"Your Majesty, since you have said this, let me also talk about what I have been thinking about in my heart." Li Mu suddenly sighed, his face was full of Qirong, everyone couldn't help but wonder when they saw him like this, what happened to Li Mu.

Mu Li sighed and said, "In recent days, I often can't sleep at night, why can't I sleep?" There are basically two reasons, one of them, the minister pondered, there are always some Diao people who want to harm His Majesty, and to catch up with this reform, there must be some people......" He glanced at Wei Zheng, and said leisurely: "I can't be reasonable, I am willing to gamble and not admit defeat, and have some crooked eyes, for example, relying on my own management of the Qiangzhi Academy, I want to delay the laws of the New Deal——"

Wei Zheng is not a fool, Li Mu almost named him, how could he hold back, glared and said, "Li Mu!" You are a weird arranger! ”

Li Mu hurriedly took two steps back and shouted: "Old Wei, I'm far away from you, don't think about pounce on me this time, I'll pay you half a year, and the family won't be able to open the pot, if you slander me again, my child will have no clothes to wear when he is born!" ”

This is so annoying, who doesn't know that your Li Mu family has a lot of money, and only a few dollars are not enough for the satin robe on your body, speaking like this is obviously ridiculing people.

Wei Zheng was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out, and he said angrily: "Whoever wants your money, the next court will send it back to you!" ”

"You can pull it down, I don't want to bear a charge of complicity with you, what kind of person am I, Li Mu, folk rumors: Chase the deer Hou Li Mu, the sky is also a talent! He came to this world with a mission. The four sentences are summarized, namely: establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations! How can such an extraordinary and peerless person as me be in the company of you! ”

"You!"

Li Shimin really couldn't listen to it anymore, and said, "Shut up!" Why is your kid's skin so thick! What folk rumors, where are the rumors, this is clearly made up by yourself! Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and get down to business, what can't you fall asleep, I'm not interested in listening! ”

"Okay!" Li Mu hurriedly stopped, cleared his throat, and said: "The minister does have something to worry about, but there is nothing to hide about this matter, so you might as well be open and honest." This reform has touched the interests of many people, such as the local clans, etc., they will definitely not be convinced, and they must be lucky, thinking that 'the emperor is far away', fooling around, and the court will not be able to supervise, and a gust of wind will pass. ”

When Li Mu spoke, many people's faces became a little ugly, they were all ministers with a gate valve background, this can be regarded as speaking to their hearts, there are indeed people who think so, and there are not a few.

“…… But when I Li Mu does things, how can I leave such a loophole? Li Mu's smile gradually lacked morality, his eyebrows raised three times, and Wei Zheng and the others were so angry that their faces turned pale: "In order to ensure that the new policy can be implemented, the minister can't sleep every night during this time——"

Li Shimin said angrily: "Can you stop saying that you can't sleep!" ”

"I really can't sleep." Li Mu smiled bitterly: "Really don't let me say it?" ”

Li Shimin was also convinced, too lazy to correct him, and said, "Okay, you say." ”

"The minister couldn't sleep and wondered, how could these villains' tricks not succeed! The minister pondered and pondered, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration and came up with a brilliant plan. Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen, look up! Li Mu's interest came, and he took out a map from his arms, which was not paper, but sheepskin, and it was a mark of branding, not ink, and it would not be bad if it was used for ten years. The map drawn by Li Mu before, many people have seen it, and its fineness is far beyond all the previous maps, basically it can be said that people who can use the map, if they get the map drawn by Li Mu, they will be regarded as a treasure.

This parchment map, so beautiful, is obviously not something to be shown casually. And Li Mu took it with him, and it was obvious that today's events were all in his plan.

The people who coaxed before realized what Wei Zheng's eyes meant, and they all regretted it, but at this time, there was no way to regret it, the general trend was gone, all they could do was watch Li Mu's performance.

