Chapter 1018 The Rise of the Wei Family [Please vote]
Taxation is the root of the country.
If the tax is too light, the treasury will be empty, the army will have no fighting capacity, and internal and external troubles will come one after another; if the tax is too heavy, the people will have difficulty in living, there will be complaints, and internal and external difficulties will come one after another. How to find a suitable balance between severity and severity, which can not only fill the national treasury but also promote the prosperity of the people, this is the most difficult standard for politicians to achieve.
Datang's current tax rate is not reasonable.
At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the rebel kings and heroes from various provinces captured and killed each other, causing great chaos and chaos for the people. Now is the time to recuperate and accumulate people's strength, so the taxes on the people are too light. This led to the emptiness of the national treasury. His Majesty Li Er's plan to conduct the Eastern Expedition was once hampered by military expenditures. It was only relieved by Fang Jun's repeated "money accumulation".
However, the financial resources developed by relying on a certain person or a certain initiative are not stable sources. They can only solve immediate emergencies, but they cannot consolidate the foundation of the country forever.
On the one hand, we need to recuperate and recuperate, on the other hand, we need to strengthen our army and strengthen our country. These are contradictory to each other.
This is the current tax status of Datang...
From Wei Yuantong's point of view, he is willing to see Fang Jun increase taxes on the east and west cities. This is not because he is patriotic and wants the Jingzhao government treasury to be filled, but because once the commercial tax is increased, all merchants in the world will inevitably be wiped out. be opposed to.
A lot of the maritime trade goods operated by the Municipal Shipping Department were already flowing to the mainland. Because they were not required to pay taxes to the local customs and customs wherever they went, the income of various states and counties dropped sharply, and there were noisy complaints.
If Fang Jun plays like this in Chang'an, there might be turmoil in Guanzhong!
By that time, not even the emperor can protect him!
But would Fang Jun be so stupid as to do such a stupid thing?
Wei Yuantong thinks it is unlikely.
But he really couldn't see Fang Jun's plot. Could it be that that boy just had nothing to do to torment the officials of Jingzhao Mansion?
The more he couldn't figure it out, the more he wanted to think about it.
It is inevitable to feel irritable and extremely depressed...
"Father, my child has lived up to your expectations." Wei Dawu was a little ashamed.
Although the Wei family today is well-known in Guanzhong, it is far from the peak of "Weidu in the south of the city, go to Tianchiwu" later. In order to seek the position of Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, the Wei family made many compromises within the Guanlong Group and paid a high price.
As a result, not only did I not exert any control over Fang Jun, but I was even frightened when facing Fang Jun, fearing that Fang Jun would use strong methods to deal with me. This is really embarrassing...
Wei Yuantong was quite tolerant of this.
He smiled and comforted: "Why belittle yourself so much? If Fang Jun can be praised by His Majesty as 'the talent of Prime Minister', do you think you have wasted your reputation? External rumors cannot be believed. Although Fang Jun behaves arrogantly, it is also a kind of ego." The means of protection, in fact, this person has a meticulous mind and an exquisite mind. He is born to be a good candidate for officialdom. Moreover, his poetic talent is innate, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is an "unparalleled genius". What is frustrating about being suppressed by such a person in a very short period of time? Fang Fangjun, then the father has to worry.”
It was right to be suppressed by Fang Jun. Who made him the "talent of Prime Minister and Assistant"?
It's not normal to suppress Fang Jun in turn. Maybe it was Fang Jun who dug a hole for you, and you jumped into it unprepared. That's the real tragedy...
Wei Dawu breathed a sigh of relief.
As a chess piece launched by Guanlong Group against Fang Jun, he was under great pressure.
"After the Chinese New Year, there will be the Spring Imperial Examination. How is my second brother preparing for the exam?" Wei Dawu turned the topic to the imperial examination that will be held after the new year.
Among the brothers of Webster's direct branch, only the two "one in literature and one in martial arts" stand out.
Wei Dawu embarked on the officialdom path paved by his family early on, while Wei Dawen chose another, much more difficult path - becoming an official through the imperial examination. In the short term, it will be easier for Wei Dawu to get promoted. With the power of the Wei family, the support of the Guanlong Group, and the strong support of powerful resources, he will definitely become a new star in Chang'an officialdom.
But in the long term, Wei Dawen's upper limit is obviously much higher.
The emperor suppressed the family members. This was definitely not an impulse or a displeasure with someone, but because the strength of the imperial power and the expansion of the family members caused irreconcilable conflicts between the two. Obviously, suppressing aristocratic families will play an important role in the governance agenda of several emperors for a long time to come.
