Section 27 Controversy over Tax Reform

After arranging many matters of Fangling, this Fangling and Changwei counties have become the experimental fields of my governance in ancient times, and I don't know if there will be any effect, which can only depend on the actual performance next year!

After a busy winter, it was Chinese New Year's Eve in a blink of an eye, so I had to rush back to Yongzhou non-stop to attend the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace and the ancestor worship in the Taimiao!

I never thought that Nima, the first emperor of Qin, was actually my ancestor, and I would have to worship him three times and two times! I went back to Yongzhou for the first time to worship, before the expedition, and after returning triumphantly, this Chinese New Year is no exception!

The Chinese New Year's Eve of the royal family is not a meal alone, sitting in the banquet hall of the palace with hundreds of military officials, and feasting with the empress dowager and the emperor's eldest brother!

The ministers sat down and chatted back and forth, most of them still talked about state affairs!

I sat quietly beside the emperor's eldest brother, silently enjoying the food, not wanting to participate in the discussion of the ministers at all!

The Queen Mother saw that I was busy and hard, and kept passing food for me, so that the basin in front of me was full of meat and fish, and after eating a piece of the Queen Mother, I brought two pieces, and my mother's heart really made me feel warm, which even my mother in Hunan was not so considerate. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Of course, this mother's love is not the other's mother's love, no matter how considerate the queen mother is, it is not as good as my mother, after all, that is my biological mother!

It's only reasonable that she cares for me so much, I'm only ten years old, oh no, it's the New Year, I'm eleven years old, I'm just a child in her eyes, so I naturally need to take good care of it!

The emperor's eldest brother can really eat, his chubby mouth is full of meat, and the skin of his mouth is covered with grease stains, this guy is really a glutton, he eats so fat and doesn't pay attention to his figure.

Suddenly, the emperor's eldest brother looked at me strangely and said, "Second brother, why don't you eat, eat more, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, you don't have to see you!"

I nodded again and again and said, "Okay, good!"

Then I took another bite of the fish, but it was full, and then I put down my chopsticks and drank the strong tea slowly!

Wang Zhe sat at the table in front of me, he turned his head to look at the emperor's eldest brother Yingfu, with a slight mockery in his eyes, probably thinking that the emperor's eldest brother was just a foodie, which was very unacceptable!

Then his eyes collided with me, probably knowing what I saw, he lowered his head and coughed a little embarrassed, and then smiled and said to me: "The prince has been busy since he returned to Yongzhou, it can really be said that the capable person works hard, and he does his best for me! The old minister admires it very much, the prince has a lot of hard work, let the old minister come to the prince to give me a cup!"

I reached out and raised the teacup, saluted Wang Zhe, and then opened my mouth slightly to take a sip!

Wang Zhe drank the wine, and then smiled happily: "Hahaha, happy!"

After speaking, Wang Zhe shook off the right cuff vigorously, and then turned sideways to the ministers and said loudly: "The prince braved the heavy wind and snow a few days ago and personally rushed to Fangling to inspect the defense of Fangling, which can be said to be serving the country rain or shine! We should take this as an example, follow the steps of the prince who is diligent in government and love the people, and open up a foundation for my great yong! Everyone should raise their glasses and toast the prince together to show their reliance on the prince!"

Wang Zhe really responded to the call, and the ministers immediately raised their glasses, smiled and toasted to me together!

I thought that the ministers were so face-saving, how could I still only drink tea! So I reached out and picked up the flask, took a clean cup, and filled it with a glass!

Then I got up with my glass in my hand, bowed to the ministers, and said to everyone: "Thank you, ministers, this king is still young, although he never drinks!

After saying that, I raised my head and drank the wine, and there was food in my stomach at the bottom, but this time the reaction in my stomach was not so intense!

Seeing this, the ministers were all happy, and happily raised their glasses together, and the voices of joy came and went!

However, the Empress Dowager Meng rebuked me and said: "Yu'er, you are still young, how can you drink alcohol, and you are not allowed to come nonsense!"

The imperial uncle on the side said with a smile: "My Yu'er is full of pride, and this wine gall is not a problem, not bad!

I replied with a smile: "The right to respect the ministers, this is the only cup!"

Everyone laughed happily again!

Originally, the field was quite pleasant, but Wang Zhe soon began to make things difficult for me, he put down the wine glass and said slowly: "The old minister heard that in the past, Luoyang Dashan Yu rewarded the prince with a lot of property, in order to settle thousands of displaced people in Hanzhong, the prince actually sold all the property, purchased all kinds of materials in Yongzhou, and sent people to Hanzhong to distribute them to the hands of the people! The prince resettled the people with the wealth of his pocket, this move was deeply admired by the old ministers, and the prince's honesty and love for the people will surely last for a hundred years!"

