Therefore, there is a need for propaganda, and there is a need for mobilization.

It is necessary to know it with emotion and move it with reason.

Liu Che smiled slightly, and picked up a thick stack of notes from the table of the imperial case.

It was handed over to Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo and the ministers to read.

"Zhuqing, please look, these are the weeping blood of the fathers and elders of Hongnong Counties!"

There were three or four hundred copies of the book, piled up, almost as thick as a book.

The names on these notes are also thunderous.

"The old minister's old Hongnong County guards the forest and weeps blood, and he dies to hear the ......"

"The new Ansavage people despise the ministers, bow their heads for a hundred times, and die to play ......"

"Therefore, the old minister of Jingfu Du Wei died cautiously to play ......"

The names of famous places and well-known scholars appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Many of these people are known, but most of them have never even heard of their names.

However, among these performers, the lowest status is also a township elder.

The high status is even related to the inner marquis!

Together, they make up the entire ruling class of Hongnong County.

They are synonymous with our fathers!

Who can be indifferent in the face of the weeping and bloody performance of the fathers and elders?

Do the people of Guanzhong want to run to their neighbors and say: Your life and death **** bird matter?

Guanzhong people have always been bold, righteous and chivalrous.

There is no way to do such a thing!

What's more, over the years, the gentry of Guanzhong and the landlords and doctors of Hongnong, Hedong, Taiyuan and other places have married very frequently.

The two sides have long been related to each other.

As for how you want to ask Liu Che how he mobilized so many Hongnong and Hedong fathers?

Isn't that simple?

Send a few Shang Shulang at will, take the Son of Heaven's Day, and visit one family after another according to the list.

Entering the door, don't say anything else, just ask: Today, the son wants to close the real book, and he is worried that the people may have inconvenience, so he ordered the ministers and others to discuss the opinions and return to Beijing to hear! The boss is highly respected, and he is not afraid to say it!

Guanzhong wants to be wide.

All the people along the road, regardless of class, of course, all raised their limbs in support!

This is good, the emperor of later generations said that he wanted to swallow Hebei, the demon capital held a fork and wanted to eat Songjiang, Nanjing looked at Ma'anshan and said-Don't stay in Anhui, come to the brother's bowl.

Even, even more exaggerated than these examples.

Now, the special policies and special treatment of the people in Guanzhong are the envy of the counties and countries of the world.

Even in the past, the Guanzhong household registration book was coveted by people all over the world.

Otherwise, the old Liu family would not have the face to forcibly move the world's heroes to the side of the emperor's tomb.

As for now, the Guanzhong household registration book is even more valuable.

Since Jinzi took office, many policies are currently only implemented in Guanzhong.

For example, the policy of protecting the price of food.

For example, the promotion of new agricultural tools and farming techniques.

What's more, the burden of Guanzhong people has always been the lightest in the world.

Moreover, if you have a Guanzhong household registration book, you can also be selected firstly to the main ace forces such as Huben, Yulin, the North and South Armies, as well as the Xiliu Battalion and the Bashang Army.

This is a great temptation for the northern landlords and doctors who believe in 'everything with force'!

Hardly anyone objected to the proposal to expand Guanzhong to their own doorstep!

Even, most of the local celebrities, after the envoy left, pondered for a while, and felt that if it was because their statement was not resolute enough, this matter was yellow.

I'm afraid that the fathers and elders of ten miles and eight towns can tear themselves apart.

So, almost immediately, many people used their privilege to write books.

The three elders of the Han family and local celebrities have the privilege of writing to the king and commenting on current affairs.

For example, in Emperor Wu's later years, there were three elders who ordered Hu Mao to write a book to talk about the rebellion of the crown prince Liu.

Of course, whether the emperor listens or not is another matter.

So, there is the current scene.

……………………………………

Looking at these envelopes in front of me, one by one, signed by local celebrities, three elders, officials above a thousand stones, or nobles above the feudal monarch.

Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo were a little silent for a while.

Even, deep down, there is a trace of uneasiness and shock.

When today's son was silent, he took out a book that covered almost the entire Hongnong County, and even some of the fathers and elders of Hedong County.

Before that, the two of them, who were the third dukes, knew nothing and were kept in the dark.

Does this mean that there are more things to do today, and they don't go through the prime minister and the imperial doctor at all, and do it on their own?

Even, thinking deeply, since the Son of Heaven can bypass the prime minister and the imperial doctor, he can deal with the father of a county by himself.

