Chapter 228: Deliberations in the Imperial Study
Late at night, when Gao Ming was enjoying the gentle township, the light in the imperial study was still on.
In Li Shimin's view, the land tenure system proposed by Gao Ming was completely a precedent, and it also gave Datang a chance to extend the national ancestry, so he never paid attention to it, and after returning to the palace, he recruited several important ministers to the imperial study.
Wenchen had the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and the generals had Cheng Yanjin and Li Ji, and when the four of them arrived, Li Shimin asked Qianniuwei to block the courtyard around the imperial study and not allow anyone to enter or leave.
Seeing this posture, Changsun Wuji and others also realized that things were not ordinary, and immediately opened their mouths.
"Your Majesty, you summoned me to wait for me in the middle of the night, but is there anything important?"
As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words fell, Cheng Yanjin also spoke.
"Could it be that someone is going to rebel? Is it Hou Junji? ”
Speaking of this, Cheng Yanjin's face showed a trace of excitement, as if he wished that Hou Junji would rebel.
Seeing Cheng Biting Jin's excited appearance, Li Ji suddenly showed a helpless face, and arched his hand towards Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, he knows that he has no mouth to hide, and I hope that Your Majesty will forgive your sins."
It is a good thing for military generals to be warlike, and Li Shimin also knows this, so he naturally doesn't care, and immediately waved his hand.
"Zhijie's temperament is urgent, don't worry, I summoned you today, mainly because there is a major event about my Tang Dynasty for thousands of generations, and I need the help of the four Aiqing to take a closer look."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Fang Xuanling seemed to think of something, so he stepped forward and arched his hand towards Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, is it about taxes? Could it be that His Majesty intends to follow the example of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in administering Jinju and implement tax exemption throughout the Tang Dynasty? ”
As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, Li Shimin immediately laughed.
"It's really worthy of Fang Aiqing, but tax exemption is only one of them, the purpose of I asked you to come today is to discuss the land year limit, and here's how ......it goes."
Then, Li Shimin told Fang Xuanling and others what Gao Ming had told him before, from the establishment of the Datang Business Alliance, to the exemption of farmers from taxes, and then to the land use authority, all of them were told to Changsun Wuji and others.
After finishing speaking, Li Shimin smiled and nodded at them.
"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think this is feasible?"
After hearing Li Shimin's words, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately laughed.
"Weichen thinks it is feasible, if this matter is done, Datang will definitely create a new prosperous era, and His Majesty will forever be recorded in history, but how to implement it still needs to be discussed."
Fang Xuanling also nodded.
"What the eldest grandson said is very true, the minister thinks that it is a bit hasty to exempt the people's taxes at once, it is better to reduce two percent first, if it is really as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, that business alliance can replace the taxes of the peasants, and then it is not too late to exempt them."
Obviously, Fang Xuanling chose a safer way, but after listening to his words, Li Shimin laughed.
"Haha, Fang Aiqing is too careful, let me tell you, don't say anything else, just the Tang Dynasty Royal Club that Gao Ming built more than two months ago, the annual income is more than one million, my only worry is to carry out the reform of the land year limit, and the nobles with fiefs do not agree."
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, before anyone else could speak, Cheng Yanjin burst out laughing.
"Hahahaha, what's this, Your Majesty, you want to take back the land, I am the first to agree, I have 2,000 households, and more than 1,100 households, I am willing to return all these lands to Your Majesty, anyway, I know Your Majesty You will not treat me badly."
Hearing Cheng Biting Jin's words, Li Shimin also laughed.
"Ah ugly, I understand your thoughts, but the land I gave out will not be recovered, since the land is seventy years, then the more than 1,200 households in your food town are still the same, but if it is ...... after seventy years."
Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Cheng Yanjin immediately took the words.
"Haha, my grandsons who are seventy years old are afraid that they have died of old age, I can't take care of this, if they starve to death because they don't have the care of their ancestors, they deserve to die."
Hearing Cheng Yanjin's words, Li Ji also laughed.
"Zhijie is not rough talk, Weichen also thinks that seventy years of food is enough, with this, presumably most of the nobles will not object."
What Li Ji said was also from his heart, after all, once a son of heaven and a courtier, the food of the previous dynasty was still a question of whether he could continue to eat when he arrived at the new emperor, so naturally there was nothing to object to in this matter.
Even Cheng Biting Jin, the hob meat, understands this, and the eldest grandson Wuji naturally understands it, so after Li Ji finished speaking, he also nodded.
"There are 1,300 households in the minister's food estate, in addition to these, there are 700 acres of fertile land under the minister's name, and tomorrow after His Majesty announces the land year limit, the minister will return these fields to the household department."
The eldest grandson Wuji is a real person, and he expressed his support for Li Shimin with his actions, so after his words fell, Li Shimin immediately nodded.
"That's fine, I will let the household department take these lands at the market price, and I won't make it difficult for you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Seeing the joyful look on the eldest grandson Wuji, Cheng Yanjin couldn't help laughing.
