"Your Majesty, after all, Chang'an is the western capital of Great Qin, so if you change it like this, won't it be mixed up and the market chaotic?"

Prime Minister Xiao Yu was summoned to the emperor's Zichen Hall and greatly opposed the emperor's new policy. He thinks that this is too undeserved, and it is simply nonsense.

"I believe that breaking the isolation of the street and breaking the restrictions of the market will help make Chang'an City active. Look at the current Chang'an City, it is lifeless and lifeless. In the past, there were hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an City, and now? Less than 100,000. ”

A metropolis that was designed to accommodate a million inhabitants now has a population of less than 100,000.

Only Xicheng is slightly popular, and Dongcheng, which used to be known as Donggui, was raided because a large number of old nobles and officials of the former dynasty participated in the rebellion, or were exiled because they were implicated, making Dongcheng District a dead silence.

As for the southern city where the people lived in the past, only the areas near the north were inhabited, and the more southern urban areas, many good square areas were empty, and even some square areas have been empty since the city was built, and there were no houses built at all, and many people in Chang'an simply used it as a wheat field or a vegetable garden, where they planted rice and vegetables.

There are also a large number of Buddhist temples and Taoist temples that occupy many square areas.

Luo Cheng told Xiao Yu very directly that if he continued like this, Chang'an City would only die.

He didn't want the empire's Xijing to die, this is the largest city in the western region of Great Qin, even if the imperial court is now set up in Luoyang, Tokyo, Xijing is just a companion capital, but he still hopes to build Chang'an City into a core military town in the west, as well as an economic center in the west.

The commerce and trade of the entire Heshuo Pass and Longzhu Road are concentrated here, and even connect Bahan, Jiannan, Hedong, Henan and other places.

Chang'an City is biased in a corner, in the period of great unification, especially now, it is no longer suitable to be the capital of the world, and it is inevitable to choose Luoyang as the capital.

However, Chang'an City also has many advantages, so it is still necessary as the center of the west.

The center of gravity of the world shifts eastward, this is the historical trend is also inevitable, the world is unified, the importance of the south will be highlighted, Jianghan, Huanghuai, Jiangnan these places will become a new tax heavy, its taxes through the canal more convenient to Luoyang, but extremely unfavorable to Chang'an.

Not to mention, with Luoyang as the capital, government decrees are more convenient to be transmitted to all parts of the world, but the land of Guanzhong is not even enough to support Chang'an, if it becomes the center of the world, it is restricted everywhere.

No matter what the emperor said, Xiao Yu still thought that the move to break the street was still too out of line, and even thought that it was not a good thing for the imperial court to be too business-oriented now, and that the order of Shinong industry and commerce could not be chaotic.

"The imperial court should properly curb industry and commerce." Xiao Yu said bluntly.

Luo Cheng laughed.

"Xiao Xiang, you know that when the imperial court is not fighting now, the Northern Ya Forbidden Army alone will have to spend 20 million guan in military expenditure a year, and the internal government will have to ask for 5 million guan, and although the soldiers of the Southern Yafu are in the countryside, the imperial court has to invest at least 5 million guan in military spending every year. In this way, 30 million runs together, which is only an approximate number. ”

"And any war, even if it is small-scale, the military expenditure is hundreds of thousands or millions, and if it is a war that mobilizes more than 100,000 people, then the military expenditure cannot be stopped. Do you know what the imperial court's budget is for military spending in order to fight the battle of Tuyuhun this time? The mobilization of the army and the people, the consumption of money, food, materials, ordnance, etc., as well as the construction of castles, post-war pensions, etc., must be at least 30 million yuan, which is still the minimum budget, if the war cannot be quickly resolved, then this expenditure will continue to increase. ”

Without industry and commerce, it is impossible for the imperial court to have so much tax revenue, without money, it will not be able to raise so many soldiers and horses, and without an elite army, how can it guard the frontier and defeat the enemy?

All of this is chained together.

A disconnect brings about a chain reaction.

Xiao Yu is still just an old concept, and keeps saying that he wants to suppress industry and commerce, but he can't see that now Daqin has recovered so quickly and his strength is so strong, all of which depend on industry and commerce.

For example, Xiao Yu has proposed to abolish the salt tax more than once, but he can't see that the salt tax now has an annual income of more than 30 million yuan, and it is still growing rapidly every year.

