The emperor on the throne nodded, and then asked his subordinates Li Mi and Jia Tan, "I want to negotiate peace with Zampu of Xifan, how about it?"

Li Mi hurriedly replied and listened to his respect.

So the emperor said that the area around Shuiluochuan in the northeast of Qinzhou to Liupanguan was all won by the bloody battles of my soldiers in the northwest, and the seven passes of Yuanzhou were the confucius to defend Xifan, and I could not use these hard-won lands in exchange for the officials and soldiers who were captured in the Xiji Raid Alliance, but Gao Yue and Wei Gao had captured 1,400 Tibetans in the previous battle of Qingxi Pass, and I was willing to use this as a bargaining chip to send Wei Lun to Shanzhou to negotiate with Shang Qixin'er, the great minister of Xifan, so that Zampu would know: I can release these captives, and I want the Xifan generals Cui Hanheng, Ma Sui, Yuan Tongzhi, Dou Shen, Lu Wen and other captured officials and soldiers were sent back, and the corpses of our Tang people who were killed in the robbery alliance must also be retrieved.

"The Lord is wise." The ministers of the palace replied in unison.

Sure enough, as soon as the emperor's edict came out, the family members who gathered outside the Daming Palace to make trouble felt at ease, praised the Holy Lord's clear decision, and left home one after another.

At the bridge under the Daming Palace, Gao Yue and Dou Shen are standing there.

"Dou Hushi, these people were originally going to be sent into the mountains of Fengxing and Xingzhou to dig up saltpeter, or smelt sulfur, at least my Xingyuan Mansion and Xichuan made a profit of 50,000 yuan a year, but if they can be exchanged for the return of Cunyi, it is also worth it." Gao Yue's tone was very sincere.

And Dou Shen looked at Gao Yue coldly, "If you still have any conspiracy, you might as well say it all at once." ”

Unexpectedly, Gao Yue was not polite, so he directly asked Dou Shen and said: "Three days later, the Holy Lord will open a door for the country's financial plan, and ask His Royal Highness Xiao Yanying to ask the right question, and ask Dou Hu to echo Lu Sheren's recital." ”

"Senior high, you are obstructing the governance of the Holy Lord!" Dou Shen was furious.

But Gao Yue said: "Don't hurt it, this is also what the Holy Lord has been thinking for a long time. ”

After speaking, Gao Yue shook Dou Shen and left.

On the edge of the dragon's head canal, Dou Shen was so angry that his face was distorted......

After returning to the house, Dou Shen was still angry, and thought that Shen'er was now uncertain about his life and death, and couldn't help but feel melancholy, looking at the shrine of the fifth brother enshrined in the black curtain, he didn't know what to say, the fifth brother hadn't come to him for a long time.

At this time, the concubine Shangqing asked Dou Shen empathetically why he was melancholy.

Dou Shen said angrily that although Shen'er was expected to return to the country, Gao Yue was domineering, which made a certain grit of teeth and hate.

Shangqing was twenty years old, and she was originally the little female crown of Yuzhi Academy in Qizhou, and she was accepted as a concubine by Dou Shen because of her cleverness, and she was the most trusted in the family.

After listening to this, Shangqing explained that you are in charge of the Imperial Historical Observatory and the Household Department, and the imperial court discipline and financial plans are all in your hands, so why be afraid of Gao Yue? Now Gao Yue is only the favor of the Holy Lord, and he is also a local magistrate, and he is a new nobleman, so he is naturally arrogant. However, as long as the Ming Duke can unify the three divisions (Duzhi, Salt and Iron, and Hubu) after Li Mi, he can be rich in wealth and leap to the position of Zaizhi, so that he can subdue Gao Yue.

Dou Shen's eyes turned, and he brushed up his beard, thoughtful.

