The changes in Jinling City attracted the attention of important ministers in the court.

Song Huafu found Jia Yuanen overnight to discuss countermeasures, and the two discussed the past and the present, and agreed that only by moving the capital could the current problem be solved.

"Jinling has been cut off from the dragon vein, and the king's anger has been vented, and I hope that Your Majesty will return to Luoyang as soon as possible to achieve hegemony!"

"This Jinling really can't stay any longer! Your Majesty, the world has not yet been unified, the Yu State in the north is eyeing us, and Liu Jian in the west has recently pacified Bashu and formed a good southwest, presumably it will come to attack us soon! ”

"Your Majesty, moving the capital to Luoyang, there is a natural danger of the Yellow River, plus the armies of Marshal Wang and Marshal He are protected on both wings, we can attack and retreat, and we can be invincible!"

In the face of the proposal of the ministers in the Taiji Palace, Zhu Yaoshi couldn't make up his mind for a while, he was not an indecisive person, but when he thought of the ruined city of Luoyang, let alone the prosperity of Jinling, he was reluctant to go to Luoyang from the bottom of his heart. Moreover, the commercial tax collected in Jinling City alone has 20 million yuan per year, which is not comparable to other places.

"You're talking about location! But I think of people! As long as we are united in our monarchy and ministers, we can block the enemy anywhere! What's more, the city of Jinling is strong, and our army would not have been so easy to attack if it hadn't been for the tactics back then. What's more, I went to Luoyang to rebuild the palace wall and spent the treasury to conquer the people, I really can't bear it! ”

The ministers in the court actually understood very well that it was nothing more than the prosperity of Jinling City and the magnificence of the palace, and the emperor was reluctant to leave.

Or Jia Yuanen was upright: "Your Majesty, if you don't feel at ease in this Jinling City, you can send your henchmen to guard it, and the tax money and grain will be transferred to Luoyang on a quarterly basis!" ”

What Jia Yuanen said about Pharmacist Zhu was unable to refute for a while, so he had to see how others reacted

"Your Majesty, moving the capital is expensive, and the people will be displaced! The minister believes that the conditions for moving the capital are not yet available! The previous dynasty lost the world because the family controlled the government and was not sympathetic to the people of the world. And His Majesty is the unprecedented Ming Jun, Jinling City is not only prosperous, but also the city is strong, our army and people are united, not afraid of any enemy to attack! ”

"Cao Shi said, the minister also agreed, guarding the world is not in danger! The Qin State was in danger of being in danger, and it did not stop the people from revolting! The minister thinks that His Majesty is now in the prime of life, and will be able to dominate the world in less than ten years, so why should we think about a corner of peace? ”

Song Huafu has not spoken, and he can't help it at the moment, the reason of the opponents of moving the capital is so high-sounding, but in fact, he is thinking that it is good to continue to buy industries in Jinling.

"Liyang in the north is lost, and Yu Guo may cross the river and go south at any time! Your Majesty and the imperial court are both in Jinling, and it is very easy for the enemy to strike at them, and all the armies that our army can fight will fight around Jinling. Moving the capital to Luoyang or even Chang'an can let the defenders from all over the country give it a go, and there will be no worries! What's more, Jinling connects the north-south trade routes, and it's time to let go and accumulate more wealth for the country! ”

As soon as he heard that he could accumulate more wealth for the country, the balance in Pharmacist Zhu's heart began to tilt.

"Song Shangshu is really high, yes, when it is undecided today, our army still needs countless military supplies to conquer the Quartet, this Jinling is time to get rid of the shackles! I see that it is imperative to move the capital! "Pharmacist Zhu has agreed to move the capital!

When he walked out of the Taiji Palace, Song Huafu sighed to Jia Yuanen: "It's just an expedient measure!" ”

"Let's take one step at a time"

Jinling was busy moving the capital, and Xiangyang was talking about what Li Xiaofei had done again.

"Li Xiaofei trained 3,000 soldiers to expand the army for the imperial court, but in fact, he established a private army and wanted to divide one side!"

"Li Xiaofei connived at his subordinates to assassinate innocents and loot excessively! It has turned Linjiang Country into a hell of Chéng Rén! ”

"Your Majesty connived at Li Xiaofei's accumulation of wealth, and he will definitely lose the hearts of the world!"

