"Now that King Sima Jiong of Qi is in the light and your majesty is in the dark, the traitor Sima Jiong will never expect that your majesty already knows about his plot in Yingchuan. In this way, many places can be manipulated."

Sima Yu looked at Wang Sheng's relaxed expression and continued to ask: "How to operate?"

Wang Sheng smiled softly and said: "Your Majesty, there are heavy troops in the North Camp. You can let one part of the North Camp be stationed in Yangcheng. Yangcheng is only twenty or thirty miles away from Yingchuan. If you want to go to Yingchuan through the Yingshui River,

The Kawahira rebellion only happened in an hour or two."

Sima Yu listened to Wang Sheng's words and nodded slightly.

He knew that what Wang Sheng said was not lies.

However, Sima Yu frowned slightly at this time.

"With how cunning the old King of Qi is, once I station the Beiying Division in Yangcheng, he will immediately understand the fact that he has been exposed, so this choice is probably not feasible."

Since King Qi is in the light and he is in the dark, there should be better operations.

"But if we are not stationed in Yangcheng, if something changes in Yingchuan, Your Majesty may be beyond our reach."

Sima Yu thought carefully and suddenly seemed to have a good idea.

"Marquis Guangyuan, aren't you currently stationed in Xingyang? I asked you to lead the Northern Battalion to station in Xingyang. Xingyang is close to Yecheng and also close to Yingchuan. If I ask you to lead troops to station in Xingyang to raise money and food,

No matter how cunning King Qi is, he never imagined that my target is him, Yingchuan!"

What Sima Yu said is indeed a good idea.

"Your Majesty is wise. I didn't expect this."

"Haha, Aiqing is so humble. How could you not know this? It's just that you haven't thought of it for the time being."

Even so, the emperor's words were somewhat complacent.

"If a unit of Beiying is stationed in Xingyang, even if something happens to Yingchuan, I can take action immediately."

"Your Majesty, what about Pan Yue?"

Pan Yue?

Sima Yu thought for a while.

At this time, he has many choices.

But after thinking about it, Sima Yu still said: "If Pan Yue wants to continue to live, he must be used by me. He can be allowed to return to Yingchuan, but the news about Yingchuan must be passed on to me."

In other words, Pan Yue is asked to become a spy.

Wang Sheng understood what the emperor meant. If it were him, he would probably do the same thing.

"It's just that Your Majesty, King Donglai is always a hidden danger."

Naturally, I was afraid that King Qi would know about this hidden danger.

Moreover, the emperor summoned King Donglai twice, and this news also reached the ears of King Qi.

"Wuyou, if Pan Yue doesn't even have this ability, I won't let him live."

"Your Majesty, I know."

Sima Yu nodded slightly. During this period of time, he thought a lot.

Since King Qi has come back to life, he will naturally make King Qi die again, but how to die is a question.

If there is no chaos in Yingchuan, he will not be able to take action against Yingchuan.

so...

No matter what, as the emperor, he had to let chaos reign in Yingchuan.

"My dear, if I want to cause chaos in Yingchuan, how can I stabilize the situation?"

Let Yingchuan become chaotic?

Wang Sheng immediately understood what the emperor meant by this question.

"Your Majesty, the Huns are causing chaos in Wei County now. It is best not to cause chaos in Yingchuan."

Emperor Sima Yu didn't think so.

"Don't you, Ai Qing, understand the so-called principle of cutting through the mess with a sharp sword? The Huns in Yingchuan will not rise for no reason. It must be the King of Qi who is causing trouble. If this King of Qi is not captured, all the people in this world will be defeated.

The turmoil will definitely be inevitable."

The emperor's guess is indeed reasonable.

"It's just that the treasury is empty now, this..."

Sima Yun smiled softly and said: "The national treasury is empty, and the aristocratic family has a lot of money and food. Please think of a way for me to get some money and food from this aristocratic family."

Get some money and food from the noble family?

This aristocratic family is not a soft persimmon. What can you, the emperor, do if you want to?

"Your Majesty, the previous battle of Qi Wannian has already made the aristocratic family bleed. This time, the aristocratic family will probably not do such a thing again."

What Wang Sheng said was as obvious as possible.

Now, Emperor, you have to deal with the King of Qi and the Huns, and the noble family is your support!

At this time, we have to attack the King of Qi, the Huns, and the noble families. Isn't this a three-front battle?

Even if you are the emperor, you don't have this ability!

