After some ridicule, the car fell silent again, and the coachman drove the carriage through the bustling street, and Liu Han was still reminiscing about the things in the view.

When he walked out of the Taoist temple, Liu Han was sure that the Aquarius Dao Master was tempting, he looked very fierce, and his strength always bit his vest, so that he couldn't get rid of it, but how could the Great Grandmaster make a move.

He had seen the head of the sect's move, and that power had the feeling of changing the color of the mountains and rivers, making him feel that he was invincible, and there was only one thought in his heart, escape!

But the Aquarius Dao Master is not, although he is sharp, in retrospect, there is always room for him, at least if you want to kill him, it is definitely not enough!

Let him go, and the meaning in this will be deep.

A smile appeared at the corner of Liu Han's mouth, and Saim smiled: "Why are you so happy." ”

"I'm not happy to see a beautiful woman. Liu Han glanced at him, and then sighed: "Lao Sai, how many years have we known each other." ”

"Fifteen years. Saiem's eyes flashed with remembrance, and a gentle smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

"yes, time flies, it's been fifteen years. Liu Han sighed, and Saim smiled: "Speaking of which, I also thank you, you suggested that I go to Dajin to do business, and now I understand that compared with Dajin, the business in the Western Regions is like Lieliyi Lake and the sea, it can't be compared at all, if it weren't for you, I would still have to nest in that place in the Western Regions." ”

Liu Han smiled, without words, picked up the teacup and drank, outside the door curtain, the coachman was shouting softly, and the carriage stopped.

Jinselou is impressively in front of you.

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"This Liu Han, at this time, he still has the leisure to run to drink flower wine. Ju Yu shook his head very helplessly, chattering in his mouth, his eyes quickly glanced at Nan Sheng outside the door, Liu Han was sent by the palace and became his boss, but Nan Sheng didn't say a word, what Liu Han commanded, he did what he did, without half a complaint.

Gu Wei still looked down at the plan in his hand carefully, this plan has been reported to the imperial court three times, and the imperial court has not agreed, this is not Pan Lian's trouble, but the imperial court thinks that this plan has loopholes, so he revised it again.

"What does it mean to be in the court, but not to change it," the sentence was very dissatisfied, since the news of the king of Yanping County and Xue Mi entering Shangshutai came, his complaints became more and more, he felt that if he was in the court, the position of the prime minister was likely to be himself, although Peng Zhu was from the minister of the dragon, but his qualifications and prestige were far worse than his own.

Gu Wei didn't seem to hear it, he wrote a few words, and he was extremely helpless, this Yangzhou tax reform was presided over by him on the surface, but in fact, most of the work was done by Gu Wei, but he had to read every plan, and he asked in detail what he didn't understand.

The tax reform plan has been revised several times, but the local government still refuses to accept it, and in the opinion of the sentence, this tax reform plan has taken into account the interests of the local gate valve, but the local gate valve still does not accept it.

"One hundred and twenty-one taxes, all of which are classified into thirty-two, is a big move by the imperial court. After picking up the plan and reading it carefully, he couldn't help but sigh.

There are a lot of taxes in the Great Jin Dynasty, in addition to the ordinary poll tax, there are also slaughter taxes for pigs, slaughter taxes, seedling taxes for mulberry planting, mulberry leaves after they mature, mulberry leaf taxes, and so on, taxes from all walks of life, there are more than 100 in total.

This tax has summarized these taxes, for example, for pig raising, the final slaughter tax will be collected, and those who grow mulberry will only be taxed for mulberry planting, and the four or five taxes that should be collected for pig raising will be summarized into one, which will only be collected when selling pigs, and will be collected according to the commercial tax, and the same will be true for those who grow mulberry.

According to reason, this tax reform is a tax reduction plan, but the problem is the poll tax, the imperial court decided to cancel the poll tax, incorporate the poll tax into the land, and collect the land tax.

Gu Wei's plan was relatively mild, believing that it could be stipulated that the land of some gate lords could not be taxed according to the title of the gate lord clan and the Taizu system.

