Zhang Lang asked, "Is Kong Ming here?" The Taoist boy replied, "In the study room behind, I'll call you sir." As he said that, he was about to leave. Zhang Lang grabbed him, "I'll just go there, you can retreat." The Taoist boy responded and left the hall.

Zhang Lang walked through the side door, walked into a corridor, looked up and saw Zhuge Liang reading at night in the study room in front. Zhuge Liang's study room was completely different from the study room we imagined. His study room had no walls on all sides, only many bamboo curtains were hung. The bamboo curtains had been put down, and the dim lights inside were jumping, which was not real. The study room was actually like a big pavilion, one side was adjacent to the wooden building, one side was followed by a corridor on both sides, and the last side was against a cluster of dense bamboos.

Zhang Lang walked along the corridor, lifted the bamboo curtain and walked into the study.

Zhuge Liang did not raise his head and looked at Zhu Jian and said, "You boy, didn't you tell you not to disturb me?" He actually regarded Zhang Lang as his little Taoist boy.

Zhang Lang smiled and called out: "Kong Ming."

Zhuge Liang quickly raised his head and saw Zhang Lang. He quickly got up and saluted: "I have no responsibilities, so please forgive me."

Zhang Lang waved his hand, sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat in front of the table, looked around, and asked in surprise: "Kong Ming, is this your study?"

Zhuge Liang said embarrassedly: "My subordinates like to study in such places, and they don't like to be locked up in a house."

Zhang Lang smiled and signaled Zhuge Liang to sit down. Zhuge Liang did not dare to sit down, so he sat down on the bamboo mat next to Zhang Lang. He clasped his fists and asked, "My lord is here to visit late at night, I wonder what to do?" Zhang Lang smiled and said, "It's nothing, I want to talk to you." He paused, "Kong Ming, about the civil army, do you really think there is no need to reserve it?"

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Lord, my subordinates do think there is no need at all. It is of little use to keep the civilian military, but it has many disadvantages! Please give me a clear understanding!"

Zhang Lang was silent for a moment, "I thought about it carefully before coming. Your and Wen Yuan's views make sense. Perhaps the organization of the civil army should be removed! I plan to discuss this matter with you at the Lantern Festival meeting this year." He looked at Zhuge Liang, "What do you think Kong Ming?" Zhuge Liang heard that Zhang Lang was hesitant about this matter, and felt that he was not good at emphasizing his point of view too much, so he clasped his fists and said, "Lord, wise."

Zhang Lang lowered his head and thought for a moment. Suddenly he raised his head and joked with a smile: "Kongming, I thought you have always been pure and have no desires, but I didn't expect that there was a beautiful lady hidden in the house!"

Zhuge Liang was stunned and immediately thought of the person who had left just now. He understood and quickly explained: "Lord, you misunderstood, she and I..." Zhang Lang smiled and waved his hand, saying generously: "There is no need to explain. Everyone loves beauty. It is also her blessing to you if you fall in love with her. But you have to be careful of the wife at home. I heard that your wife is very jealous! Well, I see, I will let Yuyao talk to your wife, so you don't have to be so sneaky!"

Zhuge Liang was very depressed, "Lord, this is not..."

Zhang Lang waved his hand, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about this. I'm here to talk about Mrs. Cai's affairs."

Zhuge Liang immediately understood that the lord was going to talk about the current lawsuit between Mrs. Cai and several major families."

"What's the situation now? The case is about to be closed?"

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and bowed: "Lord's face is revealed."

When Zhang Lang heard this, he knew that Zhuge Liang had other ideas and said, "You have other ideas. Let's talk." Zhuge Liang straightened his back, adjusted his thoughts, and said, "I understand the lord's intention, but I think it's not appropriate to break the law and regulations because of this!" Zhang Lang frowned. Zhuge Liang continued, "If we use this as an excuse to confiscate these families, anyone can see that we are intentionally confiscating the gentry families. In this way, everyone in the gentry is in danger, but the merchant family and ordinary civilians will not be able to rest. They will think that now they are copying the gentry, so will they copy our house in the future? In this way, I am afraid that the day of bravery and peace in the internal world will be difficult for the merchant family to be at ease!"

Zhang Lang was shocked, "Kong Ming's words were like a wake-up call!" He glanced at Zhuge Liang, "What you said is that this approach is indeed inappropriate, and the impact of badness will be very far-reaching. Then he can only strictly follow the law. All the property illegally obtained by these major families from the Cai family will be returned, and fines of the same value will be fined according to the inscription, and the rest will not be ignored."

Zhuge Liang was very happy and said, "The lord is wise."

Zhang Lang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, don't bow at any time." Zhuge Liang sat upright.

Zhang Lang touched his chin and frowned: "Kong Ming's suggestion is very correct. We must never break the law and discipline by ourselves. However, we are really short of money now. If we don't attack the gentry, finance will probably be even more difficult..." Zhuge Liang hurriedly said: "Although copying the gentry without reason can solve the temporary urgent needs, the long-term harm is immeasurable, which is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst."

Zhang Lang nodded and smiled and said, "Don't worry Kongming, I'm just a little emotional! If you don't have any legitimate one, you will never be able to conquer any gentry." He paused, "If you don't attack the gentry, there is another thing that will be troublesome..."

Zhuge Liang asked: "Does the lord refer to the issue of resettling refugees?"

Zhang Lang nodded and frowned and said, "To resettle refugees, you need land. Nowadays, the land is basically in the hands of the gentry. If you don't do it, where can I get the land to resettle refugees?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "I have already thought about this matter."

Zhang Lang showed a look of surprise, "Oh? Let's hear it."

Zhuge Liang clasped his fists and said, "Lord, the method is actually very simple. We only need to impose high taxes on those who own a large amount of land."

Zhang Lang was stunned.

Zhuge Liang explained: "The subordinates plan to start adding additional taxes to those who own more than 100 mu of land. It is divided into three levels, one hundred mu to three hundred mu, and will be charged according to the standard of 15 taxes and one double tax; one thousand mu, four times will be charged; and ten times will be charged for more than 1,000 mu. What do you think?"

Zhang Lang was stunned for a while and laughed: "Kong Ming, I suddenly realized that you are more treacherous than Wenhe!"

Zhuge Liang was ashamed.

Zhang Lang hurriedly said, "I'm joking, don't get me wrong!" Zhuge Liang hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "How could I mind the matter?"

Zhang Lang touched his chin and smiled, "In this way, the more land you have in your hands, the heavier the burden. Haha, I see that as soon as this decree is released, all the gentry will be impatient to take over the land?" Then he frowned, "This method is a slightest, but it is probably an unimaginable number to buy these land!"

"Don't worry, lord, just issue a decree at the same time, and anyone can pay taxes at a discount on the grain field."

Zhang Lang couldn't help but slamming his high-highway and said, "Wonderful! So wonderful!"
Chapter completed!