"What does the Crown Prince mean to ask the court to issue an order to reduce the rent?" Ren Yaxiang said tentatively, and the others' eyes were also staring at Li Chengqian, wondering what he was thinking.

Li Chengqian nodded when he saw everyone's nervous expressions and admitted it.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince is absolutely forbidden. Not to mention that Your Majesty will not surrender this decree. Even if Your Majesty lowers the decree of Guanzhong to 30%, the local gentry will not agree. At that time, not only will the court officials be disinterested, but the entire Guanzhong will probably fall into chaos." Xu Jingzong hurriedly stood up and advised that Xu Jingzong was tied up by Li Chengqian. Originally, Li Chengqian was quite dissatisfied with his sloppy personality, and Xu Jingzong was cautious in everything he did. It was not until Li Chengqian asked Xu Jingzong to be the Pingzhangyuan Workshop to take charge of the case. The relationship between the two improved. Xu Jingzong also seemed that although Li Chengqian had many blows at him, he still admired his talents quite well. Moreover, he labeled Li Chengqian, so Xu Jingzong could only plan for Li Chengqian wholeheartedly.

Li Chengqian nodded and looked at the others when he heard this. Everyone knew that Li Chengqian was waiting for his statement. Zhu Suiliang stood up and said solemnly: "I think the court can issue an order to praise the families who have lowered their rents to encourage the gentry of Guanzhong to follow suit."

"Although Mr. Zhu had issued an order to claim grain and title in the Han Dynasty, it was also to include the grain in the court's granary. This tenant rent was just a matter between the people. Is it appropriate for the court to interfere?" Hao Chujun seemed to be discussing with Zhu Suiliang, but in fact he was also admonishing Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian looked at the remaining people and said, "You have the same view as you?"

Everyone nodded when they heard this, saying that Li Chengqian should not have done such a thing at this time.

Li Chengqian looked at everyone and didn't know what to say for a moment. If such a thing cannot even reach a consensus within the Eastern Palace, then there is no need to submit a memorial to Li Shimin, let alone implement it in Guanzhong and then in the world.

Everyone was also very nervous when they saw Li Chengqian's silence. After getting along with Li Chengqian for so long, they knew that Li Chengqian had a strong personality. Since he thought so, he would definitely have other actions.

The atmosphere in the hall was heavier than before.

After a while, Li Chengqian slowly spoke: "It's not that the Lone King does not know how to win people's hearts. The Lone King also knows that the gentry in Guanzhong is not easy to mess with, but for the long-term peace of the Tang Dynasty, this matter must be implemented."

Li Chengqian said this sentence firmly, and everyone in the hall felt a deep heart, knowing that they could not persuade him.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince..."

Seeing Zhu Suiliang want to persuade him again, Li Chengqian shook his hand and signaled him not to speak, and then said, "Everyone knows that the Lone King said that the gentry greedy and greedy squeezed the people without food and clothing, and even if there is a little disaster or harm, this matter must be alleviated."

Li Chengqian said that when he came here, everyone was thinking, and then paused, "The Tang Dynasty implemented the national policy of hiding wealth for the people, but the people were divided into many different types. Some people had fertile land in their families, while others had silences. The court had only two things to do. One was to find ways to make all the people richer, and the other was to make the distribution of harvest fairer. Only in this way can the Tang Dynasty continue to be strong and the court could be long-term and stable."

"What the Crown Prince said is very reasonable. He was born in a chaotic world and hoped for peace in the world and prosperity of the country and the people. However, although he was a little stable over the years, some people who were rich and unkind have slaughtered the people too much. It is really time for the court to deal with it." Su Dingfang stood up and said solemnly.

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this, signaling him to sit down and continue, "How can all the people be richer?"

Everyone in the hall was quietly thinking about Su Dingfang's words, but when they heard this, they were stunned and fell into thinking.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince thought he should rest as stated in Mencius,..." Zhu Suiliang hurriedly tried to persuade the people again when he saw the opportunity.

Li Chengqian smiled and shook his hand to interrupt him, taking a deep breath and said, "This is the paradox of eternal times! Mencius was born in the Warring States Period, and the country was ineffective for a long time. Therefore, the people hoped to rest and recuperate and make the country more prosperous and strong through rest and recuperate. However, a country must be coveted by other countries. War followed. If you want to rest and recuperate, you must look at the external situation."

"Your Highness, in the early years of the Han Dynasty, there were vassal kings causing trouble, and there were Huns invading them, but in the early years of the Han Dynasty, they followed the Huang-Lao way for decades." Yan Shigu hurriedly said when he heard this. He was a historical master or hoped that Li Chengqian could also do what Emperor Xiaojing of the Han Dynasty.

Li Chengqian couldn't laugh after hearing this. He originally wanted to demonstrate his mind and demeanor and debate with them in a friendly manner.

But at this time, Li Chengqian felt that it would not be so easy to persuade these people with words, so he had to apply a heavy medicine. He said lightly: "Mr. Yan is right, but Mr. Yan also saw that because the policy of rest and recuperation in the early years did not suppress the merger of land, the gentry in the world was unwilling to pay taxes again in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty. This was why the "Salt and Iron Theory" was found. Mr. Yan was well-versed in ancient times and the present, and he should know how firm the gentry in the Han Dynasty opposed the court's tax collection?"

