big, and he wants to change it big.
The Emperor is an adventurous man, and they all know it.
Back then, they followed the emperor who was still the king of Qin, went to the east and the west, and even took over the palace change, and experienced many dangerous things.
No matter how fierce and dangerous it is, once the emperor has made up his mind and made up his mind, then it will be difficult to persuade him again.
This is a bold lord who is the prince of the prince, and even the general of the Third Duke Shangshu Ling Tiance, but still has to take hundreds of people to reconnoiter the enemy's situation, and even use himself as bait.
The emperor experienced many hardships and obstacles, but nothing stopped him.
Now that the emperor has made up his mind to support Li Chao's change, hey, the two of them can't be dissuaded.
Now, the government and the opposition are beginning to spread a word.
Reform.
Regarding Li Chao's new policies one after another, the government and the opposition directly called it Li Chao's reform.
The reform is a reform, and the most famous change in history is the reform of the Qin State during the Warring States Period.
Shang Ying's reform was successful, allowing Qin to become a powerful country in the Warring States from a small country in the west, and finally laid the foundation for Qin's unification of the six countries.
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But even if it was Shang Ying's change, it was not so easy, it was still very difficult, and even Shang Ying got a car crack in the end.
Historically, there have been many other reforms, but they have all been very difficult.
Of course, the reform of the law in the past dynasties was not all right, and there were also some chaotic governments.
For example, Wang Mang, a series of new policy reforms, most of them were chaotic and divorced from reality, and in the end, Wang Mang's new dynasty did not exist long before it perished.
In fact, Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty also implemented many new policies, which can almost be regarded as a new coup d'état.
For many people, this is actually a bad word, a word that makes people worry and fear.
Because the focus of change is change, and for many people, what they want most is stability, and what they are most afraid of is change.
"Don't worry too much, I had a deep conversation with Wen Yuan.
He told me that the essence of reform is to break the old and inappropriate system, which will inevitably damage many people with vested interests in the old system.
Our change is to remove the shackles that pressed on the imperial court, give him a more suitable pair of shoes, let him lighten his burden, travel lightly, and run faster. ” "Your Majesty, what Wen Yuan said is indeed right, change will cause many contradictions."
Li Shimin just shook his head.
"Change, like production, will inevitably be accompanied by labor pains, but after labor pains, a new life will be born."
"But if too many people object" "Reform is not a dinner party, there is not so much politeness, I can't ignore the long-term future of the empire for the sake of those people.
If I do get to that point, I will not hesitate to shed blood. ” Bloodshed, the emperor, of course, will shed the blood of others, and not his own.
These words have fully demonstrated the emperor's attitude.
Even if it bleeds, it can't change his attitude.
"I will insist on supporting Wenyuan's reform and reform, even at the cost of bloodshed.
This country is the country of the Tang Dynasty and the world of me.
Whoever wants to wreak havoc, I won't be polite.
The world of the Tang Dynasty is beaten down, not who gave it to us, nor who gave it to us, I also know that there will be obstacles to change, but I will not hesitate to retreat, whoever dares to block it, I will be polite to whom. ” When Li Shimin said this, he was full of domineering.
As an immediate emperor, he fought for the Tang Dynasty, opened a society, Liu Wuzhou, Xue Ju, Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Li Mi, etc., and these heroes also once divided one side and became dominant for a while, but they were all destroyed by him in the end.
He was once the king of Qin, but he also defeated his brother in the end, and took this country that did not belong to him with a palace change.
During his two-year reign, he conquered Tuyuhun step by step, repelled the Turks, and completely unified the Central Plains.
He also replaced his father's old ministers one by one.
To this day, the whole court is his people.
Now, he wants to change the law, reform, and make the country rich and the army strong.
What he wants to fight is another battle, and the enemies he has to face may also be the courtiers who followed him to fight the world back then, but he will not hesitate.
"The heroes who follow me to fight the world, I have been rewarded, and I will not hesitate to reward me with fame and title.
But if they only focus on the interests of the little thing in the bowl in front of them, ignore the overall situation of the court, and even dare to obstruct them, then I will not be polite, and I will ruthlessly sweep them away. ” This battle is not easy to fight, but Li Shimin is prepared and not afraid.
Fang Xuanling gave up.
"Your Majesty, in that case, the old minister implores me to abdicate and give up the post of Zhongshu Ling to Wen Yuan."
Although Li Chao is also the prime minister, he is also one of the three commanders of the imperial court, but now the central system is headed by Zhongshumen, Zhongshuling is the prime minister, and Shizhong is regarded as the second minister, and Li Chao, the Shangshu Ling, is ranked third.
When Fang Xuanling said this, he was not angry.
He has spent many years since he took the initiative to join the command of King Qin, and his loyalty and support for the emperor have never wavered.
The emperor wants to create a prosperous era of Zhenguan and build the Tang Dynasty into a great empire that surpasses Qin, Mai and Han, and he is willing to give his full support without reservation.
If the emperor wants to support Li Chao's reform, then he is willing to give up his position as prime minister. t1706231537: