(Thank you, Brother Ren Jianxiao!) )

"Your Majesty, urgent news in the river."

In the Zichen Palace, Pei Yan hurriedly walked in.

"Pei Xianggong, please sit down and talk about it."

Judge Su Hong was loyal and diligent, endured humiliation, and had resolved the crisis in Jinyang, and eliminated 18,223 veterans, except for the 560 disabled and orphaned old people who were placed in the state and county government offices and government treasury, and the officials and schools were all assigned to the state and county to build water conservancy and smooth roads. Ten thousand people were left in the town of Hezhong, and Du Xiang was ready to bring back 7,000 people to Guanzhong and hand them over to Jingyuan Town to build a city. In addition, the general of Hedong, Adieguangjin, was ordered to rush to the aid of Hezhong, and together with the general Meng Huaiying, he killed 800 thieves who crossed the Taihang. In and around Jinyang City, more than 40 people were arrested and more than 60 people were killed. Du Xianggong said that these chaotic parties are all stubborn people, who actually killed and injured more than 100 soldiers in Taiyuan and escaped from the city. It's a pity that the five leaders got away, and I don't know who is behind the scenes. ”

Li Yu was shocked when he heard this, nodded, and said:

"Actually recruited so many dead soldiers, this person is really ambitious, and his courage is extraordinary. Pei Xianggong thinks who might be behind the scenes? ”

Pei Yan said:

"I don't know. His Majesty reorganized the army, although nearly 60,000 people were eliminated, but the feudal towns knew that this move was intended to control the army and directly control the localities, thereby weakening the power of the Jiedu envoy and eventually reducing the feudal domain. In this way, the court is big and the feudal town is small, so there must be more than one person who wants to secretly destroy it, in addition to the well-known towns, I am afraid that there are also people in other seemingly obedient festival envoys who are looking forward to accidents, and the whole army will not be able to do it. It is also very likely that this matter will be united by several towns. ”

Li Chan said:

"What Pei Xianggong said is reasonable, so the whole army should be slowed down?"

Pei Yan said:

"I thought it should be speeded up. Now that the Jinyang matter is over, the imperial court can take advantage of this matter to reduce the rejection of the soldiers. The imperial court won successive victories, and the towns did not dare to act rashly, as long as they were guided a little, they would definitely be effective. Once the whole army is completed, the dominant power will be owned by His Majesty, and at that time, it will be up to the feudal town whether to recruit or conquer. ”

Li Yu nodded and said:

Pei Xianggong is reasonable. It's just that Pei Xianggong can know that Datang has not fought for 20 years, and it seems to be peaceful and prosperous, but it is in deep crisis. You have also seen Ji Fu's "Yongzhen National Accounting Book", two households and one soldier! However, the forces of the imperial court must be prepared for the border, and the interior must be guarded against, and they must also guard against rebellion that may occur at any time. In recent years, the income of the imperial court has reached more than 30 million guan stones, and these more than 30 million guan shi I know that they come from the salt and iron tea and wine merchants, and if the income increases, the people's livelihood will suffer, and the people's livelihood will suffer. This year, nearly 60,000 soldiers have been cut off, and this is all due to the reduction of the armed forces of various sides. Next year, the armies in the interior are expected to reduce their troops by more than 100,000 troops, and if they are not allowed to live in the towns of Buchen and disturb the localities, they will have to find something to do. Of course, in addition to arranging for the elimination of veterans to do these things, it is also necessary to recruit displaced people to do them. Water conservancy roads are all major events that are beneficial to the people's livelihood, but the investment is huge, and the financial endowment of the imperial court is only afraid that it will have to be invested, so I am afraid that the imperial court will not have the strength to cut the feudal domain and recover Hehuang and Anxi in a few years. ”

Pei Yan said:

"Your Majesty is far-reaching, and the emperor is very fortunate not to be in a hurry for quick success. The minister knew that His Majesty was worried about the lack of wealth in the imperial court, and the root cause of the lack of wealth was the lack of household land. The minister thought that what His Majesty did was to consolidate the foundation of the country, and he should not stop at the difficulties. In fact, His Majesty has frequently exempted taxes in the past two years, focusing on solving the problem of hukou land, but the minister was ordered to inspect Guanzhong and Shannan provinces in autumn and winter, and felt that tax exemption could only consolidate the existing hukou and solve the temporary difficulties, but could not recall the lost hukou. After returning to Beijing, the minister was writing "Persuading the Farmers to Consolidate the Book", although it was not completed, and now His Majesty asked about it, and the minister chose to say it. ”

"Your Majesty, the root cause of the homeless abandonment of their registered land is the heavy taxation. Since His Majesty's accession to the throne, Xia Chuchen proposed to change the local state supply to the provincial assessment, which was a common practice to reduce taxes. This minister advised the peasants to be the first policy. Nowadays, there is more and more abandoned land in various provinces, and the big families in the township often bribe the government to conceal the facts and take the ownerless land for themselves. Officials were dispatched to inspect the provinces, check the registered land, and conclude that the government held the actual number of land. Since Tianbao, where there are many wars, there will be fewer people and more land. For example, Longyou fell, most of the people moved inward, His Majesty can issue an edict to invite the displaced people to reclaim the famine, exempt them from rent for three years, and the minister advises the peasants to take the third policy. Shannan, Hunan, Lingnan and other places have fertile land but sparse population, and lack of development. His Majesty can move the people of Guanzhong and invite the displaced people to go there, and the government will lend them the seeds of their agricultural tools and send agricultural officials to teach them rice planting, and the government will not collect rent and tax in the first year, but will lend them rations, and in the second year they will not collect rent and tax, and the rations will be halved, and in the third year, half of the rent and tax will be collected and the rations will be repaid. Displaced people in various localities shall be allowed to return to their native places, exempted from tax arrears over the years, and handled as immigrants. In this way, the imperial court will control more hukou land. This minister advised the peasants to make the fourth policy. Heavy taxes made the people unwilling to go to farming, resulting in insufficient output. The war and destruction made the government unwilling to govern the peasants. Your Majesty may tell all localities to pay attention to agricultural officials, to cultivate good seeds, to explore new methods of farming, and to increase grain production. This minister advised the peasants to make the fifth policy. Although the minister is not talented, but with these five strategies, he is confident that within three years, the country will be open. Three years later, His Majesty's army has been reorganized, and the officials are clear. Water conservancy roads have been repaired. The people are happy, the treasury is sufficient, and the soldiers are well fed, so you can go out of the army of the Son of Heaven to conquer the Quartet. ”

As soon as Li Yu heard the music, Pei Yan said that it was okay to do whatever it took to do agricultural affairs, but many conditions such as the whole army and the rule of officials were added. However, judging from what Li Yu knew, Pei Yan's proposal was extremely feasible, and as long as the implementation was strong enough, the idea of resistance would inevitably hit the land of the emperor's relatives was much smaller. Pei Yan's suggestion really eliminated most of Li Yan's worries, so he praised Pei Yan greatly and said:

Pei Aiqing's words are very meaningful. I ask Pei Aiqing to work hard in the past few days to complete this sparseness, and I will send it to various ministries for discussion to form a specific charter. ”

After a pause, he continued:

"Cultivating new varieties really needs to be grasped. Pei Aiqing inspected various provinces, and may not know that Liu Zongyuan introduced Champa rice from Annan this year, and the yield is extremely high, and this year it is being planted on a trial basis in Lingnan, Fujian. Pei Xianggong can pay attention to it, and once the trial is successful, it will be promoted to all provinces in the south of the Yangtze River immediately. ”