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"Li Chao, Jin Feng Zhao Guogong. The eldest grandson Wuji, Jin Feng Wei Guogong, Fang Xuanling, Jin Feng Xing Guogong, Du Ruhui, Jin Feng Cai Guogong, Qin Qiong, Qi Guogong, Wei Chigong, and Wu Guogong! ”

Li Chao and Qin Qiong both had 500 true seals before, so there were a total of 1,800 true seals before the pass.

The proclamator went to the Li Mansion to announce the edict.

Li Chao took his family to take the order and listen to the seal.

After the will of the Jin Jue, there was also a will to grant Li Chao the three divisions of the opening of the palace and the inspection of the military department.

The two decrees were passed by the three provinces and signed by the prime minister.

"Congratulations to Zhao Guogong!" The official who delivered the decree smiled and bowed his hand.

Cui Yingying beckoned, the housekeeper brought a box of gifts, the Li family's soap and perfume, and the official who announced the decree happily accepted it. Those who came with them also got two bars of soap each, which was worth the trip.

Li Chao enshrined the decree on the incense hall, looking at this holy decree in a daze.

In a blink of an eye, he was actually a dignified Zhao Guogong, and the loose rank had also risen to the top of the civil and prose officials, and the Kaifu Yi of the first product was the same as the three divisions.

The opening of the palace is the same as the three divisions, which can open the government and place the subordinates, and the three divisions are the same as the three divisions, that is, they can enjoy the treatment of the three divisions and the three dukes, and have the same specifications of the honor guard.

Three divisions and three princes are a good product. Datang now only has three public grants, and the three divisions are all vacant.

When the official reaches the level of Kaifu Yi and the three divisions, it is equivalent to the national level, commonly known as a very human minister.

Li Shimin is 25 years old this year, and Li Chao is 23.

There is not much difference in age between the two, one is already the regent of the prison country, and the other is a very popular minister, but he really responded to what Li Shimin said to Li Chao in Longxi City, wait for me to reign in the world, and promise you glory for generations.

However, if he becomes the secretary of the military department, he can no longer be a general, and this governor of Gyeonggi Province is also inappropriate. You can't let him be the officials of Gyeonggi, especially since these official positions are still so sensitive.

Back in the house, Li Chao began to write his resignation.

The military department is newly granted, and this cannot be resigned, but the two official positions of the governor of Gyeonggi Province and the general Zuo Yiwei have to resign, and after thinking about it, Jing Zhaoyin also resigned by the way.

After the resignation was written, Li Chao asked his family to send him to the East Palace.

The resignation form was sent to the East Palace, Li Shimin was very dissatisfied after reading it, and now at this time, it is the time to employ people, what do you Li Sanlao mean by thinking about stacking picks?

Do you want to spend more time with my third sister?

Damn Li San.

"Come on, summon Li Chao into the palace!"

As soon as the crown prince's order arrived, Li Chao had already dressed up, and he knew that Li Shimin would come to summon him.

Riding a horse to the East Palace, Li Shimin was a little angry when he saw Li Chao.

"What's going on?" Li Shimin threw Li Chao's resignation directly in front of him.

"His Royal Highness's mandate is not in line with the system, and the ministers dare not take on these positions."

"What's out of place? Lonely let you be when you be. ”

"Your Highness, this atmosphere is unavoidable. In the major affairs of the country, the system comes first, and Your Highness, you should also abide by the system. Only with a good system can we better govern the country's government and government. ”

Li Shimin thought about it, but it also made sense, "Well, then remove you from the post of Governor of Gyeonggi Province and General Zuo Yiwei, but Jing Zhaoyin can't resign." Shao Zhan has to continue to bear the burden, those who can work hard, don't always think about being lazy. You are so busy that you don't even have time to eat, how can you be leisurely? ”

Li Chao really wanted to tell Li Shimin, this is not how to be a prince, you are still only a prince, if you become the emperor, won't you be exhausted to death?

However, Li Shimin is a smart person, and when he gets tired for a while, he will definitely be able to understand it slowly.

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you haven't slept in a few days, right?"

"I couldn't sleep, I took a nap once in a while, and soon woke up again."

"Do you want me to prescribe some medicine for His Highness to calm your nerves and help you sleep? You're hurting your body too much. ”

Li Shimin shook his head, "I still want to be sober." ”

"Forget it, you're here, let's just have some wine and talk for a while."

The wine is Tegong Daqu produced by Bashang Distillery, as well as spiced beef jerky.

Li Shimin drank an average amount of alcohol, but he also took a sip slowly today.

"Your Highness seems to have something on your mind?"

Li Shimin showed a helpless expression, "I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are if I don't know if I don't have a family, and I didn't know that the expenses of the imperial court would be so large." Now after taking over, I found that the treasury was empty. Today, I have only crowned five meritorious heroes, and even only given food and food, and there are no other rewards. ”

Li Chao is not surprised.

When the Tang Dynasty was founded, the national policy system was still immature, and the country's taxes were mainly in kind, and the collection and transportation links were quite troublesome and costly.

In addition, the war has been fought for many years, and the court has a lot of expenses, supporting the war, pacifying the locality, relocating the displaced people, and even rewarding the heroes, etc., Li Yuan is a big spender, and the lords who have been sealed out are uncountable, and every year the court has to take out a lot of the small income to reward the heroes and nobles.

