Many courtiers gathered in front of the palace once again. Obviously, the court meeting had begun again. Among the three orders, Zhuge Liang was the first to arrive. Zhuge Liang looked a little tired. These days, he stayed at home and stayed at home all day long.
After Zhuge Liang arrived while busy with the new laws, the ministers came forward to pay their respects. Even though Zhuge Liang was tired, he was not rude and greeted them with a smile.
"Zhuge Gong, is the new law going well?" Cao Chong asked with a smile. He came earlier. Just a few days ago, he was called by Zhuge Liang to formulate laws on taxation.
, let taxation be based on evidence, and prevent officials from squeezing the people through taxation. Cao Chong was originally busy with taxation reform, and Zhuge Liang's idea coincided with him.
The two discussed for a long time, but the two people who had no friendship were unexpectedly harmonious and appreciated each other during the conversation. After Zhuge Liang heard Cao Chong's thoughts, he was also shocked by Cao Chong, and he valued him very much.
With the intention of supporting the younger generation, Zhuge Liang seriously discussed the new laws with him. Zhuge Liang felt in his heart that this person could definitely support the temple in twenty years.
He himself was extremely intelligent, not inferior to himself, not to mention that he arrived at the Secretariat at a young age and studied with Guo Jia for seven or eight years. This jade stone was polished and became more refined, which made Zhuge Liang very fond of it.
"Cang Shu... Fortunately, everything I discussed with you has been compiled. As long as it depends on your innovation, as long as your innovation is completed, there will be no big problem with the subsequent improvement of tax laws. But
, I still need your advice." Zhuge Liang stroked his beard and said with a smile. Upon hearing this, Cao Chong quickly said humbly: "I don't dare to give you any advice, I should think it is Zhuge Gong who gives me the advice."
The ministers who were listening to the two of them looked at each other and couldn't help but wonder. Taxation was about to be reformed again? No, hadn't Cao Chong's father, Cao Cao, already reformed it? The New Deal back then was so grand.
So grand, what is Cao Chong going to innovate?
The two talked for a while, and then Shangshu Ling's carriage slowly stopped on the opposite side. Xun Yu got out of the carriage and looked at the ministers. They all hurriedly paid their respects again. Xun Yu nodded and looked at the people without saying anything.
Liu Ba on the side had already walked over, pulled Xun Yu for a few steps, and then lowered his voice and asked: "Mr. Xun, is this meeting about the issuance of banknotes?"
"I'm not very sure either. You can ask again later when Lu Guozhang comes."
Liu Ba was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "Forget it then, let's wait until the court meeting starts."
Lu Bu was the last one to arrive. He was like this every time. He arrived in a hurry and looked very reluctant. Facing everyone's greetings, he did not return the greetings. He snorted coldly and walked to the Taipei Palace.
Beside Cui Yan, who was drinking at the Xueda Festival, Lu Bu looked at him coldly and asked, "When Hu'er came back yesterday, he said he was beaten by you. Is this true?"
"I am His Highness's master. It is natural to beat him. Why not?" Cui Yan replied.
Lu Bu narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Very good, haha, your Excellency, can you explain to me why you hit him?"
"He had to practice archery yesterday."
"What's wrong with practicing archery?"
"His archery skills were taught by Lu Guozhang??"
"That's right!" Lu Bu raised his head proudly.
"Twenty paces away, he shot an arrow but missed the target."
"Ahem, he's still young. When I was at his age, I couldn't even draw a bow. What's the point? Is it worth it for you to hit him?"
"But he had the true inheritance of the king. He didn't hit the target, but he shot down the onlooker General Taishi with one arrow."
Lu Bu's eyes widened and he asked hurriedly: "There is such a thing? Why didn't I know? This guy didn't tell me, well, what about General Taishi?"
"Haha, it's a good thing that Your Highness is young, and the old general Taishi is also wearing armor, otherwise he would have died on the spot. My father-in-law, you cannot just teach your children to pamper them blindly. I hope my father-in-law will not interfere...
.", Cui Yan said coldly.
Lu Bu was speechless. He cleared his throat and looked around. He couldn't find Tai Shici. He just said, "I will go to him later to apologize. Don't tell your majesty about this..."
Finally, when the time came for the court meeting, Lu Bu led everyone into the palace.
The emperor walked into the hall and sat on the upper seat. The emperor frowned and looked a little angry. Everyone didn't know what happened. They were just thinking in their hearts. It seems that they need to pay more attention today. The emperor sat on the upper seat and was affected by the crowd.
After the minister bowed, he asked, "Do you have any memorial for me, please?" As soon as he opened his mouth, someone suddenly jumped out.
"Your Majesty!!! I have something to say!!!"
Everyone was shocked, and the man who opened his mouth was none other than the servant of the Supervisory Mansion Shooting Zhang Fei.
Zhang Fei looked at the emperor and said loudly: "Sima Yi is the shepherd of Yanzhou!!! Taking bribes from officials!! Running party members!!! Excluding dissidents!!! I hope your Majesty will punish you severely!!!"
