"The reason why the commander-in-chief of the region dared to deploy troops on a large scale with impunity was nothing more than because the war tax set by the imperial court was so low that the king ordered that the imperial court would levy a new war tax on every able-bodied peasant, and fifty wen for those between the ages of ten and seventy. Twenty cents were levied on those under the age of ten and over seventy, and the imperial court was supposed to abolish the tax exemption of soldiers. ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the lords present, and Xiao Yu, the king of Yunnan, took the lead in retorting, "Now all kinds of taxes have overwhelmed the people of Yunnan, and there are still so many soldiers in Yunnan, you not only want to dismiss them, but also cancel the tax exemption of soldiers?" What do you make those soldiers do without the army? “

The reason why the soldiers in Yunnan joined the army was because their families were so poor that they needed the army's tax exemption, and not only did they not need to pay the corresponding poll tax when they became soldiers, but they could also send the extra military pay home every month. These people have spent almost all their lives in the army, they know nothing but killing, and once they leave the army they will have nowhere to go, because no one wants a useless person who knows nothing.

Because there are few large-scale wars in the south, the military salary of soldiers in the south is generally much lower than that in the north, among which the soldiers in Yunnan are the lowest, and the monthly salary of each ordinary soldier is only 400 yuan. There are at least three or four people in a family, and there may be six or seven people in more cases, and the average of 400 yuan per person will be divided into a maximum of 100 yuan, plus the price of goods in Yunnan has skyrocketed due to the impact of the war in the past two years, and this income is only enough for a family to barely fill their stomachs. In this case, what is the difference between Hobeyo and the murder of innocent people?

Although the situation faced by the lords in other places was much better than that of Xiao Yu, they also showed strong opposition to the plan proposed by Huo Boyo. Hoberio didn't mind these hateful eyes at him, because he knew that maybe these guys wouldn't like it, but as long as the one above was interested in his plan, it would be enough.

Sure enough, after listening to Huo Boyo's proposal, Xiao Guang only hesitated for a moment before getting up and said, "I think Prime Minister Huo Cheng's proposal is very good, the previous tax is too low, it is because we don't have enough military spending that we can't raise an elite army, and the war tax is increased in order to better defend our empire, which should be the responsibility of every southern country and even every Daliang people, and the soldier's tax exemption is really a bad policy, and it should indeed be abolished." ”

"Your Majesty! The military and civilians of Yunnan are really overwhelmed, and they really can't afford such heavy taxes. ”

"Can't afford it, won't you disarm? Does a Dian really need so many soldiers? Xiao Guang's cold eyes swept over Xiao Yu, who was speaking, and said in an unhappy tone, "The demon has been repulsed!" None of them will be capable of waging a major war in these decades! Are you afraid that those soldiers will starve to death after leaving the army? If everyone joins the army to avoid taxes, and the state has to pay these people every year, do you know how much more military expenses are spent a year? After reprimanding Xiao Yu, Xiao Guang slapped the table and yelled at every courtier present, "And you! Don't think I don't know what you did in private, there hasn't been a war in those territories in the interior for all these years, but in the past few years, your army has become more and more, not to mention those extra soldiers, let's just say that those wastes under your hands, how many of them can still go on horses and kill the enemy? I'm afraid I forgot how to use the knife. The money of the state is not used to feed those false and non-existent soldiers or those waste, I want the real elite. ”

I have to say that although Hobeyo loves money like life, he does have two brushes in politics. The reason why he proposed this plan was because he saw Xiao Guang's dissatisfaction with the status quo of the local army, except for a very few territories where wars occurred, there had been no war in other territories for so many years, and the local lords always liked to report more and lie about the number of soldiers in order to make more profits, once Xiao Guang sent people to check them, they would let the farmers who farmed the land come to impersonate them, and the troops under these lords had long lost their former combat effectiveness, More and more people chose to join the army in order to avoid paying taxes, and over time, there were fewer and fewer people who farmed, and there were fewer and fewer people who could farm, and large areas of land began to be wasted, and the taxes and grain collected by the southern country every year were decreasing year by year, while the pockets of those lords were bulging.

Huo Boyo's plan can not only help Xiao Guang to restrain the occurrence of redundant troops and false reports in various places, but the most important thing is that he can also get a lot of benefits from this money after collecting it, which can be described as how beautiful it is to kill one stone.

"We can't afford it!" Shen Ming protested.

"The king said, you can send those soldiers home and let them go back to farming." Huo Boyao said to Shen Ming and those dissatisfied lords, "The grain harvest in these years is too poor, they can help increase the grain harvest when they go back, and it is time to make some contribution to the country after raising them for so long." ”

"But these people don't know anything but kill people, and you let these people go farming?"

Hearing this person's words, Xiao Guang's anger was ignited instantly, and he grabbed the wine glass in his hand and smashed it towards that one regardless of his image, "They are waste, are you too?" Can't you go to school? ”

"But where do the people who were fired go? They won't do anything......." The idiot stubbornly continued his stupid words.

"Go back to the field and farm!" Xiao Guang didn't want to talk nonsense with this idiot anymore, so he turned around and left after finishing speaking.

When the host of the banquet leaves, it means that the banquet is over. The courtiers, you look at me, I look at you, and after a few brief words to each other, they also left the main hall one after another. It was also evident from the expressions on the faces of the crowd that the banquet had not been pleasant, at least for those outside of Hobeyo.

(There will be a small jump in the next content, I hope you try to keep up with the cross-current train of thought, after all, the positioning of this book is brain hole and weird)