The matter of distribution is a foregone conclusion. But Li Jun was a prince after all. Even though he was exiled to Yu County, Emperor Yan Ping did not revoke Li Jun's position as King of Jin. This is naturally not because of the relationship between father and son, but because once Li Jun is revoked from the throne, the generals will definitely jump in, which will not be conducive to his subsequent actions in the army.
The cold weather is unbearable for adults, let alone a child of more than three months. Fortunately, they were not ordinary people. The palace purchased a quite spacious and comfortable carriage, which also had a brazier for warmth, books to relieve boredom, and pastries to fill the stomach.
Although Emperor Yan Ping sent someone to escort them to Yu County, there were only eight soldiers responsible for the escort. Under the watchful eyes of Li Jun's three thousand troops, they did not dare to say a word. For them, going to Yu County is like checking in. They only need to hand over the procedures when they arrive at the end. As for what happened on the way or how long it took, they have been clearly told not to worry about it and just treat it as such. It's a public trip.
Therefore, the originally planned thirteen-day journey lasted for more than a month. During this period, Li Han took his whole family to celebrate the New Year in the state capital he passed. Traveling around the mountains and rivers along the way does not look like someone who has been demoted.
Compared to Li Jun who was exiled but still maintained a good mood, Emperor Yan Ping, who was the instigator, had even more headaches than Li Jun. Just after the New Year, before the seal was finished, he received a secret report from the governor of Qianzhou that someone was rebelling.
Just when Emperor Yan Ping had just drafted an imperial decree and asked the prefect of Qianzhou to order the suppression, bad news came from Qianzhou. The rebel bandits captured the prefect's mansion and captured the prefect of Qianzhou and the guardian of the country alive. The Duke Cheng Yuan killed the two men alive in public.
Qianzhou rebelled.
Emperor Yan Ping was furious after hearing the news, and ordered the Southern Army to go to crusade. At the same time, he ordered the prefects of surrounding prefectures and counties to jointly fight against the thieves.
However, the people in Qianzhou have long been disgusted by Cheng Yuan and others' behavior of plucking the hair of Yan Guo, and they responded to the rebel army one after another. The officers and soldiers of Yu County were defeated in repeated battles, and they could not wait until the Southern Army came. Many counties and towns have been lost, and the situation is getting worse and worse.
At this time, Emperor Yan Ping asked in shock: "Why did these people rebel?"
A supervisory censor reported: "Your Majesty, Cheng Guozhang has been in Qianzhou for many years, plundering The common people have long complained and suffered terribly. This rebellion was caused by Li Yixian, a failed scholar, and Yuan Wei, the leader of Linyuan Village. Li Yixian wanted to write a letter to criticize the state religion, but was intercepted by Zhang Guozhang and arrested. He planned to execute him in the autumn. Later, he was rescued by the bandit Zhang Yuanwei, who turned into a bandit. Cheng Guozhang sent people to attack him many times but failed. Instead, he was captured by the enemy and lost his life. "
There is an imperial concubine. A line of officials retorted: "Master Zhou, please don't confuse right and wrong. Your Majesty, those unruly people are wild and untamable, and they kill the imperial officials without regard for Your Majesty. I thought that I should suppress those bandits with thunder. Kill one person to serve as a warning to others, and the mob will disperse."
Officials from the imperial concubine's family all echoed this, while people from other forces kept silent after seeing this.
Emperor Yan Ping felt that this method was not very appropriate, so he asked: "Do you have any other suggestions?"
The whole court was silent, except for the imperial concubines who agreed. Officials and others ignored Emperor Yan Ping. Emperor Yan Ping couldn't lose his face, so he asked again, "You may as well speak directly if you have something to say. If you speak frankly in the court, no matter what you say, I will not be blamed."
Even so, there was still silence. , as if only Emperor Yan Ping and officials from the imperial concubine family were the protagonists in the court, and the others were just watching the fun.
After a long while, no one spoke, so Emperor Yan Ping asked by name: "Ministry of War, what suggestions do you have?"
Wei Guangdu said: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, before the troops are ready, The food and fodder for the Southern Army’s crusade against the bandits has not yet been approved, so it cannot go into battle.”
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Emperor Yan Ping was startled and asked: "Hubu, what's going on? Why haven't the provisions for the expedition been approved yet?"
Wei Guanglu stood up and said: "Go back to your Majesty, Hubu There is no more money in the account, so I can't approve it."
"Where did the money go?"
"Your Majesty, because your Majesty had a decree, the state church members did not use it. Taxation, so this year's tax revenue has been significantly reduced compared to previous years, and His Majesty has organized a lot of arrangements to celebrate the birth of the Twelve Princes. In addition, the Changchun Palace of the Imperial Concubine was expanded and renovated, and the mausoleum and the Twelfth Emperor's Mausoleum were specially built for the Imperial Concubine. The prince's Liang Palace and so on, the treasury no longer has enough money for the war."
Emperor Yan Ping was surprised and asked, "Why didn't you say anything earlier?"
" I have written about this matter many times, and I am afraid that your Majesty, who is busy with everything, has not seen it."
"What should we do?"
Wei Guanglu said again: "Not just this year, according to the country. Since believers don’t have to pay taxes, the treasury may not collect any tax revenue in the coming year. "How can this be so? How can the Buddha Church have an impact on tax revenue if there are only tens of thousands of people?"
"I'm afraid your Majesty doesn't know that since your Majesty promulgated the new order, the number of state religion believers has increased to millions. According to the calculations of ministers, there will be tens of millions of people next year, until they are like Southern Chu."
< p> Nanchu is a country where politics and religion are integrated.Emperor Yan Ping asked in disbelief: "How is it possible?"
When he issued the decree, he really did not think that it would cause trouble for himself. Common people, whether they are farmers or merchants, do not need to pay taxes as long as they have the status of an Anglican. Who wouldn't want to join?
Every bustle in the world is for benefit, and all the hustle and bustle in the world is for benefit. The advantage lies in someone rushing forward risklessly. What's more, it's just an identity. If you have one more identity, you can be exempted from taxes. This dealOf course it's a good deal. Of course, the reason why there are only millions of people is because Yu Qiuzi wants to squeeze money from these millions of people, so he deliberately sets the threshold for entry, which is one word, money.
So the taxes have been converted into the personal property of the upper-class members of the Buddha Sect.
Emperor Yan Ping realized that the situation was serious and asked: "Now, what should we do now? Please think of a solution!"
Those people still kept silent, Yan What Emperor Ping had done in the past few years really chilled their hearts. Especially the recent incident of Lu Tong's death. Although there are no rumors among the people yet, people from various factions have already known through various signs that this matter was done by Emperor Yan Ping. Emperor Yan Ping treated his own children like this, not to mention people like them. The rabbit died and the fox was sad, so it was not just today that the court was like this, but Emperor Yan Ping didn't notice it until today. As vested interests, officials from the imperial concubine's line were even less likely to give up their advantages.