A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 843 Keep hanging on

Feng Zhidai’s big gift was sent out,

But the appointment to see Mr. Wu the next day failed. "Fan Yanei said that Mr. Wu was not available tomorrow, so we made an appointment."

"Then you have an appointment the day after tomorrow?"

"Fan Yanei said he was not free the day after tomorrow, so I tried hard to persuade him, so he reluctantly agreed to help and asked if he was free the day after tomorrow." Feng Zhidai's brother-in-law Xian Zhiyong said.

Feng Zhidai frowned.

"Who is this Fan Yanei?"

"The younger brother of Mrs. Jin's wife is now serving as a soldier in the army."

"Mrs. Fan's brother?"

"Well, my younger brother, the eldest son of Yingguo Duke Fan Xing, also went south this time. I heard that he was the military officer of the Prince of Wei in Beijing." Strong, so he, the brother-in-law, has to curry favor with other people’s brothers-in-law.

Brother-in-law, you have to work hard.

"Does Prime Minister Wu have anything important to do these days, or does he have an appointment?"

"I don't know about that. That Fan Ya Nei is very tight-lipped. He is worthy of being a top-notch descendant from Chang'an. Although he is young, he is full of style."

Feng Zhidai was a little dazed.

I thought that if I took the initiative to come, it would be a great honor, but unexpectedly I was rejected.

That night, Governor Feng had insomnia again.

Early the next morning, I had two big black circles under my eyes and my eyes were red.

During breakfast, the atmosphere in the restaurant was extremely depressing;

The kitchen prepared seafood porridge, but Feng Zhidai cursed the cook, saying that he didn't prepare sesame pancakes for him. He wanted to eat sesame pancakes with haggis soup.

The cook was scolded inexplicably and felt very wronged, but he didn't even dare to say a word of defense. He had to beg for mercy and said he would do it again immediately.

The kitchen over there is busy.

Feng Zhidai sat there without eating the seafood porridge, just sulking and waiting.

"Alang,"

My brother-in-law came over and said, "Someone from Prime Minister Wu's Mansion has sent an invitation."

Feng Zhidai was startled. Didn't he say that he was not free? Then he seemed to remember, "Mr. Wu, are you free to see me the day after tomorrow?"

"No, Prime Minister Wu is not free the day after tomorrow. This invitation was sent by Mrs. Jin, inviting my sister to have tea with her family and children."

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Wu Huaiyu deliberately did not see Feng Zhidai, just as he deliberately did not invite Feng Zhidai to come to Guangzhou, and also deliberately did not write to him to discuss tax sharing.

Deliberately keeping some distance between some things will have good results. If you rush, it will easily make others feel that you are eager to ask for help from him and that you can't live without him.

The matter of tax sharing is very important.

This is not only a major event in Lingnan, but also the top priority of the Tang Dynasty in the future.

Whether it is a country or a small family, money is actually very important. The economic base determines the superstructure.

To put it simply, the emperor arranged for a heavyweight like Wu Huaiyu to be stationed in Lingnan for three main reasons:

The first is to overthrow all the rebellious and disobedient chiefs and commanders of the Central Government of the Tang Dynasty. This is to conquer by force. The second is to comprehensively implement the Two Taxes Law. From now on, all aspects of Lingnan will follow the imperial court's lead. The third is tax sharing.

Lingnan not only has to collect taxes according to the two tax laws, but also has to pay two-thirds of the taxes collected.

In fact, the three things can also be regarded as one thing. The reason for dissent is to collect taxes, and the implementation of new taxes is also for tax sharing.

Two-thirds of the tax revenue from Lingnan was taken, one share went to the national treasury, and the other share was retained for envoys. In the final analysis, it was all for the governance of Lingnan, and governance required money.

The soldiers in Lingnan and the officials in Lingnan all need money to support them.

"Feng Zhidai must be very confused now,"

In Yacheng, in the ambassador's house.

Wu Huaiyu did meet with important guests today, his brother Huaiyi, the governor of Guangzhou, and Zhang Fuguo, the Guangzhou envoy.

