Li Zhi directly dispatched the army to take over when he came back, and put all the important ministers under house arrest, is this a matter of will? Or is it a sign of anger? Or even a broken jar?

There are more or less some, but not the most important thing, Li Zhi is not stupid, this kind of critical moment, how dare he act arbitrarily, he knows that at this time, a strong government must be needed, and every decree can be guaranteed to be absolutely implemented, which can turn the tide.

If you still use Li Yifu's words at this time, they say a word, I say a word, shirk each other's responsibilities, and attack each other, and they can't do anything for a long time, this literati are light, after all, they are all people who don't have a backache when they stand and talk, and more importantly, they are the makers of the crisis, so they don't need to do it, Wenchen's set can no longer be played, and it is more simple to use military generals, and at this moment, the situation must be controlled.

But after all, the generals can't come up with ideas, they can only control the situation, you ask Li Ji how to turn the tide, Li Ji can't think of a way, after all, this major is not right, and you have to find some professionals to discuss countermeasures.

Li Zhi had already thought about it on the way here, and he summoned Cui Jijian, Wang Xuandao, Ren Zhigu, Di Renjie, Zheng Shanxing, and Zhang Daxiang to the Liangyi Palace, which was equivalent to forming a temporary cabinet.

These first five people are all middle- and lower-level officials, and they are very young, that is to say, they are not deeply involved, they have not intervened in any partisan disputes, they can be united, and Li Zhi knows all of them, knows that they are all talented, and they are rising stars in the DPRK and China, and they are also the objects of key training. As for Zhang Daxiang, it is mainly because he has been with Han Yi, and Li Zhi plans to put him in charge of the household department again.

Actually, Zhang Daxiang doesn't want to come, you have all played like this, what's the use of looking for me, I have no way to solve this problem.

Li Zhi got straight to the point and said: "You may know better about the situation in Chang'an now than I do, and the only thing I can rely on now is a few of you, I hope you can help Datang through this difficulty." ”

This is a request for people, and the tone is naturally much gentler.

Ren Zhigu immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that at this moment, Chang'an is only secondary, after all, Chang'an has His Majesty here, and it is the land of the capital division, and it is heavily guarded, the key is still that group of businessmen in the northwest, if this matter is not handled carefully, there will definitely be turmoil in the northwest, and the imperial court must deal with it carefully." ”

Li Zhi nodded and said, "I also know, Zhang Shilang, what is the situation in the household department now?" ”

Zhang Daxiang said: "Back to Your Majesty, not only can the household department not take out a penny now, but also owe tens of thousands of yuan in the account, and there is nothing to trade with them." ”

Li Zhi was stunned for a while, almost didn't vomit blood, as soon as he took the throne, he owed a debt for the first time.

In other words, in the past few years, the family has lost everything, and there is no scum left for him!

Cui Jijian suddenly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the matter in the northwest is easy to solve. ”

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "What can you do, tell me quickly." ”

Of course, he knows the stakes in the northwest, not as stupid as Li Yifu, thinking that Wu Kelie and they are some businessmen, and they are indeed businessmen, but he came with the wealth of the entire northwest region, then he is not an ordinary businessman, when he came, he instructed Qi Bi He Li to stabilize these businessmen, not to let them go, now at this time the northwest is in chaos, the court can't take care of it at all, that Chang'an is in danger, and internal and external troubles, this is completely over.

Cui Ji said: "Now this homeless people are everywhere, aren't they afraid of being robbed by the homeless, those goods are in their hands, like a hot potato, they must also be in a hurry to get rid of it, the minister suggested that they buy all their goods first, as for the money, they all owe it first, anyway, those northwest businessmen have no better choice, they can only trust the imperial court, and now let them take the goods back to the northwest, they don't dare, after all, it is very chaotic everywhere now." ”

Li Zhi heard mixed feelings, happy that this can indeed delay a lot of time, and worried that the land of Gyeonggi has become so unsafe. This Gyeonggi is the hardest hit area, when Han Yi established a commercial civilization in Chang'an, the commercial civilization is bound to be the industrial and commercial class, now this workshop, the store is all closed, all the workers are unemployed, you can imagine what the situation is in Gyeonggi now.

