If Pei Lin and Liu Wenjing were Li Yuan's most trusted people before ascending the throne, but now Li Yuan's most trusted person is Chen Shuda, mainly because Liu Wenjing and Pei Lin got too close to the crown prince and the king of Qin, which made Li Yuan a little more taboo, and Chen Shuda was shrewd and skilled, keeping a distance from Li Yuan's two sons, and gradually won Li Yuan's trust. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Li Shuda also knew that the Son of Heaven came to him so late, not to ask about the prince, he persuaded the Son of Heaven in one sentence, which can only show that the Son of Heaven has already had an idea, which is just in line with his own persuasion, and the Son of Heaven must have other things to discuss with him.

Chen Shuda did not speak, patiently waiting for the statement of the Son of Heaven.

Li Yuan stood in front of the window for a long time, and suddenly asked in a deep voice, "What does Chen Xiangguo think I should do with the Guanlong nobles?" ”

Chen Shuda was relieved in his heart, this was the real purpose of the Son of Heaven to find himself, on the surface, it was because Dugu Shun secretly supported Song Jingang and annoyed Li Yuan, but the root cause was that the large occupation of land and population by the Guanlong nobles seriously affected the tax revenue of the imperial court, and this problem was so serious that it had to be solved.

This is actually a contradiction between Li Yuan and the crown prince Li Jiancheng the year before last, the issue of taxing the land of the Guanlong nobles, because the Guanlong nobles gave the Tang army a lot of money and grain support at the beginning of Li Yuan's army, so after Li Yuan established the Tang Dynasty, as a return for the peach, he gave the Guanlong nobles special care for the manor land, basically no taxes, and the Guanlong nobles also took out a lot of money and grain from time to time to support the Tang army.

Just two years ago, the crown prince Li Jiancheng thought that the privileges of the Guanlong nobles should be withdrawn, and the donations should be canceled and the taxes should be paid normally, but Li Yuan was worried that this would trigger a strong backlash from the Guanlong nobles, which would lead to the unstable foundation of the newly established Tang Dynasty.

It should be said that Li Yuan's consideration is more reasonable, and it is indeed not appropriate to easily touch the interests of supporters at the beginning of the founding of the country, but Li Jiancheng's suggestion is also reasonable, the later this kind of thing is changed, the greater the resistance, and a privileged group will be formed in Datang.

But in the end, Li Yuan did not reform this tacit understanding, he thought that in the future, the territory of the Tang Dynasty would continue to expand, and there would be more and more yeoman farmers, which would not affect the tax revenue of the imperial court.

Unexpectedly, in the past few years, not only has the territory not expanded, but the important tax sources of the imperial court and the states have also been sharply reduced due to the impact of the war, and the taxes of Bashu need to be used to prepare for the southern county, which makes the imperial court can only count on the tax income of Guanlong, and Guanlong is the nest of the Guanlong nobles, and the most fertile land is occupied by the Guanlong nobles, but they are exempt from taxes, and today's imperial court tax revenue is only 20% of last year, which makes Li Yuan, the son of heaven, not anxious.

The reason for this is very clear Chen Shuda, to put it bluntly, when you have money, everyone eats meat together, and if you don't have money, you have to take the younger brother to open the knife, who let the Guanlong nobles accumulate for decades, one family is rich in the world, and the pigs are fattened and must be slaughtered, the saint did not discuss this matter on a formal occasion, but asked himself privately, in fact, he was asking himself how to kill pigs?

Chen Shuda pondered for a long time and said: "Weichen also knows that the imperial court is financially tight, Your Majesty can gather some Guanlong families, show them the difficulties of the imperial court, and ask them to come up with money and grain to support the imperial court, or Your Majesty can draw up a total number for each family to share." ”

"What if I tax instead?"

"Your Majesty, taxation is a long-term solution, and it is difficult to solve the urgent need now."

Li Yuan is right to think about it, if these Guanlong nobles talk about taxing, guarantee that no one will take out a penny of money, and if they want to levy their taxes, they must also verify the tax rate, measure the acres of land, and face all kinds of destruction, all kinds of resistance, I don't know that the Year of the Monkey can only be collected, and the top priority is to squeeze as much money and grain from them as possible to make up for the lack of financial resources of the imperial court.

Li Yuan walked a few steps and asked, "What if they refuse to take out the money?" ”

"Your Majesty, as long as you capture the wolf king first, the other wolves will be easy to deal with."

Although Chen Shuda said it very implicitly, Li Yuan immediately understood, he looked at the roof with his hands and thought about it, as if he had thought of something.

