Looking at these colleagues who are doing it, some of them are not in harmony with him, and some are not careful, such as the Yin man of the eldest grandson Wuji, Du Ruhui doesn't like him very much anyway, but what I have to say is that no matter what these people think, on the road of Li Shimin becoming the emperor, these people have made great efforts.

"Du Gong, if you have anything to say, just say it directly, what does this distraction mean?" In the end, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui had known each other for a longer time, and said directly with a smile.

"Okay, since Fang Gong has already asked, then I'll say it directly, everyone, I believe that on our way back, you have already got some news, and these news were also released by His Majesty, so I think you should not have much of a problem with these reforms." Du Ruhui smiled and said.

"We don't have much of a problem with this, but I want to ask, isn't this a competition with the people?" Wei Zheng below thought about it and asked.

"Duke Wei, as one of the ministers that His Majesty relies on the most, Duke Wei, your knowledge is beyond doubt, so far I Du Ruyan told the truth, there are wealthy nobles behind you, may I ask if the business tax is so weak, is it possible that the family behind you really has no other meaning?"

"Five surnames and seven wangs, any one pulled out, several times more silver than the treasury of the Tang Dynasty, don't tell me that it is hundreds of years of accumulation, to be honest, five surnames and seven hopes can't talk about hundreds of three thousand years of family accumulation."

"And such a huge amount of wealth accumulation has been gathered in such a short period of time, not to mention that it is necessary to put aside the huge annual extravagant consumption of the entire family of these five surnames and seven hopes, how much does these families spend every year, I don't need to say more, right? I won't talk about other families, just the Li family in Longxi, His Majesty asked the Li family in Longxi for specific consumption figures. ”

"As far as the money that the Li family in Longxi spent on their family last year, the statistics are almost equivalent to half of the consumption of the Datang treasury last year!" Du Ruhui sneered, there were some numbers that no one had investigated before, so they didn't know, but now the Longxi Li clan knelt decisively after Huo Gang's cavalry took down the Wuwei An clan.

To be precise, they completely explained the entire family to Li Shimin, so it is not difficult for Li Shimin to get these data.

"How is that possible!" Wei Zheng's whole body widened his eyes and stood up from his position.

"How is that possible? Duke Wei, your family is poor, and your salary can't even afford to support a few handmaidens, but you should have heard that some nobles spend a lot of money for some Qinglou women, and it is very easy to throw out dozens of silver coins in one night. ”

"So, Duke Wei, you can understand that only the Li family in Longxi can spend half of the treasury in a year, but their wealth is still growing steadily, could it be that all these incomes rely on land?" Du Ruhan said coldly.

The ministers below all remained silent, many of them had an unspeakable relationship with the five surnames and seven wangs, and although they could not say that they knew everything about such words, they could actually guess somewhat.

After all, there are not many officials like Wei Zheng who simply rely on Yu Lu to live, even if it is Cheng Biting Jin, it is normal for a rough family like Wei Chigong to take out a few carts of silver, in fact, these are not the main income, just these officials' families are like this, not to mention the entire family?

"This ...... This ......" Wei Zheng was stunned for a moment, speechless for a while.

"Duke Wei, you said you were going to impeach me, but I was going to scold Duke Wei today, you have a noble character, and I am ashamed of myself, but since you Wei Zheng are talented and talented, what are you staring at every day?"

"You are staring at Your Majesty's words and deeds, and you are staring at Your Majesty is right to do this, but what you Wei Zheng did made the people of the world have one more bite to eat and one more sip of water to drink? You've never solved any of these problems, so what's the use of being as noble as yours? ”

"It's not that I, Du Ruhui, look down on you, but after I went to Dahan this time, I realized what the people at the bottom need the most, that Huo Gang now has hundreds of thousands of people, including Turks, although the land area is larger than my Tang Dynasty, but if he wants to enjoy it, can he enjoy it?"

"I'm afraid I don't need to say it, you all know that this is not a difficult thing, after all, the land of each family is not as much as Huo Gang's land, and the population is large."

"But what about Huo Gang? He spent the whole summer solving the problem of food and housing for all the people under his rule, and he lived no different from the people, and each meal was only four dishes, and his most gorgeous set of clothes was actually the armor to go to the battlefield, can you believe it? ”

"It's not that I'm boasting about Huo Gang, but it's through this behavior that he makes hundreds of thousands of Turks regard him as the incarnation of the Immortal Heaven and his orders as the will of God, which is why more than 200,000 Xue Yantuo troops will take the initiative to submit to Huo Gang."