Wang Xuandao added: "They all believe in Han Yi very much, and Your Majesty can also tell them that Han Yi is already on the way back, and Han Yi will talk to them when the time comes, and they will definitely agree." And we can use their goods to sell to the rich merchants and landlords in Chang'an, in exchange for grain to supply the army, without food, this situation is difficult to control. ”

Cui Jijian said: "Luoyang should still have some grain stock, and we should quickly send troops to take it over." ”

Taicang has actually bottomed out, there is a lack of food in the Guanzhong area, not that there is less food, but that there are too many people who eat food, and this grain is transported in from other places, and Taicang has not entered any grain in the past two years, because many states and counties have not paid taxes, and the officials' money includes grain, raising so many people, this food consumption is very large, and Li Yifu has to build official camps, all need food, although the military food has not moved, but in this case, the army's food must be sufficient, this can not be broken, You have to plan ahead.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Just do what you say, Cui Zhongcheng, this matter will be handled by you." ”

"Wechen obeys."

Di Renjie stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Chang'an is still like this, the situation in those prefectures and counties is estimated to be more serious, and it is very likely that there will be turmoil, Weichen thinks that this is the top priority." ”

Li Zhi hurriedly asked, "Then do you have a way to solve it?" ”

Di Renjie said: "Weichen thinks that now the imperial court should immediately order all prefectures and counties not to levy taxes on the people, so as to reduce the burden of the people as much as possible and delay the further aggravation of the situation." ”

This is very correct, at present, the economy of the Tang Dynasty is moving from a small peasant economy to a commercial economy, but it is still dominated by a small peasant economy, and the small peasant economy is most afraid of three points, natural disasters, taxes, and salt prices. Natural disasters did not happen, but the latter two Li Yifu did it, this is very deadly, officials in order to make up for this hole, must be to the death of the tax, try all means to make the people pay taxes, and such as the price of salt today has been sold for more than 100 yuan, at the beginning it was 10 yuan, increased tenfold, the people either go bankrupt and there will be ghosts, the small peasant economy can not withstand any wind and waves, and this is a vicious circle, it will not take the initiative to stop, can only force it to stop.

Zhang Daxiang said: "But in this way, the treasury will be even more out of money." ”

Di Renjie said: "However, now it is very difficult to collect grain from the local government, if it is not stopped, the officials will ask the people to collect taxes in the name of the imperial court, but the more they levy taxes, the worse the situation will be, the result is that even if they pay the grain, their official positions will not be kept, then they are very likely to fill their pockets with the grain collected, so it is better not to levy it, so that it can also give the people a chance to breathe." Now we can only use all the remaining materials to ensure the supply of the army, and as for the rest of the expenditures, we will not care about it for the time being. ”

The reason is very simple, the more you tax, the more chaotic the place becomes, and the more chaotic you are, the more you can't afford to be an official, anyway, this black gauze hat can't be kept, and there is no need to hand over the grain that is levied, because the purpose of taxation is also to keep your official position.

Li Zhi nodded and said, "Okay!" That's it. ”

Wenchen?

It's like toilet paper, I don't give you money, what can you do, at most you don't do it, if you don't do it, you won't do it, maybe you dare to rebel?

But the army can't afford not to give, and if you don't give it, the army will really rebel.

Wang Xuandao stood up and said, "Your Majesty, now that the people are dissatisfied, the imperial court has to quickly calm down the people's grievances, and Weichen proposes to abolish all new policies." ”

Li Zhi listened, didn't say a word, and nodded in agreement.

Wang Xuandao said this very cleverly, the good situation is played like this, the people must be very angry, then you have to quickly find someone to take the blame, first stabilize the people, if the people are angry and resentful, then they will definitely rebel, but the emperor can't carry this pot, then they will all push down Wu Meiniang, let the people know that this is all made by the new deal, the emperor was ill at the time, and he didn't know the situation.

