Chapter 639: Aftermath (1)
The news of Zhu Wen's suicide and the destruction of Bianzhou soon spread to Chang'an, and at this time Chang'an was excited.
This undoubtedly brought a very good news to the upcoming eight years of Qianning, the largest feudal town in the Tang Dynasty was pacified, in addition to the four towns of Xuanwu, Yihua, Zhongwu and Wuning, the seven towns of Tianping, Taining, Heyang, Weibo, Chengde, Wuchang and Henghai were also pacified. ://
It means that the imperial court has the initiative in the eleven feudal towns, and how to digest these eleven feudal towns is the most important issue.
In fact, after the end of the war in Hexi, the cabinet presented several different plans to Li Ye.
The simplest option is to maintain the status quo for a while, and then reform it when the situation stabilizes.
The second option is a little more complicated, redividing the newly controlled feudal towns into their respective jurisdictions, and in principle, dismantling the existing feudal towns and establishing several new provinces with reference to Kannai Province and Hedong Province.
For example, Ziqing, Taining, Tianping and Wuning were rebuilt according to the administrative divisions of the Kaiyuan period, Henghai, Weibo and Chengde were Hebei provinces, Zhongwu, Xuanwu and Heyang were merged into Henan Province, and Wuchang Town was merged into Shannan East Province.
The third plan is even more complicated, but it is a division plan proposed by the cabinet according to Li Ye's intentions. Namely:
Ziqing, Tianping, Henghai and Taining formed Shandong Province and stationed in Qingzhou or Qizhou;
Heyang, Shaanzhou, Xuanwu 1, Yihua and Zhongwu 1 formed Henan Province and stationed in Luoyang, Henan Province;
Wuning, Taining and Xuanwu formed Jianghuai Province and stationed in Xuzhou;
Shannan Dongdao and Wuchang Town were merged to form Hubei Province and stationed in Xiangzhou;
Weibo, Chengde, Henghai and Hedong Province formed Hebei Province and stationed in Weizhou or Zhaozhou.
The third option is naturally the most complicated, but it is also the best one, which can effectively divide the four towns of Xuanwu and also curb the situation of separating the feudal towns.
However, it is also the most complicated, and it will be very troublesome to implement.
In the end, in addition to a few scholars in the cabinet, Li Ye summoned the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee to discuss which plan to choose.
Since many ministers knew that the third plan was preferred by the Holy Lord, the third plan became the choice of most ministers.
"Since you Aiqing think that the third plan is feasible, then use the third plan, and the long pain is better than the short pain.
The Cabinet is responsible for this matter, with the assistance of the Ministry of Officials, to come up with a concrete plan that is feasible as soon as possible. ”
"Your Ministers obey!" Pei Rong, Li Li and others saluted one after another.
"In addition to this, do you have any other important things to play?" The third plan is only a rough framework, and how to adjust it will definitely require detailed research to decide.
"Your Majesty, the minister has something important to do!" Tobe Shangshu Li Mi stood up.
"Li Aiqing, please speak!"
"Your Majesty, Huainan, Xuanzhou, Zhenjunjun, Jiangxi, Fujian, Lulong and other places have escorted the taxes of the sixth year of Qianning and the seventh year of Qianning into Beijing, worth more than 760 yuan." Li Mi reported loudly, with obvious excitement in his tone.
Hearing Li Mi's words, the ministers couldn't help but talk about it.
Since the ascension to the throne of the Holy Emperor, the treasury revenue of the imperial court mainly depends on Sichuan Province, Shannan West Province, Guannei Province and Hedong Province, and other feudal towns except for the original Dongchang, basically do not pay taxes.
Now that Zhu Wen's rebellion has been put down, it has undoubtedly deterred other feudal towns, not only paying this year's taxes, but also making up for last year's, for fear that the imperial court will find trouble for them.
As for the previous one, it can't be done.
But it also shows that the authority of the central government has been established, and as long as the feudal towns pay taxes, other things can be done slowly.
After two years of fighting, the imperial court has long been unable to make ends meet, and even the inner treasury of the royal family has spent more than 6 million yuan to subsidize the counterinsurgency operation.
As long as the feudal towns continue to pay taxes according to the system, it is believed that the imperial court will soon be able to ease its breath and even become stronger.
"It seems that Qianning's treasury revenue in eight years can exceed 40 million yuan?" Li Ye smiled, and he was also very happy.
In fact, in the five years of Qianning, the imperial court's treasury revenue was converted into copper coins to reach 35 million yuan, which also benefited from the rapid growth of commercial taxes, otherwise only relying on the two taxes and green seedling money would not be able to support the two-year war.
However, because of the counterinsurgency war in the Central Plains and Hexi, commercial development came to a halt or even regressed.
Qianning's tax revenue in the past six years has not risen but fallen, only 33 million; In the seventh year of Qianning, it dropped to 26 million.
The reason why it fell so fiercely was mainly because of the war in Hexi, which led to the interruption of trade with the Western Regions and a significant reduction in tax revenue.
Li Mi saluted and said, "Back to Your Majesty, with the rebellion quelled and the trade routes of the Hexi Corridor reopened, I believe that there will be a great increase in the treasury revenue in the coming year." ”
Li Mi is very confident in what he said, because after the rebellion was quelled, the imperial court added taxes to eleven more feudal towns, and other feudal towns also began to pay their annual taxes, and it was not impossible to exceed 40 million yuan. (¥ new speed ¥ degree is the most &>.)
"In that case, I have some ideas. Since I ascended the throne, it is now the seventh year, and the eighth year of Qianning is also coming.
Qianning, Qianning, means that the world is peaceful, but it is still early to be in peace.
In addition to the secession of feudal towns, it is also very important that the people can live a good life.
From the end of the Qin Dynasty to the present, because of the land issue, the rebellion of the common people has never been stopped. ”
When Li Ye said this, some ministers with good eyes guessed some, especially Li Yu.
Thinking of the things that the Holy Lord had mentioned many times before, combined with the Holy Lord's current words and the current situation, he guessed a rough idea. r>
This matter is related to the interests of the household, and it stands to reason that he should stand up, but after hesitating for a while, he still withdrew the foot he took and chose to be silent.
The other ministers also looked at each other, but in the end none of them stood up to stop them.
Seeing that no one came out to stop him during his pause, Li Ye showed a satisfied smile on his face and continued, "On the occasion of quelling the rebellion in Zhuwen and Hexi, I decided to announce to the world that Qingmiao money will be abolished from the eighth year of Qianning, and the collection of Qingmiao money is strictly prohibited in all places.
In the eleven towns of Xuanwu and Heyang, Qianning was exempted from two taxes for one year for eight years, so that the people of these eleven towns could recuperate. ”
Although some ministers had already guessed, more of them didn't know what the Holy Lord was going to do, and even if they guessed some, they didn't expect the Holy Lord to be so powerful.
Qingmiao Qian is a field surcharge tax levied from the second year of Guangde (764 AD), although it is not much, but it can contribute more than 1 million yuan of income to the imperial court every year.
It is conceivable that if this news reaches the world, the hearts of the people in the world will be ...
For a while, all the ministers were stunned and wanted to come out to dissuade them, but seeing that the cabinet scholars and a group of scholars and other senior officials had no intention of standing up to stop them, the others hesitated for a while and chose to give up.
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
Pei Rong naturally stood up and echoed it for the first time.
With Pei Rong being the first, Li Mi, Li Ling and others also stood up and agreed, and the Hubu Shangshu agreed, what can others say? can only echo one after another!
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
"Your Majesty Shengming!"
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