Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 121 Meeting Jia Xu
The ministers who interceded for Wang Yun were quite satisfied with the result.They stopped talking and silently retreated to their original positions.

After the palace guard took the bus Sima Ling down, the court meeting continued.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave." Wang Yun said sadly.

"Help King Situ back."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two palace guards silently followed Wang Yun.

Zhang Ming looked at Wang Yun's absent-minded look. Considering that Wang Yun was a bit old, he was a little afraid that Wang Yun would not be able to bear the blow, so he fell down halfway.

After Wang Yun left the hall, there was a dull atmosphere in the hall that had not been seen for a long time.

Following His Majesty's wink, Cui Ming shouted loudly, "Ministers, do you have anything to report? If not, let's disperse."

With Wang Yun's lessons learned, Sun Rui, the new minister, did not dare to hide anything. In yesterday's meeting, they planned to go their own way and not tell His Majesty about the taxes in various places.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Shi Sun Rui stood up and said.

"Say"

"Your Majesty does not know that since Dong Zhuo took power, the taxes in various places have remained high, especially every time he launched a war, he would impose a tax increase. Later, Niu Fu led the enemy army to wreak havoc and swept many cities along the route. It makes life more difficult for people everywhere.”

"I am worried that with such a high tax, there will be uprisings in cities all over the country like Wugong County."

Although the Yellow Turban Uprising has long been declared a failure, the peasant uprisings in various places have not stopped. Now there is another uprising in the Kyoto area. Although the scale is small, the damage to people's livelihood is real.

It is very easy for the court to pacify the uprising forces near Kyoto, but it is easy to pacify, but if the fundamental problem is not resolved, the peasant uprising army may not be the only ones who welcome the court. Now warlords in various places have initially formed. The court cleared the rebels and expanded their territory step by step.

"I don't know if Shang Shuling has any good ideas?"

"The minister feels that some taxes can be reduced appropriately, but not too much."

"How to say?"

"Reducing taxes is indeed beneficial to people's livelihood, but the imperial court needs to support too many soldiers, so once taxes are reduced, it may be difficult to support so many soldiers."

After hearing Shi Sun Rui's words, Lu Bu stood up first, and he yelled at Shi Sun Rui directly.

"If it weren't for our army's desperate efforts to grab food from Meiwu and Lantian, how could you people be happy and happy in the city?"

"Later, it was us who led the troops to defend Chang'an City. If it wasn't for us, you would be Niu Fu's prisoners by now."

Regardless of the dignity of all the civil officials present, Lu Bu directly refuted Shi Sun Rui's words.

If Huangfusong hadn't been a little more stable, I'm afraid he would have stood up and refuted at this moment.

"General Chariot, calm down." Shi Sun Rui comforted

"Your Majesty, I just considered that the soldiers cannot be reduced for the time being, so I can only lower some taxes. This is already the best compromise."

"Reduce some taxes, how much can you reduce?"

"It can be reduced to twenty one at most." Shi Sun Rui said after thinking for a long time.

Zhang Ming chuckled, did these civil servants treat him as a fool?There is no difference between a drop of twenty one and no drop.

"Shang Shuling, can you lower it a little more?" Zhang Ming asked with some doubts.

"Your Majesty, it really can't be lowered anymore. Shangshutai has discussed this matter before. Considering the need to maintain the army and maintain the operation of the court, the current tax really can only be reduced so much."

"I would like to ask all the ministers, does the operation of the imperial court require such a high tax?"

His Majesty's tone is no longer just questioning, but questioning.

If it is said that high taxes are required to maintain the operation of the army, Zhang Ming can still understand. After all, there are indeed too many soldiers in Chang'an City, and this does not include Xu Rong's soldiers in Lantian County. The entire imperial court now has nearly [-] soldiers. .

For the support of so many soldiers, Zhang Ming has a solution, but compared to dealing with the soldiers, what he needs to solve now is the burden of the common people.

"Your Majesty, it is necessary." Doctor Yang Biao said.

"Your Majesty, now that the imperial court has just resolved the crisis in the capital, and all wastes are being rebuilt, it is the time when money is most needed. If taxes are suddenly lowered at this time, all officials will definitely not be able to actively invest in post-war construction. I am afraid that there will be more It’s a pain for the people.” Yang Biao explained.

