Drive the RV back to Datang

Chapter 746 Chapter 765: Palace Judge Li Hao
After Changsun Wuji heard these words, he felt very uncomfortable, and snorted coldly: "Why is this old man not a humerus minister who is loyal to the emperor and seeks the country? Are you trying to say that you have replaced the old man and become the pillar of the Tang Dynasty?"

Li Hao shook his head and said with a smile: "Master Changsun, it seems that you are really obsessed with ghosts. If you want to fight with me, you also imagine that I will fight with you. You know, I am very busy, and I don't have time to fight for power and profit with you." .”

Changsun Wuji squinted his eyes, and snorted coldly: "I don't understand what you said, you have sharpened your head and drilled upwards. You are only 30 years old and you have already become the general of Tiance Mansion. The king and the Shangzhu state honor, and even worshiped the prime minister, you say you don't want to compete with the old man? Is the old man a three-year-old child?"

Li Hao sneered when he heard the words: "My lord, the court was not opened by your family. How much credit I, Li Hao, have made and how many things have benefited the country and the people, you know better than anyone in your heart. According to my credit, I am in today's position." , it’s really not too much.”

Changsun Wuji's face was a bit complicated when he heard the words. Indeed, Li Hao's achievements are really too many and too great. Among them, the greatest military achievement is to save Chang'an. If it weren't for Li Hao, the Tang Dynasty would have already destroyed the country, and all their ministers He will also become a slave of Tubo.

After Zhangsun Wuji was silent for a while, he slowly said: "It is true that you have made great contributions to the country, this old man cannot deny it, but your political views are too extreme, it is really difficult to survive in this world, unless you remove yourself from political affairs. Otherwise, the old man will not tolerate you!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Master Changsun is talking about the new tax system."

Changsun Wuji didn't answer, it was a tacit consent.

Li Hao also knew in his heart that the biggest reason he offended the ministers of the court was because of the new tax system he implemented, because the new tax system seriously damaged the interests of powerful families and major merchants. The children of aristocratic families, who either have a business at home and want to rely on that little salary to support the family, wait to drink the northwest wind. Wei Zheng is the best example. Minister Zhong was willing to live a life like this, and it was precisely because Li Hao couldn't get used to this kind of life that he became a money-grubbing ghost.

But the reform of the tax system is necessary, otherwise Datang will eventually follow the old path of history, so even though Li Hao knew that implementing the new tax system would make him countless enemies, he still insisted on implementing it, even if he had to pay hundreds of thousands of business taxes every year, Seriously harming his own interests, he still wants to do this, the road to a strong country is like this.

Seeing that the eldest grandson Wuji acquiesced, Li Hao tapped the table with five fingers, making a "da da da da da" sound, and said leisurely: "Master Changsun, I might as well reveal the truth to you here today. The new tax system is just a starting point of the road to a strong country." That's all, I still want to implement the new land system, collect all the land as state-owned, and then lease the land to the common people for farming, you aristocratic families with tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of acres of land, just wait to cry."

"What did you say!" Changsun Wuji was shocked, and stared at Li Hao, his eyes were full of panic and anger. Agricultural and commercial products are the source of income for all powerful families. The new tax system implemented by Li Hao has made everyone The business of the aristocratic family was greatly affected, and now Li Hao actually said that all the fields would be nationalized.

Seeing Changsun Wuji's angry expression, Li Hao grinned meanly: "Why, is Master Changsun going to hit me? Come on, hit me, if I don't fight back, hit me!"

Changsun Wuji wouldn't be so stupid, hit him?If he didn't keep his promise and punched him back, wouldn't it be terrible, and the reason would still be on his side, even if he went to the Palace of Hades, he wouldn't be able to reason.

"You...you..." Changsun Wuji pointed at Li Hao angrily, and he had no words to describe Li Hao.

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "Master Changsun, I think you should agree with such a policy that benefits the country and the people."

"I agree with you!" Changsun Wuji swears, which shows how angry he is, and he can no longer control his emotions.

Li Hao said calmly: "My lord, don't be so excited, come on, let me explain this new field system to you carefully..."

"Don't listen, old man!" Changsun Wuji yelled excitedly, interrupted Li Hao, pointed at Li Hao and said, "You really want to disturb my Tang Dynasty!"

Li Hao said leisurely: "My lord, when the new tax system was implemented, you also said the same thing, saying that I would bring disaster to the country and the people. Now, the Tang Dynasty is prosperous and growing. It is so strong that you can't imagine it. Floods on both sides of the river were raging, and tens of thousands of victims' homes were submerged in the flood. The imperial court effortlessly eliminated the disaster. Although the people on both sides of the Yellow River were destroyed by the flood, they got more money than their family assets. Disaster relief funds, that time, the imperial government spent 32 guan for disaster relief, which is the highest disaster relief fund since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, do you know why there is so much money, because of the new tax system."

Changsun Wuji glared at Li Hao, gritted his teeth and said, "Li Hao, do you think that without you, my Great Tang really can't survive! I tell you, without you, Li Hao, my Great Tang is also the strongest in the world!" Great country! I, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, is still called Tian Khan by all nations!"

