Because everyone was so enthusiastic about this, this government meeting almost became a recruitment scene for Sanwei Lang. Li Tai had to state that there were enough positions for San Weilang, and they could discuss it later, so that these people who were eager to find a way out for the son-in-law were
The old fathers calmed down.
Next, the meeting continued, and Liu Qing, the governor of the capital, reported on the affairs of the criminal justice department. After determining that the civil strife was over, Li Tai arranged to summon the famous criminal talents from the north and south to compile the laws and regulations, so as to end the complicated and chaotic state of the laws and regulations in the Western Wei Dynasty as soon as possible, so that the officials
The people can all have laws to follow.
If you want to compile new laws and regulations, you must not only summarize the origins and gains and losses of the criminal laws and regulations of the past dynasties, but also deeply integrate the ills and ills of the current world. After all, every criminal order is related to the fate of thousands of people, so it is natural to be careless.
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Therefore, Liu Qing's main focus during this period of time was interviewing Shiliu, assembling a team for compiling regulations, and retrieving and preparing relevant information.
Although Li Tai had no time to personally take charge of the matter, he still paid close attention to it. Whether he asked for people or things, he basically responded to all requests. The collection of books from the Southern Dynasties and the classics and materials obtained from the Northern Qi were all open for use, in order to be able to compile
Develop a strict standard that can serve as both a legal code for the current generation and a solemn law for future generations to rely on!
Liu Qing felt deeply pressured and encouraged by Tang Gong's attitude of attaching such great importance to him. He repeatedly expressed that he would do his best and live up to his expectations.
The first task of Wang Songnian, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Sacrifice, after taking office was to build a family temple for Duke Tang. Wang Songnian naturally did not dare to be careless about such an important matter of worshiping ancestors and honoring people and ministers. After retiring from the court, he was already preparing relevant plans.
After collecting the legal information, a preliminary plan was compiled and handed over to Li Tai for review.
Although Li Tai is not very proficient in these matters, he still trusts Wang Songnian, especially because there are many people in his family who have studied it deeply. He is not worried that there will be any flaws in the matter. He just browses the plan and then lets it go.
Wang Songnian continues to manage it.
It was just that when choosing the place to build the family temple, he decided to place it in Tongzhou after some consideration. Although he and the emperor were getting along fairly well at the moment, after all, the relationship was between a powerful minister and a puppet, and the relationship between
Later, as the situation in the country returned to stability, he would still have to return to Tongzhou to take charge.
After all, the Northern Qi Dynasty is now the number one enemy of the Western Wei Dynasty and the opponent that needs to be solved, and Tongzhou has long been the military and political center of Guanzhong. All aspects of military infrastructure such as military camps, military roads, and storage are also centered on Tongzhou.
If Li Tai wants to return to Chang'an to govern, he will inevitably make some additions and changes, but the result will not be as convenient as staying in Tongzhou. Today's office and living environment in Chang'an City is relatively poor, and the space for changes is relatively small.
.Based on the current situation of the Western Wei Dynasty, there is no need to carry out these insignificant efforts.
However, although Li Tai does not plan to build any new city buildings, Cui Yansheng, the Minister of the Ministry, does not have to worry about being idle and having nothing to do. In fact, on the contrary, he still has many things to take care of.
First, Li Tai planned to dredge and repair the Zhengguo Canal to improve the overall agricultural irrigation situation in Guanzhong. Then, he planned to systematically modify the waterways around Chang'an, especially the main streams such as the Wei River, which needed to be dredged.
Li Tai himself was promoted step by step through water conservancy. Later, he took water conservancy as a key management task in various places he transferred to. He had long been dissatisfied with the current situation of Guanzhong's waterways, but he just wanted to carry out scientific research.
The rectification involved too many aspects, and he never had enough time or authority to manage it.
Now that he finally has the power, Li Tai certainly does not want to continue to let it go. He hopes that through some rectifications, the water resources in Guanzhong will be used more scientifically and efficiently, thereby strengthening the potential and prospects of agricultural development in Guanzhong and improving farming conditions.
At the same time, it will alleviate the contradiction between man and land.
If you want to establish something, you must have money and food to sustain it. No matter how grand the plan is, if there is no material foundation, it will be a castle in the air. The financial problems of the Western Wei Dynasty have never been a topic that makes people happy. In order to avoid being in a good mood too early,
To destroy it, Li Tai specially asked Pei Hong, the Minister of Duzhi, to give a final report on the matter.
Sure enough, when Pei Hong opened his mouth, the atmosphere of the meeting was suddenly brought to a freezing point as expected: "Your Majesty, the treasury is exhausted and there is no money to be spent..."
It is no exaggeration to say that since Li Tai took over the power, the Western Wei Dynasty has been operating in a state of negative assets. All expenditures depend on external input. The day Shannan Road does not import supplies, there will be no food supply that day.
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The most important part of the Western Wei Dynasty’s finances was rent transfers from prefectures and counties and tribute from all parties. The annual taxes needed to be paid after autumn, and the prefectures and counties had to complete the transfers within the last month of the year at the latest, so that this year would not be missed.
Completion of financial tasks and formulation of next year's expenditure plan.
