"Look at those dots. They consume a lot of oil every day." Li Longji stood aside and looked into the distance.
There were nearly 40,000 captives of the southwest barbarians in the distance.
They were allowed to burn kerosene lamps at night, but they were not allowed to sell them. The ownership of the lamps belonged to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
A family was given five catties of oil a month. Occasionally, a little oil was enough.
In winter, there were ice lamps. In order to save oil, they used the light of the ice lamps to do things. They mainly learned Pinyin and Tang dynasty characters.
"The southwest barbarian area is good. Except for Nanzhao, the Six Zhao and River barbarian tribes were all lured or forced by Tubo to fight against the Tang dynasty."
Li Yi looked at the light spots and a map of the southwest appeared in his mind.
The southwest barbarian area at this moment belonged to Yunnan and part of Myanmar.
There was little wheat planted there. More rice and sorghum were planted there. Sometimes, barley was planted after a crop of rice was harvested.
In Chang 'an, people gradually adapted to eating wheaten food. There was more wheat in Chang' an, and wheat was the main food crop in the Guanzhong area.
"Nanzhao is good." Li Longji thought that Nanzhao would not fight against the Tang dynasty, so he praised Nanzhao.
Before Li Yi came to the Li Family Zhuangzi, Li Longji made the leader of Nanzhao a County King.
"Many times, disasters were caused by the generals at the border. The Tang dynasty declared that it was a great country, but the Jiedushi at the border had too much power. Every time there was a dispute, it was usually caused by them."
Li Yi began to instill the problem of the border generals in Li Longji's mind. In fact, Tubo's case was caused by the generals of the Tang dynasty who always stirred up trouble. The other side did not want to do it, so they kept fighting.
Nanzhao was attached to the Tang dynasty. Then, they unified the Six Zhao. The governor of the Tang dynasty bullied them. In the end, they led the army to fight.
They bullied the women in the army of the Nanzhao king. They were not satisfied after bullying and asked for money, but the other side did not agree.
So the governor sent people to scold them and at the same time, made up a list of crimes for them.
After the battle, there was no need to care about who was right and who was wrong. They just had to defeat Nanzhao. But in the end, they couldn't win the battle. The local environment and climate were not suitable for the Tang dynasty soldiers.
At the same time, the economy of the Tang dynasty was not doing well. As the war continued, the An Lushan Rebellion broke out.
Many years later, Li Shi ascended to the throne. Bang, bang, bang! Even Tubo and Nanzhao were defeated. Both places suffered heavy losses at once.
However, the first king of Nanzhao was forced to fight against the Tang dynasty. He was forced to do so. After he won, he was even willing to seek peace. However, he died and his descendants did not listen to him.
Therefore, it made sense for Song Jing to restrict the power of the generals at the border. Otherwise, if the generals at the border always took the initiative to stir up trouble, how could the country develop after years of war?
"After a few years, the Winged Knights can be sent to important places." Li Longji nodded. Li Yi had mentioned this before.
After talking about this, Li Longji changed the topic. "Baggage is now the most important thing at the border, but there are signs of it in the Tang dynasty. The princesses and the kings don't collect taxes. How should we deal with outsiders? "
As soon as he finished speaking, Princess Yongmu opened her mouth but did not make a sound in the end.
She wanted to say that she could pay taxes. After all, her Wentian Orchid Pavilion made a lot of money. There was a 30% luxury tax and a lot of profits.
"That's easy!" Li Yi lightly spat out two words.
Li Longji waited. You continue.
"In the future, there will be a lot of land outside. Let them report the scale of their business activities and how much money they have. In the future, we will sell them the land outside.
It's good for them. For example, Wen Tian. If she is a princess, she will report the money Wentian Orchid Pavilion makes.
When we choose a place outside where there is no one, next year, we will divide a large piece of land. Wen Tian has a lot of money. She will pay one million yuan to buy the land.
If she doesn't want to buy it, she will pay taxes. We can also ask His Majesty to give the land outside to Wen Tian.
After the land is given, Wentian Orchid Pavilion will pay a certain amount every year. The imperial court will take care of it on behalf of Wentian Orchid Pavilion. "
Li Yi had already thought about it. He wanted to get some people out of the Tang dynasty. They would not be able to afford it.
After saying that, he looked at Princess Yongmu. Princess Yongmu nodded. "Okay, I agree. Oh, if I am a princess."
"What if others don't agree?" Li Chengqi felt uncomfortable.
"Don't agree? The Five Princes of the Five Princes' Residence will take the lead. Once they agree, who will dare to oppose? Aren't they afraid that Princess Taiping will chat with them at night? "
Li Yi said with a smile. "Let's start with you."
"Yes, Brother Yi is right. As the eldest brother, King Song is the most reasonable. He will definitely support it. "
Li Chengqi remembered the fighting power of the Winged Knights.
With the Winged Knights, the Tang dynasty would be saved a lot of trouble!
"Besides this plan, are there any other good plans?" Li Longji was not satisfied. He wanted to ask more.
"Yes, there is a limit. Different princes and princesses enjoy different amounts of tax exemption.
For example, Princess Yongmu's tax exemption should be set at 10 million yuan per year. If Princess Yongmu donates again, deduct the donation amount.
As for people who falsify the accounts, it's an audit problem. Just investigate it. "
Li Yi gave another idea. For example, the county duke and the prefectural duke enjoy different amounts of tax exemption. Arrange it according to this.
Princess Yongmu's head was like a chicken pecking at rice. "Okay, okay!"
Anyway, as long as it was Li Yi's idea, she felt that it was correct.
"Is there anything else?" Li Longji was addicted to asking.
"Yes, go and investigate now. Ask each family how much business they have, how many people they have, and how many acres of land they have.
At the same time, you can also investigate a group of people who forcibly occupy other people's land. Clean up what should be cleaned up, and return what should be returned to the people.
In the future, if those who affiliate with us don't tell us who they belong to, they will have to pay taxes.
According to the tax exemption account, directly investigate the source. If you catch them, you will demote those who affiliate with us and punish them to death. "
Li Yi gave the most direct method, which was to talk about the accounts.
"Good, good, good, that …" Li Longji agreed, and then …
"There is another way. When the Li Family Zhuangzi comes out with a new product, if others want to buy it, they will have to take the tax receipt, and I will even issue a ban order.
If there are overseas merchants, as long as they pay enough taxes, the Navy of the Tang dynasty will protect them.
As mentioned before, the children of those who pay taxes will be given preferential treatment in the imperial examinations, including going to Chang 'an to see a doctor.
Or we can add a person who has been cheated by the local government and is allowed to pay a certain amount of taxes to go to Chang 'an to file a complaint. "
Li Yi did not need Li Longji to ask bit by bit. He told him all the ideas he could think of.
"There are so many methods?" At this moment, Li Longji wished he could send someone to call back the people who were in the meeting earlier and have another meeting.
It took a lot of effort to ask you one thing. There are so many methods.
"Let's eat!" Li Dan called the children, who were all his juniors.
He looked a lot younger. His face was rosy, and the wrinkles on his skin were not so obvious.
Tonight, there was beef and stewed radish for dinner.
The cow was the Li Family Zhuangzi's cow. It died of old age and couldn't eat anymore. Finally, it collapsed.
It was not sick, but its body function was not good. Before, it was fed medicine for the digestive system, and it persisted for three more months.
It was really a natural death. When it was bought, it was old. It worked slowly for the Li Family Zhuangzi with the other old cows.
It was not killed by a hammer smashing its head with a knife, and then cut its neck to bleed to death.
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