Li Yunze abandoned the money-making masters that Li Sanlang relied on when he was in power.
In addition to being good at making money for Li Sanlang, these people are even better at making money for themselves.
The powerful officials who used to check and balance the court during Li Sanlang's reign were basically wiped out.
Li Yunze is very aware of the disaster caused by eunuchs, so he will never give the eunuchs a chance to stand out.
During Li Sanlang's reign, the Liyuan disciples who spent countless offerings for entertainment have all been dismissed and left to fend for themselves.
The cost of supporting these people is too high. The unemployed who are not engaged in production need the tax of at least five households to support them. With these taxes, Li Yunze would rather support the Tang army officers and soldiers.
When Li Sanlang was in power, there were tens of thousands of beauties in the harem, most of whom were married off by Li Yunze.
The cost of supporting these girls is even greater. After all, beauties must eat well, wear well, and use well in order to maintain their beauty and satisfy Li Sanlang.
For Li Yunze, what he lacks most is beautiful girls.
No matter how beautiful she is, can she be as beautiful as Yang Yuhuan? Can she be as beautiful as Jiang Caiping?
When Li Sanlang was in power.
One by one, most of the many things promoted by Li Sanlang were rearranged by Li Yunze.
The huge expenditure saved by this is enough to supply an army.
Not to mention anything else, the daily expenses for the tens of thousands of palace maids to eat and drink and spend their rewards is close to the expenses of the entire four towns of Anxi.
Moreover, marrying them off will not only alleviate the intense conflict of not being able to find a wife, but also avoid the tragedy of the white-haired palace maid.
Many beautiful palace maids have never been seen by the emperor even after staying in the palace all their lives.
Whenever it's late at night, there's nothing I can do except keep in touch with judo crafts.
What does it mean to use natural resources violently? This is it.
After some statistics, the huge expenses and waste surrounding Li Sanlang alone amounted to close to one-third of the Tang Dynasty's finances!
Li Sanlang alone used up one-third of the Tang Dynasty's finances.
In the prosperous age of Kaiyuan, many famous ministers worked hard and accumulated some wealth, but it was squandered by the extravagant Li Sanlang.
It's not that the Tang Dynasty didn't have money and materials, but these things were taken away and used by the emperor and the powerful officials and noble families. It was difficult for ordinary people to even have enough to eat, let alone share.
When he thought of this, Li Yunze felt very angry.
From time to time, he would take Concubine Mei to see Li Sanlang, whose beard was gradually falling off, and dance together in front of him.
Li Sanlang, on the other hand, went from angry to numb, to eyes watery and a look of indifference.
After doing it too many times, Li Yunze himself found it boring.
If he had known better than to perform physical resection surgery on him, after doing this surgery, Li Sanlang didn't care anymore.
After that, he simply asked Bian Lingcheng, who was looking after Li Sanlang, to find something for the Supreme Emperor to do.
For example, during the twelfth lunar month of winter, I went for winter swimming to keep fit, and when the heat was unbearable, I practiced long-distance running under the scorching sunshine. I was grateful that it was not easy for people to live a frugal life, so I only provided the emperor with two meals a day.
But Li Sanlang's physical fitness is really good. He endured all the hardships.
Winter has passed and spring has come, and it’s the new year again.
After he ascended the throne, He Zhizhang, the Minister of Rites, provided several reign names for Li Yunze to choose from, and he directly selected Tianbao as the new reign title without hesitation.
By now, it is spring of the third year of Tianbao.
After several years of hard work, Datang, which had already had extremely fierce internal conflicts, finally showed signs of easing.
The main reason is that Li Yunze used the loyal king's rebellion case to put all the big landowners into the basket of rebellion, and ransacked their homes in the name of the loyal king's remnants.
Li Yunze doesn't care about the property of these distinguished people, he only wants acres of land.
The acres of land were confiscated and redistributed to the local people, and their taxes and corvees were reduced or reduced, thereby resolving the grievances of the people bit by bit.
The Tang Dynasty had such a large land area and only had a population of tens of millions.
According to the standards of the modern world, there should be enough land allocated to everyone.
The problem is that fields are different from ordinary land.
Fields need to be cultivated and cultivated, and a huge price must be paid to gradually transform them from wild land into acres.
In the agricultural era where everything relied on hands, it was extremely difficult to open up wasteland.
Therefore, the cultivated acres have become the most important means of production.
It does not mean that you can grow food if you are given a piece of land. In this era, we do not have strong mechanical capabilities and chemical production capacity.
After doing this several times, the distinguished family members were not fools, and they naturally understood what Li Yunze meant.
Unsurprisingly, rebellions instigated in various places came as expected.
What Li Yunze is least afraid of is fighting, and what he least wants to see is involving the common people.
For the rebels, just drive the army over.
Up and down, inside and outside, front and back. Starting from the eighty-year-old family patriarch, he was dealt with like the egg yolk was shaken away, and he was absolutely not given the slightest chance to turn around.
Not to mention living in a poor family after the family was ruined, even staying in the Tang Dynasty became a luxury.
However, those people who obey must be strictly investigated one by one. Unless they have committed an unforgivable crime, such as having blood-stained hands, the rest are arranged to monitor the work in various fields.
After planting the fields for a few years, this matter will be considered a thing of the past.
Moreover, the income from farming, except for taxes, still belongs to the people themselves.
Seeing such different treatment, all the officials in the court had different expressions.
