I think that when Wu Meiniang promulgated the new policy, everyone except the businessmen was very happy.

Because Wu Meiniang's new policy still continued the consistent policy of the Central Plains Dynasty, persuading farmers to pay taxes and reducing taxes.

But after the promulgation of Han Yi's new policy, it immediately caused an uproar.

The biggest difference between Wu Meiniang's New Deal and Han Yi's New Deal is that Wu Meiniang is defending the interests of those with vested interests and attacking those who have just risen, while Han Yi is almost the opposite, attacking those with vested interests and safeguarding the interests of the new class.

It's okay to say that the agricultural and mulberry taxes are all right, at least all the national land they illegally annexed is considered legal, and everyone has income.

The problem is that tax-exempt customers.

What are these tax-free households, dignitaries, relatives of the emperor and the country, but all the powerful and powerful, all are tax-exempt households, this policy is tantamount to offending all powerful people, including Buddhism and Taoism.

Wang Xuandao is also most worried about this policy, this policy is too sensitive in the new policy, if there is no this policy, then they will be relieved a lot.

But there is no way, if you don't do this, the new deal will not be implemented, the reason is very simple, you here admit that the annexation of land is a legal act, and there are tax-exempt households over there, you don't need to think about it, you know, it will directly lead to the large-scale annexation of land by those tax-exempt households, in the past, those princes' land were restricted, although they also annexed, but they did not dare to merge unscrupulously, and now this restriction is abolished, or if the new restrictions are not given, this new policy will have no meaning.

This is why Li Zhi reluctantly took the lead in paying taxes.

But people are not stupid, your emperor pays taxes to the treasury, if you run out of money, can the treasury not allocate it to you, Han Yi is not your henchman, what you hand over to the treasury is not money, but a magnet, and you want to suck away all our money.

Yanwang Mansion.

"It's the other way around, it's the other way around! This country belongs to our Li family, and Han Yi'er actually asked us to pay taxes, which is really deceitful! ”

Li Lingkui, the king of Yan, threw the decree to the ground, stepped on it a few times, and scolded.

This is really unbearable, in China's feudal society, that is the world, the world is my family, I still have to pay taxes to the state, doesn't that mean that the country is above my Li family, how can this work!

At this moment, a subordinate announced, "Lord Qiyu, His Royal Highness King Yue has come down!" ”

"Uncle Huang, Uncle Huang."

Before he finished speaking, a man in his thirties, with a resolute face and a tall figure, walked in briskly from outside.

This person's name is Li Zhen, and he is Li Shimin's eighth prince, but he has been going outside, because Li Shimin has let them run around in order to limit the power of these princes, and they have not been allowed to stay in one place for a long time.

"Uncle Huang, have you seen the new policy that has just been promulgated?"

As soon as Li Zhen came in, he didn't salute, so he asked Li Lingkui excitedly.

Li Lingkui glanced at his feet.

Li Zhen looked down, and immediately understood, he was a fellow believer, and immediately said excitedly: "Uncle Huang, this is really too deceitful, I think Your Majesty was deceived by Han Yi's family, so he would make such a foolish decision, this tax is small, but in this way, doesn't it mean that we, the princes, are the same as those common people, how can this work." ”

Li Lingkui snorted: "What is he Han Yi, he said that he would collect taxes if he collected taxes, and I wouldn't give him a penny, I'll see what he can do with me." ”

Li Zhen said: "But Uncle Huang, even if we don't pay taxes, but in the eyes of the people, we are also taxpayers, and we may not listen to us, we have to find a way to make Your Majesty take back your life." ”

Li Lingkui frowned when he heard this, and said, "What can you do?" ”

Li Zhen said in a low voice: "Uncle Huang, not only the two of us have to pay taxes, but there are also many people who have changed from tax-exempt to tax-payers, when we just came, we received a lot of rumors, and many people are very dissatisfied with this, including many imperial relatives, after the founding of the country, monks, Taoist priests, and many generals, we can unite them to put pressure on the imperial court and let the imperial court take back its fate." ”

Li Lingkui groaned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it. ”

The promulgation of the new policy was like throwing a boulder on the calm lake, and these princes, county kings, and concubines, who were usually very low-key, began to move, which was related to their fundamental rights and interests.

