At this time, Lu Zhi had already discussed with Gao Yue, and also made a statement: "Your Majesty, please abolish Dou Shen's former rules and regulations, and change them to Chang'an's law. From Dongwei Bridge to Heyin, then to Bianzhou, and then to Yangzi, the various patrols were rebuilt, and the county magistrates who were previously appointed by Henan Yin and Xuanwu Army Jiedushi were appointed as patrol officials. The court personally appointed patrol officials to manage the transportation of the grain. After that, the ships, patrols, and transfers were promoted to the court, and they were the governors of the court."

That's right, it is to abolish the jurisdiction of all towns in the canal transportation and re-take it into the hands of the court.

The emperor fully agreed.

Then Lu Zhi said: "I will ask for the position of the brigade commander of Helong, northwest and southwest. The magistrate of the brigade commander shall be appointed to be responsible for the field affairs of each town; and then the branch officials under the brigade commander shall be removed. After that, the troops of each town will go out of boundary to fight, and the court shall serve as the food and grass for the military commander to manage and provide the brigade commander. Third, please take all the salt ponds in Hedong and Shuofang, the salt wells in Kuifu within Sanchuan and the Gorge, and the salt ponds in Helong area into the hands of the court, and appoint salt envoys to go to work."

"Can."

After Lu Zhi finished speaking, Gao Yue came forward to report: "Your Majesty, the reason why he wanted to abolish the rules and regulations of the government and the government officials of the camp were to strengthen the strength of our court. However, the prime minister said a lot that since the implementation of the two tax laws, there have been many problems, and the tax laws were not perfect, which led to uneven taxes and taxes in various fields, and the escaping trends became more and more serious. The people thought it was deeply troubled. Please take the rules of the classics and boundaries of the officials and Fengxiang in Xingyuan and Fengxiang as the basis, and re-measure the land of each province, state and county, so as to achieve equal taxes and peace of mind."

The emperor said, if we promote the Dharma of the Sutra, what is the way first?

"Half of the current military and national use depends on the eight roads of Huainan, Eyue, Hunan, eastern Zhejiang, western Zhejiang, Xuanshe, Fujian, and western Jiangnan. Therefore, the policy of taxation through boundary laws should be based on this place."

"Is it difficult to implement it?"

Jia Dan came forward and said: "The biggest difficulty is the transfer problem of these eight roads. Although Xuanwu Town is temporarily peaceful, Wu Shaocheng in Huaixi is at the heart of the junction of eight roads, the eastern capital, the southern and the southern and the eastern capitals of Jingnan, and the southern and the eastern mountains. He is also unruly, colluding with mountain sheds, and the thieves in the river poisoned the commercial and grain transportation, which has not been a day."

"Dear everyone, please don't say anything, I know." The emperor said that the conquest of Huaixi was already on the string, but don't say anything too much now, to avoid alarming the enemy.

After Yan Ying asked, the emperor kept Gao Yue behind in private, "Gaolang, if you conquer Huaixi, how long do you think it takes?"

"Huaixi is only in the three prefectures of Shenguang and Cai, with a population of less than 400,000. Wu Shaocheng and Wu Shaoyang scrapped land to serve as soldiers, and two households raised one soldier was only 40,000. Moreover, Huaixi is surrounded by various towns in the court. If the court is determined to use troops, the minister Yue believes that it will be pacified in only half a year." Gao Yue estimated for the emperor.

Then he saw the emperor's constant estimate of his expression, Gao Yue took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, if you conquer Huaixi, the military's cost will be large. In addition to the national treasury and internal treasury, the merchants of Xingyuan, Dongchuan, Xichuan and Bakui are also willing to pay for military assistance."

Hearing this, the emperor looked at Gao Yue with a puzzled and disbelief.

Before, when the emperor was engaged in the "Heshuo War to Reduce the Vaticans", the military expenditure was insufficient, so he had to let the ministers force taxes in the capital and rob merchants of their families. In the end, the world was in chaos and the people were full of grievances, which almost ruined his reputation. But now there is such a good thing, and merchants are willing to pay for military expenditures?

