Li An believes that in order to improve the transportation situation of the Tang Empire, it is necessary to have sufficient financial support, and the premise of having sufficient financial funds is that there must be sufficient financial sources, that is, a small number of taxes such as agricultural taxes and salt and iron taxes, at least with the current policy of the Tang Dynasty, agriculture and salt and iron taxes are the most important tax sources of the Tang Dynasty. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As for the merchants, aristocrats, bureaucrats, etc., it was only after Dezong that the two-tax law was implemented before they were allowed to pay taxes.

In Li An's view, the amount of agricultural taxes is obtained depends on the quality of agricultural development, if there is a bumper harvest every year, the imperial court's finances are naturally more abundant, of course, with the intensification of land annexation, a lot of land has been forcibly occupied by powerful bureaucrats, and the tax system has not kept up in time, which has made the imperial court lose a lot of financial resources, step by step aggravated the financial crisis of the imperial court.

Although Li An has made a lot of contributions to the Tang Dynasty and won the trust of Emperor Li Longji, there are many things that have been deeply rooted, and it is not something that Li An can easily change, and it is necessary to annex land by force, Li An hates this, but he can't change anything, he can only watch the people suffer, and watch the economic development of the Tang Dynasty be restricted.

Improvements in transportation would promote the circulation of goods to a certain extent, thus making a country prosperous and rich, but institutions were also very important, and if the aristocracy was not restricted from annexing land, this prosperity would be greatly diminished, and the results of transportation improvements would be negligible.

And the system belongs to the internal affairs, which is the responsibility of the civilian officials, and Li An is only a military general, and does not have much say in this, and those civil officials are almost all vested interests in annexing land, and it is obviously very difficult for them to formulate things that benefit the country and the people, but harm their own interests.

People think about problems from the perspective of their own interests, and when something is reasonable but harms their own interests, then this person will try his best to prevent it.

Just like in later generations, the boss always dislikes the employees for being lazy, working less, and taking more money, and wants to use one person as ten people, while the workers always dislike the boss for being treacherous and vicious, and giving them less wages, but letting them do very heavy work, and they are tired and breathless.

This is the conflict of interests, that is to say, people have never learned to empathize, and always consider problems from their own point of view, which is the nature of human beings, the nature of selfishness.

However, since Ang Lee has come to Datang, he will try his best to change the unreasonableness of Datang little by little, and use the way of boiling frogs in warm water to let Datang run according to his ideas little by little.

Because the 600 soldiers were all light and simple, they did not carry too many burdens, so the speed of the team was very fast, and it only took half a month to arrive in the capital Chang'an.

"Big brother, it's been almost half a year since we left, and we're finally back again, Chang'an City is still so majestic."

"Big brother, when I return to Chang'an City, I actually have a feeling of going home, by the way, isn't our home in Dayefang."

"General, it's back, let's go home first!"

All the troops will return to Chang'an City, and they are all a little excited, especially the soldiers of the Longwu Army, whose home is near the capital, and naturally they will feel like they are going home.

Li An also felt that the imperial court had already known about the situation that should be reported, and there was no need to rush to see Li Longji, the most important thing was to go home and rest well, and after being away from home for so long, I really didn't know what the family had become.

Entering the capital from Mingde Gate, Li An asked his soldiers to disband immediately, and each went back to his own house to find his own mother, as for the nearly 100 brothers from Ulzhou and White Wolf Mountain, let them wander around the capital casually, buy whatever they like, anyway, what they have is money, consumption is also a kind of fun, and it will also drive economic development and prosperity.

Returning to Dayefang's home, Li An didn't have much familiar feeling, it was just a huge house, and there were no relatives for him, it was deserted, and because it hadn't been cleaned for a long time, there were a lot of weeds growing in it, just like when he first bought it, which couldn't help but make Li An sad, did he really have no relatives? The answer, of course, is no.

Li An has relatives, Kunxiong and Feiyu around him, but more of them are not here, the young sprouts are in the bitter cold land outside the Saiwai, Zhao Yufu and Tang Er are in the queen city of the East Girl Country, and the barbarian girl who only has a day's joy is in the land of the West, these people are more important in Li An's heart, but Li An has no way to take them to his home for the time being, and it is even impossible in this life.

If all these people lived in this house and bought some maids and servants, how lively it would be! It's a pity that this is just Ang Lee's wishful thinking, and there is no possibility of realizing it for the time being.