After speaking, Wang Zhe turned his head and searched for Yu Neishi from among the ministers, and after finding him, he asked Yu Neishi in a mock manner: "Lord Neishi, the Empress Dowager ordered you to allocate property from the treasury to settle the people of Hanzhong, this is a major matter of the country, how can you let the prince pay out of his own pocket! How do you handle things?"

Yu Neishi immediately stood up and saluted and said: "Returning to the Prime Minister, the ministers have done their best to assist the king of Hanzhong to settle the people, but the treasury of my Yongguo is empty, and the financial resources are really limited! The ministers are ashamed of the prince, and the prince has scattered all his family wealth, and the minister should die!"

...... , this Wang Zhezhen Nyima is hateful, and after being a wicked person, he still pretends to be a good person, which is really a set in front of him and a set behind his back, a complete villain's behavior!

But I still have to do enough work on the surface, so I have to smile reluctantly and say: "Yu Neishi doesn't have to blame himself, this king doesn't love money, and it's not a pity to scatter it!"

Everyone kept smiling after hearing this, but Wang Zhe opened his mouth again and said: "Ouch, but the prince should use it sparingly! Money is not easy to come by, how can there always be such a reward! In the future, the prince's mansion will also have to receive the annual income from the state treasury, and taxes are the foundation of the state treasury revenue, and if there is less copper coins, our country's treasury will lose one cent of income! The old minister heard that the prince had adjusted the tax in Fangling, and changed the original forty percent tax to one-twentieth of the production! I wonder if this is the case?"

I replied disappreciatively: "The prime minister is very well-informed, and this matter is true!"

Wang Zhe immediately sneered and said: "Hehe! If you don't enter the cultivated land, you don't know that grain and rice are not easy to come by, and taxes are the foundation of our country's maintenance, how can you be so child's play! If the prince does this, will I lose the income of Fangling, Changwei and the people of these two counties from now on?"

I looked up and laughed when I heard this, which made everyone baffled.

Wang Zhe looked at me coldly and asked me, "Why is the prince laughing, could it be that the old minister is not right?"

I shook my head and said, "With the talent of the prime minister, how should I implement the policy of rejuvenating the country and securing the country?"

Wang Zhe sneered and said: "Raise more soldiers and open up the territory!"

I asked: "If the people are poor and the country is not rich, how can we raise more soldiers? If the land of Yongzhou is not well governed, what is the use of opening up the territory? Wouldn't it add more trouble to the land of the troubled people?"

After hearing this, Wang Zhe said angrily: "What does the prince mean, if you open up the territory and open up the territory, you can't do it, could it be that my Dayong country can only be trapped in the mountains forever?

I shook my head and said: "The prime minister's words are not good! What is the so-called rejuvenation of the state and the determination of the country, it is to prosper the country first, and then to determine the country! If the state is not prosperous, how can the country be determined? The initial reform of the tax in Fangling is a small test of the prosperity of the state, if it is effective, the king should try Hanzhong again, and if Hanzhong is also successful, the whole country should follow suit!"

Wang Zhe sneered: "Sharply reducing the people's taxes is a sign of destroying the state, how can we talk about prospering the state?

After listening to this, I asked sharply: "The prime minister is a veteran of the three dynasties, and he has been in charge of government for more than 30 years, but my great yong country is not only not prosperous, but is declining day by day! The prime minister thinks of the Fangling tax reform from Hanzhong Anmin, and its purpose is nothing more than to count down this king, and the prime minister must have used a lot of brains for this! According to this king's view, the prime minister is by no means talentless, if the prime minister can govern the country wholeheartedly and participate in politics, how can my great yong country end up so desolate!"

I really can't bear this old guy anymore, this is the first time I've attacked him head-on! This Wang Zhe really had a violent temperament, he stood up violently and stretched out his hand to point at me and roared angrily: "You, the old minister is loyal and dutiful to the great Yong country, and never has two hearts! The prince is so taunting the old minister today, even if the old minister has a thousand words, it is difficult to say clearly! However, the tax reform of Fangling is shaking the foundation of our country's taxation, and this is a sign of the destruction of the country, and the old minister would rather die than obey!"

This old stubborn, who will die of the country at every turn, is really unlucky for the New Year!

Uncle Huang suddenly said: "Prime Minister, what the prince said is right, you have indeed made few achievements in politics for more than 30 years! The prince is a genius, since the prince has a new law for governing the country, there must be a certain amount of truth, and it is the beginning of his own land, what does this have to do with you? What the prince does in his own land is the prince's own business, as long as the prince can pay taxes on time, you don't care what he does in the field!"

