The commanders such as Qi Bi He Li, Gao Kan were unwilling to speak out, just looked at Han Yi.

Li Zhi also looked at Han Yi, and if you don’t settle them, I can’t support you.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the martial arts style was prevalent, and there was a fight whenever there was a disagreement. The guards were respected, and the literati also advocated military merits, expanded territory, and made achievements. It was not until Wu Meiniang came to power that the literary style surpassed Wu Feng. After all, Wu Meiniang was just a woman, and she had to find a way to suppress the army, otherwise he would not be able to sit steadily.

Commanders like Li Ji and others usually don’t say anything, but the premise is that you cannot harm the interests of the military, otherwise they can veto you with one vote.

The equal-field system is based on preventing land annexation, and the government soldiers are based on the equal-field system. If you want to disintegrate the equal-field system and make land annexation legal, the government soldiers will naturally collapse.

This is a very simple truth.

Han Yi smiled and said, "Sikong is such a bad thing!"

Li Ji said lightly: "I hope to hear a good impression." Of course, he also knew that Han Yi must have prepared some words to fool him.

Han Yi said: "I have carefully considered the issue of the military soldiers. Let's talk about the current situation of the military soldiers. In fact, the military soldiers' land has been annexed. There are two main aspects. The first aspect is that some generals have annexed the military soldiers. The second aspect is that the military soldiers have annexed the military soldiers. In other words, the interests of the military soldiers have been hurt.

However, the state has no way to subsidize them because the state does not have enough money. Many soldiers who died for the state cannot provide pensions to protect their widow's life. In other words, the income of the government soldiers alone has gradually become difficult to maintain the system of government soldiers.

What are the characteristics of the government military system? It is low cost. Once a war is fought, you will bring your own food, weapons, horses, and everything. This is barely feasible to fight a small battle near the Central Plains, but once you go on an expedition, it will definitely be the burden of the imperial court. How can the government soldiers afford it? The central government recruits troops from the Zhechong Prefecture, and the food and grass are all borne by the imperial court. Now that our Tang Empire is so big, it is thousands of miles away to start a war, it must be the burden of the imperial court. It can be seen that the issue of military pay has changed from the government soldiers to the state. I wonder if Sikong and all the generals agree?"

Li Ji, Qi Bi He Li and the others nodded slightly. This is a fact. To destroy Goguryeo, all the food and supplies were borne by the court. How could the soldiers of the government themselves afford that scale of battle?

Han Yi immediately continued: "In other words, in order to safeguard the interests of the army, the national finance has become more important for the government soldiers' own income, and the army and war will rely more on the national finance. But this is only one, and another one is even more important, that is, why our Tang army can be invincible and defeated in every battle. Of course, this has a great relationship with His Majesty's wise and magical martial arts, and the use of troops by Sikong, General Qiezi, General Gao, and General Xue.

But more of the martial arts in the Tang Dynasty, our soldiers, they are not poor, they are all self-cultivated farmers, and are land-owned people with good families. They voluntarily join the army, hoping to make achievements and glorify their ancestors. This is very important. Only by working for this purpose can they dare to kill the enemy bravely on the battlefield. It can be seen that for soldiers, fields are one of them, and respect is more important. How to give respect to the soldiers? The first point is to ensure that they do not bow their backs for five dou of rice, which is the most basic thing."

Xue Rengui said: "The equal-field system is for this reason, and military households are exempt from taxes."

Han Yi said: "General Xue, can you still guarantee it now? It's so chaos outside, and many soldiers in the palace are also affected. What should the country use to guarantee it?"

Xue Rengui said: "But this crisis is just an accident and cannot happen every year."

Han Yi said: "Where is the natural disaster? Can you guarantee that my Tang Dynasty will never have natural disasters?"

Xue Rengui stopped talking.

Han Yi said: "I have emphasized countless times that self-cultivated farmers have very weak ability to withstand crises. Once there is some fluctuation, self-cultivated farmers will face bankruptcy crisis, and the government soldiers are also self-cultivated farmers. At this time, they need the national finance supply. Stamp duty will bring more income to the country. I estimated that once the stamp duty is fully implemented, the income of the national treasury will be at least tripled."