As well as Doulu Huairang, the governor of Shaozhou, Pang Xiaotai, the governor of Duanzhou, Liang Jianfang, the governor of Wuzhou, Sun Chong, the governor of Qinzhou, Cheng Chumo, the governor of Lianzhou, Yun Hongyin, the governor of Guizhou, and Wei Siren, the governor of Chaozhou,

There are also Lingnan transfer envoy Li Bi and branch envoy Wu Junya.

Shi Wangda and Sima Chensheng, the governor-general of Guangzhou, as well as the Qing navy envoy Jia Runfu, Guangzhou navy commander Dai Yi, Guangzhou inspection commander Wu Shisheng and others.

It’s all Wu Huaiyu’s team in Guangzhou.

Basically everyone can be called one of their own.

Wu Huaiyi spoke relatively casually and even made jokes about Feng Zhidai.

"Feng Zhidai is now also the head of the Feng family in Lingnan. Will Duke Wu be able to live with this? If he is really angered, there will be trouble later." Li Bi said, the transfer envoy.

Huaiyu laughed and passed.

"When I came back from Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit, I came back with an important task. Our most important task in the next stage is the new tax law and tax sharing.

It has been almost two years since the new two-tax law was implemented in Lingnan, and it has achieved some results one after another.”Haiyu said that everyone actually knows the details. The two-tax law has indeed been tried in Lingnan for a long time, but the one that has really implemented it seriously is Guangjiao Guishao. In a few states controlled by the imperial court, and in other states controlled by Feng Xian, Chen Ning and others, the two tax laws were actually implemented only moderately, and some places even did not implement them at all.

So it is difficult to divide taxes now.

"Duan Sima,"

Huaiyu named Duan Gongzi, the elder brother of Duan Wan, his concubine. He went south with Huaiyu last year and was arranged by Huaiyu to be the Sima of the Gaozhou Governor's Office. However, the Feng family was obviously wary of him, and Duan Shen was later transferred. When it comes to the expedition camp, it turns out that the Feng family doesn't want him to decentralize power.

Duan Shen actually led his troops to win some battles and achieved military exploits during the expedition, so Huaiyu specially called him here this time in order to ensure that he could return to Gaozhou in good faith.

"The strategic army of the Lingnan Six Prefectures and the Guangzhou Dudu Mansion have been organized. Next, we will also organize and train several other defensive camps.

You hand over the errands at the camp, and then you will be responsible for the organization and training of the Gaofu Guard Camp,"

Huaiyu also gave Duan Shen, the Sima of the Gaozhou Governor's Office, the title of Deputy Defense Envoy of Gaofu, and he commanded the three thousand new troops of the Gaofu Guarding Camp.

"Can Governor Feng agree?" Duan Shen asked with a smile.

"It doesn't matter whether he agrees or not. This is a unified arrangement made by the envoy in accordance with the imperial edict."

"Where's the military spending?"

"I will allocate part of the one-third of the taxes paid to the envoy by the Gao family for your Gao family to guard the capture camp."

Duan Shen smiled and said, "It will be easier if you have money and food. However, I have a request. For the officers guarding the capture camp, I hope Commander Lian can allocate them from Lingnan officers and soldiers. At least half of them must be given."

"Yes, I will give you money, food and weapons, and I will also give you officers. You can recruit new soldiers by yourself. They can be recruited from the eight-state regiment training in Gaofu, or you can recruit them directly from the common people. The only requirement is that they be young and brave, obedient and dare to fight."

"That's no problem," Huaiyu gave him such a good condition, and he was very confident.

"I don't have much time for you. The autumn tax will be officially collected in November. The 3,000 new troops from your Gaofu Guarding Camp will be put to use then."

Everyone laughs,

Prime Minister Wu will use the taxes paid by the Gaofu to train and support this new army. The main function of this new army is to help the envoy get the two-thirds of the taxes from the Gaofu.

The Feng family couldn't command the army that Gaozhou spent money to support.

It's a bit bullying.

