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"Your Majesty, since you have come to this, I will tell you what I have been thinking about in my heart." Li Mu suddenly sighed, Qi Rong with a full face, everyone couldn't help but be curious to see him like this, what happened to Li Mu.

Li Mu sighed and said, "I have often been unable to sleep at night in recent days, so why can't I sleep? There are two reasons. One is that I think that there are always some troublemakers who want to harm Your Majesty. When this reform is over, there must be some people..." He glanced at Wei Zheng and said, "It's reasonable that I am willing to bet and not admit defeat, and I have some bad intentions. For example, relying on his own management of the Xieyuan, I want to delay the law of the new policy--"

Wei Zheng is not a fool, Li Mu just wanted to name him. How could he hold back and glar at him and said, "Li Mu! You young man is sarcastic!"

Li Mu quickly took two steps back and shouted, "Old Wei, I'm far away from you. Don't want to rush to me this time. I'll pay you half a year's salary. The family will not be able to get rid of it. If you cheat me again, my child will be out of clothes if he gives birth to me!"

This is so annoying. Who doesn’t know that Li Mu’s family’s wealth and salary are only a few dollars, not enough for the silk robe you have. Speaking like this is clearly a teasing person.

Wei Zheng was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out, and he said angrily, "Who wants your money, I'll send it back to you!"

"You can't help but I don't want to be guilty of being in love with you. Who is Li Mu? People rumored that Li Mu, the Marquis of Zhulu, is a talented person! He came to this world with a mission. In summary, four sentences are to establish a mind for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the living people, inherit the unique knowledge of the past sages, and create peace for all ages! How can I, a transcendent and peerless person, be with you!"

"you!"

Li Shimin couldn't listen anymore and said, "Stop your mouth! Why is your boy so thick-skinned! What folk rumors and rumors are clearly made up by you! Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and talk about serious things, what can't sleep? I'm not interested in listening!"

"Okay!" Li Mu quickly stopped, cleared his throat, and said, "I do have something to worry about. There is actually nothing to hide in this matter. You might as well make it open and honest. This reform has touched the interests of many people, such as local tribes, etc. They will definitely not be convinced, and they must be lucky. Thinking of the 'the sky is high and the emperor is far away', the court can't supervise it, and a gust of wind passes."

When Li Mu spoke, many people's faces became a little ugly. They were all ministers with family backgrounds. This was what they said to their hearts. There were indeed people who thought so, and there were many.

"...But how can I leave such a loophole when I do things?" Li Mu's smile gradually became unethical, and his eyebrows were raised three times, making Wei Zheng and others look angry. "In order to ensure that the new policy can be implemented, I can't sleep every night during this period-"

Li Shimin said angrily, "Can you stop talking about not being able to sleep?"

"I really can't sleep." Li Mu smiled bitterly and said, "I really don't want to say it?"

Li Shimin was convinced and too lazy to correct him, saying, "Okay, you say."

"I can't sleep and think about how to make these villains' tricks fail! After thinking about it, I suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a brilliant plan. Your Majesty, all the masters, look at it!" Li Mu was intrigued and took out a map from his arms. The map was not paper, but sheepskin, and it was a trace of the brand, not a painted in ink. It would not be damaged even if it was used for ten years. Many people have seen the maps that Li Mu had drawn before. The level of detail was far greater than that of all previous maps. It can basically be said that those who can use the maps would be regarded as treasures if they got the maps drawn by Li Mu.

This sheepskin map is so exquisite that it is obviously not something that can be shown casually. And Li Mu brought it with him, it was obvious that everything today was in his plan.

The people who had been making excuses before realized what Wei Zheng's eyes meant. They all regretted it, but at this time they had no choice but to regret it. The situation was hopeless, and all they could do was watch Li Mu's performance.

Li Mu expanded the map, which was a Guanzhong map. He pointed to the dots on the map and said, "These dots represent the great tribes here, and the box next to it is the nearest Zhechong Mansion. Look, do you have any insights?"

Everyone looked at each other, and Li Shimin frowned and said, "Can you stop keeping it a secret? Just say it!"

