The commanders such as He Li and Gao Kan didn't want to make a sound, but just looked at Han Yi.

Li Zhi also looked at Han Yi, if you don't settle them, I can't support you.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, martial arts prevailed, and if you disagreed, you would start fighting, the guards were all respected, and the literati also advocated military merits, expanding the territory, and making meritorious contributions, until Wu Meiniang took the position, the literary style overpowered the martial arts, after all, Wu Meiniang was just a woman, she had to find a way to suppress the army, otherwise, he would not be able to sit still at all.

Li Ji: These commanders are usually silent, but the premise is that you can't harm the interests of the military, otherwise, they can veto you with one vote.

The uniform land system is built on the prevention of land annexation, and the government soldiers are built on the uniform land system, if you want to dismantle the uniform land system and legalize the land annexation, then the government soldiers will naturally collapse.

This is a very simple truth.

Han Yi smiled and said, "It's a mistake!" ”

Li Ji said lightly: "I want to hear and see." Of course, he also knew that Han Yi must have prepared some rhetoric to fool him.

Han Yi said: "Regarding the issue of government soldiers, I have carefully considered it. Let's talk about the current situation of the government soldiers, in fact, the land of the government soldiers has been annexed, mainly in two aspects, the first is that some generals have annexed the land of the government soldiers. The second aspect is that the government soldiers merge with each other, in other words, the interests of the government soldiers have always been harmed.

However, the state has no way to subsidize them, because the state does not have enough money, and many soldiers who died in the service of the country, the state cannot provide pensions to ensure the livelihood of their widows. That is to say, relying on the income of the government soldiers alone, it is gradually difficult to maintain the system of government soldiers.

And what are the characteristics of the government military system, the cost is low, once there is a war, they bring their own food, their own weapons, their own horses, and everything. This is barely feasible to fight one or two small battles near the Central Plains, but once an expedition, it must be a burden on the imperial court, where can the government soldiers afford it, and the conquest of Goguryeo is completely the central government's conscription from Zhechongfu, and the grain and grass are all borne by the imperial court. Now that my Tang Empire is so big, the war is thousands of miles away, and it must be a burden on the imperial court, so it can be seen that the issue of military salaries has changed from the burden of the government soldiers to the state. I don't know if Sikong, and whether the generals agree? ”

Li Ji, Qi Bi He Li They nodded slightly, this is a fact, to destroy Goguryeo, all the grain and grass are the burden of the imperial court, and for a battle of that scale, where can the soldiers themselves afford it.

Han Yi immediately continued: "In other words, for safeguarding the interests of the army, the country's finances have become more important for the government's own income, and both the army and the war will become more and more dependent on the country's finances. But this is only one point, and there is one more important point, that is, why our Tang Army can be invincible and invincible. Of course, this has a lot to do with His Majesty's wisdom and martial arts, as well as Sikong, General Qibi, General Gao, and General Xue.

But more of us Tang Dynasty martial arts, our soldiers, they are not poor, they are all self-cultivated farmers, they are good family owners of land, they are more voluntarily enlisted, hoping to make meritorious contributions and glorify their ancestors, this is very important, only for this purpose, they dare to kill the enemy bravely on the battlefield. It can be seen that for soldiers, the field is one of them, and respect is more important. How do you show respect to the soldiers? The first point is to ensure that they do not bend their waists for five buckets of rice, which is the most basic. ”

Xue Rengui said: "The uniform field system, the tax exemption of military households is for this purpose. ”

Han Yi said: "General Xue, can you still guarantee it now?" There is chaos outside, and many government soldiers have also been affected, what guarantee does the state have? ”

Xue Rengui said: "But this crisis is just an accident, and it can't happen every year." ”

Han Yi said: "What about natural disasters? Can you guarantee that my Datang will never have a natural disaster? ”

Xue Rengui was silent.

Han Yi said: "I have emphasized countless times that the ability of yeoman farmers to withstand the crisis is very weak, once there are some fluctuations, then the yeoman farmers will face the crisis of bankruptcy, and the government soldiers are also yeoman farmers, at this time, they need to be replenished by the national finance." And stamp duty will bring more revenue to the state, and I estimate that once stamp duty is fully implemented, the revenue of the treasury will at least triple. ”

Li Zhi was surprised: "Are you serious? ”

Han Yi wrote lightly: "Three times is more than enough." ”

This is Han Yi's advantage, he will turn it several times at every turn, you reason with him, how can you say it, take money to block your mouth.

