And this king of Xiangyi, through Li Zhi, his nephew, submitted a manuscript supporting tax reform to the editorial department of my Datang Dynasty, which can be regarded as representing the voice within the imperial family. At the same time, the publication of his article also made the lords and nobles see clearly the attitude of the royal family behind Uncle Li.

The imperial uncle said in a somewhat hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, in the clan, except for a few people who do not know the reason, and have a slight complaint about Your Majesty's attitude, most of them are still on Your Majesty's side and support the reform of the tax system. ”

Uncle Li's expression finally looked much better, and he bowed slightly: "Yuan Xiao's surname, I know it, and I have always been straightforward, I won't blame him, and I also ask Uncle Huang to bother and tell King Mi about my hard work." ”

Li Shenfu bowed slightly, then stopped talking, closed his eyes and lowered his eyebrows and continued to play.

Uncle Li set his eyes on the eldest grandson Wuji again: "Aiqing, how is the situation on your side?" ”

"Your Majesty, among the recitals sent by various states and counties, twenty-three out of ten are in favor of tax reform, and three or four out of ten hope that Your Majesty can be cautious so as not to endanger the national capital, and the rest ......" The eldest grandson Wuji paused for a moment, raised the corner of his eyes and glanced at Uncle Li's expressionless face, and then said: "In addition to the officials of various states and counties, the Guan Long generation, and those noble sons and daughters who rely on the blessings of their elders, there are also some letters and handed them to the ministers, thinking that although the reform of the tax system is beneficial to the country, it is just something on paper, how can it be trusted?" If the world is really elected, something will happen, and it will be unfavorable to my Datang. The minister didn't dare to be proficient, so he brought all the books. After saying this, the eldest grandson Wuji stretched out the sleeves of his robe, and more than ten paper rolls fell inside.

"Hehehe......" Uncle Li raised his eyebrows, his eyes flashed, he sneered a few times, he didn't speak for a long time, and the atmosphere in the room seemed to drop several degrees in an instant, which made me a little depressed, what are you doing, isn't it just a few little kids? Uncle Li's attitude made me wonder, although I had doubts in my heart, but it was not something I could ask now.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Uncle Li to show a hint of approval to the eldest grandson Wuji: "Qing's intentions, I understand, relying on the shadow of my father, I spend all day drinking, idle people, hum, just don't care about them." In this case, what do you think the next step should be? ”

------------------------------------------------ "The minister agrees, but the minister has a worry, if he does not explain it to His Majesty, the minister will not be able to sleep and eat." Chu Suiliang stood up and said to Uncle Li. Uncle Li bowed slightly: "Oh? Chu Qing has something to say, but it doesn't matter, I am calling you here today to listen to your opinions. ”

"Your Majesty, the new "Tang Tax Law" that you have distributed to your ministers, but the ministers look at it, but it really has its merits, however, the birth of every new law will inevitably cause a shock from the government and the opposition, not to mention the tax law, it is also related to the people's livelihood in the world, and it must not be careless." Chu Suiliang's words caused everyone in the world to bow their heads.

"Your Majesty, although the law is good, but I have more than ten provinces in the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of states and counties, who can guarantee that every one of those officials will seriously implement this law? And who can guarantee that this new tax law will not have drawbacks? The eldest grandson Wuji followed up with such a sentence, and I felt a slight pang in my heart, these two guys definitely seem to be looking for trouble.

I saw Uncle Li's brows getting deeper and deeper, and I couldn't help but stand up and say in a loud voice: "The words of the two adults are indeed reasonable, but the lower officials think that if it is just because they are afraid of causing a shock to the government and the opposition, and they are worried about being attacked by the lords of the gate, they will put on the shelf a new bill that can improve my Datang's national and economic strength and make my Datang's prosperity more durable, and the lower officials think that this is not just a matter of prudence." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji heard my words, but his brows jumped slightly, and the smile on his face didn't even change, but Chu Suiliang heard my words, and suddenly snorted: "Lord Xiaofang, this official has heard that this tax law is the result of Lord Xiaofang's more than a month, trapped at home, and crying blood, but I don't know, this closed-door move can really be implemented in the world without losing its effect?" ”

Chu Suiliang's words are really fucking choking. Not to be outdone, I replied: "Then it depends on whether my officials in the Tang Dynasty are dedicated to the public, whether what they do is for the Tang Dynasty, for my Tang Dynasty Li people, or for their own selfishness." ”

As soon as I said this, Uncle Li Jing's face was full of color, and it disappeared, pretending not to see anything, and Uncle Li's expression also changed slightly, and his eyelids jumped slightly.

