"What is Tianying Pavilion discussing?" Li Er asked!

"Brother Huang. In fact, the younger brother discussed two things. One is to talk about grain, and the other is to put pressure on these guys, and the chiefs of the three provinces must be elected before the autumn harvest and take office. If there is no good harvest next year, what will the younger brother use to pay for the military expenses of Gaochang, and what about the year after tomorrow? The courtiers beat the grain of the island. Further back? ”

Whoever dares to say that food is not important, Li Er can cut whomever he wants.

Even if you have a mountain of gold, the Tang Dynasty will be ruined if you don't have food.

Discussing the agricultural crisis at the time of the imminent harvest is in response to the saying of the ancients, be prepared for danger in times of peace!

Li Yuanxing made a holy decree, and on the fourth day of the eighth month, after the end of the big exam, the Tianying Pavilion meeting. Officials above the six departments, five divisions and nine temples in Chang'an City were required to be present. Officials from various states and counties who came to Chang'an on business were all present at the meeting.

The date on which the decree was written was the decree of the first day of the eighth month.

But in just two days, the people of the protocol department under the Datang Rite Department were busy with their feet not sticking to the ground, and they barely arranged the venue in the early morning of the fourth day of the eighth month. The meeting was held on the left side of the main hall of the new palace, in the large hall of the Tianying Pavilion.

There were only seven chairs on the main stage.

There was a table in front of the seven chairs, and in the open space beyond were two cages covered with cloth, and then two trees.

Flanked by twelve chairs, on either side of the cage.

The audience is the official who participated in the meeting, and the arrangement of the seats was considered very carefully by the Ministry of Rites, Li Yuanxing did not ask, and Li Er did not care.

Hundreds of officials are here! The position on the stage is still vacant.

Next, the first person to come out was Xiao Yu. Many officials felt a little surprised, isn't this Xiao Yu in Liaodong at this time? How did it appear in the middle of the venue?

Next, Datang Ten Dao, Jingzhao. A total of eleven second-rank feudal officials sat on the twelve chairs.

Because the official position is the same and the position is the same, the Ministry of Rites is ranked according to age.

After the twenty members sat down, the current cabinet master of Tianying Pavilion, Wang Heshan, the largest existing official in the three provinces, and the servant shot the eldest grandson Wuji. Chang'an City famous Yu Shinan, famous Confucian Yan Shigu. The four of them sat in the outer four seats of the seven chairs.

Li Yuan hugged Wu Cao and appeared at the venue at this time, and what was surprising was that Li Yuan and Wu Cao actually sat on two seats. The Tang Emperor and the Tang Qin King walked out at the same time. Li Er naturally sat in the main seat.

In such a meeting, there was no seat for King Qin. The officials were in an uproar.

"Quiet!" Li Er snorted coldly.

Li Yuanxing smiled. I tried the microphone pinned to my collar and strode to the front of the stage: "Today is a meeting, it may be longer, and there will be a break every hour." The king has only one word. It's just that the discussion at the meeting was inconclusive. Eating, drinking, and sleeping are in this venue. Until the results are available. ”

Today is about agriculture, and it has been clearly written in the holy decree.

The officials sat down, and Li Yuanxing pointed to the trees planted in the two large flower plates and said, "These are two locust trees. One was planted at the beginning of the year and is a small sapling, while the other is five years old. With that, Li Yuanxing motioned to pull down the two cages. In the cage are two wolves.

One is a cub, and the other is an adult giant wolf, both with an iron halter on their mouths.

"Break the tree without the help of tools. It's easier to think of saplings. These two cages, if you put one of the people here in it, I'm afraid you will choose this little wolf. ”

Everyone laughed, there would be no second option for this thing, and the adult wolf would be just as scary even if he was wearing an iron cage.

Li Yuanxing waved his hand and motioned to move these things down.

Coming to the stage, Li Yuanxing said loudly: "The word trouble, everyone here is a learned person, and this king will not explain it." But what this king wants to say is that trouble is the same as this tree, and it is easy to solve when you are young. When the trouble is getting bigger and more complicated, it will become very troublesome! ”

Li Yuanxing said something that was around his mouth, but there was nothing that the people present could not understand.

"This king is not a great talent, and some people think that his ability to solve problems is not bad. In fact, the king always wants to solve the problem when it first arises. That's why it seems that this king has some ability, this meeting, there is only one topic, that is, before the food trouble appears, start solving it now! ”

"Your Highness, there has never been enough food in my Lingnan." Feng Ang opened his mouth and said.

The governor of Longxi also said: "Longxi is bitterly cold, and there is not enough food. After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the governor of Henan Province and said: "You Henan Province grain I heard that the warehouse can't be loaded, and I want to trade here, and the merchants say that transporting grain is not a cost, and just keeping up with the consumption is at least thirty percent of the grain, or even fifty percent!" ”

"The Ministry of Railways has done nothing!" The governor of Henan Province said coldly.

The Ministry of Railways, who has just taken office and has not done anything big, is in a cold sweat from Sanpin Shangshu, but he doesn't know how to explain it.

Li Yuanxing smiled and stretched out his hand to press: "Everyone, don't mention the difficulties first, let's discuss them one by one!" ”

"Listen to His Royal Highness King Qin!" The governor of Huainan Province was Li Shentong who was the first to speak up to support Li Yuanxing.

"Let's talk about the first thing first, this king made a calculation with the imperial brother a few days ago, that is, how many fields there are in Datang now. This king remembered that there was a decree in the fourth year of Wude, and adult men were given one hectare of land, of which twenty acres were Yongye fields, and women were less, but there were also twenty acres. That is to say, everyone in Datang has at least fifty acres. But how could the king not see where these fields were? ”

The officials of Sinong Temple sweated on their heads.

