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Text Chapter 571 Everything is ready, the east wind has begun

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    As usual, I went to the palace early in the morning to participate in the court meeting, and after the court meeting, I went to the Ministry of War Yamen to order Mao.  After signing a few innocuous documents, there was nothing else to do all morning. I passed the time with a large cup of strong tea and a few newspapers.  I had a working lunch in the canteen of the Yamen and had a few casual chats with a few waiters and principals.  In the afternoon, he took a car out of the city and went to the Royal Military Academy in Beiman Mountain. Only when he was with the group of young students did he feel that his life was fulfilling.  As night fell, Li Jing returned to the Duke Wei's Mansion in the city in a four-wheeled carriage gifted by his emperor.  "The meat is a little salty." As usual, Li Jing ate with his wife.  The meal was not sumptuous, consisting of a plate of fried lotus root slices with meat, a mutton soup, and a plate of vegetarian fried wok.  Mrs. Chen picked up a chopstick of meat, which was very salty.  ¡°Since the promulgation of the new tax law, our cooks have used more salt.¡± Li Jing shook his head and smiled.  "It's all caused by the salt monopoly. Ever since the imperial court announced that the salt monopoly will start in September and the price of salt has been raised, you don't know that the salt in Luoyang City has been snapped up by the people. Steward  Uncle Fu and the cook Zhao San pulled a big cart a few days ago and brought back a big bag, a whole stone of salt. I don't know how many years or months they will last." Mrs. Chen said to her husband with a warm smile.  .  "No wonder there is so much salt in vegetables every day." Li Jing smiled, "Actually, people are also panicking. After buying salt exclusively, the price of salt will indeed rise, and it will rise a lot. But a family only eats a few kilograms of salt in a month.  Ah, the cheaper salt only costs a few cents a pound, which is only about ten or twenty cents a month. But there are some people behind it who are really not afraid of death." Mrs. Chen frowned slightly.  "Why, is there an inside story behind this matter?" "If there is no inside story, how could the whole city be in turmoil and the world be in commotion just because of such a trivial matter?" Li Jing took a few bites of the food and found that it was not too salty, so he took it  He picked up a spoon and scooped up the mutton soup. Finally, the cook hadn't put salt in the soup yet. "This tax reform, for ordinary people, is not as simple as a few cents increase in salt per kilogram. Most people  The burden is lighter. But the burden on the people is lighter. Those with more fields and many shops, workshops and mines are basically affected.  Yes, those who owned thousands of acres of fields used to pay only a few taxes a year, but now they are taxed on a per-acre basis, with tens of cents per acre, and hundreds of thousands of dollars for 10,000 acres. This is a lot.  It's a big piece of meat. Of course, there are people who are unwilling to do so, but they don't know what they can do and do some stupid things. " Mrs. Chen smiled slightly, "You have never cared about money, so you don't think so.  What. I am usually in charge of the family's income and expenditure, but I have been feeling sad for a long time since the new tax law came down.  We have to pay more than 300,000 yuan in taxes and land rent to the court every year. In addition, our shops and several workshops will have to pay at least 20% of their income in taxes every year, which is no less than 100,000 yuan.  Money, our family will have to pay nearly 500,000 yuan in land rent and merchant tax every year. In addition, your official salary will also have to be taxed, which is hundreds of dollars. Oops, this is very distressing." "  No matter how the court levies it, the more taxes we pay, it naturally means that we have more income. In fact, we pay taxes according to a proportion. "Li Jing really doesn't pay much attention to money, and he doesn't.  Lack of money, he was born into the Guanlong noble family. Although he did not inherit his father's title of Duke, he earned a hereditary title by virtue of his military exploits. When he came back, the emperor rewarded him numerous times. What he received from his family,  I bought more than 10,000 acres of land with my own earnings, and there are several shops and workshops. These were my wife's original dowry, and later I bought some more. These shops can also earn thousands of dollars for the Weiguo government every year.  Income, not to mention that the Duke Li Jing is a top official in the imperial court, and his annual official salary and title add up to no less than a thousand dollars.  This does not include the 100,000 yuan in deposits that Li Jing has in the bank. Li Jing is really a wealthy nobleman.  He is an honest official and refuses to accept gifts or bribes. Otherwise, given his official position, it would not be easy to make money.  But some people just can¡¯t understand this, they are always greedy and have endless desires.  The emperor measured the land and then reformed the tax system, changing the original tax per ding to a tax per mu. This touched the interests of these big landowners. These people immediately went crazy and didn't know who they were. They connected around and fanned the flames. It was really  Not afraid of death.  Have they forgotten what happened to those who dared to go against the emperor?  Although Li Jing actually belonged to the group of people whose interests were affected after the new tax system was enacted, he still stood firmly on the emperor's side.  Now he just hopes that the new tax law can be enacted smoothly and not affect his leadership of the Northern Expedition.    "My husband seems to be worried recently? Are you worried about the new tax?" "I am not worried about the implementation of the new tax law. No matter how many people try to block the traffic by overestimating their own capabilities, they will only be crushed to pieces in the end. I  What I'm worried about now is the next Northern Expedition, and I don't know when the expedition will be officially launched. "Although the emperor had chosen him to be the marshal of the Northern Expedition, he refused to give him an army of 200,000 soldiers.  , but they were all Turks surrendering their troops, and they only promised to supply food and grass to the border. After leaving the border, they had to rely on themselves for all supplies.  