Chang Zuoqing, the father-in-law, lit a charcoal fire in the imperial study.

He looked at the twists and turns piled up on the dragon case, and suddenly remembered that when the emperor was in power, in the first few years, there were many twists and turns that needed to be dealt with on the dragon case.

But later, the emperor went to Changle Palace.

Except for the four treasures of the study, I have never seen a piece of the book on it.

That young boy finally came here a few days ago, and he sat on the dragon chair behind the dragon case!

Here he summoned several ministers.

But he didn't announce his ascension to the throne as emperor!

Instead, he thinks of himself as a regent!

Then he began to get busy, and every day he had to send to this desk the memorabilia which had gathered in the hall of government affairs, and the young regent would look at them with great care, and annotate them with great care.

There is a look, the first two days were a little rusty, and then it seemed calm.

What a talent!

Not only poetry and articles, but also in the way of governing the country, he seems to have extremely profound insights!

Thinking of the scene when he welcomed the regent into the palace for the first time, Chang Zuoqing touched the silver ticket that was still in his sleeve pocket, and his old face showed a smile.

This regent is very good.

Young.

Energetic.

Energetic.

Diligent administration.

Also approachable.

He didn't have the slightest regent in him, and he didn't have the arrogance of suddenly holding great power.

He's still the same boy he once was.

Here, they discussed national policies with the newly appointed six Shangshu and formulated plans, but they also argued with each other, and even blushed and had thick necks arguing with each other over a certain point of view.

But he doesn't hold grudges.

Even afterwards, he realized that he was wrong and apologized personally!

In this way, he was liked and loved by those ministers, and it also gave a new look to the atmosphere of the court.

Although the number of officials has decreased by more than half compared to the past, these officials are now more conscientious one by one, so that they are much more efficient than when Ji Tai was in power.

This is Mingjun!

It's a pity that he is not a king.

If he is the king, Ning Guo may only need three or five years to recover his vitality and even be reborn.

Ay......!

Father-in-law Chang sighed, he walked to the door, looked at the white snow, and after a while, someone came in the snow.

Not the regent, but Li Wenhou, the head of the household.

"Lord Li, morning!"

"The Lord Regent hasn't come yet?"

Father-in-law Chang bowed: "It's too cold this day, the regent is young after all, please come and wait for Master Li first." ”

Li Wenhou still had the same coffin face, he walked into the imperial study, sat down in front of the coffee table unceremoniously, put a piece of folding on the tea table, thought about it, and boiled a pot of tea by himself.

Before the tea was boiled, Li Chenan came.

Li Wenhou raised his head, his gaze was cold, "It's the end of the hour!" ”

Li Chenan grinned: "We have to change the time we go to work...... Don't look at me like that, I'm doing it for your own good! ”

Saying this, Li Chenan sat opposite Li Wenhou, "Second uncle,"

Li Wenhou glared at Li Chen'an: "This is the imperial study, a public place!" Please ask the regent to call the subordinate Li Shangshu or Master Li! ”

Li Chenan shrugged his shoulders, "Second uncle, let's Ningguo Five Dao, except for Jiangnan Dao, have the tax and grain data of the other four Dao been counted?" ”

Li Wenhou had no way to take Li Chenan, he twisted a handful of tea and threw it into the teapot, handed the fold on the table to Li Chenan, and said:

"Due to the invasion of the Northern Desert Dao, a large area of territory, including Jiuyin City, has been lost."

"Xiahou Zhuo, the general of the Northern Desert, has already written that in order to resist the army of the barren country, he asked the imperial court to leave the tax grain of the Northern Desert in the Northern Desert this year to be used as military food, so that the border army of the Northern Desert can resist foreign enemies."

"Ji Tai agreed."

"So the tax grain from the Northern Desert was not transported to Kyoto."

"Annan Province, because Wu Guo stationed troops outside Wuya Pass, and Yan Jinong, the general of the Red Flame Army, had already written to Ji Tai, so the tax grain from Annan Province was not transported to Kyoto."

"The tax grain of Jiangnan Province was robbed, and only Shuzhou Road and Lingdong Road were left."

"But the grain of these two strips went into the storehouse, and the grain and wheat amounted to two million one hundred and twenty-eight thousand six hundred and seventy-two stones, two hundred and fifty-three thousand four hundred and eighty-three taels of silver, and one hundred and sixty-three thousand seven hundred and sixty-two horses of silk."

Li Chen'an frowned slightly, and asked, "How many people and how many households are there in our Ning Kingdom?" ”

"The registered population of the five provinces and 72 prefectures is roughly 36 million, about 7.2 million households."