"If they don't do it, can I tell them not to do it? It's a joke. Don't think that I don't know their net worth. I am the Lord of all directions. Now that the country is short of money, they have to give it."

You are the master of the country, they are not!

"His Majesty..."

"OK OK."

Sima Yu looked at Wang Sheng, waved his hand gently to Wang Sheng, and then continued: "I understand what you mean, but it is precisely because of this that King Qi of Yingchuan dared to take action. If I were too content in Luoyang

, King Qi just doesn’t dare to take action.”

Force King Qi to take action?

Easy to understand.

But has the emperor thought about it?

If you attack the aristocratic family, if the aristocratic family is really determined, wouldn't it mean that they would go to King Qi's side?

Isn't your operation sending your own people into the hands of your opponent?

"Your Majesty, this is inappropriate."

"What's wrong?"

"this...

Wang Sheng thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty wants to attack King Qi, that's fine, but you can't force the family."

Wang Sheng's words made Sima Yu's pupils shrink.

"Marquis Guangyuan, I know that you are from a humble background and are not from a noble family. Why? Now you are starting to speak for a noble family?"

The emperor's look naturally made Wang Sheng complain.

"My lord, stop."

Wang Sheng sighed softly.

"If your Majesty wants to receive money and food from aristocratic families, I have a way."

"any solution?"

Seeing Wang Sheng relenting, Sima Yu felt relieved.

Sure enough, even for a person like Guangyuan Hou, if he doesn't work hard, he still can't do it.

"Why is the family so rich?"

The answer is a no-brainer.

"Of course it's land, there are many manors."

"That's it. Why doesn't Your Majesty collect land tax?"

H?

Wang Sheng's words made Sima Yu stunned for a moment.

"It's just the land tax. I've already collected it. If I collect another land tax now, I'm afraid everyone in the world will think that I'm messing around. It's no good."

"Your Majesty's land tax is different from what your Majesty thinks."

"It's different? How is it different?"

"Your Majesty, this so-called land tax means that the more land there is, the more tax will be collected. If a family owns a hundred acres of land, the tax will remain the same. But if the land exceeds one hundred acres, the tax will be increased by 10%. If the land exceeds five hundred acres, the tax will be increased by 10%.

The tax will be increased by 20%. If it exceeds 1,000 acres, the land tax will be increased by 30%, and so on."

When Wang Sheng mentioned the land tax, the emperor's face did not look happy.

"If my beloved's land tax comes out, I'm afraid everyone will really shout and beat me up."

Of course the emperor wanted to deal with the aristocratic family, but Wang Sheng's land tax not only dealt with the aristocratic family, but also offended all the rich and powerful people in the world.

This outcome was not something the emperor could accept.

Although the emperor wanted money, he was not stupid.

"Your idea is good, but if you do this, I'm afraid everyone in the world will oppose me without King Qi taking action."

Wang Sheng was a little relieved that the emperor was not stupid enough.

Because his performance today really disappointed Wang Sheng.

"Is there no other way?"

Wang Sheng shook his head gently.

"I'm sorry for my stupidity, there is no other way."

Looking at the suspicious expression on Emperor Sima Yu's face, Wang Sheng continued: "In my opinion, even if King Qi is still alive, he is just living in darkness. Why should your Majesty be afraid? The most important thing now is to

After the Huns are wiped out and then recuperated, as long as the people are not in chaos, the families are not in chaos, and the clan is not in chaos, then what does your Majesty have to worry about?"

Sima Yu knew that Wang Sheng did not want to give him any advice.

I also know that Wang Sheng’s words are reasonable.

But when this kind of reasonable words reached his ears, he still felt that it was inappropriate.

Very inappropriate.

King Qi is a hidden danger. If it is not eliminated now, the world will never be at peace.

Why doesn’t everyone understand?

"You really have no idea to tell me?"

Why didn't Wang Sheng say anything?

This is also due to Wang Sheng’s own reasons.

First of all, if he said that although the family hated the emperor, they did not dare to hate the emperor, then the anger in his heart would naturally be vented on him.

When the time comes, the emperor slaps him on the butt and sells him, and Wang Sheng will have no time to cry even if he wants to.

This is one of them.

Secondly, attacking the aristocratic family now is definitely the last resort. Wang Sheng definitely does not recommend that the emperor do this.

This is just like digging your own foundation, very stupid.

but...

Wang Sheng was a little hesitant now.

He knows where his power comes from.

It's all about the emperor's trust. Without the emperor's trust now, his power will naturally become less powerful day by day.