"Kunxiong, Feiyu, Shouyu, Guangsheng, Erniu, don't you go back to see your house?"

Seeing these standing behind him, Li An said softly.

"Big brother, it must be deserted, what is there to see, don't look at it, save upset."

"Big brother, you have a lot of rooms here, we'll live here, and go back to see what you're doing in your house."

"It's okay, it's too messy here, there are too many weeds, just like when we bought it, but this time it's hay, it's definitely more convenient to burn, haha!"

"General, you must not burn it again this time, Your Majesty will definitely blame it."

Li An smiled lightly: "Of course, we can't burn it with fire this time, but there are so many weeds, it's really enough for us to clean up, so it will be hard for you, brothers." ”

"Haha! Let's do it now! ”

Everyone was not afraid to work, and they were all elated, as if it was a very happy thing to work.

In a few days, the Chinese New Year will be celebrated, and at least before the year, they must clean up the yard, tidy up the house, and buy enough New Year's goods to cope with the closure of the market during the New Year.

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In the northeast of Chang'an City, a team of more than 300 people is slowly marching, at the front of the team are fifty brazen cavalry, followed by a silver glittering carriage, and a hundred heavily armed elite soldiers protecting the carriage, followed by more than fifty baggage carts full of goods, and at the back are one hundred and fifty warrior soldiers behind the palace.

This team came from Yingzhou in Liaodong, and it was the Pinglu Army of the Tang Dynasty, and it was also the soldiers and horses under the command of An Lushan, and in the silver armored carriage, it was An Lushan, the Pinglu Jiedu envoy of the Tang Dynasty, who was lying down.

This year, An Lushan personally went to the capital Chang'an with gifts, one was to report on his work, to report the situation in the Pinglu area to Emperor Li Longji in person, and at the same time, to take advantage of this opportunity to invite favors.

An Lushan's military talent can only be regarded as second-rate in the Tang Dynasty, but it is second to none in terms of leading and inviting favors, which has to be admitted.

If An Lushan wants to further improve his prestige and official position, he must personally go to Chang'an City to meet Li Longji, use his tried and tested ability to invite favors, win Li Longji's favor, and then gain higher and greater power step by step.

This time, An Lushan not only came by himself, but also brought his love general Shi Cuigan, the purpose of his doing this is to let Li Longji see how powerful the fierce generals under his command are, and it is these fierce generals who guard the rivers and mountains of the Tang Dynasty, and invite merit with love generals, and can also hint to Li Longji from the side that he is broad-minded and will not suppress the talents under his command, so as to gain Li Longji's favor even more, in short, it can be regarded as An Lushan's means of inviting favor.

What An Lushan wants to create is an image of honesty, generosity and loyalty, and he will not hesitate to pay all means for this image.

As for why An Lushan brought so many soldiers and horses to protect him, and also rode in a chariot wrapped in all-metal, this is naturally related to his weak heart.

Over the years, An Lushan has done many bad things, and there are countless enemies who have offended, there are many people who want to kill An Lushan, of course, there are many people who have carried out the assassination of An Lushan, for example, Li An is one of them.

In order to prevent himself from being assassinated by the enemy, An Lushan would never leave his well-defended mansion without leaving, and even if he left, he would ride in an iron carriage that could prevent crossbow shots, wear soft hedgehog armor, and let a large number of elite soldiers protect him, so as to ensure his absolute safety.

Of course, for An Lushan, who is accustomed to enjoyment, it is necessary to ensure his own safety, but at the same time, he must not let himself suffer too much, so the outside of the carriage is wrapped in iron sheets, but the inside is covered with very soft bedding, and there are two young girls who are twenty-eight years old, who are responsible for serving him, one rubbing his shoulders and the other rubbing his legs.

In case An Lushan suddenly rises, he directly presses one of them on the futon, and carries out a popping movement in a beastly manner, anyway, he is surrounded by his own henchmen, and he does not dare to interfere with his good deeds.

"Jieshuai, Chang'an City is already less than ten miles, whether to enter the city."

A lieutenant rode up and asked in a low voice.

An Lushan was pressing a young lady on the futon of the carriage and snapping, but when he heard the report of the captain under his command, he couldn't help but be disappointed, gently lifted the curtain, and said angrily: "Since you have arrived in Chang'an City, why don't you enter the city, enter the city." ”

After speaking, he put down the curtain and continued to play with the little lady in the car.