Chu Suiliang jumped up excitedly, his fingers began to tremble again, and his eyes stared at me and said angrily: "You! It's so rude! Do you think that the old man is doing this for his own selfishness? Chu's heart is only for the country's social welfare, is it your junior......"

"Enough! I asked you to come, it is to give advice for me, not to let you attack and scold each other, the two Aiqing sat down, your statements, you have your own truth, I have the heart to change my Tang tax system, but, in front of my eyes, there are thorns everywhere, a wrong step, I am ashamed of the first emperor......" Uncle Li sighed.

Everyone was silent, and I wanted to speak, but when I saw the look from the old man, I bowed my head stupidly, and pretended to be deaf and dumb with everyone. In the end, this Datang high-level tax reform consultation meeting ended without a hitch, and Uncle Li said helplessly, "If there is a crisis in my Datang tax system, then it must be reformed, but what kind of means should be used, I hope that all the secretaries will go back and think about it, and when the time comes, I and the Qing will wait and make another effort." ”

"Erlang, don't worry, it's just a small setback, back then, when the old man was first Zaifu, he was blamed, compared to you now, I don't know how many times harder, often a government policy, often after three or five months, can be implemented." The old man sat on horseback, and leisurely shook the reins and comforted me.

I nodded: "Although the child is a little disappointed in his heart, the child will never give up, I didn't expect that Chu Lao'er and the eldest grandson would say such a thing." ”

The old man smiled lightly: "Erlang, have you forgotten the four words that His Majesty said." ”

"Four words?" I frowned and thought for a moment, patted my thigh and said, "Could it be that my father is referring to what His Majesty began to sigh about: 'Twisted and twisted'?" ”

"Exactly, the roots are intertwined, hehehe, my official of the Tang Dynasty, which one has no connection with the family gate valve? Hmph, the eldest grandson, Pei, Yuwen, Dugu, Zhao, and Yu are the most intimate with His Majesty, do you think the glory of these families is no longer there? To tell you, the eldest grandson Wuji's hand is to tell Your Majesty that the vast majority of my Tang Guanlong family has opposing opinions.

------------------------------------------------In this way, Your Majesty is facing not only other gate lords who have mastered the connections of civil officials in the past, but also these Guanlong clans who have made many achievements in the army and are quite prestigious, which means that the instability of the army is more terrible than the reflection of the civilian clique...... "The old man finally revealed to me His Majesty's scruples along the way.

Why was Uncle Li so enthusiastic about the Datang Military Academy in the first place? It is because Uncle Li wants to fundamentally cut off the control ability of these Guanlong military families over the Datang military group, but it takes time, although now, the control and influence of these families on the Datang army is the decline of Yuyi, but it does not mean that they have lost everything.

After all, the reform of a country's military strength is by no means something that can be completely solved in three or five years, and in addition, the Guan Long family did not explicitly oppose it, but only let a group of juniors jump out, and its purpose is also self-evident, so Uncle Li is very distressed.

Although he is the emperor, this kind of thing is sometimes not something that he can completely handle by himself, after all, Uncle Li does not want the country to be in turmoil, and the Guan Long family also mentions it from a neutral point of view, that is, if there is no result, how do you make them believe that the tax reform of the Tang Dynasty will definitely be beneficial to the people and the country?

"This matter, firstly, depends on the degree of resoluteness of His Majesty's will, and secondly, there must be a breakthrough, at least, it must be able to divert the goal of the family's gate valve, that is, how to make them shut up. However, among these two points, the most important is the second point, there is no breakthrough, no matter how resolute Your Majesty is, it is difficult to support it alone, even if it is for your father and others to support Your Majesty, but ......" The old man rubbed his brows with some distress and sat on the low couch.

Unconsciously, I have been in the study with my father, sitting in the study for nearly an hour, but I have no plan, what to do, the first time, after arriving in Datang, I found a problem that made me feel extremely thorny.

(To be continued)