"Your Majesty, you must cherish the people's strength, rest with the people, and don't fish with all your might!"

"Your Majesty, officials don't pay grain, this is the ancestral system of the Great Liang, and it can't be abandoned like this! such

It will surely lose the hearts of the people of the world! ”

The ministers all gritted their teeth at Li Xiaofei, and Chen Hongyi and several others were silent

Liu Mingge sneered at these people who wanted to put Li Xiaofei to death: "The money you received is in a high position, and people like Li Xiaofei have worked hard for you!" Once the new policy is fully implemented, you will have to pay your taxes with the money you have from your family, and cutting off some of your wealth will be like killing your parents. What you have opposed from beginning to end is not Li Xiaofei, but the new policy implemented by His Majesty in Linjiang State! It's ridiculous that the sage books you read keep saying that you are loyal to the king and serving the country! When you really want to fill the treasury with money, you unite against it! ”

"Prime Minister! The New Deal has many flaws! The New Deal also did not allow Li Xiaofei to do anything wrong! It is not unreasonable that Daliang can continue the national throne to this day by relying on the ancestral system of benevolent officials! ”

"The New Deal is to kill the chicken and take the eggs! If you continue to connive at the persecution of the family by a mountain villager like Li Xiaofei, the ministers are willing to resign! ”

"Hehe, why don't you say that if the new policy continues, you will go to the enemy? It is said that the Zhu Yaoshi in the east treats the family preferentially, and all the big families will directly give the best home! ”

As soon as Chen Zhengnan, Huang Chuanting and others heard Liu Mingge say so bluntly, they couldn't help it: "The prime minister only blames us for refusing to take out money and pay taxes, I heard that the prime minister also has a fleet and industry, why doesn't the prime minister donate it to enrich the treasury?" ”

"I knew you would do this! The Prime Minister has handed over all the properties and fleets to the Inner Government to operate! As he spoke, Liu Mingge put out the delivery documents and the edict of the Son of Heaven's commendation

"Since Prime Minister Liu Cheng came back from Shudi, he has donated all his properties and run them by the inner government, so that they are consumed by the royal family and no longer spent by the treasury! From the beginning of me, the Son of Heaven is not allowed to use the treasury for personal use! The money of the treasury can only be used for domestic and foreign conquests! "Liu Jian's words are categorical, it can be said that the bottom of the kettle is drawn, the emperor and the prime minister have taken the lead, and now it depends on the ministers

"The ministers have nothing to say, in this case, the ministers are willing to pay taxes to the court every year!"

"Your Majesty, the minister has to say again, the national capital of Daliang is to rule the world with the family, not to abuse the family!" Wang Xianyi, the current head of the Taiyuan Wang family, said indignantly

"Your Majesty, on behalf of the Lingnan Chen family, the minister supports the new policy, the whole world is not the king's land, since he is a subject of Daliang, he has the obligation to pay taxes to Daliang!" Chen Hongyi finally expressed his stance and supported Liu Jian's new policy

"I don't know if Cui Ju over there in Chenzhou will support His Majesty's new policy, wait and see!" Wang Xianyi said with a little sarcasm

"After the new deal is perfected, the whole country and the lost territory recovered in the future must implement the new deal! No exceptions! Liu Jian's words were full of anger

The emperor is really moving, after all, he has tasted the sweetness, what kind of saint tomorrow, he can't come up with the money to recruit troops and horses to march to fight, but he is just a son of heaven.

As for the additions to the new policy, the first is to redistribute the land according to the population in Linjiang State, and to pardon all those who had to be sold into slavery due to the war over the years. The second is to set up a transshipment envoy to transfer all the collected taxes to the capital, and then return 20% of them to Linjiang State after the capital sends someone to verify it. The third is to set up military tun pavilions, and hand over the 30 fertile land pavilions in Linjiang State to the new army and the local people to cultivate and plant, half of which belong to the people and half to the new army, and these 30 military tun pavilions do not need to pay taxes.

Li Xiaofei selected another 3,000 people from the pardoned slaves to train a new army, and handed over all the original 3,000 new troops to the imperial court.

