Chapter 504: Taishang, take the elixir!
Li Yunze abandoned the masters who were reused by Li Sanlang during his reign.
In addition to being good at collecting money for Li Sanlang, these people are even better at collecting money for themselves.
During Li Sanlang's reign, the eunuchs used to check and balance the court were basically wiped out.
Li Yunze knows the disaster of the eunuchs very well, so he will definitely not give the eunuchs a chance to come out.
Li Sanlang's sons who spent countless offerings for fun during his reign have all been cleared to fend for themselves.
The cost of supporting these people is too great, and those who are out of production need at least five families to pay taxes to provide for them. With these taxes, Li Yunze preferred to provide for the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army.
When Li Sanlang was in power, there were tens of thousands of beauties in the harem, and most of them were married off by Li Yunze.
The cost of supporting these girls is even greater, after all, beauties must eat well, dress well, and use well in order to maintain their beauty and satisfy Li Sanlang.
For Li Yunze, the last thing he lacks is a beautiful girl.
No matter how beautiful you are, can you be as beautiful as Yang Yuhuan? Can Jiang Caiping be beautiful?
During the reign of Li Sanlang.
One by one, many of the things that Li Sanlang implemented were mostly rearranged by Li Yunze.
And the huge savings are enough to supply a large army.
Not to mention anything else, for the tens of thousands of palace maids, the cost of eating and drinking every day is already close to the expenses of the entire four towns of Anxi.
And marrying them out can not only alleviate the fierce conflict of not being able to marry a wife, but also avoid the tragedy of the white-haired palace maid.
Many beautiful palace maids, even after staying in the palace all their lives, have never been seen by the emperor.
In the dead of night, there is nothing to do but contact the judo crafts.
What is called a violent celestial thing, this is it.
A little bit of statistics, just the huge expenses and waste formed around Li Sanlang are close to one-third of the Tang Dynasty's finances!
Li Sanlang alone used up one-third of Datang's finances.
In the prosperous era of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, how many ministers were tired and tired, and some of the wealth that they had finally accumulated was squandered by the poor and extravagant Li Sanlang.
It's not that Datang doesn't have money and materials, but these things have been taken away and used by the emperor and those powerful eunuchs, not to mention sharing, it is difficult for ordinary people to even eat enough.
As soon as he thought of this, Li Yunze felt angry.
From time to time, I took Concubine Mei to find Li Sanlang, whose beard was gradually falling off, and danced together in front of him.
And Li Sanlang went from anger to numbness, and then to his eyes like water and he didn't care.
There were too many times, but Li Yunze himself felt bored.
I knew that I wouldn't give him a physical excision, but after this operation, Li Sanlang didn't care anymore.
After that, he simply instructed Bian Lingcheng, who was in charge of Li Sanlang, to find something to do for the emperor.
For example, when I went to winter swimming and fitness, I practiced long-distance running under the scorching sun when it was hot, and I was grateful that it was not easy for the people to live frugally, and they only provided two meals a day for the emperor.
But Li Sanlang's physical fitness is really good, tossing and turning, and he just survived.
Winter goes to spring, and it is the spring season of the year.
After ascending the throne, He Zhizhang, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, provided several era names for Li Yunze to choose, and he did not hesitate to directly choose Tianbao as the new era name.
By now, it is the spring of the third year of Tianbao.
After several years of hard work, Datang, which was already extremely fierce in internal confrontation, finally showed signs of gradual easing.
The main reason is that Li Yunze used the case of rebellion against King Zhong, put all the big landlords into the basket of rebellion, and raided their homes in the name of King Zhong's remnants.
Li Yunze doesn't care about the property of these nobles, he only needs acres.
The acres of land were confiscated, and then redistributed to the local people, and then their taxes and forced labor were reduced, and the grievances of the people were resolved little by little.
Datang has such a large land area and only tens of millions of people.
By the standards of the modern world, there should be enough land to be allocated to everyone.
The problem is that a field is not the same as ordinary land.
Fields need to be cultivated and cultivated, and it takes a huge price to gradually transform from wild land to acre.
In the era of agriculture, where everything depended on hands, it was extremely difficult to open up wasteland.
Therefore, the acres of land that have been reclaimed have become the most important means of production.
It's not that you can grow food by dividing a piece of land, but in this era, there is no strong mechanical capacity and chemical capacity.
After doing this several times, the noble family is not stupid, and it is natural to understand what Li Yunze means.
Not surprisingly, the instigated rebellions in various places came as scheduled.
The last thing Li Yunze is afraid of is fighting, and the last thing he wants to see is to involve the people in it.
For the rebels, drive directly to the army.
Up and down, inside and out, front and back. Starting from the eighty-year-old patriarch of the family, it can be said that the egg yolk has been shaken all the way down, and he will never be given the slightest chance to turn over.
Not to mention that after the family is broken, it will become a luxury to even continue to stay in Datang.
But for those who coerced the people, they had to be strictly inquired one by one, unless they committed an unforgivable crime, such as the kind with blood on their hands, and the rest were arranged to watch and work in the fields everywhere, and honestly stay and plant the fields for a few years, and this matter is considered to be in the past.
Moreover, the income from farming, in addition to paying taxes, still belongs to the people themselves.
Seeing such a different treatment, the ministers of the court and the central government also had different expressions.
