At this time, Lu Zhen, who had already discussed with Gao Yue, also said: "Your Majesty, please abolish the former Dou Shen Gang Method, change it to the Changgang Method, from the Jingshi Dongwei Bridge to Heyin, then to Bianzhou, and then to Yangzi, reset the patrol courts in various places, and abolish the previous practice of appointing the county lieutenants under the jurisdiction of Henan Yin and Xuanwu Jun Jiedu as patrol officers, and the imperial court will personally appoint patrol officers to manage Cao Yun. After that, he entered the ship, the patrol yard, and the transfer yard, and he supported the court in the imperial court. ”

That's right, it is to abolish the jurisdiction of the various towns on Caoyun and return it to the hands of the imperial court.

The emperor expressed complete agreement.

Then Lu Zhen said: "Please remove the positions of camp field envoys concurrently held by the envoys of Helong, Northwest and Southwest, and set up a patrol court by the imperial court branch to be responsible for the camp and field affairs of each town; After that, the soldiers and horses of each town went out of the border to fight, and the court was appointed as a full-time grain and grass envoy to manage the supplies; Third, please bring the salt ponds in Hedong and Shuofang, the salt wells in Sanchuan and Kuifu in the gorge, and the salt ponds in the Helong area all under the hands of the imperial court, and appoint the salt envoys to do it. ”

"Yes."

After Lu Zhen finished speaking, Gao Yue stepped forward again: "Your Majesty, the reason why we want to abolish the Poor Gang Law and abolish the camp and field envoys is to enhance the strength of our imperial court. However, the prime minister in the past said that since the implementation of the two tax laws, there have been many shortcomings, and the tax laws are not refined, resulting in uneven taxation in various provinces, and the trend of evasion has become more and more intense, and the people feel deeply suffering. Please take the meridian boundary law practiced by the ministers in Xingyuan and Fengxiang as the basis, and re-measure and paint the copyrighted land and property of each province, state and county, so as to pay taxes evenly and make people safe. ”

The emperor said, if the law of meridians is implemented, what should be the first?

"At present, half of the military use relies on Huainan, Eyue, Hunan, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Xuanshe, Fujian, Jiangnan and western provinces, so the policy of meridian law and equal taxation should be given priority here."

"Is it difficult to implement?"

Jia Tan stepped forward at this moment and said: "The biggest difficulty is the problem of the transfer of the eight roads, although Xuanwu Town is temporarily peaceful, but Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi is in the heart of the junction of the eight roads, the eastern capital, Shannan, and Jingnan and Yueyue. ”

"Everyone, don't make a noise, I know it." The emperor said that the conquest of Huaixi was ready to be attacked, but don't be too loud now, so as not to startle the snake.

After Yan Ying asked correctly, the emperor privately left Gao Yue behind, "Gao Lang, if you conquer Huaixi, how long do you think it will take?" ”

"Huaixi is only Shenguang Cai Sanzhou, less than 400,000 people, Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang scrape the ground as soldiers, and raise a soldier with two households, but only 40,000 ears, and Huaixi is surrounded by all towns in the imperial court, if the imperial court is determined to use troops, Chen Yue thinks that it will be pacified in just half a year." Gao Yue estimated for the emperor.

Then seeing the emperor's constantly estimating demeanor, Gao Yue took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, if you conquer Huaixi, the military will be large, in addition to the national treasury and the inner treasury, the merchants of Xingyuan, Dongchuan, Xichuan, and Bakui are also willing to help with military money. ”

Hearing this, the emperor looked at Gao Yue with puzzled and disbelieving eyes.

In the past, when the emperor was engaged in the "Heshuo War", the military budget was insufficient, so he had to ask the ministers to forcibly levy taxes in the capital and rob the merchants' family wealth, which finally caused chaos in the world and the people were full of resentment, resulting in his reputation almost ruined. But now there is such a good thing, and the businessmen are willing to take the initiative to pay for military expenses?

Gao Yue was not in a hurry, and explained to the emperor that Huaixi was just a group of thieves, and the reason why they could survive for so many years was to sell the salt from Ziqing to Jingnan privately, and then rob the passing merchant ships on the Yangtze River with the mountain sheds and river thieves. It is also difficult to traffic good goods from the southeast, such as tea, silk, and rice, to the west.

Therefore, the annihilation of Huaixi is not only the idea of the imperial court, but also the long-cherished wish of businessmen from all over the country, and they are of course willing to help the army.

As soon as he heard the money, the emperor immediately became energetic, and asked Gao Yue what he should do.

Gao Yue said that he simply asked these merchants to take out three million yuan at one time and divide it into three products, one million yuan for the army money that does not want to be returned, one million yuan for interest-free loans, and one million yuan for one-tenth interest loans, and the latter two products will be paid off in five years after the imperial court pacifies Huaixi.

Of course, it is not difficult to pay off, Huaixi is pacified, not only the household registration has increased, but many water transportation has also been opened, and the imperial court has added several transfer yards and daitang to collect past taxes.

In addition, Gao Yue also said to the emperor: In fact, it is not only the western merchants who have been bitter in Huaixi for a long time, but also the tea merchants and cloth merchants in Eyue, Huainan, Henan, and Xuanshu hate Huaixi to the bone, and they are killed and plundered by river thieves every year.

In short, as long as the interests of the merchants can be realized, and the loan and repayment are guaranteed, it is not difficult to ask them to use the money to fund the imperial court military horses.

Three million in the west and three million in the east, together, are almost eighty percent of the annual treasury income of the imperial court, which can't help but make the emperor's heart sway.

After all, if a farmer farms, and you ask him to pay ten or dozens of taxes, his life will be tight; But businessmen are different, and there are indeed many people with deep pockets, and it is not a problem to come up with thousands of dollars.

Gao Yue struck while the iron was hot, "Your Majesty, such as Pinghuaixi, can not only make the imperial court prestige, but also reopen many square towns, including Jiangyun and Caoyun, in this way, the implementation of the meridian law will be much more convenient, and the overall situation of Zhongxing can be described as a success." Then, Your Majesty will be able to - Dongyue Feng Zen. ”

"Feng, Feng Chan ......" The emperor was caught off guard, and was hit by this glittering word, and immediately trembled with excitement.

That's right, although at the beginning of my reign, I was not able to cut down the feudal domain, and my reputation and prestige also suffered setbacks. But in the past few years, I have worked hard to make the country prosperous, appoint talents, under my leadership, the national strength of the Tang Dynasty has gradually rebounded, and has made several great victories in the west, recovering thousands of miles of territory in Helong, and reconnecting the Western Regions......

People, especially those who are emperors, who don't want to make the great cause of martial arts, so that future generations will always remember their reputation?

It's still Gao Lang who is so powerful, and every time I can guess what my desire is.

However, the cloud of the disastrous defeat in the Heshuo War was still haunting in Li Shi's heart, so he hesitated next.

And Gao Yue deliberately stopped making a sound, just saying that if His Majesty still needs to think about it, then the minister will please retire.

"Slowly, I don't think about the question of whether it is flat or not, I think about how it is flat, Gao Lang, you are on duty in the Jinluan Palace tonight, and I will draw with you in detail." Sure enough, after a long struggle, the emperor's heart was left with the choice question of "whether to seal Zen in Xiyue first, or go to Dongyue to seal Zen first".

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