Chapter 632 The emperor exploded in anger

  The Guozijian bombed.

   "Your Majesty!"

   Li Zhi, who was about to have dinner, frowned, "What's the matter?"

Wang Zhongliang came in, took a look at the crown prince, and showed a flattering smile, "Your Majesty, there was a great chaos in the Imperial College just now... A student with mathematics said that the Imperial College's sacrificial wine was deducted from money and food, and Mo Jia smashed him. Mo Jia asked the Jin Wuwei to arrest him. Then the Marquis of Wuyang arrived and said that Mo Zhuang withheld the money and food for mathematics for corruption..."

   "Mo frame?"

  Li Zhi thought about it, and then he thought of this person.

   "This person is said to be a great Confucian, why is he so unbearable, wait a minute..."

  Li Zhi put down his chopsticks, and said calmly: "The so-called Great Confucianism definitely opposes new learning, and embezzlement of money and food should be true, but corruption is not necessarily...Jia Ping'an killed Mo Jia for corruption, this is to establish authority for arithmetic..."

   "Your Majesty is wise."

  Wang Zhongliang felt that the emperor could be said to have seen thousands of miles clearly.

   "Who moved the hand?"

   "They said it was the grandson of several veterans, but as soon as Wuyang Hou went there, he said that he didn't know who threw it."

   "He is sophistry! Fishing in troubled waters."

  Li Zhi said sarcastically: "My Guozijian sacrificed wine for private use, and my Marquis of Wuyang used the art of war in such places."

He picked up his chopsticks, "Just because of a theory, my officials were very happy to fight. I said that I don't like Confucianism, but they are still working tirelessly. From the Imperial College to my prince, they want to infiltrate Confucianism step by step. The whole Tang Dynasty...

  If they have such diligence and tenacity in state affairs, I will naturally reuse them... Unfortunately, selfishness is too heavy! "

   "Your Majesty."

  Wu Mei is here.

   "I sent food here."

  Li Zhi smiled and said: "How is the prince today?"

  Li Hong talked about today's homework.

   "Aye, Auntie came to see Hao Mi today and asked a lot of questions. I found it interesting."

   "Who is this?"

Wu Mei sat down, thinking of Hao Mi's idiocy, she couldn't help laughing, "The Marquis of Wuyang built a small school in the palace to teach Prince Teng and the others, and Hao Mi is the servant of Sansao. He listened to lectures outside all day, but he learned A lot. Chen Qie asked him about the settlement of accounts today, and he actually talked about a lot of financial matters, which opened the eyes of Chen Qie, Your Majesty, this person is extraordinary!"

"oh!"

   Li Zhi was very interested, "Go and call him."

   Hao Mi came later, the emperor's family had just finished their meal and were drinking tea.

   "Good oil."

  The prince frowned, "Aye, this tea is too oily."

  Wu Mei suddenly remembered Jia Ping'an's words, "Your Majesty should eat lighter."

   Li Zhi had forgotten this a long time ago, and when she reminded him, he smiled and pushed the teacup away, "That's all!"

  Hao Mi came in, and Li Zhi asked, "How about the finances?"

  Hao Mi was taken aback for a moment.

  Wu Mei smiled and said: "Your Majesty asks you, just say it."

  Hao Mi was a little nervous, and Li Zhi felt a little more satisfied when he saw it.

   "Your Majesty, the most important thing in Datang is the single tax source..."

   "Oh!" Li Zhi nodded.

  Hao Mi gradually relaxed a bit, "The taxes and rents in the Tang Dynasty are mediocre, but they are actually land tax plus poll tax."

   Isn't this wrong?

   Li Zhi couldn't help being curious.

   The tax system of rent adjustment has been implemented for many years, and it has long been the foundation of Datang.

  Fu Bing system is also based on this foundation.

   And all of this is based on the equal-field system.

   "As the population increases, the fields must be insufficiently distributed."

