The Prodigal Son of Zhenguan

Moreover, as time goes by, the amount will become larger and larger. With more people being collected less and more being rewarded, how can the treasury support it?

In the future, tax households will try every means to become "tax-exempt households".

Those who have achieved fame, have a position or become monks can become tax-exempt households.

Although land cannot be bought and sold at will, once the lower-class people can't make it, they will be forced to give up their land to tax-exempt households privately, and it will be difficult for the court to supervise.

So, a historical problem emerged, that is, land annexation.

The court constantly makes adjustments and reforms. This must be done. From top to bottom, any change will involve sacrifices.

Today, the nobles of the Tang Dynasty are sacrificed, tomorrow, the interests of some court officials are sacrificed, and the day after tomorrow, the aristocratic families may be attacked.

In the court, the old nobles leave, and the new nobles follow.

After a long time, the new nobles will become the old nobles, and they will continue to want to protect their own interests.

Today, Changsun Wuji is a new noble in the court, and he protects the interests of the emperor, but what about 20 or 30 years later?

He has also become an old minister, and will be corrupted by power and interests, becoming the same as Pei Ji today.

Therefore, the court must make adjustments and changes, which is the general trend.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, too many titles were granted, and they were granted while fighting and making various promises.

During the Wude period, there were constant rewards, and the Turks in the north always came to collect money.

The treasury was so empty that mice could run away, and mice would starve for three days.

Taxes were collected every year, but they could not be retained every year.

No matter how small the population of the Tang Dynasty was, it was more than that of the northern grasslands. Why didn't they fight the Turks?

It's not that they can't find their main force, nor that they can't beat them, but that fighting is too expensive.

It's more expensive than giving gifts to the Turks. Once the war machine started, I'm afraid that even the food rations in the people's homes would be collected, and there would be no food left for the people.

That's why they don't want to have a large-scale war with the grassland.

If they really delay for two years to let the court catch its breath, how can Li Shimin tolerate his temper?

Didn't you see that when he settled the bill with Li Fu last year, he asked him for 130,000 strings of cash, and he gnashed his teeth and used this matter to humiliate him several times, and he got angry whenever he mentioned it.

As a result, Li Fu didn't dare to mention the money to Li Shimin.

This year, he will find some business for the inner court to make some money for him.

You can't really let my sister-in-law wear clothes in the palace that can't cover her feet.

"What do you think of the court's new policy now?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

Other old ministers came to Li Yuan to talk about this matter, which annoyed Li Yuan.

But Li Fu is here, and the uncle and nephew can sit together, drink tea, and chat, just as if they were chatting at home, and it won't affect anything.

"Anything that needs to be corrected means that there are drawbacks based on past experience. Discovering and correcting the drawbacks is good for the court and the people, but it is not so friendly to the old officials in the court. However, the impact is not as great as people think. If they are really capable, they can earn it back in the future even if they are cut off now.

Unless there are really people who want to live on their merits for generations and rely on the rewards from the national treasury and the inner court to live, don't you think this is the truth?"

"In the past, during the Sui Dynasty, if the court wanted to reduce the rewards for court officials, you were the Duke of Tang at the time, and the court did not give you money, would it affect the income of the Duke of Tang's mansion?"

"The impact is not great. The noble families have their own way of survival and will not rely entirely on the rewards from the court to live." Li Yuan said with a smile.

Li Fu was right. The ones who were really panicking were those who had no skills and just relied on luck to get the credit of following the dragon, because they really lived on rewards and did not have such a deep foundation.

"You have no real ability, but you still want to be in a high position, jumping up and down to make decisions about government affairs. If the Tang Dynasty is handed over to such a person, the people will not scold the officials in the future, but our Li family." Li Fu said: "We still have to bear the stigma, why bother."

"You see it very clearly."

"How can you not understand? Let alone the people of the world, let's talk about the surrounding areas of Chang'an. Who knows who is the Shangshu, who is the doctor, and who is who in the court? But everyone knows that the emperor is called Li Shimin and who is the parent official. However, the parent official is appointed by the court and selected by the emperor. If the people have a bad life, they will privately talk about it by name. Who can they talk about?"

"My nephew used to be a member of the common people." Li Fu said: "What kind of position do you stand in and what kind of perspective do you use to look at things? The more you see, the more you understand. You can't just live like this for all these years.It's all in vain. Now that life is good, you forget how much hardship you suffered in the past. "

"Yes, you can't forget the difficulties in the past just because life is good now." Li Yuan said: "Being a noble is really different from being a royal family. After so many years, some people still don't know that now is different from the past. They still want to stick to the past and live in the future. This set of things will not work.

In the future, don't let anyone come to this Da'an Palace. This makes me feel uneasy. If I really watch my old acquaintances end up in a bad end, I will feel sad. "

"But there is nothing I can do about it. I can't help them. "

"My nephew thinks that it's not your fault. "Li Fu smiled and said, "You have let it go now and are enjoying your retirement here. They still can't let it go and want to drag you to do something. That's their fault. You are enjoying the good days of retirement now, but they don't want to enjoy it. They have to be stubborn and stick their necks against the second brother, and they also implicate a large group of people. Why bother?"

"Yes, why bother? The general trend cannot be violated. Anyway, I am old now and don't want to toss. They can't find me." Li Yuan picked up the tea and tasted the tea fragrance again: "The current life is pretty good. Listen to music and drink tea. What kind of age should be done, enjoy the grandchildren, and this is what people live to the end of their lives."

"Uncle, if our Li family's relatives... don't accept the second brother's words..."

"Isn't the King of Changle an example?" Li Yuan said: "Why, another clan member is making trouble? "

"It's hard to say." Li Fu sighed.

"You are saying something else." Li Yuan said: "There are two of us. Why are you hiding something from me?"