So does it mean that if he is in need, he can completely start a new business without dumping the three princes and nine kings?

Judging from the available information, there is really such a possibility!

Not to mention, the current Lantai has a team of more than 500 Shang Shulang.

At the same time, in order to serve the work of the Shangshu of Lantai, there are also thousands of middle and lower-level officials of various yamen of Jiuqing, who have been docking business with Lantai Shangshulang all year round.

In other words, the current Lantai is actually possible to snatch the jobs of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Historian's Yamen!

Thinking like this, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo glanced at each other, and each took a deep breath in their hearts.

For the two people who are well versed in history, they are well aware, in substance.

Whether it is the prime minister or the imperial historian, it is an official title invented by the king to rule the world more conveniently.

In particular, the official position of the imperial historian appeared for more than a hundred years, and it was set up by Qin Shi Huang to check and balance the power of the prime minister.

In other words, if the son of today feels that the system of the prime minister and the imperial historian is uncomfortable to use, he can indeed adjust it at any time.

"Is this a warning or a deterrent?" Chao Cuo thought about it in his heart.

As a Legalist bureaucrat, he knew very well that if a Legalist minister wanted to succeed, he had to rely on the king tightly.

Since Li Kui, the success of all Legalist ministers has depended on the trust of the king.

In the same way, once they leave the king's trust, they will go to hell.

And Zhou Yafu has another idea.

The prime minister is high and powerful, and there are too many responsibilities.

Since becoming the prime minister, he has already discovered that unless he has three heads and six arms, otherwise, in fact, he alone will not be able to smooth out the affairs of the entire prime minister's mansion.

Of course, he can learn from Xiao He Cao Shen and delegate power to his subordinates.

However, after practice, Zhou Yafu had to give up.

Although he thinks that his ability is no less than that of Xiao He Cao Shen.

However, in terms of recognizing and employing people, he is far behind.

Moreover, the situation in the world today is completely different from that of Xiao He and Cao Shen.

At the time of Xiao He Cao Shen, the world had just come out of the war, and the people generally longed for stability, and because of the existence of the land grant system, the social contradictions were infinitely close to zero.

However, now, the world has been peaceful for a long time, and the number of household registration and land has increased by more than one or two times compared with the beginning of the country.

In many places, the poor have no place to stand, and the rich have no place to live.

Moreover, the current territory of the Han dynasty is also larger than that at the beginning of the country.

As for the works......

During the time of the first emperor, except for the rebellion of Wu and Chu, only the imperial mausoleum project needed attention.

What now?

Including the Longshou Canal project, which has just been fully completed and put into use, there are as many as four large-scale water conservancy projects in Guanzhong alone!

These four major projects alone have almost exhausted his energy in the past few years.

Not to mention, he, the prime minister, also has to manage the army, civil affairs and the economy.

There are 365 days in a year, and at least 300 days are not even breathing.

Therefore, he didn't care too much about the Son of Heaven who had been instigating Lantai to seize power-he was too busy to be busy, and if someone was willing to help, of course he was extremely happy.

It's just that......

"If Your Majesty wants to change the government, I will not agree!" Zhou Yafu thought in his heart.

He is a donkey, and eight horses can't pull it back.

For Zhou Yafu, the current state system and political system are already very good.

If the emperor wants to use his own temperament, he will attack the state system.

Then he had to use his prime minister's privilege to refute it.

National events are not child's play, and they can't be made by the emperor's own temperament.

Even if, in the history of the Han family, all the prime ministers who once refuted the edict of the Son of Heaven did not end so well.

With such thoughts, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo looked at all the books hastily.

Then, they discussed with other princes and nobles and exchanged views.

In the end, Zhou Yafu came out to worship and said: "Father and elder hope that Your Majesty will be moistened by rain and dew, and the ministers can understand!" ”

"It's just that the stakes are very high, please explain it in detail for your majesty!"

Zhou Yafu looked at the map, and on the map, there was already Shang Shulang, on which the border of Guanzhong after the Guangguan of the Son of Heaven was marked.

"Your Majesty's Guangguan, Yiguan is thousands of miles, and the people are hundreds of millions, and the minister dares to ask Your Majesty, where does the cost of Guangguan and the construction of the customs come from?" Zhou Yafu raised his head, looked directly at Liu Che, and asked.

To be reasonable, if the work of Guangguan is completed, after his death of Zhou Yafu, a paragraph will inevitably be added to the conclusion of the coffin: 'Zuo Tianzi, Guangguan thousands of miles, and Yongzhou'.

