Outside the new capital.

Wang drove out ten miles away, and Liu Danle, who was riding a horse next to him, stopped, he was old, and he was going to Chang'an by carriage this time, but Zhao Ziliang wanted to see him off, he couldn't take a carriage during this journey, he could only ride a horse.

"The king, you have to say goodbye to the king for a thousand miles, the king sends it so far, the minister really can't afford it, please return to the king!"

Wang drove to a halt, the two palace maids lifted the yarn tent, Zhao Ziliang stepped down from the carriage driven by Wang, and Dugu Wenqing, Liu Dan and other ministers all dismounted.

Zhao Ziliang said to Liu Dan as he walked forward: "This king sent you to Chang'an this time, it's not that he doesn't trust Gao Shang and others, after all, they have limited prestige, and they are inevitably constrained in doing things, although the Chang'an court and officialdom have undergone a major change of blood over the years, but after all, the power of the gate valve family is deep-rooted, and it is impossible to eradicate the influence of the gate valve and the family power on the government overnight, this is a long-term plan!" The generals are deeply hidden from the martial arts and the method of marching and arranging, and refuse to teach them to outsiders, and after a long period of accumulation, the military is controlled by those generals, which is why this king wants to open a military academy in Xiqin, and teach the military cadets the art of war, marching and formation, and the method of drilling. Of course, we all know that there is no absolute fairness in the world, but in order to reduce and ease social contradictions, politicians must issue decrees and formulate systems to minimize the phenomenon and degree of unfairness! ”

"To give a simple example, at the beginning of the founding of our Western Qin, almost all of us had only a few dozen acres of land and some cattle, sheep and horses, but after years of development, especially the government encouraged and supported some people to get rich first, so that we also began to get rich in Western Qin, although the living standards of most people have improved, but they are too far away from those who got rich first, and with the extension of time, the gap between the rich and the poor will become bigger and bigger. As a result, many people's hearts began to be unbalanced, and they did not suffer from widowhood but unevenness! Some people think that these people who came rich first made so much money by their own ability, and those poor people have no ability and should be born poor, these people can think like this, but we in power can't think like this, because we all know what is going on, if there is no policy encouragement and targeted support from the royal court and the government, and turn a blind eye to some of their business practices that actually violate the law, these people who became rich first will still be the same as those poor people! ”

"If the vast majority of people are always thinking about how to benefit themselves, then sooner or later this bureaucratic system will collapse, and the people will be exploited so much that they will not be able to survive, and they will naturally rebel desperately, we are not afraid of the people rebelling, since we know what is going on, why don't we think of a way to solve the hidden dangers? In order to maintain political clarity, in addition to strictly enforcing the system, it is also necessary to intensify supervision and punishment, and we must not turn a blind eye to any behavior that violates the principles and regulations in the officialdom! ”

"Liu Dan, the main task of your visit this time is not to stare at those administrative officials, but to stare at the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and Yushitai, which are the supervision and supervision yamen, as long as there are no major problems within these yamen, work efficiently and proactively to handle cases, there will be no big problems in the officialdom, if these supervision and supervision yamen do not act and have big problems, then there must have been problems in the officialdom!"

Liu Shan agreed: "Yes, the minister remembers the king's instructions and entrustment!" ”

Zhao Ziliang stood fixed and nodded: "Okay, this king will not be far away, you go all the way to the mountains and roads, you must pay more attention to your body!" ”

"Save it! Let the king and your lords stay, and the minister has taken his leave! After Liu Shan finished speaking, he stepped on the back of the horse with the support of his entourage, beat the horse and galloped forward, and the accompanying Hu Cong and the soldiers escorted all the way away, as Zhao Ziliang's envoy, he had five hundred guards and horses.

After Liu Dan left, Zhao Ziliang still stood still in place, and asked Dugu: "What do you think of the problem of the gap between the rich and the poor among the people that this king just said?" ”

Limited to the limitations of his vision and the times, Dugu didn't have a good way to ask the customs, he shook his head and said: "The king forgives the sin, the minister can't think of any good way for the time being!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "This problem existed in all dynasties, but the previous rulers took it for granted and did not realize the harm!" You look at those rich people, officials and aristocrats, when they have money, they like to hide their money, and do not use it to continue to expand the scale of business and daily expenses, the amount of gold, silver, copper and other metals we produce every year is limited, they hide a large part, the money circulating in the market will be less, which is not conducive to economic development, the royal court and local governments should consciously guide the rich people to spend money and expand the scale of business, and make the business bigger, so that they can not only earn more and more, but also let the money circulate faster in the market. It can make many ordinary people have more opportunities to do things and make money, people have money to make and things to do, they will not be disgruntled, they will not make trouble, if you can not find something to do, and you can't eat enough and don't have enough clothes and warmth, will you be willing to wait for death? ”

Dugu shook his head and said, "The minister won't!" The king's words are thought-provoking! ”

Zhao Ziliang looked at Liu Dan's team, which had become the size of a black spot, took a deep breath and said: "Now is also the time to promulgate an increase in personal income tax!" Remember the saying, 'Take it from the people, use it for the people.'"