Should you be a loyal minister or a private minister?

Thoughts were flying in Wang Sheng's mind, and finally Wang Sheng made a decision.

"Your Majesty, maybe you have another way."

Now, the emperor's trust is still too important to him.

Seeing Wang Sheng's submission, Sima Yu's eyes also lit up slightly.

"This time, there is no land tax."

"Land tax is still possible, but there is a prerequisite. People above the rank of marquis are not subject to land tax restrictions, just like the original story. However, for those who do not have the title of marquis and have a lower title of marquis, they will be charged 50% more land tax.

It decreases in a reciprocal manner, and for those without titles, the land tax is calculated based on the number of acres."

This change in Wang Sheng made the emperor feel slightly moved.

Marquis.

It was considered a relatively high title in the Jin Dynasty.

If we continue to exclude them in this way, although the world's big aristocratic families will basically escape the scope of land tax, there will still be many small aristocratic families, or gentry, who will be shaved off by the emperor.

This is what is called robbing the poor and giving to the rich.

Large families are not within the scope of land tax, so there will be fewer obstacles to the implementation of land tax.

However, correspondingly, less things are obtained.

Moreover, those small aristocratic families will definitely take advantage of it.

At that time, you will name your own land to others.

In a short period of time, the emperor thought a lot.

"But, if there is a situation where the land is not named, what should we do?"

nominal?

"Your Majesty only needs a heavy punishment. If anyone dares to name someone to evade taxes, he will be punished with death. He can also ask the person who named him to come and report. If the report is successful, the land that he named himself will be his. In this way, I am afraid that the whole world will be affected.

Few people dare to interfere with it."

Wang Sheng's method can indeed eliminate a large number of people who want to evade taxes.

"It's just that most of the land and wealth in the world are in the hands of the big families. Do those below the Marquis really have enough money and food for the march?"

"If it's not enough, Your Majesty can also sell the title."

"Selling a prince?"

Wang Sheng's words immediately changed the emperor's face.

"Selling your title, it's impossible to sell your title. I'm not a fool, so how could I do this?"

"Your Majesty, this idea of ​​selling official positions and conferring titles was not the first creation of Emperor Huan or Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. In fact, it already existed during the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

Sima Yu's idol was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Now that he heard Wang Sheng's words, he immediately came to his senses.

"You're right."

In order to resist the Huns, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did sell their official positions and get titles.

What he is doing now is actually no different from what Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did.

Thinking of this, Sima Yu's mood actually improved a lot.

Wang Sheng raised his eyebrows and glanced at Sima Yu, sighing in his heart.

It is true that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty sold their official positions to obtain titles, but this does not mean that selling their official positions and obtaining titles is right.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sold his official position and obtained a large amount of wealth, which allowed him to continue fighting against the Huns. However, at the same time, the twenty-level nobility that came from the Qin Dynasty was also disbanded.

In the long run, this is harmful but useless.

But in the short term, it can make a lot of money for the emperor.

Just imagine, those small aristocratic families and wealthy gentry, in order to save themselves from having to pay excessive land tax, naturally want to buy a title.

And he is a crazy salesman.

After going back and forth, the emperor will definitely be able to raise the military expenses.

And the money raised is definitely not a small amount.

Not to mention providing military expenses for the emperor's conquest of Wei County, even ten more attacks would probably be more than enough.

But in this case, this title level is of little use.

But according to the past life, after Sima Lun came to power, he made a lot of nobility and continued to win titles. In fact, it was not much different from selling his official position and getting titles.

"The specific matters will be left to Aiqing!"

Leave it to me?

Wang Sheng shook his head decisively.

"Your Majesty, I already have many important responsibilities on my shoulders now. I think your Majesty should leave this matter of selling your title to someone else."

First of all, Wang Sheng really has no time now. This is true.

Secondly, although this matter of selling an official position and conferring a title is just a lucrative job, if someone is willing to do something in it, it will definitely be a huge profit.

But this is a fat job, but not a good job.

After all, selling one's official position is not a good thing. Wang Sheng, the person who gives the advice, is bound to be hated by others, and the person who implements it will be even more hated.

What they hate most is, of course, those who implement the emperor's policies, followed by those who advise the emperor, and finally, the emperor.

Sima Yu wanted to sit firmly on Diaoyutai.

But Wang Sheng really didn't want to do this errand.

"That's fine."

Sima Yu nodded slightly.

"I will let the central commander do it."
Chapter completed!