Vol 8 Chapter 349: Method

Zhao Hai came to the study of the immortal emperor. After entering the study, Zhao Hai saluted the immortal emperor. After the emperor asked him to exempt him from the ceremony, he said to Zhao Hai: "Zhao Hai, three days ago, I already know the news you reported. And Wei Banban confirmed the authenticity of the news. I called you this time just to ask you, what solution do you have for this matter? If there is any, just say it."
Zhao Hai glanced at the Immortal Emperor, and then solemnly said: "Your Majesty, the minister is indeed the way, and there are two, one is the best way, and the other is not so good."
When the fairy emperor heard Zhao Hai say that he had two ways, he couldn't help but was taken aback, and then he was overjoyed and said: "Okay, great, if there is a way, then you can talk about the best way you think is the best way. What is the solution."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Yes, your majesty, the minister thinks that the best way is to abolish one decree, which is the tax exemption decree of the major families. As long as this decree is abolished, the major families must pay taxes. When they pay the tax, the court can collect the tax, and by that time, the big families, I am afraid, will turn around and demand the abolition of the tax increase law. This is a solution to this matter once and for all. "
The three of Xiandi and Wei Xiaode were all stunned when they heard Zhao Hai say this. They really didn’t expect that Zhao Hai would give them such an idea, which made them all stunned for a while. There, it took a long time for the immortal emperor’s face to change, and then he couldn’t help but sighed clearly:
Your method is indeed a good one, but this matter will not succeed. The ministers in the court will definitely do. No, so this thing cannot be successful."
Zhao Haidao: "Your Majesty, what if we put it another way? We will not abolish the non-payment of taxes by the big families, but we will add a decree that all Xianting officials are not allowed to do business, so that the big families have to let If others do business, as long as the business person is not a member of a major family or a monk, then we can collect taxes from them."
Both Xiandi and Wei Xiaode's eyes lit up. This method is very good, but when they think of the ministers in the court, the three of them are a little discouraged. Those ministers are not fools, and it is impossible for them to pass this decree.
The Emperor Xian shook his head, and then said to Zhao Hai: "Then you can talk about the not so good method."
Zhao Hai responded, and then said: "Your Majesty, what the minister said, the not so good way is for your Majesty to come forward to help those businessmen who are in business difficulties and help them through the difficulties. Your Majesty can ask Dongwei to take action. Establish commercial banks in various cities, integrate the power of those small merchants, and turn those small merchants into big merchants, or simply prevent those small merchants from being directly named to your Majesty, so that they will naturally not have to pay taxes. , But they can pay to your majesty. The money will go directly to the inner palace. So even if there is really no money in the treasury in the future, then the inner palace has money and can support the operation of the army everywhere. As long as the army is normal, then your majesty can Slowly clean up those ministers."
The immortal emperor froze for a moment, but then his eyes lit up. He then said: "Yes, yes, this method is good, this method is better than the last one, Wei Banban, Liu Banban, this time it’s up to you. Now, this time we are going to start robbing people from the ministers of the DPRK.
Wei Xiaode and Liu Zhong both responded with a grudge on their faces. Zhao Hai looked at them and couldn't help but sighed slightly. Then he held a fist at the Emperor Xian: "Your Majesty, please pardon me. Although this is very good, there is also a problem. Those big families are growing up, and the ministers are at the Ministry of War these days, and I heard the news that the Ministry of War is reorganizing the army. They want to reorganize the North Korean and Chinese army, and they will also recruit troops and increase the number of troops. These methods are all It is clearly directed at your Majesty. If they really let their family grow, it will definitely not be a good thing for the court at that time. If one fails, it will form a country within a country. At that time, the court is trying to deal with them, but it will be even more difficult."
When the fairy emperor heard Zhao Hai say this, he frowned, and then he said in a deep voice, "What should I do in your opinion?"
Zhao Hai said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the minister still believes that taxing the major clans is the right reason. If the major clans disagree, they must be forbidden to do business. Even the minister feels that if necessary, he can send troops in. All cities must implement this decree, otherwise, there will be endless troubles."
The immortal emperor frowned and said: "This thing is definitely not possible. If you really do that, it will cause a backlash from everyone in the court. That is not a good thing for the fairy world. Forget it, let's go ahead. How about this."
