Chapter 360

It was the autumn harvest season, although agricultural production was delayed everywhere due to the war.

However, when Wei Ran conquered kuozhou, he arranged refugees to plant wheat here, so the impact on agricultural production was not too great.

Now the fields and paths are golden, which is the scene of fruitful farmers' busy harvest. Thanks to the good climate here in guide, and adjacent to the Yellow River, there is no lack of water power, and the harvest is very rich.

Wei Ran's tax policy on the territory also implemented the two tax laws handed down by Dezong.

However, although the two tax laws abandoned the poll tax under the modulation of rent and mediocrity and collected money tax based on the amount of land, they offended local giants and aristocratic families, and often suffered local opposition and even destruction.

Coupled with the corruption of official administration, local officials often add many exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the name of two taxes, resulting in people's livelihood. During the reign of the former Emperor, the administration of officials was often rectified, so that the two tax laws could be implemented in a benign way.

However, after the death of the first emperor, the monarch was in power, and the administration of officials was extremely corrupt. The two tax laws had long become an excuse for corrupt officials and local giants to plunder people's wealth, so that this tax system existed in name only in the Tang Dynasty.

However, it cannot be denied that the birth of the two tax laws was to kill the rich and help the poor. Therefore, Wei Ran still continues to use the two tax laws. After all, this is the best tax law to combat local giants and protect the interests of the people in this era. It only needs to be improved.

He is well aware of the disadvantages of the two tax laws and is more familiar with the economic development of today's society. The two tax laws mainly collect gold and silver currency, but today's social gold and silver currency reserves are not very sufficient, and the commodity economy is not as developed as that of the Song Dynasty.

There are often many problems during the collection period. The most obvious is the low price of grain in good years. Farmers' money to sell grain for tax will often cause many losses due to the fluctuation of market economy.

Although grain prices are high in famine years, farmers often have to leave enough grain for their families to eat. However, in order to pay taxes, they have to sell grain at a low price in famine years to replace gold and silver money.

Therefore, the tax method implemented by Wei Ran in agriculture is mainly to collect in kind. One tenth of the in kind tax is charged for both grain and hemp on the land. It can be used as military grain and strategic grain and grass reserves.

For craftsmen and businessmen who have no land and mainly make a living in handicrafts and commerce, Wei Ran collects gold and silver coins and pays taxes according to one thirtieth of their income according to national law. If there is no gold and silver currency, silk cloth can be used to offset the price.

As the territory is located on the trade route of the Silk Road, the income of these industrial and commercial taxes is actually amazing.

Even so, Wei Ran's tax policy is still very extensive, not that he doesn't understand the better tax system in history. Because of the lack of shogunate officials and distrust of the officials sent by the imperial court, he can only make such a determination for the time being. When there are enough staff, he will naturally make more detailed adjustments.

Jishijun Tunbao, where guide was once located, was often a food reserve where Tubo people harassed and robbed. Later, Ge Shuhan led the army here, ambushed several times, and defeated Tubo many times. Only then did he really turn this place into a military grain warehouse in the Tang Dynasty.

Now that Wei Ran is in power here, it is naturally impossible for history to go back to the time before godshuhan led the army.

Taking advantage of the bumper harvest, he took the initiative to lead 4000 elite riders to leave Guide county and take a walk on the northern plateau. One is to train troops to adapt them to the plateau climate; the other is to replace defense with attack and implement active defense.

As long as Tubo soldiers and horses, no matter which tribe, dare to approach the land of reclamation within a thousand miles, Wei Ran will lead a large army to crush their camp and kill their families.

Every once in a while, Wei Ran led the cavalry to do this, so that the nearby Tubo tribes were either wiped out or migrated to a higher plateau.

When he came out this time, no group of Tubo tribes dared to have the idea of autumn grain harvest outside guide county.

An armed parade arrived in the west of Qinghai Lake. Unexpectedly, he met the messenger of Zhao Xuanqing who chased him.

Zhao Xuanqing invited Wei Ran to Shancheng because an important event happened in the imperial court, which related to Tubo, and we need to consult him.

Wei Ran arranged 300 people to return to guide and informed Gu Qingshu of the matter. Now Gu Qingshu, in addition to acting as an intermediary between fenglinjun and the Cheng family, was also invited by Wei Ran to take charge of part of the government affairs of kuozhou and supervise other advisers in the shogunate.

In the absence of Wei Ran, Gu Qingshu is the second officer. Except that he can't mobilize the army at will, he is the main thing in government affairs.

Wei Ran led the rest to Shancheng directly.

After entering Shancheng, Zhao Xuanqing asked his subordinates to directly ask Wei Ran to meet her in the military conference room. Wei Ran thought there was any important news about Yundan knot.

Since the end of the battle of Shibao City, Wuwei army no longer took the initiative to attack Tubo, but Wei Ran and Zhao Xuanqing both held their breath and wanted to kill Yundan knot for revenge. Therefore, the two have made an offensive and defensive alliance. They meet to inquire about the enemy together. As long as they have the opportunity, they will send troops together to destroy it.

"Li Dingguo, you've always had a lot of ghost ideas. Now there's a trouble. I want you to give some ideas."

Wei Ran sat opposite Zhao Xuanqing. Instead of wearing a suit of armor as before, she was wearing a water blue Luo Yi embroidered skirt and a more feminine hairstyle.

It is different from the heroic and valiant manner of galloping on the battlefield and fighting for supremacy. At this time, there are many more graceful and restrained feminine temperament. His right hand dragged his chin and stared lazily at the sand table on the table.

When she saw that Wei Huo didn't respond for a long time, she looked up and saw that Wei huozheng looked at herself with great interest. Dai Mei frowned slightly.

"Have you seen enough?"

"In fact, I was surprised when I entered the door, but I've never seen Miss Zhao wearing red makeup. Ha, if you step into the camp like this, I'm afraid it will attract the hot-blooded men of the whole army to throw their heads and shed their blood for Miss Zhao. "

Zhao Xuanqing's cheeks were slightly red, and his eyes glanced to the left involuntarily, "nonsense! Since there is no war, don't you allow me to put on my daughter's clothes? "

Then he felt that the look on Wei Ran's face became more and more strange. He couldn't help but pounding in his heart and quickly changed the topic.

"I received a message from my father that the imperial court intends to make a peace with Tubo Zanpu Yundan. The person who makes a peace is Princess Shouning."

Wei Huoran stood up, and his eyes were full of appreciation and teasing, which suddenly turned into a murderous intention.

"Hum, and kiss? How many people died when we fought with Yundan? How many thousands of people died in Shanzhou and kuozhou? This hatred is irreconcilable! The imperial court plans to marry?! The princess she sent was still the sister of the dog emperor! Now, the court is full of wine bags and rice bags! "

Zhao Xuanqing sat in his seat and looked up at Wei Ran. "I heard you have a good relationship with Princess Shouning?"

"In the past, I led 3000 elite horses to counter attack the rebels, which was supported by her. In the back, I was punished at the Meridian Gate with heavy flail, and I also received her grace. Even out of the morality of friends, it is impossible for her to marry with the barbarian tribe. "

Zhao Xuanqing stood up, looked at the sand table and said, "in fact, my father told me the news and let me decide how to deal with it. If you guessed right, Princess Shouning will definitely follow the ancient Tang fan road that Princess Wencheng once walked through if she wants to marry.

My father means that if I don't want to see the marriage between the two countries, I can set up an ambush on the ancient road and kill all the peace and family teams sent by the imperial court! It has spoiled the good things of the two countries. "