Long live the general

After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Gongsun Yang came back from Wuchang County, and his status was raised again.

On the day he came back, he had a long talk with the emperor in the Inner Palace, and then called the chief sergeant Zhang Laiqian and several advisers. Three days later, it was decided by the court that Dai Viet began to levy commercial tax and property tax.

It is worth mentioning that Dai Viet had a commercial tax decades ago, but it was abolished later. Coupled with the tax-free privileges enjoyed by some tycoons, the rich actually pay less tax than ordinary farmers.The previous commercial tax was very rough, and it was only collected on vehicles that transported goods. This time, in the hands of Zhou Zhenyan, after the suggestions of Gongsun Yang and Zhang Laiqian, the commercial tax was carefully planned.

For every asset worth 120 renminbi, you have to pay [-] renminbi in tax, and the tax rate is [-]%, which is called one calculation, while the tax rate for small-scale traders is [-]%.Of course, the specific operation of this matter is very complicated. How to measure a person's property is a very troublesome task. Zhou Zhenyan then issued many related details to supplement it.For goods that are not easy to value, it is stipulated that they will be calculated according to the vehicle, and the ship with more than five feet must pay a tax.

After the introduction of commercial tax and property tax, everyone thought about it and felt that this level was acceptable.Moreover, after the victory of the first Northern Expedition, Zhou Zhenyan's political prestige is gradually rising, so the opposition this time is not very loud.Tao Jiamu also wrote an article, saying that businessmen who collect the wealth of the world should use it for the world.

At the same time, the arsenal was being built day and night. Zhou Zhenxie summoned craftsmen from all over the world, arranged them in the arsenal, forged weapons every day, and encouraged innovation.This matter has yet to see results, but Zhou Zhenyan is willing to make large-scale investments in this area.

After Prime Minister Liu was beheaded for questioning the crime, the emperor was going to make Taiwei Murong An the prime minister, but Murong An knelt down and resigned at his highness, saying that he was too old to take on the important task of prime minister.

Zhou Zhenzhen was very unhappy about this, called Murong An into the inner hall, had many long talks with him, and finally let the Taiwei accept the post of prime minister.

When Murong An left the inner hall, his eyes were full of desolation.

After he returned home, everyone in the family was overjoyed. The prime minister is one person under ten thousand people, and the head of a hundred officials. Although he and the Taiwei are both one of the three princes, it is obvious that the prime minister has a higher status.They thought that the Murong family had started walking.

Isn't the biggest dream of every courtier is to sit on the position of prime minister?

They didn't understand why Murong An resisted so much.

Murong An sighed, and drove out all the family members who were deceived by the word prime minister.

Isn't the end of the first two prime ministers miserable enough? Did they think it was a coincidence, or that they had extra good luck? ——That was obviously done on purpose by His Majesty the Emperor in order to weaken the prime minister's power!

At his age, it is most suitable to sit on the seat of a captain. It is best to return home directly from the position of a captain. Why sit here in the eyes of everyone and be regarded as a thorn in the side of the emperor, just want to make a move to make trouble position.

Prime Minister Wang and Prime Minister Liu lasted for less than a year!

Murong An was thinking? At this moment, the door of the study was opened, and Murong Yuan walked in.

Murong An only had this son when he was forty or ten years old, and he has always been very pampered and cared for, and has high hopes for him.However, Murong Yuan's performance made him very disappointed. The Murong family was also a hero in the founding of the country. The generations in the family are full of talents. Murong An has achieved the position of Taiwei, but among his descendants are all dandy and incompetent people. .He has been watching? Murong Yuan grew up and brought him up carefully. He was barely better than those sons who only caused trouble, but it was only a little bit better.

Murong Yuan can be considered to have some military talents, but these military talents are not enough to face the overlord Huns cavalry on the grassland.At the beginning, His Majesty the Emperor asked Murong Yuan to lead the troops in the Northern Expedition and take a separate route. Murong An also warned his son for this, saying that no matter how much the loss is, there must be results in the battle?

But Murong Yuan still came back empty-handed. Compared with Li Yi and Huo Yi's two armies, this kind of result seemed extremely incompetent.

Fortunately, the traitor Zhao Ping'an was at the bottom.

Murong An named his son "Yuan" in the hope that he would have lofty ideals and be able to continue to support the Murong family, but Murong Yuan's performance this time really disappointed him.

If His Majesty is a conservative king, Murong Yuan is enough to take on the big responsibility.However, he is not the emperor, he is young and vigorous, with lofty ambitions, and has grand goals and detailed plans.Cruel and decisive, not only is he not a successful king, he also wants to expand his territory and establish an unprecedented great cause.

Murong Yuan's ability cannot meet the needs of His Majesty the Emperor.

Seeing his father's uneasy expression, Murong Yuan asked softly: "Father, after you become the prime minister, you can arrange for me to enter the Taiwei's office, and other brothers, won't our Murong family gain a foothold in the court? Just like at the beginning Like the Wang family, it occupies half of the country in Dai Viet..."

