After Li Zhi, the king of Jin, left the capital Chang'an, the power of Li Tai, the king of Wei, further expanded, and many officials in the court took refuge one after another. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

At the same time, Li Tai, the king of Wei, liked to invite pets in front of Li Shimin more and more.

Li Shimin did whatever he liked, and even once told Li Shimin that if he was made the crown prince, he would kill his own son, and after a hundred years, let his younger brother Li Zhi be the emperor.

This is somewhat cruel, but for Li Shimin, he likes it very much, everyone hopes that his son can be the emperor, and after a generation, this family relationship will naturally fade a lot.

When Li Tai, the king of Wei, said this, Li Shimin somewhat hinted that he wanted to make Li Tai, the king of Wei, the crown prince, and this also made Li Tai, the king of Wei, more and more domineering.

However, after thinking about it, Li Shimin felt that it was too cruel for Li Tai, the king of Wei, to kill his son, so he did not mention the matter of establishing a prince again.

And at this time, the wheat in Datang was ripe, and there were bumper harvest scenes everywhere.

The wheat ripening season is the busiest time for the households, because after the wheat is ripe, it is time for the households to start collecting grain taxes.

The annual grain tax is collected, although it is the busiest time for the household, but it is also the most solid time for the household.

It's just that when Tang Zhou began to be responsible for collecting grain, he found that the grain in the household was not as much as he imagined.

The head of the household is called Luo Feng, and he has served in the household department for many years, but he has only recently been transferred to the position of the household waiter, and he knows a lot about the affairs of the household department, and he is not bad, and he has a good relationship with Tang Zhou.

On this day, Tang Zhou called Luo Feng over.

"Lord Luo, I have a lot of land in the Tang Dynasty, and there are a lot of fertile fields, why is there only such a little grain collected by this household?"

Luo Feng said: "Little Hou Ye doesn't know, in my Tang Dynasty, there are several types of people who don't have to pay grain, but their land is the most. ”

Some people don't have to pay grain, Tang Zhou knows about this, those princesses and princes who are actually sealed, they don't need to pay grain, and how much land they collect in their fiefdom is their own, and they don't need to hand it over to the court.

It's just that there aren't many princes and princesses in the Tang Dynasty, so shouldn't this happen?

"Since Ben Hou doesn't know, then please tell Master Luo about it."

Luo Feng nodded and said: "In my Datang, the duke who is actually sealed does not have to pay grain, these people are not much, but the land accounts for more than ten percent of my Datang, this one alone will make my Datang lose a lot of income, and then there is, my Datang treats everyone in the Shi clan and those heroes above the national duke, they pay much less food than ordinary people, if the people want to pay thirty percent, they will pay one achievement." ”

Hearing that the people of the Guogong and the Shi clan paid so much less than them, Tang Zhou actually had a trace of jealousy in his heart, he, the Hou Ye, paid about the same amount of food every year as the people, it turned out that Cheng Biting Jin and they enjoyed so many privileges than themselves, and the Hou Ye was also a duke, okay?

He was not angry in his heart, but he was not good at acting in front of Luo Feng, so Tang Zhou had to hold back his anger and listen to Luo Feng continue.

"In addition to these, my Datang also has preferential treatment for soldiers with military merits and those who have been admitted to the Jinshi, and their preferential treatment is that the land under their name can be exempted from taxation for two years, and my Datang will produce a lot of people with military merits and those who have been admitted to the Jinshi every year, and we don't know how much less grain we have to collect in a year."

"Do you know what's the most infuriating?"

Tang Zhou was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is it?" ”

"After many people knew this, they colluded with those who had military merits and were admitted to the Jinshi, and put their land in the names of these people with military merits and Jinshi, so as to escape from taxes, but in the face of this situation, we can't do anything."

After listening to Luo Feng's words, Tang Zhou's eyebrows condensed slightly, these circumstances add up, Datang is only afraid that he will have to harvest half of the grain every year, if this half of the grain is used in the right place, I don't know how prosperous Datang can be.

"Do you know what Lord Luo said about these saints?"

"Someone mentioned it a long time ago, but this matter is now a bit of a big deal, and it affects the whole body, and now no one dares to mention it, doesn't mentioning this matter offend all the powerful people of the Tang Dynasty?"

Luo Feng has been in the officialdom for many years, and he can't understand these situations anymore, he has seen many things thoroughly, and when he says this, he naturally also has the meaning of reminding Tang Zhou, don't be impulsive, thinking that if you get the holy favor, you can be the enemy of the owner.

Tang Zhou also understood the meaning of Luo Feng's words, but as a household secretary, if he couldn't increase the income of the imperial court, he would be too incompetent to do it.

After thinking about it for a long time, Tang Zhou decided to go to the palace.

Entering the palace, Tang Zhou told Li Shimin about the grain collected by the household department this year, and Li Shimin didn't feel that there was less food after reading it, and even smiled: "Okay, it's tens of thousands of deniers more than last year, it's good, it's good." ”

Seeing Li Shimin like this, Tang Zhou really doubted whether this Li Shimin was stupid, didn't he see the situation in Datang?

After hesitating for a moment, Tang Zhou had no choice but to remind: "Holy Lord, according to my land in the Tang Dynasty, the grain tax received should be twice as much as this." ”

Tang Zhou's words came out, Li Shimin's brows condensed slightly, how could he not know this, it was just the other half, who could take it back? If it is accepted, Datang will definitely be in turmoil, but he no longer has the ambition to face the possible turmoil in Datang at this time.

When people get older, it is natural to want to maintain the status quo, and in Li Shimin's view, this status quo is not bad, the most important thing is that he Li Shimin is not here in this life, his ambition is to continuously expand the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and constantly conquer, only conquest can make him have that kind of pleasure that is greater than doing things for men and women.

The matter of taxation is as long as it can make the imperial court deal with various things.

"Tang Aiqing, I know what you said, it's just that this was stipulated when I founded the Tang Dynasty, and decades have passed, and it is not easy to change it."

In order to stabilize these magnates and motivate those soldiers, these rules were formulated, and it is precisely because of these that Datang has been able to come to this day.

If it's peaceful today, Datang is stable, and suddenly want to let those powerful people spit out what they eat, are they willing?

This Datang seems to be peaceful, that is because the interests of many people have not been touched, if the interests of those powerful and scholars are touched, are they still willing to be quiet?

The implication is that Li Shimin doesn't want to interfere too much in this matter, how can he not see how smart Tang Zhou is, but Tang Zhou must handle this matter well.

Now Li Shimin is majestic all over the world, no one is dissatisfied, it is the best time to solve these drawbacks, if you wait for the Jin King Li Zhi to ascend the throne, those vassal kings will not surrender, there will be trouble, but with Li Shimin here, those people do not dare.

For the sake of Li Zhi, the king of Jin, and for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, he must borrow the majesty of Li Shimin.