Li Mu unfolded the map, it was a map of Guanzhong, he pointed to the dots on the map, and said: "These dots represent the great clans here, and the box next to it is where the nearest Zhichong Mansion is located. ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Li Shimin frowned and said, "Can you stop selling Guanzi, just say it!" ”

"What the minister means is this, farming, it is a person who can plant. And the Tang Dynasty has just destroyed the Turks, there is no major trouble, and the government soldiers in this hinterland usually stay and stay, so it is better to find some work to do and cultivate the fields. The land that no one contracted, the surplus land, and the land that was abandoned due to the chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty can be cleared without livestock with Zhenguan plow. The grain grown can solve the problem of feeding the soldiers, and the extra can be made into grain bricks and kept as military food. How good? ”

"Of course, the imperial court can't let the government soldiers work in vain, we can do this, for example, a folding Chong Mansion reclamation of thousands of acres, these lands do not need to pay taxes, land income, in addition to rations, can be sold to Chang Ping at the price of public grain, the money obtained, according to the distribution of work, more work and more get, not by the size of the official position, isn't it beautiful? If it is used for the distribution of ration fields and so on in the future, it will be compensated by the imperial court, which is another input. ”

"If the local clan is not convinced and secretly makes trouble, it will be even better. What kind of land do the government soldiers plant, just go out of the tiger gate and eliminate it on the spot, this is all military merit, military merit is exchanged for money, exchanged for military merit field, belongs to yourself, and you don't have to pay taxes, isn't it comfortable? ”

When the crowd heard this, some of them turned white. Li Mu's plan is really a desperate plan. Use the government soldiers to monitor the big clan, if the big clan is in chaos, the government soldiers can get military merits, military functions can be exchanged for money, and they can also change land, and the land can be inherited by the father and the son, and there is no tax. With so many benefits, even if the soldiers are locals, they are useless at all. After all, this kind of condition cannot be afforded by the clan, only the imperial court can afford it, and only Li Mu, a despicable and shameless person, can think of it!

It is conceivable that if a local clan secretly makes a small move, even if it is not to the extent of rebellion, the local Zhichong Mansion may 'tiger out of the gate' for military merits, let alone really want to rebel. With the current military strength of the Tang Dynasty, the local clans, which one is the opponent of the Zhichong Mansion?

What's even more terrifying is that such an arrangement envelops the government soldiers to death, and there is no need to supervise at all, for the sake of interests, every government soldier will stare wide eyes to supervise. And no matter what happens, the court is a vested interest, and it will not lose money.

Li Shimin brushed it from beginning to end, and his smile gradually lacked morality, and he suddenly found that the influence of the gate valve clan that he had been worried about was unshakable in the local area, and he had finally found a breakthrough. This breakthrough is the earth, and the people take food as the sky, where does the food come from? From the ground, if you control the land, you will control the rice bowl, no matter how great the influence of the gate valve clan is, it will not be as big as the people's rice bowl!

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Li Shimin couldn't help but clap his hands, and laughed: "This plan is a great good, it is really a genius in the sky, a genius in the sky!" ”

"It's all His Majesty's teachings." Li Mu slapped a sycophant at the right time, looked at Hou Junji again, and said: "In this way, General Hou's troubles can also be solved halfway, this year is a little harder, a little tired, next year's unfinished military food, the surplus, maybe you can sell some to make a little money." ”

Although Hou Junji didn't understand much, he understood what Li Mu meant, that is, if you are tired this year, the military department will not be short of money next year! This is a good thing, Hou Junji also laughed, while laughing, his hand touched the map, and just when his hand was about to touch the map, Li Mu took the map back with lightning speed. Hou Junji didn't succeed, so he could only retract his hand stupidly.

"This is just one arrangement, after all, the main duty of a soldier is not to farm, so the minister has two other arrangements." Li Mu made a 'yes', pulled back a finger, and said, "The first arrangement is the 'farm' system." The so-called farm means that if there is too much arable land in a place, and there are few people, it cannot be planted, then what should be done? Just let the people migrate over to farm, to give a simple example, Longyou-"

Eldest Sun Wuji's ears were erected, he always remembered that Li Mu said that he would give benefits, didn't this come?

“…… There is little land suitable for cultivation in Longyou, but on both sides of the river, there is a lot of land suitable for cultivation, and because of the flood, a lot of people have died, manpower and animal power have to be reduced, and large fields are barren. ”

It's another desperate plan! Since ancient times, the migration of the people is a major event, if the people of Longyou migrate in large numbers, their sphere of influence will also come, it is easy to invite God to send God, people come, legally occupy the land, will they leave?

