On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 464
"If you ask me, this rent adjustment should have been changed a long time ago. There is no reason why the grant of 140 mu of land and [-] mu of land should bear the same rent adjustment. Emperor Gaozu (Yang Jian) ​​couldn't think of such a way."

"Emperor Gaozu can't be clear, but think about it, in the north, after all, how many people are granted [-] acres of land. If the rent adjustment is divided according to the amount of land granted by King Yan, the revenue of the treasury will still be huge. reduce."

"Brother Zhang's words are reasonable, but Emperor Gaozu will issue an edict at least every few years to reduce or exempt part of the rent adjustment. Although the people are poor, they can still support it. It's not like Yang Guang, the patricide thief, who actually wants to send more money to the people." Taxes, why don’t you say he can’t follow the example of King Yan and ask for money from Buddhism and Taoism.”

"Yang Guang believes in ghosts and gods, how dare he disrespect Buddha."

"Before King Yan asked for money from the Buddha, I thought he was greedy, but now he has such a good government, which is really unexpected."

"You think King Yan is asking for money for himself, and go to see how dilapidated King Yan's mansion is. How have you ever seen King Yan abuse the power of the people to repair the mansion? He asked for money from Buddhism and Taoism, not for his own selfish desires. It's a helpless move because the national treasury is empty and they don't want to give more money to the people."

Two spies from the Observation Department dressed in ordinary clothes, pretending to be two scholars, talked loudly in a wine shop in Jinyang City, attracting the attention of the drinkers, and some people nodded from time to time, obviously agreeing with what the two said.

Previously, the business tax was collected for merchants, to suppress Buddhism and Taoism, and to exploit monks and Taoists.

Today, the resetting of commercial tax is related to the vital interests of all taxpayers, which is also the hottest topic in Kanto nowadays.

The scene in the Jinyang wine shop was also staged in the counties and states of the Kanto region. The spies who observed the internal office were fully mobilized to guide the direction of public opinion in the teahouse and wine shop. In the end, they all turned into praises of King Yan.

It also dilutes the negative impact of Cui Che's search for Buddhism and Taoism.

There is a saying that the leaders use their mouths, but the subordinates run away. Since Cui Che instructed the little emperor to issue an administrative order to reset the rent adjustment, the officials in all states and counties had to get busy, and determined the taxpayers according to the amount of land granted. Among the seven grades of rent adjustment, which grade of rice cloth should be paid.

Colleagues who were sacked in the thorough investigation of the prostitution of prostitutes as prostitutes serve as a lesson from the past. This time, the officials of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were much more honest.

After experiencing a series of major cases, the Observation Department has also gained a reputation. Everyone knows that King Yan has a secret service agency that secretly monitors all officials.

No one knows if he took the opportunity to embezzle money and break the law, and whether he would be recorded in the pamphlet.

Resetting the rent transfer is a major event related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and the news was naturally sent back to Kansai, but Yang Guang ignored it because he lost his son in middle age.

The crown prince of the Western Sui Dynasty, Yang Zhao, has been sick since he suddenly suffered from a serious illness. The imperial doctor was helpless, and even the witches and ghosts could not make him recover. A few days ago, he passed away after all.

In the early years, in order to please his mother Dugu Jialuo, Yang Guang killed his own bloodline to show that he was dedicated to the then Jin Princess Xiao.

But how can those people be compared with his eldest son Yang Zhao, who was born in response to a sign in Yang Jian's mouth, and he is a god who came down to earth.

Of course, the biggest blow to Yang Guang from Yang Zhaozhi's death was the issue of heirs.

Yang Guang has only two sons under his knees. The second son, Qi Wang Yang Hao, is the complete opposite of the prince Yang Zhao.

Although Yang Hao has martial arts and bravery, he has an arrogant temperament and is close to treacherous men.

Often with Qiao Lingze, Liu Qian'an, Pei Gai, Huangfu Chen, Ku Di Zhongqi, Chen Zhiwei and other cronies to indulge in sex, whenever they hear that there are beautiful women in any family, they will be arrested to the Qi Palace for wanton adultery. abandon.

Behavior is far worse than that of Cui Yanqing, who is also the second son of the first wife. After all, Cui Yanqing just took in some concubine.

Even if Yang Hao usually pretends, he may not be able to hide the truth from Yang Guang, an old actor. What's more, he doesn't even act with him, and his rampant behavior naturally arouses Yang Guang's disgust.

Therefore, even if a courtier asked to establish the only bloodline of Qi Wang Yang Hao after Yang Zhao's death, Yang Guang would still not allow it, because he looked down on the second son from the bottom of his heart.

Influenced by his father Yang Jian and his mother Dugu Jialuo, Yang Guang also has a strong concept of concubine.

Empress Xiao is nearly forty years old, and she can no longer be expected to give birth to another legitimate son at her age.

Now Yang Hao is not successful, but the three sons left by Yang Zhao, Yang Tan, King of Yan, Yang Tong, King of Yue, and Yang You, King of Dai, are all descendants of concubines, otherwise there would be so many troubles.

Yang Guang could only put aside the issue of the ownership of the reserve for the time being, and hoped that Yang Hao would repent, otherwise he would have to find an heir from among his concubines or grandchildren.

After all, even though Empress Xiao had passed the best age for childbearing, Yang Guang was still alive and well. Some time ago, a concubine with the same surname Xiao became pregnant.

As for Yang Guang bestowing the title of King Yan to his eldest grandson Yang Tan, he naturally did not recognize the official title of King Yan of the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

Yang Zhao died of a strange illness, which also made the sensitive Yang Guang panic.

There is Yang Yong's ghost in Daxing City, and his father Yang Jian died in Renshou Palace.

As the saying goes, there are thoughts and dreams every day. Yang Guang, who had done something wrong, once dreamed that his father was demanding his life in Renshou Palace, and he was startled in a cold sweat in the middle of the night.

Staying in Renshou Palace, worried about Yang Jian's death, and going back to Daxing Palace, but also guarding against Yang Yong's injustice.

Yang Guang couldn't help but once again came up with the idea of ​​moving the capital. He missed the water, soil and culture in the south of the Yangtze River very much.

For this reason, Yang Guang decided to follow the example of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Emperor Xiaowen wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, so he launched the banner of the Southern Expedition.

But now that the south has all belonged to the Western Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang insisted on making a tour of the south, traveling south from the Shu Road to Jiangnan.

At this time, Yu Wenkai, who was in charge of constructing Jiangdu, sent an assist. After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, Jiangdu was finally built.

Yang Guang took this as an excuse and ordered a southern tour.

Hundreds of officials could not object, after all, the emperor's tour had the effect of deterring the region. Due to the fall of the Central Plains, the Western Sui Dynasty's control over Jiangnan was not as strong as before. Yang Guang's tour at this time can also stabilize the Western Sui Dynasty's rule in Jiangnan.

It's just that they didn't know that Yang Guang wanted raw rice to be cooked, so he didn't go back after staying in Jiang.

What's so good about Guanzhong? The ghosts of my father and brother are all here.

Compared with the Guanzhong and Sanhe regions, where there are many people and few lands, the south can be said to be sparsely populated. Yang Guang also has plans to immigrate to the south.

It's just that we have to wait until after the capital is moved.

Now that the land of Three Rivers has been captured by Cui Che, Kansai is no longer safe.

In the past, a population far exceeding its environmental capacity was gathered in Guanzhong for the purpose of consolidating its base. Now that the capital is about to be moved, it is natural to relocate some people from Guanzhong.

(End of this chapter)