Yelu Longxu also left them in this place, in addition to wanting to see what they understood in their hearts, and more importantly, to see if these people were really taking refuge, just now these people were talking to themselves and boasting about themselves. At this time, Yelu Longxu was of course not only for this reason, he just wanted to talk to each other and see how their hearts changed.

Yelu Longxu also smiled and said to these subordinates: "You all do it!" I will simply ask you some questions, by the way, you can tell me about the situation in Lanzhou, and what problems exist in the agricultural problems in Lanzhou now, you can tell me about it? ”

This group of soldiers also sat down, and also bowed their hands to the emperor and the group of people and said: "The emperor is such a Great Song Dynasty's agricultural tax, which also followed the Tang Dynasty, five dynasties, but there are some reforms, the Song Dynasty stipulated a harsh tax and conscription system, and directly deprived the vast number of yeoman farmers and tenant farmers to feed a large number of officials and troops.

The harsh taxation exploited the taxation of the Song Dynasty, following the name of the two taxes since the middle of the Tang Dynasty, with two taxes in summer and autumn. However, the two taxes of the Song Dynasty are different from the two taxes of the Tang Dynasty, which are shared, yong, and adjusted, but specifically refer to the land tax.

Field tax (second tax) - the land tax from the north, the law stipulates that the landowner is taxed per mu. Taxes are collected once a year in summer and autumn, also known as "summer tax and autumn yin". Autumn seedlings or autumn tax is to levy grain per mu after the autumn harvest every year. In all parts of the north, it is roughly a stone per mu of medium fields, and one bucket of official taxes is lost.

After Zhao Guangyi destroyed Wu Yue, he ordered Wang Fang to rectify the tax system in Liangzhejiang. The old system paid three buckets per mu of land, and Wang Fangzhen changed it to one bucket according to the northern system, which is the so-called "general law of the world". However, Jiangnan, Fujian and other places still follow the old system, and the mu tax is three buckets. In the Song Dynasty, the tax was not levied according to the actual output, but according to the fixed amount per mu. The historical situation and production situation are different in different places, so the amount of tax also varies greatly.

Summer tax money, or fold silk, silk, cotton, cloth, wheat, etc. It is levied in the summer when the fields and silkworms are mature. The tax amount shall be prescribed according to the upper, middle and lower fields, and the classification shall be prescribed according to the mu. There are also significant regional differences. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the Wuyue tax system was rectified, and Suzhou was divided into middle and lower fields to set summer taxes. The summer tax of one acre in Zhongtian is four cents. One acre of three cents in the field. This should be a lighter tax amount set by the Song Dynasty Ping Wu Yuehou.

The tax amount of the autumn and summer taxes is only a provision for tax collection. In the actual expropriation, the Song Dynasty also used the so-called "branching" and "folding" methods to increase exploitation. The "branch transfer" was originally an excuse for the need for grain and grass at the border, ordering the autumn tax of Hebei, Hedong, and Shaanxi to be transported by taxpayers to the border areas to be paid. The autumn tax in the harvest area is paid in the poor harvest area, "making up for the deficiency with surplus", "moving one to lose the other, moving closer to the farther", also known as "branch transfer". If you can't afford the pain of running a long way, you have to pay an extra amount of money to move your feet.

"Discounting" refers to the cash and various quotas of silk, cotton, cloth, and wheat set by the government for the summer tax, which are arbitrarily exchanged and extorted according to the price situation and under the pretext of "temporary needs". If you convert silk into money, then you will use money to fold wheat. During the change, the government arbitrarily raised and lowered prices. The government colluded with landlords and businessmen to seek profits by turning corruption into corruption.

In the Great Song Dynasty, the vast number of peasants not only suffered from the landlords' land rent and usury exploitation, but also had to bear all kinds of taxes of the Song Dynasty and were forced to engage in unpaid labor, and the peasants were heavily oppressed. The specific situation of the emperor is such a situation, and we also know so much, and if we don't pay the blow at that time, it will be quite serious. ”

Yelu Longxu was also very angry, and saw that he himself was also angry and said: "What, so many taxes, Zhao Guangyi, do you want to force the people to death, or what, so many taxes and one tax and another tax, so depressed, how do you let the people live, no wonder I saw so many people living in the Song Land before, they are all begging for a living, this time I also want to thank you, now that Lanzhou has been controlled by me, taxes must be reduced, taxes must be reduced, This time, I decided to exempt the people of Lanzhou from paying taxes for one year, reduce the agricultural tax, and then only collect one or two percent of the agricultural tax, these things must also be complied with by the kings of later generations, as for the peasants to pay taxes, this also allows the people to get by, Lanzhou will be reformed from now on, and in the future, someone will collect too much tax in front of me at this time, regardless of his high position, all of them will be removed, and I will strengthen the collection of agriculture in Lanzhou, so you and my men will help together. Lanzhou is the people of the world, as for the commercial tax, don't squeeze too much, allow the local people to have their own business ideas, the imperial court will reap three percent, in short, Lanzhou must be reformed, the Song Dynasty reform must be greatly changed, I want to let the people of Lanzhou know that Lanzhou is different from the past, business and agriculture must be properly controlled, and everything else is much better. ”

At this time, they feel that this emperor is really wise and martial, and even the reform of agriculture is much more relaxed than in the past, and these things still have to be arranged in a unified manner, they feel that this emperor Yelu Longxu is more wise and martial than the previous emperors of the Great Song Dynasty or the emperors of all dynasties, and now they also admire this emperor very much.

