After the officials of the two ministries passed the buck to each other, the household servant shouted: "Your Majesty, although my Great Xia has a vast land, a vast territory, and a large number of people, there are only a few state capitals that pay taxes to the imperial court......

Emperor Anping frowned, "Why are there only a few state capitals?" What about the state capitals that don't pay taxes? Isn't it subordinate to my Great Xia Dynasty? ”

"Not really." Hubu Shilang hurriedly explained, "Some state capitals are special circumstances, such as Yizhou and Jiaozhou, where some places are local Tusi autonomy, and the imperial court promised that as long as they submit to Bactria they can not pay taxes. ”

Emperor Anping nodded.

This is a policy formulated by the central government in order to envelop the Yi people on the border, which has existed since the previous dynasty, and those barbarians and poor clangs, even if they scrape, they can't scrape out any oil and water, and if one is not good, it will be reversed, and the court will lose even more, which is not cost-effective.

"There are also some places that are fiefs of the vassal kings, and only part of the taxes are given to the imperial court, and the rest is given to the vassal kings." Tobe Samurai said again.

Emperor Anping asked, "No?" ”

The founding emperor of Great Xia was afraid that his children and grandchildren would starve, so he gave each of his children and grandchildren a vassal king, and the taxes of the fief could be taken away directly, which was also a long-standing rule.

The household servant carefully glanced at Lu Wei, who had a cold face, and said: "Also, there are still some places where a large number of troops have to be supported because of the war before, but they have not paid taxes ...... yet."

"Oh? And this kind of thing? Emperor Anping sat condescendingly on the dragon chair, and the twelve crowns covered his face, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly, "Where is it?" ”

Hubu Shangshu couldn't see that his squire was so afraid of Lu Wei's appearance, so he simply said: "Liangzhou's taxes have not been paid in full over the years, and Jingzhou has not paid taxes in recent years. ”

A stone fell to the ground in the hearts of all the officials, and the matter of Emperor Anping's thunderous investigation of insufficient taxes with such fanfare and thunder can be regarded as a bottom.

This is the emperor seeing that Liangzhou is getting better and better every year, and there are more people and more money, so he wants money.

As for Jingzhou, it was all scraped clean by Jin Yongxiu, and the people were all cannibalistic, how could they have the money to pay taxes, in fact, they were pointing at Lu Wei, and wanted Lu Wei to pay for Emperor Taichang and Emperor Anping to repair the mausoleum.

"Liangzhou and Jingzhou, ah......" Emperor Anping tapped his fingers on the armrest of the dragon chair, his expression was secretive, and he looked at Lu Wei and Jin Yongxiu meaningfully.

Since Lu Wei "took over" the control of Liangzhou, he has not paid taxes to the imperial court, either under the pretext that the war in Liangzhou is chaotic, the people are not able to make a living, and they cannot collect money, or under the pretext that the military expenses given by the imperial court are not in place, they offset the taxes in Liangzhou.

Everyone doesn't need to dial the abacus to know that this is an astronomical amount, Lu Wei started from scratch, and now he has saved some family business, but if he takes out this money, he will have to break his muscles and bones, and eat soil for ten years.

Jin Yongxiu didn't say anything, his eyes were gloomy, who didn't know that Jingzhou's tragic success was scraped out by scraping the ground in order to make up military salaries and military rations, could it be that the emperor saw that he killed the traitor king of Jiangxia, and wanted to be held accountable afterwards, unloading the mill and killing the donkey?

Thinking about the hundreds of thousands of troops in his hands, Jin Yongxiu was slightly determined. If Emperor Anping dared to hold him accountable, he would dare to rebel.

The emperor knew that Jingzhou couldn't scrape out the oil and water, and he mainly wanted Lu Wei to pay, and he would see how Lu Wei responded.

