"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince means to let the imperial court issue a decree to reduce the tenant rent?" Ren Yaxiang said tentatively, and the eyes of the others were also staring at Li Chengqian, wondering what he thought.

Li Chengqian looked at everyone's nervous expressions and nodded, which was considered to be an acknowledgement.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince must not do this matter, not to mention that Your Majesty will not lower this will, even if Your Majesty decrees that the tenant rent in Guanzhong will be reduced to 30%, the local gentry will not agree, and when the time comes, not only will the court officials deviate from morality, I am afraid that the entire Guanzhong will fall into chaos." Xu Jingzong hurriedly got up and admonished, Xu Jingzong was kidnapped by Li Chengqian, and Li Chengqian was quite dissatisfied with his slippery character, so Xu Jingzong was careful in everything he did. It wasn't until Li Chengqian asked Xu Jingzong to be the head of the workshop of Pingzhangyuan that the relationship between the two improved, and Xu Jingzong also saw that although Li Chengqian beat him a lot, he still admired his talent, and he was labeled Li Chengqian, so Xu Jingzong could only plan for Li Chengqian wholeheartedly.

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard the words and looked at the others, everyone knew that Li Chengqian was waiting for his statement, Zhu Suiliang got up and said solemnly: "The minister thinks that the imperial court can issue a decree to reward the families who reduce the tenant rent, so as to encourage the gentry in Guanzhong to follow suit." ”

"Although Mr. Zhu once issued an order to pay grain and be knighted, that is also to pay grain to the granary of the imperial court, this tenant rent is only a matter between the people, is it appropriate for the court to interfere?" Hao Chujun seemed to be discussing with Zhu Suiliang, but in fact he was also admonishing Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian looked at the remaining people: "You also think the same way?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this, saying that Li Chengqian really shouldn't start such a thing at this time.

Li Chengqian looked at everyone, and didn't know what to say for a while, if such a thing could not even reach a consensus within the East Palace, then there was no need to play to Li Shimin, let alone think about implementing it in Guanzhong first and then in the world.

Everyone looked at Li Chengqian's silence and was also very nervous, after getting along with Li Chengqian for such a long time, they knew that Li Chengqian had a strong personality, since he thought so, then there would definitely be other actions.

The atmosphere in the main hall was even heavier than before.

After a while, Li Chengqian slowly spoke: "It's not that the lonely king doesn't know how to buy people's hearts, and the lonely king also knows that the gentry in Guanzhong are not easy to mess with, but for the long-term peace and stability of the Tang Dynasty, this matter must be implemented." ”

Li Chengqian's words were categorical, and everyone in the hall who listened to them was heartbroken, knowing that they couldn't be persuaded to come.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

Li Chengqian saw that Zhu Suiliang still wanted to persuade him again, shook his hand and signaled him not to speak, and continued: "As you all know, King Gu said a few years ago that the gentry were greedy and oppressed the people without food and clothing, and the slightest disaster and small harm could not bear it, and this matter must be alleviated. ”

Li Chengqian said that everyone looked thoughtful here, paused and continued: "The Tang Dynasty implemented the national policy of hiding the wealth from the people and did not collect heavy taxes like the former Sui Dynasty, but the people are also divided into many kinds, some people have good land at home, and some people are surrounded by walls, and the court has only two things to do, one is to find a way to make all the people richer, and the other is to make the harvest distribution more fair. Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty continue to be strong and the imperial court can be stable for a long time. ”

"What His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said is very reasonable, a certain person was born in troubled times and looked forward to the peace of the world, the country and the people, but although it has been slightly stable in recent years, some people who are rich and unkind have oppressed the people too much, and it is really time for the court to deal with it." Su Dingfang got up and said solemnly.

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, motioned for him to sit down and continued: "How can we make all the people richer?"

Everyone in the hall was quietly thinking about Su Dingfang's words, and they were stunned when they heard the words.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that the people should be given ,......a rest as stated in Mencius," Zhu Suiliang hurriedly saw the stitches and admonished again.

Li Chengqian interrupted him with a smile and shook his hand when he heard this, took a deep breath and said, "This is the paradox of the ages!" Mencius was born in the Warring States Period, the world has been in turmoil for a long time, and the country is insufficient, so the people hope to recuperate and recuperate, and the country will also make the country richer and stronger through the people's recuperation, but a country's recuperation will inevitably be coveted by other countries, and war will follow. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, there were vassal kings who rebelled and there were Xiongnu invasions, but in the early years of the Han Dynasty, they recuperated for decades like the way of Huang Lao." Yan Shigu hurriedly said when he heard this, he is a historian and still hopes that Li Chengqian can also do the same as Emperor Xiaojing of the Han Dynasty.

Li Chengqian couldn't laugh when he heard this, originally he wanted to show his open-mindedness and debating with them with a pleasant face.

But at this time, Li Chengqian felt that it was not so easy to persuade these people with words, and he had to take heavy medicine, so he said lightly: "Mr. Yan is right, but Mr. Yan also saw that the Western Han Dynasty has never suppressed the annexation of fields because of the policy of recuperation and recuperation in the early years, and the gentry in the world are unwilling to pay taxes in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty.

Yan Shi Gu was speechless for a while, and everyone in the hall also realized Li Chengqian's profound Legalist thoughts.

