Just as suddenly as Yang Wei was imprisoned, the end of this case was just as unexpected, which caught the Han courtiers who had been silently paying attention to this matter by surprise. Such a huge case came to an abrupt end, from beginning to end, for the case of Yang Wei, it was not brought to the table, under the instruction of the Son of Heaven, a low-key investigation, and a sudden handling, after the result of the matter, a simple and bland report was issued......

Such a process and result made the courtiers of the Han Dynasty suddenly a little uncomfortable, the young emperor in the Han Palace, the power seemed to be a little heavy, and unconsciously, the monarchy had begun to overshadow the power of the ministers.

In such a situation, the minister should have taken the lead in protesting against the unruly practices of the Son of Heaven. In the past, it was Yang Wei who rushed ahead.

However, as the protagonist of this political incident, after being taken down, he looked at the Chinese martial arts of the DPRK, and there was no one who had this ability and influence.

Guo Wei has this prestige, but this military minister has gradually evolved into a political animal, scheming, can see the situation clearly, and will not go to the edge of the emperor on this matter. Wang Zhang's will was a little depressed because of Yang Wei's fate. Su Yuqi still holds the position of prime minister, but has gradually faded out of the center of power. As for Feng Dao, Zhao Ying and others, they have no such influence.

And Fan Zhen and other political upstarts, not to mention that they were personally promoted by Liu Chengyou, have a shallow foundation, and they are not qualified to launch a "challenge" to the monarchy.

Suddenly, the power of the Han Dynasty began to take a big step towards the centralization of monarchy, just because of the removal of an old minister. It is conceivable that in the next short period of time, there will be no "opponents" of the emperor in the center of the imperial court, at least not as superficial as Yang Wei.

The fall of Yang Wei is also destined to be uneventful, a political reshuffle is inevitable, and the power gap left by Yang Wei after going to the dynasty is bound to cause major changes in the political pattern.

The Yang Pi incident did not end with Yang Pi's incrimination, and the political purge against the "Yang Pi Group" was calmly launched under the instruction of Liu Chengyou. This is a political group with strong external and middle cadres, and the henchmen of the six divisions are only attached to Yang Wei, and when the big tree falls, the vines, branches and leaves, when facing the heavy punch of the Son of Heaven, they have no ability to resist, and can only be concocted by the Yushitai and Wu Desi.

In the first great dynasty after the Shangyuan Festival, the courtiers were looking forward to it, and Liu Chengyou knew what they were expecting, but he did not meet them. There was no positive response to Yang Wei's case, and more importantly, there were no clear instructions for the adjustment of the political affairs hall that the ministers were more concerned about. In short, highlight a sacred heart is unfathomable.

The calamities and tribulations of the second year of Qianyou have passed, and the outlook for the three years of Qianyou was also published at the Shangyuan Night Banquet. Therefore, in the great court, Liu Chengyou really discussed politics and quickly entered the "working state".

There is only one core to the issue, money. Dahan's finances, after two years of constraints, are now barely relieved. However, the nature of the country's poverty has not improved, and from top to bottom, they are living a miserable life.

Such a situation is simply not for Liu Chengyou to realize his grand plan, so it must be changed. Since succeeding to the throne, it took two years to stabilize the imperial power and sort out the military and politics, Liu Chengyou was finally able to free up his hands and concentrate on developing national strength and strengthening the country and army.

As for finance, it is nothing more than opening up sources and reducing expenditures. In terms of throttling, Liu Chengyou led by example, advocating national frugality, the Han Palace continued to shrink clothes and diet for two years, and all the palace construction and repair were stopped. In the imperial court, there is little useless waste.

Even, Liu Chengyou cut the courtiers' salaries and silk grain, but the resentment caused later was too great, and most of the middle and lower-class Hanchen's life was indeed hard, Liu Chengyou stopped and did not continue to attack his courtiers.

Therefore, the focus of the discussion is only on how to open source. And with the limitations of the Han courtiers' eyes today, most of them are nothing more than thinking about taxes. Liu Chengyou basically ignored the opinions of these people.

