After tens of thousands of soldiers and horses returned to the camp, Sanniang invited a group of famous teachers and Confucian scholars and squires to have lunch in the handsome tent behind the general's platform, accompanied by more than ten generals and officials such as Lu Junyi and Gongsun Sheng. Although the banquet was full of wine and delicacies, a group of famous teachers and Confucians, squires and wealthy families were still in their dreams, thinking only about the great martial arts they saw today, and they couldn't calm down for a long time under the agitation.

Sanniang changed her armor freely, wore a red straight hunting suit, a black hat hanging down, sat firmly in the first place in the handsome tent, and frequently raised her glass to toast everyone. After Kong Duanyou drank a few cups, he couldn't help but say: "Hu Xuanfu has a lot of elite soldiers and fierce generals under his command, but now the Xia State is begging for peace, the Liao State has been leveled, the Jin State is allied, Dali is surrendered, and Tubo is coming to pay tribute. ”

As soon as Kong Duanyou's words came out, the tent was quiet in an instant, and what Kong Duanyou asked was also what a group of famous teachers and squires wanted to ask, yes, now that the world is peaceful, what is this Xuanfu making to show off his might? Besides, she also invited many famous merchants to come, and I don't know what kind of medicine she sells in her gourd.

Sanniang put down the wine cup and said slowly with a smile: "Everyone Kong asked well, I really think that my Great Song Dynasty is now Shengping inside and outside, and it seems that I can sit back and relax, but the Confucian etiquette has a cloud, and if you don't prepare, you will be wasted." The force of a country is the foundation of the country, and now the four seas are peaceful, and it is precisely because of the strength of the soldiers and horses of the Great Song Dynasty that I think that if you want to maintain the peace for a long time, you can't relax your military preparedness. On the contrary, it is often the time when you think you can sit back and relax, and the time when you are most dangerous. And I am the lord of the imperial court and the town, and it is naturally my duty to drill weapons, fight hard and protect the territory and the people. ”

After a pause, Sanniang continued: "As for why you want to invite the princes to come to watch the ceremony, you are all important figures under the rule of Shandong Road Domain. ”

Listen to Sanniang politely, but Kong Duanyou and others don't believe it, just because since Cai Jing took power, it has been more than 20 years since Wang Anshi changed the law, and since Sanniang Shandong Road opened the town, not only continued Cai Jing's law, but also intensified the implementation of more thorough changes.

Since the opening of the feudal town on Shandong Road, the laws promulgated by Sanniang have been to suppress land annexation, reclaim a lot of wasteland as official land, and suppress many local rich gentry who disobey the laws of the feudal town, confiscate their land as official land, and these official fields are distributed to the people for cultivation. Sanniang stipulates that the land of Guantian can be inherited and passed on to the next generation, but it cannot be bought and sold or pawned, so as to inhibit land annexation. In this way, the gentlemen represented by Kong Duanyou and others lost the opportunity to annex the land.

In addition to curbing land annexation, measures have been taken to eliminate redundant officers and soldiers and to train local armies. It is good to say that redundant officials and redundant soldiers have been eliminated, but after the implementation of the armor protection army, the local gentry and wealthy families completely lost the opportunity to have private arms. As for the private ownership of salt and iron, it was a good thing, many of the gentry and wealthy could not annex land, so they could only turn their accumulated wealth to speculation and commerce, but this further contributed to the beginning of the primitive capitalist capital formation in the towns of Shandong Lufan.

Sanniang gave a lot of liberal policies in business, vigorously supporting industry and commerce, her intention was obvious, that is, to digest the land contradictions, to transform the wealth of the gentry and landlords into capitalism, and she needed to establish a new class to replace the landlord class. However, this substitution is not completely eliminated, but through policy guidance, so that their wealth will be transformed into capital.

Kong Duanyou and the others didn't think about resisting, but the imperial court officials and troops were no bigger than the Liangshan military horses, so what could they do if they were strong in some places? Therefore, many gentry and wealthy families like Kong Duanyou, who were familiar with current affairs, chose to cooperate with the town guard to ensure the continuation of the family. Fortunately, Sanniang did not take further measures against the soft gentry and rich Jia, but was polite, and there was no further action except to cut off the claws of their annexed land. The two sides have lived peacefully for several years, but now Sanniang suddenly invited them to watch the military parade and show off their strength, which naturally has another purpose in their opinion.

Kong Duanyou couldn't help frowning and said: "Hu Xuanfu has made a great contribution to protecting the territory and the people, so that the people under our rule can live and work in peace and contentment." However, this kind of military preparation can be arranged by the Xuanfu envoy himself, but the military aircraft major event teaches us and other small people to look at it, but I don't know what the real intention of the Xuanfu envoy is. ”

Sanniang smiled slightly: "Okay, I just wanted to wait until the drill was over before I talked about it to the princes, but since everyone Kong asked, I will make it clear here." Nowadays, the industry and commerce in our Shandong Road Fan Town are flourishing, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but it costs a lot of money and grain to raise military horses and reclaim wasteland. Although there was a big harvest last year, the year was not good in the past few years, and the financial resources of the town guard government were quite tight, so I think from now on, how about paying grain together with the acres of land under the jurisdiction of the princes? ”

Kong Duanyou and the others suddenly realized when they heard this, it turned out that this female Xuanfu envoy had the idea of paying food for the officials and gentry. In that year, Wang Anshi's reform of the law was to clear out the land tax concealed by the landlords and the powerful, just because the gentry in the early Song Dynasty enjoyed the privilege of reducing or reducing the land tax, and many yeoman farmers could not afford the heavy field tax, so they often put their fields in the name of the gentry to avoid the field tax. And Wang Anshi's change of law only stipulates that these concealed land taxes should be cleared out, but the officials and gentry have not touched the grain in one piece. Unexpectedly, now Sanniang actually proposed that the officials and gentry pay for food in one piece, which is a more ruthless knife than Wang Anshi's change.