In Li Linfu's words, "The Supreme Emperor is arrogant and extravagant, and spends extravagantly. But today, he is thrifty and diligent in governing. The Supreme Emperor treats the noble families favorably and ignores the people. But now, the Emperor treats the noble families as enemies and bandits, and treats the common people as his own children. Which one is better?"
No, it will be judged by history."
The words sounded nice, but Li Yunze knew very well what kind of people those literati and poets were.
Therefore, among the large group of famous officials under him, everyone has a job.
If you write poetry well, you should write psalms of praise.
Those who write well should write long stories and praise the emperor for loving the people like a son.
To make good-looking paintings, one should paint one after another, recording and spreading to the world every scene of the emperor's love for his people.
Those who are eloquent will spend all day entertaining friends and bragging about Li Yunze, so that their friends can spread the word.
Even the children of the Liyuan who were kicked out of the Liyuan and lived in the East and West markets urgently arranged a performance in which the emperor loved the people as his own sons.
It's not the Liyuan disciples who accepted the recharge, but the people of Chang'an City who got real benefits like to see this.
After making a living on their own, performing jokes that their parents loved to hear became their only way out.
Judging from the strength of the Tang Dynasty at this time, the nobles and nobles could not make any waves.
The only ones that can really pose a threat are those border towns.
Among them, the towns in Hebei are the most critical.
Speaking of this, we have to go back to the period when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo more than a hundred years ago.
At that time, Yang Guang, in order to weaken the power of the Shandong Group, sent them to die again and again, causing almost every family in Hebei to wear filial piety.
After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, which was based on the military aristocracy of Longyou, fought back and forth with Dou Jiande and others in Hebei, with extremely tragic results.
The real root cause is that whether it was the Sui Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, their foundation was the military aristocratic group of Longyou.
The land of Shandong and Hebei was the territory of the Gao family and the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Although the Northern Qi Dynasty was annexed, these noble families are still there, and the opposition and conflict between the two sides have really continued to this day.
When he arrived at Li Sanlang's place, he used traitors to plunder and oppress them like crazy. Many frontier soldiers had their families destroyed and their families destroyed. Under the old and new grudges, the Anshi Rebellion was actually inevitable.
Li Yunze's response was not to please mindlessly, but to seize the remnants of the Shandong Group and put them into the basket of the loyal king's rebellion and clean them out.
The fields of these families were then distributed to the families of the frontier soldiers to appease the anger of the frontier soldiers.
However, to truly solve the hidden dangers in the Hebei feudal towns, heavy medicine was needed, so Li Yunze decided to go there himself.
It's not possible to go now, because he hasn't achieved any decent military achievements yet and his deterrence is not strong enough.
Looking around the Tang Dynasty, only Tubo was a worthy target.
The Emperor of the Tang Dynasty had not personally conquered Tibet for many years. When Li Yunze spread the news that he intended to personally conquer Tibet, there was naturally an outcry in the court.
Everyone's reasons are similar. The general meaning is that Emperor, you don't have an heir yet. If something unexpected happens, the Tang Dynasty will fall into chaos.
Among the ministers, only Li Linfu had a different opinion than others.
Over the past few days, Li Linfu, who jumped ship, has been low-key and serious in his work, and there is no trace of a traitor at all.
Even Zhang Jiuling, who had been expelled and demoted by him before, thought he was a capable minister.
Li Linfu is indeed a capable minister. When he was playing solo in the imperial study room, he knew what was the key point.
"Your Majesty wants to win military glory. It is a good thing to win over the soldiers' morale. It should be possible."
Li Linfu first affirmed Li Yunze's actions, and then pointed out the key points: "If your Majesty wants to go on a personal expedition, there is only one thing to worry about."
Li Yunze, who looked calm, asked, "What's the matter?"
"The Great Emperor."
Li Linfu expressed his position very directly, "If someone takes advantage of His Majesty's expedition and calls out the Emperor to raise his arms, it will definitely cause chaos. It is impossible for His Majesty to fight on the front line, and the Emperor will be reset later. If His Majesty wants to go on an expedition in person, this matter must be resolved in advance."
Li Yunze, with a playful look in his eyes, chuckled and asked, "How to solve it?"
"It's no use asking. Of course it's not the case that the Supreme Emperor committed suicide. Of course it was the Supreme Emperor who died violently."
Li Linfu, who knew that he had jumped ship and was not trusted, gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the Supreme Emperor is unwell and should take the elixir!"
Li Yunze's smile became more friendly. He nodded and picked up the document at hand, "Then I'll leave this matter to Mr. Li."
When he walked out of the imperial study, Li Linfu sighed silently.
It is so helpless to work under the emperor who is capable, diligent and thoughtful.
Becoming a powerful minister? It’s more like a dream!
It's all my fault that I was so blind that I actually abandoned the prince and went to the side of the Supreme Emperor.
If he had firmly stood on the side of the prince, relying on his qualifications as an imperial master, how could he be walking on thin ice all day long?
The only medicine you can't get in the world is the medicine of regret.
Li Linfu, who regretted being on the wrong team because he was too smart, had the only choice at this time to get things done.
The emperor would naturally not be contaminated by this kind of cause and effect, and he, Li Linfu, was also unwilling to leave the bad name of regicide in the history books.
You have to find a fool to do this kind of thing.
Without any hesitation, Li Linfu's face with thick eyebrows and big eyes flashed across Li Linfu's mind.