After easily taking Yangzhou, Cui Anqian and others believed that Li Rupei would take advantage of the situation to take over Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road. After all, the officials in these two places were already in panic. The troops owned by the Jiedu governors were vulnerable to the Iron Blood Army and did not dare to resist. At this time, it was the best time to take over Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road.

However, Li Rupei denied this suggestion, and the Iron Blood Army temporarily stopped the conquest under such a great situation.

Could it be because of the emperor's imperial edict and the position of the Southern Dao Daxingtai? According to the emperor's imperial edict and the imperial edict of the court, it is impossible for Li Rupei to limit Li Rupei's.

After returning to Xiangyang, many people did not understand the truth.

Li Rupei never made a reasonable explanation, but just locked himself in the wing room of the royal palace, not knowing what he was thinking about. Everyone knew that whenever Li Rupei thought like this, a major decision would be made, and no one would disturb him at this critical moment.

Two days later, Li Rupei arrived at the official residence of the Nanfang Road Grand Hall.

Cui Anqian and others were busy in the official residence.

Li Rupei went straight to the wing room of the official residence. When he saw Cui Anqian, Kan Zeyu and others coming in, he just nodded slightly.

The personal soldiers around him quickly spread out the map brought by Li Rupei, and everyone's eyes fell on the map.

"Over these days, I have heard a lot of discussions, saying that the situation of the Iron Blood Army is very good, why can't we pursue it while we are victorious, why don't we occupy Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road? The governors and observers in these two places dare not resist at all."

"I don't want to do this for the time being, but it doesn't mean I won't do this in the future, but the current time is not very suitable."

Speaking of this, Li Rupei pointed to the map in front of him.

"The Iron Blood Army occupied Shannan West Road, Shannan West Road, Huainan Road, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road. The territory is already very large, but the current situation is worrying. The situation of Shannan West Road and Shannan East Road is good, and the people can basically live and work in peace. But looking at other places, especially Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road, the people are struggling to live. The situation of Huainan Road is not very good. There are many bandits in various places, and some of the man-made rebellions and Huang Chao's rebellion. But the bigger problem lies in the government, and even Gao Chibang and others have seen it."

"The government exploited the people so that the people could not survive. Jiangnan Road and Huainan Road were once rich and prosperous places, but now the population has dropped sharply and the prosperity of the past has long disappeared. The officials sent to various places are basically complaining. There is no silver or food in many places. Seeing that the people are frozen and hungry, they are powerless."

"Under such circumstances, if the Iron Blood Army occupied the more difficult Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road, the conditions were more difficult. Think about what kind of situation would happen. I have said that conquests are not the main purpose, and local people must be able to stabilize. Being able to farm peacefully is the key."

"The Taiwan Administration lacks officials and talents, and this problem has not been solved at this time. Under such circumstances, the larger the territory it occupies, the more problems it will have. Therefore, after careful consideration, I took a year to two years to basically restore the previous prosperity of the south, and at least the people can stabilize it."

"Hastyness means not achieving success. Someone cannot be greedy, and he cannot be happy with great achievements. He must be down-to-earth and step by step to restore his vitality to Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road."

"The people are already very poor. If they cannot rest with the people at this time, the south will not be able to completely stabilize. Someone is preparing to submit a memorial to the court again, begging the court to exempt the three-year taxes from Huainan Road, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road, so that the people can truly settle down and farm well."

Li Rupei expressed the idea of ​​exempting taxes, and Cui Anqian and others were stunned. You should know that Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road are the main places for grain production. If the taxes are exempted for three years, how can the government rely on to maintain it? The Southern Road Main Street cannot provide so much money and grain. Besides, the Iron Blood Army is recruiting soldiers, and the 150,000 troops will also be maintained.

After Li Rupei finished speaking, Cui Anqian continued to speak.

"The prince still needs to be cautious. Huainan Road, Jiangnan East Road and Jiangnan West Road are very large, and local governments can only maintain it by taxes. If three years of taxes are exempted at one go, not to mention what the court would think, local governments cannot maintain it. The Taiwan Administration of the Dazhan has received many memorials, all of which are begging for assistance. Some local governments are no longer able to expose the blame. The Taiwan Administration of the Dazhan Administration has not had a big problem for one year. It is not a big deal to maintain the assistance for three years, but there is not so much money."

