I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 136 Li Heng: Not only do I want to kill Dan Cheng, I also want to give the Han people tax exemptions!
On November 28, Li Heng reported Dan Cheng's review to Liu Chan.

Tan succeeded in stealing papermaking technology, using his power for personal gain, framed Zhongliang of the court, and was sentenced to death.

For a time, the entire capital was in an uproar.

That morning, Dong Yun found Li Heng.

"Ji'an, do you agree to be sentenced to death?"

"Yes."

"Do you know what you are doing!" Dong Yun said angrily.

"I know very well."

"You know so well, yet you still dare to judge like this?" Dong Yun's face turned livid, and he was so angry for the first time.

He was not angry about Tan Chenghui's death, but angry about Li Heng's disregard for the overall situation.

"I must judge like this! If I don't judge like this, those powerful people will be able to get their hands on the secrets of the court in the future. If this continues, the country will not be a country!"

"Then have you ever thought about what the local celebrities would think of you if Dan Cheng were executed?"

"I do not care!"

"But they will put pressure on the court and the prime minister! Most of them have their own tribes! When the time comes..."

"Will the situation get out of control by then?" Li Heng interrupted Dong Yun, "Dong Gong, you are worrying too much! It is reasonable and reasonable for me to kill Tan Cheng. If anyone asks for a request from Tan Cheng, he must also fight with Tan Cheng." If you are having an affair, I suggest you check it out!"

"Then you have to put the overall situation first!"

"The overall situation is that we must prepare troops, food, grass, and money now. We will need a hundred thousand troops to capture Jingzhou! Does Mr. Dong know how much food is needed?"

Dong Yun was stunned by the question.

"Five million shi! At least 500 million shi of food can feed these 500 troops. If we go to the front line, we need to prepare another 100 million shi! Does Mr. Dong know how many acres of land are on the imperial court's books?"

"1000 million acres of land."

"1000 million acres of land, with an annual harvest of 2000 million shi, and 200 million shi collected, only 100 million shi goes to the treasury. Does Mr. Dong think it is possible to raise the troops of Jingzhou?"

Dong Yun was silent.

"Does Mr. Dong know that we were inspecting Zhao's fields in Tianshui and how much was found?"

"How many?"

"15 acres! These fields are not recorded in the Tianshui County field register."

Dong Yun became even more silent.

"I think I currently have at least 4000 million acres of land!"

"Where did your number come from?

"I speculated." Li Heng said, "I also speculated that the Dan family has at least [-] acres of farmland!"

"Even if you want to touch them, you have to wait until you have dealt with the Dan clan in Guanghan County!"

"I have taken care of it. Both Tan Xian and Tan Can are in the capital. They have confessed and are willing to hand over all their fields!"

Dong Yun was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Seriously?"

"Dong Gong, just wait and see!"

Dong Yun fell into deep thought.

He didn't expect that when Li Heng took action, Dan Cheng would die, and Dan's family would hand over Tian.

"The most important thing is people. The Dan family can hand over 5000 people. Now Jiangzhou is in urgent need of people!" Li Heng said, "The situation in Guanzhong has stabilized. We must not be slow to capture Jingzhou. Otherwise, Sun Wu will see it and the difficulty will increase greatly. !”

"So your purpose is actually to arrest people from the Dan family?"

"Not just arresting people! The land must also be returned to the imperial court. The next things we have to do are as follows: first, expand commercial exports to Sun Wu and Cao Wei; second, increase currency minting; third, reform land tax; fourth, Continuously and quickly increase troops to Jiangzhou!"

"I have already ordered people to set up workshops to produce blue and white porcelain in batches. Next, there will be new business, currency casting. I have ordered people to search for copper mines and sent more manpower to dig."

Li Heng's thinking is very fast.

Fortunately, Dong Yun is not an ordinary person and can keep up.

"How do you plan to reform land tax?"

"Tax-free for three years!" "Tax-free for three years?" Dong Yun was startled, "Why?"

Li Jian, are you crazy?
Now that the two fronts are recruiting troops, it’s time to spend money. Are you exempt from tax for three years?
"Dong Gong, didn't I tell you before that only 100 million shi of tax revenue from the imperial court goes to the treasury every year, but we just sold 200 million pieces of paper to Sun Wu and already received [-] shi of food!"

“You want to fill the tax bill through business?”

"Yes."

"No need!"

"It's necessary! We need popularity now! We need it even more next time!"

Dong Yun immediately understood again, and he looked at Li Heng in shock.

This guy actually thought of this level?
And it can be inferred from this information that this guy has a big plan!

There will definitely be a violent storm next, otherwise why would you rather give up 200 million stones?
Being tax-free for three years is not a financial issue, let alone an issue of caring for the people, but a political issue!
Dong Yun finally sighed and said, "The prime minister may not agree to the tax exemption."

"The Prime Minister has agreed."

Dong Yun was completely speechless now.

"Ji'an, take care of yourself."

"Dong Gong, I need your help."

Dong Yun hesitated for a moment before sighing: "You are trying to completely drag me down."

"If you want to help the Han Dynasty, you must capture Jingzhou. If you want to capture Jingzhou, you must reform the system internally! If you want to reform the system internally, you must bleed!" Li Heng said firmly, "How can a man stop moving forward because of this?"

Dong Yun threw up his sleeves and walked away: "I've suffered so much from you!"

Facing Li Heng's review, Liu Chan asked Jiang Wan hesitantly: "Do you want to send it to the Prime Minister for review?"

"The Prime Minister said that everything in Dali should be subject to Li Jian."

"Then why do you ask me?" Liu Chan waved his pen.

On November 29, Tan Cheng was escorted to the execution ground.

Before execution, he shouted loudly: "Li Heng! I will never let you go even if I am a ghost!"

The executioner raised the knife and dropped it, holding the head in his hand and falling to the ground.

"What! Tan Cheng was killed!" Zhuge Rong stood up in shock.

Dan Cheng is the young master!

The Shaofu is one of the Nine Qings, a proper senior official.

This almost never happens in Koto!

"Where's Lao's papermaking technique?"

"When I went down, the Dan family had been sealed off!"

Zhuge Rong's face was livid. He thought for a long time before he said, "Go and ask around and find someone to come out with!"

"The wind is getting tight now..."

"I don't believe that Yizhou, which is so big, can't find papermaking technology!"

But Zhang Fang suddenly said: "I thought that everything now was caused by that Li Heng. We should be prepared with both hands. One is to continue searching, and the other is to find a way to get rid of Li Heng!"

"Get rid of him?" Zhuge Rong asked doubtfully, "How to get rid of him?"

"Li Heng killed Dan Cheng. People in Yizhou were not willing to go to the Northern Expedition. Li Heng was recommended by Zhuge Liang and had a strong opinion of him. This time the conflict between the two parties can be said to be in the open. There will definitely be more to come. If people target him, we might as well be behind it and add fuel to the flames!"

“How to add fuel to the fire?”

"Privately sent people to spread rumors in Chengdu that Tan Cheng was unjust. In these sensitive times, one stone will drop and a thousand waves will rise!"

"Okay, you go and do this, and do it in a secretive way." Zhuge Liang stood up and adjusted his sleeves, "I'm going back to Wuchang to resume my duties. This year, Shu and Wei are fighting in Guanzhong, and there will be big changes next year."

"Here."

"By the way, you should pay attention to the Taifu Temple established by the Kingdom of Shu, as well as the "Regulations on the Management of Dahan Commercial Companies" and the Nashang Division. I think it is unusual!"

(End of this chapter)