"Then there is only one way."

Pei Shaoqing paused and said, "Spread the people into the acres, and the nobles will pay the food together!"

"What? Spread the people into the acres, and the nobles will pay the food together?" Wu Zetian's face changed suddenly. This is unheard of!

Pei Shaoqing said with great emphasis: "Yes, if the tax on acre is distributed to the tax on acre, the tax on acre will be changed to tax on acre. In addition, the nobles also need to pay grain together. In this way, no matter how the land is merged, it will not affect the national taxation, because the only two factors related to national taxation are the total area of ​​arable land and the tax rate!"

Wu Zetian showed a deep thought on his face.

If you really spread the tax on a mu and change the tax on a mu to tax on a mu, and you can pay the food together with the nobles, it is really a way to solve the problem of fiscal taxation once and for all.

The more land you merge, the more tax you need to pay.

If the land of ordinary people is less, they will have less taxes to pay.

It’s a pity that it is too difficult to pay food together with nobles.

At least it is impossible at this stage, and this method cannot save the system of military service.

"It's too difficult." Wu Zetian shook his head and said, "This method looks beautiful, but it's difficult to achieve it. Moreover, this method cannot suppress land annexation, so it cannot save the system of the government."

Pei Shaoqing said: "I just said that the government military system was born based on the equal land system, and the prerequisite for implementing the equal land system is that there is a small population and a large land."

"The Tang Dynasty has entered its prosperous era now, and its population has grown by more than ten times?"

"So even if land annexation is curbed, the equal-land system will still lose its foundation."

"Because the newborn population is too large, the country has no more land to them, but the newborn population has to bear the same military service. How can this last long?"

"It's hard to support the new population,"

"Where did you get the money to buy armor and weapons?"

"So the collapse of the military system is inevitable."

"If the Tang Dynasty could not reform the military service system as soon as possible, there would inevitably be great troubles within ten years."

"Strange words." Wu Zetian snorted and said, "The government system is indeed covered with many things, but my glorious Tang Dynasty will never get into trouble."

Wu Zetian is still confident.

Pei Shaoqing spread his hands and didn't say much.

Because the problem lies precisely in Wu Zetian's confidence.

Because of Wu Zetian's blind optimism, the land area of ​​the Tang Dynasty shrank by half in less than twenty years, and even the four towns of Anxi were lost.

However, saying this kind of thing now is useless except to make Wu Zetian angry.

Taiping was fascinated by the sound of hearing this and immediately asked, "How should the military system be changed?"

Wu Zetian's eyes immediately returned to Pei Shaoqing's face. Although she felt that Pei Shaoqing's words just now were alarmist, she also wanted to know if he had a solution?

Pei Shaoqing said: "There is only one way to change the government military system to the recruitment system!"

"All the recruitment of troops?" Wu Zetian said, "It's just a joke. Do you know how many troops the Tang Dynasty wants now? If the armored weapons and war horses of such a huge army need to be paid for by the court, and they have to pay them every month. Do you know how much expenses are? Can the finances be affordable?"

Pei Shaoqing said: "As for the current finances, it is definitely not affordable, but the Tang Dynasty has huge commercial potential. If the Tang Dynasty can be fully developed, I dare not say that there are too many, but maintaining a recruitment of a million-strong army is absolutely no problem, and it will never affect the normal operation of the state machine."

"One million people?" Wu Zetian snorted, "You really dare to say it."

At the beginning of the founding of the country and when the government was in power, there were less than 500,000 soldiers in the Tang Dynasty.

Huang Kouru actually dared to boast that he could support one million soldiers. It was such a big tone.

Princess Taiping was completely fascinated by the ears and asked again: "What do you need to do to fully develop the commercial potential of the Tang Dynasty?"

When asked, Taiping's beautiful eyes were shiny, staring at Pei Shaoqing's face.

Pei Shaoqing deliberately pretended not to see it, and looked like I was very serious.

This is the case when flirting with girls. The more girls stick to you, the more serious you have to be.

This trick is especially useful for girls like Taiping who are not well-informed and have no emotional experience.

"This matter is complicated to say." Pei Shaoqing said, "but the first step is to tear down the wall first, and then the curfew must be lifted."

“To make business prosperous.”

"We must first let Chang'an have a colorful nightlife."

"Then as business becomes more prosperous, taxes will come."

"It's nonsense." Wu Zetian snorted, "Dropping down the walls and canceling the curfew. Can't Chang'an be confused?"

Pei Shaoqing could only shut up. It seemed that it was really difficult to change the thinking of the ancients. Even an female emperor like Wu Zetian who had only produced a few thousand years was not immune to the vulgarity.

But fortunately, I am not in a hurry to do this, so I will slow down.

Wu Zetian said again: "But the Kaizhong Law you mentioned before is a good strategy. Although this is just a very general idea, I still have to finalize the detailed rules with the elders of the Political Affairs Hall to implement it, but no matter what, your first merit is impossible to escape. Tell me, what reward do you want this time?"

Pei Shaoqing suddenly turned around and looked at Princess Taiping.

Princess Taiping was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you think I'm doing?"

"I stepped on my clothes." Pei Shaoqing said, "Please move the pig's hooves."

Princess Taiping looked down and found that she was really stepping on Pei Shaoqing's lower skirt. She quickly moved her feet away.

But when I thought about it, I felt angry and said coquettishly: "I am not a pig's trotter, you are a pig's trotter, a big pig's trotter."

"Don't bully Taiping." Wu Zetian also glared at Pei Shaoqing and said, "Speak quickly, what reward do you want? I won't count it if I can't imagine it within a breath."

Pei Shaoqing said with a saliva: "Grand Queen, can you want anything?"

Wu Zetian said with a hug: "As long as I can do it, I will do it."

"In this case, the queen will reward me with the princess, right?" Pei Shaoqing smiled, "This is always within the ability of the queen? Is it my parents' order, hey."

"My grandma, look at him and talk nonsense again."

Princess Taiping immediately blushed when she heard this, but her heart was like a deer hitting her.

"Do you want to be the prince-in-law of Taiping?" Wu Zetian said, "It's not impossible."

"Is it really possible?" Pei Shaoqing was overjoyed when he heard this. Is it so easy?

"Yes." Wu Zetian nodded slightly, and then said, "But there is still a condition for me. You can only have a wife in Taiping in this life. You are not allowed to take concubines, and you are not allowed to touch the maids in the mansion!"

"Goodbye!" Pei Shaoqing's face turned dark and she got up and left.

"Ah Mother?" Princess Taiping was a little at a loss.
Chapter completed!