"It's this principle, the prairie man, wielding a knife across a horse, with clear grievances. Liu Han exclaimed, Shi Kai and Long Zheng felt incredible.

"What do those adults in Shangshutai think, who knows," Liu Han's expression was quite playful: "However, I guess that when the army fights, the grain and grass go first, and the battle outside the fortress will be won, as long as the grain and grass keep up, the battle outside the fortress will be won, but if it is said that the new tax system is born for the war outside the fortress, it feels a bit reluctant." ”

Murong calmly looked suspicious, his expression was very suspicious, Liu Han ignored it, and continued: "You can know history by reading, how many conflicts and wars between the Central Plains and Saiwai in history, how many times have the grassland men won? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Han sighed softly, Tuoba Ying Murong and the others looked solemn, obviously, they had never thought like this, they had seen battles again and again in the book, and the heroic posture of heroes was praised on the grassland, but from the perspective of history, it was just a small wave, not even a wave, at most a ripple.

"So now the troubles on the grassland are just ringworm scabies for the Great Jin, the real problems of the Great Jin are internal, the imperial court taxes are decreasing day by day, the land annexation is becoming heavier, and the displaced people are in the wilderness, if these problems are not solved, it will destroy the Great Jin, in my opinion, the imperial court is forced from the outside, and in the name of righteousness, there will be much less resistance. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Han showed a hint of a nonchalant smile: "The one who planned this must be a genius." ”

After finishing speaking, Shi Kai and Long Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, and showed admiration together, the expressions of the four Tuoba Ying were different, Murong calmly thoughtful, and nodded subconsciously, Tuoba Ying looked solemn, Wumeng and Yuwen Yu disagreed, especially Yuwen Yu, feeling that Liu Han was just intimidating, the Great Jin was really so powerful, more than ten years ago, how could he almost hit the imperial capital, if it wasn't for the betrayal of the Huns and the Duan tribe, the bald tree function Great Khan would have been able to capture the imperial capital.

"What Mr. Liu said is that we have all read the wrong books. Murong sighed calmly, entangled in small places, but forgot the big historical vision, in fact, these are all written in the book.

"Mr. Liu, as you can see, what will be the result of the imperial court's dispatch of troops outside the fortress this time?" Tuoba Ying ignored Murong's calm emotion and asked directly.

Shi Kai and Long Zheng also looked at Liu Han, Shi Kai was a little more curious, although Liu Han had a literary name, these Hu people seemed to trust him very much.

Liu Han shook his head and said: "This is not something I can predict, there are many factors that determine the outcome of the war, this is just a small battle for the Great Jin, it is best to win, if it is defeated, the emperor will take the opportunity to reorganize Shangshutai and take out the Pan chain, so, the victory or defeat, the emperor will win." ”

"I see, I see. Murong muttered calmly, his expression was a little dazed, Liu Han understood at once, this Murong calmly had already seen that the opportunity for the Great Jin to send troops this time was not ideal, but why did the imperial court insist on sending troops to the outside? It turned out that this was from the outside to the inside.

On the one hand, the emperor was victorious, the emperor's prestige skyrocketed, and Pan Lian's position was in jeopardy; if he was defeated, the responsibility was that Shangshutai was ineffective, and the emperor took advantage of the situation to reorganize Shangshutai and take Pan Lian, and at the same time vigorously promoted the new tax system.

No matter how you calculate it, the emperor will not lose! No wonder the emperor is the main battle!

Shi Kai and Long Zheng exchanged glances, and their hearts were shocked, this kind of power and strategy in the court was beyond their knowledge, and the absolute cleverness of designing this layout, but what about Liu Han, who saw through this situation?

Everyone has their own thoughts, and this tea is tasteless, but Liu Han feels very happy, at least this Shi Kai and Long Zheng are two interesting people.