These days, 200,000 Turkic troops who want to fight back to the grassland have begun to gather. Nili, Poshi and other Turkic tribes' junior khans, special forces and other noble leaders have all met the emperor and received titles.  The emperor granted a total of nine prairie princes, eighteen marquises, thirty-six earls, seventy-two viscounts, and more than one hundred barons. In short, they were great and special titles. Anyone who surrendered to the Sui Dynasty and loyal to the Sui Dynasty  The Emperor of the Sui Dynasty and the former nobles of various ministries who had fought for the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty and made meritorious service were all rewarded.  The emperor did not make Po Shi and others Khans as originally agreed, but instead made them Dukes.  Moreover, nine princes were granted the title of prince at one time, all of whom were originally small khans and powerful special services. Ru Tuli and Nili were originally small khans. Naturally, they were the princes this time. There were also Qijin from some big tribes. This time, too,  A special exception was made for the Jin Dynasty to be granted the title of Duke.  The remaining 18 people, including the leaders of the powerful tribes, were granted the title of marquis.  Before the army set off, the emperor was already in the main hall of Kaiyuan Palace, holding a huge map and dividing the east-west grassland into pieces.  In the end, a total of 243 prairie princes were granted lordships. What made Tuli Nili and others a little dissatisfied was that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty enfeoffed the prairie, which did not mean that it was divided into nine feudal kingdoms. Their nine princes then ruled  The princes and princes below are all princes and princes. Regardless of their title, they all belong to a feudal state.  Although the relationship between them is of different levels and the size of their territories is different, they are parallel to each other and not subordinate to each other.  Tu Li and others also spoke out against it, but Yi Feng had made great contributions to the Sui Dynasty as one of the leaders, and he could only reward him with this.  The emperor did not listen to them at all. Tu Li and others had stayed in the Central Plains for more than a year and had already experienced the power of the Central Plains emperor. They had no choice but to put their dissatisfaction in their hearts and finally accepted the enfeoffment.  In the presence of the emperors and ministers of the Sui Dynasty, the 243 Turkic princes came forward one by one, kowtowed to the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty and swore allegiance, and then the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty granted them the seal of the country, a map of the country, etc.  The 200,000 Turkic troops were finally divided into the names of these 243 princes and became the armies of princes in various countries.  In the end, the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty made an oath with the 243 princes of the prairie states. From then on, the princes of the grassland swore allegiance to the Sui Empire and the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty, and each feudal state regarded the Sui Dynasty as its suzerainty.  The Sui Dynasty did not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, but the two sides agreed that the princes had to send envoys to the Sui Dynasty to meet the emperor every year and pay tribute and gifts.  Every three years, the prairie princes must go to Beijing in person to meet the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty.  In addition, the Sui Dynasty opened trade with other countries. The most important thing is that the princes are not allowed to cross the border and are not allowed to invade other princes. If there is any violation of cross-border behavior, the princes will be led by the Sui Empire to fight against it.  The Sui Empire could build roads, post stations, establish commercial markets in various vassal states, and station troops at the same time.  A series of agreements were basically very favorable conditions for the Sui Dynasty. From then on, the vassal states became the vassals and tributaries of the Sui Dynasty. Basically, there would no longer be the Turkic Khanate, only the Mobei and Western Region vassals of the Sui Empire.  Seal the country.  The conditions are very harsh, but if you agree and sign, each tribe can return to the grassland and even become a prince. If you don't agree, the Sui Emperor can change someone to become one of the 243 princes at any time.  Tuli and others had no choice at all. In the end, all the princes signed a document together, admitting that from now on, the Sogdian countries in Monan and the Western Regions would no longer belong to the steppe princes.  Areas such as Hetao and Saishang in Monan will directly belong to the Sui Dynasty, and the imperial court will establish prefectures and counties there.  The countries such as Gaochang in the Western Regions will also be canonized as vassal states by the Sui Emperor. The countries in the Western Regions have been canonized for a total of sixteen countries, but they do not belong to the 243 grassland tribes.  Now, various preparations are almost complete, but the imperial court has not yet ordered the expedition.  The dinner ended quickly. Neither the couple had a good appetite today. The wife went to the Buddhist hall at home to chant sutras and pray for her husband who was about to go off to war.  Li Jing, on the other hand, returned to his study and began to study the battle plan for the Northern Expedition on the map.  When Wei Chigong, the son of Mayi County, came to convey the emperor's decree and summoned him to enter the palace immediately, Li Jing looked at the big black man with joy for the first time and thought he was a little cute.  He immediately closed the notebook, blew out the oil lamp, and followed the big black man to the palace.  "Shilang Pei and General Changsun have returned from the Western Regions and Mobei respectively. Tiele and other countries in the Western Regions have accepted His Majesty's edict and are willing to send troops as scheduled to cooperate with the imperial court's northern expedition to Datou and Dulan!" Yuchi Gong took the initiative to reveal to Li Jing on the road.  The latest news.  "The fight is finally about to begin." Li Jing said excitedly.    ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? p;  "(To be continued)
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