Yang Biao is worthy of being an old fritter. He knows that the current Baiguan is different from the previous Baiguan. The current Baiguan is used to this kind of high tax. Under this high tax, they can also get more. If the court lowers too much tax hastily, it will offend all the officials, so everything needs to be done with caution.

Although the imperial court killed Dong Zhuo and repelled the enemy army headed by Niu Fu, a complete set of management methods had already been formed in various places. This set of management methods usually goes like this. Become soldiers. These soldiers need money and food. As a result, the county magistrate can only maintain high taxes.

If too many taxes are lowered, the officials in various places will not benefit from it, and they will not bother to manage the uprising forces. These uprising forces will grow up soon, and it will be very difficult to wipe them out. This is why Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty recruited Xiangyong The reason for the decentralization of power is that the imperial court really can't control the uprising forces in various places, and can only rely on the localities to act on their own.

If you want to solve this problem, then go back to the original question. How to solve the uprising forces in various places? Is the court to solve it, or the local government? To solve it, you need enough reliable generals.

Zhang Ming thought about it for a long time. This matter must not be handed over to the local government. According to the county magistrates in various places, it is estimated that it will not be long before the people in all counties are squeezed out. barren.

"Since that's the case, I don't know what clever plan Dr. Yang has?"

"Your Majesty, I feel that some taxes can be lowered according to the order of the Minister, so as to ease the conflicts between the government and the people in various places. After the government stabilizes, we can make plans." Yang Biao said

"Okay, but I think the tax reduction of [-]% is still too little. It is better to reduce the tax rate of [-]%. What does Shang Shuling think?"

Shi Sun Rui made a total calculation and thought it was feasible.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

After the taxation issue was preliminarily resolved, the court meeting came to an end.

After His Majesty left, all the ministers went out.On the way, Yang Biao stopped the scholar Sun Rui.

"Congratulations, brother Junrong, for becoming the minister."

"Hey, Brother Wen, I didn't expect His Majesty to be so unfeeling, just because of impeachment, he deposed Situ Gong." Shi Sun Rui said a little annoyed.

"Brother Jun Rong, as Zi Shi's right-hand man, why don't I know Zi Shi well?" Yang Biao sighed silently.

During the Chang'an War, Wang Yun and Yang Biao were responsible for appeasing the aristocratic families in the city. At that time, Yang Biao often advised Wang Yun not to think about power all day long. But you and I both know that His Majesty started planning to escape from Dong Zhuo's control early on, and now His Majesty must not tolerate other ministers who want to control power, but at that time Wang Yun did not listen to it because of his first contribution to killing Dong Zhuo.

"Your Majesty didn't target Senior Brother Zi because of an impeachment. What is an impeachment? There are many people who want to impeach you and me. Does His Majesty have to deal with it?"

"Your Majesty's purpose of doing this is only to let the Shangshutai do its due responsibilities, and not to become an obstacle to His Majesty's rule. As a Shangshuling, why didn't Zishi even think of this."

Yang Biao sighed as he spoke. He was dismissed from office before. Unlike Wang Yun, he was dismissed because he opposed Dong Zhuo's move to Chang'an. Prestige, and resumed his official position.

Yang Biao once again lamented, "During the period when Dong Zhuo was in power, Zishi was able to cater to all kinds of intentions, without arrogance or impetuosity. Why did he become like this after killing Dong Zhuo?"

After hearing Yang Biao's words, Shi Sun Rui knew what His Majesty meant. Although he was a servant of the Minister, he didn't have such big ideas as Wang Yun. Just do your job well.

Along the way, Shi Sunrui and Yang Biao exchanged a lot of opinions, and after leaving the palace gate, they went to Wang Yun's mansion together.

At noon, after Zhang Ming finished his lunch, he went to Gaomen Hall, where he was going to wait for Jia Xu's arrival.

"Cui Ming, choose an honest eunuch from your subordinates and let him go to the bus commander's mansion to hand over the work to the former bus commander."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The reason why Zhang Ming let the eunuch serve as the commander of the bus is to prevent the same thing from happening again. The aristocratic family can protect each other, but the relationship between the aristocratic family and the eunuch will only be hostile in most cases. After all, scholars look down on eunuchs .

