How could Yu Chengjie not be in a hurry, the meaning of the Tang Emperor was so easy to change, but he really couldn't afford to lose, this time he went to Chang'an City to do things for his father Pi Luo Ge, it was his last chance, if he lost, then, in the mind of Pi Luo Ge, he was really a waste one, so it was even more impossible to defeat Ge Luofeng and obtain the inheritance of the title of King Nanzhao. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Anxiety, resentment, unwillingness, powerlessness, chagrin, countless emotions are entangled in Chengjie's heart, so that Yu Chengjie's heart is about to break, and he even wants to find someone to go crazy to vent the huge grievances in his heart.

"Emperor Datang, will you really change your mind?"

Yu Chengjie looked at several henchmen worriedly.

"Second prince, rest assured, we will go all out to persuade the right minister and others, no matter how high the chance of success, we will go all out."

"Yes! Second Prince, don't forget, behind us, there are too many Tang officials, and they all support the Second Prince, we won't just lose. ”

The future of the henchmen has been tied to Yu Chengjie's body, for this reason, even if Yu Chengjie is a mud that can't support the wall, they will go all out to assist, as long as Yu Chengjie can inherit the throne of Nanzhao, are they still afraid that there will be no glory and wealth?

Yu Chengjie nodded slightly with ease: "This matter depends on you, you can rest assured, as long as I can inherit the throne of Nanzhao smoothly in Yu Chengjie, you will all be the Qingping officials of my Nanzhao." ”

"Second Prince Xie."

When the henchmen are promised, their hearts will be somewhat happy.

Of course, this is all wishful thinking on the part of Yu Chengjie and others, Datang officials understand that Yu Chengjie is weak, and they are naturally willing to support him, but when it comes to the vital interests of Datang, they may not support Yu Chengjie.

When several of Yu Chengjie's henchmen were running for the dominance of Nanzhao's rebellion, almost all the Tang officials they came into contact with were perfunctory, they accepted Yu Chengjie's gifts, but at the same time they did not give any promises, but only symbolically said that they would do their best, in fact, they would not really persuade Li Longji at all to accept the gifts in vain.

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In the Zichen Hall of Daming Palace, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty looked at the folds sent by the household department, and carefully inquired about the imperial history and Yang Shenjin, the secretary of Taifu, who was standing in the palace, to understand the income and expenditure of Taifu.

Yang Shenjin was originally the great-great-grandson of the former Sui Dynasty emperor Yang Guang, who was upright and talented, and after the death of his father Yang Chongli, he took over his father's position as the secretary of the Taifu during his lifetime, and worshiped the imperial history and was in charge of the income and expenditure of the Taifu.

It can be said that the entire treasury of the capital is managed by Yang Shenjin, and he knows everything about the materials and money in the Jingcang, and through a strict management system and superb financial ability, he has put an end to the waste and loss of property, so that the emperor Li Longji is quite satisfied, and he can rest assured that the Taifu will be handed over to Yang Shenjin to take care of.

Since then, although Yang Shenjin's official position has been rising, and he has served as the imperial historian, the position of secretary of Taifu has always been on his body, and he is still the main official who manages Taifu.

At present, the reason why Li Longji suddenly cares about the financial reserves of Taifu is because Li An proposed that Pi Luoge could not be fully responsible for quelling the rebellion, lest the land become the territory of Nanzhao from now on, and in this way, the Tang Dynasty must send troops to plan.

Before giving the order to send troops, Li Longji must understand the basic situation of the Tang Dynasty's treasury, so as to calculate how many strategic resources can be used and the maximum amount of troops to be dispatched.

But the situation of Taifu is really not optimistic, the reserve of money can not support the Tang Dynasty court in all directions to fight abroad, in order to defend against strong enemies in the west and north, the Tang Dynasty's resource consumption has been very huge, almost close to the balance point, if the south opens up a long-term battlefield of fierce war, the Tang Dynasty's finances will have a tendency to collapse.

Moreover, the financial potential of the Tang Dynasty was gradually weakening, because with the large-scale annexation of land by the aristocracy, the 'Juntian System', the foundation of the Tang Empire, was completely collapsed, and the ensuing consequences were the obvious weakening of taxes and the gradual increase in exorbitant taxes.

In order to maintain the basic operation of the imperial court and obtain enough financial resources, the Tang Dynasty court had to transfer the pressure to the ordinary people, resulting in the increasing pressure on the survival of ordinary people, and the people's satisfaction with the imperial court was gradually lost.

