Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

what!

Reasonable tax avoidance?

When Du He heard this professional term from Lu Chengqing, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and then he admired Lu Chengqing even more in his heart.

He is indeed a minister who is well versed in finance!

Du He smiled and said, "Minister Lu, the implementation of the land-based tax system will leave no room for error. His Majesty has ordered our Ministry of Revenue to complete the implementation of this system by next year."

"During the New Year's Day holiday, go back and tell your family members not to let them be the first to get caught."

The Lu family of Fanyang is one of the five surnames and seven families, and their family has great influence in the local area.

However, no matter how powerful the family is, can it resist an army of more than 100,000?

Lu Chengqing smiled bitterly and said, "Minister Du, is it necessary to implement the tax system of equalizing the land tax?"

"Correct."

Du He smiled and nodded.

As Du He finished speaking, Lu Chengqing suddenly fell silent.

Although Du He was smiling, Lu Chengqing felt great majesty from him, a feeling he had only felt from His Majesty and the Crown Prince.

Even Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Hou Junji and others did not give him this feeling.

After a long time.

Lu Chengqing then bowed and said, "Minister Du, our Fanyang Lu family will fully cooperate with the court in implementing the new tax system and will not make it difficult for you, Minister Du."

There was a pause.

He said solemnly, "As for the Li royal family and the other great families, they may not cooperate."

Du He said calmly, "If you don't cooperate, I'll kill you."

this...

Hearing Du He's indifferent tone and the most sharp words, Lu Chengqing's heart trembled.

As expected of someone who has been on the battlefield.

So cruel!

Du He continued, "Minister Lu, in the name of the Ministry of Revenue, invite all the noble families in the world to Chang'an to discuss matters."

"As for those vassal kings, you can also ask them to send their sons or subordinates to Chang'an, and you can tell them about the tax reform in advance."

"See if those people are uncooperative. That will make it easier for me to deploy troops."

The biggest beneficiaries of the tax policy based on land use are ordinary people, while the powerful and wealthy are basically the victims.

Summon these people to Chang'an in advance to discuss matters. After the New Year's Day holiday, they can return to their families to convey this important event.

Whether it is useful or not is another matter, but at least these people know it in their hearts.

As long as these princes and officials and gentry families understand this clearly, it will become easier to implement the new tax system.

As for those who lead the trouble, they will be killed as a warning to others.

Lu Chengqing saluted and replied, "Don't worry, Minister Du. I will ask the clerk of the Ministry of Revenue to draft a letter and then send it out in the name of the Ministry of Revenue."

"I'll report back to you when there's a result."

Du He smiled and nodded.

Then he chatted with Lu Chengqing for a while before letting Lu Chengqing go down to make the arrangements.

Seeing that it was not long before the end of his shift, Du He put on the snow-white fox fur coat and strode out of the Ministry of Revenue.

Half an hour later.

Du He returned to Princess Chengyang's Mansion and spoke to Li Yi and Linglong.

"Yier, Linglong, I have already pleaded with His Majesty today. His Majesty will order the release of all the maids in Princess Gaoyang's mansion."

"Let's bring Taozi to live with us for the time being. I'll introduce her to a good family."

Very good!

Hearing that Taozi was fine, Linglong jumped up excitedly.

Linglong said gratefully, "Thank you, my husband. I would like to thank you on behalf of Taozi for saving my life!"

As she spoke, she bowed gracefully to Du He.

Li Yi asked curiously, "Husband, how did you convince our father?"

Before this, people from the three courts had pleaded with my father, and even Ma Zhou and Xiao Yu had mentioned it, but in the end my father remained indifferent.

I didn’t expect my husband to be so bold as to be able to convince my furious father.

Du He half-hugged Li Yi's waist and said, "Yier, after so much time, His Majesty's anger has long subsided."

"It just so happened that I had made some meritorious contributions, so I mentioned it to His Majesty, and he agreed to release Taozi and the others without charge."

Is it really that simple?

There was a questioning look on Li Yi's face.

