After leaving Chang'an, the emperor on horseback was particularly refreshed. There was constant laughter and laughter along the way. Wu Huaiyu was half a horse's head behind the emperor, chatting and laughing with him.
That scene made countless accompanying ministers envious.
This kind of grace is unique.
All the way to Dewanshou Plateau,
Qin Qiong, the former prime minister who retired here, also brought some troops to greet him early. He was recovering well on the plateau.
"Uncle Bao, today we, the king and his ministers, will compete to see who can shoot more."
Nowadays, Qin Qiong, who only has the third rank of Kaifu Yi, also knows that the emperor is addicted to drugs, so he smiled and said that he could just become the captain of the bodyguard.
Hunting is actually equivalent to a small war exercise.
There are specialized soldiers who are responsible for looking for the herds of animals in the hunting grounds, and then generals are responsible for leading the cavalry to surround the herds of animals, and then gradually shrink. After the herds of animals are driven and concentrated into a small area, the emperor will take the lead in hunting.
Then the princes and ministers shot the prey in order of rank, and finally the soldiers swarmed up and killed all the prey.
The emperor liked hunting, which was actually a way to train soldiers.
Teams of Beiya Qingqi went to look for wild beasts,
Other soldiers began to put up curtains,
The emperor, princes and ministers will rest first,
Boil water and make tea.
"Uncle Bao has been raised well here. When will he return to the court?" the emperor asked.
Qin Qiong smiled and said, "Thanks to Huaiyu's elixir, my body has indeed slowly recovered. But now that the world is at peace and my horse is free in Nanshan, I have no place to use it."
Seeing that Qin Qiong really didn't want to return to the court and serve as an official, Li Shimin didn't force it anymore.
The monarch and his ministers drank tea and talked about other things, such as Qin Qiong taking the lead in building the reservoir here, and the Wu family planting cotton on the plateau.
"Huaiyu, I heard that none of the guest daughters of the Wu family are willing to improve their naturalization?"
Huai Yuxin said, why have you heard everything?
The emperor had good ears and eyes, and he had three secret supervisory departments, so he really knew everything.
Huaiyu quickly explained,
At this time, the prince couldn't help but speak up and told the emperor what he saw old man Qu Qian of the Wu family said that day, and also talked about the burden of the reformed army.
Huaiyu repeatedly told him not to get involved in this, but the prince couldn't help it.
Li Shimin listened carefully and kept nodding. He was very satisfied with Cheng Qian's speech, "It's very good that the prince can understand the people's sentiments and know the people's sufferings."
"Then how do you think this matter should be resolved?"
Cheng Qian hesitated for a moment, but still told him about the labor service law and the allocation of acres.
All the official servants, miscellaneous laborers, sex workers, etc. were all paid in lieu of cloth, and then spread into the fields. Chengqian also made a rough calculation with the emperor. If all the Dingkou in the country, regardless of their status as official, civilian, military, industrial, or commercial, were all
Taking this into account, and then calculating it as one and a half bolts of silk per ding, there are about four million bolts of silk for labor, and then spread it over the current land in the country, which is about one penny per mu, that is, ten acres and two feet.
Li Shimin became more and more surprised. He looked at Cheng Qian and then at Huai Yu.
"Is this all what you thought of?"
"Back to my father, these are what the teacher told me when I asked the teacher. The teacher said that this is actually the same as the land grain in the new law of three original taxes and two taxes. It unifies the apportionment of various miscellaneous taxes in the original place.
For small grains, spread them into acres of land,
Then the servants of the imperial court can also be like this,
The teacher even said that in the future, the imperial court could directly hire people for service. He also said that as the Tang Dynasty became more and more prosperous, it should be added. From now on, the current number of dings will be used as the standard. In the future, the number of people will never be increased.
, a fixed number of four million pieces of silk every year..."
Never add gifts,
This one is even more amazing.
Of course, this "never increase in taxation" refers specifically to the exemption money for everyone. After all, in the past, every soldier had to serve, and if he did not serve for twenty days, he had to fold the cloth and turn it in.
But now that the current number of dings is fixed, even if it returns to the heyday of the Sui Dynasty, which is about three times the current number, the tax will still be levied at the current number, which means that after it is spread out among the acres, the labor money will no longer be levied.
Rising.
Four million pieces of silk a year is a huge number.
The imperial court has various types of servants, such as sex servants, regular servants, miscellaneous servants, etc., but the imperial court also has many exempted servants. The actual number of exempted servants is less than one million, so in reality, if it is only counted as regular servants and reduced servants, then it is at most
That's more than one million horses.
Li Shimin was a little excited.
In the past, the office expenses of the imperial government offices, even the wages of some non-staff servants, and some food subsidies for officials were actually paid by the local government. There was not enough public land, and the lending of public money was cancelled, so it was directly paid to the government.
Distributions from local large households,
They even levy taxes from ordinary people, shops and workshops. There are no rules for levying excessive amounts and they increase taxes at will. It is indeed a mess.
After Wu Huaiyu calculated all the expenses in Sanyuan County, he spread them among the acres of land for collection, and then added the fire consumption and returned it to the public, leaving half for the prefecture and county. Everything was included in the control and audit, which was obviously much better.
The current substitute service law directly replaces cloth and substitutes for service, which is equivalent to the previous exemption. However, in the past, only old age and other circumstances were eligible for the exemption. Generally, people were not eligible for the exemption, or the service was not completed, but now
Then the direct recruitment of people for service was cancelled, and instead cloth was folded and spread among the acres. Whether the court or the local government was doing service, it was changed to using money and grain to hire people to do service.
