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In the early days of the establishment of a dynasty, due to long-term wars, the population will often drop sharply, and the government will also have a large amount of land in its hands. After a few generations, as the population multiplies, the power of vested interest groups becomes stronger and stronger, which will lead to a large number of land annexation, so that the government controls less and less population and land, a large amount of land is concentrated in the hands of a few, and a large number of people become slaves of a few. And the population resources to feed the huge ruling machine became less and less, which eventually led to the collapse of the dynasty.

In fact, if it weren't for Wu Zetian's purge of the Li royal family, the rule of the Tang Dynasty might not have been able to wait for An Lushan to appear. Similarly, if the seventy-seven royal families had not been killed during the Jingyuan Division, then the land in Guanzhong would not know what the tension would be.

Li Yu, who understood this account, suddenly had thoughts about his nominal uncles, brothers, and even children. It's a pity that now is not the season of chaos. And if it is forced, it may cause a split within the ruling group, which Li Yu does not want to see now. If Li Yu is grateful to the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty, perhaps the most grateful now is that Gaozu Taizong did not stipulate that the descendants of the imperial family are not allowed to do things like Zhu Baba, and no matter how many generations there are supported by the state. In this case, it is understandable for Li Yu to use some brains.

Li Chen's idea came from "land for peace", and his idea was "land for shares". To put it simply, it is to take out one of several major items in the maritime trade, such as spices, silk, porcelain, tea, glass, etc., and organize a special trading house to implement import and export monopoly. After the implementation of this law, including the new prince, no longer land will be rewarded, but shares, which is to put it bluntly, a start-up fund. At the same time, the shares of this item were exchanged for the land that was now in the hands of the imperial relatives. The biggest obstacle to resolving the issue of land annexation comes from the imperial relatives, and if the imperial relatives solve it, it is not without hope that the issue of land annexation will be partially resolved.

To this end, the Tang court re-issued two decrees in June, one is the "Slave Restriction Order" and the other is the "Land Restriction Order", which have been promulgated many times before, but with little effect. At present, Li Yu does not plan to achieve much results, just to have a law to follow when he starts in the future: the emperor is reasonable.

Li Yu made it clear that among the five prime ministers under his command, only Li Jifu, Li Xun, and Pei Yan could solve the land annexation problem. Du Huangshang and Yu Di belong to the conservative wing in terms of political stance, that is, vested interest groups. The reason why Li Xun wanted to be completely forced by finance, Li Xun is now known as the "Minister of Finance", and all parties expect him to make money, and he himself even dreams of money. Li Jifu is now busy thinking about how to solve the Huaixi problem, compiling materials on various aspects of Huaixi, and at the same time busy writing his "Yongzhen National Accounting Book." And Pei Yan also has his own things to do.

Three months after his appointment, Pei Yan submitted his own state notebook.

Pei Yan said that the taxes paid by the people to the state government are divided into three parts: one is the offering; Second, it is said to send envoys; The third is Liuzhou. In the early years of the establishment of Dezong, when the two tax laws were formulated, the material was heavy and the money was light, and then it gradually became that the material was light and the money was heavy, and the people paid taxes, so that the tax amount has doubled so far. In addition, the "guan" or "缗" mentioned in this dynasty is a thousand yuan according to the regulations, but it is not less than a thousand yuan in the habitual popularity, which is called provincial estimate, and the governor of the state asks the people to pay the money in full in order to fill their own pockets, which is called actual estimate, which increases the burden of the people. Please ask Your Majesty to agree to send the money to the state of the world, and change it to the provincial assessment. At the same time, it is stipulated that the tax of the state in which the envoy is located shall be collected only as public expenses, and if it is insufficient, the county under his jurisdiction may be levied.

The method was indeed a good way, so Li Yu immediately ordered the drafting of the edict, ordering all localities to follow it. At the same time, Pei Du was ordered to send inspectors to inspect the imperial history. Wei Zhiyi said in his book that this law is very good, but the prefectures and counties that are accustomed to expropriation and extortion are often unable or unwilling to restrain their hands and feet, and the officials in many places are from a single family and can often control the government affairs of a locality, so it is necessary to intensify the crackdown. Li Yu had never had a good impression of these evil forces that were bullying people, so he drew a circle on Wei Zhiyi's recital and agreed. At the same time, all provinces were ordered to strengthen supervision.

It was certainly pleasing to Li Yu to be able to find the problem and reduce the burden on the people, but what surprised Li Yu even more was Pei Yan's understanding of general equivalents in the state affairs notebook. Money that is less than 1,000 yuan in the epidemic can still be circulated, so the problem of lack of money can be solved? The year before last, Lu Zhen had written a letter to ban private casting of bronze because of lack of money, but this method is not good to be honest, the root of the problem lies in the lack of money, lack of copper, if this problem is not solved, it is not just written language. Now an opportunity arises to solve it.

"Isn't money, money, just a symbol? When a copper coin is listed, it is full weight, but after a long period of circulation, the weight will naturally decrease, and the weight will be reduced, will the face value of the copper coin decrease? Of course not, the weight of the copper coin has been reduced, but the face value remains the same, understand? ”

Several prime ministers were still looking like they were all in a mush, and Li Xun said tentatively:

"Your Majesty's meaning is to cast ten when five dollars? This law is not possible, the former dynasty Yang Guozhong once minted the ten coins, forced to implement, the result of the people was too much, so that the people's resentment boiled, and finally failed. I hope Your Majesty will think carefully. ”

Several other people also nodded their heads again and again, with a look of sudden realization that this was the case. Seeing that Pei Yan was about to stop it at length, Li Yu stretched out his hand to stop it, and continued patiently:

"I still don't understand what I mean, Aiqing. Minting when the top ten coins is bad government, I know this. It's just that you Aiqing have figured out why the top ten coins can't be accepted by the people? Yes, it is a reason that it is not ten but it is not enough to exchange ten dollars for the common people, and it is strange that the common people can accept it. What I mean is that, in addition to the lack of money sources, it is that the credit of the ten dollars has not been established. ”

Pei Yan asked tentatively:

"Your Majesty is saying that if the credit of the ten coins is established, it will be able to circulate?"

Li Yu touched his thigh (originally patted, but his hand was weak) and said:

"Pei Aiqing is reasonable, as long as the credit is established, don't say that it can be the top ten money, even it can be circulated!"

said that he photographed an object.