Before Li An came over, he felt that Li Shizhi suddenly wanted to see him, not just to catch up, there must be some other purpose, at this time I heard that there was something important, and hurriedly asked what it was. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Oh Lang! Don't be in a hurry, come, warm up with a cup of hot tea. ”

Li Shizhi was not in a hurry to say what was in his heart, but asked Ang Lee to drink tea and personally served a cup for Ang Lee.

Li An took the tea, and wanted to cry, the tea of this era, with tea cakes as the main body, added salt, sauce, vinegar and other ingredients, and even added fresh milk, these complex flavors are mixed together, forming a unique strong taste, and Li An dislikes this heavy taste very much, drinking this thing is more painful than drinking decoction.

But this is Li Shizhi's heart after all, if Li An doesn't drink it, it will make Li Shizhi very unhappy, so Li An gritted his teeth and drank these decoctions after all.

"What's the matter, Da Lang doesn't seem to like tea, this tea is added with fresh milk, isn't it delicious?"

Li Shizhi has read countless people, how can he not see the reluctance of Li An's expression, and asked suspiciously.

Li An wanted to say that this tea was worse than the decoction, but in order not to hurt Li Shizhi's kindness, he said against his will: "Liu Ah Weng doesn't know, my grandson doesn't like to drink too strong tea, in fact, lighter tea is the best." ”

"Lighter tea? Da Lang has drunk? ”

Li Shizhi asked curiously.

"Liu'aweng, this grandson has indeed drunk it, but he hasn't encountered this kind of tea for many years, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he will definitely brew some for Liu'aweng to taste."

The weak tea that Li Ang said is the tea of later generations, which can also be said to be fried tea, which is much more advanced and delicious than the tea cakes of this era, after all, the tea I drank just now is simply a salty soup that is difficult to swallow, and it is more difficult to drink than decoction.

"Okay, if I have the chance, I must try the weak tea that Da Lang said, haha!"

Li Shizhi has just been promoted to the left minister for a short time, and he is being reused by Emperor Li Longji, and even has a tendency to fight against Li Linfu, so he is naturally in a very good mood.

Li An didn't care about the matter of roasting tea, he was more concerned about what important things Li Shizhi was looking for him, so he asked: "Liu'a Weng, you just said that there is something important, and this tea is also drunk, isn't it ......?"

Li Shizhi nodded: "Actually, it's not a big deal, it's just to take you to meet someone, a very important person, and this matter can't be delayed, otherwise, it is very likely that you won't see it." ”

"Important people, you won't be able to see them when it's late, who the hell is this!"

Li An suddenly felt very curious, looking at Li Shizhi's tone, this person he wanted to see seemed to be about to die, so where is this person sacred?

"Oh Lang! The person I want to take you to see is not an outsider, it is my famous general of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yi, the king of Xin'an, who can be regarded as your Ah Weng, if you see him, call him Da Ah Weng, he must be very happy. ”

When Li Shizhi talked about Li Yi, a look of reverence suddenly appeared on his face, obviously, he admired and respected Li Yi very much, and regarded him as his idol.

Li An still knows a lot about the history of the Tang Dynasty, of course he knows that this Xin'an King Li Yi is the grandson of Taizong's third son, Wu King Li Ke, this person is quite talented, is a member of the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and has made great contributions to Xuanzong's dynasty, after he died of illness, Tang Xuanzong was sad for a long time.

Li Yi not only made outstanding military achievements, but also had an excellent character and was honest and honest, and when he was a civil official, he governed the area in an orderly manner, and both officials and the people respected and believed in him.

Since then, because of his outstanding ability, he has been promoted again and again, and in his tenure as the envoy of Shuofang Jiedu, he has repeatedly commanded the army to break the Tubo army, especially the thousand-mile attack on Shibao City, and captured this strategic place at a very small cost, so that Tubo was frightened and asked for reconciliation with his tail between his legs.

In the twentieth year of Kaiyuan, Li Yi was ordered to lead the army to conquer Xi and Khitan, and in the case of the defeat of the Tang army's forward, he decisively led the main army to launch a counterattack, and achieved a great victory in Baobai Mountain, breaking Xi and Khitan, capturing and beheading very much, and quelling the rebellion in one fell swoop.

