Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 1020 The Rising Wei Family 【Ticket Request】

Taxation is the root of the state.

If the tax is too light, the national treasury will be empty, the soldiers will not be able to fight, and internal and external troubles will come one after another;How to find an appropriate degree between the light and the heavy, which can not only fill the national treasury, but also make the people prosperous, this is the most difficult standard for politicians to achieve.

Right now, Datang's tax rate is not reasonable.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, anti-kings from all walks of life and various provinces fought against each other, and the sky disrupted the people's lives. Now it is time to recuperate and accumulate people's strength, so the taxation of the people is too light.This led to the emptiness of the national treasury. His Majesty Li Er's Eastern Expedition had been stymied by military expenditures, but it was only relieved by Fang Jun's repeated "money collection".

However, relying on a certain person or a certain initiative to open up financial resources is not a stable source after all. It can only solve the urgent need, but it cannot consolidate the foundation of the country forever.

On the one hand, it is necessary to recuperate and recuperate, and on the other hand, it is necessary to strengthen the army and strengthen the country. These are contradictory.

This is the current tax status of Datang...

From Wei Yuantong's psychology, he is willing to see Fang Jun increase the taxes of the eastern and western cities. This is not because he is so patriotic and wants to fill the treasury of Jingzhao Prefecture, but that once the commercial tax is increased, all merchants in the world will inevitably be exhausted. be opposed to.

Many of the sea trade goods operated by the City Shipping Department have already flowed to the inland. Wherever they go, because they do not have to pay taxes to the local checkpoints and customs, the income of the states and counties in various places has dropped sharply, and complaints have been rife.

If Fang Jun also plays like this in Chang'an, maybe there will be turmoil in Guanzhong!

At that time, even the emperor can't keep him!

But would Fang Jun be so stupid as to do such a stupid thing?
Wei Yuantong thought it was unlikely.

But he really couldn't see Fang Jun's plan. Could it be that the kid was just doing nothing to torment the officials of Jingzhao Mansion?

The more he couldn't figure it out, the more he wanted to.

It is inevitable that I will feel irritable and extremely depressed...

"Father, the child has failed your high expectations." Wei Dawu was a little ashamed.

Although the current Wei family is well-known in Guanzhong, it is far from reaching the peak momentum of "Wedu in the south of the city, go to Tianchiwu" later.In order to seek the position of the young minister of the Jingzhao Mansion, the Wei family made a lot of compromises within the Guanlong Group and paid a lot of money.

As a result, not only did I not have the slightest restraint on Fang Jun, but even when facing Fang Jun, I was trembling with fear for fear that Fang Jun would use strong methods to deal with it. This is really a bit shameful...

On the contrary, Wei Yuantong took it easy.

Smiling and comforting, he said, "Why should you be so presumptuous? Fang Jun can be praised by His Majesty as a 'talent of the minister', and you should be in vain? The rumors from the outside world cannot be fully believed. Fang Jun is certainly acting arrogantly, but it is also a kind of egotism." The means of protection, in fact, this person is thoughtful and exquisite, and he is a good material for being an official. Besides, his poetic talent is gifted by heaven, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a "prodigy born in the world". It is not an exaggeration to be suppressed by such a person. Why? If you can restrain Fang Fangjun in a very short period of time, then you have to worry about being a father."

It is right to be suppressed by Fang Jun, who made him the "talent of Zaifu"?

Conversely, it is not normal to suppress Fang Juncai, maybe that Fang Jun dug a hole for you, and you jumped into it unprepared, that is the real sadness...

Wei Dawu heaved a sigh of relief.

As the Guanlong Group's pawn against Fang Jun, he was under great pressure.

"After the Chinese New Year is the Spring Exam, how about the second brother preparing for the exam?" Wei Dawu turned the topic to the imperial examination that will be held in the next year.

Among the brothers of Webster's direct branch, only the two "one literary and one military" are outstanding.

Wei Dawu embarked on the road of officialdom paved by the family early, while Wei Dawen chose another, much more difficult path-to become an official through the imperial examination.In the short term, it will be easier for Wei Dawu to get promoted. With the power of the Wei family, the support of the Guanlong Group, and the full support of powerful resources, he will definitely become a new star in Chang'an official circles without accident.

But in the long run, Wei Dawen's upper limit is obviously much higher.

The emperor's suppression of aristocratic families was definitely not impulsive or disliked by someone, but because of the growing power of the imperial power and the expansion of the aristocratic families, there was an irreconcilable conflict between the two.It is obvious that suppressing aristocratic families will occupy an important position in the ruling program of several emperors for a long time to come.