Han Yi continued: "I'll just say this, when the tax revenue of the treasury has tripled, the treasury only needs to use one of them to smash the heads of the soldiers, I don't know if you think the life of the soldiers is getting better and better, or is it getting worse and worse?" ”

Take double to smash it, according to the calculation of a few years ago, it is equivalent to pouring out the treasury to be used for the army, so what kind of field is planted!

Li Ji asked, "Are you serious?" ”

"It's just an analogy." Han Yidao.

Li Ji immediately glared at Han Yi.

Han Yi said: "Don't stare at me, how can the national finance be decided so easily, this has to be carefully planned, but the imperial court can legislate on this, stipulating that several percent of the country's tax revenue will be directly used for the army." But I don't recommend giving money, I suggest giving welfare, for example, the state vigorously builds academies to ensure that the children and grandchildren of every soldier can study, which is not only respectful for soldiers, but also a very crucial promotion. As I said earlier, the reason why our soldiers are brave and good at fighting is that they are ambitious, ambitious, and responsible, and they are not a rabble. Reading can better improve the quality of government soldiers, make them more patriotic, braver, and more sensible, instead of being casually instigated by others and rise up.

In addition, the imperial court will give subsidies to the government soldiers, encourage merchants to set up workshops in Zhechong Province, provide employment for the relatives of the government soldiers, or give interest-free loans to the government soldiers, and ordinary people sell their land, then it must be extremely difficult, then the court should lend them grain and exempt them from interest, so that they can not bend their waist for five buckets of rice, so as not to lose their land.

In addition, in the past, the financial revenue was not very large, and there was no way to reward soldiers more, once the financial revenue increased, the imperial court could use the form of law to stipulate the rewards given to soldiers, so that more soldiers were willing to enlist. In addition, there are many benefits to ensure the superiority of the government soldiers, so that they will be proud of it. I really don't think that this can give the soldiers much respect for the light uniform field system and tax-exempt households.

What is the purpose of stamp duty, to increase the revenue of the state treasury, to reduce the burden of the people, to concentrate more resources, and then use them on the blade, the landlords pay two more stones, two less stones, does it have any effect on them? But if these two stones were used on the people, they could be life-saving food. ”

After this tirade, Li Ji and Qi Bi He Li looked moved.

If the imperial court can do this, then of course there is nothing to say, don't say anything else, just reading a book, can satisfy many soldiers, because the cost of studying in these years is very high, and the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty are all propertied people, why the combat effectiveness is so strong, is because they want to go further, they hope to make military merits, get ahead, reading can make them go further, this is why, as soon as the military academy stopped, many military households immediately came to Li Ji to ask for an explanation. If it is them homeless, then their request is to ask for a bite to eat, then when they go to the battlefield, they must be fleeing for their lives, I am here to ask for a bite of food, and I am not going to be a general.

But a soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier.

In the first battle of Bailan Mountain, how fierce the Tang army was, they would rather die than give in, because they had a very strong sense of glory, of course, those soldiers who survived were all promoted to the rank of non-commissioned officers, and they were also stationed in Bailan Mountain.

"Shang Shuling is really fair!"

At this moment, Cui Jijian suddenly spoke: "Stamp duty harms not only the interests of the government soldiers, but also the interests of our civil officials. ”

Qi Qi He Li immediately shouted: "You civil officials are embarrassed to say here, isn't it all because of your civil officials?" In the end, it was our military attaché who stabilized the situation, and it should be rewarded for meritorious deeds, and Shang Shuling did this, I think it's quite fair. ”

Ashina Mi also said: "That's right, you civil officials can do less than anyone else, but you want more than anyone else, thanks to your face." ”

Zhang Wenguan was annoyed and said angrily: "The two generals are really bloody, are all of your generals innocent?" Fang Cai Shangshu also said that the land of the government soldiers is for you generals to annex, as far as I know, there are some people in your military generals who order the government soldiers to do things for themselves and seek personal interests. ”

"How can this be reasonable, what nonsense are you talking about this dead old man, believe it or not, Lao Tzu twisted your arm." Qi Qi He Li stood up and pointed at Zhang Wenguan and scolded.

Zhang Wenguan also stood up and said: "You come, you come, you come, if the old man frowns, the old man will not be surnamed Zhang." ”

The civil and military attachés got up one after another and began to stir up.