At this moment, there was an urgent report from the guards outside the door, "Your Majesty, the Yong'an County Royal Mansion has sent an obituary." ”

Chen Shuda's eyes were gloomy, and Li Xiaoji finally died.

Li Yuan was expressionless, nodded half-loudly and said, "I know!" ”

"If Your Majesty has nothing to do, Weichen will retire!"

"Go ahead!"

Chen Shuda saluted and slowly retired.

Li Yuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, he needed to make a decision, before that, he had a killing machine in his heart, but Chen Shuda's reminder to implement this killing machine into a decision, it is not difficult to make a final decision, the difficult thing is that you need to weigh the pros and cons, and consider all aspects carefully.

Li Yuan pondered for a quarter of an hour, and finally made up his mind, he took out a note, wrote down three words, and locked it into a palm-sized bronze beast's head.

Li Yuan called a confidant eunuch and handed him the beast head, "Go to King Qin's mansion quickly and give this thing to King Qin." ”

The eunuch took the beast's head and walked quickly, Li Yuan looked at the roof with his hands in his hands, and his face became extremely hideous in the dim light.

………

Li Shimin only returned to Chang'an from Shangjun this morning, and he asked Li Gaoqian, the general of the Zuo Guard, to continue to lead the army to confront the Song Jingang army, while he himself returned to the capital to report on his work.

Just now, Li Shimin also received an obituary of his cousin Li Xiaoji's death, and he hurriedly changed his clothes to rush to Yong'an Palace.

As soon as he walked to the door, a guard ran to him and whispered a few words to him, Li Shimin was stunned, and immediately nodded, "Take him to the outer study to see me." ”

Li Shimin knew in his heart that when his father came to see him at this time, there must be something extremely important, so he was not in a hurry to rush to the Yong'an Palace, but turned around and returned to the outer study.

Not long after, the eunuch who delivered the letter was taken to the outer study, and he knelt down and bowed, "Nu Fengen pays a new greeting to His Royal Highness the King of Qin!" ”

"What letter did my father ask you to send?" Li Shimin asked.

The eunuch took out the beast's head from his arms and presented it to Li Shimin, "The Holy Lord asked the slave to hand over this thing to His Highness!" ”

Li Shimin slowly took the bronze beast head, and his pupils immediately contracted into a line, this was the secret words between him and his father, only his father and him and the eldest grandson Wuji understood the meaning.

"Wait a minute!"

Li Shimin walked into the inner room with the beast's head and took out a bronze key from the cabinet.

This beast head is made of bronze and cast in one piece, and the key to open the bronze beast head is a pair, one is here for him and the other is for his father, if there is no key, then the beast head can only be split with a sharp blade.

Li Shimin inserted the key into the keyhole, 'Click! With a sound, the beast head opened, Li Shimin took out a note from it, but he was not in a hurry to read it, he walked out of the room and handed the beast head to the eunuch, "Bring it back to the saint!" ”

The eunuch left in a hurry, and Li Shimin opened the note, only the three words 'Dugu Shun' in the note.

Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, Dugu Shun was his uncle and grandfather, how could his father ......

Li Shimin sat down slowly, staring at the note in a daze, the first time his father used a beast head, the target turned out to be his own uncle, Li Shimin was really unacceptable.

However, Li Shimin also knew that this would never be the result of his father's impulsiveness, but the result of careful consideration, when his uncle and grandfather supported the Yuan family instead of their Li family, his father and his relationship had a deep rift.

Today, he hurried back from Shangjun to report to his father the results of the investigation of Dugu Villa, and the investigation showed that the Zhuang Ding of Dugu Villa at that time was assisting Song Jingang in carrying money and grain, which proved that the Dugu family was indeed secretly supporting Song Jingang.

even gave Song Jingang 10,000 sets of armor, which was originally a strategic material to support the Yuan family's army, when his father raised troops in Taiyuan, Dugu Shun didn't give a set of armor, but this time he gave Song Jingang 10,000 sets of armor, which was very excessive.

Li Shimin was also very angry, but not to the extent of killing, after all, his grandmother's maiden family, and Dugushun had been the leader of the Guanlong nobles for many years.

At this time, Li Shimin's heart moved, did his father want to attack the Guanlong nobles?

Li Shimin's heart was in turmoil, but there was one thing in his heart like a mirror, the reason why his father did not summon himself to the palace to give orders in person, but asked the eunuchs to come to deliver the letter, was that he did not want to persuade him in this matter.

It seems that his father has severed this family relationship, Li Shimin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he stood up and walked to the door, and ordered a guard standing at the door: "Go quickly and invite the eldest grandson Changshi to see me." (To be continued.) )