Today is a big discussion, and the big mistake is afraid that he will be punished heavily, and he is a little afraid.

Not to mention him, Cui Junsu, the head of the household department, felt a huge pressure, and he couldn't escape the responsibility under this accountability.

Datang's existing fields are only 2.6 million mu, and they can't even meet the per capita standard of Yongye fields, let alone divide the fields.

"This king does not hold anyone accountable, and today is not here to trouble you, but to find a solution to the problem. Yongye Tian is not allowed to be bought and sold, and there are records in each state and county. The problem is there, this king doesn't care. This is something that the criminal department, the official department, and the household department should consider. ”

Li Yuanxing let go of the officials' hanging hearts.

"How many fields are there in Datang, the first proposal of this king is that after the autumn harvest, the whole country will investigate. In winter, the number of good and bad fields owned by villages, townships, counties, and prefectures was measured. and the number of inferior fields that can be transformed into good fields. What's more, by the way, another census is conducted, and this king thinks that there is a census of how many people there are in the Tang Dynasty. ”

Speaking of this, Li Yuanxing took off his coat and threw it aside, and retreated to the table where Li Er and the others were sitting only in a strong suit, and picked up a holy decree.

"There's a decree here. Exemption from the tax on people! Let those black households see the light. Tell them not to hide anymore. ”

Putting down the holy decree, Li Yuanxing walked to the stage again: "There are two positive endowments, one is Rending, and the other is Tianfu. It is unfair to collect taxes on the basis of capitation. Therefore this king asks for the decree to be cancelled. Changed to a poll income tax. If the monthly income is less than a certain value, there is no need to pay tax, and the income quotient will be taxed, and the king recommends using a progressive tax rate! ”

Li Yuanxing turned around and nodded to Wu Cao.

Wu Cao explained in detail what is a progressive tax rate on income. But there is no standard, which is the threshold in modern terms.

After Wu Cao finished speaking, Li Yuanxing asked someone to hand over the microphone to Cui Junsu.

"The threshold point, the additional levy point, the maximum levy standard. His Majesty needs to discuss it in detail, and His Majesty only talks about the existing tax on people, and the Tang Dynasty pays 2 stones of grain to the state every year according to the head, which is called "rent"; Pay 2 zhang of silk, 3 taels of cotton or 2 zhang 4 feet of cloth, 3 catties of hemp, called "tune"; Middle-aged men serve for 20 days every year, and those who do not go to serve can be replaced by silk cloth, which is called "Yong". According to the current market price of Chang'an, this tax is higher than the lowest, please talk about it in Longxi, Lingnan, Shannan and other governors! ”

Cui Junsu handed the microphone to the meeting attendant.

The three governors were still using each other's eyes to choose who would speak first, but Dugu Xiude stood up and picked up the microphone that was placed on his several cases.

Cui Shangshu said one less word, that is, wide township and narrow township. The subordinate asked King Qin, is a hundred acres for one person in Chang'an County enough? You're afraid that Yaozhou doesn't even have ten acres for one person. Speaking of Luoyang, that place can now be divided into 800 acres by one person, to use the new word of Princess Mingyue, it is population density. ”

After that, Dugu Shunde stuffed the microphone directly to the governor of Longxi who was sitting beside him.

"This, although Longxi is a wide township, no matter how much land is divided, the output is small. Fifteen dollars per acre of land is already a reward, but can an acre of land earn fifteen dollars? It requires eating, dressing, and paying a poll tax. The people can pay their taxes in full in a year, and they will be thankful for the grace of God if they can eat enough. ”

After taking a sip of water, the governor of Longxi looked at Cui Junsu and smiled: "Old Cui, your Qinghe Cui family is a big family, and you have been very low-key since the beginning of Wude in order to be afraid of the tree. In fact, it is the same in our family. But some low-rate little scholars are secretly annexing the land, because they want to become bigger, and there is no nonsense in this matter. ”

"Our Cui clan also has some branches and has done such things!"

Cui Junsu did not avoid this topic, Li Yuanxing said that he would not pursue any responsibility today, but only to solve the problem, Li Yuanxing's integrity is super-first-class in Datang.

Li Yuanxing smiled and nodded: "Actually, paper is expensive, pen is expensive, transportation is inconvenient, information is not enough circulation, the organization of the government is simple, and there is no clever statistical method." So this is not a fault, it can only be said that it is the deficiency of Datang, we need to change, we need to be more sophisticated. ”

There are many craftsmen in Chang'an City who earn two yuan a month.

There are many people in Longxi, and their families can't earn more than two yuan a year.

Li Yuanxing still knows this. Life in ancient times, especially in remote areas, was very hard.

"Cui Shangshu, how about two dollars a month?" Li Yuanxing asked with a smile.

"Datang will have no taxes to collect, and the subordinates think that this threshold is too high. According to Princess Mingyue, it can be adjusted according to the livelihood of the Tang Dynasty, so when he first traveled, the ministers thought that it was extremely good to let the poor family be tax-free. Therefore, the specific data, the ministers want to discuss, please let His Highness tolerate it! ”

Li Yuanxing looked back at Li Er, and then at Wang Jishan. After both of them nodded, Li Yuanxing said: "Okay, this newcomer's Ding tax is here, and it will naturally be calculated in detail." ”

"Ten days!" Cui Junsu gave a timetable and said: "It's just that the subordinates think that whether or not they can part ways can be standardized, Jingzhao and Longyou naturally can't be compared." ”

"He's getting rich soon, don't let them go!" Li Yuanxing smiled.

The governors also replied. (To be continued......)

PS: Third update. Asking for a monthly pass,