Li Chengqian's eyes swept to everyone, and when he saw that everyone did not make eye contact with him, he said directly: "The lessons of the former Han Dynasty are not profound, although my Tang Dynasty was founded not long ago, but don't forget that the former Han Dynasty was established in Qin, and there were no big clans in the local area, but there were many gentry in the Tang Dynasty. When Li Chengqian said this, he stood up with a solemn face and looked at everyone, and said loudly: "With Your Majesty's prestige, the strength of the Lone King, and your sincere help, can't you just limit the rapid expansion of these people's power?"

After Li Chengqian finished speaking, his gaze swept towards the ministers below like electricity.

"The minister is willing to swear to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Xue Rengui was the first to kneel down on one knee and said loudly with a determined gaze.

But then the hall was quiet, Li Chengqian's heart was half cold, and when he was about to make another threat, he saw Zhu Suiliang come out first, tidy up his clothes, and then bowed solemnly and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is far-sighted and dedicated to seeking the country, and the ministers are willing to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the death!" ”

"The ministers are willing to swear to follow His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

……

Fortunately, at this time, the Tang people were still a group of people with ideals, and when they realized that Li Chengqian was right, they were still willing to follow Li Chengqian desperately.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath to calm his mood, and looked at the doctors kneeling in front of him. Previously, these people were loyal to him because he had the grace of knowing them, and some people were because Li Chengqian's eldest son had the legitimacy of the imperial succession.

But at this moment, Li Chengqian felt that these people were following him now because they shared the same ideals with him.

There are many people who may think that he is a time-traveler who talks about ideals with the ancients, isn't it a bit two? Maybe, anyway, he didn't make an eight-year-old fritter in his previous life, and he won't become a sleek bureaucrat who kowtows to people when he crosses it.

After a while, Li Chengqian's voice was full of excitement: "All the Qings are all flat!" Let's listen to me talk about how to enrich the people and strengthen the country. ”

Seeing that everyone got up and returned to their seats when they heard this, Li Chengqian slowly spoke: "We must first increase the scale of the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, just like the East Palace has reclaimed more than one million acres of fertile land on the Longshou Plain, and the more than one million acres of fertile land may not be much in the entire Datang, but there are still a lot in the entire Guanzhong. This year, when the wind and rain are good, we will be able to harvest two or three million quintals of grain more in autumn. Everyone nodded when they heard this, after all, this was done by the East Palace, and they all had credit.

"The second is to increase efficiency, because Guwang improved the plowshare, so the people of Longshouyuan have a lot of fields than people in other places, so that the per capita food is enough to eat, and if you can't finish eating, you can also use it to do something else."

When Li Chengqian said this, he saw Zhao Jie and Du He with a smug look on their faces, knowing that they had been presiding over the reclamation of Longshouyuan, and now the canals and bridges dug everywhere in Longshouyuan were all erected monuments for transmission, and their names were recorded in the inscriptions many times, so now I am very happy to hear people mention this matter.

Li Chengqian looked at them and said, "But the entire Guanzhong and the entire Tang Dynasty can't rely on the little money in the treasury to resettle the victims and reclaim fertile land.

Therefore, we must redistribute the harvest of the land and take the money out of the hands of the gentry, but we cannot forcibly collect taxes, if taxes are forcibly collected, the gentry will continue to increase the tenant rent, and the life of the common people will be even more difficult.

So what to do?

The gentry were forced to collect less tenant rent, so that the tenants had surplus grain at home, and the court wanted to build warehouses to recover the surplus grain, and the tenants had money in their hands, and the court would sell them agricultural tools, so that the court would reclaim the wasteland regardless of the people themselves.

Of course, the imperial court can also set aside a piece of land for the landless people to reclaim, but you must know that when these people who have surplus grain at home go to reclaim, they must bring dry food to reclaim it themselves, and they don't have to rely on the imperial court for relief like we reclaimed Longshouyuan this year.

You must know that this year's reclamation of the Dragon Shouyuan was only done by King Gu himself under his watch, is there a second person in the world who can do this?"

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's far-reaching plans are beyond the reach of ministers and others."

Li Chengqian persuaded the ministers of the East Palace to arrange everything, and this time he might face the Guanzhong gentry, Buddhism, and even Li Shimin at the same time......

--------------------

Tonight's "thunder" sounded a lot of times, and when it was over, Li Shimin got up and summoned Zhang Shigui to personally arrange for the forbidden army to check everywhere.

This kind of thunder has been ringing around Chang'an for several days, and at first people didn't care about it at all, even if the monk came out and said that this was a harbinger of the earth dragon's turnover, people were only worried. But after last night's "lightning strike" Daxingshan Temple, now no one in the entire Chang'an City dares to ignore the unseeded "dry day thunder".

Zhang Shigui, the general of the Right Tun Guard, stood majestically in front of the gate of the Ganlu Palace, looking at the deep night sky with an indifferent face, without saying a word. On each side of Zhang Shi, there were ten generals of the forbidden army, who were also standing in helmets and armor like javelins, they all followed Li Shimin from the bloody battlefield, one by one, experienced in a hundred battles, and was not afraid of death, but at this moment, standing in front of the silent Ganlu Hall and listening to the "thunder" from Chang'an City from time to time, he couldn't help but beat the drum in his heart.

Genius one second to remember the address of this site:. Mobile version reading URL: m.