"Stupid!" Murong An slapped the table fiercely: "Have you forgotten what happened to the Wang family now?!"

Murong Yuan has never seen his father look like this. He is a man in his late thirties and has sons and daughters. When his father scolded him like this, he couldn't hold back, and said angrily: "The Wang family...that's self-inflicted. How could they do something like stealing military rations?"

"Can you guarantee that your brothers won't do such stupid things?" Murong An said coldly.

Murong Yuan thought about it for a while, and he didn't think much of his brothers, but he still argued: "Arrange some small officials, and they won't make any big mistakes." For small mistakes, the emperor will not hold on to them. ?beat.

Other interest groups are not very reliable, and blood relatives are the most trustworthy, Murong Yuan is unwilling to give up the illusion that half of the imperial court is the children of the main branches of the Murong family.

"Your Majesty does tolerate people today, but he can only tolerate talented people." Murong An said: "Don't forget, Prime Minister Wang's matter was triggered by his younger brother! The more people he arranges, the more people he arranges. The more likely you will be implicated. If something really goes wrong, the century-old reputation of my Murong family will be ruined!"

Especially when the emperor is looking for reasons to deal with people every day, if the Murong family is raided at that time, the army will be fed for another half a month.

Murong Yuan broke into a cold sweat instantly, he knew what his father said was right, this veteran of the three dynasties had a keen sense of political sense, and could spy on any trouble in the court.

"Forget it..." Murong Yuan said slowly, "But it's a good thing after all. Dad, with you here, it will be easier for me to be a Prime Minister in the future..."

Murong An looked at his own son and thought, why don't you think about it, is your ability worthy of a Taiwei or a prime minister?

Germany does not match ah!

If it was Emperor Yueyun, or earlier, who emphasized governance by doing nothing, His Majesty would not care about the ability to handle affairs, and he was supported by the merits of founding the country? Naturally, there would be no problem.But now it's completely different. The achievements of a hundred years ago can no longer be justified in front of His Majesty. What he needs is a new record, someone who can truly defeat the Huns.

Murong An could almost predict that during the current reign of His Majesty, the entire imperial court will undergo a series of major blood changes, more upstarts will rise to fame, and the old nobles will gradually disappear.

Although he thought so much, Murong An didn't say it out loud. He couldn't bear to hit his only son who had been raised since he was a child.The Murong family will eventually be handed over to Murong Yuan, and he must do his best to pave a way for his son.

"Let Dad think about it again, but in the future, the Murong family should be more cautious in their actions." Murong An said meaningfully: "You can go out with the Huo family and the Li family more if you have nothing to do..."

Huo Yi has been training troops. After integrating the Xihe cavalry into the Northern Army, he has [-] cavalry in Da Viet under his command.

In autumn and winter, the Xiongnu invaded again. Huo Yi led 3000 cavalry out of Jiuyuan County, drove straight in, and beheaded [-] Huns.Among them, Qiu Hongguang performed extremely well. This time he did not leave the large army to act alone. Huo Yi led the large army to attract the attention of the Huns, and then Qiu Hongguang led the elite to inflict heavy damage on the Huns, and even captured a prince as a prisoner .

The core of Qiu Hongguang's soldiers was the two hundred cavalry who survived the first battle.Qiu Hongguang didn't care about his troops like Huo Yi, so he followed? Those who survived the battle were honed to become the best of the best.

Some people are willing to follow General Huo, and some are willing to follow Captain Qiu. After all, if you fight with Captain Qiu, you will get more rewards after the battle.

Five buckets of rice are enough to make people bow down. The rewards given by the imperial court to soldiers have always been unambiguous, enough to make people sacrifice their lives? Recommend as an official.

In this place where only the whole family can survive by farming hard, the allure of those gold and silver is incomparable.

The battle lasted only three months, and Huo Yi soon returned with his army.Zhou Zhenyan once again handed out a lot of rewards, and the entire Northern Army more or less got rewards, which made people envious.

The other cavalrymen except the Northern Army were also very envious. During their drills, they sometimes let the two armies exchange ideas.After other troops came to the Northern Army, they could clearly feel that the atmosphere here was completely different.The soldiers of the Northern Army practiced very vigorously. After all, those who had received rich rewards were by their side, and the temptation of gold and silver property to them was more vivid and real.

So the other armies were hanged and beaten during the sparring.

Li Yi was so angry that she went back and scolded for a few days because of this incident, and the training was much more intensive.All of a sudden, several armies went hand in hand, which seemed to be a good competition.

And just after the New Year, Shan Yu, the military minister of the Huns, sent an envoy to Dayue with a letter.

The letter accused Dai Yue of breaking his promise and breaching the contract, and asked Dai Yue to release the prince back, otherwise he would face the endless anger of the military minister Shan Yu.

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感谢在2020-11-2523:03:03~2020-11-2623:53:12期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: 1 golden silk thread and [-] Yan Nanhui;

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