Dugu asked the vulgar and bowed his hand and said, "Obey!" ”

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Half a year has passed since the confrontation between the Western Qin State and the Eastern Roman Empire began in the Middle East, and in the past six months, there have been frictions and skirmishes between the two sides, but they have tried to maintain restraint and not let the conflict expand.

Mahdi used this half a year to conquer Egypt, Tripoli and Mauritania all the way, killing several of his brothers, and unifying North Africa in one fell swoop, but the North African region has just been unified, and the remnants of his brothers are still dying, and he can only focus all his energy on exterminating these remnants of resistance.

The Western Qin State was waiting for an opportunity, and Zhao Ziliang expected that Leo IV would not be able to stay in Damascus for a long time, Constantinople needed Leo IV to be in charge, and his queen Irina was only a woman no matter how capable she was, and it was impossible for the ministers to listen to her.

In July, as Zhao Ziliang expected, Leo IV had to return to Constantinople, because the Bolgars in the north once again invaded the Thracian region, and a large number of villages were burned, fields were destroyed, and grain, livestock, and people were plundered!

The northern barbarians have become the nightmare of the Eastern Roman Empire, these hundreds of years, first the Alans, East Germans, West Germans continue to invade the northern frontier of the Eastern and Western Roman Empire, and then there are Huns and Avars often invade, after the Avars, the Slavs and the Bolgars come to invade and plunder, almost once a year, if there is no year, the barbarian leaders will be looked down upon by the tribesmen, and the position under the ass is not stable, as if only the southern invasion of the Eastern Roman Empire can show their strength and bravery. The Bolgars were now exhausted from infighting, and they still had to go south several times a year to fight against the Eastern Roman Empire.

"Great King, we have received news that the king of the Bolgar Khan, Tylilig, has decided to send troops to attack the Thracian region of the Eastern Roman Empire in order to ease the internal strife in the Khan and strengthen his position as the king of the Khan! The news has been leaked from within the Bolgars, and our people have passed the news back as soon as they learned about it. The Eastern Roman Empire had also installed a small work within the Bolgars, and they had also received news that Leo IV could not sit still in Damascus after receiving the report, and that he had left Damascus with his guards and was on his way back to Constantinople by boat! Wang Can walked into the Qinzheng Hall and reported to Zhao Ziliang.

Zhao Ziliang put down his pen and asked, "Are you sure that Leo IV returned to Constantinople because of this incident?" ”

Wang Can said: "Yes, this news is absolutely true! ”

Zhao Ziliang thought for a while and said: "Although Leo IV is young, his talent is better than his father Constantine V can't be found, plus his queen Irina is a woman with extremely good political means, the two of them should not be taken lightly, Tririg is only afraid that they are not the opponent of their husband and wife, now that the news has leaked, Leo IV and his wife will definitely make arrangements in advance, so that Tririg will not come back, this king thinks we should remind Trilig?" The enemy of our enemies is our friends, and when our friends are in trouble, how can we watch our friends fall into traps and abysses? ”

Wang Can smiled and clenched his fists and bowed and said, "The king is wise, the minister will go and deploy!" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "When the Eastern Romans and the Bolgars really fight, you have to report to this king as soon as possible!" ”

Wang Can promised: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

At this time, the Tang Army's Northern Route Army was on its way to Liaodong, the weather was hot in July, which was extremely unfavorable for the march, but fortunately, all the way along the way was the land of the Tang Dynasty, which was extremely safe, in order to avoid the hot weather during the day, Li Baozhen ordered to march at night, and camp in the shade of the mountains and forests or by the river during the day.

On the way, there were local governments and local garrisons and Youzhou garrisons to meet and provide food to reward the army. Grain, grass, baggage and other materials had already been transported to Youzhou before the army marched, and most of the baggage had already been in place before the army arrived.

In this way, by mid-August, the Northern Route Army, led by Li Baozhen, arrived at the Wugu City on the Liaodong Peninsula, which was the main transportation route connecting the Liaodong Peninsula and Pyongyang.