Li Chen'an pondered for a moment, and after a preliminary understanding of these days, he already knew that the main types of taxes in Ningguo were Tian Fu and Ren Ding Tax, which were collectively called Fu Fu.

The so-called field endowment is the levy of food or currency according to the acres of land.

The per capita tax, on the other hand, is apportioned according to the head of the person or converted into goods or money.

This person's tax is more messy, as long as it is a ding, must serve servitude, if it is a well-off person, it can be replaced by money and food.

The population of the whole Ningguo is not much, among which the most prosperous Jiangnan Province accounts for 30% of the population, that is, Jiangnan Province has a population of 10 million, and Shuzhou Road and Lingdong Road are the two provinces with the worst environment and the poorest environment in Ningguo, and the total population of the two provinces is 10 million.

These 10 million people, or 2 million households, paid 2,128,672 stone of grain...... On average, each household paid more than one stone, one stone and one hundred and twenty catties, that is, nearly one hundred and thirty catties of grain!

In this era, the land south of the Yangtze River with the highest yield of rice per mu was only about 200 catties, and in places like Shuzhou and Lingdong, the average yield per mu must be halved.

Therefore, the weight of the tax has become unbearable for the people.

But even so, the taxes and grains collected were still not enough for the expenses of the imperial court.

If there is a war or a disaster year, it will be even worse!

He flipped through the fold and didn't look closely, but looked at Li Wenhou.

"I thought that the next national policy of Ningguo should be changed!"

Li Wenhou's hand holding the teapot suddenly stiffened, "Change the national policy? How to change? ”

"Heavy industry, heavy business!"

Li Wenhou's eyes widened suddenly, "The people take food as the sky!" Agriculture, always in the first place! ”

Li Chen'an raised his eyebrows: "But Ningguo's agriculture is limited by unfavorable conditions in the field, and it will never be able to increase the yield until the seed fertilizer is improved!" In agriculture, Ning does not have the advantage of Yue and Wu in the land! ”

"The population of these two countries is larger than that of Ningguo, and the country is also more gentle and fertile, which is more suitable for the growth of grain!"

"I don't mean to give up on agriculture, but before crops can find higher yields, we need to give priority to boosting the handicraft industry and prospering business!"

Li Wenhou didn't pour the tea, he put down the teacup, "Nonsense!" ”

At this moment, he took out the majesty of the second uncle:

"Shinong Industry and Commerce, this is the order of a country, this is the same truth for thousands of years!"

"The second is the farmer's residence, the country is governed by the soldiers, and the agriculture survives!"

"Industry and commerce are just icing on the cake!"

"The so-called craftsmen are just some tricks! There is no point in the country! ”

"The so-called businessmen are a group of profit-seeking villains, they do not produce, they live by buying and selling, and they are not beneficial to the country!"

"You don't want to think about it!"

Li Chen'an's eyes widened, and the two of them stared at each other with big eyes.

"You're wrong!"

"The boost of the handicraft industry will improve the equipment and increase the output and quality of goods! It can even improve the efficiency of agriculture! ”

"When the output and quality of commodities come up, the price of commodities will be reduced, and the price of commodities will be competitive when they are low, so that business can be more prosperous!"

"Commerce is prosperous, merchants have earned silver, and the commercial tax will inevitably surpass the current agricultural tax to become the pillar of Ningguo's tax revenue!"

"It's faster than farming!"

Li Chenan stretched out his hand and knocked on the table: "The national tax has increased, so I can pay you salaries on time!" It is also possible to equip the army with better weapons and equipment! ”

"Everyone who is an official is going to starve to death, what kind of tricks and tricks do you think? What kind of copper smell? ”

"I thought that there was no shame in the smell of copper, but it was shameful that living people were starved to death!"

Li Wenhou obviously couldn't accept this point of view, and he also slapped it on the tea table, "You, you are ridiculous!" ”

"You think this way, Lao Tzu doesn't agree!"

Li Chenan also slapped the table and roared: "Are you the regent or am I the regent?!" ”

Chang Gonggong on the side hung his head, looking at his nose and nose.

He doesn't know who's right and who's wrong.

He only knew that in the imperial study these days, such quarrels had become commonplace.

Very good!

At this moment, Wang Zhengjinzhong walked in.

Take a look.

Yo, it's not the right time.

He was about to withdraw, but was stopped by Li Chen'an:

"Come in!"

"Ahh......h

Wang Zhengjinzhong bowed and saluted, with a lewd smile on his face, "Regent, this, my subordinates didn't hear anything." Even if you hear it, you can't understand it, you continue to argue, and your subordinates are waiting! ”