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Tobe!

Han Yi gently threw a brand new household registration on the table, "Regarding the matter of land and household registration, our household department must go all out, this is the root of stamp duty, and a little negligence may cause many problems." ”

"The issuance of a new household registration, Chang'an should not be a big problem, that is, the local prefectures and counties may encounter some problems, but the imperial court has given three years, and the plan is also very thorough. As for land, in the past few years, we have been counting land for the policy of adapting crops to the place, and there are very detailed data on the land in various states and counties, and these are not problems. ”

Zhang Daxiang is confident.

At that time, many people in order to evade taxes, hide household registration, and stamp duty is calculated according to the number of acres, then land data is very important, if you want to evade taxes, you must hide the land, hiding the land is definitely more difficult than hiding the household registration, but with the current technology, it is also very difficult to count the land.

However, Han Yi was already counting the land in various places by taking advantage of the policy of adapting to the place, and every year a large number of people were sent to count the land in various places, not only the size, but also the situation of the land itself, whether it was fertile land or barren land, but Zhang Daxiang didn't know that Han Yi was already paving the way for this step at that time, and it was just a pretense to plant according to the place.

Therefore, now the household department can be at ease, because the data has already been counted.

Han Yi nodded and said, "But we can't take it lightly, since the imperial court has promulgated many laws, then we can't be specious, and we can't make a little mistake." ”

"I know that." Zhang Daxiang nodded, and said, "But I don't think that's the biggest problem. ”

Han Yi was surprised: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "Haven't you heard that many relatives of the emperor are very dissatisfied with the abolition of tax-exempt households, and they seem to be preparing to put pressure on the imperial court to make His Majesty retract his life." ”

Han Yi said angrily: "You are still in the mood to worry about this, do you know that our household department is about to enter the busiest moment, taxes, land, and household registration are all the responsibility of our household department, but you are worried about those royal relatives, you are really confident!" ”

Zhang Daxiang wondered: "Shang Shuling, this is not a trivial matter, if they really let His Majesty take back his life, then we will give up all our efforts, or even ......." ”

The implication is that it may trigger a new struggle, and this is the most difficult part of changing the law.

"That's another story." Han Yi said: "Our authority is to be responsible for the implementation of the policies promulgated by the imperial court, as for whether Your Majesty wants to retract the order, that is a matter for Your Majesty to consider, what does it have to do with you." If you think about it, if this thing is not done well, then we will be responsible, and it will also provide those people with a reason to attack us, if it is just Your Majesty who wants to take back his life, we will not be responsible! ”

Zhang Daxiang made Han Yi confused, on the one hand, he felt that Han Yi was very reasonable, but on the other hand, he always felt that something was wrong.

Han Yi said: "In short, don't think about those things, just do the tasks of the household department well." ”

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Military Department.

"Sikong, many generals in the army today are very dissatisfied with the new policy, especially the revocation of their tax exemptions."

Ren Yaxiang said to Li Ji with a bitter face.

The problem is that most of the middle-level generals are opposed, and those middle-level generals have been annexing land, and they are annexing the land of the government soldiers, and these lands are all tax-free, and once they have to pay taxes, then they will immediately become big tax payers, and the benefits given by the imperial court are a drop in the bucket compared to their losses.

Qi Qi He Li also frowned and said: "This thing is really not easy to do, my brother-in-law and cousins have come to me." ”

He came from a horse, and he was very powerful and famous in the court, and those royal relatives would definitely go to him.

Li Ji said resolutely: "This is not easy to do, it has to be done, now that the new policy has been promulgated, if it is withdrawn, it may lead to a resurgence of the crisis, and even chaos in the world, if the country is in chaos, then don't talk about anything, no matter what, you must suppress those people, during this period, you should not stay at home, try to stay in the army, explain to them the stakes, the new policy is beneficial to the soldiers, as long as we are in the army, the situation can be controlled, I am afraid that those generals below will take advantage of our absence, Go and spread rumors and fool those soldiers. ”

The commanders nodded their heads.

At their level, they don't care much about that little bit of tax money, they care about the stability of the country, as long as the country is stable, their interests can be consolidated.

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In a house on the northwest side.