But last year's Eastern Expedition not only wiped out the supplies accumulated by the Chinese and foreign governments, but even household transfers and school services in some prefectures and counties in the pass were advanced in advance. Although it is not as exaggerated as Echeng's overdraft, it is not Bafu either.
Mercy, but the technical means of collection have not yet been reached. In short, it is a mess.
At least until the tributes from various states begin to be paid this year, the new hegemony of Li Tai will not have any visible and substantial income to solve its current financial difficulties.
Although Pei Hong, the Minister of Duzhi, was not exhausted to death like Su Chuo back then, he came from Shannan, a place with abundant finances, to the poor and remote area of Guanzhong. Since he took office, he has faced every day the embarrassment of waiting for rice to be eaten.
The current situation is unspeakably miserable.
The largest financial expenditure of the Western Wei Dynasty was military expenditure. Although the implementation of the military expenditure system greatly reduced the burden of military expenditure, even after the reduction, it was still a heavy burden for this fragile financial situation.
Especially for the military reforms carried out by Li Tai before, twelve hussar mansions were established respectively, and soldiers were awarded fields for their military merits. Neither the cost of administrative expenses nor the start-up funds for land reclamation and other matters were in place.
Pei Hong was also worried about this during this period. He had to hide away when he saw people wearing military uniforms, fearing that they would surround him and demand money, food and supplies. How had he ever suffered like this since he followed the Duke of Tang?
Talking about it now makes my nose sore.
Under the premise of maintaining stability, Li Tai actually did not have a good strategy to make money. Although the thought of destroying Buddhism makes the world feel vast, the widespread belief base of Buddhism among the people determines that this matter is related to social stability.
It is closely related. Now that he has just assumed power, it is still not appropriate to attack on all sides. Even if he wants to do it, he must do it step by step and step by step.
At the moment, all he can think of is to make good use of the spoils of war with the Turks. In addition to supplementing some of the cattle, horses and livestock for local officials and livestock, they will then be rented to foreigners and sold to the people through various levels of government and land sales, thereby raising funds.
Absorb some private resources.
However, the harvest from this part will not be too high. Not all horses can be used as war horses, and similarly, not all cattle can be used as farm cattle.
The cattle raised on the grassland are mostly used to provide meat, dairy products, sinews, fur and other materials. The price for selling to the private sector must not be too high, and even profit is secondary. The main thing is to save money and continue to raise them.
The labor and feed costs required.
Most of the treasures that were given away to lure the Turkic Muzhan Khan were recovered, but the problem is that although these treasures are of high value, they are difficult to realize. What is needed to establish a military mansion and grant land to reclaim wasteland is real food.
, grain seeds, farm tools and other kinds of daily necessities cannot be given to the soldiers as gaudy brocade treasures.
After thinking about it and weighing it, Li Tai still felt that he had to go to the Buddhas to fight against the autumn wind. He had no choice. After many times in Guanzhong, only the Buddhas controlled a large amount of land, population and savings, and they were easy to deal with without causing trouble.
However, you also need to be strategic when dealing with Buddhas. If such a big cash cow is squeezed all at once, it will inevitably flow all over the place. It is too wasteful. You have to squeeze it little by little to make the best use of it.
After determining the target, Li Tai immediately had an idea, and even said to Wang Songnian: "The Ministry of Sacrifice sent personnel to the famous Samana temples in Gyeonggi and informed the abbots of each temple that although the East bandits are wild and unruly, they worship Buddha and restrain themselves.
There is no shortage of lessons to be learned from the actions of Tao.
Now the imperial court also has a plan to determine which of the two schools of Buddhism is superior. Therefore, the monks from various temples have recommended ten eminent monks to gather together in the capital to debate the merits of the Dharma. If the monks from the temples want to attend the meeting,
, you should submit your post as soon as possible to participate in the election.”
If you want to take something, you must give it first. Gao Yang's destruction of Taoism and worship of Buddhism in the Northern Qi Dynasty last year must have made his fellow ascetics in the Western Wei Dynasty very envious and wanted to receive the same treatment.
Li Tai first drew a big cake for them to attract them to participate enthusiastically. When the time comes, the number of candidates and the positions of eminent monks are all full of competition. How can these monks deceive believers into donating to the Buddha? Of course, Li Tai will also deceive them.
Spit it out again. Although the Buddhas are shrewd, they will definitely donate enthusiastically when faced with the bright prospect of being able to monopolize the faith market in one fell swoop.
As for how things end, Li Tai doesn't care. As long as enough supplies can be raised to keep all the husbands on track, the subsequent monks will have to learn to solve their own problems even if they can't think about it. I have raised so many elite soldiers for this purpose.
Are you being reasonable?
After a government affairs meeting was held, it was already late at night. Although Li Tai was also quite tired, he finally sorted out the backlog of government affairs that he had accumulated during his absence. After sorting out and finalizing the basic affairs,
After that, the specific implementation of the decree will naturally be handed over to the Ministry of Finance for execution.
After all the ministers stood up and left, the waiter also came forward and asked Li Tai if he was still staying at the Prime Minister's Mansion. After thinking about it, Li Tai decided to go to the academy outside the city. There would be no court meeting tomorrow, so he could spend time with his family at home.