Now Li Shimin is in trouble, he has no money to reward meritorious heroes, and he doesn't even have money to support the newly established Beiya Forbidden Army.

"San Lang, you have always been resourceful and have a great ability to make money, tell me, how can the imperial court be rich and not be saddled with the name of expropriation and tyranny?"

In fact, Li Chao felt that it was really easy for the imperial court to make money.

Don't say anything else, just raise taxes, simple and rude. If you think it's ugly, then you can engage in some money-making industries and monopolize it.

Anyway, in Li Chao's opinion, it is too easy to make money.

But Li Shimin is still holding a golden rice bowl and asking for rice, hey, what to say about him. Fighting a war is a good hand, but if you make money, Li Shimin can't do it.

They will only be a landlord and collect rent, and they will not understand the rest. Or work part-time as a robber, fight, and grab the spoils of war.

Fighting a war is indeed a very profitable method, but now it is impossible for the Tang Dynasty to fight, there is no internal stability, and there is no money to fight.

Rent collection, rent is fixed, and this doesn't change anything.

If you run a state-owned bank or something, it's also very profitable. But the Li family is now running a money bank, so why should they find an opponent for themselves.

After thinking about it, Li Chao had an idea.

"Your Highness, the minister has an idea, or he can temporarily solve his urgent needs."

"Tell me about it."

There are many nobles in the Tang Dynasty, and the princes are everywhere, and there are countless false seals. Most of the income of the imperial court, in addition to being retained by the local government and sent to the central government, was finally used to support these nobles.

Therefore, Li Chao's idea is also direct, no matter how many part-time jobs the officials have in the future, anyway, they will only be given a salary according to their scattered grades.

All the lords and lords are not given Yulu, and the food of the real seal is also directly converted into fields. It's those Guogong county marquis or something, even if there is a real seal, they won't be able to get the tax of the sealed households in the future, and the imperial court will directly give them the land, according to the number of their sealed households, and one real seal will be exchanged for ten acres of Yongye land.

For example, Li Chao is now 1,800 households are really sealed, and Li Shimin said last time that all of them will be given according to the highest standard of seven dings per household, in fact, Li Chao has two-thirds of the 12,600 dings of the right to collect rent, which is quite terrifying, anyway, Li Shimin is still a little distressed and regretful.

Li Chao knew that Li Shimin would regret it sooner or later, so he didn't expect to really enjoy such treatment.

He now proposes to Li Shimin to close the household and exchange it for Yongye land, ten acres per household. Li Chao's 1,800 households are really sealed, that is, 18,000 acres of Yongye field.

"Where did the imperial court come out with so much land?"

"The frontier land, it doesn't need to be good land, anyway, it's okay if it's not cultivated, just reward it directly to the nobles and let them reclaim it themselves. In this way, the imperial court no longer needs to burden the nobles, and the nobles have reclaimed these lands, and even if the production is not given to the imperial court, it can be realized. ”

Historically, when the people of the United States developed the Great West, there was a policy, that is, to encourage those companies to build railways. The railways they promised to build, and the amount of land along the line belonged to these railway companies.

As a result, many wealthy people formed companies and went to open railways, and ordinary people bought money and shares.

The railroad was built, and the United States stipulated that each person who was willing to emigrate could grant as many acres of land as he could, so they took the railway and set off to the west, spreading the money along the railway.

Li Chao gave Li Shimin an idea, and gave the nobles to replace the Zhenfeng Shiyi with Yongye Field, and replace it with the ownerless wasteland on the frontier, so that they could reclaim it themselves, and it didn't matter if they could give more land.

"The rewards and food given to the heroes can all be exchanged for land. In this way, the imperial court will be able to save a lot of money! ”

"The frontier is also enriched, and the nobles have land, and they will definitely work hard to reclaim and operate, and they will not be wasted."

Li Shimin thought for a while, "But will the nobles have any opinions?" For example, if you have 1,800 real households, you actually have 12,600 rents and taxes, accounting for two-thirds. Are you willing to exchange it for 18,000 acres of frontier wasteland? ”

"The specific number can be adjusted again, and a number that satisfies the heroes and nobles can always be found. For example, how about changing the actual sealing of one household for ten acres of land, and changing it to the actual sealing of one ding for ten acres? In this way, it immediately rose several times. ”

Li Shimin smiled, one ding for ten acres, wouldn't Li Chao be able to get 126,000 acres of land all of a sudden? Even if it is an ordinary noble, if it is a true seal of 300 households, even if it is counted as three dings according to one household, and one ding is exchanged for ten acres, it is equivalent to 9,000 acres.

Even if it's a wasteland, it seems like it's a bit much.

"Your Majesty, I really don't think it's much, think about it, as long as it is sealed in the frontiers of those frontiers, such as Liaoxi, for example, Longxi, Longnan, and even those newly expanded places in Hexi, or the extreme border places, those places have few people and many lands, and they are originally empty. If it is given to the meritorious heroes and nobles, they can replace the imperial court to reclaim, place domestic slaves to enrich the border land, take some of the border land that was already idle, in exchange for the loyalty of the nobles, and let the imperial court save a lot of financial and tax expenditures every year, isn't it a good thing? (To be continued.) )