Speaking of this, Jia Quan walked behind Huang Qiong's bookcase. Picked up his strip Chen pondered it carefully, and then picked up the pen and wrote a copy again in Huang Qiong's tone. After putting down the pen and drying it, Jia Quan took the revised or deleted note by himself and handed it to Huang Qiong.

After taking Jia Quan's revised article Chen, Huang Qiong read it roughly, but shook his head and said, "Sir, what you mean, this king has not thought about it. It's just that this method also has a great impact on the income of the imperial court. Especially after the tax was paid on the excess land occupied by this clan, it was quite inappropriate for the imperial court to give compensation for salt introduction. ”

"The two largest annual revenues of my dynasty are salt taxes, in addition to the land tax. Your idea is good, but it doesn't intend to be a sore patch. And according to the huge appetite that these clans have been pampered over the years, how much salt can the imperial court give to satisfy them? If you give less, they don't do the same, and if you give more court revenue, it will be affected. ”

"Don't think about it. However, your idea of limiting the amount of land occupied by the clan and levying taxes on excess of the amount is worth considering. It's just that this upper limit of land occupation, we still need to discuss it again. 20,000 acres, which is a bit much. ”

Regarding Huang Qiong's attitude, Jia Quan smiled and said: "The reason why the prince gave a certain amount of salt is that Quan's real idea is that this matter should not be impatient. These salt introductions were only used to suppress and weaken temporarily, and those clans were dissatisfied with this change. When all the problems are solved, when will Yanyin want to take it back, isn't it a matter of a word from the imperial court? ”

"And the right is written on the article that these salt quotations are not for life, but need to be reissued by the imperial court every year. As long as this power is firmly in the hands of the imperial court, isn't it a matter of one sentence to want to cut it? Lord Wang, you have to be willing to give up, there are some things that you can give up in order to get in the end. If you don't give them a little benefit, how can they honestly accept the change? ”

"As for setting the upper limit of the clan's occupation of land, the right means a house, not a family. In fact, in this world's clans, every household is a family, which can also be called a house. Of course, all the clan patriarchs are the sons of heaven in the past dynasties. But every clan has the highest title and is the actual patriarch. ”

"Just like after you become a vassal, your descendants will also be the de facto patriarchs of the descendants of the lord. This mansion may contain a county king or county duke, several Fengguo generals or Fengguo lieutenants, and even some Xuande Lang, Chaoyu Lang and the like. There may be dozens, or even hundreds, of them. ”

"These clans have a total of 20,000 acres of land as the upper limit, Lord Wang, this number is already the lowest. No matter how low it is, you also have to consider the mentality of the emperor and the backlash of these clans. What's more, all of these clans are not diligent in their limbs and do not distinguish between grains and grains, so you can't really force them to farm. ”

"Actually, Lord Wang, there are still two ways to say it. Quan thought that there were two other ways to take the next step, one was to allow the clan to participate in the imperial examination, and change the current system of the clan that could only participate in the election of officials to the same as the former Tang Dynasty, and the non-clan except for the five suits could participate in the imperial examination or do business. ”

"Another point is that it involves the prince himself. In fact, the prince can suggest to the emperor that the prince should change the national policy of dividing the princes from the prince of this dynasty. All the princes are not in the feudal domain. Even if it is a feudal domain, it is not being issued to Yongye Tian, and the original Yongye Field, the prince of the domain, has been taken back and all of them have been changed to the Yulu system. ”

"With the prince of this dynasty as the model of the world's clan, the implementation of the new policy will be much less resistant. Lord Wang, it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country, and this matter can be said to have reached the point where it is difficult to return. But this matter involves the world's clans, and it must not be rushed. Quan thought that simmering over low heat would be more suitable for this change. Too much manipulation can only backfire. ”

"As for your article, the two rights of apportioning into the mu and asking for the ban on the sea, these two rights are not recognized, nor can they be used. But the problem is that at present, maritime trade is in the hands of the Guilin County Palace. As soon as you put this article on it, it can be said that you immediately offended the Guilin County Palace. ”

"Since the end of the Tang Dynasty, after the Silk Road was lost in Tibet, the maritime trade route has become the only route for trade between the Central Plains and overseas countries. Coupled with Dongying and Silla, this overseas trade often makes tens of millions of profits every year. Even if thirty percent is handed over to the household department, seventy percent of what can be left behind is enough to make Guilin County Wangfu rich. ”

"And Guilin County Palace, no one knows how much money is entered every year. The money they hand over every year is said to be 30%, who can tell the difference? The prince, the tea garden of the Guilin Junwang's Mansion, covers the east and west of the Yangtze River, the two Zhejiangs, and the Fujian Zhulu, and the porcelain is also all over the Jiangnan West Road and Fujian Road. We are the two most popular exporters, tea and porcelain, for them almost no profit. ”

"As for silk and medicinal materials, although they need to be purchased externally, how many merchants in Jiangnan dare not give Guilin County the palace a low price? How many people dare to ask for a sky-high price in the palace of Guilin County? Not even to mention that he didn't dare to bargain, he had to rush to curry favor with the Guilin County Palace. ”

"Although Quan is not a businessman, Quan has heard a little about the affairs of the Guilin County Palace. The royal palace of Guilin County acted extremely domineering because it controlled almost the entire Daqi trade route to the sea. When buying silk, the price is often deliberately lowered. Although the silk merchants in the south of the Yangtze River are angry in their hearts, they dare not speak out because their lifeblood is in the hands of others. ”