"Jieshuai, the curfew in Chang'an City is coming, if you want to enter the city today, you must speed up, Jieshuai is sitting firmly."

The lieutenant saluted the carriage with a fist, stretched out his arm and gave the order to speed up.

An Lushan was on the rise, and was disturbed by the captain three times and twice, coupled with the sudden acceleration of the carriage, he immediately softened, angrily pushed the little lady under him away, lifted the curtain, and shouted: "Slow down, do you want to kill Ben Shuai?" ”

"Jieshuai, the curfew in Chang'an City is imminent, if we don't speed up, we will definitely not be able to enter the city until the city gate is closed."

Seeing An Lushan's anger, the school captain hurriedly explained.

"It's a bunch of nonsense, who is Ben Shuai, who is not long-sighted, who dares to block Ben Shuai outside the city, but he is against him, and he marches slowly."

An Lushan roared domineeringly, when he was in Yingzhou, he had long been arrogant and domineering, in his opinion, the curfew was mainly aimed at ordinary people, because ordinary people have no background, it is a symbol of weakness and bullying, and he is the envoy of Pinglu Festival, who dares not to let him enter the city, unless he is impatient.

"Yes, Jie Shuai."

The lieutenant complied and immediately ordered to slow down and allow the team to return to its original speed.

When An Lushan's team was still three miles away from the capital, with the sound of curfew drums, the gates of Chang'an City were closed one after another, but An Lushan's team did not have the slightest intention of stopping, and continued to march slowly towards the city gate, and went straight to Tonghua Gate after passing the Longshou Canal.

The team stopped fifty paces from Tonghua Gate.

"Jieshuai, Chang'an City has a curfew."

The lieutenant came over again to report.

An Lushan narrowed his eyes and said loudly: "Tell the captain who guards the gate that I have sent An Lushan from Pinglu Jiedu to come, and ask him to open the city gate immediately and let us enter the city." ”

"Yes, Jie Shuai."

The captain stepped forward immediately, reported An Lushan's position, and asked the captain who was defending the city gate to open the door immediately.

However, Chang'an City is the capital of the Tang Empire, and the curfew system is relatively strict, even if An Lushan is a feudal official, he can't violate the night ban at will, let alone let the closed city gate open at will, otherwise, An Lushan is happy, but the captain who ordered to open the city gate may face extremely serious punishment.

The captain guarding the gate was reluctant to open the city gate, and the coercion and temptation had no effect, which made An Lushan very angry, he was a festival envoy of the Tang Dynasty, and the other party was just a small captain, and he dared to stop him outside the city, isn't this the opposite?

At this moment, Shi Cuigan and other generals who came together all gathered.

An Lushan looked at Shi Cuigan and said loudly: "These watchdogs are so ignorant of current affairs, they dare to stop Ben Shuai, Shi Cuigan, and teach them a lesson." ”

Shi Cuigan didn't speak, bent his bow and arrows, and was ready to show his hand to shock the captain of the city gate.

"Stop, General Shi, stop."

Yan Zhuang hurried over, and saw that Shi Cuigan actually bent his bow and arrows, aiming at the Tang soldiers guarding the city gate, his face turned green with fright, and he hurriedly stopped.

He just had a stomachache, and when he was still more than ten miles away from Chang'an City, he left the team and found a convenient place to go, so he hurried back, and actually encountered this kind of thing, which made Yan Zhuang angry and anxious.

"Jie Shuai, this is the foot of the Son of Heaven, what are you doing here!"

Seeing An Lushan's angry face, Yan Zhuang was full of resentment, and his words were quite accusatory.

An Lushan was still angry, pointed to the captain on the tower of the city gate, and said angrily: "This group of watchdogs who are not long-eyed dare to block the road of Ben Shuai, they are really tired." ”

"Jieshuai, this is the capital, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, not our Yingzhou City, the curfew here is extremely strict, not to mention that Jieshuai can't disobey, even if the right minister is here, he can't enter the city, if Jieshuai is angry and causes chaos, what will Your Majesty think if he knows, His Majesty will think that Jieshuai is arrogant and domineering, and it is difficult to control, which is extremely unfavorable to Jieshuai's future development." (To be continued.) )