Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

"Yes, yes, His Majesty has made the chamber of commerce public. There must be many people who have devoted their lives and money to the chamber of commerce. If all of them are used to support it, then they may be in vain."

"Not only that, they will go bankrupt if they don't have cash flow."

You can't say a word to me, and you will soon find the difference between the two.

Civil and military officials' eating, drinking, and even marrying wives will be paid by the court. People who live on a minimum living allowance don't have to worry about survival.

However, the small families outside are different. It is not guaranteed that someone will invest a lot of money. Once it is used and it leads to bankruptcy, it will be a big trouble.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin frowned. Can such a big piece of fat be eaten by the Chamber of Commerce?

How can this work?

With a dissatisfied look on his face, he said, "Then can the emperor do something?"

"My son can initiate an investment and collect money and food from the members of the chamber of commerce. The donation of money and food is all voluntary, and a certain amount of spoils will be given in return."

"Well, what's the difference between this and the past?" Wei Zheng stood up and asked very puzzled.

"Voluntary recruitment? This is no different from the past, and I am afraid that this collection will not raise much money and food."

"Yeah, if that's the case, it's better to collect money and food, it's more refreshing."

"It's just recruiting, that's going to hurt the people!" Li Shimin said helplessly.

Li Tai smiled mysteriously: "Of course there is a difference. According to the past, if the enemy country is defeated, what should be done?"

Changsun Wuji was very puzzled, and said, "Of course it is to let him pay tribute, to bring his territory into the Tang Dynasty, and to make him bow his head and become a vassal."

"It's true to say that, but the supplies of the tribute are far less than the war damage, and they have not completely ruled the other side. After a few years, they will go back on their promises and rebel again."

Fang Xuanling took it for granted: "Wars are always harmful, but Goguryeo is for the occupation of territory, and Datang is planning for a rainy day, and will kill the threat and swaddle it."

The ministers discussed one after another.

"The barbarian country is capricious, and it is common for them to rebel again. It is not bad to be able to keep a hundred years of stability!"

Chapter 155

"As for the tribute not being worth the war damage, it only takes him a few more years of paying tribute to make up for it."

Li Tai shook his head, bowed his head and proclaimed himself a minister, and then paid tribute to incorporate the territory into the Tang Dynasty. This is the method from ancient times to the present.

But in fact, there is a big problem, that is, their autonomy is very large, and after more than ten or twenty years, they will rebel again when they become rich.

This is a very headache.

"Everyone, please listen to what I have to say!" Li Tai interrupted everyone's discussion and said, "Why don't you just settle it once and for all!"

"Once and for all? How to once and for all?"

"Then Goguryeo is too far away, I'm afraid it's beyond reach~"

"Yes, Goguryeo people are cruel and difficult to teach."

Everyone whispered to each other, and they were unfamiliar with this once and for all.

Li Tai paced and said, "In a country of barbarians, it is common to be dishonest. After conquering the country, we can imitate Qin Shihuang and unify its Chinese characters, language, weights and measures... this is one of them."

"But imitate Qin Shihuang?"

"If this is the case, after more than ten years, Goguryeo will be completely reduced to Han people?"

"Nonsense, then Baekje also speaks Chinese characters and Chinese, so it's not uneducated!!"

"There is also the country of Wa, which is still granted the title of Emperor Han, and is still the ambition of a prodigal son now."

"A barbarian is a barbarian, it doesn't work at all!!"

Simply copying Qin Shihuang's policies and unifying the weights and measures of words will not be successful.

Because Baekje at this time also used Chinese characters, they rebelled when it was time to rebel.

Li Tai obviously also understands this problem, in addition to integrating them, Han Chinese rule must be carried out.

"Secondly, if they surrender, they will directly let the Han people rule!!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the ministers were immediately blown away, and it was impossible to unify the written language, and it would be even more impossible to send Han people to rule.

"This... this is probably in the Arabian Nights!!"

"Language barriers, customs are different, how can you rule, it's just a temporary deterrent, and you will rebel sooner or later."

"That's right, with the great hatred of destroying the country, who would surrender willingly?"

"If it is fanned by people with evil intentions, I am afraid that the rule of the Han people will be overthrown."

The great enmity of destroying the country, coupled with the differences in transportation, customs, beliefs, and languages, made it difficult for the Han people to rule Goguryeo.

Even if it is a temporary surrender, as long as someone stirs up the flames for a long time, countless people will gather to rebel, and it will still be a waste of time.

The ending has not changed, it is better not to do it.

Li Tai smiled and said, "There is a way to solve this problem!"

"What way!?" Li Shimin looked at Li Taidao in puzzlement.

"Beat the nobles, divide the land!" Li Tai said six words one by one, and everyone looked at each other after listening, their brows tightened.

"The ambitious ones are the nobles such as the Quangaijin and the Treasure King, as long as they are all removed, they can get a lot of prisoners, money, and land.

Money and captives can be used as return rewards for fundraisers.

And the most important thing is the land. If you want to rule Goguryeo, you only need to distribute the land to those farmers. "

Goguryeo is also a feudal dynasty, and class conflicts naturally exist.

If the Tang Dynasty wanted to rule the other side, then class conflicts would turn into ethnic conflicts, and it would be impossible to rule the other side if there were ethnic conflicts.

But from another perspective, if you wipe out all the ruling class of the other party, and then use the land to amplify class conflicts, will anyone care about ethnic conflicts?