But the gate lord clan still couldn't accept it.

At the time of Taizu, how could the prescribed land be compared with now, eight hundred years have passed, and now they are still the scholars of the gate valve, and the land does not know how many times it has expanded.

So, Gu Wei gave in again and decided to exempt each person from taxation according to the population of the gate lord clan, and also took out part of the land for sacrifice.

But this plan was still rejected by the gate lord clan.

The imperial court was still hesitant about this plan at first, but after the news that the gate lord clan could not accept it reached the imperial capital, the imperial court was furious, and the emperor set a stricter plan.

When this plan was issued, Gu Wei was very helpless, and hurriedly sent it to the court, suggesting that the original plan should be adopted, and some modifications were made to the original plan to meet the requirements of the imperial court.

However, the clan refused to negotiate, and did not even convene a meeting of the Qin mission, and the Yangzhou officials led by Sheng Huai did not know how to confront, but secretly prevaricated, resulting in the complete failure of the tax reform plan.

"Alas!" Gu Wei put down his pen and sighed heavily, during this time, he personally visited the Lu Jiayu family and other first-class gate lords in Yangzhou, and persuaded them to support this tax reform plan, but unfortunately none of them agreed.

"If it doesn't work, I can't help it. Gu Wei said.

Ju Yu picked up the recital and plan he had just written, and after reading it by two, he sighed softly: "Brother, you, I see that the court is not satisfied, and the local government is not satisfied, I estimate that Taixue and Guozijian and the group of scholars will come out to impeach you again." ”

"I'm afraid it's still you. Gu Wei smiled at him reluctantly, looking quite tired.

The boy came in and changed him for a cup of tea before leaving.

With a wry smile, I have worked with Gu Wei for more than a year, and I know more about him, don't look at the usual gentle as jade, but occasionally send out a sword, but it goes straight into the hearts of the people.

"Honestly, this is the last thing I can come up with, if,... , then I have to ask the court to go. Gu Wei shook his head and sighed.

Ju Yi also shook his head: "I see enough, this is stricter than the last draft, will they accept it?" I think it is better to push forward forcefully according to the will of the imperial court." ”

Both of them knew in their hearts that the imperial court suddenly let Liu Han take control of the military power of Yangzhou County, which was to prepare for the future advancement of force.

Jiangnan is not the northern border army, there has been no major war in 800 years, so the armament is slack, when Taizu, the Jiangnan Navy Division has 3,000 boats, and the officers and soldiers of the Navy Division have 80,000 people, after 800 years, the Jiangnan Navy Division has more than 200 boats left, of which there are dozens of unmoving, and the strength is only 3,000 people.

There are more than 2,000 soldiers in Yangzhou County, and the reason why there are so many county soldiers is related to the war with Xianbei more than ten years ago, Emperor Taiding issued an order that each county recruit troops, and the county trains itself for the imperial court to call. At that time, there were 10,000 soldiers in Yangzhou County, and 30,000 troops in the entire Yangzhou counties.

With these 5,000 people, plus 600 tiger guards, the imperial court thought that it was enough to deter all forces in Yangzhou and eliminate all hidden dangers.

Gu Wei had a worried face, sighed softly, called in Nan Sheng, and asked him to send someone out, Nan Sheng couldn't help but be stunned, he was a military general, responsible for security guards, this kind of thing was not his turn.

"Go ahead, I'll work hard for you this time. The sentence commanded gently.

Nan Sheng was silent, clenched his fists and took the invitation.

"Five days," Gu Wei said lightly, "I gave them five days." ”

Ju Yu was silent for a while, finally nodded, and turned to go out.

In the evening, at the beginning of the lanterns, Liu Han came back full of wine.

"You're at ease. ”

Liu Han looked up, among the green trees, dressed in white, looking at Mingyue coldly, with a cup of cold tea in front of him.

He smiled and went over to sit across from him.

"There are big things in the world, there are adults who stand up to it, and it is not my turn. ”

"Yangzhou is now a turbulent dark tide, and the bloody rain is just around the corner. Gu Wei's voice was faint, as if it was floating from the darkness, cold.

