"The reason why the regional commanders dared to deploy troops unscrupulously and on a large scale was simply because the war tax set by the court was too low. As long as the king ordered the court to levy a new war tax on every able-bodied peasant, all farmers under the age of ten

Those between the ages of 10 and 70 will be charged 50 cents. Those under 10 and over 70 will be charged 20 cents, and the court should also cancel the tax exemption of soldiers."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately aroused dissatisfaction among the lords present. Xiao Yu, the king of Dian, was the first to retort, "The various taxes now have already overwhelmed the people of Dian. Besides, there are so many soldiers in Dian. Not only do you have to

Demobilize them, and also cancel the tax exemption of soldiers? What do you want those soldiers to do for a living after leaving the army? "

The reason why the soldiers in Yunnan joined the army was because their families were too poor. They needed the military's tax exemption. Not only did they no longer need to pay the corresponding poll tax, but they could also send the extra military pay every month.

Go home. These people have spent almost their whole lives in the army. They know nothing except killing people. Once they leave the army, they will have nowhere to go, because no one wants a useless person who can do nothing.

people.

Eliminate tax exemptions. Even if you do not leave the army, you will have to pay corresponding taxes. Since there are few large-scale wars in the south, the military pay of soldiers in the south is generally much lower than that in the north. Among them, soldiers from Yunnan are the lowest. Every ordinary soldier

A soldier's monthly military pay is only four hundred cents. A family has at least three or four people, and more may have six or seven people. On average, each person can only get one hundred cents from the four hundred cents.

money, coupled with the soaring price of goods in Yunnan in the past two years due to the impact of the war, this income is only enough for one family to barely fill their stomachs. Under such circumstances, Ho Boyu actually wants to impose new war taxes,

How is this different from murdering innocent people?

Although the situation faced by the lords in other places was much better than that of Xiao Yu, they also showed strong opposition to the plan proposed by Huo Boyue. Huo Boyue did not mind at all the looks of hatred towards him, because

He knew that these guys might not like this plan, but it was enough as long as the person above was interested in his plan.

Sure enough, after listening to Huo Boyue's proposal, Xiao Guang just hesitated for a moment and then stood up and said, "I think Prime Minister Huo's proposal is very good. The previous taxation was too low. It was because we did not have enough military spending.

Unable to form an elite army, the purpose of increasing war taxes is to better defend our empire. This should be the responsibility of every southern country and even every Liang people, and the tax exemption for soldiers is really a bad policy.

It really should be abolished.”

"Your Majesty! The military and civilians in Yunnan are really overwhelmed. They really cannot afford such a heavy tax."

"If you can't afford it, won't you disarm? Does a Yunnan land really need so many soldiers?" Xiao Guang's cold eyes glanced at Xiao Yu who was speaking, and he said in an unhappy tone, "The demon has been repulsed!

They will not be able to launch a major war in the next few decades! Are you afraid that those soldiers will starve to death after leaving the army? If everyone joins the army to evade taxes, and the country has to pay military pay to these people every year, you

Do you know how much military spending you have to spend each year?" After reprimanding Xiao Yu, Xiao Guang slammed the table and shouted at every courtier present, "And you! Don't think I don't know what you are doing in private.

, there has not been a single war in those territories in the mainland in recent years, but in the past few years, your army has become more and more numerous. Not to mention the extra soldiers, just how many of the trash under your command are there?

Can you still mount a horse and kill the enemy? I'm afraid you have even forgotten how to use a sword. The country's money is not used to raise those fake soldiers or those who are useless. What I want is the real elite."

It has to be said that although Huo Boyue loves money as much as his life, he does have two skills in politics. The reason why he proposed this plan is precisely because he saw Xiao Guang's dissatisfaction with the current situation of the local army, except for a few individuals who were dissatisfied.

In the territory where the war took place, there has been no war in other territories for so many years. In order to gain more profits, the local lords always like to over-report and lie about the number of soldiers. Once Xiao Guang sends people to check, they will ask the farmers to

Come and take risks

The names were replaced, and the troops under these lords had long lost their former combat effectiveness. Some soldiers even had situations where their fathers inherited their careers but their fathers continued to serve as soldiers. More and more people chose to join the army in order to avoid paying taxes.

, as time went by, there were fewer and fewer people farming, and fewer and fewer people knew how to farm. Large areas of land began to be abandoned. The tax revenue and food collected by the South each year were decreasing year by year, but the pockets of those lords were bulging.

stand up.

Huo Boyue's plan can not only help Xiao Guang to control the occurrence of redundant troops and false reports in various places, but the most important thing is that after collecting the money, he can also get a lot of benefits from it.

"We can't afford it!" Shen Ming protested.

"The king said, you can send those soldiers home and let them go back to farming." Hoboyue said to Shen Ming and the dissatisfied lords, "The food harvest in recent years has been too poor. It is just right for them to go back."

It can help increase the food harvest. After raising them for so long, it’s time to make some contribution to the country."

"But these people don't know how to do anything but kill. You let these people farm?"

Hearing this person's words, Xiao Guang's anger was instantly ignited. Regardless of his image, he grabbed the wine glass at hand and threw it at the person, "They are trash, are you too? Can't you learn if you don't know it?"

"But where should those people who were fired go? They don't know anything..." The idiot continued stubbornly with his stupid words.

"Go back to the fields and farm!" Xiao Guang didn't want to talk nonsense with this idiot anymore, so he turned and left after saying that.

The host of the banquet left, which meant that the banquet was over. The courtiers looked at me and I looked at you, and after saying a few simple words to each other, they also left the hall. This can also be seen from the expressions of everyone leaving.

The banquet was not pleasant, at least for people other than Hoboyo.
Chapter completed!