Wei Zheng was angry and laughed in the swearing tone of Li Mu. He spread his hands and said, "It's easy to say, but it's harder to do it! What you mean just now also shows that the fields passed down should not be reclaimed forcefully, so you let others pay taxes? Originally, they didn't pay taxes! Besides, even if they pay taxes, those with more land will not be short of this tax. On the contrary, those with less land will have heavier burdens. Your idea still cannot be realized. Could it be that you want to take the rent and mediocre method in one fell swoop?"

"That's the point!"

"That's right..." Wei Zheng was almost choked to death. He ignored Li Mu, looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, Zhulu Hou is making a fuss! The renting and mediocre method is the most suitable method. Even if he is talented, he cannot come up with a better and more practical method in a short period of time!"

Li Shimin also had this concern in his heart and frowned and asked, "Li Mu, do you have any solutions? If there is, you should take it out now. If there is no, you can't continue to mess around."

"Yes!" Li Mu said loudly: "I want to do things first. If the result is not perfect, it is not enough to convince the public. I will not do it at the beginning." After that, he looked at everyone and said: "I don't have to fight with a family to gamble when doing this. I want to tell you a truth, a very simple truth, and there is no end to the nest when it is destroyed!"

"Don't you think that after the Tang Dynasty defeated the Turks last year, there would be no external troubles? Or maybe you think that even if the Tang Dynasty was destroyed like the previous Sui Dynasty, there would be a new dynasty. And the aristocratic family had been passed down for thousands of years, and it would be okay to change dynasties or emperors?"

All the officials looked unstable, and Li Mu's words obviously hit the minds of many of them.

Li Mu sneered and said, "Wrong, a big mistake! Mu reads the Records of the Grand Historian, but only has a feeling that every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. Rise, the people suffer, and the people suffer too! Rise, fall, and the people are even more miserable. May I ask all the people, are the aristocratic families? Are family members the people? The inheritance is true for thousands of years. I believe that those who read the history of the family can understand what Mu said."

"After understanding these principles, I began to think about how to make the people less suffering or less suffering, make the prosperity more prosperous, and make the demise come later. The conclusion that only when the country is strong can the people live and work in peace and contentment. Only when the country is strong, aristocratic families, large families, etc. can inherit in an orderly manner without suffering from replacement. Only when the country is strong can it resist the invasion of foreign races. Have you forgotten that since the Han Dynasty, Rong Di entered our China, and they did not know etiquette and did not understand benevolence and righteousness, and the people in the Central Plains suffered greatly. Among them, there must be ancestors of the people!"

"Now, the Tang Dynasty relies on the power of the Supreme Emperor and the two generations of emperors to rule the Central Plains again. Defeat the Turks and promote our country's power! It is not pleasant to be happy? It is not expected to be prosperous? Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. For the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty, Mu thought that Mu and all the dukes had the responsibility to contribute their efforts!"

"Looking at the past, when the country is prosperous, the king is wise and the ministers are virtuous. Why do the king be wise? Why do the ministers be virtuous? The great lord is selfless, just five words. Whether it is monarch, powerful minister, family, and aristocratic families, they all have too many more than the people and have a favorable force. If it is not curbed, even if the king is wise and virtuous, the ministers cannot stop the general trend of destruction. The reason is very simple. When money and power are concentrated in the hands of a few people, the people are like cattle, horses and animals, and their lives are unsustainable. If they do not rebel, what can they do? Are there few people like Chen Sheng and Wu Guang? Although they cannot win the world in the end, the world will die because of them!"

"The solution I proposed now is not to harm your interests, but to prepare for the future to avoid the Tang Dynasty repeating the mistakes of the previous dynasty. If the aristocratic families are dedicated to the Tang Dynasty and support the Tang Dynasty, they should be happy to be a strategy to make a strong country. If the aristocratic families have some thoughts that they should not have..." Li Mu sneered and said, "Whose problem is this?"

Wei Zheng knew that Li Mu could not argue, so he gave up the idea of ​​arguing and asked: "These are all off-topics, just tell me, what's the solution!"

Li Mu looked at Li Shimin and said, "For the detailed method, I have asked Changsun Chong and others to draft it on my behalf. Since I have talked about it today, I will give you a few key points."

"First of all, is the king's land within the four seas? This sentence must not be just empty talk. The first thing to confirm in the reform of the land system is that is the king's land within the four seas! All the fields in the Tang Dynasty belong to His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty and all the country! The fields obtained by everyone are given by His Majesty. In short, His Majesty is the master of the fields, and all the lands of all races are His Majesty's land! This article should be stated in the law of the Tang Dynasty!"

Wei Zheng said angrily: "Li Mu, are you trying to take back all the fields? Just now, he said that the monarch and ministers should be strict with themselves and be lenient to the people. What is this? Can't even beat the people's jobs?

"No! I don't want to overthrow the people's jobs. I want to tell the people, as well as the family, and all you have now is to share weal and woe with the Tang Dynasty! Only when the Tang Dynasty exists, your fields are legal. The Tang Dynasty is destroyed, and the next dynasty will your rights and interests no longer be protected! Only by supporting the Tang Dynasty and maintaining the Tang Dynasty can you live and work in peace and contentment! Why, I'm wrong?"

"I..." Wei Zheng was choked and strong. No matter how you say this, it was a trap. Wei Zheng took a deep breath, suppressed the fire in his heart, and said, "Even if you are right, how can you guarantee that every emperor of the Tang Dynasty can discipline himself? Your rule is to give the king the power to deprive the people of the land at any time. What if the foolish monarch is in this dynasty, what should the people do?"

"The teachings of the Holy Ancestors are engraved on the beams and pillars of the palace, and the descendants of the future shall not change them!"

"..." Wei Zheng had nothing to say, snorted, and said, "Let me say it, and I will refute you after listening!"

"The other focus is on taxation. The way to collect taxes in the Tang Dynasty is to put commercial taxes, capita tax, land tax, and commercial tax bills aside, and not mention them for now. Just talking about capita tax and land tax, I think there is a very problematic."

Wei Zheng couldn't help but say, "It's been like this for thousands of years, what's wrong!"

Li Mu looked at Wei Zheng and said, "Boy is stupid, may I ask Mr. Wei, how do you calculate the cap tax?"

"Based on the number of people, why can't it be calculated?"

"Then let me ask Mr. Wei, how do you calculate the head? Can you accurately count how many people are? How do you calculate the refugees and black households?"

Wei Zheng stopped talking, and he had to admit that in order to save taxes, many people concealed the reports of illegal households, and the refugees fled in all, and there was no counting the numbers.
Chapter completed!