"Your Majesty! The heaven can tell you my loyalty to you!"

Li Tong hurriedly kowtowed.

"Since my loyalty to me is clear, why is the treasury of my Tang Dynasty empty? I remember that the taxes in Zhenzhou and other places are more than 2 million taels."

"And I used the military spending money for less than three million taels this year. Why? My Tang Dynasty only has Zhenzhou and other places, are there no other places?"

Li Yan looked at Li Tong coldly.

Li Tong's body softened and almost fell to the ground. He hurriedly stood up and said, "Your Majesty, this matter is my fault. I know I am wrong, Your Majesty!"

"Weichen did not do this tax matter well. Although Zhejiang and other places are rich, it is difficult to collect taxes from those wealthy businessmen!"

"Also, officials in Zhejiang and other places have a very good relationship with those wealthy businessmen and will help them evade taxes. Those wealthy businessmen also have a lot of land that is not registered."

Li Tong said one by one the things he was embarrassed about, and Li Yan frowned. Li Tong was indeed a bit useless. He couldn't do such a simple thing well!

However, he also knew that Li Tong was not good at socializing and that the Ministry of Revenue had no military power, so it was normal that he could not do some things.

"Haha! You can't do such a thing well, so don't do this position as the Minister of Revenue!"

Li Yan said coldly, he wanted to put some pressure on Li Tong.

"Your Majesty! I will do my best! Please give me another chance!"

Li Tong said hurriedly.

"Okay! In three days, I want you to re-measure the land across the country. Anyone who is not registered needs to be re-registered!"

"Whoever is re-registered requires ten years of land tax payment. Anyone who does not re-pay will be considered wasteland and will be nationalized!"

"Once the land is nationalized, it will be managed by officials from all over the country. You can choose to rent it to the people for use or choose to plant it yourself. However, the tax on these land is 50% and it has to be paid every year. If it cannot be paid, it can be done by directly cutting off the heads of officials?"

Li Yan asked coldly.

ah!

Li Tong was frightened by Li Yan. He didn't expect His Majesty to take such a ruthless move at once. The land that wealthy businessmen in various places that had not been registered was not much different from the registered apprentices.

If you pay all the taxes for ten years, it will not be possible to solve the problem of millions of taels, at least 30 million taels!

In this way, the Tang Dynasty will have silver. With silver, the price of rice can be controlled by the government and forced to be reduced!

However, if this is done, wealthy dealers from all over the country will definitely resist. What if something happens again?

"Your Majesty, I am worried that something will happen!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice.

"Haha! You also saw in the court that the civil and military officials in the court were in chaos enough? If I don't deal with them, will this Tang Dynasty still be my Tang Dynasty?"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

"This! I understand!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice.

Li Yan also knew that Li Tong was actually worried, and he secretly took the benefits of the five surnames and seven hopes.

"Li Tong, no matter what you have done before, I will not pursue any of their benefits. From now on, if you make another mistake, you will die!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

Li Tong's body trembled. Li Yan said these words to him today, probably because he knew that he had taken the benefits of the five surnames and seven hopes.

Your Majesty is indeed a magical plan!

However, what Your Majesty wants to do today is to kill the five surnames and seven people!

"Your Majesty, I know my mistake, but I will spare no effort to satisfy Your Majesty!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice.

"Lin Fan once formed the Jinyiwei, with a small number of people, with 10,000 people. I have the imperial guards and the Jinyiwei, with a number of people of about 30,000 people."

"The Jinyiwei will give you three thousand people. If you encounter any obstacles, you can kill first and report. Three days later, I will either see the head or the silver!"

"When paying taxes, you can choose money or food."

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

The Three Thousand Jinyiwei can kill first and then report!

this!

Li Tong instantly understood Li Yan's true intention. Those wealthy businessmen who were not registered must pay ten years of taxes.

Anyone who does not pay the money will not be ruthless. Not only will they have to pay taxes, but they will also confiscate the land. If you dare not accept it, you will kill it directly!

Moreover, Your Majesty asked him to take action first and then report, but he did not issue an imperial edict. This is very obvious. He wants to take the blame!

However, Your Majesty is already kind enough to me. Just let me take the blame, just take the blame!

"Your Majesty, I understand!"

Li Tong said in a deep voice, then took the token given to him by Li Yan and went to the Jinyiwei station.

Li Yan looked at Li Tong with a determined look on his face and turned around and said, "What's wrong with him? I gave him the Three Thousand Jinyiwei and helped him collect taxes. Why did he look like he was going to die?"

"This... I don't know. Isn't this Li Tong worried that he would be executed by His Majesty after finishing this matter?"

Yao Guangxiao said speechlessly.

"Don't I understand enough? I won't kill him!"

Li Yan said in a deep voice.

Li Tong himself didn't know that he understood what Li Yan meant. Li Yan really just asked him to check the land and collect taxes, but did not let him kill anyone.

On this side, Li Tong came to the Jinyiwei station, showed off the token given to him by Li Yan, and took away three thousand people, and these three thousand people were assigned to various places to investigate the land affairs.

A prosperous place in Zhejiang.

"Haha! Your Wang family is so brave! The registered land is only 300 acres, but your real land is 1,000 acres!"

A team of Jinyiwei found the head of the rich Wang family.

Wang Yuanwai, the head of the Wang family, looked at the Jinyiwei with a panic look on his face and hurriedly said, "This official, the villain's land is indeed more than 300 acres. These lands are all from our county magistrate. If you don't believe it, let's go find him!"

The Jinyiwei looked at the smiley face of Wang Yuan outside and said coldly: "No hurry, let's record your land first. After we have found out the land in this county town, we will go to find your county magistrate!"

"Yes! The villain is going to the county government to wait for several officials!"

Wang Yuanwai said with a smile.

"You are from the Cui family, you only have fifty acres of land in this county town, but the land you actually own is more than two thousand acres. What's going on?"

The Jinyiwei found the Cui family's head.

The Cui family here is naturally a branch of the Cui family in the five surnames, Qiwang. The land it controls has reached more than 2,000 acres, not to mention the land of their own family.

"Haha! Since you know it is our Cui family's land, you still dare to come and investigate? Don't think that you are the Jinyiwei, and you can be lawless!"
Chapter completed!