Morning morning the next day.

As expected, Hua Heng handed over a memorial to the Tai Chi Hall and explained the reason.

As soon as Hua Heng finished speaking, other voices immediately rose up.

"Is there anything wrong with the actions of the Chinese leader?"

Hua Heng looked over and found that the speaker was Sima Qian, King of Pingyuan.

"Why did your Majesty say this? Nowadays, when there is a war, tax increases are unavoidable."

"If you raise taxes, you'll raise taxes. How come the Marquis doesn't raise taxes?"

Facing the question from King Pingyuan, Hua Heng glanced at the emperor and saw that the emperor nodded slightly to him, which gave him a lot of confidence.

The emperor is standing behind me, what should I be afraid of?

You, the King of Pingyuan, have a high position, but are you still higher than His Majesty?

Phew~

After letting out a soft breath, Hua Heng said the next words.

"If the Huns in Wei County are in rebellion, they will inevitably have to raise taxes. If your Majesty does not agree with the tax increase, what is the reason?"

"you?"

Sima Qian, the king of Pingyuan, was stunned for a moment. Hua Heng, the leader of the army, who was originally silent in the court hall, had something to say at this time.

This tax increase cannot be increased too much.

If the tax is too heavy, the people will be in chaos. If the people are in chaos, the world will be in chaos.

"Last year, there were disasters all over the country, and now taxes have been increased, how can those people pay?"

"There is no need to pay taxes in disaster-stricken areas."

The so-called land of disaster is the land of Qin and Yong.

At worst, there is no need to pay taxes in these two states, and other states and counties will increase taxes, which is also a very considerable amount.

"Let me ask you, why do marquises not have to pay taxes? Marquises have countless acres of land, so why don't they need to increase taxes, but ordinary people have to increase taxes?"

Regarding this issue in court, Hua Heng spent a whole night thinking about it yesterday.

He had already understood clearly what King Pingyuan had said.

"Your Majesty, you are lying. There is a reason why people above the so-called Marquis level do not need to pay taxes. There are not many people above the Marquis level in my Da Jin Dynasty. Most of them are the humerus of my Da Jin Dynasty. Since I have already been granted the title of Marquis, there is no need to do this.

The deliberate increase in taxes is naturally a preferential treatment for those above me, the Marquis of the Jin Dynasty. It is inevitable for those below the Marquis to see this and feel jealous, but is this not His Majesty's earnest expectation?"

Looking forward to it?

Not only did Pingyuan King Sima Qian have a look of confusion on his face, but the emperor sitting on the dragon throne also looked confused now?

My deepest expectations?

Have I said this to Hua Heng?

"What does the leader mean by this?"

what for?

Hua Heng smiled softly and said: "If someone below the rank of Marquis can do things for the Jin Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty, how rare is this position of Marquis? If you get it, there is no need to increase taxes. Your Majesty is thinking about the Jin Dynasty.

, It’s good to think about your Majesty. Your Majesty deserves to be the King of the Jin Dynasty, but what a saint your Majesty is, how could you not even see this? Your Majesty thinks more deeply than you do.”

On the surface, you see me on the first floor. In fact, I may be on the second floor. Of course, I may also be on the fifth floor.

Wonderful~

Sitting on the dragon throne, the emperor felt that this Hua Heng was a talented person.

Why haven't you discovered his talent before?

This speaking ability is actually not bad at all!

Hua Heng's few words not only refuted King Pingyuan, but also secretly praised and flattered the emperor.

Good job!

Wang Sheng, who was paddling with His Highness, couldn't help but secretly praise Hua Heng's words.

"To put it bluntly, how can this position of marquis be occupied by ordinary people? Your Majesty may have a long-term view, but it is foolish to lead the army. It is unwise to compete with the people for profit."

Competing with the people?

Hua Heng shook his head slightly and said: "The king is wrong again. This new land tax is not to compete with the people for profit, but to benefit the people?"

"Strong words!"

Sima Qian waved his sleeves and said, "I would like to hear what you mean by benefiting the people."

Hua Heng was not humble and said: "What I mean by returning benefits to the people is because this new land tax is an additional tax on more than one hundred acres of land. Your Majesty, please think about it. One family has more than one hundred acres of land."

, rich people or poor people?"

The answer to this question is actually very obvious.

If you have one hundred acres of land, you will naturally be considered a relatively wealthy person.