Shangqing also said that the world is in turmoil, and the practical aspects of raising soldiers, strengthening the country, and officials are everything, and the holy lord does not like to seek reason, but only values practical results, so whoever controls the wealth can command the court. Gao Yue recruited Wang Shao and Wan Qian as envoys for the northwest camp and water transportation, and let Wu Yuanheng, Wei Zhiyi and other young talents as county commanders, all of which were prepared to compete for power in the future, and you must know that Gao Yue was Liu Yan's protégé. If Ming Gong wants to be on top in the future, he must be careful.

"You mean I also want to win over ......" Dou Shen couldn't help but think of the previous battle for power in the southeast, Cui Zao's party was defeated.

Shangqing nodded, and also said that after that, the center of gravity of the imperial court was only on the Central Plains and the southeast of Caoyun and taxation, and the Fang Zhen (Liu Xuanzuo, Li Na, Wu Shaocheng, Tian Xu, etc.) there also began to be dissatisfied with the expansion of Gao Yue and Wei Gao, and the Ming Duke could also make extensive contacts. Then she helped Dou Shen and let him sit on the rope bed, and persuaded that as for Dou Shen's matter and the right Xiao Yanying Hall right away, Ming Gong can bend his mind a little, cater to Gao Yue, and paralyze him, as long as Dou Shen can come back, and then all kinds of things can be discussed in the long run.

After listening to Shangqing's words, Dou Shen's heart became clear......

Three days later, in the Yanying Palace, the emperor summoned the meeting as scheduled.

Li Mi, Jia Tan, Dou Shen, Gao Yue, and Lu Zhen participated together.

Lu Zhen really went up and asked the emperor to reform the shortcomings of the two taxation laws and adjust the tax structure and principles to conserve the financial resources of the people in the world and ensure the healthy operation of the country's taxation.

In fact, in the secret banquet of Fuxingfang Lingxuguan, Gao Yue was very shrewd, and did not directly hand over the meridian law to the emperor, this plan with the joint signature of Xingyuan Thorn History, County Order, and Bureaucrats, Gao Yue pressed in his hands, he still listened to the advice of Quan Deyu "If you meet the king, you will be the king, and if you meet the tyrant, you will be the hegemon", and he was ready to wait until the right time to play this card.

Now, let Lu Zhen stand in the front, first implement it according to 50 percent, and then popularize it in the world when it is mature.

The hall was once again full of Lu Zhen's soft but clear Wu dialect.

Lu Zhen first said that the reason why the two taxes have not been constant over the years and the burdens on the people have been heavy, so that many major military affairs have been temporarily changed or completely blocked, is that there has never been a definite amount of taxes in the world.

"When Yang Yan implemented the two taxes, because the world version lost most of it in the war, the state could only control the tax situation to the level of the state, and the counties and townships did not know it at all, so they could only take the year when the state had the highest tax in the calendar year as the benchmark, and the states and states were added together to determine the total tax amount. Then let each state divide the ranking money (the taxes paid by the aboriginal households and customers in each state according to the household level) and the bucket rice (the standard is also the amount of green seedling money and the amount of acres of land collected during the calendar year) according to the highest standard, this is an illegal power order, a nameless tyranny, only for money, where to take into account the life and death of the people? ”

This is actually a very serious statement.

The emperor's face on the throne was also a little unbearable.

After all, the two tax laws were also implemented by him, so it is equivalent to me being responsible.

In fact, Lu Zhen has been advocating the abolition of the two tax laws and returning to the rent adjustment in the early Tang Dynasty, he said that the reason why the rent adjustment could no longer be implemented after the Anshi Rebellion was not the "disadvantage of the law", but the "disadvantage of the time", as long as the holy lord can make up his mind, it can still be restored.

But Gao Yue understands that the tax system of the two tax laws is the inevitable development of history, and it is completely impossible to return to the rent and yong adjustment in the Middle Ages, although Lu Zhen is an excellent politician, but his eyes can only see the past, but he cannot participate in the future situation, he can only see the disadvantages of the two tax laws, but he can't find a real solution - but now for Gao Yue, just point out the shortcomings.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhen has begun to violently criticize the second major drawback of the two tax laws due to the lack of a reasonable total tax amount.