The main task of the sixteen states of Yanyun now is to restore the normal living conditions of the people as soon as possible, and for this reason, Guo Zongxun is ready to issue an order to reduce the taxes of the sixteen states of Yanyun.

As a result, the civil officials, led by Fan Zhen and Wang Pu, were all opposed, believing that the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun had just been recovered, and that they should be exempted from taxes for at least three to five years, so that the common people could recuperate.

Regarding the exemption from taxation, in Guo Zongxun's view, it is pure nonsense.

If the productivity does not go up, the population cannot grow, and the people can recuperate only by exempting from taxes?

Can ordinary people get real cultivation?

Who did the exempted three-year to five-year tax finally fatten, did the civil and military officials in the court not force the number in their hearts?

There are policies and countermeasures, and the sixteen states of Yanyun do not set up festival envoys, and the civil officials all raise their hands in favor, because the position of the festival degree envoy is not their turn.

However, the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun have to appoint administrative envoys, and these sixteen local officials are all the dishes of civil officials.

The administrative envoy is not the commander of the bare pole, and the administrative envoy yamen must be set up, which ...... There is no need to count them, and a large number of powerful official positions will come into being.

These people went to Yanyun to become officials, and they really all went to help the people of Yanyun recuperate?

Whether those civil officials believe it or not, Guo Zongxun doesn't believe it anyway.

Let me exempt the sixteen states of Yanyun from paying taxes for five years, do you know what is the proportion of the area of the sixteen states of Yanyun in the total area of the current Great Zhou border?

Nearly a quarter, which is a very scary number, a quarter of a country's land has not paid taxes for five years, it is terrible.

Therefore, Guo Zongxun completely disagreed with the exemption of taxes from the sixteen states of Yanyun for three to five years.

Because of this, this is also the first time that Guo Zongxun has had serious disagreements with the three phases after he ascended the throne.

"Liu Junshi, Wei Banban, you come to give me a review, I can reward farming, I can encourage commerce, but if I agree to exempt the taxes of the sixteen states of Yanyun, it will never work."

After listening to Guo Zongxun's angry complaints, Liu Bowen smiled silently.

Wei Zhongxian also lowered his head and looked at his feet, silent.

"What, do you two also think that I should be exempted from Yan Yun's taxes?"

Liu Bowen shook his head and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty, Yan Yun's tax exemption is not really important, because Yan Yun has been given to Huo Huo by the Khitans and there is nothing left, even if he pays taxes, I am afraid that there is not much, Your Majesty's move, there must be other purposes, right?"

Guo Zongxun showed a smile at this time, sat on a brocade pier, and raised Erlang's legs.

"I naturally have another purpose, let's be reasonable first, behind closed doors, the people of Yanyun were bullied by the Khitans before, living miserably, almost living on the death line, after returning to the Great Zhou, why should I exempt them from taxes?"

Liu Bowen smiled:

"The people of Yanyun have been bullied by the Khitans for more than 20 years, and they have completely become a group of obedient people, Your Majesty doesn't want them to feel that this is what my Great Zhou Dynasty owes them, they are looking forward to going home, looking forward to living a good life, once their taxes are exempted, they will think that this is what they deserve."

Wei Zhongxian also answered:

"The reason why the people are shun is because they don't dare to resist, Your Majesty is preparing to give both grace and might, so that the people of Yanyun know that since they have returned to the Great Zhou, they should continue to be the Shunmin of the Great Zhou."

Guo Zongxun sighed, first nodded, then shook his head, and said:

"Recovering Yanyun, and then I will use the taxes paid by the rest of the states of the Great Zhou to feed the people of Yanyun for five years, which is unfair to the people of other places, I will soon use troops against the Southern Tang and Northern Han, once these places are conquered by the Great Zhou, will I continue to exempt them from taxes?"

"To put it mildly, I don't want the people to praise the grace of heaven, I just want to govern this country well, maintain the stability of the imperial power, maintain the stability of the court, and maintain the normal living conditions of the common people, so what should the normal living conditions of the common people look like?"

"I don't believe how many Qing officials there are in this world, people are greedy, the officials I sent to Yanyun, they asked me to let the court tighten their belts to feed them for five years, what about five years later? What kind of Yanyun can they give me back? ”

"I can't say these things in front of the civil and military officials, and if I say it, I will become a villain in their minds and mouths, but this is really not how things are done, and a country cannot be governed by idealized management at all."

"This matter, if it is handed over to the Queen Mother to decide, and the three phases will bewitch it again, the Queen Mother will most likely think that tax exemption is the way of heaven, and it is what the Queen Mother of the Great Zhou and the Son of Heaven should do."

"That's what I'm worried about, I must not let those so-called families take advantage of Yanyun's tax-free five years to empty the treasury and fatten their own families."

"To put it bluntly, this is the first time that I have a conflict with the Great Zhou family because of interests, and I must not lose."

The families of the Great Zhou, like all dynasties, most of their children are officials in the court, and those high-ranking and powerful bigwigs represent the wealthy families.

They are not governing the country and the world, but planning for their own family.

In the long run, the Great Zhou will still fall into a dead circle, and eventually prosper with the support of the family and be destroyed by the betrayal of the family.

Guo Zongxun has just ascended the throne not long ago, and many government decrees have not yet had time to be structured and implemented, without the support of his father Guo Rong, Guo Zongxun really feels that he is not as happy as when he was the prince.

The Tongfugu Council Hall fell into a brief silence.

Guo Zongxun is still holding Erlang's legs, and only in front of these absolute henchmen can he be so casual and complain.

"Your Majesty, let's go east and west, launch a commercial tax policy, and leave the choice questions to those big families, so that they can have a headache." Liu Bowen gave his own suggestions.

"What Liu Junshi said, I have thought about it, but I also think it is inappropriate, this is tantamount to bargaining with them, and it will be more difficult to launch a commercial tax policy in the future."

"Your Majesty, if you don't want to compromise with the family, it's better to compromise with the Queen Mother, this may be a way." Wei Zhongxian saw that Liu Bowen's suggestion was not approved by Guo Zongxun, and immediately said his suggestion.

"What Wei Banban said, I have also considered, this may be the only chance to solve this matter, and it is also my only chance to win, but I am still a little unwilling."

Guo Zongxun is worried that once he compromises with the Queen Mother, he will negotiate with Fu Jinhuan on conditions for her to support him, but he is afraid that the trouble will not be small in the future.

finally held down the queen mother, who is currently higher than herself, and let Fu Jinhuan play soy sauce in the court every day like a transparent person to see the excitement, but I am afraid that after this compromise, Fu Jinhuan will also have a different mind.

"Your Majesty, why don't you summon King Wei to Beijing......"

Li Tongjie's sudden words made Guo Zongxun's eyes light up, yes, why did I forget my grandfather......