Kong Duanyou and the others all changed color on their faces, Kong Duanyou said: "Hu Xuanfu envoy Rongyu, it's not that we don't want to pay food, our officials and gentry don't pay food is set since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, so I'm afraid it will be difficult to obey my fate." ”

As soon as Kong Duanyou's words came out, a group of celebrities and rich people echoed it. Sanniang was not in a hurry, smiled and said: "Don't panic, everyone, I respect the scholars." However, once you become a scholar, an official, or a gentry, you can be exempted from the land tax, which I don't think is appropriate. As the saying goes, there is no merit, and all the princes are scholars, and they should know the sufferings of the people. Ordinary people get up early and are greedy at night, and they also have to pay taxes, but the princes are only born scholars and do not need to pay taxes, what is the reason? There are also clouds in the Analects, not suffering from widowhood, but suffering from unevenness, if the princes still want not to pay for food, they are afraid that it will not be appropriate. Since I opened the feudal town, there have been some people who have not paid food, and they have made great contributions to our feudal town, and they can enjoy this tax exemption treatment, but what have the princes done to my feudal town? ”

Without waiting for Kong Duanyou and the others to speak, Sanniang said slowly: "The princes don't need to discuss, I must implement this policy, now I am not asking the princes for their opinions, just informing the princes, and a notice will be issued later, and the officials and gentry will start to pay food in one body this year." In the future, under the rule of our feudal town, except for those who have meritorious service and have been issued by the town guard government to issue tax exemption certificates, the rest of the people, whether they are officials or family members, will have to pay grain and taxes. ”

Kong Duanyou and the others' faces suddenly became very ugly, but the drills and armaments they had watched earlier were still vivid, and the wealthy families who dared to resist who were unceremoniously exterminated by the Liangshan military horses a few years ago were still bloodstained, and they really didn't have the courage to stand up against it.

Sanniang smiled as kindly as a spring breeze, and said slowly: "All the princes are all rich people, and the annual Tianfu is just a drop in the bucket, so why be stingy? If you want to pay no food, you can send the children of your clan, or come to serve in our army, or come to serve in our public service, and only make a meritorious service, and I will also grant you tax exemption. What's more, I heard that there are more or less businessmen in the princely family, and in terms of business tax, aren't you also generally paying business tax? Then why are you stingy again when it comes to this field tax? ”

In Shandong Road Domain, on top of the industrial and commercial taxes, Sanniang has already stipulated that both official and private merchants must pay commercial taxes, otherwise the goods are not allowed to circulate and be sold.

Kong Duanyou and the others were silent, and Sanniang said slowly: "Actually, the princes have a lot of resentment against me in their hearts, I know it. Since I opened the town, I have not allowed land to be bought and sold, and now I have to pay grain in one piece, so everyone is naturally dissatisfied. But when you think about it, since you started to do business, you have earned much more money in industry and commerce than you have harvested in the fields. Confucius began to operate the liquor industry a few years ago, and created the Confucian family brewery, and the annual income of the liquor industry alone is not less than 100,000 yuan, and several big families in Dengzhou and Laizhou are also operating the salt industry, and the income is much higher than the output of the land under the name. ”

Kong Duanyou and the others secretly scolded in their hearts: "You didn't force it? Business as a last resort! Kong Duanyou's face was even more red, he was a Confucian orthodox family, and he looked down on business, but the family was expanding day by day, and Sanniang cut off the road to annex land, because Confucius was forced to engage in business very early, so that he could earn enough money to maintain the dignity of Confucius. But what Sanniang said is also the truth, since Confucius ran the wine industry and created the Confucian family brew, the income did exceed the income from the field.

On the side, Lu Junyi also smiled: "You don't have to worry, if there is a positive response among the princes, we will be able to make appropriate reductions and reductions in his commercial tax, and the commercial tax can be reduced or reduced for three years, and the reduction amount is 30%." ”

First hit a stick, and then give a sweet date, this is Sanniang negotiated with Lu Junyi and others in advance, and the reduction and exemption of business tax for three years and 30% is to make these gentry and rich people less resistant. Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, even Kong Duanyou was thinking that if he could reduce the business tax of three years and thirty percent, the income of his Confucian family brew would increase a lot.

So, in the face of the force displayed by the town guard and the temptation of reducing and reducing commercial taxes, most of the squires and wealthy families still expressed their willingness to pay grain on the spot, and even Kong Duanyou finally nodded and agreed.

At the end, Sanniang looked at Kong Duanyou with a smile and said: "After the tenth month is the birthday of Sage Kong, I don't know if I can personally participate in the sacrifice to Confucius this year?" ”