Martial Arts: Becoming a Tyrant From Summoning a Sword Slave

But Shangguan Lin always felt that the assassination this time was not that simple.

Assassinating the emperor is easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to do, and the consequences are very serious.

The leader of the Demon Cult would understand that if he failed to assassinate Shangguanlin, it would bring disaster to the Demon Cult.

A hero like him has a purpose and rules in everything he does, so he shouldn't do such an irrational thing.

What are the benefits?In order to drive the leader of the Demon Cult to assassinate the emperor.

Shangguan Lin was very curious and puzzled.

At this moment, Shangguan Lin felt a whim.

He had a vague premonition that an invisible big hand was grabbing at him.

In other words, the ultimate goal of this big hand is not only Shangguanlin, but the entire Tianqi. . . . . .Ask for flowers. . .

The next day, early morning.

Shangguan Lin looked down at the group of officials, and all the civil and military officials were lined up on the left and right.

The eunuch Wang Wen shouted in a hoarse voice, "If there is something to do, let's play, and if there is nothing to do, leave the court!"

After the words fell, Li Si, Minister of the Ministry of War, walked out of the queue, cupped his hands and said, "I report to Your Majesty, I have something to report." "What's the matter?" "Return to Your Majesty."

Li Si bent down to salute, and said respectfully: "I have received the report from the scouts on the front line in the southern border, and King Wu Cheng's army will return to the court in a few days." "Well, not bad..."

Shangguan Lin nodded, "I was busy with official duties, so I almost forgot about this matter." "This time King Wu Cheng led the Huwei army to suppress the rebellion. I will reward the minister who has made great achievements." "Li Si." "The minister is here. "Find out all the military reports during this period, and count the soldiers who have made contributions this time with the officials of the Ministry of War, and set a reward regulation."

"Yes, Wei Chen obeys the order."

Li Si replied respectfully, and then returned to the queue.

Afterwards, Shangguan Lin looked at the official at the bottom left, and called softly, "Zhang Liang."

"The minister is here."

Zhang Liang stepped out of the queue and saluted respectfully.

Shangguan Lin said: "Wait for the Ministry of War to finalize the regulations on rewards, and your household department is responsible for distributing gold and silver from the treasury, but you must not slack off on this matter." "Yes, my minister obeys the order." Zhang Liang replied respectfully.

Just as Zhang Liang was about to go back to the official queue, Shangguanlin asked again, "How much gold and silver are there in the treasury?" Hearing the emperor's question, Zhang Liang blurted out without thinking.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the national treasury is now abundant, and there are still more than 400 million taels of gold and 600 million taels of silver." As soon as these words came out, the officials were in an uproar, and all civil and military officials gasped.

400 million taels of gold and 600 million taels of silver!

If this is added up, the total value exceeds [-] million taels of silver!

Now in the Golden Luan Hall, there are many officials who were officials in the court during the time of Emperor Shangguanlin's grandfather.

Those veterans of the three dynasties never thought that one day, the Tianqi treasury would be so abundant.

At that moment, all civil and military officials fell to their knees one after another, kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. "Your Majesty, you are truly wise through the ages!"

Many incorruptible officials even began to cry bitterly.

An emperor like Shangguan Lin was what they dreamed of!

With such a wise king, why worry about Tianqi not being strong?

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Chapter 125 My method is still not ruthless enough, too few people have been killed (first update, please subscribe)

When Shangguanlin heard that there were more than [-] million taels of silver in the treasury, Shangguanlin himself was a little surprised.

He knew that the national treasury is very rich today, but he didn't expect it to be so rich.

You know, this is not his own private treasury.

Now in the imperial palace, the emperor's private treasury has been filled with real gold and silver, and there are more than [-] million taels of silver in it.

Adding all these money together, it is a full [-] million taels of silver!

Apocalypse's annual tax is almost 3000 million taels of silver, and this [-] million silver is equivalent to Tianqi's ten-year tax!

This is an unimaginable astronomical figure.

While Shangguan Lin was delighted, anger welled up in his heart.

He knows best how the [-] million silver came from.

These are all found from those corrupt officials and vassals.

Li Wenbo, Chief Assistant, Feng Shaojie, Commander of the Imperial Army, Tian Huaiyi, Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Qing, Secretary of the Ministry of Officials, Cai Song, Minister of the Ministry of War, and hundreds of other officials.

There are also more than a dozen vassal kings who exploited and harmed the people, including King Rui, King Qi, King Huai, and King Yan, who rebelled against the "September [-]rd".

If he didn't kill them, how could Shangguanlin raise so much real money?

Corrupt officials should be killed, moth kings should be killed even more!

The murderous intent in Shangguan Lin's eyes flashed away, and was caught by some ministers below.

They did not understand why the emperor became angry again for no reason.

So moody, it really makes them frightened.

Shangguan Lin looked around the group of officials, and said in a deep voice: "The chaos of the six kings has been resolved, but the matter of cutting down the vassals still needs to be carried out." "Tong Zhili." "The humble minister is here."

Zuo Xiang Tong Zhili walked out of the queue tremblingly and bowed in salute.

Shangguanlin looked at Tong Zhili and asked, "I want you to measure the world's land and survey the world's population. How are you doing?" Keep a batch.

Now that the vassal kings who should be killed have been solved, it is natural to deal with those vassal kings who should be cut down.

When Han Fei was sent out to deal with the vassal king who should be killed, Shangguan Lin ordered Zuo Xiang Tong Zhili to take the lead in measuring the land of the world and the population of Tianqi.

This serves three purposes.

[-]. It can clearly find out how many arable fields Tianqi has today, and how many people Tianqi has.

[-]. By measuring the land at the same time, we can find out the amount of land merged by the vassal kings in various places, and then return the land to the people after cutting the vassals.