Liu Han asked where a few people lived, Tuoba Ying and they lived in the pavilion, Shi Kai and Long Zheng lived in the Moxiang Inn in Withered Branch Lane, which was on the edge of the wharf in the west of the city, and the name of the store was very elegant, but it was actually a very poor inn, and Moxiang had nothing to do with it, it was estimated that the two of them were late, and the inn near Yangzhou Academy was already full.

Liu Han chatted for a while, and was about to leave, but Tuoba Ying got up first to say goodbye, Murong calmly asked him where he lived, Liu Han told them that if there was something, they could go to the Qincha camp to find him, and now he was the fake captain of the Tiger Benwei.

For this position, Tuoba Ying is not surprised at all, he has seen Liu Han's skills in Guzang, but Long Zheng and Shi Kai are very surprised.

After sending off the four Tuoba Eagles, Liu Han and the three sat down again, Shi Kai said with admiration: "Mr. Liu turned out to be both civil and military," and after a little hesitation, he said euphemistically: "My lord is a fake captain of Hu Benwei, and Hu Benwei is the emperor's personal army, and I heard that they are all selected brave people." ”

Glancing at Long Zheng as he spoke, Liu Han was still a little puzzled at first, not knowing what Shi Kai was talking about, but after slowly understanding, he couldn't help but be happy.

"Zitai also practices martial arts?" Liu Han asked with a smile, Long Zheng nodded hesitantly, glared at Shi Kai with some embarrassment and said, "I also practice martial arts, but my father thinks it's better to study." ”

Long Zheng doesn't seem to have much experience in the rivers and lakes, and his embarrassment is a sign of immaturity in Liu Han's eyes.

"Oh, I didn't expect that Long Gongzi was both civil and military, I don't know who Long Gongzi's master is?" Liu Han asked with a smile.

Long Zheng obviously knew better than Shi Kai what it meant to be a fake lieutenant of Hu Benwei, and his posture was extremely low: "I am a family heirloom, my master is my mother, I have not walked the rivers and lakes, according to my mother's judgment, I will now reach the middle grade of a warrior." ”

"The samurai middle grade is not bad. Liu Han said with a smile, and the topic changed: "Are you going to Yangzhou Academy tomorrow?"

Shi Kai nodded, and Long Zheng smiled: "Originally, I was very interested, and I wanted to hear what Gu Wei had to say, but after listening to what the adults said, I was much less interested in tomorrow's debate." ”

Liu Han pretended to be surprised, and his face was full of apologies: "It's my fault, if you don't change it so much, it will ruin your interest." ”

The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and Shi Kai sighed deeply: "It seems that you can't die studying, this thing in the court is really unimaginable." ”

"What do you think of this new tax system?" asked Liu Han.

Shi Kai and Long Zheng looked at each other, and Long Zheng said with a straight face: "The new tax system is good for the court and the people, it is really good governance, and those who oppose it are actually old-fashioned and stubborn people and wealthy families." ”

"This is very true," Shi Kai nodded in agreement: "My lord doesn't know, we have been to Xuzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou over the years, and found that the land annexation is becoming more and more serious, and most of the landless people have become homeless, and these homeless people gather in the mountains and forests, or bandits or thieves, causing local unrest, and the local government has nothing to do, the prison is full, and there is no money to send them back to their hometown, so they can only let it go, and if it goes on like this, there will be chaos." ”

"I feel that the new tax system has broken the privileges of the scholars," Long Zheng also said: "For a long time, the scholars have enjoyed many privileges, and not paying taxes is one of them, and the second and more serious is the current method of tasting, which is extremely unreasonable. ”

"According to the following opinion, the scholars have now become a problem in the world, the children of the scholars are born with positions, the court does not have much wealth, and there are many redundant officials, waste the court officials, and the court is corrupt, corruption is rampant, Sheng Huai such a corrupt official, actually has a very high reputation, our society is sick. Shi Kai's words were even sharper and more aggressive.