"I mean this. Just farming can be planted by individuals. The Tang Dynasty had just destroyed the Turks and there was no big trouble. The soldiers in this hinterland were usually still there. It would be better to find some work to reclaim the fields. The land that no one contracted, the excess land, and the land that was abandoned due to the chaos and desolation of the late Sui Dynasty, with the Zhenguan plow, the grain planted can solve the food problem of the soldiers. What about the extra ones? They can be made into grain bricks and kept as military rations. How good is it?"

"Of course, the court cannot let the soldiers work for free. We can do this. For example, in a Zhechong Prefecture, a thousand acres of land are cultivated, and these lands do not need to be paid taxes. The land income, in addition to food, can be sold to Changping Store at the price of public food. The money obtained is distributed according to work, and the more work, the more income it is not based on the size of the official position. Wouldn't it be nice? If it is used to distribute food fields in the future, the court will pay the compensation, which is another input."

"If the local tribe is not convinced and secretly makes trouble, that would be even better. What land should the soldiers planted in the palace? They will directly leave the gate and eliminate them on the spot. This is all military merit. Exchange military merits into money and exchange them into military merit fields. It belongs to you, and you don't have to pay taxes. Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

When everyone heard this, some people turned pale. Li Mu's plan was really a household plan. Use the government soldiers to monitor the large clan. If the great clan is in chaos, the government soldiers can get military merits, exchange military functions for money, and exchange land, and the land can be inherited by the father and son, and there is no tax. There are so many benefits, even if the local soldiers are local children, they will be useless. After all, the tribe cannot afford such conditions. Only the imperial court can afford it, and only Li Mu, a despicable person, can think of it!

It can be imagined that if a local clan made a little trick in secret, even if it was not as good as a rebellion, the local Zhechong Mansion might have a "tiger out of the gate" for military merits, let alone really want to rebel. With the current military strength of the Tang Dynasty, which local clan is the opponent of the Zhechong Mansion?

What's even more terrifying is that such an arrangement wins over the soldiers of the government tightly and does not need supervision at all. For the sake of interests, every soldier will open his eyes to supervise. No matter what happens, the court is a vested interest and will make sure to make a profit without losing money.

Li Shimin stroked it from beginning to end, and his smile gradually became unethical. He suddenly realized that the influence of the aristocratic clans in the local area that he had been worried about was unshakable, and finally found a breakthrough. This breakthrough is the earth. Food is the most important thing for the people. Where does food come from? From the earth, when the earth is controlled, it controls the rice bowl. No matter how powerful the aristocratic clans are, it is not as great as the rice bowl of the people!

"Mirely! Miraculous!" Li Shimin couldn't help clapping his hands and laughed loudly, "This plan is great, it's true that the genius genius is really a genius genius!"

"It's all the teachings of Your Majesty." Li Mu flattered him at the right time, and looked at Hou Junji again, saying, "In this way, General Hou's troubles can be solved halfway. This year, he is a little harder and tired, and the military rations that cannot be eaten next year may be sold for some more, and he may earn some money."

Although Hou Junji didn't understand much, he understood what Li Mu meant, that this year he was a little tired and the Ministry of War would not be short of money next year! This is a good thing. Hou Junji also laughed loudly. While laughing, his hand touched the map. Just when his hand was about to touch the map, Li Mu took the map back with a flash of thunder. Hou Junji failed and could only retreat his hand angrily.

"This is just an arrangement. After all, the main responsibility of the soldier is not farming, so there are two other arrangements." Li Mu compared a 'yes', and retracted a finger and said, "The first arrangement is the 'farm' system. The so-called farm means that if there are too many cultivated land in a place and few people and cannot be planted, what should I do? Let the people migrate to farm, give a simple example, Longyou--"

Changsun Wuji's ears immediately stood up. He always remembered that Li Mu said that he would give benefits. Isn't this coming?

"...Longyou has less land suitable for cultivation, but there are many land suitable for cultivation on both sides of Heshuo. Moreover, due to floods, many people have died, their manpower and animal power must be reduced, and large areas of land must be deserted. At this time, people who have no land in Longyou can farm on both sides of the Yellow River. If they go to cultivate, the court will give them certain tax relief, so that they can earn more and live up to their hometowns."

