Serious business must be discussed.

This Liang Yu went to see Wu Zetian, just to take a form to show surrender.

And when Qin Shaoyou came here, it was a real negotiation.

Although everyone has become a community of interests, it can even be said unceremoniously that this Liang Yu has no way out at the moment, and when their performance reaches Chang'an, and when the news of this place reaches the ears of Wei Hou, then next, they must face the Wei family's crazy revenge, unless...... They got Qin Shaoyou's support, and everyone took what they needed and kept warm together, so that they could turn the danger into a disaster.

Liang Yu didn't dare to slack off on this, he knew many things, and his current family, as well as Wei Dingfang and Wang Fangyi, actually had no bargaining chips, not a single bit, so he couldn't refuse Qin Shaoyou's so-called business.

"I wonder what Your Highness wants to talk about?" Liang Yu always had a smile on his face, since he didn't have a choice, then he would be more deferential, and it would be okay.

Qin Shaoyou was very satisfied with his attitude, but he was expecting it, he just smiled, and then said: "You are the governor of Shuofang Town, how many households does this Shuofang have, and how much grain does it have." ”

This is to get to the bottom of it.

Liang Yu said: "Shuofang has 130,000 households, more than 30 counties in five states, because of the remote location, the income of money and grain is probably not in the farmland, but in the past checkpoint income, now in the treasury, there are 390,000 yuan of money, 90,000 stones of grain, Your Highness, if Shuofang is a single town, it is difficult to maintain, but the imperial court before, will also allocate some money and grain relief, barely passable." Xia Guan was in Shuofang, and recruited 20,000 Shuofang troops, but it was not as good as Zhaoyi and Shenwei Town, after all, it was a bitter cold place, so it was a little shabby, and His Highness smiled. ”

These data, in fact, Qin Shaoyou has a rough bottom. Zhu Lou is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he has already touched the bottom of each town in detail, the reason why he asked knowingly, to a certain extent, is also a temptation, to see if this Liang Yu is hiding his secrets, or if he has something to hide himself.

Of course, this kind of careful thinking Qin Shaoyou will not shake it out, Shuo Fang Zhen ...... Ahem...... It's really the same as the news given by Zhu Lou, it's really shabby.

Five states, only more than 130,000 households. At most, it has a population of 500,000, and the land of this state is equivalent to a Hongnong County, and there are nearly 400,000 households in Hongnong County, but there are six states, and the land and counties under its jurisdiction are three times that of Hongnong County.

But after all, it is a border town, and it is understandable.

To some extent, this Shuofang is compared to Zhaoyi Mansion and Shence Mansion. It's simply a beggar among beggars, and even Kamui Town can crush him. Naturally, if it is really said that these more than 30 counties have a population of less than 500,000, Qin Shaoyou does not believe it at all.

In fact, the number of people living at home in this era is really small. On the one hand, this is the reason for the relatively low organizational ability of the government, and the other is that in this era, wealthy families and families are everywhere, and these high-ranking families almost monopolize many local rights. Many people could not bear the apportionment, servitude and taxes of the imperial court, and most of them were willing to join the big clans as slaves and servants, although they became slaves. It doesn't look very good, and it still needs to support those high gates, but if you think about it, it's better than being apportioned and taxed by the government at will.

After all, for Gaomen, these people are their own slaves and maids, and they have to give him food, since you are willing to farm for my family, every ounce of your strength is my family's property, and you can't be taught to starve to death. However, this is not the case for the government, local officials not only have to complete the tax targets imposed by the imperial court, but also have to fill their own pockets.

In this way, the whole society fell into a kind of vicious circle, because the high gate has privileges, so even if it is to pay taxes, it is just the meaning, and a large number of people are hidden in the high gate, so that the population in the household is sharply reduced, the population in the household is smaller, but the court needs to operate, but the money and food required can not be reduced, so the local officials are more diligent to transfer everything to the people in the household, the people in the household can not bear it, more people take refuge in the high gate, find the protection of the high gate, and become their slaves.

Almost all provinces, states, and counties, such things have long been common, and the prosperity of Gaomen naturally stems from this, because a large number of people have switched to their doors in order to avoid the government, and their land has grown wildly, and their slaves have become more and more, so they have finally become the emperor of the earth who is far away from the emperor.

In a border town like Shuofang, I am afraid that the matter of hiding the population will be more serious.

So to a certain extent, Qin Shaoyou also knew that he couldn't pursue it for the time being, because there was no need to pursue it at the moment, he just needed to know now that Shuofang Town was very poor now.

However, the problem of fleeing households still has to be solved after all, and if it does not, it will cause a strange circle of the rise and fall of the country -- the country is poor and the people are rich.

