Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 226 Fiery land transaction

Because the "small meeting" had been held in advance, when the court went to court the next day, Changsun Wuji and others cooperated with each other, and the matter of exempting half of the people from taxes was easily passed.

And things like adding a business bureau to Dianzhong Province, compared with taxation, are naturally too small to be trivial, and naturally no one objects.

After all, in the eyes of many ministers, this so-called Commercial Bureau is actually the same as the Shang Food Bureau and the Shang Clothing Bureau, which are laundry and cooking departments. If they care about it, they will lose their identity for nothing.

However, Changsun Wuji and others who really knew the truth of the matter did not say anything at this time. After returning home from the next court, they began to ask their family members to successively buy the land and prepare to sell the land.

There is no small matter in the officialdom, especially for a senior official like Changsun Wuji, his every move has attracted much attention. After learning that he is going to sell the fertile land, many people are puzzled.

"This eldest grandson's family is a new wealthy family. It's too abnormal for such a family to sell good land instead of buying land?"

As the saying goes, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Knowing that Changsun Wuji sold the land, many people began to inquire about the truth of the matter, but before they could find out why Changsun Wuji sold the land, they were caught by a The new news came as a shock.

After Zhao Guogong's eldest Sun Wuji, Lu Guogong Cheng Yaojin, British Duke Li Ji, and Liang Guogong Fang Xuanling all released news that they wanted to sell their land!
It is absurd to say that a duke is short of money and wants to sell land, but everyone can barely accept it, but it is intriguing for four dukes to sell land together. Could it be that the four dukes are short of money?
This is obviously nonsense!

The most important thing is that the three of them did the same thing as Changsun Wuji. Except for the fiefdom of Shiyi, none of the extra land was kept, and all of them were sold, and the price was extremely low, only one-third of the market price. of two!
Judging from this posture, it looks like a big sale at a loss.

Faced with such a situation, many officials and nobles with a lot of land in their homes were in a hurry. That night, they hurriedly visited Changsun Wuji and others with gifts.

And their purpose, of course, is to know whether there is any important news hidden in the sale of the field by Changsun Wuji and others.

Faced with these officials who came to ask for advice with gifts, Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling did not turn them away, but told them that the Tang Dynasty was about to be tax-free, and the land would not be received if it fell into their hands. Too much rent, better to sell.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling are civil servants, so they naturally have to be more tactful in their speech, while Cheng Yaojin and Li Ji are much more straightforward as military generals.

"The land is about to become worthless. The nobles only need to keep their own fiefs. It is best to sell the excess land as soon as possible, so as not to lose everything in the future."

Cheng Yaojin didn't lie either. After all, Datang is not a later generation, and there is no saying that every inch of land is valuable, and even if there is valuable land, it is in big cities like Chang'an and Luoyang. It is not bad if it can be sold for four or five pennies.

Many of the people who came to look for Cheng Yaojin were his subordinates. These military officers naturally believed what their old boss said, so after they returned, they only left a few acres of land they cultivated, and sold the rest.

Under the leadership of the four princes, in just three days, more than [-] mu of land was traded around Chang'an City, and there was an endless stream of people handling land deeds at the Chang'an government office every day.

Almost all the land sellers were officials and dignitaries, while those who bought the land were basically wealthy businessmen from Chang'an City.

Chinese people's nostalgia for the land is deeply rooted in their bones. Only with land can they feel safe. Therefore, although the rich businessmen don't know why the imperial court nobles want to sell the land, they still can't help but buy it.

A few days later, the land around Chang'an City basically changed hands, and at this time, a news spread from the officialdom.

The Tang Dynasty will exempt ordinary people from taxes within two years. At that time, except for the nobles rewarded by the court, no one will be allowed to collect any form of tax from the common people who are farming, otherwise they will be fined ten pennies per mu of land.

That is to say, in the future, except for those nobles who have food, they can continue to be exploiters, and other people will not be able to collect rent. Whoever planted the land will own the harvested food. If you do it, you will be fined, and the amount of the fine is still very high. A few times is enough for the landlord to lose his fortune.

As soon as the news came out, many merchants who bought land in Chang'an City cried.

Pit people!
In contrast, more people laugh.

Those businessmen who bought a large amount of land originally planned to use the rent from the local landlords in the future, but now it seems that not only will they not be able to get rent, but they may also have to face lawsuits, so they simply sold the land again. The selling price is less than half of the original buying price.

Naturally, the people in Chang'an City benefited, because backed by a big city like Chang'an, many people didn't actually get much land. Many of them used to rely on helping others to grow their lives.