Gao Yue was calm and explained to the emperor that Huaixi was just a group of local thieves. The reason why they could survive for so many years was that they sold the salt from Ziqing to Jingnan, and then robbed merchant ships passing by the Yangtze River with the mountain sheds and river thieves. Since the several sections of shipping in Huaixi were interrupted, it was difficult to traffic the great goods, cotton cloth, medicinal materials, cattle and sheep produced by merchants from all walks of life in the west to the southeast; and good goods from the southeast, tea, silk, rice, etc., were also difficult to traffic the good goods from the southeast, tea, silk, rice, etc. to the west.

Therefore, annihilation of Huaixi was not only the idea of ​​the court, but also the long-cherished wish of merchants from all over the country. Of course, they were willing to pay for military money.

As soon as he heard about the money, the emperor immediately became energetic and asked Gao Yue what to do.

Gao Yue said that he simply asked the merchants to take out three million guan at one time and divide them into three qualities. One million guan is the military money that does not return, one million guan is the interest-free loan, and one million guan is the interest-on-one loan. The latter two qualities will be paid in five years after the imperial court pacifies Huaixi.

Of course, it is not difficult to pay off the debt. Huaixi has pacified, not only has the increase in household registration, but many water transportation areas have also been opened. The court has added several transfer courtyards and the pond can collect past taxes.

In addition, Gao Yue also told the emperor: In fact, it is not just the merchants in the west who have been suffering from Huaixi for a long time. The tea merchants and cloth merchants in Eyue, Huainan, Henan, Xuanshe, etc. hate Huaixi to the core. Every year, countless people are killed, injured and plundered by the robbers in Jiangxi. If the court wants to pacify Huaixi, Chen Yue believes that they can also spend three million yuan.

In short, as long as the merchants' interests can be realized and they are guaranteed to borrow and repay, it is actually not difficult to ask them to use money to support the imperial military and horses.

Three million guan to the west and three million guan to the east. Together, it is almost 80% of the imperial court's annual treasury income, which makes the emperor's heart sway.

After all, if a farmer farms, if you ask him to bear taxes of ten or dozens of trump cards, he will be very busy; but businessmen are different. There are indeed many wealthy people, and it is no problem to take out a tax of ten thousand.

Gao Yue struck while the iron was hot, "Your Majesty, if you pacify Huaixi, it will not only make the court famous, but also reopen many towns, including the Jiangyun and the Caoyun. In this way, it will be much easier to implement the law of the scriptures and the overall situation of Zhongxing can be said to be successful. Then, Your Majesty will be able to - Dongyue Fengshan."

"Feng, Fengshan..." The emperor was caught off guard and was hit by the golden words, and immediately became so excited that his whole body shook secretly.

That's right, although I was not good at the beginning of my ascension, my reputation and prestige also encountered setbacks. But in recent years, I have worked hard to govern and appoint talents. Under my leadership, the national power of the Tang Dynasty gradually rebounded, and I have achieved several great victories in the west, restoring thousands of miles of territory in Helong, and connecting the Western Regions again. As long as I can gradually pacify several rebellious Fangzhens in Huaixi, Ziqing, and Heshuo, and the country is mixed, then my martial arts will definitely reach its peak, and I will even surpass Emperor Xuanzong, chase the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, and then enfeoffed the Xiyue Mountain Huashan, and then enfeoffed the Dongyue Mountain Taishan...

As a human being, especially the emperor, who doesn’t want to do the great cause of civil and military affairs so that future generations will always remember their reputation?

Gao Lang is still very powerful, and he can guess what my desire is every time.

However, the dark clouds of the Heshuo War were still lingering in Li Shi's heart, so he hesitated next.

Gao Yue deliberately stopped talking, just saying that if Your Majesty still needs to think about it, then I will ask for a retreat.

"Wait, what I think is not about pacifying Huaixi or not, but about how to pacify it. Gaolang, you are on duty in the Golden Palace tonight, and I will paint with you in detail." Sure enough, without much struggle, the emperor's heart was left with the multiple-choice question "Whether to go to Fengshan first in the Western Mountains or to go to Fengshan first"
Chapter completed!