Can aristocratic families fight against the imperial power?
The answer is yes.
The Sui Dynasty was able to unify the world with the support of the aristocratic families, but the division of the aristocratic families also led to the destruction of the country; the Tang Dynasty was able to found a country with the strong support of the Guanlong Group, and His Majesty Li Er was under the loyalty of the Guanlong Group To usurp the throne of the Ninth Five Supreme Beings in one fell swoop shows just how powerful the family is...
But this certainty is not absolute, because with the growing strength of the army and the increasing filling of the national treasury, the imperial power has reached an unprecedented level. If this situation continues to develop, the day when the imperial power will completely crush the family members will not be far away. .
Therefore, the Long Group gritted its teeth and decided to fight with His Majesty Li Er to gain more rights and status for itself...
In this case, for future official appointments, the "nine-level Zhongzheng system" that has been passed down since the Wei and Jin Dynasties will obviously be gradually abandoned by the emperor, and officials who "enter the official position through the imperial examination" will definitely be reused. This is the right way.
The "nine-grade Zhongzheng system" does not fail, and Wei Dawu has a bright future;
"Imperial examination and becoming an official" became the mainstream, and Wei Dawen had a bright future.
No matter how the situation develops, the Wei family is in an invincible position. The emperor will never abandon the two brothers of the Wei family just because their surname is Wei, right? That's not a struggle, that's fighting spirit, and the result is the panic-stricken Guanlong Group's desperate counterattack...
This is a step no one wants to take.
Thinking of this in his mind, Wei Yuantong felt very proud, and the haze in his heart caused by Fang Jun's inexplicable actions also dissipated a little.
It can be foreseen that no matter the future situation is that the imperial power wins or the family survives, the Wei family will benefit. Among them, if the imperial power can completely suppress the family members, the Wei family will have a greater chance!
Wei Dawen was known as a "child prodigy" when he was a child. He knew the Four Books and Five Classics well, and his views on the classics were praised and praised by many great scholars. It was almost a certainty that he would become an official through the imperial examination. If he was lucky, it would not be impossible to get the number one scholar. . When other aristocratic families were unprepared, the Wei family had quietly taken the lead...
The Wei family will rise in their own hands!
Wei Yuantong was full of pride. At this moment, he felt that even if Fang Jun was really engaging in some conspiracy, what would happen? As long as the Wei family doesn't collapse now, it will become the most prominent family in the world in the near future!
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Just as ambitious as Wei Yuantong is Guo Xiaoke.
Before dawn in the winter in the Western Region, water dripped and turned into ice. The cold wind blew across his face, causing a splitting pain like a cut with a bone-picking knife, but it could not lower the temperature of the boiling blood in Guo Xiaoke's heart!
Two thousand light cavalry took advantage of the darkness before dawn to raid Yizhou, which was occupied by the Turkic cavalry, and won a great victory!
Looking at the Turkic soldiers in front of him who had their heads cut off unpreparedly in their sleep, and then looking at the coalition of tribes behind him who gathered under his orders, Guo Xiaoke felt full of ambition, and the Western Region was under control!
What's the use of Fang Jun's kid's so-called "sheep-shearing" conspiracy?
Should the various tribes in the Western Regions have rebelled? In the end, shouldn't they have to rely on the iron-blooded soldiers to drive their horses and use the horizontal swords in their hands to solve the problem?
Only illustrious martial arts can intimidate the crowd, look down on you!
"Report!"
A scout horse came galloping in the distance. When he got closer, the scout on the horse threw off his stirrup and jumped up on the horse. He rolled cleanly on the spot to get rid of the forward momentum. He knelt down on one knee and held his fist. : "Report to the Commander-in-Chief, yesterday Yanqi King Long Tuqi rebelled and returned to the Western Turks, and detained the Tang envoys and hundreds of Tang merchants! And Qiuci followed closely behind, rebelling and returning to the Western Turks!"
Guo Xiaoke was slightly startled.
The soldiers and generals from various tribes who gathered behind them all exclaimed in surprise, and then whispered.
This is definitely extremely bad news!
Yanqi and Qiuci are powerful among the thirty countries in the Western Region. They have always been the leaders of the countries in the Western Region together with Wusun, Loulan and other countries, and have great influence. Yanqi and Qiuci rebelled and returned to the Western Turks, which will inevitably make the situation in the already turbulent Western Regions more serious. I don't know how many tribes with ulterior motives secretly want to defect to the past.
But after hearing the news, Guo Xiaoke's eyes were bright and his face was flushed with excitement! (End of chapter)