But of course, you won’t get much for yourself by helping others to grow. For example, Changsun Wuji’s land, he collects [-]% of the rent, that is to say, those people who planted his fields harvest a hundred catties of grain, and he will take [-]% of the rent. Ten catties.

Moreover, someone like Changsun Wuji is already considered conscientious, and some landlords even take away [-]% of it, that's called black heart!
But now it is different. Nowadays, many fields around Chang’an City are for sale, and the prices are extremely low. Those around Chang’an City can still be sold for three pennies per mu. I sold it for two bucks.

Such a price is affordable by the common people, so many common people take out their savings for most of their lives and plan to buy some fields so that they can also grow food and vegetables to make a living.

Therefore, in the past few days, land transactions have become popular again. The number of people who went to the government to trade land deeds was several times that of a few days ago, but this time the land was sold by businessmen, and the people who bought the land were ordinary people.

The people of Tang Dynasty know how to be grateful, they know who gave them their benefits, so in the past few days, walking on the streets of Chang'an City, they can hear many people shouting "Long live my emperor", Li Shimin's The prestige suddenly reached an unprecedented level.

Now Li Shimin was happy, every day when he went to the court, his face was full of red, and after the court, he put on casual clothes and went to Chang'an Avenue to listen to people say good things about him, which made him feel very happy.

In addition to Li Shimin, those nobles of the Tang Dynasty who sold their land were also very happy, not because their land was sold for more than the merchants, but because they had a lot of face as a privileged class.

They all knew that in a short time, the only ones who could afford rent would be the nobles of the Tang Dynasty, and this kind of unique feeling was what they needed.

This feeling is so refreshing!
As the land transactions in Chang'an City continued to heat up, there was also a situation of selling fertile land around Chang'an, including the area of ​​Jingzhaofu. told him.

"Gao Ming, this matter has been completed. It has only been half a month. In Chang'an City and Jingzhao Mansion alone, nearly [-] mu of fertile land has been in the hands of the people. I believe that within a year, such situations will spread throughout the entire land. Don."

Seeing Li Shimin's excited face, Gao Ming immediately smiled and bowed to him.

"Then congratulations, when the time comes, the whole world will praise your name as a sage king, and when you announce that the entire Tang Dynasty will be exempted from agricultural tax, your reputation will grow a lot, the name of an ancient Mingjun Definitely can't run away."

Gao Ming's words can be said to have reached Li Shimin's heart, and he couldn't help but burst out laughing immediately.

"I thought so too, hahahaha..."

Unable to restrain his joy, Li Shimin took something from his waist and gave it to Gao Ming.

"Take it, you deserve it."

Gao Ming didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when he saw clearly that the thing in his hand was Li Shimin's fish charm, he was suddenly taken aback.

The Fish Talisman of Tang Dynasty was invented by Li Yuan, but its first function is not to show one's identity, but as a certificate of power, which can be used to mobilize troops and appoint and dismiss officials.

And Li Shimin's fish talisman, in addition to mobilizing more than 3000 Qianniu guards in the palace, can also mobilize the [-] Jinwu guards guarding the capital!
This is a lot of power. It is no exaggeration to say that if Gao Ming wanted to usurp the throne, he would have succeeded when Li Shina's fish amulet was handed over to him.

And Li Shimin gave Gao Ming the fish talisman, and at the same time he gave Gao Ming unreserved trust. Facing such a situation, Gao Ming became a little apprehensive.

"Uh... old man, did you give me the wrong thing? Why are you giving this to me? You want me to rebel? Hehe!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin immediately gave him a hard look.

"Stop talking nonsense like this in the future. This fish talisman is for you. With this fish talisman, you can break some people's minds."

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming's eyeballs rolled around immediately, and then he laughed.

"Hey, old man, are you afraid that someone will assassinate me? Don't worry, all the hundred knight guards around me are good at assassination, and you know Huzi's force. If someone wants to kill me, it's not that bad." easy."

Having said that, Gao Ming immediately threw the fish talisman in his hand.

"Besides, our Tang family is a group of smart people. Even in the face of our suppression, they are likely to choose to endure. As long as you are alive, they will not dare to touch me, so you should keep this fish talisman , well, I'm going back!"

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming threw the fish charm in his hand to Li Shimin, then bowed his hands towards Li Shimin and left.

Seeing his leaving back and looking at the fish talisman in his hand, Li Shimin shook his head and laughed.

"Gao Ming, I can't see through him more and more."

(End of this chapter)