"After years of war and looting by the Hu people in Liangzhou, the people have long been miserable, and now is the time to recuperate." Lu Wei's expression was as usual, and he stood up and said, "If the tax is raised at this time, I am afraid that Liangzhou will reproduce the tragedy of Jingzhou starving for thousands of miles, white bones exposed, and people starving and cannibalism!" ”

Emperor Anping's face was not very good-looking, but he didn't expect Lu Wei to refuse.

His Royal Highness, the county king, who has never cared much about the government affairs, also participated in the court meeting, and took a step forward and said: "Holy Mingjian, Liangzhou has been very difficult to resist the Hu soldiers and horses externally, and it is necessary to support the counterinsurgency at all times internally, the stability of Liangzhou is of great significance, and the policy of Liangzhou is easy and unchangeable!" ”

Emperor Anping endured it and said: "Now that there is no war at the border, the Hu people have already sued for peace, and Liangzhou no longer needs to be distracted to defend against foreign enemies." ”

In the past, Lu Wei used the excuse of fighting and had no money, but now that there is no war in Liangzhou, the Hu people have been beaten down. Emperor Anping's meaning is obvious, Liangzhou should pay taxes in full like other state capitals, and don't make any special ones.

"Your Majesty, there is no war at the border, we have experienced hardships in Daxia, it is at this time to recuperate, the Hu people have coveted our Daxia for a long time, if Liangzhou has the slightest weakness, they will definitely wave their knives and go straight forward, repeating the tragedy of the Luerwei change of the year!" Lu Wei said coldly.

Jin Yongxiu couldn't listen to it anymore, and said coldly: "The land control system will shirk it, who doesn't know that Liangzhou is prosperous now?" It is Jingzhou that should recuperate, and hundreds of thousands of troops are still waiting to eat and drink! It's a pity that their lives are not good, and I am a coach with no ability, and I can't earn fame and fortune for them! Bleeding and sweating on the battlefield in vain! ”

These words were full of resentment, almost pointing at Emperor Anping's nose and saying that the emperor did not give him promotion and power.

Emperor Anping's ass couldn't sit still.

Now that the traitors in Jiangxia are all ambushed, the more he looks at Jin Yongxiu, the more unpleasant he becomes.

In order to earn military merits, Jin Yongxiu scraped the ground and scraped Jingzhou, which was originally a rich land of fish and rice, was uninhabited for thousands of miles, and such a brutal act has long been criticized by Shilin Qingliu, and the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the Jin family were scolded and couldn't raise their heads in the ground, and Jin Yongxiu's folds can be piled up in the entire hall.

When he didn't know that Jin Yongxiu had a nickname among the people, "King of Golden Yama"! From the point of view of reputation, Jin Yongxiu is destined to be stinky for 10,000 years, he wants to reuse Jin Yongxiu, and it is difficult to guarantee that he will also stink the street with him.

Moreover, his father, Emperor Taichang, died outside Nanyang City because of Jin Yongxiu's dereliction of duty.

It's just that Jin Yongxiu pestered him like a mad dog to ask for official power, and he didn't look at what occasion it was today, and he still held on to the reward, how could he not let Emperor Anping get bored!

The king of the county took a deep breath and said loudly: "The minister has a plan to solve today's financial dilemma. ”

Emperor Anping looked at this lame cousin, and said without much hope: "Then you can talk about it." ”

"The taxes in Great Xia are already very heavy, and the people are miserable, but they are only five or six out of ten collected into the treasury! In addition to the corrupt officials and corrupt officials, the moths of the country took some of them, and most of the rest went into the private treasury of the feudal kings in various places! The king of the county said loudly, "The minister asks the Holy Decree to take back all the tax rights of the vassal king!" ”

Lu Wei looked at the thin county king in shock.

Everyone knows that the taxes of Great Xia were divided a lot by the vassal king, but no one dared to mention the matter of recovering the tax right from the vassal king, one is that this is the rule set by the founding emperor of Great Xia, and he wants his descendants to share the wealth and prosperity of his descendants, share the country he has laid, and share the worship of the people for thousands of generations, Daxia rules the world with filial piety, and the rule of overthrowing the ancestors is great unfilial piety, and the second is that the vassal king also has private soldiers, and if he really wants to cut off their money bags, the vassal king is likely to rebel.

