Hope for luck

Chapter 217
Seeing that Dong Pingzhang was very troubled by the affairs of the government, Gao Pan expressed his opinion.

Gao Pan believes that it is time for the Dayu Dynasty to reform. If there is no reform, it will be the result of a change of dynasty.

Of course, what Gao Pan said so boldly was only in front of Dong Pingzhang.

"So, what do you think should be reformed?"

After hearing this, Dong Pingzhang did not reprimand Gao Pan for his bold words. He, who is familiar with classics and history, naturally understood that what Gao Pan said was correct. If a dynasty has come to this point, if there is no ZTE scene, then the next step is to perish Yes, it has been like this for thousands of years.

Gao Pan made a few suggestions, which are nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, eliminating some unnecessary expenditures, and adding some new income. Once they come and go, they can naturally make up for the huge financial losses.

But Dong Pingzhang told Gao Pan that the current largest expenditure in the national treasury turned out to be the salaries of the royal family, followed by the salaries of officials, followed by military salaries, palace repairs, and projects of the Ministry of Industry.

This is just a normal expenditure. If there is a natural disaster, the court can only collect taxes to provide disaster relief. Apart from this, there is no other way.

Among the normal expenses, none of them can be eliminated, unless the ancestral system established by Yu Taizu is changed, but no future emperor would dare to do this.

"...Elder Dong, if this is the case, I think that the royal clan and others should have been allowed to support themselves early on. People without titles can still receive royal rations. It will definitely be a drag on the national treasury!"

As the saying goes, relatives hide from each other, and it may be difficult for the emperor to attack his own family. However, Gao Pan feels that this is a historical problem of feudal dynasties.

In order not to let the members of the royal family of the same clan grow up, we can only let them be wealthy people for a lifetime. For them, they do nothing when they are born. Apart from making more people, there is nothing else they can do up.

Whenever it came to the middle and late stages of the feudal dynasty, there were more and more members of the clan, and the Taizu of the Yu Dynasty also set a rule that all the descendants of the royal family could receive the imperial rations. collar.

In the early days of the founding of the country, such a policy was naturally a kind of preferential treatment for the royal family, but as time went by, the numerous clans became a burden on the dynasty.

They don't have to do production, don't have to worry about eating, idle around, playing with birds and bugs is their main daily job, they can be described as the moths of the country.

After listening to Gao Pan's suggestion, Dong Pingzhang frowned. He naturally understood the truth, but this was the rule set by Emperor Taizu. Secondly, if these people were rashly allowed to support themselves, they might cause trouble.

The most important point is the attitude of the current emperor. From the emperor's point of view, the world belongs to their family. What's wrong with raising these idlers?
Gao Pan saw Dong Pingzhang's worries, and he was naturally an outsider. When he spoke, he didn't have too many worries. He just heard Gao Pan say with a smile:

"Elder Dong, we can deal with difficult problems step by step and let these people live on their own. I am afraid that many people will starve to death and cause dissatisfaction among many clans. We can proceed step by step. For example, we can give them many favorable conditions... "

Speaking of this, Dong Pingzhang's eyes flashed, and he stared at Gao Pan, and Gao Pan continued:
"...Whether it's farming, business, or civil and martial arts, you can give them conditions that others don't have. After a few years, some people find that those who support themselves are getting better and better. I guess, Many people will join in, and slowly, this chronic disease will naturally be eliminated!"

"Well, don't hurry, it's a magic formula... But, alas..."

After hearing this, Dong Pingzhang first praised, and then sighed.

"But what?" Gao Pan was puzzled.

"It's okay if the emperor agrees to such a thing, but if he doesn't agree..."

Dong Pingzhang expressed his biggest worry.

After Gao Pan listened, he realized that there was still a huge gap.

The emperor refused to agree, no matter how good the prescription is, it is difficult to cure the disease.

Secondly, this can be regarded as something that offends people, and it will always cause complaints from many clans. It is hard to say what will happen behind him!

After being silent for a while, Gao Pan talked to Dong Pingzhang about Kaiyuan's face-to-face suggestion.

The first is to open the sea, to increase trade with countries such as Southeast Asia, the East, and the West, and to collect reasonable taxes. This is Gao Pan’s opinion, the most secure income. He has not heard of it. Trade should be booming.

Secondly, it is the tax reform, the implementation of the one-whip law, the sharing of Ding Ding into the mu, and the integration of officials and gentry into paying food and so on.

When Dong Pingzhang heard this, he looked at Gao Pan in shock. What surprised him was that Gao Pan had mentioned a few tax reforms. After careful taste, they were all good policies for the country.

And Gao Pan continued to say the last suggestion, that is to expand the territory, not limited to neighboring countries, but the whole world.

When Dong Pingzhang heard the last suggestion, he was even more surprised. Hearing Gao Pan's words, if he wants the dynasty to be strong, he must go out?

Too many thoughts made Dong Pingzhang have a lot of thoughts for a while, Gao Pan seemed to open up a new sky for him, and jumped out of the original thinking range in an instant.

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"Young Master, His Royal Highness Liang Wang replied that he has recently been ill and has not seen outsiders!"

Speaking of which family is most anxious at the moment, it is naturally the Jingcheng Hou's Mansion.

Emperor Tianfeng's attitude caused the Jingcheng Hou Mansion to lose its former composure and solemnity, and even the servants became restless.

But at this moment, a servant who came in a hurry brought news that made Wei Yanan's face ashamed.

Liang Wang didn't want to see him, so, that is to say, let them Jingcheng Hou's mansion run its course?
Wei Yan'an, who had just regained some vitality, felt that the sky was about to collapse at the moment, and he didn't know what to do now.

And his mother, Mrs. Wei, was so anxious that she couldn't eat, and sent three letters a day to Dongshan.

If she had known this earlier, how could she have sent someone to fight Gao Pan, but now it is too late to regret it.

First, the eldest son of the Dingyuanhou family was stripped of his official position, and then the Metropolitan Procuratorate was ordered to investigate the beating incident in the Jingcheng Hou's mansion. If there was any result, there was a momentum of not giving up, which attracted the attention of many people.

Although Jingcheng Hou's Mansion is not as famous as Dingyuan Hou's Mansion, it is also a home of real power and nobles, and its ancestors have also won the Marquis. It seems that the emperor personally ordered a thorough investigation. It seems that it cannot escape the blame.

However, Ouyang Bin is also the eldest son of Marquis Dingyuan, who will inherit the title in the future. Emperor Tianfeng dismissed him regardless of friendship, and many people were secretly surprised when they found out.

(End of this chapter)