Such an excellent figure of the Tang clan is the pride of the Tang Empire, and it is the pride of the Tang royal family, Li An has great respect for Li Yi in his previous life, and when he came to Datang, his admiration has not diminished.

"Liu-A-Weng, when are we going to meet Da A-Weng."

Li An agreed without hesitation.

"It's a matter of no sooner rather than later, tomorrow morning! Come to my mansion first, and we'll go together. ”

Li Shizhi said without hesitation.

"Yes, Liuweng, then tomorrow morning."

Seeing that Li An was so refreshing, Li Shizhi smiled with great satisfaction, and asked Li An to eat a snack, strong tea is not delicious, the taste of this snack is still very good, and it tastes very good in the mouth.

When Li Shizhi invited Ang Lee, he had already indicated that he wanted to catch up with the past, and after finalizing the decision to visit Li Yi early the next morning, of course, he would continue to keep Ang Lee, and chatted with Ang Lee enthusiastically.

The most talked about is nothing more than praising Ang Lee's youth and promising, and lamenting the deep relationship between himself and Ang Lee when he was a child, the great sadness of the disappearance of his second brother back then, and the excitement of seeing the descendants of his second brother.

Ang Lee is also very cooperative, whenever Li Shizhi talks about Li Jing, Ang Lee always makes a sad expression to show that he misses Ah Weng, which makes Li Shizhi very satisfied.

You must know that filial piety is very important in ancient times, if a person is not filial, then the whole society is basically unable to gain a foothold, so that many officials keep filial piety for three years because of the death of their parents.

And during this period, the court gave a lot of money, that is, if you don't work, you get three years' salary for nothing, nominally Ding worry, but in fact you have been lazy for three years, which can be regarded as a kind of welfare!

As the left minister of the current court, it is his duty to care about the major affairs of the court, and after contacting the feelings, Li Shizhi happily talked about various major events in the court.

Because he had just been valued by the emperor, Li Shizhi looked very proud and excited when he talked about various political affairs of the imperial court, as if the entire Tang Dynasty was under his control.

And Li An also heard it, Li Shizhi is indeed very knowledgeable, and the various policies and suggestions put forward are all for the current government and politics, but unfortunately, he doesn't seem to know Li Longji's heart very well, let alone how to survive better in the court, only consider what is beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, and do not consider how many people will be offended, so it will definitely be difficult to gain a long-term foothold.

Li Shizhi also saw some crises in Datang very thoroughly, but he couldn't find a solution, which made him a little worried, especially the land annexation issue, which was very serious.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, every common man could get enough land, so that in order to keep their land, the common people must actively join the army, and all the expenses of the soldiers must rely on the income of the family's land.

Moreover, the tax system of the Tang Dynasty is rent-neutral modulation, and the tax collection is calculated according to the person, not according to the actual ownership of land, so that those who have less land and no land will not be able to complete the task of rent-yong adjustment, so they have to flee, in order to make up for the loss of tax revenue, the imperial court will let the neighbors pay on their behalf, which will cause more people to flee and further aggravate the crisis.

In fact, under the condition of the same social productive forces, the total wealth of society is so much, and the total amount will not change much, and the consequence of the annexation of land is a kind of transfer of wealth, the wealth owned by the nobles has increased sharply, and the common people have become poorer and poorer, and the immutability of the tax system has caused a sharp decline in the financial revenue of the imperial court.

In order to make up for the shortfall in fiscal revenue, the imperial court had to increase taxes, which caused the common people to have a heavier burden and had to flee, which affected the social productive forces and led to the gradual reduction of the total wealth of the whole society.

In this case, the decline of national strength is inevitable, but it is not felt because of the huge amount of money and the concentration of wealth.

Looking at the prosperity of Chang'an City, the rich people are spending their money, and they feel the national and material resources of the Tang Dynasty, but no one notices that in more places, the tragedy of selling children and daughters and fleeing with their families is staged.

