Outside the gate, there are many tourists, all coming and going from the clouds. The Yanping Gate of Chang'an City, which is usually a place where merchants gather, today actually welcomed a series of oxen and horse teams, countless money, grain, silk and other goods, waiting for them.

Entering the city.

Such a scene is rare even in places like Chang'an City.

Especially the place where they come from is Liquan County, which is now said to be in serious trouble.

However, these people with yellow scarves on their heads were not afraid at all. Instead, they came to the Chang'an City with such a large amount of money and food, and in a name that no one could refuse, they entered this city that brought together the prosperity of ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

city.

That is...pay the required taxes for this year!

After learning about this, all the officials in the Chang'an court felt an extremely strange aura.

After Chang'an County collected all the taxes paid and put them into the treasury, and even the people who transported the money and grain were arranged to go to the inn to rest, and were actually put under house arrest, everyone began to vaguely sense the reason why they felt something was wrong.

"Too many!"

"How can a mere Liquan County pay so much tax?!"

Looking at the tax bill that was collected, the Minister of Household Affairs showed disbelief in his eyes.

The six ministers are generally held part-time by high-ranking officials from various parties. In fact, the people doing the work are the ministers of each ministry. This minister is also someone who often has access to tax information from various places. Naturally, he is very familiar with the tax situation of Gyeonggi Province in previous years.

But now this number seems to be a bit excessive.

This is already the total amount of taxes paid by the entire Gyeonggi Province in previous years.

This is the tax of a county in Liquan District. According to the detailed list above, there is no forced levy. The only difference is that the fields that were merged by wealthy families and did not need to pay taxes in previous years have now been registered.

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It can be said that as soon as this incident came out, many officials from aristocratic families present were completely dumb.

How to pay taxes and where can I pay them?

Not only for them, but also for the families behind them.

Not to mention paying taxes, they should fight for their lives. They had already been sold when they entered Chang'an with Taizong. Isn't this the benefit they deserve?

However, they did not expect that the intensity of the central court's reaction to this incident was beyond their expectations!

"This is all my money and food!"

"If Liquan hadn't paid the taxes honestly, I would still have been kept in the dark!"

He threw the book in his hand to the ground, and a rare expression of anger appeared on Li Longji's face.

Gao Lishi hurried forward to express his gratitude to the emperor of the Tang Dynasty. Fortunately, he had started practicing the 'Five Animals Exercise' method. Li Longji indeed felt that he was as strong as when he regained his youth.

Otherwise, just reading the text sent here will make me dizzy with anger.

Yes!

There are many aristocratic families from all over the country, and many of them are the heroes and dignitaries who founded the country. The many tangible and intangible benefits of Guanlong have been swallowed up by these people.

Li Longji knows this, and he can turn a blind eye. After all, Guan Long is a real supporter of the old Li family.

Even if the Guanlong nobles have been suppressing the aristocratic families in Hebei and Hedong from entering the central government, he can tolerate it. After all, the court is his own people and can better implement his demands and decrees.

But when he repeatedly asked officials and dignitaries everywhere to reduce their luxury, what did those people say to him?

What about now? It's just a county town. As long as money, grain, and taxes are paid in accordance with laws and Tang laws, there will be no overtaxation. As long as those wealthy families are cleaned up, there is no need to remove the fields awarded to them.

Even those annexed lands that should not belong to them paid the same taxes, and so much money and food came out.

This is all the court's money, that is, it all belongs to him, Li Longji's money and food!!

It can be said that Li Longji, who had never thought about what he wanted to do in Gyeonggi Province, has gradually awakened his murderous intention.

"You all give me a good look."

"In the past, the imperial court's taxes were getting less and less. Whenever there was talk of increasing taxes, they pushed back and forth. What's the result?"

"If we really have to pay taxes in accordance with the law, will the taxes in the world become less and less?"

"You people together are not as good as a sect that has sprung up in the countryside. At least you know what true loyalty to the emperor and patriotism means!"

At this time, those who can participate in the affairs of the inner court are all under Tong Zhongshu's family, and to put it bluntly, they are also commonly known as the 'prime minister' position.

In addition to Li Linfu, there are also Zhang Jiuling, Pei Yaoqing and others.

After hearing Li Longji's words, he immediately bowed and fell to the ground, unable to bear the blame.

"Do I want you to apologize?"

Li Longji seemed to be still angry and returned to his seat. Naturally, Gao Lishi asked someone to bring tea.

"I want you to see how we can truly make it happen, so that everywhere will be like spring water!"

As the nominal leader among the current prime ministers, Zhang Jiuling understood after hearing these words from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty that this was the main issue of the inner court motion.

However, he was really unwilling to do what His Majesty wanted. After all, Li Quan was a special case. When he learned about this, he was extremely surprised.

The most important thing is that Liquan's Taiping Rebellion took every step so wonderfully, almost invisibly cooperating with all the ideas of the sage and emperor.

But at this time, these thoughts cannot be acted upon, they can only be thoughts!

As the current Prime Minister and Prime Minister of Yin and Yang, no one understands better than Zhang Jiuling the hidden crisis under the current prosperous Tang Dynasty.

In recent years, he has been reducing punishments, reducing corvee taxes, supporting farmers and mulberry trees, emphasizing the protection of the people and educating people, and opposing militancy. He must replace "tyranny" with "kingly ways" in order to alleviate this crisis and reverse this downward trend.

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However, the fact is that the situation of all parties shows no signs of getting better, but is becoming more and more dangerous.

Now, the Taiping Rebellion has actually happened in Liquan City. What is even more chilling is that this rebel army has completely hit the changes that the emperor wants in his heart.

Change is not bad, but for Datang, which is already facing many internal crises, it is better to go slowly than to go fast.

Li Longji wants to change too quickly. He wants to condense decades of changes into twenty or even ten years. This is not a good way to govern the country, but a poison.

But now the situation in Liquan has to be said, it has been done very well.

"Your Majesty, in my opinion, Liquan is just a special case, but with this special case, it can be promoted abroad."

"It is better to use Gyeonggi Province as a pilot project to implement a new form of tax collection and check the number of acres that have been illegally annexed."

"Just follow Liquan's method, and everything will follow Tang law..."

Zhang Jiuling has been able to stand in the court for so long, so he naturally has his own methods. Now it is obvious that he cannot stop Li Longji, who has already seen the possibility.

Then trap his footsteps in the Gyeonggi area to prevent him from harming the entire world. As long as His Majesty has suffered in the Gyeonggi area, he will no longer have such an idea.

At that time, all the rebels in Liquan will be cleared and dealt with...

Even this time it’s all over.

‘After being greedy for so long, you have to pay a price.’

‘It’s not necessarily a bad thing for these aristocratic families in Guanlong to survive this time without their arms...’

Thinking of this, Zhang Jiuling's eyes became firmer.

Li Linfu, on the other hand, glanced at this old rival in surprise.
Chapter completed!