Yan Shigu was speechless for a moment, and everyone in the hall realized Li Chengqian's profound Legalism thoughts.

Li Chengqian glanced at everyone, and saw that everyone was not in contact with his eyes and said directly: "The lessons of the former Han Dynasty are profound. Although the founding of the Tang Dynasty has not been long, don't forget that there were no big families in the area when the Qin Dynasty was established in the former Han Dynasty, but there were many gentry in the Tang Dynasty." Li Chengqian stood up with a serious expression and looked at everyone and shouted: "With your majesty's prestige, the mighty king of the Lone, and the sincere help of you, can't you limit the power of these people to expand too quickly?"

After Li Chengqian said that, his eyes swept towards the ministers below like lightning.

"I am willing to follow His Highness the Crown Prince to the death!" Xue Rengui was the first to kneel down on one knee and said with a firm look.

But then the hall calmed down, and Li Chengqian felt a little cold. When he was about to threaten again, he saw Zhu Suiliang coming out first, tidy up his clothes and then solemnly bowed: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is far-sighted and devoted to planning the country's ministers are willing to follow Your Highness the Crown Prince to the death!"

"I am willing to follow His Highness the Crown Prince to the death!"

...

Fortunately, the Tang people were still a group of ideal people at this time. When they realized Li Chengqian's correctness, they were still willing to follow Li Chengqian at all costs.

Li Chengqian took a deep breath to calm down, and looked at the doctors kneeling in front of him and felt a sense of pride. These people were loyal to him before, either because he had the kindness of knowing them, or because Li Chengqian's eldest son had the orthodox nature of inheriting the throne.

But at this moment, Li Chengqian felt that these people were following him because they had a common ideal with him.

Many people may think that he, a time traveler, talks about ideals with the ancients, isn’t he a bit slight? Maybe, anyway, he didn’t become an old freak in his previous life, and he would not become a smooth bureaucrat who kowtows when he traveled through time.

After a while, Li Chengqian said with excitement in his voice: "Everyone is calm! Let me tell you how to enrich the people and strengthen the country."

Seeing that everyone got up and returned to their seats after hearing this, Li Chengqian slowly spoke: "We must first increase the scale of the wealth of the Tang Dynasty, just like the East Palace has reclaimed more than one million mu of fertile land on Longyuan. The more than one million mu of fertile land may not be much in the entire Tang Dynasty, but it is still a lot in Guanzhong. This year, if the weather is good, you can collect two or three million dan of grain in autumn." Everyone nodded after hearing this. After all, they all contributed to this.

"The second is to increase efficiency. Because the Lone King improves the plowhead, the people in Longyuan have more than people from other places. In this way, the more food per capita is enough to eat. If you can't finish it, you can use it to do other things."

When Li Chengqian said this, he saw Zhao Jie and Du He showing a smug look on his face. He knew that they had been presiding over the cultivation of Longyuan. Now the bridges dug in Longyuan were erecting monuments to pass on. Their names were recorded in the inscriptions many times, so now I am very happy to hear people mentioning this matter.

Li Chengqian looked at them and said, "But the entire Guanzhong and the entire Tang Dynasty could not rely solely on the little money in the treasury to resettle the victims and reclaim fertile land."

Therefore, we must redistribute the land harvest and take money from the gentry, but we cannot collect taxes forcibly. If taxes are forcibly collected, the gentry will continue to increase the tenant rent, and the lives of the people will be even more difficult. Perhaps the court has not yet arranged how to reclaim fertile land, and the world will be in chaos.

So what should I do?

Forced the gentry to collect less tenant rent, so that the tenant's family would have surplus grains. The court would build a warehouse to take back the surplus grains. The tenant had money and the court would sell them agricultural tools. In this way, the court would reclaim wasteland regardless of the people.

Of course, the court can also set a piece of land for landless people to reclaim, but you must know that when these people who have surplus grain at home go to reclaim, they must bring their own dry food to reclaim, and do not rely entirely on the court to reclaim Longyuan as we did this year.

You should know that this year's reclaiming Longyuan was done by the Lone King personally watching. Is there a second person in the world who can do this?"

"Your Highness the Crown Prince's plan is beyond his reach."

Li Chengqian convinced the ministers of the Eastern Palace and arranged everything. This time he might attack at the same time while facing the gentry of Guanzhong, Buddhism and even Li Shimin...

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Tonight, the "thunder" sounded a lot. After the ugly moment, Li Shimin got up and summoned Zhang Shigui to personally arrange the imperial guards to check them everywhere.

This thunder has been ringing around Chang'an for many days. At first, people didn't care at all. Even if the monk Yuanze came out and said it was a sign of the turn of the earth dragon, people were just worried. However, after "thunder strike" on Daxingshan Temple last night, no one in the entire Chang'an City dares to ignore "drought thunder" without seeds.
Chapter completed!