After speaking, the imperial uncle got up and stood up, his expression became very unhappy, and he said to Wang Zhe: "Today is Chinese New Year's Eve! Lord Wang is the face of my Yongguo and a country, how can he be so obscure when he opens his mouth and closes his mouth to say that the country is dead? Don't you see His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress Dowager sitting here? Bastard!"

Uncle Huang's anger was a little sudden, so startled that Wang Zhe immediately knelt down and kowtowed, although he was angry, he had to obediently apologize and said: "The old minister is confused, damn it, damn it! Please forgive Your Majesty and the Queen Mother!"

At this time, my fat emperor brother spoke: "Oh, I am dead, Prime Minister Cheng, you are not allowed to talk about this matter again! Today is Chinese New Year's Eve, and the courtiers only drink and have fun, and do not talk about state affairs!"

Seeing that His Majesty also said the same, Wang Zhe had no choice but to kowtow and reply: "The old minister obeys the order!"

Then the emperor's eldest brother stretched out his hand and motioned for him to get up and take a seat, and the old man glared at me angrily after getting up, and sat back in his seat angrily!

I want to stimulate him almost as much, it's my turn to coax him, and by the way, make a good joke!

Then I walked to his table with a wine jug, poured the wine for him, and then comforted him and said: "Okay, Prime Minister, this king was a little excited just now, and there was a lot of offense in his words, and I hope that the Prime Minister can Haihan!"

Wang Zhe looked at me angrily, reached out and drank the wine!

I smiled, poured him a full bottle of wine, and then continued to comfort him and said: "I am a descendant of the royal family, and everything I do is for my great Yongguo, how can this king let the Yongguo lose money?

Wang Zhe looked at me angrily, stretched out his hand and poked his finger at the desktop in front of him, and said fiercely: "The implementation of your Fangling tax reform will be known to all parts of the country! Everyone knows that the people of Fangling only need to pay one-twentieth of what they collect, and who will be willing to pay forty percent of the tax at that time? The prince is a great talent, and he should know the seriousness of this matter!"

I smiled and said to him: "Breaking the old and establishing the new naturally has many setbacks, even if such a situation occurs, it is normal! But the prime minister's words are also reasonable, and this king is indeed negligent!

Seeing that I seemed to have repented, Wang Zhe was a little angry!

I looked at him, and then said to him: "But the tax reform is imperative, and if it succeeds, I will be able to prosper the country! As for the influence of other places, the imperial court should issue an official document saying that when the king of Hanzhong was in trouble in Fangling and Changwei, he was taken care of by the people of the two places! Now I thank the people of the two counties for taking care of the king of Hanzhong in the past, and I give the people of the two counties only one twentieth of what they have to pay, as a sign of the emperor's grace! If the people of other counties are envious and migrate to it, Fangling and Changwei refuse to accept it, and can only accept the displaced people from the east! How about it?"

Wang Zhe was stunned for a moment after hearing this, he turned his head to look at me, and then asked in a low voice: "Why does the prince insist on going his own way, the old minister has never seen any benefit to the court, what does the prince mean by this method?" I smiled and said, "The secret of heaven must not be leaked!"

After hearing this, Wang Zhe glanced at me and replied coldly: "The prince is far-sighted, and the old minister is indeed more admired! But I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to achieve the prince's wishes!"

I looked at him and asked teasingly, "Yes, if the prime minister doesn't believe in the king's law, you and I should bet, do you dare the prime minister?"

Wang Zhe smiled slightly after hearing this, raised his right hand and shook his cuffs, and then asked with great interest: "Why don't you dare?"

I casually said, "The more the merrier!"

After hearing this, Wang Zhe smiled coldly, stretched out five fingers and said, "The old minister is willing to bet five thousand taels of gold, does the prince dare to bet?"

I smiled and said, "It's only 5,000 taels, and you can't deny it!"

Wang Zhe stretched out his hand to summon the eunuch and asked him to immediately go to get the bamboo slip pen and ink, and then said with a smile: "What kind of identity is the prince, how dare the old minister deny it! When the time comes, the prince should not deny it!"

I sneered and said, "How can this king deny it, this king has a lot of fiefs in his hands, and the prime minister is still afraid that I will not be able to pay it if I have no money?"

At this time, the eunuch brought bamboo slips and pen and ink, Wang Zhe waved his hand and wrote, he said while writing: "Although the prince has a lot of land in his hands, I am afraid that it is not enough for the prince to squander it so much! The prince has five thousand taels of gold, I am afraid that the old minister will win!"

After speaking, Wang Zhe finished writing with a pen, signed and drawn, everything was done, and each of them held a copy of the note!