"Brother! King Fang Cai sent someone to me, hoping that we could support them and oppose the new policy that the imperial court had just promulgated. Qu Benshan frowned.

Qu Benxin sighed and said: "What they are against is a tax-free household, and we are not a tax-exempt household, even if we succeed, we will definitely not get any benefits." ”

Qu Benshan said: "Then what do you mean, what should we do?" ”

Qu Benxin said with a smile: "Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, if they don't pay taxes, we don't pay either, if the emperor's relatives and relatives all pay taxes, then we have nothing to say." ”

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Middle Palace.

"Daughter, this time Han Yi can be regarded as stabbing a hornet's nest!"

Yang said with a little excitement.

Wu Meiniang said lightly: "How do you say this?" ”

Yang said: "Haven't you heard that King Yan and King Yue are contacting everywhere, preparing to unite against Han Yi's new policy, and even come to my mansion." ”

Wu Mei Niangdai frowned and said, "Mother, didn't I tell you, try not to contact those people during this period." ”

Yang sighed: "Why didn't my mother listen to you, my mother hasn't been here for a long time, but they found someone from your sister's side, I can't turn it away, and this is a great opportunity." ”

Wu Meiniang snorted lightly, and said with contempt on her face: "Just those of them, what kind of climate can they become." Mother, after you go back, close the door of the house tightly, don't see anyone, this turmoil will soon pass. ”

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Daheungzenji Temple.

"Isn't this new policy just promulgated, why do you have time to come to me?"

Cui Pingzhong looked at Cui Jijian who had just arrived in surprise.

Cui Jijian smiled embarrassedly and said, "Dad, after the promulgation of this new policy, the children have always been a little uneasy in their hearts, and they are also like children, and the children don't know where to go, so they can only come to you, Dad." ”

Cui Pingzhong was curious: "What are you worried about?" ”

Cui Jijian said: "The new policy has hurt the interests of many people, and now many princes have stood up and threatened to ask His Majesty to take back his life, and the children are also a little uneasy. ”

Although these princes don't have much power, these people are the most headache for the prime minister, their identities are too sensitive, and they are not the eldest grandson Wuji, they have only been in office for a long time, and they have no prestige or merit.

Cui Pingzhong smiled when he heard this, and said, "Then how did Han Yi deal with it?" ”

Cui Jijian frowned and said, "Han Yi doesn't seem to be worried at all, he has been busy with the new household registration. ”

Cui Pingzhong smiled and groaned: "You still don't see it as thoroughly as him!" I have already seen the new policies that you have revised, and as far as the above bills are concerned, it is impossible to succeed in enacting them at any time, but in this period, they will definitely succeed and will not encounter too many obstacles. ”

Cui Jijian was curious: "Why?" ”

Cui Pingzhong said: "Because since the kings fought for the throne, in just over ten years, there have been several major purges in the imperial court, and all forces have been hit very seriously during this period. At the beginning, it was Taizong Shengshang who appointed His Majesty as the crown prince, thus clearing all the forces of Li Tai, the king of Wei, from the government and the opposition. After that, the eldest grandson Wuji used the case of Fang Yiai to eliminate a large number of imperial relatives, Li Ke, Xue Wanche, Princess Gaoyang, Li Daozong, etc., but they were not spared. Later, Wu Meiniang overthrew the eldest grandson Wuji, and the power of the Guanzhong nobles in the court was almost wiped out, and the only few remaining were still in the border areas, and at the same time a large number of relatives were cleared, including Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu.

In the end, Han Yi came back this time and cleared all the forces of Empress Wu from the government and the opposition, and there was no one left. In other words, all the major parties in the DPRK and China are seriously injured, and some parties are even dying, and they are still in the process of recovery, and they can no longer withstand any wind and rain. King Yue had just returned, and he didn't know the situation in the court, but he only dared to shout a few words because he was the prince, but it was impossible for them to set off any waves, because no one dared to speak for them in the court and oppose Han Yi's new policy. ”

"No wonder Han Yi is not afraid at all, it turns out that he has already calculated it clearly." Cui Jijian nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Daddy, can you think of what Han Yi's last step was?" ”

Cui Pingzhong narrowed his eyes and said, "It's almost there!" ”