When Zhang Fei spoke like this, the temple was in an uproar, and everyone started talking. Even the emperor was a little surprised. This was not the reason why he held the meeting today. This was the first time he heard what Zhang Fei said. He frowned.
, thought for a moment, and said: "Please Zhang Jun go to Yanzhou to investigate. If it is true, hand it over to the criminal government for disposal!"
“Sincerely!!!”
Zhang Fei sat down.
Liu Xi looked at everyone again. Cao Chong immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, today's taxation is chaotic and unorganized. Your Majesty has removed many miscellaneous taxes, but there are still some meaningless miscellaneous taxes. In addition,
In some aspects, there is no standard for taxation. For example, on today's canals, boats passing through the canal are not included in the vehicle and boat tax, but are collected according to the standards of various counties and counties!"
"I summoned all the officials from the tax office to prepare sixteen items of taxation..." Cao Chong said slowly. The officials who were initially frightened when they heard the word "taxation" calmed down. They were afraid.
Cao Chong will go back to his father's path and increase taxes on powerful families again. However, if it is just to formulate tax regulations, it is still acceptable, as long as it does not change the form and increase the burden on them.
After Cao Chong finished speaking, no matter whether they could understand it or not, everyone nodded in agreement and praised him in a decent manner. It can be seen that everyone very much agreed with Cao Chong's performance, although they could not hear it.
Understand, but it does not hinder their appreciation of the new regulations. The emperor sitting in the upper position was a little surprised. He thought there would be a lot of resistance to this matter.
The ministers quickly started discussing, and they pretended to talk for a long time, but did not come up with a decent proposal. In the end, they made it according to Cao Chong's original proposal and handed it over to Zhongshu Ling to draft the decree.
"I have... I have... I have a report!" The person who stood up again was Deng Ai. Deng Ai usually didn't like to talk in court meetings. It was just because of his own shortcomings that he didn't want to speak. When the officials saw
He stood up and looked at him curiously. Of course, Deng Ai's lecture was about the polder. He talked about the advantages and disadvantages of the polder system. Everyone was not very interested in these, and they didn't know how to farm them themselves anyway.
The emperor listened carefully to Deng Ai's words, nodded with a smile, and said, "Not bad."
Deng Ai was silent for a moment, feeling a little hesitant. He slowly raised his head and looked at the emperor. His eyes gradually became firm. He bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, there is one more thing."
"Oh? What did you say?"
"Your Majesty, I have traveled... to some places in Sili, Yanzhou, Jizhou, and Liangzhou, and have discovered... very important issues.
No matter how much your ministers encourage farmers, no matter how lenient your Majesty is to the people, the people will not live a good life for too long." Deng Ai said seriously.
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"presumptuous!!"
"Be bold!"
When the officials heard this, they were immediately angry and shouted quickly.
Deng Ai didn't have the slightest fear, he just raised his head and looked at the emperor seriously. Liu Xi squinted his eyes, looked at the young man in front of him, and asked, "Why is this?"
"Because...because...for...the land annexation has become more and more serious..Since Emperor Xiaokang, the officials in the temple have understood the evil of land annexation, and they have tried every means to prevent it. Emperor Xiaokang carried out a large-scale...
During the reign of Emperor Xiaoxian, it was stipulated that the more cultivated land the powerful families had, the heavier the tax would be. He wanted to use these periods to restrain the powerful families from annexing the common people's land... But I went to these places...
When I was traveling there, I still saw a lot of refugees..."
"Natural disasters or man-made disasters, even unprovoked, powerful people can try their best to annex and force people to lose their cultivated land. There is good reason and evidence. Even local officials dare not rebuke them. There are more and more household registrations in the world, and tenants are
The number is also...is...a lot. The Xun family, a powerful family today, covers an area of more than 100 hectares and has 30,000 tenant households. Your Majesty, do you know what a huge...huge...number this is, and how many people openly and secretly
Their farmland was taken away and they were reduced to servants and tenants.”
When Deng Ai spoke like this, everyone immediately looked at Shangshu Ling Xun Yu. Xun Yu was stunned for a moment, but his expression remained calm. He did not speak to defend himself or reprimand him.
Liu Xi seemed a little surprised and asked: "Is there such a thing? Why didn't I know about it? Then how does Mr. Deng think the temple should behave?"
"The temple will take back all the cultivated land that was opened during the reign of Emperor Xiaokang, and re-distribute it. The land will be equalized according to people. As long as the temple's cultivated land,
No, no, no selling, no monopoly, after the recipient of the land dies, the cultivated land will return to the temple." Deng Ai said seriously, but at that moment, the temple was boiling with excitement.
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Liu Xi frowned and looked at Deng Ai in front of him in surprise. He looked at the ministers in the temple. Zhuge Liang was stroking his beard and seemed to be still thinking about the matter. Xun Yu was exceptionally calm, as if he hadn't heard anything.
Zhang Fei shouted that it was possible, Lu Bu looked at the quarrel with disdain, Cao Chong's face turned red with excitement and was extremely happy, Liu Ba was still shaking his head, as if he had some scruples.
ps: I went to the hospital because I had a headache. I’ll update it tomorrow.