Wang Xuandao and Lu Shigua all stood up and walked to Zhang Wenguan's side, you twist your arms at every turn, and you deceive people too much.

The Tang Dynasty was martial, and the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty were also able to lead the troops on horseback, which was different from those weak civil officials in the Song Dynasty.

Li Zhi hurriedly glanced at Han Yi, as if to say, this is caused by you, you have to make it clear.

"Wait!"

Han Yi could only stand up, walked to the middle of the civil and military forces, and said, "Everyone, I'm really sorry, maybe I didn't make it clear." I was talking to Sikong Fangcai about government soldiers, not military attachés, at the level of officials, everyone has to pay taxes, I didn't say that military attaches don't have to pay taxes, military attaches are the same as civilian officials. And the government soldiers bear more obligations than ordinary people, and if they also pay taxes, it is reasonable that the imperial court should give them preferential treatment in other aspects. ”

Qi Qi He Li snorted: "Did you hear, did you hear, you civil officials, you are really small-bellied chicken intestines, and you can't eat at all." ”

"Your military attaché is still qualified to say that we have already agreed at that time, and it was your military attache who expressed dissatisfaction."

Li Ji hurriedly said: "The old man is not dissatisfied, the old man just wants to ask for an understanding." ”

Li Zhi also hurriedly said: "Everyone, Aiqing, don't be impatient, this is just a discussion, this kind of major matter, it is not Shang Shuling who has the final say, sit down." ”

They puffed out their eyes and glared at each other as they slowly sat down.

Li Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that Shang Shuling's words are reasonable!" ”

Now with the increase in population, the gap between the rich and the poor, and the land annexation is becoming more and more severe, he also understands that the uniform land system cannot last long, and the land of many government soldiers has been annexed.

This old fox!

All of them despised Li Ji at the same time.

Li Ji is thick-skinned, Quan Dang didn't see it.

Li Zhidao: "In this situation, if you want to maintain the equalization system, you must let the landlords, gentry, and even officials return the land, but if you don't do this, I think you must also adopt stamp duty, otherwise, you can't guarantee the interests of the people and the country." ”

In fact, there is still half a sentence, that is, you landlords and officials cannot let you take advantage of the profits.

Zheng Shanxing said suddenly: "There is another problem, that is, the problem of tenant farmers, landlords often pass on taxes to tenant farmers. ”

Han Yi said: "If stamp duty is levied, there is no problem of tenant farmers, because the imperial court only has the right to tax according to the stamp, who is written on the title deed, the court will tax whom, the peasants who rent the land, do not need to bear the land tax, he is only responsible for rent, as for how much the rent is, it is a contractual relationship, the court can not intervene, but if you want to ensure the validity of the contract, you have to buy stamps, which means that they still pay taxes." ”

"Shang Shu ordered not to patronize the landlord, what about the merchant? Don't merchants have to pay taxes? A minister said suddenly.

Wenchen is now pointing the finger at Han Yi, they think that Han Yi is too partial to military generals, but they also do not regard Han Yi as a civil official, as far as Han Yi's calligraphy is concerned, if it is counted as a civil official, it will be a shame for civil officials!

Han Yi said with a smile: "The inspiration for my stamp duty comes from merchants, who has more deeds than merchants in this world, and this includes commercial tax." ”

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When the rest of the ministers heard this, they immediately exploded!

"It's not fair!"

"As you said earlier, this stamp duty is a lot, and the tax amount is definitely not high, but it falls on the landlord, which is the inheritance of the tax amount modulated by the rent, which is really unfair."

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In short, it is necessary to hurt each other, and at the same time increase commercial taxes.

Although Han Yi played this very skillfully, they are not stupid, the stamp duty is used on the land deed, which is more like personal income tax, but the businessman does not pay taxes according to the proportion of his income, which is obviously unfair!

Han Yi waited for them to say enough, and then said slowly: "What you said is very right, if it is calculated by the amount of tax paid, the stamp duty paid by the merchant may not be as good as that of the landlord, I also admit it, and I can't deny it." But you have overlooked one thing, and that is status and privilege. The imperial court gave so many preferential treatment and privileges to the landlords and gentry, and what was given to the merchants was all kinds of restrictions. There was no problem for the imperial court to raise the tax amount of the two to the same level, but the status of the merchant had to be raised to the same level as that of the landlord. Since you all say to be fair, then be fair in every way. ”