"With what Sheng Huai did in Yangzhou, he should have been dismissed and questioned a long time ago, if nothing else, just say that his position is changed every three years, which obviously violates the imperial court system, but no one cares, why? ”

"Yes," Long Zheng interjected, "This division of fields should be abolished, replaced with a salary system, and the salary should be clarified and distributed by the imperial court." ”

"But doesn't this increase the burden on the imperial court?" Liu Han asked deliberately.

"If the new tax system is successful, then the imperial court tax will increase significantly, and besides, the land divided into various places will be rented or sold, which is also a kind of income. Long Zheng replied in a firm tone.

Liu Han nodded slightly, and did not continue to ask, but Shi Kai interjected: "This matter is not easy, it can't be easily launched, I think the first thing to do is to clarify the rule of officials, otherwise even if there is a good policy, it will be used crookedly by those officials." ”

"Oh, why did Hongxu say this?" Liu Han felt that Shi Kai had something to say and looked at him.

"Let's talk about the salt tax reform in Yangzhou some time ago," Shi Kai said: "I have checked, according to the salt tax reform policy, salt merchants will no longer pay taxes after paying taxes, but after I inquired, I learned that local officials colluded with salt merchants to restrict merchants from raising salt prices, and the small people suffered." ”

"There is such a thing!" Liu Han was very surprised, in the market economy system he designed for Xue Mi, he was most worried about monopoly, so he devised a way to prevent monopoly.

"And that's not all, the quality of salt is worse now than before, especially the salt that is commonly used by the people. Shi Kai added.

"It seems that this salt tax reform is not yet complete. Liu Han said slowly, his brows furrowed, and he quickly estimated the impact of this incident in his heart.

For Liu Han, he was in favor of the new tax system, but he was reluctant to actively participate, because all changes cost money, Shang Yingche split, Wuxu Six Gentlemen, the blood of many reformers recorded in history, he was this official, the purpose was revenge, and when revenge was successful, he would dodge away.

But this salt tax innovation is different, this is what he proposed to Xue Mi, if this thing fails, it will have a great impact on Xue Mi, and Xue Mi is one of his pawns, at least for now, this chess piece cannot be abolished, and it must help him gain greater power.

Shi Kai and Long Zheng saw that Liu Han's expression was wrong, and the two of them looked calm, these problems were all found in their actual investigation, these problems were very serious, but they were not unsolvable.

"If that's the case, do you improve the method?" asked Liu Han.

"The plan of the imperial court is already very good, I can't come up with any improvement plan, this salt tax innovation, to be honest, is a genius design," Shi Kai said calmly: "These problems are actually the problems of the officials, if the officials are clear, it is not difficult to solve these problems at all." ”

Liu Han nodded, but Long Zheng said: "It takes a long time to rectify the rule of officials, so it is better for the imperial court to send rectification envoys to various places to rectify the salt market." ”

Liu Han thought for a while, didn't answer directly, looked up at the two of them and asked, "Lord Ju and Master Gu issued a recruitment list, I wonder if the two of you are willing to go to the Qincha camp and join the ranks of implementing the new tax system?"

Shi Kai and Long Zheng looked at each other, Long Zheng hesitated, clenched his fists and said, "Let us think about it or two." ”

Liu Han nodded and said: "After tomorrow's debate, the new tax system will be fully launched, and a series of new policies will be introduced." ”

Speaking of this, he paused: "It must be said that the new tax system will be very difficult, there will be great resistance, maybe someone will take risks, and it is possible for you to pay the price of your lives." ”

Long Zheng smiled, Shi Kai also smiled, and his beard trembled: "Adults don't need to be in a hurry, if we are willing, we will definitely not be afraid of these." ”

Liu Han understood that these two people who could go to the field to investigate the implementation of the salt tax reform were obviously not the kind of people who read dead books and read dead books.

"Okay, then I won't persuade you, I hope to see the two of you in the camp. ”

Liu Han got up as he spoke, clasped his fists at the two of them, and without saying much, he turned around and went downstairs.

(End of chapter)