Han Shizu

Chapter 1077 will disarm, handsome resign

At the beginning, when the Northern Expedition to Khitan came to Yunzhong, the military and political arrangements for northern Xinjiang were made before the squadron. At that time, they were determined to send troops westward to collect the old and prosperous lands, to control Khitan in the north, and to control the party in the south. Li Wanchao is also willing to go.

Moreover, Emperor Liu made an agreement with Li Wanchao that he would recover the old place for the imperial court and guard it for five years, praying to return to his old age.Later, Li Wanchao rode westward with [-] paces, defeated the remaining Liao army very smoothly, expelled the Khitan forces, and planted the banner of the Han in the Hetao area again.

Later, he took the post of Jiuyuan's guard envoy to sit in Hetao, led the army and the people, built a city and fort on the basis of the old site, and constructed a defense system.After the situation stabilized, the imperial court set up Fengzhou and Shengzhou as patrol envoys of the two prefectures, and re-established the Tiande Army as the leading envoys.

For more than four years, Li Wanchao led his subordinates to firmly guard the northernmost territory of the imperial court despite the wind and rain.Although Han and Liao were in a kind of tacit peace, civil conflicts were gradually decreasing, and the borders tended to be peaceful.It can be said that the pressure on the Tiande army is not too great, but if you underestimate or ignore the hard work and contributions of the soldiers on the border, you will be blind and deceived.

In these years, the soldiers under the Tiande Army have been rotated, but the chief general Li Wanchao is always in his position.This has been a normal state since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Although the law of garrisons has been implemented, in order to ensure training and combat power, garrisons are not without restrictions.For example, Li Wanchao has been in Fengzhou for less than five years, which is still short. Which generals such as Ma Quanyi, Yang Ye, Wang Yansheng, and Wang Shenqi in the early days were not ten years old?
However, taking into account the emotions of the border guards, the length of the border guards has been controlled to 2-3 years, and the principle of proximity has been adopted.However, today's times have changed after all, and it is impossible to be like it was at the beginning of the country. Otherwise, let the generals live in a border area for a long time, or in one place for a long time, not to mention that they will have opinions or resentment, and the court will not be at ease. up.

And Li Wanchao, even if he doesn't mention anything else, just take the agreement with the emperor as an example, he should make some responses.Although there is still a long time before the five-year period, how could Liu Chengyou be careless because of this, especially after the veteran took the initiative to show up and mentioned his physical problems.

"How old is Marquis Jiuyuan?" Looking at Lu Yin, Emperor Liu asked.

"If I remember correctly, this year happens to be sixty!" Lu Yin replied.

In the previous discussion of merit, Li Wanchao was awarded the Marquis of Jiuyuan for his years of accumulated military exploits and military service, which was also a reward for his recovery of Jiuyuan.

Hearing the answer, Liu Chengyou couldn't help sighing: "It's really not easy to guard the frontier fortress in bitter cold, weather the wind and rain, and brave the wind and snow in the age of sixty!"

"Duke Xiang of Qi broke his promise with his ministers and died, so how can I break his trust with his generals and ministers, let alone a veteran, I should be sympathetic!"

After a little consideration, Emperor Liu ordered: "You draft an imperial edict, send it to Jiuyuan, and give the Marquis of Jiuyuan fifty gold, one hundred taels of silver, and fifty bolts of silk. In addition, allow him to return to Taiyuan to recuperate, and give it to the Minister of the Ministry of War." Let the Jinyang government take care of him more. At the same time, tell Li Qing to take good care of him. He is not old enough to be sixty years old. When he recovers, I still have a job. The country also needs a veteran like him!"

Considering Li Wanchao's achievements and years of friendship, Emperor Liu treated him generously, and it was not convenient for his title to be promoted, but he was not too stingy with gold, silver, and silk. The rewards were not small, and his purchasing power was strong.At the same time, it is also very considerate in terms of "feelings".

Seeing Lu Yinmo write down his instructions, Emperor Liu said again: "In addition, let the Privy Council arrange the defense of Fengzhou and Shengzhou and the approval of Tiande Army!"

"Yes!" Lu Yin replied.

Under the eyes of Emperor Liu, Lu Yin took the initiative to report: "There are three other divisions to report. This year's summer tax, the amount of tax collected by all states in the country should be 570 to [-] yuan! This is proposed by the third division. Please take a look at the quotas of various paths, Your Majesty!"

As soon as money was mentioned, Emperor Liu immediately became interested, and immediately took over Yulan.In the past at this time, the tax amount for the showdown had already been released to Daozhou, and the local government had enough time to make tax preparations. However, because of the new policy, the distribution of tax amounts for all Dao states should be considered comprehensively, so the third division made it urgently.

Of course, when it comes to national taxation issues, it is not possible to obtain a suitable and reasonable data in a short period of time. Prior to this, the tax department has already prepared in advance, and today's report is just a final accounting confirmation.

Emperor Liu is very concerned about finances. There is no need for money in all aspects.After reading it carefully, Emperor Liu was very satisfied with the number formulated.

You know, a few years ago, the amount of the two taxes in the whole country of Dahan was around this amount, and now it has more than doubled.Of course, this is the result after pacifying the south.

Sweeping the quotas of various places, it is no surprise that Jiannan Road is the first, and has been divided into 280 million, which is nearly one-fifth.After that, there are Huaidong, Hebei, Henan, Hedong, Gyeonggi and other provinces.The southeast Taoists, because of their big moves, chose to slow down a little bit, but this does not mean that the southeast did not provide financial and taxation to the imperial court. Just the war dividends, and those floating wealth other than the two taxes, have already made the internal funds abundant and the national treasury return to blood. .

As for eastern Sichuan, Shannan, Longyou, Shanyang, Yanshan, and Liangguang, the burden is also reduced, and Hexi is even more interesting. In order to consolidate the tranquility of the northwest and ensure its situation, the imperial court now allocates troops there every year. Money and food are not comparable to the two taxes.

"Is the tax amount set by Jiannan Dao too much?" Emperor Liu thought about it for a while before looking at a bunch of data, and then raised his eyes and asked, "I remember that two years ago, the whole year of Jiannan Dao was only five hundred. Yu Wanguan!"

Jiannan's wealth is well-known throughout the world, and it has indeed become a major area of ​​national finance and taxation in the past two years. Before that, Emperor Liu also wanted to increase taxes.Now that the third division has been adjusted, Emperor Liu is afraid that it will be too harsh, and he is afraid that it will cause a civil uprising.

Probably aware of Emperor Liu's concerns, Lu Yin took the initiative to explain: "According to various investigation reports, Jiannan Road, especially Chengdu and its surrounding counties, have recovered rapidly in the past two years, which is comparable to Qianyou's eight years. The tax amount is not as good as the [-]% set by Meng Shu back then! If you adjust it accordingly, there should be no serious problem!"

Hearing what he said, Emperor Liu calmed down a little, and smiled wryly at him: "National finances are based on money and taxes. However, it is not easy to grasp the scale of the tax amount. If it is less, the money will not be enough, and if it is more, it will be worrying." The burden of the people."

After feeling a lot of emotion, he ordered: "Publish it as soon as possible, it's late today, and you can give us some grace time!"

"Yes!"

"Your Majesty, Duke Ru has arrived in Beijing!" Lu Yin said again.

Because of his health and due to the proper arrangement of the Southeast military and government, Li Gu was recalled by Emperor Liu.Hearing this, his face softened, and he said: "Notify the prince, let him go to greet him on my behalf!"

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)