The country here is the imperial court, and the so-called' The people', but by no means ordinary people, but those wealthy and high-ranking people, once so, the court is difficult to continue, and the local wealthy people are growing, any little turmoil, is enough to bury a dynasty, because for the wealthy people, their interests are based on the clan, not the court and the country, so they do not have to be responsible for the interests of the country, even if the world is dead, it is just that the Great Sui has been replaced by the Tang Dynasty, and the Son of Heaven surnamed Yang has been replaced by the Son of Heaven surnamed Li, and their rich foundation will not be shaken。

Qin Shaoyou nodded his head and said, "Well, what you said is reasonable, but it's just ...... Liang Dudu, the tax of this checkpoint, according to the king's view, is really a superfluous move, Shuofang is in the important land of Jin, although you can sit on the ground to collect money, but if so, the merchant is only afraid but refuses to go out of Shuofang, this king has an idea, but I don't know what Liang Dudu thinks? ”

As soon as he heard that Qin Shaoyou refused to let Shuofang Town sit on the ground to collect money, Liang Yu became nervous, Shuofang is different from other places, it is the most important way out of the customs by relying on the Great Wall, and the land there is barren and the population is small, if you want to maintain him as Shuofang Town, do you rely on farming? If such a large piece of wealth is missing, Shuofang Town will really eat ashes in the future.

It's just that if Qin Shaoyou really brought it up, he actually found that he couldn't refuse, because the situation was stronger than people at this time, so he had to make a deferential appearance, and said, "Please also ask Your Highness for advice." ”

Qin Shaoyou said slowly: "In the future, Shuofang will remove all the checkpoints along the way, and simply let those merchants walking in Shuofang unimpeded, naturally, if the local merchants start the workshop and do the business of the face, Shuofang Town can still collect some taxes......"

Speaking of this, Liang Yu's heart sank, your Henan Mansion does not have checkpoint taxes along the way, this is because Henan Mansion itself has countless workshops and shops, but these taxes are a lot, enough to maintain the income and expenditure of Henan Mansion, but Shuofang Town neither produces, nor there are enough shops, most of them are merchants who go through here, if this is not taxed, is it to eat the northwest wind?

But he heard Qin Shaoyou say: "As for your lack of money and food, it will be provided by the Shence Mansion." ”

Speaking of this, Liang Yu suddenly understood.

Qin Shaoyou canceled the right to levy taxes in Shuofang Town, so that it could promote the exchange of commerce, and the increase in trade and trade would make the commerce and trade of Henan Mansion more developed, and more workshops would rise from the ground, and these workshops would create income for the Shence Mansion, and at the same time, the money and grain revenue and expenditure of Shuofang Town would be allocated by the Shence Mansion.

What is it?

Liang Yu is not a fool, this is tantamount to giving up the taxes of Shuofang Town to Qin Shaoyou, Qin Shaoyou played the role of the imperial court, allocating money and grain to support Shuofang Mansion, isn't this a disguised way to make Henan Mansion the new imperial court of Shuofang, this world will never be separated from money and grain, and once Shuofang has to count on the money and grain allocated by Henan Mansion every year, what is the difference between Shuofang and Hongnong County under Henan Mansion?

Originally, the imperial court gave Liang Yu a privilege, but Qin Shaoyou received this privilege to Henan Mansion by exempting customs duties, ostensibly saying that Qin Shaoyou supported Shuofang Town, but at the same time, he also controlled Shuofang in all aspects.

Liang Yu was a little resistant to this.

After all, being the emperor of the soil is a very happy thing, and no one wants to have an emperor Lao Tzu on his head, but Qin Shaoyou's request, he has to consider it, because if he doesn't obey Qin Shaoyou's words, he can't even be the son of Emperor Lao Tzu, and without the protection of the Shence Army, Liang Yu may not even be able to save his life.

Taking a deep breath, after a brief hesitation, he said, "Your Majesty is willing to let His Highness make arrangements." ”

There is no way, he wants to resist, and even wants to turn his face, and directly pointed out that this practice is equivalent to putting Shuo Fang under the full rule of the Shence Mansion, and after being taken care of, it means that as long as people are weaned, you can starve to death at any time, and if you want not to starve to death, then the only way is to obey him, Shuofang Town is equivalent to becoming Qin Shaoyou's territory, Shuofang's officials are equivalent to becoming Qin Shaoyou's subordinates, and Shuofang's army is also equivalent to becoming Qin Shaoyou's soldiers and horses.

And ...... for yourself It's just Qin Shaoyou's agent, but ...... The only thing Liang Yu could do was to look like he was willing to accept Qin Shaoyou's arrangement.

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Chapter 2 is delivered.

(To be continued.) )