Li Mu didn't care what everyone thought, and continued: "Besides, the people's cultivation of land is also supported by the imperial court. Of course, there are certain requirements, and we must not deceive and treat the original land as cultivated land. For such cultivated land from scratch, the imperial court could exempt from taxation. However, in order to prevent treacherous villains from taking advantage of the imperial court, certain restrictions must also be imposed, for example, if you want to reclaim land, you must have your own ration field and rented land are full, and you don't want to contract land, so you can go to reclaim land. Moreover, half of the public grain shall be collected for the cultivation of land, and it will be returned to the public after death. ”

Hearing this, some people calculated in their hearts that if it was an ordinary farmer, in fact, it would not be much good to cultivate the land. Because first each person has ten acres of ration land, and then forty acres of rented land, these are enough for an ordinary person to plant. No matter how much it is, it will take great effort to cultivate it, and it will be returned to the public after death, and half of the output will be paid to the public grain, so it doesn't make much sense to think about it.

But after all, the people present are not ordinary people, and they can also understand the intention of Li Mu's move, he just wants to restrict the cultivation of land, otherwise everyone will go to cultivate the land, and who will the court find to collect taxes? As for the public grain to be 50%, it is for the sake of frequent liquidation, which is the proper meaning of the question, and it is not difficult to analyze.

At this point, the matter has come to an end, Li Mu planned so carefully, it was obviously not an overnight effort, even if the 'opposition' wanted to oppose it, it would not be able to find any reason for a while.

Just when everyone thought that today's court meeting was about to end, another unexpected person stood up. This person turned out to be Li Mu's stepfather, Tang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Tang Jian stood up from the court, first saluted Li Shimin, then looked at Li Mu, and asked, "Li Mu, the old man has always had a worry, please solve your doubts." Our dynasty follows the system of the previous dynasty, the uniform land system, the rent modulation, and the government and military system, which are interlocking and closely related. If you have land, you will have rent, if you have a family, you will have a tune, and if you have a body, you will have mediocrity. You have reformed the equalization system, and the taxes are collectible according to what you say, but what can you say about the reconciliation of mediocrity, poll tax, etc.? ”

Everyone's eyes looked at Li Mu again, Li Mu smiled, and said: "You misunderstood, what I said before, the so-called one percent, two percent, etc., to be precise, are actually 'tune' rather than 'rent'." ”

Everyone was in an uproar, and they all wanted to speak, 'adjusting' so much, and asking for additional rent, would this still let the people live?

"Don't be busy and angry first, listen to me, and then be angry." Li Mu appeased and explained: "As we all know, rent is land rent, Yong is forced labor, and the adjustment is produced according to the local land, silk, linen, cloth, etc., which is very cumbersome. In addition to this, there is also a poll tax. The new policy is much simpler, the so-called one percent or two percent, as I have already said, the crops planted in different places are different, what is produced, what is paid. This in itself is equivalent to 'adjustment', and the poll tax is combined with the original 'rent', and the amount is apportioned into the mu, that is, each piece of land, and the existing poll tax is apportioned, and the tax will not be increased if the population is bred in the future. That is to say, the poll tax and the land rent have been merged into a new 'ground rent', the poll tax will be gone, and the new population will no longer need to pay the poll tax, and as more and more land is cultivated, the tax per mu of land will be less and less, and the pressure on the people will become lighter and lighter. ”

"After talking about rent, reconciliation, and poll tax, let's go back and talk about 'Yong', the original court stipulated that each Ding should serve 20 days of forced labor every year, plus 2 days in leap years, for regular service, if he does not need to serve, then each Ding can pay 3 feet of silk or 3 feet 7 inches and 5 minutes of cloth per day, and pay the amount of 20 days to serve on behalf of him, which is called Yong."

"But I think this rule is very inappropriate. Because it's very unfair to the 'poor'. Everyone has the same obligation to serve in the imperial court, but under the current system, the rich only need to pay a small price, and this obligation is apportioned to the poor who cannot afford to pay the 'mediocre', so that they can do more work, which is very inappropriate. ”

"So, I prepared a new system."