With such a large amount of money, Luo Cheng can't abolish the salt tax.

If according to what Xiao Yu said, suppress industry and commerce, and return to the Sui Dynasty, when industry and commerce had no taxes and only collected rents, it seems to be very good, but in fact, as soon as there is a little engineering labor, as soon as there is a war, all the burdens will be on the people's heads.

It is precisely because of this that the Sui Dynasty seems to be extremely rich and powerful, but it collapsed in an Eastern Crusade, and the essential reason is that the Sui Dynasty's system is unreasonable, especially its tax system.

Those who hold wealth in the world do not bear the tax responsibilities that should be borne, but ordinary people, who have difficulty even getting enough food and clothing, almost completely bear the taxes of the state.

So the court was rich, the nobles, officials, landlords, and powerful people were all rich, but the people had no surplus.

Now Xiao Yu still keeps saying that she wants to be retro and reasonable, but she pretends not to see those essential problems.

Now these systems of Great Qin can be said to be the foundation of Great Qin, and whoever wants to shake and change these systems will shake the foundation of Great Qin.

Hou Mo Chen Yi stood up unceremoniously.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Xiao Shilang is a ruler, but he is as pedantic as a scholar, if he continues to live in the political hall, it will be a big disaster for the country."

The prime minister attacked the other prime minister in front of him, and said it so seriously, the atmosphere in the hall suddenly became solemn.

Wen Yanbo wanted to speak for Xiao Yu, but at this time, even Du Yan came out and stepped on it.

"Xiao Yu's words are indeed ancient, too pedantic, and lose the body of the prime minister."

The emperor who was sitting on the dragon chair was silent at this time.

Shang Shu's right servant shot Wang Ziming at this time came out to ease the atmosphere, "The minister thinks that His Majesty wants to implement a new policy in Chang'an, which can be regarded as a pilot, as for good or bad, you can wait for a year or two to see the results." As for the suppression of industry and commerce, the minister felt that it was still a bit excessive. ”

If Xiao Yu is a smart person, he should see the direction of the wind at this time, and immediately ask the emperor to admit his guilt, and this matter may pass. But his temper has always been stubborn, he was Yang Guangguo's uncle back then, and he never bowed to the emperor, not to mention that he thought he was not wrong at all.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

But the emperor ignored Xiao Yu, clearly not accepting his advice, and the prime ministers accused him one after another. Xiao Yu felt disheartened for a while, and when she was angry, she simply resigned.

"Xiao Xiang, it's normal for political opinions to be different, and there is no need to resign if you don't agree." Luo Cheng finally spoke up.

But these words did not make Xiao Yu feel half comforted, but made him even more reluctant and insisted on resigning.

Luo Cheng persuaded him a few times, but Xiao Yu had no intention of retreating.

"Since Xiao Yu's three words are in harmony, I will not be reluctant to make it difficult." Luo Cheng no longer persuaded him, but he directly agreed, "In this way, I will now seal Xiao Yu in the west of Qinghai Lake, fief a hundred miles, seal thousands of households, and give the title of Duke Xuande." ”

Xuande was originally the name of Xuande County under Xihai County, which was established by Yang Guang after the destruction of Tuguhun, in the south of Qilian Mountain, west of Qinghai Lake, and now the emperor set aside a hundred miles of land from it, and gave Xiao Yu the establishment of a principality, with the title Xuande.

The title is still the duke.

"Add the young master of the crown prince!"

The prince and the young master are from the second grade, but it is only a false title, except for the prime minister, the emperor did not even leave him a real position, nor did he let him go out to the place, but directly let him go to the fief to become a vassal.

"Minister Xiao Yu pays a visit to the emperor, receives the decree, thank the emperor!" Xiao Yu's temper became awkward, and the eight cows couldn't be pulled back, so he directly thanked him for the order, leaving no room for maneuver.

Immediately, he took off his unicorn talisman, took off his beam crown, put down the jade wat, and directly withdrew from the Zichen Palace.

Xiao Yu, the Chinese scholar, except for the phase.

A group of prime ministers watched the back of this reluctant prime minister, each with their own thoughts, but no one kept him, perhaps everyone thought that Xiao Yu, who had a bad temper, was actually not suitable to stand in the political hall.