"The Guilin County Palace's mastery of this overseas trade can be described as a profitable business. But the right to look at the dossier, but from the Taizong period, the amount of money handed over to the household department by the Guilin County Royal Mansion has basically not changed. But now that it has been more than 100 years since the founding of the country, the annual profit of Guilin County is still so much, do you believe it? ”

"Opening the sea ban and allowing merchants to trade in the ports designated by the imperial court is a good strategy to solve the shortage of imperial revenue. Merchants in Jiangnan will also strongly support it. But this eating alone until now, can the Guilin County Palace, which has been more than 100 years old, agree? You must know that before the tax reaches a certain level, the imperial court will not be able to offend the king of Guilin now. ”

"Although the annual tax paid by the king of Guilin is a confused account, it is still very important to the current imperial court. Seventy percent of the money and grain issued by the imperial court to the river workers every year came from the thirty percent of the taxes paid by the Guilin County Palace. People have always had the saying that when the Guilin County palace sneezes, the court will catch a cold. If it really makes a fuss, I'm afraid the court won't be able to stand it first. ”

"After the Guilin County Mansion was the first contributor to the founding of the country, it had considerable influence not only in the court, but also among the people. If the imperial court comes to be tough, I am afraid that the legitimacy of the imperial court will be questioned first. What's more, Lord Wang, you have forgotten one thing, that is, Wuwei Qianzhuang. ”

"Now the silver money of the imperial court is circulating, the taxes paid on the roads, the officials are distributed, and even in addition to the local guards allocated by the local guards from the nearest roads, the border troops and the four major battalions of officials and soldiers have to rely on Wuwei Qianzhuang to avoid the pain of escorting back and forth, and it can even be said that it is more secure than the imperial court escorting it by itself."

"Moreover, the interest money that the household department gets every year in Wuwei Qianzhuang is not a big rush for the imperial court's income, but it is also a lot of money. But in this way, although the household department and the military department are saving trouble, and the safety of the salary and silver escort is also guaranteed, you can still get a sum of interest money every year. ”

"But the problem is that after decades of accumulation, it can be said that the entire Great Qi Dynasty was tied to Wuwei Qianzhuang in disguise, that is, their Guilin County Palace. As long as this Wuwei Qianzhuang is in one day, as long as the Guilin County Mansion does not openly rebel, none of the emperors of the Great Qi Dynasty dared to touch the Guilin County Palace. It can be said that even if you hand it over, the emperor will not approve it. ”

"As for the apportionment of Ding into the mu, it is a good way to solve the problem that Ding Yin can't be harvested. But on this piece of your article, you also added the official gentry to pay the food and errands, and you are pushing yourself to be the enemy of the people who study all over the world. Prince, being an official for thousands of miles just for food and clothing, three years of 100,000 snowflakes of silver in the Qing Governor's Mansion. ”

"If it's not for this privilege, who will come out to be an official? If it weren't for this privilege, who would be willing to suffer for ten years? To put it mildly, when Emperor Taizu rebelled, he told those Conglong generals that we are really fighting the world for the common people of the world. After the Tang Dynasty was destroyed, everyone went back to farming, and they should sell smuggled salt to sell smuggled salt. ”

"If you look at the Great Qi Army at that time, it would be strange if it didn't break up immediately. The so-called getting ahead is all false, and only interests are fundamental. According to your rules, you have offended all the clans in the world first. In putting the Guilin County Mansion in his hostile position, this pushed himself to the opposite side of the world's scholars. ”

"Lord Wang, you are not just an enemy on all sides. Once this statement is published in the world, you will almost become the world's powerful and the mortal enemy of those who have achieved fame or not. When the time comes, the clan, the officials, and the scholars all over the world, even if the emperor's will is like iron, he can't think twice. ”

"And this twist and turn of yours, even if the emperor doesn't send it, it may not be able to pass it on. The matter of the emperor's private visit to Weifu is considered confidential, but there is no need to say the result. When the time comes, someone behind you is behind it, even if you want to stay out of it, it is simply impossible. ”

"Lord Wang, don't forget that no matter what you do, the only thing you can rely on behind you is the emperor. And now looking at the emperor, he is blindly seeking stability in political affairs. If you go up, once it causes the wrath of the world, the clan, the Guilin County Palace, and the scholars, the three parties join forces, can the emperor withstand this pressure for you? ”

"The pressure from the clan and the Guilin County Royal Mansion may not be too much of a problem for the emperor. These people depend on what your emperor does, as long as the emperor wants to do it, it is not completely impossible to suppress it if he blindly presses it. But what about the people who read all over the world? How will you let the emperor deal with himself at that time, and can he still support you as always? ”

"You know, although these people have no soldiers, they don't have any great rights. But these scholars have the right to speak in the world. The history is like a knife, these people are much more difficult to get than the clan and the prince of Guilin County. You can't eat a fat man in one bite, things still have to come step by step. Solve the clan problem first, and put the rest aside for the time being. ”

Jia Quan can be described as a bitter mother-in-law, and he can even say that everything is to the point, and advise Huang Qiong not to act rashly. Especially the last paragraph, which is almost right on the key point of Huang Qiong. If the emperor's side really can't withstand the pressure from the top to the bottom, Huang Qiong will really be pushed out as a scapegoat at that time.