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Chapter 801

Feng Chan, all the emperors of the Central Plains Dynasty, without exception, were obsessed with this matter during their ruling careers.

What is Feng Chan?The seal refers to sacrifice to the sky, and the Zen finger sacrifices to the earth, reporting the current situation of the world to the heaven.

To put it bluntly, the emperor told the heavens about his achievements, in order to pray for things like immortality.

This kind of sacrificial activity has been very prosperous since the Warring States Period, but its meaning is also different.Feng Chan is for better governance and for more centralized power.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, some people believed that Mount Tai was the highest among the five mountains, and it was easier for heaven to hear the enshrining of Zen on Mount Tai.

Qin Shihuang enshrined Zen on Mount Tai, half of which was to pray to heaven, longing for immortality, and on the other hand, to show his achievements and further concentrate the unified imperial power.

Li Er is also very interested in Taishan Fengchan, especially when a courtier takes the initiative to mention it!
If he, the emperor, took the initiative to mention it, it would appear how impatient he was. Now that a courtier mentioned it, Li Er suddenly fell into deep thought.

"Your Majesty, absolutely not! No one in the world knows about His Majesty's achievements? The people's livelihood in the empire has just stabilized, but after going through the Northern Expedition and the Eastern Expedition, it doesn't make any sense to enshrine Zen now. It's a waste of money for the people!" Wei Zheng adhered to his usual style and gave the emperor Pour cold water on it.

Changsun Wuji and others glared at the official who mentioned Feng Chan, that's not how flattering is done!If Your Majesty really wants to Feng Chan, who will bear the loss?

Feng Chan's result is certainly good, but it's not the time yet!When the emperor enshrines Zen, the courtiers of their dynasty will also benefit and live forever.

It's just really not the time!

Li Er was interrupted by Wei Zheng, he coughed twice to ease his embarrassment, and said, "We will talk about Feng Chan later, the Eastern Expedition has just come to an end, and it's not yet time!"

Alright, this is all right, no one has mentioned this matter before, and the emperor will not speak up by himself.Now that I have given a word of mouth, if I bring up this matter in the future, the courtiers have no reason to object!
Wei Zheng glared at the official, who had already shrunk aside, drinking with his head down.

Flattering is important, but wealth and life are the most important!
"How are you preparing for the expansion of the Heaven's Punishment Army?" Li Er was no longer in the mood to celebrate. The expansion of the Heaven's Punishment Army and the expansion of the empire, if a few more countries were conquered and the people's livelihood rose to a higher level, no one in the Manchu Dynasty would protest The matter of enshrining Zen.

"Return to Your Majesty, the sergeants have been recruited and are now training in the Xincheng training camp. It's just the equipment of this batch of Heaven's Punishment Army..." Thanks to Ding Yi, Li Jing, the minister of the Ministry of War, is still working on it.

equipment……

Well, the military base has always been controlled by Li Er himself, and the courtiers couldn't get involved at all, and Li Er didn't allow them to interfere.

"Hmm..." After thinking for a while, Li Er turned his head to look at Changsun Wuji, and asked, "How is the steel output now?"

Changsun Wuji had a headache for a while. At the beginning, he adopted Ding Yi's steelmaking method to improve the output and quality, but now he has reached a bottleneck. If he wants to improve, he can only expand the scale.

And expanding the scale means investing more manpower and material resources, and the old money from the household department is so tight that it can't be deducted at all.

Every time I mentioned this matter to the emperor, I would get a sentence: Dai Qing, there is nothing I can do about it!
All right!Everyone knows that the imperial court is short of money, and now it has created many ways to create wealth.

It’s just that the previous steps were too big. The road construction plan and compensation plan now only cover two lands, not to mention the expansion of the empire’s territory. This is a century-old plan!

There are other financial expenditures, and the old man Dai Zhou doesn't pay at all!
"Dai Shangshu, a few days ago you said that you would allocate funds to the old man when the tariffs for overseas businessmen arrived. It has been almost half a year now, why is there still no movement!" Helplessly, Changsun Wuji could only pull out the source, not because he was not strong enough , but without financial support, he has no ability to do it!
With a stern face, Dai Zhou glanced at Changsun Wuji, cupped his hands and said to Li Er: "Your Majesty, although the fiscal revenue of the Ministry of Household Affairs last year was equal to the expenditure, which of the several new policies introduced by the imperial court this year does not require financial support? I The North Korean army is already strong enough, further expansion will only bring pressure and drag on the court, I believe that the Heavenly Punishment Army can expand, but other armies must be reduced!"

Hey!
This old man is really not afraid of offending people!Dare to say such things as disarmament, what a strong man!

When he said this, he stabbed a hornet's nest in an instant. The generals stood up and opposed the abolition, and some even scolded Dai Zhou directly.

The Northern Expedition did not take advantage, and now that the Eastern Expedition is over, they are still waiting for the Western Expedition and the Southern Expedition, but if disarmament is coming...

What to drink at that old snack?
Li Er looked at the ministers with a headache, and a question of his own led to such a question. Has the situation of the court really reached this point?

"Your Majesty!" Fang Xuanling came out suddenly, cupped his hands to Li Eryi, looked at Dai Zhou, and asked, "Dai Shangshu, I remember trying out the industrial and commercial tax law of the new city in Luoyang a few years ago. Why haven't there been any results after several years?" ?”

Yes, having said that, Changsun Wuji also remembered that the trial implementation of the tax law in Xincheng has always been presided over by the household department, but why has there been no movement for several years?
You know, the annual tax revenue of Xincheng is now comparable to the tax revenue of a land.

"Hey! Don't worry, everyone, just listen to the old man!" Dai Zhou's expression finally changed, with a constipated look on his face, which looked very funny.

"The taxes in the new city are amazing, but the reason why the taxes in the new city are so high is that the new city has been completely transformed into a city dominated by industry and commerce, and has thrown off the shackles of agriculture." Dai Zhou said, holding a glass of wine, pointing Looking at the quilt made of colored glaze, he said: "Just like this wine glass, Xincheng is now the largest exporter of machinery, daily necessities and other products in the empire. There are countless merchants who come and go every day. Every time they make a deal in Xincheng, they will pay a batch of taxes. Money. This is the main source of tax revenue for the new town, and the prefecture and county in Luoyang did not have such a large commercial transaction at all. How can we provide a relatively equal tax revenue?"

Once he explained it like this, others also understood!It turns out that the problem lies here. Learning the tax law of Xincheng is just learning the shape, but not the meaning!

Without the support of commercial activities, Xincheng's tax law might not be as good as the original tax law!

Some of the officials immediately disagreed, and reprimanded: "This...could it be possible that a low-level industry such as industry and commerce should overwhelm scholars and farmers?"

Scholars, farmers, and businessmen have been established since ancient times. Now the industrial and commercial class in Xincheng seems to have surpassed the peasant class. If things go on like this, won’t these scholars also be overwhelmed by those businessmen?
So what is the purpose of studying hard for so many years to get to this point?
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(End of this chapter)