[-]. Be able to prepare for future tax collection.

In Shangguanlin's view, today's tax revenue is still too small, only 3000 million taels of silver a year.

The apocalypse is vast and abundant, and the economy is prosperous. It is not only 3000 million taels of silver a year.

The reason why the tax is so low is that the apocalypse tax law is unreasonable.

In Tianqi, anyone who is admitted as a scholar can reduce or exempt their own tax, and whoever is admitted as a juren can reduce or exempt a village's tax.

If you are an official in the court, not only will your family not have to pay taxes, but all relatives within the nine clans will receive preferential treatment.

This kind of tax law is very good for ordinary people, but it is very unreasonable for wealthy families.

Those vassal princes and landlords, who doesn't have tens of thousands of acres of land?

Sometimes the vassal kings annexed the land of the common people, even reaching tens of thousands of acres.

Because they are vassal kings, they have the right of reduction and exemption, and it is the lowest right of reduction and exemption, so the taxes paid every year are only a drop in the bucket.

And the same is true for those landlords. Which landlord has few relatives who are officials in his family?Naturally, the right to relief has also been obtained.

With tens of thousands of mu of land, the tax paid is not as much as that of a person with ten mu of fertile land.

From the perspective of the two generations of Guanlin above, this way of collecting taxes is simply nonsense!

In addition to the land production and grain tax, the taxation standard of the Apocalypse Commercial Tax is also unreasonable.

The business tax is too low, only one out of thirty.

Shangguan Lin wondered what the emperors of all dynasties thought?

They only know how to squeeze the common people, but they don't know how to scrape the oil of rich businessmen.

How much money can be squeezed from the people?

How much money do those rich merchants and landlords have?

Now among the officials of Apocalypse, which relatives have not used their own connections to do business?

Let's talk about Tong Zhili, the Prime Minister of Zuo who is kneeling in front of Shangguanlin now, his brother-in-law also opened three restaurants and two bookstores in the imperial city, and his business is booming every day, earning a lot of money.

And relying on Tong Zhili's relationship, his brother-in-law's annual tax payment is pitifully small.

The real bosses are all in the hands of these officials' families!

Tong Zhili looked up at the emperor and reported respectfully, "Your Majesty, I have sent officials to measure the land and check the population." "The population is easy to check, but there are some difficulties in measuring the land." "Oh? What? difficulty?"

Shangguanlin looked at Tong Zhili, and smiled coldly, "I have made an order to measure the land of Tianqi, is it possible that there are still people who dare to openly resist the order?" These words were a bit embarrassing, and all civil and military officials heard the emperor's words That trace of killing intent.

Tong Zhili was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Returning to Your Majesty, officials from all over the country dare not openly resist the order, but when they measure the land, they often delay the date, and they say that there are troublesome people, so they are not allowed to measure their own land." "Anyway. There are always excuses to procrastinate, one thing on the surface, another thing behind the scenes, the minister is really..."

"Don't make excuses for your incompetence!" Shangguan Lin slapped the table and roared.

All civil and military officials fell to their knees in an instant, calling for His Majesty to appease his anger. "Shut up, why am I so angry?"

Shangguan Lin waved his hand, then looked at Tong Zhili...

"Tong Zhili, how can you say that you have been Prime Minister Zuo for so many years, do you still need me to teach you how to do things?" "You will kill anyone who dares to obey others!"

"If you kill them so much that they are afraid, things will be done naturally!"

"Now that things are not done well, I can only say that you are incompetent. There is no other reason!"

Tong Zhili kowtowed again and again, his forehead was covered with sweat, which had already wet the ground in front of him.

He knew that this matter was his ineffectiveness.

If the emperor pursues it, he may be severely punished.

But Tong Zhili can't be blamed for this, it really touched the interests of too many people by measuring the land of the world.

Among the prefectures and counties of the Apocalypse, as long as they are officials, who has not merged land?Just more or less.

These people have already become one because of their interests, and the officials sent by Tong Zhili can't blend in with them at all.

If the gap cannot be opened, things will naturally not be completed.

As for killing people, Tong Zhili really didn't dare.

He is not an emperor, he does not have such cruel methods, and he has no confidence.

One hair will affect the whole body, if he kills one person here, it will cause a backlash elsewhere, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Even though Tong Zhili was Prime Minister Zuo and the head of all officials, he really couldn't bear such consequences.

Shangguan Lin looked at Tong Zhili coldly, with a cold light in his eyes, and the murderous intent loomed.

After a long time, Shangguanlin sighed and shook his head, "Decree, Tong Zhili has neglected his duties, and he will be fined for three years, and one of the left ministers will be kept for inspection to see what happens." For a moment, Shangguanlin really wanted to take this opportunity Pull Tong Zhili out of phase.

But after thinking about it, he decided to forget it. It's not yet 5.3.

Tong Zhili was still capable, and for the sake of Concubine Lan in the harem, Shangguanlin let him go.

(Concubine Lan, Tong Menglan, is Tong Zhili's niece, and is now Shangguanlin's harem concubine.) "My minister thanked His Majesty for not killing me! Long live my emperor!" Tong Zhili kowtowed and breathed a sigh of relief. .

As long as the emperor doesn't kill him, it's fine. As for the three-year salary, this small punishment is nothing at all.

"It seems that my methods are not ruthless enough."

Shangguan Lin looked down at the officials and said coldly, "If I were ruthless enough, there wouldn't be so many officials who would dare to go against my will."

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Chapter 126 The Emperor Arbitrarily Arbitrarily Decides the Court Guidelines, Those Who Disobey will Die (Second Update, Please Subscribe)

"It seems that Zhen's methods are not ruthless enough, otherwise, there would not be so many officials who would dare to disobey Zhen." Upon hearing this, the officials lowered their heads even lower.