But it is a matter of military power. Wu Huaiyu will not be careless in this regard. The five thousand garrison troops of Gaofu Yongning Army have now been promoted by Gao Rong, who made great achievements in defeating Huang Jiadong in Youxi. This is also one of Wu Huaiyu's brothers-in-law. Absolutely People who can trust themselves.

Mr. Duan is a descendant of the general Duan family. Although it is said that when he was in Shuofang Suizhou, he was under the command of his uncle Duan Decao and had the name of joining the army, but he was more engaged in smuggling and slave hunting without doing his job. In fact, he was very fond of the military. I was familiar with him, but I didn’t have the opportunity to lead troops on the battlefield. Later, I followed Huaiyu in Shuofang, Youyan, and Lingnan, and led troops into battle many times, and his performance was remarkable.

Not to mention Gao Rong, who came from Yanbei Mountain, had already established a great reputation in Shanhou.

Let these two brothers-in-law, one be in charge of Gaofu's 5,000 Yongning Army garrison, and the other be in charge of Gaofu's 3,000 garrison training camp. With these 8,000 soldiers, the Feng family's eight states in Gaofu have actually been put on two levels. The chains cannot escape the control of the court.

What can Feng Zhidai do if he is dissatisfied?

This is all a conspiracy. As long as he does not dare to openly rebel, the court will control them more and more tightly with one move after another, one chain after another, and they will slowly lose the ability to resist.

You know the court's plan, but you can't do anything about it.

If you resist, you obviously know that you can't beat him, but if you don't resist, you can only watch this restraint.

Why did Feng Ang enter the court? It was because he had no choice but to retreat.

Feng An didn't dare to rebel, and Feng Zhidai didn't even dare to rebel.

Gao Rong publicly expressed his welcome to Brother Duan to start a business in Gaozhou. He even patted his chest and said generously that if your guard camp is short of officers, you can first borrow some from our Yongning Army.

"Brother, Mr. Zhang of the Shipping Department has already divided and paid the autumn taxes in advance, and the accounts are all clear. The one hundred thousand yuan is just used for military rewards and training of the strategic army and Guangzhou garrison. Capturing the camp also relieved my urgent need.

Can Guangzhou, especially Guangzhou, take the lead and set an example and pay the autumn tax? "

Naturally, Huaiyi patted his chest and agreed, "No problem, I'll do it next. We don't have to wait until November, we'll start right away. No matter how much tax is levied, only one-third will be left, and the other two-thirds will be left. Half of it will be handed over to the embassy, ​​and the other half will be paid to the national treasury.”

Over there, Prince Consort Lu Huairang stood up immediately without the need for Huaiyu to speak, "We in Shaozhou also made a statement and promised to implement the court's new tax-sharing policy,"

"And let me put it here, we in Shaozhou have done well in the past few years and have money in the treasury, so we are not only willing to use this autumn's taxes from November to share the tax and pay it, but also the original treasury I am also willing to give two-thirds of the money and silk, half to the envoy and half to the envoy."

Shaozhou has done well in recent years and is indeed rich. Just the Changjian Copper Factory accounts for 90% of the current national copper output in the Tang Dynasty. Shaozhou's Qianjian also accounts for 90% of the country's copper coins minted every year. Success, and Shaozhou's trade is booming.

The foundation of Shaozhou was conquered by the warrior Yiwu Huaiyi, Wu Huaiyu and others. It was Wu Huaiyu who recommended Doulu Huairang to be the governor. Now he can be considered generous to others, since it is all public money anyway, and he doesn't feel bad about it.

There is too much money piled up in the treasury, and I am worried that something will go wrong.

Wu Huaiyu's matter is absolutely supported with all his strength. What's more, Wu Huaiyu's matter is not a private matter. It is a matter of the saint and the court.

When Doulu Prince Consort said this, the other governors here naturally had no choice but to follow suit, especially those guys Cheng Chumo, Pang Xiaotai, and Wei Siren, who had been brothers with Wu Huaiyu for many years. Naturally, they shouted loudly at this time. support.

Even Chang Sun Chong and others are from Chang'an, and their interests are the same.

(End of this chapter)