When Zhao Hai heard what the Emperor said, he couldn't help but sighed lightly, and then he said: "Your Majesty, if you bounce the Minister of Korea and China too violently, you don't need to collect taxes from them, but your Majesty must add one. The decree, the new taxation law, is only used for commercial tax, not for agricultural tax. Your Majesty, agriculture is the foundation of the world. If agricultural tax is increased, it will really be over. Once farmers planted land, they can’t feed themselves. They can only sell the land, and their land will be annexed by those big families. At that time, I am afraid that they will really form a country within a country. Therefore, please make sure to order and not increase farmers. Tax."
When the Emperor Xian heard what Zhao Hai said, he was also taken aback. Then he glanced at Wei Xiaode and Liu Zhong. Wei Xiaode thought for a while, then nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Zhao Hai's assistant minister is reasonable. If the agricultural tax is not Increase, even if there are some bad situations in the fairy world, the situation can be stabilized. If the agricultural tax is really increased, the land will be in the hands of those big families, then they will really be If you want money and money, you want food and food, and they can also recruit soldiers from the peasants. Then they will even have soldiers, which is really troublesome."
The immortal emperor nodded, and then he said in a deep voice, "Well, let’s do this. Tomorrow the Great Dynasty will meet. We will first propose that all major families should also pay taxes. Those ministers in the court will definitely oppose it. Then I can ask for it. They don't increase the agricultural tax. I believe that if this is the case, they should agree, and this matter will be resolved." Both Wei Xiaode and Liu Zhong responded.
Then the Emperor Xian looked at Zhao Hai again and sighed lightly: "Zhao Aiqing, you said earlier that taxing the major families is indeed the best idea, but there is no way. This decree is impossible to pass, so We can only use this method. Now we can only do it slowly, step by step, first stabilize our position, and then slowly deal with those big families."
"Yes, the minister understands." Zhao Hai also knows the difficulties of the immortal emperor. There is no way that the prestige and strength of the immortal emperor here can be compared with that of Zhao Hai in the blood killing sect, so he made this choice, too Normal.
The immortal emperor seemed to relax a lot. He looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Zhao Aiqing, you should also be aware of the situation in the court. You are my confidant now, so I will no longer be polite to you, but I don't know Zhao Aiqing. Is there any way to deal with the ministers in the dynasty? The ministers in the dynasty are monolithic. They are united, and there is nothing I can do with them. Can you deal with them?
Zhao Hai thought for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, the reason why the ministers in the central government are difficult to deal with is because they are one piece of iron. As long as they are not one piece of iron, it is easy to deal with them. Ministers, although they seem to be very united, everyone has their own ideas. They cannot be selfless to think about others. If that is the case, then they will not be able to hug together and confront your Majesty. So the minister felt that the first step to deal with those ministers was to break their alliance so that they were no longer united. As long as their alliance was broken, it would be too easy for your Majesty to deal with them."
The immortal emperor was taken aback. He hadn't really thought about this before. What he had been thinking about was how to seize military and financial power. He really didn't expect to break the alliance of those ministers directly. Zhao Hai's words really woke him up, and the immortal emperor looked at Zhao Hai with bright eyes: "Go on."
Zhao Hai shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know much about the situation in the court, so he can't give his majesty an idea, but the courtier feels that your majesty can start small and let the court Those people feel that the left and the right are unfair to them. Only in this way will they be separated from the left and the right. When the time is right, your majesty only needs to recruit them, then they will definitely fall to your majesty, and it is mainly the appointment of officials at all levels. , Your Majesty, if you want to appoint officials at all levels, your Majesty must ask your Majesty for the purpose in the end. Then, your Majesty can propose another candidate. If the left and right parties disagree, it is tantamount to offending the other party. If they agree, then those people will only be grateful to your Majesty, so your Majesty can start from this aspect."
The immortal emperor nodded with bright eyes, then he glanced at Zhao Haidao: "Zhao Aiqing is very familiar with this method, why? Have you used these methods before?" When he said this, Both eyes fixedly looked at Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai listened to the immortal emperor’s words, and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, when the minister was in the lower realm, he was the sect master of the blood killing sect. Although the strength of the blood killing sect is not very strong, it is impossible that there are only ministers in the blood killing sect. If one person has the final say, there are still many elders. If those elders unite to deal with the ministers, then the minister, the suzerain, will have no way to be, so the ministers have really used this method."
The immortal emperor and the others were all taken aback when they heard Zhao Hai say this, but then they all laughed, and the immortal emperor smiled even more: "Okay, okay, well said, when you were in the lower realm, that was also a case The lord, the lord of this sect, is actually the same as the lord of the family, and me. All we have to face are the same problems, so if you have used this method, there is nothing weird about it. Let’s not talk about this. I have written down your proposal, and I will definitely use the method you mentioned.
Zhao Hai responded without speaking.