Of course not, smart people are the ruling class, and it is also the ruling class that stirs up ethnic conflicts.

And does the bottom class care more about ethnic conflicts or class conflicts?

In layman's terms, is the emperor more important, or the land in front of him?

Of course, the land in front of me is more important! !

Land is related to food, and food is related to life, and this is related to one's own interests.

As for whether the ruler is Treasure King or a person from Tang Dynasty, do they care?

They don't care at all, the emperor is too far away for them, after all, most of them may have never been out of the county in their entire lives.

As for the Treasure King, they may not even know the word 'death', but they still know you Treasure King?

Not to mention national righteousness and national hatred, these are very false.

Therefore, as long as the land is in place, they don't care who the ruler is, even a dog!

In this way, it will become logical to gain the support of most of the bottom Goguryeo people and replace the opponent's rule.

They will even desperately support Li Shimin's rule, and will regard Li Shimin as a god and worship him every day.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin frowned and looked at Li Tai and asked: "How to divide, how to fight?"

"Declare that all Goguryeo lands are the territory of the Tang Dynasty and be nationalized.

Secondly, the Goguryeo people only need to register their names and recognize the identity of the Tang Dynasty, and they can claim the unclaimed land to open up wasteland and cultivate it. If they need shops and the like, they need to pay annual rent.

Finally, each household has [-] mu for two days before it needs to pay the land tax. The more the land, the more the tax will be paid! ! "

The separation of use rights and land ownership is the land state ownership system.

In addition, taxes need to be paid for more than [-] mu of land, and the more fields there are, the more they will pay. This is the minimum guarantee system and the stepped tax payment system.

After explaining these three systems in a few words, everyone instantly understood Li Tai's meaning and took a deep breath!

Because Li Shimin also distributed the land to the refugees in the year of Zhenguan, and thus gained the support of countless people, now only the rule of Zhenguan and the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty can be achieved.

It can be predicted that if Li Tai really did what he said, the Goguryeo people would unswervingly support Li Shimin.

Everyone immediately started discussing and discussing fiercely.

"This plan is really a plan to destroy the country and rejuvenate the country!"

"Yes, the people are short-sighted. They don't care who is the king. As long as they are given the land, they will support the king."

"The common people who have won the land will never follow the nobles to die, let alone those nobles can't resist our cannons!!"

"The mountains are high and the emperor is far away. Most of the farmers may have been out of counties and counties, and they have worked in the land all their lives. They don't care if they don't even know how to write the words "Treasure King". !"

"This land system will definitely disintegrate that Goguryeo, and it will receive the support of countless farmers."

Everyone had a heated discussion, but their hearts were actually not calm, and they wanted to hide something.

Li Tai knew in his heart that state ownership of land also applies to Datang.

It's just that the interests violated are the interests of civil and military officials and everyone, so everyone just keeps silent about implementing it in their own country!

Li Shimin was silent for a long time, his brows were constantly raised and raised.

After all, he has fourteen princes and many princesses, most of whom are products of compromise.

Moreover, Qiwang of the five surnames was not willing to marry his children to Li Shimin at all, which made Li Shimin very embarrassed, so he could only marry his children with the heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.

Therefore, Li Shimin was very angry, suppressed the five surnames and seven Wangs, and prohibited marriages with each other, but... the effect was not great.

Although the annexation of land in the Tang Dynasty has not yet occurred, it is only a matter of time.

Because the Tang Dynasty counted a very small population.

On the one hand, it is because the refugees escaped the war and hid in the mountains; on the other hand, because the household registration is linked to the land, there are unknown Tian Heren among the many families.

The ministers waited for a long time, and Li Shimin also hesitated for a long time, but in the end he couldn't make up his mind to directly reform the land.

"I think that Goguryeo should be included in the territory of the Tang Dynasty once and for all.

This can't be moved easily, there will be a big mess! !

All the ministers were preoccupied and quickly agreed.

"There has been no Goguryeo since then!"

"Only the Tang Dynasty—Goguryeo, this is not good at all... Goguryeo, isn't it the same dog?"

"Haha, I don't know if you don't tell me, the country really lives up to its name, and dare to say that the sun belongs to him in the hall."

"I've never seen such a shameless person."

"Wonderful, wonderful~"

"We'll talk about the name change later!!"

With a smile on his face, Li Shimin stretched out his hand to stop everyone's ridicule. Now that everyone is distracted, it's time to end this meeting.

"Li Shiji is the general manager of the Pyongyang Road March, and the rest will follow me to go to Goguryeo!"

"I obey!!" All the ministers saluted one after another.

"Liu Rengui~."

"My minister is here! You are good at sailing the navy, and I will manage and train a batch of navy together with me, and fight against Goguryeo together!!"

"I obey my orders!"

"Military Department, send soldiers to Jianghuai and other places!!"

"Yes!!"

"···"

"Wei Zheng, to start the war, summon three thousand brave men from all over the world."

"There is still money and food, and I will leave it to you, the emperor. You must ensure the supply of money and food and the supervision of warships and ammunition!!"

"My son understands!!"

Chapter 156 Recruiting Three Thousand Warriors

After the discussion is over.

Li Shimin left Li Tai alone, and asked solemnly: "As for the state-owned system of land, does the emperor think it can be implemented in Datang?"