Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 225

In the middle of the night, when Gao Ming was enjoying the gentle countryside, the lights in the imperial study room were still on.

In Li Shimin's view, Gao Ming's proposed land year limit system was a precedent, and it also gave Datang a chance to extend the state, so he never paid more attention to it. After returning to the palace, he put several important All the ministers were recruited to the imperial study.

The civil servants had Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling, and the military generals had Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji. When the four of them arrived, Li Shimin asked Qianniuwei to seal off the courtyard around the imperial study, and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

Seeing this posture, Changsun Wuji and the others also realized that the matter was unusual, so they opened their mouths immediately.

"Your Majesty, you summoned me late at night, but is there anything important?"

As soon as Changsun Wuji finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin followed suit.

"Could it be that someone wants to rebel? Is it Hou Junji?"

Speaking of this, Cheng Yaojin showed a trace of excitement on his face, as if he wished for Hou Junji's rebellion.

Seeing Cheng Yaojin's excited look, Li Ji immediately showed helplessness, and cupped his hands towards Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, knowing that he is outspoken, I hope His Majesty will forgive him."

It's a good thing for generals to be warlike, and Li Shimin also knew this, so naturally he didn't care, and waved his hand immediately.

"Zhijie's temper is impatient, so it's okay. Today, I summoned you all because there is a major event related to my Tang Dynasty for generations to come. I need the help of the four love ministers to go through it."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Fang Xuanling seemed to think of something, so he stepped forward and cupped his hands at Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, is it about taxation? Could it be that His Majesty intends to follow the way His Royal Highness the Crown Prince managed Jinzhou and implement tax exemption throughout the Tang Dynasty?"

As soon as Fang Xuanling's words fell, Li Shimin laughed immediately.

"You really deserve to be Fang Aiqing, but tax exemption is just one of them. The purpose of asking you to come today is to discuss the land year limit. The thing is like this..."

Then, Li Shimin told Fang Xuanling and others what Gao Ming had told him before, from the establishment of the Datang Business Alliance, to exempting farmers from taxes, and then to land use rights, all of which were told to Changsun Wuji and others.

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin smiled and nodded towards them.

"My dear friends, do you think this is feasible?"

After hearing Li Shimin's words, Changsun Wuji laughed immediately.

"My minister thinks it is feasible. If this is done, the Tang Dynasty will surely create a new prosperous age, and His Majesty will also be recorded in the annals of history forever. However, how to implement it needs to be discussed."

Fang Xuanling also nodded.

"My lord Changsun's words are true. I think it's too hasty to exempt all the people's taxes at once. It's better to subtract [-]% first. If it's true as His Royal Highness said, the business alliance can replace the farmers' taxes, and then it's okay to exempt them." Not too late."

Obviously, Fang Xuanling chose a relatively safe method, but after listening to his words, Li Shimin laughed.

"Haha, Fang Aiqing is too careful, let me tell you, among other things, the Datang Royal Club that Gao Ming built more than two months ago alone has a yearly income of more than one million yuan, my only worry It is to carry out the reform of land annual limit, and the nobles with fiefs do not agree."

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, before anyone else could speak, Cheng Yaojin burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, what's the matter, Your Majesty, you want to take back the land. I am the first to agree. I have [-] households in Shiyi, and more than [-] households have been sealed. I am willing to return all these lands to Your Majesty. Anyway, I know Your Majesty, you will not treat me badly."

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Shimin also laughed.

"Ah Chou, I understand what you are thinking, but the land awarded by me will not be taken back. Since the land period is 70 years, then the more than 70 households in your town will still be the same, but if [-] years later..."

Before Li Shimin finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin immediately took over.

"Haha, my grandsons in the 70th year are afraid that they will die of old age. I can't control this. If they starve to death because they don't have the care of their ancestors, they deserve it."

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Li Ji also laughed.

"Zhijie's words are rough and reasonable. I also think that 70 years in Shiyi is enough. With this point, most of the nobles will not object."

Li Ji also spoke from his heart. After all, once the emperor and the courtiers, it is still a question of whether the food towns of the previous dynasty can continue to eat when the new emperor arrives, so naturally there is nothing to object to.

Even Cheng Yaojin understood this matter, and Changsun Wuji naturally understood it too, so after Li Ji finished speaking, he also nodded.

"There are [-] households in the city of Chenshi. In addition to these, there are [-] mu of fertile land under the name of the minister. Tomorrow, after His Majesty announces the yearly limit on the land, the minister will return these fields to the household department."

Changsun Wuji is a real person, he expressed his support for Li Shimin with his actions, so after his words fell, Li Shimin nodded immediately.