Li Zhi said in surprise: "You are serious about this?"

Han Yi understates: "Three times more than enough."

This is Han Yi's advantage. He always turns several times. How can you reason with him? Use money to block your mouth.

Han Yi continued: "I'll just say that. When the tax revenue of the treasury triples, the treasury only needs to use double of it to hit the heads of the treasury soldiers. I wonder if you think the life of the treasury soldiers will be getting better or worse?"

If you take twice as much as you want to use it a few years ago, it is equivalent to spending all the treasury to be used for the army. So what else can you plant?

Li Ji asked, "You're serious?"

"This is just an example," Han Yi said.

Li Ji immediately glared at Han Yi.

Han Yi said: "Don't stare at me. The national finances can be decided so easily. This requires careful planning. However, the court can legislate this and stipulate that almost all the state's taxes will be used directly for the army. But I do not recommend giving money. I suggest giving benefits. For example, the country vigorously builds a college to ensure that every descendant of the government soldier can study. This not only gives respect to the soldiers, but also is a very critical improvement. I have said before that why our soldiers are brave and good at fighting is that they have ambitions, ambitions, and have a burden, not a mob. Reading can better improve the quality of the government soldiers, make them more patriotic, braver, and understand the truth, rather than being casually incited by others and rising up.

In addition, the court will give subsidies to the government soldiers, encourage merchants to set up workshops in Zhechong Mansion to provide employment for the relatives of the government soldiers, or provide interest-free loans to the government soldiers, and generally people will sell land. This will definitely be a great difficulty. At this time, the court should lend them food to them and exempt them from interest, so that they can not bow their backs for five dou of rice and not lose their land.

Also, in the past, there was not a lot of fiscal revenue, and there was no way to reward soldiers more. Once the fiscal revenue increased, the court could use the law to stipulate rewards given to soldiers, so that more soldiers would be willing to join the army. In addition, there were many benefits to ensure the superiority of the soldiers in the palace, so that they would be proud of this. I really don’t think that the equal-field system and duty-free households can give soldiers a lot of respect.

What is the purpose of stamp duty? It increases the national fiscal revenue, reduces the burden on the people, concentrates more resources, and then uses it on the blade. The landlord pays two more stones and two less stones. What impact does it have on them? But if these two stones are used on the people, it may be life-saving food."

After this long discussion, Li Ji, Qi Bi He Li and the others were moved.

If the court could do this, of course there was nothing to say. I won’t say anything. Just studying can satisfy many soldiers, because the cost of studying these days is very high. The Tang Dynasty’s soldiers were all proprietors. Why are they so strong in combat? They want to make further progress. They hope to make military achievements and make a name for themselves. Studying can make them go further. This is why, as soon as the military academy was stopped, many military households immediately came to Li Ji to ask for an explanation. If they were refugees, their request was to ask for a meal. Then they went to the battlefield and would definitely run away. I was here to ask for a meal. I was not going to be a general.

But if you don’t want to be a general soldier, you are not a good soldier.

During the Battle of Bailan Mountain, the Tang army was so strong that they would rather die than surrender because they had a strong sense of glory. Of course, all the soldiers who survived were promoted to the level of non-commissioned officers and were also stationed in Bailan Mountain.

"Shangshu Ling is really fair!"

Just then, Cui Jieren suddenly spoke: "Stamp duty is not only the interests of the government soldiers, but also the interests of our civil servants. If we are dissatisfied with our civil servants, you say you have no money. As soon as Sikong opens his mouth, you will guarantee the treasury income. This is unreasonable."

Qi Bi Heli immediately shouted, "You civil servants are so embarrassed to say here, isn't it because of your civil servants? In the end, it's up to us military officers to stabilize the situation. We should reward you according to merits. I think it's fair to do this."

Asanami Sho also said, "You civil servants do less than anyone else, but you have more than anyone else. You still have the best reputation."

Zhang Wenguan was angry and embarrassed and said, "The two generals are really slandering. Are you all innocent? Just now, the Shangshu Ling also said that the land of the military soldiers is for you to be annexed. As far as I know, some of your military soldiers are ordered to do their own affairs and seek personal gain."

"It's outrageous. What are you talking nonsense about, believe it or not, I twisted your arm." Qi Bi Heli stood up and pointed at Zhang Wenguan and cursed.