Can aristocratic families fight against imperial power?
The answer is yes.

The Great Sui was able to unify the world with the support of the aristocratic family, and it also led to the destruction of the country in the split of the aristocratic family; the Tang Dynasty was able to build a country with the full support of the Guanlong Group, and His Majesty Li Er was even more loyal to the Guanlong Group To usurp the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme in one fell swoop, it can be seen how powerful the power of the aristocratic family is...

But this kind of affirmation is not absolute, because with the increasing strength of the army and the increasing filling of the treasury, the imperial power has reached an unprecedented level. If this situation continues, the day when the imperial power completely crushes the family and the family is not far away. up.

That's why the Guanlong Group gritted their teeth and wanted to wrestle with His Majesty Li Er to fight for more rights and status for themselves...

Under such circumstances, the "Nine Ranks Zhongzheng System" passed down since the Wei and Jin Dynasties will obviously be gradually abandoned by the emperor for the appointment of officials in the future, and officials who "entered the imperial examination" will definitely be reused.

The "Nine Grades Zhongzheng System" will not fail, and Wei Dawu has a bright future;
"Enrollment through imperial examinations" has become the mainstream, and Wei Dawen has a bright future.

No matter how the situation develops, the Wei family is invincible. The emperor will not abandon the two brothers of the Wei family just because the surname is Wei, right?That's not a struggle, that's fighting spirit, and the result is the panicked and desperate counterattack of the Guanlong Group...

This is a step no one wants to take.

Thinking of this in his heart, Wei Yuantong was very proud, and the haze in his heart caused by Fang Jun's inexplicable actions also dissipated a little.

It can be foreseen that no matter the future situation is that the imperial power wins or the aristocratic family remains strong, the Wei family will benefit.Among them, if the imperial power can completely suppress the aristocratic family, the chances of the Wei family are even greater!

Wei Dawen was known as a "child prodigy" when he was a child. He knew the Four Books and Five Classics in his chest, and his insights on the classics were admired and appreciated by many Confucians. .When other aristocratic families were unprepared, the Wei family had quietly taken the lead...

The Wei family will rise in their own hands!

Wei Yuantong was full of pride. At this moment, he felt that even if Fang Jun really did some tricks, so what?As long as the Wei family does not fall now, it will become the most prominent family in the world in the near future!
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As ambitious as Wei Yuantong is Guo Xiaoke.

Before the dawn of winter, the Western Regions dripped water into ice, and the cold wind blew across his face, which felt like a pain like a slash with a sharp knife, but it couldn't lower the temperature of the boiling blood in Guo Xiaoke's heart!

Two thousand Qingqi took advantage of the darkness before dawn to raid Yizhou, which was occupied by Turkic iron cavalry, and won a complete victory!
Looking at the Turkic soldiers whose heads were cut off without any preparation in their sleep, and looking at the coalition forces of various tribes gathered behind him under his orders, Guo Xiaoke felt full of ambition, and the Western Regions were under his control!
What's the use of the so-called "sheep shearing" conspiracy that Fang Jun's kid made?

The tribes of the Western Regions should rebel or should they rebel, and in the end, don't they have to rely on the iron-blooded elite soldiers to drive the horses and use the horizontal knife in their hands to solve the problem?

Only illustrious martial arts can intimidate the crowd, and look down upon the petty!

"Report!"

A scout horse came galloping in the distance, and when it got close, the scout on the horse threw off the stirrups and jumped up on the horse's back. On the spot, he rolled cleanly to get rid of the forward momentum, knelt on one knee and clasped his fists and said : "Report to the commander-in-chief, Yanqi King Long Tuqizhi rebelled and returned to the Western Turks yesterday, and detained the envoys of the Tang Dynasty and hundreds of merchants of the Tang Dynasty! Qiuci followed closely and returned to the Western Turks!"

Guo Xiaoke was slightly taken aback.

The soldiers and generals of all tribes gathered behind him all exclaimed in unison, and then discussed in a low voice.

This is definitely an extremely bad news!

Yanqi and Qiuci are powerful among the [-] countries in the Western Regions. They have always been the leaders of the Western Regions with Wusun, Loulan and other countries, and their influence is very large.The rebellion of Yanqi and Qiuci to the Western Turks will inevitably lead to an even more severe situation in the already turbulent Western Regions. I don't know how many tribes with ulterior motives secretly want to take refuge in the past.

But upon hearing this news, Guo Xiaoke's eyes were bright, and his face flushed with excitement!

(End of this chapter)