In Li Linfu's words, "The emperor is arrogant and lascivious, and spends extravagantly." But now it is diligent and thrifty, and it is hard work. The Emperor Taishang treated the noble gate lord favorably and ignored the people. But now, he regards the lord of the gate as an enemy, and treats the people into his own son. Who is right and who is wrong has its own history. ”
The words are very good, but Li Yunze knows very well what kind of goods those literati are like.
So the big group of celebrities under him, everyone has a job.
If you write a hymn that is good, make a hymn.
If you write beautifully, you have to write a long story and praise how much you love the people like a son.
If the painting is good, it is necessary to paint one after another, and record the scenes of the emperor's love for the people like a son and pass them on to the world.
If you can speak well, you will call friends to banquet friends all day long, desperately brag about Li Yunze, and then let friends spread it widely.
Even, the children of Liyuan, who were driven out of the pear orchard and lived in the east and west cities, also urgently arranged the emperor's love for the people like a son.
It's not that the children of Liyuan have accepted the recharge, but the people of Chang'an City, who have received real benefits, like to see these.
After begging for a living on their own, performing the jokes that the parents like to see has become their only way out.
In terms of the strength of Datang at this time, the gate lords and nobles couldn't make any waves.
The only ones that can really pose a threat are those frontier feudal towns.
Among them, the towns of Hebei are the most critical.
Speaking of this, it is necessary to refer to the period of Emperor Yang of Sui's three expeditions to Goguryeo more than 100 years ago.
At that time, Yang Guang, in order to weaken the power of the Shandong group, sent them to death again and again, causing almost every family in Hebei to wear filial piety.
When the Tang Dynasty was established, the Tang Dynasty, which was based on the military aristocracy of Longyou, went back and forth with Dou Jiande and others in Hebei, and the results were extremely tragic.
The real root is that whether it is the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the foundation of their establishment is the military aristocratic group of Longyou.
The land of Shandong and Hebei is the territory of Gao's Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although the Northern Qi Dynasty was annexed, these noble lords are still there, and the confrontation and conflict between the two sides has really continued to the present.
When he arrived at Li Sanlang, he appointed traitors to frantically loot and oppress here, and the homes of many border soldiers were ruined by the scourge.
Li Yunze's response was not to curry favor without brains, but to grasp the remnants of the Shandong group and put them into the basket of the loyal king's rebellion to clean them up.
The acres of these families were then distributed to the families of the border soldiers to calm the anger of the border soldiers.
However, if you want to really solve the hidden dangers of Hebei Domain, you still need to take heavy medicine, and Li Yunze decided to go there in person.
It is not possible to go now, because he has not yet achieved any decent results in the military field, and the deterrent effect is not enough.
Looking around Datang, only Tubo is a target worth doing.
The Tang Emperor has not been on a personal expedition for many years, and when Li Yunze broke the news of his intention to personally conquer Tibet, there was naturally opposition in the court.
Everyone's reasons are similar, which roughly means that the emperor has no heir yet, and if there is any accident, then the Tang Dynasty will fall into the chaos of Nuoda.
Among the ministers, only Li Linfu's opinion was different from others.
Over the past few days, Li Linfu, who jumped ship, has been low-key and conscientious, and there is no trace of a traitor at all.
Even Zhang Jiuling, who was squeezed and degraded by him before, thought that he was a capable minister.
Li Linfu is indeed a capable minister, and when he plays it alone in the imperial study, he knows what the point is.
"Your Majesty wants to win military merits, and it is a good thing to subdue the hearts of the army, and it should be feasible."
Li Linfu first affirmed Li Yunze's actions, and then pointed out the key point: "If Your Majesty wants to recruit in person, there is only one thing to worry about." ”
Li Yunze, who looked calm, asked rhetorically, "What's the matter?" ”
"The Emperor."
Li Linfu said very directly: "If someone takes advantage of His Majesty's foreign war and picks up the Emperor Taishang to raise his arms, it will inevitably cause chaos." It is impossible to say that His Majesty is fighting on the front line, and the Emperor Taishang will be reinstated later. If His Majesty wants to recruit in person, the matter must be resolved in advance. ”
Li Yunze, who had a playful gaze, chuckled and asked, "How to solve it?" ”
This still needs to be asked, of course, it is not to let the Emperor Taishang commit suicide, of course, it is to let the Emperor Taishang die violently. ’
Li Linfu, who knew that he had jumped ship and was not trusted, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Emperor Taishang Dragon is unwell, so take the elixir!" ”
Li Yunze's smile became more and more cordial, he nodded and picked up the paperwork at hand, "Then leave this matter to Li Xiang." ”
When he walked out of the imperial study, Li Linfu sighed silently.
Working under the hands of a capable, diligent and scheming emperor is such helplessness.
Be a powerful minister? It's pretty much the same dreaming!
also blamed himself for being blind at the beginning, and actually abandoned the prince and took refuge with the emperor.
If he stood firmly on the side of the prince, with his qualifications as an emperor, how could he be like walking on thin ice all day long on this side.
The only medicine in the world that you can't get is the medicine of regret.
Li Linfu, who regretted standing on the wrong line because he was too smart, the only choice at this time was to get things done.
The emperor naturally would not be contaminated with this kind of cause and effect, and he, Li Linfu, was also unwilling to leave a notoriety of killing the monarch in the history books.
This kind of thing has to be done by a fool.
Without the slightest hesitation, Li Linfu's mind flashed Bian Lingcheng's face with thick eyebrows and big eyes.
"That's you!"
(End of chapter)