Zhang Wenguan also stood up and said, "Come on, come on, come on, if I frowned, my husband would not be surnamed Zhang."

The civil servants and military officers stood up one after another and began to fight.

Wang Xuandao, Lu Shigua and the others stood up and walked to Zhang Wenguan's side. You twisted your arms at any time, which was too much.

The Tang Dynasty was a martial artist, and the civil officials of the Tang Dynasty were also able to take up their horses and lead their troops. It was different from the weak civil officials of the Song Dynasty. Liu Rengui, Pei Xingjian, and Lai Ji were all civil officials. They led troops to fight, which was no worse than those of these military families.

Li Zhi quickly winked at Han Yi, as if saying, "This is what you provoked, you have to make it clear."

"Wait!"

Han Yi could only stand up, walked to the middle of the civil and military affairs, and said, "Everyone, I am so sorry. Maybe I didn't make it clear. What Sikong and I just said were the government soldiers, not military officers. At the official level, everyone has to pay taxes. If I didn't say that military officers would not have to pay taxes. Military officers were civil officials the same. The government soldiers bear more obligations than ordinary people. If they also pay taxes, the court should give them preferential treatment in other aspects, which is reasonable."

Qi Bi Heli snorted, "I heard you, I heard you, you civil servants are so petty, you can't eat anything you lose."

"You military officers are also qualified to say that we have agreed at that time. It was your military officers who expressed their dissatisfaction."

Li Ji hurriedly said, "I am not dissatisfied, I just want to ask for a clear answer."

Li Zhi also hurriedly said, "Dear friends, please be calm. This is just a discussion. This is not the final decision of this kind of major event. Let's sit down."

They slowly sat down while glaring at each other with their eyes bulging.

Li Ji hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that the Secretary of State's words are reasonable!"

Now with the increase of population and the gap between the rich and the poor, land annexation is becoming more and more serious. He also understood that the equal-field system cannot last long, and the land of many military soldiers has been annexed. Now that Han Yi guarantees this, of course, you can try it. It is better than just waiting for death.

This old fox!

Everyone despises Li Ji at the same time.

Li Ji was so thick-skinned that he pretended not to see it.

Li Zhi said: "In this situation, if you want to maintain the equal land system, you must let the landlords, gentry, and even officials return the land. But if you don't do this, I think you must adopt stamp duty. Otherwise, you will not guarantee the interests of the people or the interests of the country."

In fact, there is still a half sentence, which means that you landlords, the benefits of being an official cannot be taken over.

Zheng Shanxing suddenly said: "There is another problem, which is the problem of tenant farmers. Landlords often pass on taxes to tenant farmers."

Han Yi said: "If stamp duty is imposed, there is no problem of tenant farmers, because the court has only the power to collect taxes based on stamps. The court will collect taxes from whoever the land deed is written on. The farmers who rent the land do not need to bear the land tax. They are only responsible for renting money. As for the amount of rent, it is a contractual relationship. The court cannot interfere, but if they want to ensure the validity of the contract, they have to buy stamps, which means they still pay taxes."

"Shangshu Ling, don't patronize the landlords, what about the merchants? Do merchants don't have to pay taxes?" a minister suddenly said.

The civil officials now point the finger at Han Yi. They think Han Yi is too biased towards military generals, but they do not regard Han Yi as a essay official. As for Han Yi's calligraphy, if he is considered a civil servant, it would be a shame for a civil servant!

Han Yi smiled and said, "My inspiration for stamp duty comes from merchants. Whoever sets more contracts in this world than merchants, includes commercial taxes."

When the other ministers heard this, they were immediately exploded!

“This is not fair!”

"You also said before that the stamp duty is accumulated to a large amount, and the tax amount is definitely not high, but it is not fair to fall on the landlords, which is the tax amount that is modulated by the inheritance and renting mediocre people."

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You and I say something, in short, it means hurting each other and increasing commercial taxes at the same time.

Although Han Yi was a coincidence, they were not stupid either. The stamp duty was used on land deeds, which was more like personal income tax. However, merchants did not pay taxes according to their own income ratios, which was obviously unfair!
Chapter completed!