Hearing this, Li Hao smiled and said: "That's right, without me, Li Hao, Datang is still strong, but as a fierce tiger, he feels that he is strong compared with cats and dogs all day long, is this really good? Take a look at what I, Li Hao, have done for Datang these years, not to mention that I brought technology to Datang, but just from politics, look at the new tax system, reduce agricultural taxes, increase business taxes, Datang’s annual tax revenue from 100 million guan has become the current 300 million guan, and it is still rising every year. The price of rice has dropped from seven to ten yuan per bucket of rice to two to three yuan per bucket of rice. When there is a natural disaster, in the Taiji Palace, the emperor is sad, worried and sleepless, the disaster area is full of mourners, the people are in dire straits, and there are even dissidents who take the opportunity to fan the flames and instigate the victims to cause chaos. Now, no matter how big the natural disaster is, not a single victim will starve to death Well, the emperor only needs to say how much money will be allocated for disaster relief, and he can sit back and relax, and the country is truly powerful when it is rich and powerful."

Changsun Wuji narrowed his eyes and looked at Li Hao coldly: "Are you teaching this old man how to behave like this?"

"Don't dare." Li Hao raised his eyebrows and said, "When the eldest grandson was in politics, I was afraid I was still drinking milk. I just wanted to remind the eldest grandson that public affairs should be followed by private interests. As the prime minister of a country, I want to rule the court." Niu Er, you have to be selfless and loyal, so that people can be convinced, but what you have done has disappointed me."

Li Hao has already given Changsun Wuji a lot of face, and he said Changsun Wuji's selfishness very implicitly. If he said it outright, it would be tantamount to tearing off Changsun Wuji's fig leaf.

Changsun Wuji also knew that there was no need for them to continue their conversation today. Isn’t there a saying that is well said, different ways don’t conspire with each other? Now, it can be confirmed that he and Li Hao will never pee in the same pot There is nothing else to talk about, so he got up slowly, and said coldly: "It seems that the old man should not come today at all, the words are not speculative, the old man will leave!" Then he turned and left.

Li Hao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Master Changsun, walk slowly, don't fall down on the road."

Changsun Wuji was annoyed again when he heard that, who fell down while walking, old man who was faltering and a child who just learned to walk, it was obvious that Changsun Wuji was not a child, yet Li Hao scolded him for being too old to die.

After Changsun Wuji left, Li Hao shouted: "Come on!"

A jailer hurried over, saluted and asked, "What is King Qiongnan's order?"

Li Hao pointed to the prison door and said: "The lock is broken, quickly replace it with a new one, and replace it with a bigger one, the bigger the better!"

The jailer stepped forward to look, and sure enough, he found that the copper lock had fallen to the ground and was completely broken, so he hurriedly called another person to watch Li Hao here, in case Li Hao escaped from prison, he went to look for the lock.

After a while, the jailer came back with a big lock, which was more than half a foot long, and it was really big. You can't even lock the warehouse door with such a big lock, and I don't know where he got it. The jailer locked Li Hao's cell door, and Li Hao began to sit in prison with peace of mind.

Three days later, on the first day of April, at the Great Court Meeting, Li Yuanzhong brought a group of Jinwu guards to the prison of Dali Temple to pick up Li Hao and go to the Taiji Palace. .

After waiting outside the Taiji Hall for half an hour, a voice came from the direction of the Taiji Hall: "Xuan Tiance's General Li Hao goes to the hall!"

Li Hao smoothed the wrinkled prison uniform, turned to look at Li Yuanzhong, grinned, and asked, "Li Yuanzhong, am I handsome?"

Li Yuanzhong was stunned for a moment, then nodded vigorously: "Handsome!"

Li Hao raised his eyebrows and smiled: "Actually, you are quite handsome." After speaking, he strode towards the Tai Chi Hall.

Every twenty steps on both sides is a guard post of Jinwu Guards, like a street lamp. Under their watchful eyes, Li Hao walked towards the Tai Chi Hall step by step. The spring breeze blew his long hair up, and he felt that he was very energetic today. He was full of energy. Although he was wearing a prison uniform, he felt that he should be more handsome than usual today, so he changed into a new outfit and went up. Ah, a new record has been broken. Thinking about it, he will hate those gangs later Dressed like a beast, excited.

Li Hao came to the gate of Tai Chi Hall, stood outside the threshold and saw Li Zhi sitting on the throne from a distance, he couldn't help but think of the last time he and Li Shimin met, when he said goodbye, he stood in this position, Li Shimin was on the throne, two They bid farewell to each other, but they did not expect that it was the last conversation between the two of them, and they would never see each other again in this life.

The throne was still the same as before, and he was still the same as before, but the emperor was no longer that emperor, Li Hao felt as if he had passed away, and couldn't help feeling sad, tears blurred his eyes, although he tried his best to hold back, But the tears still fell down, and I couldn't stop it.

All the ministers turned their heads to look at him, seeing him crying, everyone was puzzled, Li Zhi was too far away, did not see Li Hao crying, but he was curious why Li Hao stood there still, waiting He didn't move for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask: "The one outside the door, but Li Hao?"

Li Hao raised his sleeves to wipe away his tears, bowed his hands and saluted, "Return to Your Majesty, it is the minister."

(End of this chapter)