Another strategy of extinction! Since ancient times, the migration of the people has been a major event. If the people from Longyou migrated in large numbers, their sphere of influence will also come. It is easy to invite gods and it is difficult to send gods. When people come, they legally occupy land, will they still leave?

Li Mu continued, no matter how everyone felt, "Then the people's land reclamation was supported by the court. Of course, there are certain requirements. We cannot commit fraud and treat the original land as land reclamation. As for land reclamation, we must not be cultivated, but cultivated land. For such a farmland that has been cultivated from scratch, the court can exempt taxes. However, in order to avoid treacherous villains taking advantage of the court, we must also impose certain restrictions. For example, if you want to reclaim the land, you must not contract the land after your own food field and rented the land, and you do not want to contract the land, so you can reclaim the land. Moreover, you must collect half of the public grain and return to the public after your death."

After hearing this, someone thought it was clear that if an ordinary farmer was an ordinary farmer, it would not be very beneficial to reclaim the land. Because first, each person had ten acres of ration fields, and then rented the land for 40 acres. These are enough for an ordinary person to plant. No matter how much they had to cultivate, they would have to return to the public after death, and half of the output would have to be paid to the public. It was not very meaningful to think about it.

But after all, everyone present is not the common people, and they can understand the intention of Li Mu's move. He is to restrict the land reclamation. Otherwise, everyone will go to land reclamation, so who will the court ask for taxes? As for the 50% public grain, it is for the purpose of constantly closing the warehouse. This is the meaning of the question and is not difficult to analyze.

The matter has come to an end. Li Mu's careful planning is obviously not a matter of overnight success. Even if the "opposition" wants to oppose it, he will not find any reason for it for a while.

Just when everyone thought that today's court discussion was about to end, another unexpected person stood up. This person turned out to be Li Mu's stepfather, Tang Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

Tang Jian stood out of the court, saluted Li Shimin first, then looked at Li Mu, and asked, "Li Mu, I have always had a concern, please answer my doubts. Our dynasty follows the system of the previous dynasty, the equal land system, the renting system, and the military system of the government, which are closely related. If there is a land, there is a rent, if there is a family, there is a adjustment, and if there is a body, there is a mediocre. You have reformed the equal land system, and taxes can be considered as what you say, but what about this reconciliation of mediocre, the capitol tax, etc.?"

Everyone looked at Li Mu again. Li Mu smiled and said, "You misunderstood. What I said before is 10% and 20% of the same, to be precise, are actually 'regulating' rather than 'renting'."

Everyone was in an uproar and they all wanted to speak out, "release" so much and need additional rent. Is this still letting the people live?

"You guys are not angry at first. After listening to me, it will not be too angry." Li Mu comforted him and explained, "As we all know, rent is land rent, and mediocre means labor, and transfer is based on the local area. Silk, hemp, cloth, etc., which is very complicated. In addition, there is also a capitation tax. The new policy is much simpler, and the so-called 10% or 20% is said that the crops are planted in different places, and what is produced and what is paid. This is equivalent to 'tuition'. The capitation tax is merged with the original 'tuition', and each piece of land is distributed to acre, that is, every piece of land is levied, and the existing capitation tax is distributed, and the population will be raised in the future. In other words, the capitation tax and land rent are merged into a new 'land rent', and the capitation tax is gone, and the new population does not need to pay capitation tax. As more and more land reclamation, the tax on each acre will become less and less, and the pressure on the people will be less and less."

"After talking about rent, transfer, and count tax, let's go back to the 'Yong'. The court originally stipulated that each resident must perform labor service for twenty days a year and two days in a leap year, which is the main service. If he does not need to serve, each resident can pay three feet of silk or three feet, seven inches and five cents of cloth every day, and the amount of 20 days will be used to replace the service. This is called Yong."

"But I think this rule is very inappropriate. Because it is very unfair to the 'poor'. Everyone has the same obligation in the court's corvee service, but under the current system, the rich only need to pay a small price to levy this obligation to the poor who cannot afford to pay the 'mediocre', and let them do more work, which is very inappropriate."
Chapter completed!