But Zhou Yafu is not the kind of person who will ignore people's livelihood for the sake of political achievements.

If only the Hangu Pass is moved eastward, Zhou Yafu has no opinion.

There are only two new fortresses on the left and right, and the money and food consumed is at most the cost of only one dragon's head canal.

With the skill of finding money today, this bit of money is drizzling.

However, now, the Guangguan project is so huge.

The eastward movement of Hangu Pass does not only require the re-establishment of passes in Xin'an and Luhun.

It is even more necessary to re-select a military fortress in Guanzhong that can adapt to the development of the new era.

The same is naturally true in other directions.

Even if only the amount of the Hangu Pass eastward movement project is calculated, the Han family needs to build at least ten large military fortresses to defend the pass and block the inside and outside of the pass in order to expand the pass.

Where does all this money come from?

It can't still come out of the small treasury of the Son of Heaven, right?

Over the years, the little private money of the Son of Heaven has been spent on repairing channels, training cavalry, and spending allowances and subsidies for the border army and officials, as well as officials in the world, and most of them have already flowed out in an uproar.

Especially the Battle of Mayi.

On the surface, the Han family made a lot of money.

In fact, the real profits, those livestock, were not realized at all, but were stored in the world's horse farms.

As for the captured Hun prisoners of war, although they could be used as free labor.

But they also ate and drank Lazar.

These are all costly!

Today, although the money is very powerful, there are many ideas.

However, Zhou Yafu knew very well that the profits of coinage and salt and iron had basically been invested in the horse farm and the army.

Otherwise, last year, Qilu Confucianism clamored for the sealing of Zen, and the Son of Heaven might have to make the trip.

Judging from Zhou Yafu, the old Liu family has always been sassy.

If the economic conditions allow for such a thing, how can it not be done today?

Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and Emperor Xian, the savings of the treasury left by the current son should actually be constantly depleted.

So here's the problem.

If the small treasury of the Son of Heaven is not enough to support this Guangguan.

What does he take to Guangguan?

Undoubtedly!

It's definitely a tax increase!

The first thing to bear the brunt of is likely to be the restoration of the 15th tax on the 15th of the field tax.

But Zhou Yafu was resolutely opposed to doing so.

Life for ordinary people is not easy, especially in the Kanto region, where the burden of yeoman farmers is very heavy.

Chao Cuo wrote to Emperor Taizong back then, and he said it very clearly.

The total income of a peasant family, even according to the most rational situation, is only a few thousand dollars.

After removing all expenses, a normal family with a narrow family of five people will still owe more than 1,000 dollars.

Therefore, people often choose to help others during the slack time, or their wives and children raise silkworms and weave cloth, wash clothes, and harvest pasture grass to supplement the household.

If the burden is increased, will the people still live?

Since Taizong, should the stability and prosperity of the world be maintained?

In Zhou Yafu's view, if the Son of Heaven forcibly raises taxes in order to expand his basic cards, regardless of the lives of the people.

The consequences can be unpredictable.

Zhou Yafu, who used to be a county guard, knows too well the temper of the officials below.

The emperor raised the tax by one penny, and when it arrived at the county, it would become two coins, and when it arrived at the county, it would become four coins.

Local officials have a way of knocking out the marrow.

With the rise and fall of the world, to serve one person, this is ****!

And **** will inevitably lose the world!

"This problem, the prime minister doesn't have to worry about it......" Liu Che said with a smile: "I will levy additional sea tax and gold tax, both of which are fifteen taxes and one!" ”

"With this income, it is the cost of Guangguan!"

"Sea tax and gold tax?" The ministers are all inexplicable, when will there be this tax?

"Hmm!" Liu Che nodded and said: "I have issued an edict to General Lou Chuan, all merchants, gentry and officials who go to sea to hunt whales must obtain a 'whaling permit', this is a matter of Lou Chuan, I will not say much, this sea tax is based on the matter of whaling!" ”

"As for the golden tax, Huaihua County and its vicinity, all gold panning income must be taxed!"

Liu Che then introduced his tax policy to the ministers in detail.

After hearing this, the ministers were all stunned, and their eyes were straight.

Before today, they could not have imagined that the tax could be collected like this!

However, the statement of the Son of Heaven is indeed very feasible.

It's just that can you receive enough money for this Guangguan?

Everyone put a big question mark in their hearts. (To be continued.) )