The next day at the court meeting, Yang Guang announced the great Suo Maung Yue.
Da Suo Mao Yue was the largest local inspection in the Sui Dynasty, and the inspection envoys were all officials at the central level. The higher the official, the people below would be jealous of you. If the official is too small, the ones below are
I won't take you seriously.
As soon as Yang Guang said these words, the faces of the people below became uglier than the last, because this kind of inspection was aimed at them.
But they are also lucky, because every time they conduct a survey, they do not inspect the entire world, but a certain place.
Inspections during the Kaihuang years were not intensive because Yang Jian did not want to offend people too much, and the treasury was always full, so there was no need to be too harsh.
Today is different from the past. The treasury is now out of money. Luoyang has built several large warehouses in one go. The emperor is still planning to fill them up. Therefore, many people think that Yang Guang's Da Suo Maung Yue went down to find money for the treasury.
Then the most likely areas to patrol are Bashu and Jingzhou. Generally speaking, we will not go to Southwest and Lingnan, because if you check these two places, they will rebel.
Seventy percent of the officials in the court are from Guanzhong, so what they fear most is patrolling Guanzhong.
So Li Hun stood up first and said: "Since your Majesty intends to send an inspection envoy, I think that Bashu is the most suitable place. Yizhou is dangerous and fertile. The rich fields are thousands of miles away. The wealthy families in Bashu have the benefits of salt and copper, and their households specialize in materials from mountains and rivers. For many years, taxes have not been paid."
It’s the least common place in the world, and this place should have been investigated long ago.”
He is right. Sichuan is a very special place, and the complexity of the problems is not much worse than that of Lingnan.
The land of Bashu, the land of abundance, and the local wealthy clans were formed during the Qin Dynasty, mainly after the Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, and the remnants, wealthy people, merchants, and settlers from the Six Kingdoms immigrated and gradually developed.
After nearly a thousand years of development, a typical wealthy clan that integrates clan, power, wealth, and culture has formed. However, it is still far behind the clans of the Central Plains because they have geographical limitations.
After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian still continued the tradition of the Southern and Northern Dynasties and implemented an "avoidance" policy towards the Bashu region.
The meaning of this avoidance policy is that the imperial court does not use Bashu people when appointing people. Even if local officials appoint their left-wing officials, they do not use Bashu people. It can be regarded as completely blocking the upward path of the Bashu tycoons, in order to disintegrate local power.
They did not get involved in the political system at all, and the local wealthy families in Bashu were also declining day by day. Especially after Yang Xiu, the king of Shu, took over, he went on a killing spree and killed anyone who disobeyed. For twenty years, the Bashu region was completely ruled.
It's docile.
However, although they were convinced on the surface, they were still dissatisfied in their hearts, which led to the Sui Dynasty's tax policy being completely unable to be implemented in such a place controlled by a regional wealthy family.
The taxes collected in other places are increasing year by year, but here since Yang Xiu was deposed, the taxes collected are decreasing year by year.
Pei Ju did not agree with Li Hun's point of view, and stood up and said: "The situation in Bashu is complicated. If you want to improve it, it will not be achieved in a day. You need to plan for the long term. I think Jingzhou is the best place for this inspection."
With Pei Ju's shrewdness, he never thought that Yang Guang wanted to inspect Hebei.
This is normal. Hebei has become like that and is in the recovery stage. What should we check? Aren't we afraid that there will be a few more high-achieving years?
Yang Guang brought the topic back to Bashu, frowned and said:
"I have always been worried about the disease in Bashu. I don't want to appoint the general manager anymore, but if things go on like this, the Bashu clan will become more and more unruly."
As early as the Kaihuang period, Yang Jian once said: Ba and Shu are dangerous and people like to cause chaos.
It means that the roads in this place are not easy to navigate, and the locals like to cause trouble.
So Yang Jian directly destroyed the official road from Guanzhong to Bashu, the Jiange Road, and opened up a better road to control Bashu.
Historically, because the chief officials of counties and counties in the Bashu region were all low-ranking figures with no power or soldiers, the local wealthy families had the opportunity to recuperate and form a subtle peaceful relationship with the court, so there was the "late Sui Dynasty"
"There are only no bandits and bandits in Jiannan" means that this place was not involved in the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty.
Yang Ming also believes that the best way at the moment is to stabilize Bashu. Solving the problem of local wealthy families in Bashu that has been left for thousands of years will not be achieved in a day.
The best way is to send a dove-style elder to take charge of Bashu and communicate with the local wealthy families to solve the tax problem. However, Yang Guangming showed his unwillingness to send such a feudal official, so there is no solution for the time being.
Su Wei stood up and said: "The taxation problem in Bashu requires capable ministers and wise officials to improve it. It is not appropriate to suppress the local area with a tough attitude. I think it is better to set up another general manager."
Niu Hong also agreed: "Seeing that the taxes in Bashu are getting less and less year by year, if this continues, it may become a stubborn disease. I think it is better to take the post of general manager sooner rather than later."
Yang Guang was a little hesitant. From his point of view, he was definitely not willing to put a regional general manager in Bashu. This would be a challenge to the imperial power.
Back then, Yang Jian didn't have this worry because he was releasing his own son. But now that Yang Guang has one son dead and the other a prince, who else can he send?
In this kind of place, if you are not a direct blood relative, you are definitely not safe.