Li Longji is well aware of the drawbacks of the Tang Dynasty's fiscal policy and financial difficulties, and he is also very anxious, but the interests of the landlord class and other aristocratic classes are difficult to touch, after all, the Tang Dynasty's country is maintained and ruled by these nobles, in case it annoys these nobles, it is difficult to ensure that they do not rebel, it seems that there is no better way than to increase the burden of ordinary people.

"The wealthy clan rebelled against the Tang Dynasty, and I decided to send a large army to quell the rebellion, but the reserves of Taifu seem to be a little insufficient, and the reserves of Zuozang and Jingcang are not too much, Yang Aiqing, you have to think of a way to see if you can get more money as soon as possible."

Li Longji looked at Yang Shenjin and passed on the problem to this financial expert.

Yang Shenjin can be regarded as an old man who has been up and down in officialdom for many years, so he naturally understands Li Longji's eagerness to want a large amount of money, but he also has difficulties, he is only the secretary of the Taifu, responsible for the income and expenditure of the Taifu, and how the imperial court levies taxes on the people is not under his control.

What he can do is how to eliminate waste through efficient management, prevent unclear accounts, and lead to his subordinates embezzling the money of the treasury, and he really has no good way to increase the income of the treasury, and he does not dare to put forward reform suggestions at will for the disadvantages of imperial court taxation, so as not to offend the aristocratic class of the whole world.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is only responsible for managing the income and expenditure of the Taifu, it is impossible to conjure up a large amount of money, and he is incompetent, please forgive your Majesty."

Yang Shenjin was helpless, so he had to tell the truth truthfully.

Li Longji knew that Yang Shenjin would answer like this, sighed, and asked: "Of course I know that Aiqing can't conjure up property for me, but Aiqing is good at managing property, and he should know the tax system of my Tang Dynasty very well, but what good suggestions can increase the source of tax revenue for the imperial court." ”

Yang Shenjin was stunned when he heard this, the reason why the source of tax revenue was insufficient was because a large number of fields were encroached upon by the aristocracy, and the common people who cultivated the land became tenant farmers of the aristocracy and the private property of the aristocratic class.

In this way, the nobles who have 10,000 acres of fertile land only need to pay very little taxes, and those tenant farmers who have lost their land and defected to the nobility are of course unable to pay taxes, so that the common people are still poor, and the court cannot collect taxes, and all the money is concentrated in the hands of the aristocratic class.

This is a serious drawback, from the moment the Tang Dynasty acquiesced in the annexation of land by the nobles, it was already doomed, Yang Shenjin understood this, and all the people with brains also understood this, but no one dared to say nonsense, so as not to offend the aristocratic class of the whole world, especially Yang Shenjin did not dare to talk nonsense, because his identity was too special, he was the royal family of the former Sui Dynasty, in case he offended the nobles of this dynasty, there would be all kinds of unwarranted restoration conspiracy to attack him, and this was obviously something he could not bear.

Yang Shenjin broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead, pondered for a long time, and said tremblingly: "Your Majesty, the expansion of the Hot Spring Palace costs a lot of money, if you can temporarily stop the expansion, you can save a lot of expenses, and then expand it after the land is settled." ”

When Li Longji heard this, his whole face immediately cooled, the hot spring palace is the famous Huaqing Palace in later generations, but the name at this time is the hot spring palace Undoubtedly, this is the place where the emperor Li Longji relaxes and entertains, and the repair and expansion is also to make leisure more comfortable, although it does cost a lot of money, but for Li Longji, these are worth it.

As the king of a country, don't you even have the right to enjoy this point? As for Yang Shenjin's proposal to temporarily stop the expansion of the Hot Spring Palace, he couldn't help but feel disgusted in his heart, he believed that as a courtier, he should open up sources and reduce expenditure in other places, and should not focus on the monarch's personal life, let alone put forward suggestions that make the monarch unhappy.

"The little money for the expansion of the Hot Spring Palace is just a drop in the bucket! Aiqing can't have a better way? ”

Li Longji said coldly.

Yang Shenjin's face was flushed, and he said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, in order to use troops against Tibet this year, an additional tax has been levied once, and if the tax is increased again, I am afraid that the life of the common people will not be able to live." ”

"Humph......"

Li Longji felt very angry and slammed the document in his hand on the table.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to dedicate a year of money to contribute to the court."