"I think this method is good. Chengqian, I will give you a task. You and the officials of the East Palace will discuss it with Huaiyu and draw up a detailed strategy and submit it to the court for discussion."
Cheng Qian was very excited.
Wu Huaiyu was still very calm. He had previously told the prince not to reveal this matter, as it would not be the prince's turn if he did, but the prince still couldn't hold it back.
Hey, as my children grow older, they have more ideas.
The Beiya Royal Guards Cavalry were very powerful and quickly gathered many wild beasts together.
This time it was just a small hunt, not a large one, but it was faster. Xu Luoren came to ask the emperor to shoot first.
"Let's go, the hunting has begun," Li Shimin laughed and said,
The emperor mounted his horse, and Wu Huaiyu and others followed him.
Riding on the horse, Li Shimin seemed like a dragon swimming in the sea.
In the distance, a large group of prey was being chased by the elite guards and cavalry. Li Shimin galloped on his horse, with his bow and arrow drawn on the horse.
I saw the emperor drawing his bow and firing continuously, and the arrows were all fired.
Four arrows in a row,
Shoot down four big wild boars,
Seeing the four majestic wild boars all falling down in front of the emperor, all the ministers cheered and praised,
Just when Li Shimin was triumphant and turned around to laugh and show off to the generals, suddenly another big wild boar rushed out from the bushes nearby.
The wild boar, with red eyes, rammed straight at the emperor.
Suddenly, countless exclamations sounded.
No one expected that there was also a wild boar. Seeing the wild boar rushing towards the emperor, everyone did not even draw their bows and arrows for fear of accidentally hurting the emperor.
At this time, two people ran towards the emperor's horse almost at the same time, hoping to stop the big wild boar for the emperor.
Everyone took a closer look,
Running in front was Tang Jian, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Duke of Ju Kingdom. His speed was almost as fast as that of a wild boar. He ran wildly and drew his sword. He stood in front of the emperor and stood in front of the emperor. He raised his sword high and wanted to fight with him.
Wild boars duke it out.
And the other running figure turned out to be Crown Prince Cheng Qian.
The prince ran and roared, his tall and thin body actually had an aura of going forward.
in tension,
Wu Huaiyu, who was not far away, had already shot an arrow quickly. He was not afraid to shoot like other courtiers.
This arrow hit the wild boar right in the eye, showing his good archery skills.
The wild boar screamed in pain, and its speed slowed down a bit, but it did not stop.
He was about to bump into the prince and Tang Jian,
At this time, another rider rushed out of the diagonal stab, coming quickly and fiercely, like a bolt of lightning,
The knight immediately roared and stabbed down with a big iron spear. Even though the big wild boar was covered in a layer of armor made of pine oil and other condensations, it also broke through the defense under this stab.
Only then did everyone discover,
That knight is Qin Qiong, Duke of Qi.
Qin Qiong's big iron spear pierced the wild boar, and then with a loud roar, he directly picked up the rampaging wild boar on his horse.
The wild boar ascends to the sky,
Give it another shake,
The wild boar lands again,
He fell to the ground with a bang. He groaned and tried to get up again, but he was powerless. There was still a white-feathered arrow stuck in one eye, which was wobbling.
The rabbit rises and the falcon falls almost instantly.
But it shocked everyone into a cold sweat.
Even the emperor turned around because he was so proud that few others acted quickly.
The emperor just gave up his bow and raised his spear, and the battle ended.
He held the horse in hand and smiled at Tang Jian who looked nervous, "Tiancei has a long history, and we don't see generals attacking thieves. Why should we be afraid of this?"
Then he said to the prince, "My son has grown up. Not only does he know how to govern the country, but he also has the courage to go into battle and kill the enemy. Good, good, good."
The emperor said three good words to the prince in a row. Although the prince was a little thin and had just rushed over with a sword, he was no match for the wild boar. But he had such courage and filial piety, which made Li Shimin very happy.
Then he turned to look at Qin Qiong and Mr. Huaiyu,
"Shu Bao is worthy of being the number one general in our Tiance Mansion. He has been disarmed and returned to the field for a long time, and his precious spear is still young. This stab just now made me feel like I have returned to the time when I was under Luoyang City.
With Shu Bao's horse-steeds, my big bow, and those guys from Yuchi and Sanshui, we are truly invincible."
"Huaiyu's archery skills are getting better and better. He actually hit the eye with one arrow."
The emperor was very happy,
But all the ministers and guards were so frightened that they broke into cold sweats.
Especially the Crown Prince, he took too many risks just now.
The wild boar might not be able to hurt the emperor, but if he rushed up on foot to block the prince, he might not be able to withstand the wild boar's brutal charge.
If there is any damage, then...
Tang Jian was laughed at by the emperor for being too nervous, but he criticized the emperor in public with a serious face. This hero of Yuanmou in Taiyuan also served as a long history officer in the emperor's Tiance Mansion in his early years, and now he is also an in-law who is betrothed to the emperor.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty conquered the world on horseback, but he did not rule the world immediately. Your Majesty controlled the four directions with his divine force, how can you show your ambition to a beast?"
To put it bluntly, you are the emperor, and now you are showing off your power to a wild boar. What kind of skills do you have?
"What's more, your Majesty just put the prince in danger,"