Hao Mi looked up, and she was quite solemn, "Your Majesty, once the land is not enough to distribute, the people will lose their income, but the taxes will still be collected... They can't even support their own families, and they will definitely flee... At that time, the finances will be chaotic. ...the people are living in dire straits."

   Li Zhi said lightly: "Is there not enough fields?"

   "Definitely not enough."

  Haomi said: "Your Majesty, think about the population when the Tang Dynasty was founded, and how many people are there now. The population is constantly multiplying, how can those fields be enough? Once the land equalization system collapses, Your Majesty..."

  Datang will also collapse!

  …

   On the second day, the monarch and his ministers discussed matters.

   "Your Majesty, there is a memorandum of impeachment of Jia Ping'an by Mo Jia, the Imperial College's sacrificial wine."

   Li Zhi just glanced at it.

   "Said it was beaten and slandered."

  Han Yuan said: "Your Majesty, beating the Guozijian to sacrifice wine must be strictly investigated."

  Han Yuan was also an opponent of the post-abolishment at the beginning, and he just appeared in the memorial a few days ago and openly called out for Chu Suiliang.

  Li Zhi said lightly: "I heard...the money and food have been withheld?"

  Han Yuan said: "Your Majesty, it's just that it hasn't been issued yet."

  Li Zhi glanced at him, recalling the words he defended against Chu Suiliang in his memorial, he smiled and said, "Did Han Qing go to see it?"

  Han Yuan was taken aback, "I haven't read it."

   "The accounting books of mathematics are in my hands."

  Li Zhi raised his voice, "Why didn't the money and food be distributed?"

  Han Yuan said: "I guess it was negligent?"

   His Majesty started.

  The old man should also chime in.

   But this is to refute Jia Pingan.

  Li Yifu frowned, and immediately got up and said, "Your Majesty, please send someone to check."

  These words are shocking: Lao Han, if you talk too much, then you will have evidence!

  Why is Li Yifu so weak?

  According to Li Zhi's understanding, Li Yifu should be ridiculed and retorted at this moment, so that Han Yuan can't get off the stage.

  Li Zhi thought of the conflict between him and Jia Pingan.

   "Your Majesty, please see the Marquis of Wuyang."

   Jia Pingan sprayed it as soon as he came.

   "Your Majesty, I have impeached Guozijian Jijiu Mo Jia for corruption. This person withheld money and food from Mathematics, and the teachers and students of Mathematics sought him out many times for this reason... Mo Jia berated and threatened, until yesterday, those students couldn't bear it..."

   "Marquis Wuyang, let's get over what you said."

  Han Yuan said coldly: "How did the old man hear that someone was bewitching?"

   This is muddying the water!

  You say that Mo frame is corrupt, but I say someone is bewitching.

  Who is bewitching?

   It's you, Jia Ping'an.

  Jia Ping'an smiled, "Your Majesty, I have brought a dinner of mathematics, and I invite Your Majesty to watch it."

  Li Zhi nodded.

  A waiter came in with a food box, placed it in the middle, and then took out the bowl.

   "Dry biscuits... made of inferior wheat flour, the vegetables are cheap vegetables, and there is no oily smell at all..."

  The dry dinner made people lose their appetite at all, especially the bowl of vegetable soup, which made Li Zhi's eyes more dissatisfied.

   "Is this the Guozijian's dinner?"

   "Your Majesty, this is not Guozijian's dinner. The Guozijian's dinner yesterday had good wheat cakes and mutton." Jia Pingan added.

  Li Zhi sneered and said, "This is the Imperial College of the Tang Dynasty?"

  He looked up at Han Yuan.

   It turned out to be eating this?

  Han Yuan couldn't help being surprised, "Is there something wrong with the cook?"

  Why don't you say that the cook is corrupt?

  Jia Ping'an doesn't like these people because their position is too personal. Doing things is not based on public opinion, but on the standpoint of good and bad.

He said sharply: "These dishes are still the cheap ones that the cook is looking for talent with a shy face. Han Xiang thought he was corrupt? I felt a little strange. When I said that Mo Jia was corrupt, Han Xiang just looked around. Talking to him, I feel that he will definitely not. On the other hand, I feel that there is something wrong with the cook. Dare to ask Han Xiang, do you judge who is good and who is bad, do you use your status or what?"