So after everyone discussed it for a long time, Yang Guang still didn't let go. The emperor's position was that it didn't matter if taxes were lower, but it would not affect the imperial power.
So Yang Guang said: "Let's discuss the issue of Bashu again, but Jingzhou is definitely not selected."
Okay, now it’s time for Yang Ming to take action. Just listen to him say:
"My son thought that the candidate was actually Hebei."
As soon as these words came out, many people were stunned. Pei Ju was also immersed in thought with a surprised look on his face, trying to figure out Yang Ming's thoughts. After a moment, he figured it out.
Is this an attempt to default on the debt?
This time, the imperial court owed a huge debt in Hebei, Shanxi, Henan, and Shandong, totaling 19 million guan, and Hebei exclusively owned 10 million.
It sounds like this amount of money is nothing to the entire country. The Yangzhou Mint plus the Guanzhong Mint can produce more than 10 million yuan a year, and the balance of the national treasury is not only this amount, it seems that it can be easily
Still on.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In fact, it is completely wrong. First of all, we must understand one thing. Every expenditure of the imperial court has its own budget plan. Where does the money come from?
How the money goes, every transaction is planned.
You cannot misappropriate any of them at will, otherwise there will be problems with the accounts.
The accounts of the imperial court are big ones, and cannot be calculated with dozens of abacuses.
For example, when Yang Guang wanted to build Jinyang Palace, Yu Wenshu reluctantly allocated one million from the Ministry of Civil Affairs despite the opposition of hundreds of officials. This million was still used to pay back Hebei.
And Hebei's shortfall is a full 10 million. Where can you allocate funds to repay this debt? The agreement signed by Yang Jian and Hebei is to repay it in three years, and more than 3 million will be repaid a year. These more than 3 million
, that is, the court's debt deficit.
The imperial court has always been short of money, and the only way is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure. The Sui Dynasty determined that there were only two directions for increasing revenue, one was for aristocratic families, and the other was for common people.
Don't expect to save money. Yang Guang just said that it is impossible for you to expect him to save money, and the aristocratic family will not save money.
Yang Guang, in a unique way, chose between increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.
Pei Ju was amazed in his heart and quickly stood up and echoed:
"I agree with the prince's suggestion. The losses in Hebei this time are too heavy. There is no accurate figure for the number of casualties. How many were killed and injured? How many were outflowed? How many were relocated? How many are still in their original places. It is very necessary for the court to verify clearly."
This is a very tenable reason. There is no mention of tax inspection, but tax inspection is indispensable in every sentence.
Because people are taxes.
Lu Chu would definitely not be happy. He himself did not know the number of household registrations concealed by the entire Fan Yang Lu family, but it must be a huge number, because his branch alone had concealed at least twenty or thirty thousand people.
And he can be sure that if his hometown is in chaos and the family has suffered a lot of blood, he will definitely find a way to make up for it. The way to make up for it must be to make plans for the dead population.
The men's version was changed to "no man" because women are also half-taxed.
Lu Chu said: "I think that I can go anywhere for inspection, but I can't go to Hebei. At present, Hebei is a disaster area in the world. The common people of the family are spending too much, so it is not appropriate to increase the burden."
"Lu Zhongshu was worried too much. He didn't mean to put more burden on Hebei," Pei Ju said with a smile: "It just needs to be thoroughly investigated to see how much Hebei's losses are this time, so that the imperial court can formulate policies to appease it based on the situation."
Lu Chu cursed in his heart, "What on earth do you want to do? You think I don't know. Don't say it so grandly. You haven't paid back the money yet? Are you trying to pluck our hair again?"
"Local officials have already reported the losses in Hebei. Although there are definitely some differences from the actual situation, they should not be significant. There is no need to spend a lot of time in Hebei."
Yang Ming directly raised his hand and said: "Of course it is necessary. Shouldn't the imperial court investigate the current situation in Hebei clearly? The local losses are too heavy, and the chief officials must bear the responsibility. Therefore, the official reports from these localities must be very watery, and so is the imperial court.
In order to find out the true situation, there is no need for Lu Zhongshu to react so drastically."
Lu Chu didn't dare to speak anymore. He still had to give the prince's face, and he also expected Yang Ming to be his backer. Otherwise, he, a Hebei native, would not be able to stand firm in the province of Neishi.
As for Cui Hongsheng, who was also born in Hebei, although he was scolding in his heart, he did not choose to speak out.
Because the emperor had just released his younger brother Cui Hongjun, it would be somewhat disrespectful for him to speak out at this time.
As for the rest, most of them are from Guanzhong, and the inspection of Hebei has nothing to do with us. Moreover, Yang Ming has been crown prince for the first time, so we should not go against others at this time.
As a result, more and more people came forward to support Yang Ming's suggestion.
Yang Guang nodded, looked at Yang Ming and said:
"The prince thinks that this inspection is appropriate for whom?"
Yang Ming stood up and said: "The matter of household registration has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The new Minister Cui Zhongfang has not yet arrived in Beijing. The minister Cui Jin is old. I thought that Pei Yun, the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, would be the inspection envoy. Sili Taibie drove Yang Wei.
Wei Fuzi is the deputy envoy, the best."
A third-grade (deputy BU) Minister of Civil Affairs, a clan member, and Jing Zhaowei, this lineup is enough.
Yang Guang nodded and said: "As per the prince's request."