Jia Xu, who was in Li's residence, had just waited for Li Ru to come back from morning court.

Jia Xu teased, "Brother Wen You, the morning court time is quite long this time?"

"Brother, don't talk about it, if His Majesty hadn't asked someone to call the commander of the bus, we wouldn't have kept everyone waiting for so long." Li Ru said a little tiredly.

As a servant, Li Ru naturally wants to participate in the court meeting, but he knows very well that although the officials in the court will not be enemies with him, he has no friends in the court, so naturally he can not speak .

So Li Ru told Jia Xu everything that happened in the hall today.

"Unexpectedly, during the reign of Dong Zhuo, nothing happened to Wang Yun, but now it fell on this emperor." Jia Xu said with some emotion.

"Yes, I persuaded Dong Zhuo to pay more attention to state affairs, but Dong Zhuo didn't listen to the advice. He only knew how to fight, fight, fight. He didn't know how many people he single-handedly promoted were against him. He single-handedly promoted Yun, but it turned out that Wang Yun killed him."

Although Li Ru was ruthless, he had been with Dong Zhuo for many years after all, how could he forget all his kindness so quickly, what's more, the person he chatted with today was also Dong Zhuo's subordinate, so he didn't have too many taboos.

"Brother, how about going to the palace after lunch?"

"OK"

Li Ru and Jia Xu were chatting and laughing while eating lunch, it seemed that Jia Xu was not in a hurry.

After Jia Xu finished his lunch, it was already two quarters noon, so he rested for another two quarters, and then rode to the palace.

After Jia Xu arrived at the palace, he told the guards the purpose of their visit. When the guards heard that it was Jia Xu, they led Jia Xu towards the palace. After entering the palace, they were led by Xiao Huangmen.

When Little Yellow Gate and Jia Xu arrived at the Gaomen Hall, Cui Ming asked, and brought Jia Xu into the hall again.

This was Jia Xu's first time seeing the Son of Heaven, but he was somewhat surprised. According to the information he knew, the Son of Heaven was only ten years old this year, but no matter his appearance or height, he was no different from an adult man.

When Jia Xu was in Li Ru's mansion, he already knew about the current emperor, and he even asked Li Ru himself, but after all, seeing is believing, hearing is believing, and with his character, before seeing it with his own eyes, he was more or less skeptical .

"The grassroots Jiaxu pays homage to the emperor, the grassroots are guilty."

Jia Xu who walked into the hall quickly knelt down and said.

"Tell me, what is your crime? I want to know."

Zhang Ming didn't let Jia Xu get up, he didn't forgive Jia Xu so easily, even though Jia Xu had amazing talents.

"First, after Dong Zhuo's death, His Majesty issued a letter of pardon to Dong Zhuo's generals. They were all ready to flee, but the Caomin gave them confidence and allowed them to reorganize the troops against the imperial court."

"Secondly, His Majesty once sent Dr. Yang to contact the Caomin half a year ago, but at that time the Caomin had no eyes and continued to follow the rebels."

"Thirdly, the grassroots, as Han officials, are sheltered by the big man, but they don't want to serve the country."

"With these three crimes, it is not a pity for the grassroots to die."

Jia Xu spoke with tears and voices, as if she was really looking for death.

During the few days Jia Xu stayed in Li's Mansion, he already had a general understanding of what kind of person he is today.

Today's emperor dares to use Li Ru, who once killed the king. Although the court claims that Dong Zhuo killed the king, Jia Xu is not a fool. Even if Li Ru doesn't say anything about it, he knows that with Dong Zhuo's character, how can Kill the king himself.

Dong Zhuo did many evils and was cruel and heartless. It is not wrong to push the title of regicide on him. The people are willing to accept this result, and the officials are also willing to accept this result, not to mention that Dong Zhuo is dead and there is no proof of death.

From this aspect, Jia Xu understood that today's emperor is not a pedantic person, but an emperor who knows people carefully and employs them boldly.

Although Jia Xu in the hall was talking about the death penalty in every sentence, but with the character of the emperor, he would not care about those pedantic provisions. The emperor only cares about whether this person in the hall has real talents and real learning.

"I want to know, since you already know that you are a capital offence, why do you want to meet me face to face?"

(End of this chapter)