   This is a sharp Jia Pingan, full of vigor!

  Han Yuan was taken aback, but he didn't expect Jia Pingan to target him. He said indifferently: "This old man judges good and bad with a public heart."

  Mace!

"In this way, Mo Jia withheld money and food and Han Xiang defended him. Then he threw the pot on the cook's head. Dare I ask Han Xiang, why do you think Mo Jia will not be corrupt? Is it because... Jia and him had a dispute ?”

  What kind of **** publicity, you are just using it for your own sake!

  Boom!

  Han Yuan patted the table, "Jia Pingan, do you think the old man's knife is not good?"

  He dared to challenge Chu Suiliang and Li Zhi, dared to say that Wu Mei could not do anything, but was furious when Jia Pingan rephrased it.

   "Does Prime Minister Han want to compete with me in fighting skills?"

   Jia Ping'an said indifferently: "I have fought against Tubo, Turks, and Koreans. Whenever Prime Minister Han wants to fight, Jia will accompany him!"

   "Okay." Of course Li Zhi would not just sit back and watch his subjects fight.

   "Han Xiangnai is a high-ranking official, and he grew up with rich clothes and fine food. I'm afraid he has never eaten such delicacies."

Jia Pingan pointed at the food and said angrily: "I ate one portion yesterday and couldn't swallow it. Han Xiang defended Mo Jia, but did he think about those students? Yes, in Han Xiang's eyes, the teachers and students of mathematics are actually If you have learned something new, it is nothing, so what does their life and death have to do with you?"

   This is heartbreaking!

  Han Yuan's face turned cold.

   But Jia Pingan yelled: "But you are the prime minister. The prime minister assists the emperor, and everything he says and does should come from the public heart. Do you dare to say that Han Xiang's words and deeds are from the public heart?"

   "Do you dare?"

   Jia Pingan asked.

   "Disrespectful!"

  There is a censor who reprimands.

   Where's my cousin?

  Jia Pingan misses his cousin Yang Deli very much at this moment.

   "Walk around the world with reason, but it is difficult to walk without reason!" Jia Pingan said: "Since Prime Minister Han wants to defend Mo Jia, and throws the blame on Mathematics and me, should I just sit back and wait for death?"

  That idiot Mo Jia sent out the money and food yesterday, so it’s better to find an excuse! Han Yuan said coldly: "Of course there is a public opinion on this matter."

  He was born in the Han family in Nanyang, his father was the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, he can be called a noble son who was born with a golden key in his mouth. But Jia Ping'an started in the field, one in the sky and the other in the ground.

  But today he was speechless by what Jia Pingan said, and he could only confuse the water.

   "I just have a question, and I would like to ask Prime Minister Han to defend Mo Jia..." Jia Pingan was fully fired today, "Why is Mo Jia withholding those money and food?"

  Of course I want to knock and plan to learn... Han Yuan said with a cold face, "Just check it."

   "Checked it." Jia Pingan said flatly: "Mo Jia said that he forgot to send it, but the teachers and students of the school have looked for him many times, and they have forgotten every time?"

  He raised his head, "Your Majesty, I thought Mo Jia wanted to embezzle the money."

  Han Yuan got up, "Your Majesty, Mo Jia is a great Confucian, absolutely not!"

  Jia Pingan looked at him, "If you dare to ask Prime Minister Han, wouldn't the Great Confucian be like this?"

   Everyone's expressions changed.

yes! Wouldn't the Great Confucian be like this?

   Jia Pingan asked again, "Is a great Confucian a saint?"

   There is no saint in the world!

  All the rulers and ministers know this truth.

   "Can Prime Minister Han dare to guarantee his innocence?"

  How could Han Yuan dare to guarantee that once the problem with Mo Frame was found out, he could only resign sadly.

  He can justify for Mo Frame, he can confuse the water for Mo Frame...

