Emperor Sui Yang

At the court meeting the next day, Yang Guang announced the matter of Dasuo Maangyue.

Dasuo Maungyue, can be called the largest local inspection in the Sui Dynasty, and the inspectors are all officials at the level of the central boss. The higher the official, the lower the people will be afraid of you. Will not take you seriously.

As soon as Yang Guang's words were thrown out, the faces of the people below became uglier than the next, because this kind of inspection was aimed at them.

But they are also lucky, because every time they inspect the big cable, they don't inspect the whole world, but a certain place.

During the Kaihuang period, the inspections were not strong because Yang Jian was unwilling to offend people too much, and the treasury was always full, so there was no need to be too ruthless.

Today is different from the past, the treasury is now out of money, and Luoyang has built several large warehouses in one go, and the emperor plans to fill them up, so many people think that Yang Guang's Dasuo Maomayue is just going down to find money for the treasury.

Then Bashu and Jingzhou are the most likely to be inspected. Generally, they will not go to the southwest and Lingnan, because when you check these two places, they will rebel.

Seventy percent of the officials in the court are from Guanzhong, so what they are most afraid of is patrolling in Guanzhong.

So Li Hun first stood up and said: "Since your Majesty intends to send an inspector, I think that Bashu is the most suitable. Yizhou is dangerous and fertile. The wealthy families in Bashu have the benefits of salt and copper, and their households specialize in mountains and rivers. Over the past few years, taxes have been paid. It is the least in the world, this place should have been investigated long ago.”

He was right. Sichuan is a very special place, and the complexity of the problems is not much worse than that of Lingnan.

The land of Bashu, the land of abundance, and the formation of the local wealthy clans were formed during the Qin Dynasty, mainly after the Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms, and the survivors, wealthy people, merchants, and households of the six kingdoms immigrated and gradually developed.

After nearly a thousand years of development, it has formed the typical characteristics of a wealthy family that integrates clan, power, wealth, and culture, but it is still far behind the Central Plains clan because they have geographical limitations.

After the founding of the Great Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian continued the tradition of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and implemented a "avoidance" policy for the Bashu area.

The meaning of this avoidance policy is that the imperial court does not use people from Bashu, and even if local officials appoint them, their assistant officials do not use Bashu people.

They do not interfere in the political system at all, and the local rich families in Bashu are also declining day by day. Especially after the king of Shu Yangxiu came to power, he started killing anyone who is disobedient. For 20 years, the Bashu area has been governed by Submissive.

However, people's obedience is superficially obedient, and they are still dissatisfied in their hearts, so the tax policy of the Sui Dynasty cannot be implemented at all in places controlled by such regional clans.

The taxes collected in other places are getting more and more every year, but since Yang Xiu was abolished here, the taxes are getting less and less every year.

Regarding Li Hun's point of view, Pei Ju didn't quite agree with it, and stood up and said: "The situation in Bashu is complicated, and it will take a long-term plan to improve it. I think Jingzhou is the most appropriate place for this inspection."

With Pei Ju's shrewdness, he never thought that Yang Guang wanted to inspect Hebei.

This is normal, Hebei has become like that, and it is in the recovery stage, what to check?Aren't you afraid that a few more Gao Yingnians will appear?
But Yang Guang brought the topic back to Bashu again, frowned and said:

"I have always been worried about the illness of Bashu. I don't want to be appointed as the general manager again, but if things go on like this, the Bashu clan will become more and more presumptuous."

As early as the Kaihuang period, Yang Jian said a word: Ba and Shu are dangerous, and people are prone to chaos.

It means that the roads in this place are not easy to walk, and the locals still like to make troubles.

So Yang Jian directly destroyed the official road from Guanzhong to Bashu, the Jiange Road, and opened up a better road to control Bashu.

Historically, because the magistrates of the prefectures and counties in the Bashu area were all low-level figures, who had no power and no soldiers, the local wealthy families had the opportunity to recuperate and formed a delicate peaceful relationship with the imperial court. There are no robbers in Jiannan", which means that there was a great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and this place did not participate in it at all.

Yang Ming also believes that the best solution at the moment is actually to stabilize Bashu. It is by no means a one-day effort to solve the problem of local wealthy families in Bashu that have been left over for thousands of years.

The best way is to send a big dove to sit in Bashu and communicate with the local rich to solve the tax problem, but Yang Guangming is unwilling to send such a big official, so there is no solution for the time being.

Su Wei stood up and said: "The issue of taxation in Bashu requires capable ministers and talented officials to improve it. It is not appropriate to suppress the local area with a strong posture. I think it is better to set up a general manager."

Niu Hong also agreed: "Seeing that the taxes and taxes in Bashu are decreasing year by year, if it continues like this, it may become a chronic disease. I think it is better to take the post of general manager sooner rather than later."

Yang Guang hesitated a little. From his point of view, he was definitely unwilling to put a regional chief in Bashu, which would be a challenge to the imperial power.

Back then, Yang Jian didn't have this concern because he released his own son, but Yang Guang now, one son is abolished, and the other is the prince, who else can he send?
People who are not direct blood relatives in this kind of place are definitely not at ease.

