The scorching sun scorched the earth, and the whole land was sweltering. Knowing it, there is also a weak chirp, summer is coming. Summers in Chang'an are particularly hot and humid, as the city has the largest population in the world. Nearly a million people live in the city. And the absence of air conditioning and fans in this era has obviously fueled the power of this blazing weather even more. But under the scorching sun, on the tower of Chang'an City, the soldiers are still standing resolutely at their posts, they are wearing black iron armor, the whole is like an iron lump, but it is also like a steamer, putting them in the sauna steam. Sweat continued to slide down their faces, dripping down their chins from time to time, falling to the ground and shattering into powder.

Not only these soldiers, but in Yongchang Fang, His Royal Highness Li Kuan, the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty, was also sweating, and he saw that he was constantly playing a set of boxing skills on the martial arts training ground in the courtyard of his mansion, and every punch was doing his best, and every punch would burst the air in front of him. With the sound of the howling wind, the fist that tore through the air stopped, and the strong wind still rushed forward, blowing all the dust on the bluestone slab in front of him. The whole courtyard seemed to be filled with smoke, and it was all yellow dust raised up. He was wearing a short shirt and gown, and his skin was the color of brass. In the sunlight, sweat-soaked skin shone with a layer of radiant brilliance, as if it contained endless power. And the muscles on the exposed arms are well-proportioned, and the muscles are not the kind of explosive muscle bumps, but appear soft. But at this time, these muscles were knotted together, as if they were twisted together like steel cables, bursting out with incomparably powerful force.

"Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has come down!" Li Kuan was sweating freely in the courtyard, which was the most he had done in recent times, because since he went to Luoyang. The world was completely calm. Since then, the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism have completely fallen silent, and both have begun to shrink their influence, closing their respective mountain gates, and handing over all the land around the temples and Taoist temples to the local governments. Li Er was in high spirits during this time, carrying out his various burdens. Without a family or religion, all his ideas could be carried out directly on this land. So this period of time is so many years since Li Er ascended the throne. It's been the most enjoyable period of time, but Li Er's toughness has made many people feel that they can't keep up with his pace, this eloquent king, his ideas are so advanced, many things except himself, I'm afraid no one can know the deep meaning. For example, after Li Er recovered all the land, he issued the first holy decree: no tax on agriculture. However, this holy decree was only read on the Jinluan Palace, which caused a great uproar in the Manchu Dynasty, and all the ministers opposed it. Li Er angrily announced the dispersal of the dynasty, and then angrily brushed his sleeves away.

The foundation of this world is countless people, and there is no tax on farming, which means that there will be no tax on farming in the future? So where is the food to help the victims? Where is the money and grain to support the operation of the huge state apparatus of Datang? Therefore, countless ministers came to the Suzaku Gate after the dispersal of the court, and they could not kneel down. thinks that this is destroying the foundation of the Tang Dynasty, although the agricultural tax is a thing worthy of celebration by the whole world, but when the Tang Dynasty has just entered the prosperity, such a holy decree is not a decision made by a wise monarch. Among them, Wei Zheng even directly reprimanded Li Er for ruining the Tang Dynasty.

However, they did not achieve the desired results, and Li Er was determined to implement this seemingly whimsical policy. So even if countless civil ministers and military generals knelt in front of the Suzaku Gate, Li Er just turned a blind eye. The whole person sat on the throne of the Lizheng Palace, looking down on the entire Tang Dynasty. He seemed unmoved, full of confidence in the future of the entire Tang Empire.

"Lord Wei, Your Majesty, this is ...... Isn't it too good to be happy! It sounds good to say that there is no tax on agriculture, but all of them are superficial projects made by the loss of Datang's national strength! An advisor knelt beside Wei Zheng and whispered to Wei Zheng at this time.

"Be cautious. What kind of decision the emperor made is actually something we can speculate on without permission, we are kneeling here now, but because we feel that this move is lacking, so we are just admonishing the emperor, not criticizing the emperor! Wei Zheng replied in a low voice. He didn't know what the emperor relied on to make such a decision. This is very different from the wise and martial emperor he knew, so this time he brought a group of counselors to the emperor to admonish him. Datang has not reached the point where the world is in harmony, such a policy is destined to be unenforceable, not to mention that the Datang treasury is not full, how many people are there in the world? How many of them are bankers? With such a large population base, the annual taxes paid are the largest source of Datang's treasury, and the implementation of this policy has cut off Datang's largest source of income, isn't it self-digging?

"Lord Wei, the lower officials think that there must be something strange about this matter! It is not an exaggeration for the emperor to self-destruct the Great Wall, but in addition to your lordship, there are a few other princes, and the rest are like Lord Fang, Lord Wuji, why are they not in a hurry at all? You see, we've been kneeling in front of the Suzaku Gate for almost two hours, and they've thought they'd gotten the news a long time ago, but there's no movement at all! At this point, one of the counselors noticed something unusual. Although Wei Zheng was the first to stand up against this action, Li Er's action completely shook the Tang Dynasty, but Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, the real henchmen of Li Er, did not appear.