   But if you want him to link his interests with Mo Frame... Mo Frame, who is that? Do you have anything to do with the old man?

  Three questions are like three bombs, and Han Yuan has no power to fight back when they explode.

  Jia Pingan took advantage of Mo Jiake's deduction of money and food, and let you talk like a lotus flower and glib, he only needs to slap back and question Mo Jiake's motives for deducting money and food, and he will be invincible.

  Li Zhi said indifferently: "The money and food for arithmetic studies will be distributed, Mo Jia... I want to ask, is the great Confucianism such a person?"

  Han Yuan's cheeks trembled slightly.

  Mo frame, you have brought the whole Confucianism down!

  The emperor didn’t like Confucianism in the first place, so you don’t want to use it for private use, and you still have the name of a great Confucian, and suddenly the great Confucianism becomes stinky **** in the eyes of the emperor.

   "Guozijian Jijiu... change someone else."

  Li Zhi laughed at himself: "I thought it would be better if the great Confucianism went away, but I didn't expect it to be troublesome!"

  Li Yifu took a look at Jia Ping'an, and thought that what he said was impeccable, and the three subsequent rhetorical questions were even more thunderous, which can be called sharp.

  But Jia Ping'an was very inconspicuous in the past few years!

  Although he did some things in Baiqi, in the eyes of the prime ministers, those things were nothing more than trivial matters.

   Only courtiers who can exert influence on the government will enter the eyes of the prime ministers.

  Jia Pingan was standing upright at this moment, Li Yifu suddenly thought of the sharp sword.

   Then they dispersed.

  Jia Pingan walked behind, while Han Yuan talked to Changsun Wuji and others in front.

   "Marquis of Wuyang, Your Majesty has summoned you."

  Han Yuan turned his head, and there was a gloomy look in his eyes.

  Jia Pingan returned to the hall, Li Zhi asked: "Yesterday I heard Hao Mi talk about some financial matters, which are related to the tax system. Is there such knowledge in the new school?"

   Of course there is.

   Later generations, Jia Pingan did business and knew a lot about various taxes.

"Your Majesty, what the Tang Dynasty implements today is rent and mediocrity, that is, land and population tax. The foundation of this tax is the equal land system. There is land distribution, so there is a source of taxation. Rent is land tax, mediocrity is corvee, and tax is land tax. poll tax..."

  Datang’s tax system!

  It is a miracle that Jia Ping’an can persist for so many years.

   "Your Majesty, unless there is a large-scale war, the population growth will inevitably become faster..."

  Jia Ping'an analyzed: "With a population of one million, there are so many new babies every year. Ten years later, if there are no accidents, the number of new babies born to two million people will double. Your Majesty, where is the field?"

  You only thought of collecting taxes according to the fields and heads, but did you ever think that the lack of fields would cause the people to live in poverty and lead to financial collapse?

Jia Pingan sighed, feeling that this matter was really bad, "There are only so many fields in Datang, and the rich and powerful temples do not pay taxes, and their fields will increase, which means that Datang's tax sources will increase. less...

  In the end, their brains are full of fat, but the common people are living in dire straits. The most important thing is that they keep annexing the land. Once the land is not enough to use, Your Majesty, finance is only one of them. How can the military system be maintained? "

  Is this stick strong?

   But this is not easy to handle, otherwise it will be a **** mess.

  Let the emperor hit a wall.

  Jia Ping'an resigned.

   Li Zhi sat there for a long time.

   "Queen, Your Majesty has been in a daze for more than an hour."

  Wu Mei rushed over after hearing the news, saw Li Zhi sitting there on his knees, staring blankly at the table, and asked closely, "Your Majesty, have you encountered a difficult problem?"

Li Zhi raised his head and saw that Wu Mei's eyes were stern, so he held her hand and said with a wry smile: "I have been thinking about how to make the Tang Dynasty prosperous for a long time, and I have gained a lot in recent years, and I am quite satisfied, but What Jia Pingan said today made my heart flutter."