"That's fine, I'll ask the Ministry of Households to accept these lands at market prices, and I won't embarrass you for the auxiliary machine."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Seeing Changsun Wuji's happy face, Cheng Yaojin couldn't help laughing immediately.

"Haha, Your Majesty, what's wrong with him? He has [-] households and a princess at home. He lives much more comfortably than us. According to me, he doesn't need to give him a penny!"

Hearing Cheng Yaojin's words, Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded.

"I know you..."

But before he finished speaking, Cheng Yaojin immediately pushed back.

"What me? Am I wrong? Princess Changle is in your house, and her food town has more than 700 households. My Qinghe family has only about [-] households. What else can you say?"

"..."

Changsun Wuji stopped talking, he knew that he couldn't say it, and it was true, so he could only turn his head and keep silent.

But Li Shimin knew that Cheng Yaojin was taking the opportunity to make another request, so he couldn't laugh or cry.

"Okay, Chou, I understand what you mean. Tomorrow, I will announce in court that I will add another three hundred households to Qinghe. Are you satisfied?"

Cheng Yaojin was waiting for this sentence, so just after Li Shimin finished speaking, he immediately bowed to Li Shimin with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, I am here to thank Your Majesty, hehe!"

In fact, Cheng Yaojin also knew that Li Shimin would agree, because when he was the first to express his opinion before, he noticed that Li Shimin called him changed, not "Zhijie", but the nickname "Zhijie" when we fought together. Ugly".

A change in address often represents a change in feelings, so Cheng Yaojin dared to be a hob, and achieved his goal.

Among the four ministers present, Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin had princess daughter-in-laws in their families. Although Fang Xuanling's family didn't have one now, Li Shimin had already married Princess Gaoyang to his family.

The only one missing was Li Ji, so although he didn't have Cheng Yaojin's thick skin, he also blushed and spoke to Li Shimin at this time.

"Your Majesty, my second son, Li Siwen, has not married yet. I have heard that the princesses are virtuous and virtuous..."

Hearing Li Ji's words, Li Shimin couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Hahahaha, just Maogong, you said that my princess is virtuous and virtuous. During the day today, Gao Ming belittled his sisters to nothing, saying that none of them are fuel-efficient lamps. Treating father-in-law and Husband beats and scolds, and now any capable man is unwilling to be a son-in-law, do you still plan to let your son marry my daughter?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Li Ji nodded without hesitation. Seeing how determined he was, Li Shimin laughed again.

"Well, it just so happens that my Lanling hasn't mentioned marriage yet, so I'll point it out to your Li Siwen."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ji immediately knelt down to thank him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Seeing this scene, Li Shimin immediately laughed.

"Haha, Mao Gong please hurry up, as long as you don't dislike it in the future."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Ji shook his head immediately.

"No, the empress is dignified and virtuous, and she is respectful to the world. She even wrote such a wonderful book as "Women's Rules".

What Li Ji said was of a very high standard. Empress Changsun was not only Li Shimin's wife, but also Changsun Wuji's younger sister. Although he only praised Empress Changsun, he naturally gained the favor of the two men.

Sure enough, just as Li Ji finished speaking, Changsun Wuji immediately spoke with a smile.

"What Mao Gong said is good. Among other things, my Lizhi is very virtuous. She is really a rare and good daughter-in-law."

Cheng Yaojin also laughed.

"My daughter-in-law is also good. When I beat my son, she still protected the boy."

Hearing what they said, Li Shimin laughed happily again.

"The two lovers have praised my daughter so much. I really want Gao Ming to listen to it. Okay, let's talk about the princess. Regarding the land year limit, what else do you love to say? of?"

Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji were military generals, they didn't know much about political affairs, so they simply kept silent, while Changsun Wuji felt that there was no problem, so he turned his attention to Fang Xuanling.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Fang Xuanling stood up.

"Your Majesty, I thought that the issue of the number of years of land should not be brought up in a hurry. We can exempt half of the people's taxes first, and after all the taxes are exempted next year, we will announce that apart from those who enjoy the honor of the city, no one will be allowed to pay taxes." People are not allowed to set up a name to collect taxes, and finally realize the land year limit."

Having said that, he bowed and saluted Li Shimin.

"This is my humble opinion, I hope His Majesty will order it."

Seeing Fang Xuanling's actions, Changsun Wuji also bowed to Li Shimin.

"Your Majesty, I think Mr. Fang is right. For the sake of safety, it doesn't matter if the time is longer. At the same time, I also released the news that Datang will be fully tax-free, and let the nobles sell the excess land. In this way, the annual land limit will be limited in the future. When it is implemented, there will be much less resistance.”

Hearing what the two said, Li Shimin thought for a while and nodded immediately.

"Well, that's fine, then at the court meeting tomorrow morning, let's do as Fang Aiqing and the auxiliary machine said!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)