Seeing that King Pingyuan didn't speak, Hua Heng didn't stop talking.

"Your Majesty, by not saying anything, he is simply admitting that the people who have one hundred acres of land are the rich people. Since they are the rich people, how can they compete with the people if they increase taxes on a hundred acres of land?"

Good mouth.

Sima Qian's face was full of majesty at this time, but in fact, his heart was gradually weakening. This appearance of being strong but strong in appearance should be the best way to describe his state at this time.

"But this cannot be said to be something that is beneficial to the people."

Seeing Pingyuan King walking step by step into his trap, Hua Heng felt even more complacent.

"Does your Majesty know that there are squires in counties and counties? The small ones have thousands of acres of land, the large ones have tens of thousands of acres, and the giant ones have land across states and counties."

"Squire, I have heard of it, but tens of thousands of acres and connecting counties across states is too much?"

In the Western Jin Dynasty, the land and slaves owned were supported by one's title.

The so-called country squire, since it is a country squire, does not reach the level of aristocratic family, that is, the family does not have a title, but even if it has a title, it is not high.

It is impossible for such a person to own so much land.

"Does your Majesty know that officials protect each other?"

Of course King Pingyuan is devoted to the court.

But King Pingyuan was still the king of the clan, and he only learned about the affairs of the lower class people from other people's letters.

In fact, it is already second-hand information, and it has been modified by literati.

In his eyes, the living conditions of the lower class people, the appearance of the squires, and the appearance of the aristocratic families have actually been modified and are what the literati wanted him to see.

Not the real world, but the world in the book.

"Officials protect each other. I naturally know that, but squires are not officials."

"It is true that the squire is not an official, but has your Majesty heard of another saying, money can make a fool of himself?"

"Of course I have heard of this."

"good!"

Hua Heng nodded slightly, and the smile on his face became even wider.

Beside King Pingyuan, Shangshu Ling Wang Yan's brows furrowed deeply.

From the beginning to now, every word and deed of King Pingyuan has been guided by the central leader Hua Heng.

The debate has reached this point, does the Pingyuan King still want to win?

This is impossible.

What a pity~

Wang Yan sighed in his heart.

It would be best if Sima Qian, the king of Pingyuan, could stop this new land tax.

This new land tax seems to have been proposed by Hua Heng, the leader of the Central Government, but how could Wang Yan, who knew the inside story, not know that this was just a procedure?

In other words, this was the emperor's intention.

But no matter what.

Your Majesty's heart is hard, and your decision will not be changed anytime soon.

Phew~

Wang Yan certainly knows that this so-called new land tax is not a good thing.

He wants to object.

But now, it’s no longer just his opposition that will be useful, or in other words, it’s no longer just his opposition that will be useful.

Opposition is useless and may even offend the emperor.

Now the relationship between him and the emperor, or rather between the Langya Wang family and the emperor, has become very tense.

If something like this happens again now, it may bring the relationship between the two parties to a freezing point.

Wang Yan cannot accept this consequence, and neither can the Langya Wang family.

That's why...

This morning, he will not say a word about the new land tax.

It's not that he doesn't want to say it, it's that he can't say it.

New land tax...

Wang Yan glanced at Hua Heng, who was excited at this time, and then carefully glanced at the emperor who was watching a show with great interest from the corner of his eye. Finally, his eyes rested on Marquis Guangyuan not far behind him.

Marquis Guangyuan lowered his head at this time, not showing the mountains or the water.

Hua Heng did not have the guts to propose this new land tax idea.

This new land tax was proposed by Marquis Guangyuan.

Except for Guangyuan Hou, there is no one else.

but...

Marquis Guangyuan, how dare he?

perhaps...

Was he also forced by His Majesty?

Recalling that this new land tax was proposed by Hua Heng and not by Marquis Guangyuan, Wang Yan felt that his guess was very close to the truth.

Wang Yan's conjecture is indeed very close to the truth.

But he had not thought of another point. Wang Sheng proposed the new land tax because he was forced by the emperor, but the implementation of the new land tax was not left to him because Wang Sheng knew the danger of this matter.

He didn't want to dwell on this matter too much.

Because this may cost your life.

Wang Sheng is a man who cherishes his life very much.

"The gentry has money and the officials have power. With the combination of power and money, what can't be done and what can't be done? The gentry has land and tenants. This land can be placed on the heads of their tenants, but the tenants secretly sell themselves to the master's family. This is

As long as no one exposes something, who knows? Even if someone does expose it, officials will protect it. As long as the person's status is not high, there will be no news."