In the catastrophe of Yelude's light and Jin, the vitality of the Central Plains was greatly damaged, and after the Han Xing, there were several wars, far from the extent of recovery. Although under the imperial court's policy of supporting the people's livelihood, the people of the Han Dynasty lived a barely stable life. But for most people, especially farmers at the grassroots level, livelihoods are still poor.

The taxes of the Han court were already heavy, and Liu Chengyou canceled a lot of harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes at the beginning of his succession, but he has not changed his mind about a series of policies led by Wang Zhang to suck the blood and sweat of the people.

The burden is already heavy enough, and if the policy of raising taxes and levies is carried out again, Liu Chengyou can imagine that there will be civil unrest. And if you add the officials and generals whose quality is worrying in various places, what kind of evil consequences can be caused by these executors, Liu Chengyou does not dare to guarantee.

Therefore, no matter how difficult the finances were, the imperial court should not continue to oppress the peasants. Even, Liu Chengyou thought of appropriately reducing the burden on the peasants, which would only increase the financial pressure on the imperial court.

Brainstorming always yields. Judge Xue Juzheng and others put forward some methods that satisfied Liu Chengyou. There is only one core, which continues to tap the potential on top of the existing tax revenue of the imperial court.

For example, the salt and iron of the government and the koji, which were originally the major items of the imperial court's financial revenue, suggested that the rules and regulations should be re-established, and the regulations should be thoroughly regulated, and at the same time the illegal ones should be severely cracked down.

On the basis of salt, iron, and koji, we continued to expand the scope of official operations, and incorporated tea, sugar, and other items into the "co-ordinated" management and operation of the imperial court. Monopoly is always profitable. The only hesitation in Liu Chengyou's heart is whether the imperial court has the ability to execute......

Some people have suggested that the reform of the currency system should be continued, and the exchange of old and new money would have too much room for maneuver in the middle.

There are also courtiers who set their sights on commercial taxes, but the commerce of the Han Dynasty is not very developed. Liu Chengyou's idea was to fatten up and kill again, but instead of agreeing to increase the commercial tax, he decided to implement the previous policy of reducing and reducing standardized tariffs. In the past, there were too many generals in various places who treated the imperial court policy as a fart, and they should also start to rectify it.

For the country's finance and taxation, the ministers vied with each other to give advice, but Wang Zhang, who was the third division, surprisingly did not say a word or make a decision.

Still in the Chongzheng Palace, Liu Chengyou took a sip of hot tea to relieve the fatigue of discussing politics for a long time. Summoning Wang Zhang to the front of the palace, he asked him: "The country is barren, the finances and taxes are tight, and I am anxious for money and food." In the Chongyuan Palace, the ministers competed to speak in order to express their strategies, but Wang Qing was silent for some reason. ”

"The minister is stupid, he doesn't know how to change, and he really has no good plan. And now the court is full of talents, why do you need to talk about the old and decayed in this winter! Wang Zhang's answer made Liu Chengyou a little surprised, and he always felt that there was something in his words.

Staring at Wang Zhang, who had a cold and hard face, Liu Chengyou felt unhappy, and the feeling of being offended was a little strong.

"Why is Wang Qing so thin, since the founding of the country, the financial and important matters have been entrusted to Yu Qing, and I can work hard, I see it in my eyes!" Liu Chengyou said lightly, but his tone was a little salty.

Hearing this, sitting behind the case, silent for a while, Wang Zhang suddenly got up, walked to the hall, and bowed: "The minister has a request, I hope Your Majesty will answer!" ”

Seeing this, Liu Chengyou thought that Wang Zhang had some financial insights, but he didn't expect that after he spoke, he actually resigned.

"The minister is sick, there has been no good doctor for a long time, and he is getting worse and worse, and he has no strength to work hard to prevent state affairs, so please ...... to the office today," Wang Zhang said calmly.

In a word, Liu Chengyou frowned, looked at Wang Zhang's gaze, and gradually deepened.