The land annexation of the Tang Dynasty has lasted for more than 100 years, and the equalization system has been completely destroyed, which is an irreversible fact, and the solution to it is to reform the tax system and collect taxes according to the amount of land owned, not according to the capitation.

In this way, the more land the nobles annexed, the more taxes they had to pay, so that the loss of court tax revenues and the forced flight of the common people and the reduction of tenant farmers and slaves would not be caused by the land annexation problem.

Li An told Li Shizhi about his thoughts on tax reform in 1510, and after Li Shizhi heard it, he suddenly realized that before, he had only repeatedly suggested that the emperor should restrain the nobles from annexing land in order to maintain the equalization of land system, so that the common people could have land to cultivate, and Li Longji also issued many decrees prohibiting the nobles from annexing land, and no one was allowed to occupy more than the prescribed land in violation of regulations, but the phenomenon of omission and concealment was very serious, and many officials who could only own a few hundred acres of land according to their official positions actually owned more than 10,000 acres of land. The most powerful nobles even owned hundreds of thousands of acres of land by themselves.

It is possible and impossible to get these nobles to spit out the land that they have swallowed, and it can also be said that it is impossible, so although Li Longji has given orders many times, it has not alleviated the trend of the destruction of the Juntian system, but has become more and more intense.

After all, in ancient times, land was the most important and core resource, and the people lived on food, and only with enough land could there be enough food, which is why all nobles and officials, as long as they had money, always had to do everything possible to obtain land.

The world's thirst for land made it difficult to stop buying and selling land, and even the emperor's own decree could not change this trend.

"Da Lang, did you think of it yourself?"

Li Shizhi looked at Li An in disbelief.

Li An nodded, and admitted against his will, in fact, this is the tax system proposed by a person named Yang Yan during the Tang Dynasty Dezong period, which is very suitable for the current Tang Dynasty, but at this moment Yang Yan is still a teenager, and it is estimated that he is four or five years younger than Li An, of course, there will be no strategy, Li An can be regarded as picking up a bargain.

Li Shizhi's face was full of excitement, and he said, "Da Lang! You really woke up a dreamer with a word! I think I have been thinking about it for many years, and I have always thought that only by controlling the aristocracy to annex land is the shortcut to solve this problem, I didn't expect that there is a better way, as long as the tax is collected according to the amount of land, the people will naturally not flee, and the idea of the aristocracy annexing land will also weaken a lot, which is really a wonderful way! ”

When Li Shizhi was overjoyed, Li An frowned and said: "Liu'a Weng has won the award, although this method is good, but to a certain extent, it has damaged the interests of the nobles, especially those nobles who are sitting on hundreds of thousands of acres of land, and they will definitely oppose it with all their might, so it is easy to reform the tax system, but it is by no means an easy thing to really do this matter well, and the process may be very tortuous and difficult." ”

Li Shizhi nodded and agreed: "Da Lang, what you said is right, those nobles who have annexed hundreds of thousands of acres of land will indeed oppose the tax reform with all their might, but this is a policy that benefits the country and the people, especially if it can enrich the treasury, at least His Majesty and the officials of the household department will definitely support it, so it is not as difficult as you think, the key is the details of implementation, which must be considered very clearly, and there must be no flaws." ”

Li An nodded and said: "What Liu Ah Weng said is that many nobles have concealed the land they own, so to implement the tax reform, we must first measure the land of the whole country, find out how much land each person occupies, if it is a terra nullius or land that no one recognizes, it will be returned to the imperial court, which is the premise of the implementation of the tax reform. ”

Li An has seen too many farmers who have lost their land over the years, and even the servants hired by his manor are farmers who have lost their land, so Li An can deeply feel how outdated the current tax policy of Datang is, how urgently it needs to be reformed, and this two-tax law has also been brewing in Li An's heart for a long time.

"Oh Lang! Regarding the tax reform, we still have to discuss a lot, especially the specific details, we must be cautious, okay, the bean sprouts and wead vegetables have been prepared, I still have the best wine here, let's have a good meal first, don't be polite to you. ”

Li Shizhi's face was full of smiles, his eyes were full of love and appreciation, and of course Li An was not polite, eating and drinking a lot, too polite but hypocritical. (To be continued.) )