The next day after returning home, He Tianshang came to visit. After a few pleasantries, he asked Yun Ye inexplicably: "The Marquis has a deep friendship with the Taoist sect. Do you know why they changed their minds overnight and agreed?"
Put the Taoist temple's farmland under the jurisdiction of the renting and adjustment system? And tried to apologize to His Majesty, saying that in the past, the Taoist sect was selfish and did not know how to relieve the suffering of the people as a monk. Instead, it became a cyst that devoured the country's financial resources. It was a sinful crime. Now it is clear.
I repented and was willing to distribute the Taoist temple's acres according to the number of Taoists according to the method of Yongye Tian and Kou, and I was willing to use money to redeem the corvee from the court. After all, it is really difficult for monks to do corvee."
"Has Your Majesty agreed?" Yun Ye didn't seem surprised at all. It seemed that the Taoist sect's methods had been under his control for a long time.
"Your Majesty asked the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry to do the calculations, and he also discussed with the Prime Minister, Prime Minister Du and others to weigh the pros and cons. However, in my opinion, the court is very likely to agree. This time, the Dao Sect has taken the advantage.
Knowing when they made such a big determination, I am very surprised that there was no warning at all."
After being together for a long time, Yun Ye discovered that He Tianshang was actually a very picky person. There were dozens of delicious pastries in the Yun family, but this guy always only ate the simplest osmanthus cake.
He didn't even look at other pastries, and his mother actually only ate cakes. He never brought other pastries home. It was the same this time. The housekeeper filled the basket he brought without asking and put it aside.
On the table.
"You're an unqualified spy, and you're so invisible all day long that it's useless. You can't get out any useful information at all. How sad."
"Your Majesty also said so. No, I have come to ask Marquis Yun for advice. I will explain to Your Majesty how much I know from you." He Tianshang's words were smooth and natural, without any worries.
In the past, he always said he was in a humble position.
"Didn't you notice that among the number of people taking the college entrance examination this time, there was one less person? Didn't you notice that there was such a famous day student?"
"Are you talking about Li Chunfeng? He is just a reserve Taoist priest. He doesn't have this ability yet. Even his master Yuan Tiangang doesn't have it." He Tianshang calmly answered Yun Ye's words.
"Fame is often shattered by facts. Arithmetic is the most authentic subject. Li Chunfeng has been in the academy for three years, specializing in arithmetic. I remember that I used Laojun Guan's industry to do a calculation in class.
, and an interesting phenomenon was discovered. There is a big gap between the taxation and land policies of our country. Through reasonable means, we can avoid a lot of taxes. The taxation of irrigated fields and the taxation of dry fields are two different things.
A concept. The price of an acre of irrigated land is eight times that of a dry field, but interestingly, the output of an acre of irrigated land is only a little more than double that of an acre of dry land. The remaining harvest after deducting taxes from a irrigated field is,
It’s only 30% more than the harvest after paying taxes on dry fields. Do you think we should plant water to irrigate the fields or dry fields?”
He Tianshang said in confusion: "Everyone is competing for water to irrigate the fields, and everyone is planting water to irrigate the fields, which has caused the price of such a large land to skyrocket. Especially now, the nobles in Chang'an are very
We are rich. The price of water for irrigating fields will continue to rise. However, what does this have to do with Daomen’s action?”
"What does it matter? Daomen sells his irrigated fields at high prices, and then sells them into dry fields in large quantities. According to the regulations of oral subdivision, if a person owns five acres of paddy fields, then the oral subdivision of one hundred acres will be sharply reduced to five
Ten acres. If there is no paddy field in the subdivision, one hundred and twenty acres of dry land will be allocated, or even more. There is no tax on dry land newly cultivated within three years. The Tang Dynasty stipulated that only grains, mulberry and hemp can be planted on it.
Vegetables have just started to be taxed, and people don’t plan to grow them. They don’t even grow crops such as corn and potatoes, which are newly regulated by the court. Where do you collect taxes from?”
He Tianshang's eyes were about to have whirlpools. He hit his forehead hard and said, "Don't they want to eat?" After saying that, he hit himself again and said loudly: "Okay, I admit that I just said stupid things. They
We use money to buy them at the market, but they don’t grow grain, vegetables, mulberry and hemp, so why can’t they grow grass?”
"You are right, they just want to grow grass, but some grass can be used as horse feed, and it can be profitable to sell it to the court. Do you know the price of good alfalfa? Some grass can just treat certain diseases.
Diseases are expensive in pharmacies. The biggest advantage is that there is no need to pay agricultural tax. My commercial tax of 30 to 1 is nothing to them. They have reduced the local tax to a fucking minimum or even eliminated it.
, and had the nerve to talk to the court about using money and goods to offset the corvee, this damn Li Chunfeng still wants all the benefits." Yun Ye said fiercely, but his expression was very calm.
He Tianshang's sweat dripped down his chin and he said with a trembling voice: "There are cars in front and ruts behind. The bastards are so vicious, and the bald donkeys dare to imitate them. If it spreads to the common people, the Tang Dynasty
There is still food to eat there." After saying that, the monster screamed and ran out.