So next, everyone discussed for a long time, but Yang Guang still didn't let go. The emperor's position, it doesn't matter if the tax is less, but it can't affect the imperial power.

So Yang Guang said: "Let's discuss the issue of Bashu, but Jingzhou is definitely not the best choice."

Alright, now it's time for Yang Ming to act, just listen to him say:

"My son thought that the winner was actually Hebei."

As soon as these words came out, many people were stunned. Pei Ju also buried his head in thought with a surprised face, trying to figure out what Yang Ming was thinking, but after a while, he figured it out.

Is this trying to renege on a debt?
This time, the imperial court owed a huge amount of debts in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, a total of 900 million guan, and Hebei exclusively owned 1000 million.

It sounds like this amount of money is nothing to the whole country. The Yangzhou Mint plus the Guanzhong Mint can produce more than 1000 million coins a year, and the balance of the treasury is not only this amount, it seems that it can be easily paid superior.

In fact, it was a big mistake. First of all, we must make it clear that every expenditure of the imperial court has its own budget planning.

You can't misappropriate any of them at will, otherwise there will be problems with the accounts.

The accounts of the imperial court are big accounts, which cannot be calculated clearly with dozens of calculations.

For example, when Yang Guang wanted to build the Jinyang Palace, Yu Wenshu reluctantly allocated 100 million yuan from the Ministry of Civil Affairs under the opposition of hundreds of officials. The 100 million yuan was still used to repay Hebei's money.

And the gap in Hebei is 1000 million. Where do you get it from? Can you repay this debt?The agreement signed by Yang Hao and Hebei is to pay it off in three years, and more than 300 million yuan will be repaid in one year. The more than 300 million yuan is the debt deficit of the imperial court.

The imperial court has always been short of money, and there is only one way, which is to increase income and reduce expenditure. However, the era of the Sui Dynasty determined that there are only two directions for income, one is for the aristocratic family, and the other is for the common people.

Don't count on throttling, and Yang Guang just said that it is impossible for you to expect him to save money, and the aristocratic family will not save money.

Yang Guang, on the other hand, chose a bad debt between increasing income and reducing expenditure.

Pei Ju exclaimed in his heart, and quickly stood up and echoed:
"I agree with the prince's suggestion. The losses in Hebei have been too heavy. There is no exact number of casualties. How many casualties? How many outflows? How many relocations? How many people still retain their original places? The imperial court must verify it clearly."

This is a very tenable reason. There is no mention of tax inspection, but every sentence is inseparable from tax inspection.

Because people are taxes.

Lu Chu would definitely not be happy. The entire Fanyang Lu family and the household registration population concealed below, he himself did not know, but it must be a huge number, because only his branch has concealed at least 3 or [-] people.

And he can be sure that when there is such a chaos in his hometown, and the family has a lot of blood, he will definitely find a way to make up for it. The way to make up for it must be to make up his mind on this dead population. Men's is changed to no men, because women are also half-taxed.

Lu Chu said in a voice: "I think that you can go anywhere for inspection, but you can't go to Hebei. Right now, Hebei is a place of catastrophe in the world. The common people of the aristocratic family consume too much, and it is really inappropriate to increase the burden."

"Secretary Lu is worrying too much. He doesn't want to burden Hebei," Pei Ju said with a smile. "It's just that we need to thoroughly investigate how much Hebei has lost this time, so that the imperial court can formulate policies to appease it according to the situation."

Lu Chu scolded in her heart, what the hell do you want to think I don't know, don't make such a high-sounding statement, the money hasn't been paid yet?Want to pluck hair on us again?
"The losses in Hebei have already been reported by local officials. Although there must be some discrepancies with the actual situation, it should not be too big. There is really no need to spend a lot of trouble in Hebei."

Yang Ming directly raised his hand and said, "Of course it is necessary. Shouldn't the imperial court have a clear understanding of the current situation in Hebei? Local losses are too heavy, and the chief officials should be held accountable, so these local official newspapers must be full of water, and the imperial court is also In order to find out the real situation, there is no need for Lu Zhongshu to react so strongly."

Lu Chu didn't dare to speak anymore, he still wanted to give the crown prince's face, and he still counted on Yang Ming to be his backer, otherwise the Ministry of Internal History, he is not a Hebei native who can stand firm.

As for Cui Hongsheng, who was also from Hebei, although he was scolding in his heart, he didn't choose to stand out.

Because the emperor had just let his younger brother Cui Hongjun go, if he spoke at this time, he would be a bit disrespectful.

As for the rest, most of them are from Guanzhong, and it has nothing to do with us to inspect Hebei, and Yang Mingchu is the prince, so don't play against them at this time.

So more and more people stood up and supported Yang Ming's suggestion.

Yang Guang nodded, looked at Yang Ming and said:

"The prince thinks, who is the most suitable person for this inspection?"

Yang Ming got up and said, "The matter of household registration has always been under the control of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The new minister Cui Zhongfang has not yet arrived in Beijing, and the minister Cui Jin is old. My ministers thought that Pei Yun, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, would be the inspector. Wei Fuzi is the deputy envoy, the best."

A third-rank (deputy bu-level) Minister of the Minbu, plus a clan and a Jingzhaowei, this lineup is enough.

Yang Guang nodded and said, "At the prince's request."