Of course, Li Zhi agreed, if this matter is not handled well, he will not be able to be the emperor, so how can he care about the queen!

This pot was also the queen's.

Zheng Shanxing said: "But this is a palliative not a cure, and the minister thinks that he has to invite Han Yi back quickly." ”

He knew that these ideas were expedient measures, which could only delay the spread of gaffes, but did not solve the problem fundamentally.

Li Zhi heard Han Yi, and the hatred in his heart was very depressed: "I have already sent someone to invite, but that kid went on a trip." ”

Di Renjie and the others were all dumbfounded when they heard this.

Travel?

What a reason to be inadequate!

Han Yi couldn't find anyone, so he could only stabilize the situation as much as possible and wait for Han Yi to come back.

After a day of discussion, the imperial court immediately announced that Wu Meiniang's new policy was abolished, and there was no scum left, erasing all traces, even if it worked, I would abolish it.

Moreover, stop all the welfare and income of officials, including those clerks, but you have to work for me if you don't have money, and all the food in both capitals will be used for the army, and even the food for the eunuchs and slaves in the palace will be halved.

It doesn't matter to the senior officials, their family background is quite thick, and they have made a lot of money from the imperial court in the past two years, and the low-level officials are hard, but they have no choice, and now the civil officials really dare not shout, because the army has been fully taken over, and all the important ministers are under house arrest.

At the same time, an edict was issued to immediately stop any taxation throughout the country, and if you still collect taxes at this time, it is to kill chickens and take eggs, and it may not be levied. Although the finances have bottomed out, if there is a rebellion in various states and counties, the imperial court will not even be able to pay for the suppression.

Li Zhi didn't dare to send officials to carry out this matter, he didn't trust any old drivers now, he sent all the royal police, as well as the cadets who graduated from the military academy, so that this group of people who were fooled out of the aristocratic spirit went to some states and counties with more serious situations to supervise this matter, and strictly prohibited the government from collecting any taxes, if this government can't be opened, then you will close the door temporarily, I don't blame you, I don't want you to take money, anyway, you can't do anything when you open the door, it will only add fuel to the fire.

Cui Jijian found Wu Kelie and discussed with them, under the banner of Han Yi, and told them that we had obtained contact with Han Yi, and it was Emperor Han Yi who wanted the court to abide by the contract and buy all your goods, and never let you lose a little money, and said that he would let you wait for him to come back and make up for your losses these days, but he didn't say that he would not give money, anyway, it was a foolish thing.

Wu Kelie looked at the situation in Chang'an, fortunately there is still army protection here, if there is no army protection, it may be robbed all at once, even if the court pays now, they don't dare to ask for it!

Therefore, they can only promise Cui Jijian, you will take the goods away first, and wait for Brother Han to settle the bill for us, they still trust Brother Han.

As everyone knows, Han Yi can't even find anyone now.

Cui Jijian first released the gossip that the imperial court might have to forcibly expropriate the grain of the rich, and then use these goods to find those big landlords in the countryside to exchange for grain, because at present, currency is useless, and grain is the most precious. Those rich people don't have to worry about it, at least they still have income, in case the court forcibly expropriates, they don't have anything, they buy some more or less, and some people just mean it.

Cui Jijian was also satisfied, the imperial court really didn't dare to touch them at present, because they could still help the imperial court stabilize some rural areas, if they were all killed, no one would take care of the countryside.

However, all this is an expedient measure, in fact, even the "standard" can not be cured, let alone the "this", although there are a lot of goods in the northwest, but for a country like Datang, it is not really much, and it is not all sold, this country can not allocate money, who will listen to the central government in the future.

But all of this has to wait for Han Yi to come back.

Everyone knows that the fundamental reason is money, and Han Yi has no other ability, that is, he can manage money, and no one can compare to this ability.

Naturally, Han Yi has become a lifesaver for Datang! nt

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