All of a sudden, the land and financial resources of the army were all there, but a new problem arose, due to the loss of the original privileges, the magistrates of the counties and counties in Linjiang became the ornaments who could not contribute to the work.

Li Xiaofei had the intention of punishing these officials, but was stopped by Hongrui

"The board has already been beaten, so it can't be fought anymore, and now we have to let the emperor compensate these people for his grace and let them continue to play their role!"

"Sister, why don't you send someone directly from the army to replace him

Guys! With the speed at which they do things, if they have to do things well, it will really take a long time! ”

"No profit can not be early, the same is true for changing people, without the interests of the past, before there are no new interests, it is difficult for people in these positions to change. It's not for you and me to worry about this, I think the court will be able to solve it."

Liu Jian also encountered the same dilemma, although officials of all sizes were forced to agree to pay taxes, but the practice of not working hard began to spread everywhere.

Liu Jian could only ask Liu Mingge at this time, and Shen Yuanhao was originally against the New Deal

Liu Mingge asked Liu Jian: "What does Your Majesty think these people are officials for?" ”

"It's nothing more than the glory of the ancestors, the promotion and fortune, the beauty of the gold, the silver, the mansion, the fields, the mountains and the forests!"

"Your Majesty! These people didn't have to pay taxes before, and they could accumulate a lot of wealth on that alone! But now it's gone, and the motivation to be an official is no longer positive."

"The Prime Minister means that the removal of this privilege is a failure?"

"No, Your Majesty, this is extremely correct, if you continue to maintain this privilege, Da Liang will only have a dead end!"

"I think the prime minister already has a good solution to the current problem!"

"Your Majesty, there will never be a perfect countermeasure in this world, and the idea that the minister has come up with now is only feasible at the moment! Just like Emperor Taizu and the family agreed to rule the world together hundreds of years ago, it was correct at that time! The idea of the ministers was nothing more than to transfer their privileges in the taxation of land to other areas! ”

"But there are too many officials and big families in the world, can the prime minister take care of them all?"

"What is rare is what they want, and what they have is not important! The minister's plan was to grant the local families the official position of their descendants, and this official position was not the current official, but the alternate place. This is to buy people's hearts with official positions, and first stabilize the local people. The second step is to issue the national royal gift token to the officials of the third rank and above of the imperial court according to their rank, and their caravans can pass through the checkpoint city with the token without paying taxes to the local area. The third step is to give the generals above the sixth rank the title of marquis, and allow them to build the country hereditarily outside the old territory of the Great Liang! ”

"These three steps of the prime minister seem to make them compete with each other? Could it be? ”

"Your Majesty is wise! In order to make their caravans bigger and obtain tokens, local forces have to desperately move closer to the imperial power, and officials above the third rank of the imperial court are bound to suppress local forces in order to keep their new privileges! And the generals can rely on their military merits to become the emperor of the soil themselves, and they will work harder in the war! ”

"However, once the families of these important ministers of the court are rich and rival the country, they will also be a big threat to the imperial court! The military generals built the country outside the borders, will they turn around and plot against me in the future? ”

"This requires that Your Majesty and the future king's power change, there is no immutable method and system, as the situation changes, Your Majesty's countermeasures will also change!"

"Since I sat in the position of this emperor, I realized that it was too difficult to do things! There is a lot of resistance! Take this Li Xiaofei as an example, if it weren't for Mr. Liu and General Chen's efforts, I might not be able to protect him! ”

"We are all His Majesty's pawns, and I hope Your Majesty can be a good chess player! As long as Your Majesty is firm in his beliefs and endures this endless criticism, in time, he will definitely become the Son of Heaven who is the dictator of the Holy Wisdom. By that time, Li Xiaofei and I may not be there! ”

"I'm not the king of Yue, Goujian, and I won't do things like rabbits and dead dogs!"

"Your Majesty is still too young! Many things are not about whether you want to do them or not, but because the times force you to do them! The so-called emperor is not a simple person, but a public instrument of the world, only talking about the pros and cons of the world, not on ordinary morality and etiquette! ”

After that, Liu Mingge got up and went back to the newly built grass house outside the city to continue cultivating.

Since Liu Mingge returned from Chengdu, he only came to Shangchao three times a month, and spent the rest of his time cultivating in the grass house.