"Why are you panicking? Do you think the officials in the imperial court can't see this little trick? I shed tears while reading and worry about the ancients. Eat these sweet-scented osmanthus cakes properly."
"What do you know, Wang Gui, Xiao Yu, these old men are already celebrating, saying that as long as the Daomen's fields are brought under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, Buddhism will be unable to survive alone. This is a great victory for the imperial court. They have already gone home to write congratulations to His Majesty.
Already."
"I didn't talk about these old men. They are all upright and upright people. Who would think of these sneaky tricks of Taoism? But there are some people. They are not just for food. The academy has taught them for three years. If they continue to
There is no way to deal with these methods. I will press them one by one in the basin and drown them. Although Li Chunfeng is not bad at studying, he is not the best. He thinks that he can dominate the world after learning arithmetic? Nonsense, knowledge is
With the accumulation of comprehensive qualities, the lame person is three points weaker than the normal person in terms of running."
He Tianshang was still restless, twisting his butt back and forth on the chair as if he had hemorrhoids. After a long while, he squeezed out another sentence: "The students in the academy are just watching the politics now. They may not be able to see such important documents."
"Don't worry about them. These bastards can even prepare the test questions that I have prepared for the next day's exam in advance. Their Shangguan's little thoughts cannot be hidden from them. What's more, these students are now dedicated to serving the country.
, mastering information is their first priority, they will know."
"You can't peek, it's a taboo. If they peek, they will break the rules. Even if they get merit, they will be punished by His Majesty, and the big guys will look down on them."
"Who said they were peeking at my exam papers? It's not against the rules of the court to ask for information. Isn't that what you did?"
Since Yun Ye didn't care, He Tianshang slowly relaxed and put aside the annoying government affairs. He and Yun Ye drank tea and snacks, and talked about some strange stories in Chang'an City, especially the gods and monsters. This was the recent news in Chang'an.
Very hot topic.
Everyone has his or her own unique tricks. A smart person repeatedly uses his wisdom to challenge authority. No matter whether the method is dirty or not, the people will always cheer inexplicably. Challenging authority is something that everyone has done in their dreams. In reality, if
When one appears, he is a hero.
Recently, Chang'an has been under the care of gods and Buddhas. The radiant Buddha came to the world, peach blossoms fell from the sky, and a strong fragrance overflowed, attracting the foolish men and women in Chang'an City to bow their heads and almost shed tears of joy.
Crazy, but Grandma Yun, who has always been very interested in Buddhist things, was very unhappy.
Recently, sixty of the Yun family's glass mirrors were bought by an unknown wealthy owner. They were all full-length mirrors as tall as one person. The late peach blossoms in the conservatory were also bought at a huge price. What's even more outrageous is that it's not easy to satisfy one's heart.
The ambergris prepared was all bought with gold.
These are nothing. The strangest thing is that the customer is willing to pay three times the price and requires the Yun family to keep these three transactions secret. Except for the owner and the person who handles them, no one else is allowed to know. The reputation of the Yun family in doing business is the highest in Chang'an.
It is well known that if you sign an agreement because you are greedy for money, you will definitely keep the secret. The old lady has just started housekeeping, so she is very happy to have such a good business come to her door. As for the customer's request, it is nothing.
When Buddha came to the world, Grandma Yun went to worship in a carriage on the first day. When she saw the peach blossoms on the ground, she immediately lost interest and asked the groom to drive the carriage home. She accompanied her to see the little girl who went to see Buddha.
After saying a word, she was slapped twice by the old lady. She pouted and reluctantly returned home. When she saw her brother, she complained that her grandmother had beaten her.
The Yun family was blinded by gold and money, and their mouths were sealed. They could only hide in the treasure house and count the gold and curse, but they couldn't do anything else. However, the Yun family is not the only one with smart people in the world, such as Taishi Cheng Fu Yi.
He is very smart and has seen through the hypocrisy of Buddhism from the bottom of his heart, so he does not believe that any Buddha will come to the world, and plans to have a close dialogue with Buddha.
The monk at Jianfu Temple refused, saying that the Buddha had already returned to the West. He had just passed through Chang'an and performed some miracles to appease the hearts of good men and women. He also laughed at Fu Yi for not overestimating his own abilities and be careful of the disasters that the Buddha might bring in the future.
Will be sent to eternal hell to suffer.
Jianfu Temple is also a royal temple. The small Taishi Cheng could not enter casually. Fu Yi had to walk along the outer wall, planning to find a lower place to climb in. He saw the common people picking up withered peach blossoms on the ground.
, he also looked confused. Looking at the fallen leaves falling all over the sky, he couldn't figure out how there could be peach blossoms in late autumn.
I returned home helplessly, only to find that Yuan Tiangang from Si Tianjian had come and sat at home for a long time without saying a word. However, there was a red apricot in the vase on the table, and the pink buds were in bud. In the autumn,
Just looking at it makes you energetic. (To be continued...)