Seeing that Li Longji was angry, Yang Shenjin hurriedly expressed his support for Li Longji's use of troops against the land, and hinted that the ministers of the DPRK and China could each contribute a little money to finance military supplies.

When Li Longji heard this, he nodded slightly, he felt that this was a good idea, so many ministers in the imperial court, each of them contributed a piece of money, which added up to a huge amount of money, but the operation of the imperial court depends on these ministers, if they are willing to contribute to the country, I am afraid that these ministers will not be happy, and if it is in the name of borrowing, temporarily borrow a sum of money from these ministers, this is a good idea.

"I don't need you to give a year's salary, I just need you to lend it to the imperial court, in addition, I plan to borrow money from the people of the world in the name of the imperial court, and then gradually repay the money when the treasury is full, what does Aiqing think?"

Li Longji thought of a good idea, and he was very excited.

Yang Shen hurriedly said: "Your Majesty Shengming, this is indeed a good idea, as long as Your Majesty proposes to borrow, the rich people in the world will definitely respond, so that the salary of the army in the south will be settled." ”

"Okay, Yang Shenjin, I'll leave this matter to you, go ahead!"

Li Longji was desperate to raise enough funds as soon as possible, so he immediately ordered Yang Shenjin to handle the matter.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Yang Shenjin breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, he had already thought of borrowing money, but he didn't dare to propose it at will, so on the premise of giving a little hint, let Li Longji think of this method himself.

After Li Longji solved the problem of funds, he began to think about how to use troops, the main border troops in the west and north must not be transferred to the planing area, because that is the direction where the Tang Dynasty is facing the greatest threat, besides, the high mountains and humid planing land, the main force in the northwest may not be able to have combat effectiveness when they arrive in the planing area, and if they do not adapt to the water and soil, many soldiers will get sick and lose their combat effectiveness.

Since the soldiers and horses in the west and north are not suitable to go to the land to fight, then they can only mobilize the troops of the capital or Jiannan Province.

The number of soldiers and horses in the capital is sufficient, however, most of them are the sons of nobles, and they may not be able to stand the hard work of plowing the land, and there are only 30,000 soldiers and horses in Jiannan Dao, and they can't mobilize too much, so as not to affect the overall situation of the entire Jiannan Dao.

Although Li An proposed that only 35,000 soldiers and horses were needed to quell the rebellion, Li Longji always felt that this was a joke, in order to win the war to pacify the planing land, he could not really prepare 35,000 troops and materials, in his opinion, if there was no Nanzhao to play a leading role, at least tens of thousands of soldiers and horses would be needed to quell the rebellion in the planing land, and he also made strategic preparations according to the materials of tens of thousands of horses.

"Xuan Li An's visit."

Li Longji was ready to summon Li An and have a good talk with him, after all, he also thought that it was most appropriate to let Li An, a rising star with good performance, be responsible for quelling the rebellion, and if he could cultivate a qualified young talent, the Tang Dynasty was expected to continue.

In Daye Fang, Li An and several henchmen are cleaning the backyard of the house, which is full of six acres of land overgrown with all kinds of weeds, and the dense place is enough to be a person's thick, if it is not tidied up, I am afraid that it will become a breeding place for insects and snakes.

What made Li Ang wonder was that this house was still inhabited a few months ago, how could it make such tall weeds grow in the back? The original owner of the house didn't clean the backyard?

"Big brother, there is a lot of hay here, it seems that it was from last year, and this backyard has not been cleaned for many years."

"Big brother, the weeds here are taller than people, it looks weird and scary, who lived here, why are they lazy like this, and they don't clean up their own backyards."

"Snakes, snakes in the grass."

Li An also saw that among the grass, several huge grass snakes did pop out of the grass and sneaked away from everyone's crotches.

"Big brother, there are too many weeds in this yard, if you clean it up like this, I'm afraid it will take many days, it's better to set a fire and burn it all."

"Yes, set a fire, it's the easiest thing to do."

"No, this is the capital, not the White Wolf Village, how can we set fire to it casually, as long as we set it on fire, we will definitely attract people from the court, and we may not be able to punish us for any crime when the time comes."

Li An also felt that it seemed a little inappropriate to set fire to the capital, but it was really not easy to do this six-acre tall weed with one person if it was not burned by fire.

"Burn it! Prepare firewood and grass and burn all the weeds in this backyard. (To be continued.) )