"If Huo Gang gives an order, hundreds of thousands of Turks are willing to die for Huo Gang!"

"So, do you think we don't want to fight the big guys? But you can't beat it! How did Huo Gang do it? ”

"So, Wei Zheng, you are staring at the point that Your Majesty is competing for profit with the people, forgive me a joke, competing with the people, do you know what the people are? Five surnames and seven hopes, all nobles, can they be called people? It's not that I, Du Ruhui, are here today to scold myself, but I scold all of us, just us, people! We are just locusts clinging to tens of millions of Datang people to suck blood! Du Ruhui stood there and scolded with a lot of anger!

Du Ruhui's words made the eyes of more than a dozen people in the entire hall widen, and everyone looked at Du Ruhui in shock, they were all frightened by Du Ruhui's words.

They were really scared, they hadn't thought about this problem at all before, but now they turned it out and took a look, and asked themselves to think about it, is what Du Ruhui said wrong?

Wei Zheng's lips trembled twice and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

"What you think seems to be that there are only two kinds of people in this world, Your Majesty and the people, but do you dare to say that it is the people of this world who really benefit, Your Majesty? Isn't it the Saga gate valve that really benefits?! ”

"What you enjoy, what you think you should enjoy, indeed, at the beginning of the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, you paid some things, but it is not an exaggeration to say that those things belong to your family of gate valves? No, when these Turks attacked Jieli, what was the use of the wealth of your clan of lords? Let you die faster! ”

"And the ones who really help you resist these Turks are the people who are usually inconspicuous, and even oppressed by the majority!"

"I know, you are all shocked, surprised, surprised that I Du Ruhui said these truths today, but I have nothing to say, colleagues! You here today are not the five surnames and seven wangs, nor are you the lords of these families, it is not an exaggeration to say that you are also part of the rulers of this huge empire! ”

"Think about it, you will go down with these achievements today, I admit that you can still leave your name in history, but think about it again, if your support makes Datang stronger, makes the people of Datang live better, and can achieve the birth of Buddhas in ten thousand families, what kind of reputation will you enjoy?!"

"And this time Your Majesty is going to make these changes, indeed, the efforts of several generations of these gate valve families, and even the efforts of more than ten generations, deserve to enjoy a better life, but what they accept now, is it worthy of virtue?"

"Therefore, this time His Majesty has decided to open up the commercial tax, the distinction between Shinong and industrialists will no longer exist, and the status of the nobility will be guaranteed, but except for the nobles, all the other people have no distinction between high and low! Whether it is a merchant or other artisan, a common man. ”

"In the same way, Your Majesty has decided that no one in the world will be entitled to tax exemption, including the royal farms! His Majesty's Imperial Village will also take the initiative to pay taxes! Of course, different aristocrats pay different taxes at different rates, and those who make significant contributions to the country will pay lower taxes. However, there will be certain limits. ”

"And you all know very well that if this continues, what kind of abundance will the entire Datang treasury become, and when the time comes, it will really be possible to make the entire Datang people have a state of being born as a Buddha, so, colleagues, do you want to become a sinner in Datang, or will you go down in history?" Du Ruhui said what he thought on the road and what he should have said in one breath.

At this moment, Du Ruhui's whole face was upright, if this was a world with immortals, maybe Du Ruhui's back was already shining at this moment.

If Huo Gang heard these words, it is estimated that Huo Gang would think that Du Ruhui was a ...... It's a bit of a feeling of being a big troll during the Republic of China, and everyone in the whole hall is a little stupid!

Even a famous troll like Wei Zheng can't spray Du Ruhui at the moment, let alone others, of course, other people are more shocked by the meaning of Du Ruhui's words!

In the whole hall, it was extremely quiet for a while, only Du Ru lightly picked up a cup of tea from the desk next to him and took a sip directly, oh, I forgot to say, he drank from Huo Gang, he didn't put any messy things, and the tea brewed with pure boiling water.

After a long time, Wei Zheng, who was still sitting there, stood up first, he didn't say a word, just silently clasped his fists with his hands to Du Ruhui, bowed, and then said in a serious tone: "Du Gong, I, Wei Zheng, apologize to you, you are right, think about what I Wei Zheng did before, it is indeed not as upright as I thought." ”

At the end, Wei Zheng's tone was a little gloomy, and the whole person seemed to be a few years older.

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