Du He did not dwell on this issue. He said to Li Yi, "Yier, Your Majesty has appointed me as the Governor of Yongzhou, and my fiefdom has been increased to 3000 households."

"The second son, Du Junshan, was granted the title of Duke of Lantian County, with a fief of 400 households."

"The sixth son, Du Mingyuan, was granted the title of Marquis of Wugong County, with a fief of 100 households."

Both sons were granted titles?

A duke of a county and a marquis of a title?

Li Yi glanced at Du Mingyuan who was sleeping soundly in her arms, her face full of astonishment.

Isn’t the reward from my father a bit outrageous?

Li Yi asked curiously, "My dear husband, what great merit have you accomplished to deserve such a reward from our father?"

Du He whispered, "Reorganize the Ministry of Revenue and develop a bomb."

He just mentioned these two points and then gave a brief explanation of the credit.

After listening.

Li Yi excitedly said, "Xuemei, immediately arrange for the kitchen to kill two big fat sheep. Today, the princess's residence will hold a banquet to celebrate the promotion of the prince consort!"

"As ordered!"

Yan Xuemei, the housekeeper of Princess Chengyang's mansion, bowed respectfully and quickly left the hall.

That night, Princess Chengyang's mansion and the generals' mansions that had received huge rewards all ordered banquets to be held to celebrate.

Of course there are exceptions. The Duke of Zhao’s mansion is deserted.

In the lobby.

Zhangsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, Yuwen Jie, Yu Zhining, Xie Shufang and others all gathered in the hall with serious expressions.

Judging from everyone's faces, it was not a good look.

After a long time.

Yuwen Jie said angrily, "Duke Zhao, why didn't you inform us in advance when Du He took our people back to Chang'an?"

"Our Guanlong forces were nearly destroyed by this incident."

"Don't you have anything to say?"

Except for Chu Suiliang and Yu Zhining, the others complained loudly and they did not respect Changsun Wuji as much as before.

Their family power suffered a severe blow, and Changsun Wuji must bear half the responsibility.

"Hey~"

Zhang Sun Wuji sighed, then said helplessly: "As soon as the incident happened, I sent my personal guards to deliver the letter back."

"But Du He keeps a close eye on me. He has detained all my personal guards, so naturally the letter cannot be delivered."

And such things?

When these people realized that they had wrongly accused Changsun Wuji, their expressions softened a lot.

Chu Suiliang said angrily, "How dare Du He, that fellow, detain your personal guards, Duke Zhao? Should we not file a petition to impeach him?"

The others responded one after another, expressing their intention to impeach Du He, the lawless bastard.

Zhang Sun Wuji shook his head and said, "Everyone, Du He is now deeply trusted by His Majesty. If we impeach Du He, the consequences will be disastrous!"

"Besides, Du He is the governor of Yongzhou and holds the military and political power in charge of Yongzhou. We cannot offend him at this time."

As soon as these words were spoken, the hall fell into silence again.

After a while.

Changsun Wuji waved his hand helplessly: "It's getting late, everyone go back first, we will discuss important matters later."

Everyone's morale is low right now, so it's not suitable to talk about big things.

Everyone stood up, bowed to Changsun Wuji, and then left expressionlessly.

After this group of people left Duke Zhao's mansion, Changsun Wuji suddenly threw the teacup on the table heavily to the ground.

"boom!"

Changsun Wuji angrily shouted, "Damn it!"

...

As the Ministry of Revenue extended invitations to princes and aristocratic families across the country, inviting them to Chang'an to discuss tax reforms, the entire Tang Dynasty suddenly fell into unrest.

All the princes and people from the aristocratic families were secretly cursing Li Shimin for abandoning him.

Li Shenfu, Prince of Xiangyi, even openly clamored.

"What the hell is negotiation!"

"The imperial court has conquered such a vast territory, yet Your Majesty not only refuses to grant us fiefdoms, but now even wants to collect more taxes from us. Isn't this pushing us into a dead end?"