Before becoming emperor, Li Shimin was the King of Qin. He was a group of generals from Wagang. What kind of birds had he never seen?

So after hearing what Samurai said, he immediately laughed, shook his head and said, "Do you believe this statement?"

"Your Majesty, I didn't believe it, but after understanding the specific situation of Shanyin County, I had to believe it." Wu Shiyan was prepared for the emperor's doubts. After a small silence, he continued: "Your Majesty still remembers that Xiaoyaohou obtained your permission to recruit escaped people?"

"Well, that's the case, why? What does this have to do with his mine?" Li Shimin said without objection.

"Your Majesty, you don't know that Xiaoyao Hou is indeed a talent. In just half a year, the population of Shanyin County has increased by more than ten times. Now there are more than 9,000 households in the entire Shanyin County, and that mine..."

"Wait, how many people do you think are there in Shanyin County?" Before the warrior continued, Li Shimin interrupted him.

"More than 9,000 households, more may be now." Samurai said seriously.

But he was secretly urging in his heart, praying that Li Muyun would not lie about this matter, otherwise his future would be destroyed by his hands. However, it was too late to regret now. He had to grit his teeth and hold on to the water he said when he splashed out the words.

At this moment, Li Shimin also spoke, but he frowned and asked in a deep voice that seemed to be disbelieving: "More than 9,000 households, if you remember correctly, Shanyin County's previous population seems to be less than 1,000 households, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, when I was in Shanyin County, Xiaoyao Hou said this when he talked about the past of Shanyin County." Lao Wu nodded and said.

This matter is well known and cannot be concealed by anyone. Even if Lao Wu said he didn't know, he could still call out the data after going back to the Ministry of Revenue.

"So what you mean is that after spending half a year, Xiaoyao Hou recalled nearly 50,000 escaped people?" Li Er continued to ask.

"My...,My..." Lao Wu also realized that something was wrong at this time, and he was speechless in an instant and didn't know what to say.

As the saying goes, there must be a limit for lying. What does 50,000 people fleeing? This means that almost all the population in Shanyin County is fleeing people. That is to say, if calculated based on this ratio, the total population of the Tang Dynasty should be ten times that of now.

Is this possible? Of course it is impossible! Not to mention the warrior who was a businessman, even if he was looking for a beggar who knew nothing on the roadside, he would probably not believe this conclusion.

"Duke Ying Guo, you are also an old minister. You should know that some things need to be investigated before you can have a say. Have you investigated the surge in Shanyin County's population?" Li Shimin continued to ask again when he found that Lao Wu was not speaking.

He could forgive his subordinates for making small moves for his own interests, but he would never allow his subordinates to be dishonest. Such as warriors are a dishonest type. In addition, Li Muyun is also a dishonest type, so as long as he is sure that the skyrocketing population in Shanyin County is fake, then neither Lao Wu nor Li Muyun will have a good result.

The warrior had already started to see sweat above his head. After Li Shimin's forced question, he didn't know how to answer. At this moment, a palace servant outside ran in with a lot of memorials: "Your Majesty, there are currently joint memorials of the assassination of 18 states including Yunzhou, Shengzhou, Lanzhou, Youzhou, etc., and the Secretariat cannot make a decision!"

Hum? Li Shimin glanced at the warrior without any trace, but did not urge him. He just waved to the palace servant holding the memorial.

Even the left and right Lao Wu couldn't escape, and he couldn't explain this kind of thing. Li Shimin didn't mind giving him more time to "consider" his future where he would go.

However, even though that was the case, when Li Shimin opened the memorial, he was stunned, then threw it to one side and then opened another book, and then threw it to the other side again.

It was not until after six or seven that he stopped with a very strange expression and looked at the warrior: "Duke Ying, do you know how the escaped people were recruited by Xiaoyaohou?"

"Return to Your Majesty, the agricultural tax will be reduced by half within five years, and the agricultural tax will be exempted from five years later." Samurai replied without thinking.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lao Wu finished answering, Li Shimin slapped the table: "Nothing! It's really nonsense! Duke Ying Guo, do you know where those 'escape people' came from?"

"Uh, I don't know!" Lao Wu shook his head.

"Hmph, Li Muyun is really a fool. Those people are fleeing people, they are all people from the prefectures around Shuozhou. Because the conditions he gave were too generous, they all pretended to be fleeing people and ran to him!"

"Ah?!" The warrior was stunned for a moment, looking at the Emperor, who seemed to be extremely angry, and while breathing a sigh of relief, he actually had the urge to laugh.

Since Li Shimin said that the "escaped people" were all the people around him, it means that he had recognized the fact that the population in Shanyin County had increased rapidly, which means that Lao Wu did not lie. In this way, Lao Wu's crime of deceiving the emperor could be spared. As for where those people who had surged, this has nothing to do with Lao Wu.

Another point is that Li Muyun is really bad. He doesn't want taxes and even brings people in other people's jurisdiction over. This is completely a way to harm others and not benefit oneself. This is no longer a word "bad".

If I really want to say it, Lao Wu can only think of the word "immorality", and it is not ordinary immorality.

But what does it have to do with Lao Wu? He is just the Minister of Works, not the Minister of Revenue.

However, seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was so angry, Lao Wu could not watch it, so he thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, Xiaoyaohou is still young after all, he is not good at government affairs, so it is normal for him to have some lack of consideration in his work. You should not be too angry."

"I'm angry that he made all the people in other people's jurisdiction his fiefdoms. I'm angry that he was exempt from taxes. I want to see what he would pay this year's taxes by the end of the year." Li Shimin looked at the piles of memorials impeaching Li Muyun on the table, and was so angry that he was glaring at him and almost overturned the table.

I thought this kid was too fucking for me. I had to worry about something this day and was exempted from taxes. All taxes were exempted. How to solve the income of the country? If all the people did not pay taxes, would my emperor want to go and have a drink?

Also, the prefectures near Shuozhou are also very unsatisfactory. The population has been stolen. Just find a way to snatch it back. Is it interesting to come to me to complain? What can I do? That kid is covered by an old man, and he can't beat or scold him. He is just a thorn...
Chapter completed!