On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 464 Intention to tour the South

"If you ask me, this rent adjustment should have been changed a long time ago. There is no reason why the grant of 20 acres of land and the grant of 140 acres of land bear the same rent. Why didn't Emperor Gaozu (Yang Jian) ​​think of this method?"

"How could Emperor Gaozu not be clear, but think about it, how much of the land in the north is occupied by the people who were granted twenty acres of land? If the rents were divided according to the amount of land granted like King Yan did, the revenue to the treasury would still be huge.

reduce."

"What Brother Zhang said is reasonable, but Emperor Gaozu would still issue an edict to reduce or exempt part of the rent at least every few years. Although the people were poor, they could still support themselves. How could it be like Yang Guang, the thief who killed his father, who actually had to send more money to the people?

Regarding taxes, why can't he learn from King Yan and seek wealth from Buddhism and Taoism?"

"Yang Guang believes in ghosts and gods, how could he dare to be disrespectful to Buddha?"

"Earlier, King Yan asked for money from Buddhism and Taoism. I thought he was greedy and greedy. But now he has such good governance, which is really unexpected."

"You think King Yan is seeking wealth for himself. Go and see how dilapidated Prince Yan's palace is. Have you ever seen King Yan abusing people's power to repair the mansion? He seeks wealth from Buddhism and Taoism, not for his own selfish desires.

It is a helpless move because the national treasury is empty and unwilling to provide more to the people."

Two spies from the Observation Department, dressed in regular clothes and pretending to be two scholars, were talking loudly in a wine shop in Jinyang City, attracting the attention of the drinkers. From time to time, some people nodded, obviously agreeing with what the two said.

Previously, commercial taxes were collected, targeting merchants, suppressing Buddhism and Taoism, and also exploiting monks and Taoists.

Nowadays, the commercial tax reform is related to the vital interests of all tax households. This is also the hottest topic in Kanto nowadays.

This scene in the wine shop in Jinyang was also staged in the prefectures and counties of Guandong. The spies who were observing the office were fully mobilized to guide the direction of public opinion in the teahouse and wine shop. In the end, it turned into a praise for King Yan.

It also diluted the negative impact of Cui Che's search for Buddhism and Taoism.

Youdao means that the leader's words will cause his subordinates to lose their legs. Because Cui Che instructed the young emperor to issue administrative orders and re-determine rents, officials in various states and counties had to get busy and determine the amount of land for tax households based on the amount of land granted.

Among the seven levels of rent transfer, which level of rice cloth should be paid?

As a lesson learned from the colleagues who were arrested during a thorough investigation into the case of forced girls into prostitution in prostitutes, the officials of the Eastern Sui Dynasty were much more honest this time.

After experiencing a series of major cases, the Observation Department has now become famous. Everyone knows that there is a secret service agency under King Yan that secretly monitors officials.

No one knows if they will be recorded in a booklet if they take advantage of the opportunity to embezzle money and bend the law.

Rent rescheduling was a major matter related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and the news was naturally spread back to Kansai, but Yang Guang paid no attention to it because he lost his son in middle age.

Yang Zhao, the prince of the Western Sui Dynasty, suffered from a severe illness. The imperial doctors were helpless and witches could not cure him. He died some time ago.

In the early years, in order to please his mother Dugu Jialuo, Yang Guang killed his own concubine to show that he was devoted to the then Princess Xiao of Jin.

But how can those people compare with his eldest son Yang Zhao, who Yang Jian said was born in response to an omen and was a god descending to earth.

Of course, the biggest blow to Yang Guang after Yang Zhao's death was the issue of his successor.

Yang Guang had only two sons. The second son, King Yang Jian of Qi, and the prince Yang Zhao were completely opposite.

Although Yang Jian was brave and brave, he was arrogant and close to traitors.

He often indulged in sexual activities with Qiao Lingze, Liu Qian'an, Pei Gai, Huangfu Chen, Ku Di Zhongqi, Chen Zhiwei and other cronies. Whenever he heard that there was a beautiful woman in any house, he would arrest her and have sex with her at the Prince of Qi's palace.

abandon.

His behavior was illegal, far worse than that of Cui Yanqing, who was also the second legitimate son. After all, Cui Yanqing just had more side wives.

Even if Yang Xian is always disguised, he may not be able to hide it from Yang Guang, an old actor. What's more, he doesn't even act, and his unscrupulous behavior naturally arouses Yang Guang's disgust.

Therefore, even if some courtiers asked Yang Jian, the only bloodline of Qi Wang, to be appointed after Yang Zhao's death, Yang Guang still refused because he sincerely despised his second son.

Influenced by his father Yang Jian and his mother Dugu Jialuo, Yang Guang also had a strong concept of concubine.

Empress Xiao is nearly forty years old, and she can no longer expect to give birth to another legitimate son at her age.

Now that Yang Jian was useless, the three sons left by Yang Zhao, King Yang Tan of Yan, King Yang Tong of Yue, and King Yang You of Dai, were all concubines, otherwise there would be so many troubles.

Yang Guang could only put aside the issue of the ownership of the reserve for the time being and hope that Yang Jian would repent. Otherwise, he would have to find an heir from his concubine or his grandchildren.

After all, even though Empress Xiao was past the best age for giving birth, Yang Guang was still very active. Some time ago, a concubine with the same surname Xiao became pregnant.

As for Yang Guang giving the title of King Yan to his eldest grandson Yang Tan, he naturally did not recognize the title of King Yan of the Eastern Sui Dynasty.

Yang Zhao died of a mysterious illness, which also made the sensitive Yang Guang panic.

There was Yang Yong's ghost causing trouble in Daxing City, and his father Yang Jian died in Renshou Palace.

As the saying goes, there are thoughts and dreams every day. Yang Guang, who had done something wrong, once dreamed that his father was asking for his life in Renshou Palace, which shocked him into a cold sweat in the middle of the night.

When he stayed in Renshou Palace, he was worried about Yang Jian's life. When he returned to Daxing Palace, he had to guard against Yang Yong's ghost.

Yang Guang couldn't help but once again had the idea of ​​​​moving the capital. He missed the water, land and culture of Jiangnan very much.

For this reason, Yang Guang decided to follow Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Emperor Xiaowen wanted to move the capital to Luoyang, so he launched a southern expedition.

Now that the south was completely returned to the Western Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang insisted on patrolling the south, heading south from the Shu Road to Jiangnan.

At this time, Yu Wenkai, who was in charge of building Jiangdu, sent assistance. After spending a lot of manpower and material resources, Jiangdu was finally completed.

Yang Guang therefore used this as an excuse to issue an edict to patrol the south.

Officials could not object. After all, the emperor's patrol also had the effect of intimidating the local area. Due to the fall of the Central Plains, the Western Sui Dynasty's control over Jiangnan was not as strong as before. At this time, Yang Guang's patrol could also stabilize the Western Sui Dynasty's rule in Jiangnan.

But they didn't know that Yang Guang would not go back even if he stayed in Jiang.

What's good about Guanzhong is that the ghosts of my father and brother are here. If I can't protect myself, I will get sick and die.

Compared with the Guanzhong and Sanhe areas, which are less populated and less populated, the south is said to be vast and sparsely populated, and Yang Guang also has plans to immigrate to the south.

But this matter will have to wait until the capital is moved.

Now that the land of Sanhe has been captured by Cui Che, Guanxi is no longer safe.

In the past, Guanzhong gathered a population that far exceeded its environmental carrying capacity in order to consolidate its roots. Now that the capital is being moved, it is natural to move some people away from Guanzhong.

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