Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 113 Controlling the Temple
The four years of Jianning was undoubtedly a harvest year. The national treasury had never been so full. Speaking of which, the 200 billion yuan was not unprecedented. The highest peak, but after that, the tax on farming continued to decrease, but the tax increased more and more, and even reached 80 billion yuan during the reign of Emperor Xiaoheng, reaching the highest peak.

This is not because the world is governed and the people are rich, but because there are more and more tax tricks and various means to collect money. For example, if the male in the family is not married, he has to pay taxes. Taxes, if you don’t have a child, you have to pay taxes, if you have a child, you have to pay taxes. After all kinds of taxes, the emperor is still not satisfied.

In the end, even under the suggestion of Zhongchang servant Hou Lan, the tax of presenting gifts was created for the first time, which roughly means that you live under the protection of the emperor, and you have to donate some money to the emperor to repay the emperor. This gift is nothing The rules are completely in accordance with the emperor's wishes. If the emperor does not leave the palace and only hears about the living conditions of the people from other people's mouths, this gift can destroy thousands of families.

Regarding these exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes, I have never seen those partisans have any objections. That's right, these sages with the world in mind are full of thoughts on how to get rid of eunuchs for the world and gain greater power in the temple. What's the point of worrying about trivial matters?It is also true that some sages were dissatisfied with this and played it to the emperor, but unfortunately, they never understood it.

Little Fatty is different, he followed He Xiu to travel among the people when he was young, he knew the sufferings of the common people, and heard the complaints of the people, so in the second year of Jianning, he followed Liu Ju's opinion and canceled the plan once and for all. Some miscellaneous taxes, and after canceling so many miscellaneous taxes, there are still more than 200 billion yuan in taxes, which is somewhat unbelievable at this time.

In addition, after the little fat man ascended the throne, he did not build a palace on a large scale. Even if he needed to settle down the people, he chose to build roads. This undoubtedly made Wang Fu and others admire him very much.

The matter of Mintun took three years between Xing and Jianning, and Sheng and Jianning were in March, and Cheng and July were harvested in autumn. Many officials also knew each other well. Farming officials in various places also got their first vacation. After the autumn harvest, these villagers also got enough food, even if the imperial court charged [-]%.

In August, the emperor rewards the world.

Qiao Xuanjin was a Taiwei, Wen Renxi worshiped Sikong, Chen Dan worshiped a servant, Feng Shi worshiped Taichang, Zhang Wen worshiped Guang Luxun, Xing Ziang worshiped Wei Wei, Xu Xun worshiped as Si Nong, and Xing Ziang also became the youngest of the big man. One of the Nine Ministers, although everyone was dissatisfied, but because of his extremely high conduct, he was not opposed by anyone. As for the others, they were all meritorious ministers in the people's village.

As for those officials who were born as students, with the help of the scientific merit system, they moved up very fast, and some of them have already reached the position of Captain Dian Nong. The most important official position is Wang Fu, who controls the temple and obeys his own words, or Wang Fu, who obeys his words.

He Xiu, Qiao Xuan, Yang Ci and others acted as the three princes. In addition, there are a large number of ministers who were personally promoted by the little fat man. In the temple, the voice of those aristocratic families is rapidly decreasing, even though they are still full of local governors. , and even in the position of subordinate officials with Jiuqing, they lost too much power to speak. Local officials are not the state shepherds who will control the military and government in the future.

They are just governors, prefects, and governors are just supervising officials and powerful officials, and prefects are only in charge of political affairs, taxes, and military power are not in his hands. The little fat man can be regarded as having great power in his hands, and no one dares to object in the temple. Fatty's decree, since he became the throne in the first year of Jianning, it took four years for Fatty to obtain the power he deserved.

At this time, the little fat man was only fifteen years old.

During the court meeting, seeing these ministers pay respects to him, the little fat man saluted them, and then sat down, and the ministers began to discuss. Naturally, it was the latest construction matter. Everyone decided to build it from Luoyang. Henan counties, Liang counties, Yuanwu counties, Yangwu counties, Zhongmu counties, etc., arrived at Yanzhou Weishi counties, Yongqiu counties, Xiangyi counties, Waihuang counties, passed through Pei counties, Feng counties, Feng counties, etc., and then all the way to Xuzhou.

It is conceivable that this is a huge project. If it can be built, it will definitely be able to connect the entire Central Plains region, including Sili, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and even a small half of Yuzhou. It is Italy, which is of great benefit to the stability and development of all regions. When everyone talks about it, they are also very excited.

In the past few years, the little fat man has gained control of the temple through one piece of merit. Of course, there have been several cold-blooded counter-rebellions, but the little fat man hopes to convince others with virtue. The scholar emperor who ruled Confucianism.

Dahonghe Cao Song proposed to replace this Chidao with Jianning Road to pass on to future generations.

The little fat man accepted the proposal very happily. While discussing, Wang Fu suddenly got up and said: "Your Majesty, you can discuss the matter of the way later, but there is another important matter that needs your Majesty's consent!"

The smile on the little fat man's face froze again, and his heart gradually became a little displeased. He frowned and asked, "What's the matter?" Wang Fu got up and said:
"Your Majesty, it is also the matter of the people's settlements. The affairs of the people's settlements are suitable for the time when there are many fields and few people. Your Majesty forcibly gathers the people and cultivates countless people. This is a good deed. However, if you continue to cultivate, I am afraid that the people will not be enough, and it will be abandoned. For these cultivated lands, I hope that Your Majesty will change the edict of the villages, allow the villagers to go out, do not impose strict controls, no longer levy [-]% of the tax, and take one out of forty talents to turn the villagers into farmers."

"Diannong officials turned into local officials!"

The little fat man was furious when he heard this, and he worked hard to make these farmers and local officials work together to deal with major issues. Only then did things get better. Do you want me to turn these officials into local officials?I can understand that you are anxious, but you can't say it openly, it will increase local conflicts in vain!With frosty face, he waved his hands and said, "We will talk about this matter later."

"Your Majesty, this matter is related to people's livelihood, so it cannot be delayed!" Wang Fu said as usual.

The little fat man stood up abruptly, and looked coldly at Wang Fu in front of him. Wang Fu bowed to him without fear, while everyone bowed down one after another, bowing their heads, not daring to speak. The little fat man squinted his eyes and looked at him for a long time. Just now he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the matter of tunning the people is okay, but those officials don't need to be removed. I want to establish a township for the people, and the Diannong officials will be the governing place. The tunners can cultivate the reclaimed land with peace of mind. That's it."

"As for the land tax, if the imperial court bestows iron utensils on its farming cattle, if one of forty is not allowed, it will be one of thirty."

The little fat man thought about it, finished his thoughts, looked at the officials again, and asked: "Do the officials have any objections?" Everyone shook their heads, saying that there was no objection, Wang Fu suddenly raised his head and said: "Minister", Before he could finish speaking, He Xiu who was on the side suddenly stepped forward and punched Wang Fu hard on the forehead. Wang Fu was covering his forehead and looking at him in horror.

He pointed at He Xiu tremblingly, looked at the little fat man, with tears in his eyes, and shouted: "Your Majesty, he committed a crime openly! He beat up the minister!"

He Xiu smiled coldly, and said: "I heard that Manan County called you, me, and Mr. Zhang the three heroes of the world. You say that I and Mr. Zhang are not worthy to be listed with you? Is that right?"

But in my heart I was feeling: Silly boy, this old man cherishes your talent and saved your life.

(End of this chapter)