"Safety…"

  Wu Mei gritted her teeth and said: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, when I turn back, my concubine will clean him up and hang him outside the palace gate to dry."

  Li Zhi smiled and shook his head, "What Hao Mi said yesterday made me a little confused. I asked Jia Pingan to say something earlier..."

  He frowned, looking quite tormented, "The population will grow faster and faster, but the fields will become less and less..."

   "Merger?" Wu Mei became more and more familiar with the entire Tang Dynasty through participating in political discussions these days.

"Yes! Annexation." Li Zhi said sarcastically: "The powerful monks control a lot of people and land, and they don't need to pay taxes. The more they control, the harder the life of the people will be, and the life of the Tang Dynasty will be even worse. stretched."

   "With less land, the people will have no land to divide. They either go into business, or they can only..."

  Li Zhi clenched his fist with his right hand and beat the case a few times, "At that time, how will the government soldiers be maintained? Without the fields, what will the government soldiers do for a living?"

He closed his eyes, "I seem to see those soldiers roaring, unwilling, and then they can only recruit troops. But recruiting troops is expensive, how can the government support this expenditure? In this way, either excessive taxation is required, or the army can only be allowed to go. make money yourself...

  Meiniang, do you know what will happen once you let go of the shackles of the army? "

   "Those arrogant soldiers will roar at Chang'an, and the Tang Dynasty will...be full of flames." Wu Mei obviously also thought of this result.

Li Zhi nodded, "The advantage of the government army system is that the generals cannot specialize in soldiers. On weekdays, the soldiers practice in Zhechong Mansion and farm in their free time... As long as the military achievements are rich and better than farming, the government army system will last for a long time. But Jia Ping'an's description But it makes me shudder."

   "The fields... will definitely not be enough."

  Li Zhi murmured, "How should I do it?"

  He got up suddenly, and said with piercing eyes: "We must suppress land annexation. If I can't do it, it will be even more difficult for the prince and the others, and they will even be unable to move!"

  Wu Mei looked at him with admiration in her eyes, "Your Majesty is decisive."

  Who doesn't know the disadvantages of land merger?

  The former Han Dynasty fell down on this, but Mao didn't use it.

  Li Zhi strode out, and said loudly: "This is the root of my Tang Dynasty's troubles, Meiniang, in my lifetime, I must solve this matter, so that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty...continues endlessly!"

  …

  The emperor summoned his important ministers, and they didn't know what they said, and there was a quarrel in the court.

   Later, Li Zhi lay on the bed, clutching his forehead, feeling as if his head was going to burst.

   "Your Majesty is ill."

  The medical officer came to a conclusion with ease.

  Wu Mei stood outside with her hands behind her back, "Those people...are extremely bold!"

  Wang Zhongliang came out, "Today, His Majesty said that he wanted to curb land annexation. Most of the prime ministers opposed it, saying that it would arouse the anger of the people of the world."

  Wu Mei said coldly: "Is it to arouse the anger of the powerful and powerful?"

  The queen is so sharp, she is harder to serve than your majesty... Wang Zhongliang nodded, "Your Majesty mentioned the plight of population growth and insufficient land, but..."

   "Those people don't involve their own interests, so they can talk freely and eloquently. Once they want to cut their own flesh, they will change in an instant, with hideous faces, shameful! Despicable! Ridiculous!"

  Wu Mei turned around and went in.

   "Mei Niang."

  Li Zhi's face was pale, "I just wanted to test it out, but when I opened my mouth, the ministers objected and became aggressive...I'm afraid I won't be able to manage the council these days, so you should be optimistic about the court."

  Wang Zhongliang was shocked.

  This is... Is this asking the queen to be the director?

  Wu Mei held his hand, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, this concubine will find a way."

   "It's just a test." Li Zhi smiled wryly. "I can't sing alone, you..."

  Wu Mei went back, and immediately summoned Li Yifu, Xu Jingzong and others.

   "Your Majesty is sick with anger, what can you do about this matter?"

  …

Good night!

  (end of this chapter)