"The head that should be lost has to be lost, there is such a mother-in-law and mother-in-law doing things, the decree of the court, why should those guys agree. Liu Han said casually, reached out and lifted the teapot and poured a cup of tea, and took a sip, which was cold.

"Xiaozhi!"

"Don't scream, he's studying. Gu Wei said that his child's name, Gu Zhi, was the son of a homeless person adopted by Gu Wei.

Liu Han shook his head, put down the teapot, and drank cold tea as well.

"I thought you weren't coming back tonight. ”

Liu Han looked up in amazement, Gu Wei smiled, under the moonlight, it was a little bleak, and it was also a little weird: "Miss Ziyan is an admirer of your brother Liu, the boudoir is full of your poems, and she only sings your poems when she comes out, and when you get to her, she doesn't sweep the couch." ”

Liu Han laughed, but admitted in his heart that Gu Wei was right, the girl with purple smoke could be described as treating each other with kindness, looking at him with eyes about to flow honey, the kind of uneasy, expectant and scared little daughter's mentality was fully revealed.

He still didn't stay, and was ridiculed by Saim all the way as an incomprehensible amorous man, but he didn't, not that the purple smoke was not beautiful, but that he didn't want to stay like this.

"Brother Liu, I have a question I've always wanted to ask. Gu Wei said slowly.

Liu Han shook his head slightly: "My lord said this, I don't dare to bear it." ”

"Brother Liu, tonight, let's put down the official rank of the court and make friends with each other, just talk about it, don't say anything lowly, it's good. "Gu Wei is extremely sincere,

Liu Han was slightly stunned, and looked at Gu Wei again, Gu Wei's expression was very complicated, both sincere and desolate, and a little compassionate.

Thinking about it for a while, Liu Han nodded: "Then it will be presumptuous." ”

Gu Wei pondered slightly, and then asked: "Brother Liu is in the Western Regions, I have never been to the Western Regions, I don't know how the countries of the Western Regions govern the country?"

"Why is Brother Gu interested in the small countries of the Western Regions?" Liu Han was a little curious.

"The stones of other mountains can attack jade, our Great Jin, the mountains and rivers are vast, the population is large, and it is naturally different from the small countries in the Western Regions, but there are some things that can be compared and used for reference. ”

Liu Han nodded: "That's the truth, Brother Gu's mind is amazing, I've been back to Dajin for a few years, and Brother Gu is the first to ask how the countries of the Western Regions govern the country." ”

Gu Wei's expression was calm, his eyes looked at the bright moon, and he sighed faintly.

The Great Jin Dynasty is the most important place in the world, and it is also the country of the world, the state of etiquette, the officials and scholars of the Great Jin Dynasty regard the Western Regions outside the country as a wild land, and they are just savages.

"The Western Regions are small, and the governance is relatively simple," Liu Han thought about it, and said that there are dozens of countries in the Western Regions, but in fact, most of them are not as big as a state in the Great Jin Dynasty, and there are more than a dozen small countries that are not as good as a county in the Great Jin Dynasty.

"Governing the country is nothing more than two hands, collecting money and spending money," Liu Han said with a smile: "Collecting money is taxation, and spending money is construction."

Let's talk about collecting money first, the population of the countries in the Western Regions is not much, the maximum is five or six hundred thousand, and the least is seven or eight thousand, which is not as large as the population of the imperial capital, and the countries in the Western Regions are mostly nomadic and live in pursuit of water and grass, so most of the countries in the Western Regions do not have a poll tax, and the taxes of various countries mainly come from commercial taxes, and commercial taxes account for seventy or eighty percent of the taxes. ”

In his previous life, Liu Han had a deep study of tax policy and tariffs, and small changes in tax policy would cause violent fluctuations in finance.

The more wealth, the greater the responsibility, everyone has a tax liability, these are universal values, universal everywhere, so what is tax-free by ancestor!

(End of chapter)