"Haha, Your Majesty, what's so embarrassing about him? He himself eats 1,300 households, and there is a princess at home, and he is much more comfortable than us, and according to me, he doesn't have to give him a penny! ”
Hearing Cheng Yanjin's words, the eldest grandson Wuji was dumbfounded.
"Know your ......"
But before he could finish speaking, Cheng Yanjin immediately pushed back.
"What am I? Am I not right? Princess Changle is in your house, there are more than 700 households in her restaurant, and there are only about 50 households in my family Qinghe, what else do you have to say. ”
“……”
The eldest grandson Wuji stopped talking, he knew that he couldn't bite the gold in the process, and the fact was the same, so he could only turn his head and keep silent.
But Li Shimin knew that Cheng Yanjin was taking the opportunity to make a request again, and he suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.
"Okay, Ugly, I know what you mean, tomorrow I will announce it to Qinghe, add another 300 households to Qinghe, are you satisfied?"
Cheng Yanjin was waiting for this sentence, so as soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, he immediately bowed to Li Shimin with a smile.
"Your Majesty, I've thanked Your Majesty here, hehe!"
In fact, Cheng Yanjin also knew that Li Shimin would agree, because when he first expressed his position before, he noticed that Li Shimin's name for him had changed, not "Zhijie", but the nickname "Ah Ugly" when they fought together.
The change of title often represents the change of feelings, so Cheng Yanjin dared to be a hob meat, and he achieved his goal.
Among the four ministers present, the eldest grandson Wuji and Cheng Yanjin have princesses and daughters-in-law in their families, although Fang Xuanling's family does not have them now, but Li Shimin has already assigned Princess Gaoyang to his family, and it is a matter of time before he passes the door.
The only thing he didn't have was Li Ji, so although he didn't have Cheng Biting Jin's cheekiness, he also opened his mouth to Li Shimin with a red face at this time.
"Your Majesty, the minister's second son Li Siwen has not yet married a wife, and Weichen has heard that the princesses are virtuous and virtuous......"
Hearing Li Ji's words, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing.
"Hahahaha, just Mao Gong said that my princess is virtuous and virtuous, today during the day, Gao Ming degraded his sisters to worthless, saying that none of them are fuel-efficient lamps, and they treat their father-in-law and husband either by beating or scolding, and now all capable men are not willing to be horses, do you still plan to let your son marry my daughter?"
As soon as Li Shimin's words fell, Li Ji nodded without hesitation, seeing him so resolute, Li Shimin laughed again.
"Okay, it just so happens that my Lanling hasn't been married yet, so I'll point it to your family Li Siwen."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ji immediately knelt down and thanked him.
"Thank you for your grace!"
Seeing this scene, Li Shimin immediately laughed.
"Haha, Mao Gong please get up quickly, as long as you don't dislike it in the future."
Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ji immediately shook his head.
"No, the queen is dignified and virtuous, the mother is the world, and she also wrote a strange book like "Women's Rules", which is a model for women in the world, Your Majesty can have such a queen, and the princess will naturally not be bad."
Li Ji's words are very high-level, Empress Changsun is not only Li Shimin's wife, but also the sister of Changsun Wuji, although he only praised Empress Changsun alone, he naturally won the favor of two men.
Sure enough, as soon as Li Ji's words fell, the eldest grandson Wuji immediately smiled and spoke.
"Mao Gong is right, don't say anything else, my family is very virtuous, and she is really a rare good daughter-in-law."
Cheng Yanjin also laughed.
"My daughter-in-law is good, when I beat my son, she still protected that kid."
Hearing the words of several people, Li Shimin laughed happily again.
"The two Aiqing praise my daughter like this, I really want Gao Ming to hear it, okay, let's talk about the princess here, what else do you Aiqing have to say about the land year limit?"
Cheng Yanjin and Li Ji are military generals, and they don't know much about political affairs, so they simply don't say anything, and the eldest grandson Wuji feels that there is no problem, so he sets his sights on Fang Xuanling.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Fang Xuanling stood up.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the matter of the land year is not busy raising it first, and we can first exempt the people from half of the taxes, and wait until next year when all the taxes are exempted, and then declare that no one is allowed to collect taxes in the name of anything except the nobles who enjoy the food, and finally realize the land year limit."
Speaking of this, he bowed down and saluted Li Shimin.
"This is the minister's humble opinion, I hope Your Majesty will judge."
Seeing Fang Xuanling's movements, the eldest grandson Wuji also bowed to Li Shimin.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Lord Fang said is right, for the sake of safety, it doesn't matter if it takes longer, and at the same time, the news that Datang will be fully tax-exempt will be released, so that the nobles can sell the excess land, so that when the land tenure system is implemented in the future, there will be much less resistance."
Hearing the words of the two, Li Shimin thought for a moment and immediately nodded.
"Well, that's fine, then at the court meeting early tomorrow morning, let's do what Fang Aiqing and the auxiliary machine said!"
"Yes!"