If there is no such news, naturally the life of the person who revealed the secret will be lost.

"His Majesty's new land tax can make these squires invisible. I want to ask, you are an official, what do you think? You are a tenant, what do you think?"

As an official, what would you think?

If you are a tenant, what would you think?

King Pingyuan is a person who is good at thinking. He immediately lowered his head and began to think deeply.

"If I were an official, I would definitely find out this disgusting squire. If I were a tenant, of course I would report him."

"Yes, the officials can blatantly obtain the land of the squire, why doesn't he do it? Tenants can have more land for free, why doesn't he do it? In this way, wouldn't the land of the squire be hidden? Tenants, too

It means that the land in the hands of the people has increased."

Hua Heng's words left King Pingyuan speechless.

He hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "It's just that if the officials also get the land, wouldn't they become the second squire, with the right to own the land? Wouldn't it be even more of a disaster?"

"The governors and governors are replaced every few years. Once the governors and governors move, we won't have this worry anymore."

Wang Sheng has been listening to Hua Heng's words.

At first glance, his words seemed to make sense.

In fact, it is a forced truth.

First of all, there may be some squires in various places, but they are not large in number. Most of them are from aristocratic families. How can aristocratic families dare to be touched at will by officials?

This is one of them.

Secondly, if an official has land, even if he moves his official position, he will still have a foundation in the local area. In a few years, he will be able to run his own family business.

Hua Heng's claim of benefiting the people is even more groundless.

A tenant can get the land that the squire has put in his name, but whether he can keep it is another matter.

It is said that a man is not guilty of having a jade in his possession, but you are just a tenant, but you own hundreds of acres of land. Even if the officials did not take action at the time, and the powerful people did not take action at the time, they would gradually get the land.

At that time, the tenants will still be tenants, and there will be one more powerful and powerful country squire.

The key point is that the imperial court can receive additional land and increase taxes. Everything else is all nonsense made by Hua Heng.

But such nonsense frightened the King of Pingyuan into a state of shock, and he still doesn't know how to speak.

"OK OK."

After watching the play on the dragon throne for so long, the emperor became a little tired.

King Pingyuan was speechless by Hua Heng. Anyway, his goal had been achieved.

"The King of Pingyuan serves the country and the people, and I am very pleased. I am also happy to lead the army in the country to offer suggestions for the country. I feel that this new land tax is very good. It can not only benefit the people, but also weaken the powerful gentry. It can also do more for the country."

The national policy of conquering Wei Commandery and raising money and food for disaster relief is a very good one, what do you think?"

After Sima Yu finished speaking, the ministers whispered to each other and discussed.

But in fact, most of them are just saying unnutritious words, rolling their eyes at each other, and just showing off.

The emperor is so sure of this new land tax. Now he opposes this new land tax. Isn't this a slap in the emperor's face?

Needless to say, what is the consequence of slapping the emperor in the face?

The people present are also understanding people, and naturally they also know the consequences.

So everyone was stunned and discussed for a full quarter of an hour, but no one stood up to oppose this new land tax.

"Shang Shuling, what do you think?"

Everyone was silent, but it didn't mean that the new land tax could be implemented.

Although he is the emperor, he is supreme.

But it is not easy to implement a policy.

We need people at the next level to do the work.

The Chancellor's Office and the Central Secretary's Office now need them to take a stand.

If you don't express your position in court, the new land tax will not be implemented.

"My lord, I feel great too."

Wang Yan was reluctant and almost spoke with his eyes closed.

He was heartbroken.

Anyone who speaks unconscionable words would feel heartbroken.

"What does the Central Secretary think?"

The minister ordered Wang Yan to stop talking. Sima Tong, the king of Yan, originally agreed, but now he naturally nodded heavily.

"My Majesty naturally agrees. Since this new land tax can have so many effects, I naturally support it. The Central Secretary and Supervisor will definitely work hard to implement this national policy."

"good!"

Compared to the Secretary of the Secretariat, Sima Tong, who was still the Supervisor of the Central Secretariat, looked pleasing to the eye.

After all, they are from the same family as the outsiders, so naturally there is no comparison.

Sima Yu glanced at Wang Yan and snorted secretly in his heart.
Chapter completed!