The couple colluded with each other, and they were each bold, but now they were more courageous than ordinary people.

They decided to "start" with the emperor directly.

The specific strategy is that when Zhu Li's 10,000 yuan of horse money is in place, he will first use this money to buy cheaper Hu Ma, and then Gao Yue will be responsible for submitting a letter to the emperor.

The core content of the table is: the horse houses of the revived court in Longzhou, Fengxiang and Jingzhou, and came to feed the six thousand war horses sent by the Uighurs every year. They consumed a lot of silk cloth but could not be raised in the Forbidden Garden. Of course, the control of the horse house would fall into the hands of Gao and Wei.

This not only reduces the unnecessary consumption of the Forbidden Garden, but also allows the border troops to obtain a large number of good horses.

This is actually not a question of whether there is a lack of horses or not, but a question of how to transform the bought Hu horses into real combat power, rather than a question of how to raise them alive and wasteful.

After the decision was settled, Gao Yue said goodbye to Wei Gao's house, headed towards Baili New City, and began to prepare for the matter.

At the same time, in autumn, the "upon offering part" of the two taxes in various places was sent to the capital. Emperor Li Shi was delighted to find that after combining the households, the households, the indigenous people and customers, they unified the tax payment standards for various departments and towns. The burden on the people was lighter, but the income of the court increased significantly: the court now has more than 3 million households in the two taxes, and the total amount of money and goods obtained in that year was more than 30 million yuan. According to the "three-point principle", more than 20 million yuan of guan left for Jiedu and Liuzhou, and more than 9.5 million yuan were given to the capital. If the Qingmiao money collected was added, the central treasury income was 1,089 million yuan; and the total amount of rice obtained in that year was more than 16 million stones, of which 2 million stones were sent to the capital, and 14 million stones were retained in various places.

Why is the ratio of central income to local income in terms of money is 1 to 2, while the ratio of hudog of rice is 1 to 7?

In addition to the fact that local towns are not positive about paying rice (money is something outside of the body, and rice and grain are the foundation of life), the central government has taken into account the flood and drought disasters that will occur at any time in various places and the high cost of transportation, so it left most of the rice in local warehouses for relief and disaster relief.

Of course, this thousand,890,000 guan (cloth is also converted into) does not include salt profit, but just two tax money. At the end of the Dali period, the total fiscal revenue in the world was about 1,200 guan, of which half of the salt profit accounted for, so the court's income in taxes was only 6 million guan. Therefore, once the two tax laws were implemented, the taxation rate increased rapidly by more than 80%.

In addition, the tax income during the Dali period was achieved through cruel tax collection. Now, the burden on the people under the two tax laws is relatively reduced, but the central income has increased greatly (in fact, the central government has seized the original local interests). On average, the tax money borne by the two tax households is only a little more than ten jin. According to Dugu Ji's statistics, when he was the governor of Shuzhou, even the lowest tax households would have to bear forty or fifty jin a year.

Li Shi was very happy and soon Baima Xuan gave up and promoted Yang Yan to the position of Secretariat.

Just when Yang Yan was very excited and was about to find an opportunity to control the Guiguan administration, the emperor's other disciple Baima also announced that Lu Qi, who took over the position of the Minister of the disciple and Ping Zhangshi.

Then in Zichen Hall, Li Shi directly asked the two prime ministers, and the censors and the two candidates could be elected as appropriate.

Li Shi also said that for justice, the two tomb priests each elected two candidates.

Only then did Yang Yan realize that he was really not suitable for Juxian: it was difficult to recommend him if he could trust him, but he couldn't trust him if he could.

He cannot recommend Lu Qi's sect, he cannot recommend Liu Yan's sect, and he cannot recommend Cui Ning's sect...

Even a straightforward person like Yan Zhenqing, Yang Yan cannot recommend it.

The reason is that he offended too many people!

However, it is the basic responsibility of the prime minister to be selected. Even if he is acting, he must be done in good condition.

At this moment, Yang Yan felt a little regretful. This is the difference between him and Yuan Zai. When Yuan Zai was prime minister, although he was a domineering person, he was always cultivating successors as a reserve force.

He is Yuan Zai's successor, but he has too short a time to start with the prefecture and has no intention of starting this matter.

There was once a young man who once caught his eye, but unfortunately, this young man quickly parted ways with him.

Yang Yan in the Zichen Palace felt particularly lonely at this time.

But the emperor's urging kept coming to his ears, forcing him to make a statement.

Finally, Yang Yan lowered his head and whispered the two candidates, Cui Zhao and Zhao Huibo.

Among them, Cui Zhao was the governor of Shouzhou, and Zhao Huibo had already elected him last time, and he was the Yin of Henan.

After saying these two names, Yang Yan seemed to be able to hear the emperor's faint disdain.

Let’s not talk about Zhao Huibo for the time being, Cui Zhao had committed corruption before.

Lu Qi next to him also spoke out two candidates calmly and calmly, Zhang Yi and Yan Ying.

Zhang Yi's father Zhang Qiqiu was once the governor of Shuofang and the chief censor. Zhang Yi himself was born in Gusu and was a family of classics. He was elegant and simple, with profound qualifications.

As for Yan Ying, he was the Yin of Jingzhao. After replacing Li Gan, he was very famous in the court and the country because of his majesty in law enforcement and his love for the people as his sons.

Lu Qi's candidate can be said to be impeccable.

"What the two ministers are all about, so I can think about it later."

After the two prime ministers retreated, Li Shi sat back in front of the desk and took the pen in front of the snow-white imperial letter. However, before he could write his name, he first asked Huo Zhongtang beside him, "Is Yang Yan's great achievements?"

Huo Zhongtang did not dare to say nonsense, so he confessed that Yang Zhonglang implemented the two-tax law, and the national treasury was full within one year, which was not a great achievement.

"Will Yang Yan become the second son of Yuan Zai?" The emperor's next question was full of danger.

Huo Zhongtang was stunned, but when he saw the emperor's eyes staring at him, he didn't dare not say anything, and finally he could only stammer: "Yuan Zai also made the contribution of establishing the title of Your Majesty."

After hearing Huo's answer, Li Shi smiled meaningfully and then said: "When I was the crown prince, I needed Yuan Zai, but when I was the emperor, I didn't need Yuan Zai. Did Yuan Zai's past achievement in eliminating Yu Chaoen's achievements in the past?"

"Your Majesty's thoughts are unfathomable and cannot be known by a slave!" Huo Zhongtang could only kneel down and shout such words repeatedly.

Li Shi no longer said much to him, but instead put the pen tip on the imperial letter, and wrote the words "Yan Ying can be the censor" in a repetition. Then he asked Huo Zhongtang to send him to the Hanlin Academy to draft the text.

While he was granted Yan Ying as the censor and the chief censor, Li Shi also issued two imperial edicts, one urging the Secretary Yang Yan to issue a final edict to Liang Chongyi in Xiangyang, Shannan; the other urged Yan Zhenqing's previous request and ordered that all the Uighurs in Beijing, Hu Shang, who purchased the 6,000 horses they drove from, as soon as possible, under the leadership of the foreign official Tu Dong and Chi Xin, he would not stay in the capital again.
Chapter completed!