On the other hand, if the tax rights of the feudal lords could be nationalized, it would not only replenish the national treasury, but also curb the root causes of the feudal kings' rebellion.

There is no money to raise any soldiers, no money to fight!

But no one dared to mention this proposal, the vassal king was powerful and powerful, and whoever dared to touch their wealth would kill whoever the vassal king rebelled and sacrificed the flag.

dared to say such a thing at a court meeting where all the ministers gathered, and the king of the county really only pretended to be the world in his heart, not himself.

The huge court meeting can be heard by the silent drop of a needle.

Emperor Anping didn't expect that the king of the county would cut meat on his own people with one mouth, and he was silent for a long time, and said: "The ancestral family law cannot be abolished. ”

Of course, he hoped to receive all the money in his hands, but the Jiangxia King had rebelled for so many years, and he was weak and exhausted from beating the Great Xia Capital, and he was really afraid that the vassal king would make a rebellion.

If the tax rights of the vassal kings are forcibly collected, I am afraid that the vassal kings from all over the country will rise up and turn it all back!

After the court meeting, the king of the county did not leave, and stayed to continue to meet the emperor.

The ministers walked out one after another, and Lu Wei turned his head and looked at the thin figure stubbornly waiting in the main hall. Everyone knows where the stubborn disease of Great Xia is, but no one dares to swing a knife to cut the stubborn disease.

Only this crippled county king, who was despised and disgusted by Emperor Taichang's father and son again and again, still did not change his original intention again and again, risking being hated and killed by the vassal king, but also to state the facts and reform the shortcomings.

Everyone in this hall has selfish intentions, even he is selfish in Liangzhou, and he refuses to divide the troops and money, only this county king is really for the Great Xia country.

It's just that he is weak, and the emperor is a greedy for pleasure, and his efforts are destined to get no results.

Lu Wei turned his head and stepped into the flow of people who had retreated from the court.

In the afternoon of the same day, Emperor Anping ordered someone to go to Lu Wei's house to announce the decree and invite Lu Wei to enter the palace to discuss major matters.

"Or are you discussing the taxation of Liangzhou?" Lu Wei unceremoniously asked the personal eunuch beside Emperor Anping.

The eunuch laughed embarrassedly, "It's a good thing, a good thing!" ”

Lu Wei calmly asked the eunuch to wait outside, and he went back to the house to change his clothes.

Zhang Yuqing brought him a court uniform and put it on him.

Lu Wei's face was full of impatience, and he complained to Zhang Yuqing, "If he has the ability to give me the military expenses and rations in Liangzhou, Liangzhou will pay him taxes!" ”

Zhang Yuqing smiled and said softly: "The conditions you want, he can't meet them, but he may replace them with something else." ”

Emperor Anping is not a fool, he opened his mouth, and Lu Wei took out the money in his hand? Do the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses in Liangzhou eat white rice?

Lu Wei naturally thought of it, he was not rare for other things, Emperor Anping wanted to ask him for money, and he also wanted to ask Emperor Anping for money! The military spending owed to Liangzhou over the years, shouldn't it be calculated?

"When I come back, let's go to the restaurant for dinner in the evening." Lu Wei kissed the corner of Zhang Yuqing's lips, picked up his official hat and strode out.

Zhang Yuqing smiled and watched him go away.

After Lu Wei left, Du Jingyi and the others came back, Zhang Yuqing retreated, and asked Liu Quan to guard outside the door, watching Du Jingyi spread a detailed map on the table.

"The ceremony of enshrinement is held at the top of this mountain." Du Jingyi pointed to a mountain on the map and said.

Zhang Yuqing stared at the map and pointed to a mountain peak next to him, "Is there anyone guarding here?" ”

Sweetheart Theatre:

Zhang Yuqing: It's time to play big again.