The two in-laws colluded together, originally each of them was bold, but now together they are enough to match the courage of ordinary people.

They decided to "start" directly with the emperor.

The specific strategy is to wait until Zhu Jun's 10,000 yuan to buy horses is in place, first use the money to buy cheaper and more Huma, and then Gao Yue will be responsible for giving the emperor a seal.

The core content of the seal is: in Longzhou, Fengxiang, Jingzhou Fuxing the imperial court of the horse workshop, to feed the 6,000 war horses sent by the emperor every year, costing the emperor a large amount of silk cloth can be raised in the inner garden of the forbidden garden, of course, the control of the horse workshop will fall into the hands of Gao and Wei.

This can not only reduce the unnecessary consumption of the inner garden of the Forbidden Garden, but also allow the border army to obtain a large number of good horses.

In fact, this is not a question of whether there is a shortage of horses or not, but a question of how to transform the purchased horses into real combat effectiveness, rather than raising them alive and raising them alive.

The plan was decided, so Gao Yue left Wei Gao's house and went to Baili New Town to start preparing for the matter.

At the same time, in the autumn, the "upper supply part" of the two taxes in various places was continuously sent to the capital. Emperor Li Shi was pleased to find that after merging the households, the non-households, and the natives and customers, and uniformly formulating the tax standards for all provinces and towns, the burden on the common people was lightened, but the income of the imperial court increased significantly: now the imperial court has more than 3 million households with two taxes, and the total amount of money and goods received in that year is more than 30 million guan, of which according to the "three-point principle", there are more than 20 million guan in Liujie and Liuzhou, and 9.5 million guan in the capital division, and if the other Qingmiao money is added, the central treasury income is 10.89 million guan; The total amount of Hudou rice obtained that year was more than 16 million stones, of which 2 million stones were sent to Jingshi, and 14 million stones were kept in various places.

Why is it that in terms of money, the ratio of central income to local income is 1 to 2, but in terms of Hu dou rice, it is 1 to 7?

In addition to the inactive attitude of the local towns towards handing over Hudou rice (money is something outside the body, rice and grain are the foundation of life), it is more that the central government takes into account the flood and drought disasters that will occur at any time in various places, and the high cost of transportation, so it leaves most of the Hudou rice in local warehouses for disaster relief.

Of course, this 10.89 million yuan (cloth is also converted) does not include salt profits, but only two taxes. At the end of the calendar, the total fiscal revenue of the whole world was about 12 million guan, of which salt profits accounted for half, so the income of the imperial court in taxes was also 6 million guan, so as soon as these two tax laws were implemented, the tax increased rapidly by more than eighty percent.

In addition, the tax income during the calendar year was achieved through cruel endowment, and now the burden of the people under the two tax laws is relatively lightened a lot, but the central income has increased greatly (in fact, the central government has taken away the interests of the original locality), and the average tax money borne by the two tax households is a little more than ten times, and according to Dugu Ji's statistics, when he was a thorn in Shuzhou, even if the lowest tax household was the lowest, he had to bear forty or fifty yuan a year.

Li Shi was very pleased, and soon Bai Ma announced that Yang Yan would be promoted to the position of Zhongshu Shilang.

Just when Yang Yan was very excited and was about to find an opportunity to control Liu Yan, who was in charge of Guiguan, died, the emperor's other Dao Bai Ma also announced that Lu Qi took over the position of the servant and Ping Zhangshi.

Then in the Zichen Palace, Li Shi directly asked the two prime ministers, there is still a lack of Imperial Doctor and Ping Zhangshi, and the two can recommend suitable candidates.

And Li Shi also said that for the sake of justice, the two Tsukasa Jae each nominated two candidates.

Yang Yan realized at this time that he was really not suitable for being a virtuous: it was difficult for him to be elected if he could be trusted, but he couldn't believe what he could be elected.

He can't be elected by Lu Qina's faction, he can't be elected by Liu Yan's faction, and he can't be elected by Cui Ning's faction......

Even if it is an upright person like Yan Zhenqing, Yang Yan can't be promoted.

The reason is that he has offended too many people!

can be virtuous, but it is the basic duty of the prime minister, even if it is to be an appearance, he must be in place.

At this moment, Yang Yan regretted a little in his heart, this is where there is a gap between him and Yuan Zai - when Yuan Zai was in phase, although he was authoritarian, he was always cultivating a successor as a reserve force.

He is Yuan Zai's favorite successor, but his time for the phase is too short, and he doesn't have the heart to start this matter.

There was once a young man who once fell into his own eyes, but unfortunately this young man soon parted ways with him.

Yang Yan in the Zichen Hall felt extremely lonely at this time.

But the emperor's urging kept reaching his ears, forcing him to make a statement.

In the end, Yang Yan lowered his head and whispered two candidates, Cui Zhao and Zhao Huibo.

Among them, Cui Zhao is the assassin of Shouzhou, and Zhao Huibo has been elected last time, and he is Henan Yin.

After saying these two names, Yang Yan seemed to be able to hear the emperor's faint disdain.

Zhao Huibo didn't say it for the time being, then Cui Zhao had committed the crime of embezzlement before.

And Lu Qi next to him was very calm and calmly said two candidates, Zhang Yi and Yan Ying.

Zhang Yi's father, Zhang Qiqiu, once served as the Shuofang Festival envoy and the imperial history doctor, Zhang Yi himself was born in Gusu, is a scholarly family, elegant and simple, and has deep qualifications.

As for Yan Ying, Jing Zhaoyin, after replacing Li Gan, because of his majesty in law enforcement and love for the people like a son, his reputation in the government and the opposition is also very high.

Lu Qi's candidate can be said to be impeccable.

"What Erqing did was all for a while, and Rong Zhen then thought about it."

After the two prime ministers retreated, Li Shi sat back in front of the bookcase, writing in front of the snow-white imperial book, but he hadn't written his name yet, so he asked Huo Zhongtang next to him first, "Is Yang Yangong great?" ”

Huo Zhongtang didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he confessed that Yang Zhonglang implemented the two tax laws, and the treasury was full within a year, which is not a great achievement.

"Then will Yang Yan become the second in Yuan Zai?" The Emperor's next question was full of danger.

Huo Zhongtang was dumbfounded, but when he saw the emperor's eyes staring at him, he didn't dare not say anything, so he could only support me in the end: "Yuan Zai also has the merit of establishing a book for Your Majesty." ”

After hearing Huo's answer, Li Shi smiled meaningfully, and then said: "When I am the crown prince, I need Yuan Zai, but after I am the son of heaven, I don't need Yuan Zai." Could it be that Yuan Zai did not have the merits of killing Yu Chaoen against Emperor Xianrui Wen Shengwu in the past? ”

"Your Majesty's thoughts are unfathomable, and non-slaves can know it!" Huo Zhongtang could only kneel down at this time, shouting such words repeatedly.

Li Shi didn't say much to him, but used the tip of the pen to drop on the imperial notebook, and wrote the words "Yan Ying can be the imperial historian", and then asked Huo Zhongtang to send it to the Hanlin Courtyard to draw up the text.

At the same time that Yan Ying was awarded the imperial history doctor to make the text, Li Shi also issued two edicts, one was to urge Yang Yan, the servant of the Chinese book, to issue a final edict to Liang Chongyi in Xiangyang, Shannan; The other was to heed Yan Zhenqing's previous request and ordered all the Hui and Hu merchants in Beijing to return to Hui as soon as possible under the leadership of Fan Guan Tu Dong and Chi Xin, and not to stay in the capital anymore after purchasing the 6,000 horses they had driven from the imperial court.