"This ...... Why should we care about others? Just make sure you have a clear conscience! Wei Zheng had actually discovered this anomaly a long time ago, but he couldn't guess what was going on.

At this time, in the Lizheng Palace, it was also very lively, Wei Zheng was kneeling outside the Suzaku Gate, and a large group of people were kneeling here. They are Li Er's real henchmen, all of whom can quietly enter the palace without being hindered. When Wei Zheng and the others blocked the Vermilion Bird Gate, they also set off from their homes and entered the palace from other city gates one by one. At this time, kneeling on the top of the hall were Sun Wuji, the prince of Zhao, Xuanling, the prince of Liang, Chi Gong, the captain of Eguo, Cheng Jin, and Qin Qiong, the prince of Yiguo, and these people were impressively listed.

"Your Majesty, take back your fate! Now Datang is thriving, everything is coming step by step, and Your Majesty's step is really too big! Fang Xuanling's head was close to the ground at this time, a purple robe was draped over his body, and the whole person knelt on the ground.

"What Lord Fang said is that Your Majesty, the courtiers and others know what His Majesty is doing this move, but this Chinese military officer doesn't know it! And even if His Royal Highness the King of Chu has that kind of supernatural ability, it is not a reliance that His Majesty can do like this! The eldest grandson Wuji echoed the proposal. They knew Li Kuan's secret, although this matter was listed by Li Er as the top secret of Datang. But when Li Kuan showed his ability at that time, these people were almost all on the scene, Cheng Yanjin and Qin Qiong were not at the scene, but Li Er still explained the matter to them alone. Because Li Er knew that Li Kuan's ability could be best exerted in the army, it was impossible for these top generals in the military to avoid it. And with the support of these people, I believe that Li Kuan can do a better job in the position of the incoming general of Zhengxi.

"I know what you Aiqing thinks, maybe you are worried about what the Tang Dynasty should do in the future after I and the King of Chu grow old, haha...... Why haven't I thought about all this? Li Er sat on the throne and looked at the people kneeling below, very pleased. These people are now thinking about the Tang Dynasty, and they quietly entered the palace to see him like this, which shows the sincerity in their hearts, which Wei Zheng can't do. Because Wei Zheng thought too much, he always thought that he used to be a counselor who hoped for Li Jiancheng, and repeatedly proposed to murder Li Er, who was still the king of Qin at the time. So he won't get Li Er's most sincere trust, so after he chose to take refuge in Li Er, he found a different path for himself: that is, he didn't want to be a traitor, nor a loyal minister, he wanted to be a direct minister. This made him stand on the opposite side of Li Er at any time, and he was not afraid of death to denounce Li Er's mistakes.

This time was the same, Wei Zheng directly expressed his position with actions, and also brought many officials with the same position as him, they knelt in front of the Suzaku Gate like this, letting the blazing sun shine on their bodies, making their sweat soak their clothes, and countless people stopped to watch and discussed, but no one dared to come forward to ask. They didn't know that these people were preventing the emperor from promulgating the holy decree, and that the holy decree was protecting their interests. If they knew, Wei Zheng and those ministers would definitely be eaten alive by hundreds of people.

"Your Majesty, since you have thought about it, why did you make such a decision?" The eldest grandson Wuji was puzzled, as for those generals, Wei Chigong and Cheng Yanjin were completely at a loss. They are all very intelligent, no one will doubt this, even the two roughest rammers, are also superficial, if they were not smart, they would not be able to sit in today's position.

"Li Kuan, the king of Chu, he is now a grandmaster-level powerhouse, how long can such a strong man live? I'm afraid that it will not be less than a hundred years, so many years of recuperation, the people must be rich enough, at that time the Tang Dynasty is really strong, and the country will never have much consumption because of the support of the King of Chu over the years, so the accumulation of nearly a hundred years, there is also enough heritage, and then buy food from the people to form a cycle, can this solve your Aiqing's doubts? Li Er said. The state buys grain from the people, and the people use the money to buy other things, while the merchants trade to pay commercial taxes, and the court collects taxes from the merchants, and then buys the people's grain.

"I think this is not possible!" Li Erman thought that he could convince this group of henchmen, but he didn't expect to get a unanimous denial, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, Cheng Yanjin, the most trusted ministers among the hundred civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, all of them fiercely opposed this statement, because they looked at the problem from a different angle than Li Er, or they were different from Li Er's blind self-confidence: because they saw countless waves from it: it is a great thing for the people to be rich, but if the people are rich, the other ** will swell, This is not a good thing for Datang Jiangshan. (To be continued......)