At this moment, Yelu Longxu didn't ask about the border situation in Shanzhou, not that he didn't want to ask, not that he didn't know, but that he himself knew the situation well.

Yelu Longxu's words made them very moved, their family also lives in Lanzhou, although they are soldiers, but the tax is too terrible, if it is not solved is not a good thing for the country, they themselves do not want their families to bear too much, Yelu Longxu is a Khitan, so for these problems, he also has a solution, they are very impressed when they hear this.

At this time, they also wanted to figure out Yang Ye's problem, so they also made suggestions to the emperor out of gratitude to Yelu Longxu. I saw that they were also kneeling and said to Emperor Yelulong: "Thank you to the emperor, the emperor is wise, the emperor's Yang Ye, do you want to kill them, or keep them, the villains heard that Yang Ye has a conflict with you or something unpleasant, do you want to kill them, or do you want to get rid of them?" ”

Yelu Longxu also smiled and said to them: "It is impossible for the emperor to live long live, and he is also a normal person." For Yang Ye can not kill or not to kill as well, although Yang Ye has been against my Da Liao before, but now we are new to Shanzhou, what we want is to win the hearts of the people, for Yang Ye, we Da Liao do not use, and then there is a matter of Yang Ye's henchmen imposed on the people by Wang Xu, we must also avoid, reform, and immediately stop the persecution of the officials in Lanzhou. Yang Ye and his son not only didn't want to kill, but also let them leave this place, didn't they want to go back to the Great Song Dynasty? Then let's let them leave Lanzhou, let them leave on their own, and no one should arbitrarily change a sentence Yang Ye is my friend, how can I hurt him? Let him go, let him go safely, just to show my sincerity. ”

At this time, their group of Song people really felt that what kind of person they were as the new emperor, what kind of emperor they were, and now they are also admired, and now they don't know what words to use to describe it, they can only say a sentence about the emperor's wisdom to show the meaning of his own words?

At this time, Yelu Longxu also smiled and said to their group of soldiers: "I appreciate talents the most, especially the talents who are so useful to you as the pillars of the country, if you serve my Daliao well in the future, my glory and wealth are inexhaustible, but if you betray me in the future, or do something like today, I will not be able to spare you, because I will not allow others to betray me, and I will not let go of anyone who betrays me in everything, I hope you can understand that you serve me and the people of my country well, and I can let your family enjoy the good things of Daliao, but if you betray me and betray the people of Daliao in the future, I will not only ruin your reputation, but also let you die without a place to be buried! You have to think about your family, I am suspicious of your department, but if you do something that is contrary to the yang and the yin, it is very easy for me to kill you, you know. ”

Yelu Longxu's words are also a wake-up call for them in advance, so that they understand that it is easy for them to deal with them, which is also called collecting their hearts, this Yelu Longxu also let them understand that they are the Emperor of Da Liao, and they are merciful to the people, but it is very easy for their group of people, and now they really understand that this emperor's research on the emperor's mental technique is no worse than his own opponent Zhao Guangyi. This emperor is even more terrible than they imagined, and they are scheming, and they don't dare to hide other thoughts at this moment, and now they can only say that the villain understands, the villain understands?

Yelu Longxu also smiled and said to them: "It's good to understand, it's good to understand, people are afraid to pretend to be confused with understanding, I hope you can not pretend to be confused, because I can not only see your thoughts, but also understand your heart, it's best not to pretend to be confused, because then you will die ugly, and I can't say anything about it?" I hope you can work for me, or I don't know what I might be able to do? You understand, don't you? ”

At this time, they were also frightened by Yelu Long's methods, this Yelu Long's strategy was so high, they really made them tremble, and now they could feel the murderous aura of their new emperor even if they were next to him.

Yelu Longxu actually said this on purpose, this is called collecting people's hearts, so that they can better serve themselves, sometimes the emperor's mental skills can not be shown too fast, too fierce, to be gracious and powerful, to learn to give them terrible at the same time, but also let them feel your sincerity, Yelu Longxu means to make them understand that they are more powerful than them, and let them work better for themselves This is the true purpose of Yelu Longxu, which is also his Yelu Longxu terrible.