Kan Zeyu looked at Li Rupei and did not speak. After all, he had not been to the Taihang Mansion for a long time, so it was not easy to speak rashly at this time.

"Kan Zeyu, if you have any ideas, just say them out. Since you are doing things around Mr. Cui, you should say whatever suggestions you think of, otherwise you would be dereliction of duty."

Kan Zeyu's face turned a little pale, and he quickly clasped his fists and spoke.

"The prince, my subordinates agreed with Cui Ge Laozhi's suggestion. I went to Jiangnan West Road and Jiangnan East Road some time ago to check it out, especially Yuezhou, Jiangzhou, Hongzhou and Raozhou. I was robbed by Huang Chao and invaded by bandits. The people were poor and unable to bear taxes. Even the seeds of the spring plowing season needed the help of the government. In addition, the gentry and wealthy families in these places fled in large numbers or were killed by Huang Chao. There were a lot of unowned farmland. The government needed to re-register and let farmers farm. My subordinates believed that it was necessary to exempt them from taxes for one year."

"As for the exemption of taxes for three years, it is indeed difficult for local governments to maintain. In February and March, the Taiwan Administration of the Great Bank has already taken out more than 700,000 taels of silver to allow local governments to maintain it. It is expected that one million taels of silver will be needed throughout the year. Within this year, the Taiwan Administration of the Great Bank of the Great Bank of the Great Bank can meet most of the expenses of local governments, including the salaries of officials. But if so much silver is needed next year and the year after, the Taiwan Administration of the Great Bank of the Great Bank of the Great Bank of the Great Bank of the Great Bank will be unbearable."

Li Rupei nodded slightly.

"It's reasonable and concrete, and there are specific numbers. I hope to hear this suggestion. Today, I'm talking about taxation. In fact, there are still ways. However, the Taiwan Administration of the major banks has never attached great importance to commerce, so I feel that I can't think of any good solution. If you pay attention to the composition of taxation on the East and West Roads of Shannan, you will understand the importance of commerce. Last year's taxation, trade taxation has accounted for more than 70% of the total taxation, and the taxation of the people is insignificant."

Cui Anqian shook his head slightly. His understanding was fixed. He believed that agriculture was the foundation and taxation was not the main thing. Such an understanding could not be changed. Li Rupei did not want to change Cui Anqian's understanding.

So he thought that in the Taiwan Mansion of the big business, Kan Zeyu was specifically responsible for commerce. Ma Haoxuan, who used to be responsible for commerce, had already served as the governor of Shandong Dongdao.

This is the result of Li Rupei's careful thinking. In the future, commerce will be centered on Xiangyang. Ma Haoxuan is already very clear about the importance of commerce. If he becomes the governor of Shandong Dongdao, he can play a good role in the central region and let the commerce in the south develop in the direction of a chess game.

As for Cui Anqian, the focus is on the appointment and evaluation of officials and local money, grain and other matters.

"Let Kan Zeyu be responsible for the business matter. Ma Haoxuan was in charge of this matter before. Ma Haoxuan is now the governor of Shandong Dongdao. If Kan Zeyu has any unfamiliarity, please ask Ma Haoxuan for advice."

Overjoyed, Kan Zeyu immediately bowed with fists.

"My subordinates must do their best to live up to the prince's expectations."

Of course, Kan Zeyu understood that Ma Haoxuan was in charge of trade affairs before, and he did a good job. He was promoted to Shandong Dongdao Jiedushi so quickly. If he did it seriously, he would be no problem to become the Jiedushi. After the south stabilized, the Iron Blood Army would definitely occupy Qianzhong Road and Lingnan Road. Wouldn't the position of Jiedushi come out soon?

Li Rupei's expression became serious.

"The future commerce will be completely different from before. What I was thinking about is the method of point-to-face. The five places in Xiangyang, Liangzhou, Yangzhou, Suzhou and Hongzhou must be trained into a line. These five places are the resident of the Jiedushi Yamen, with relatively concentrated people and households. The development of commerce has a natural advantage. The center of commerce development is in Xiangyang."

"The development of trade in Yangzhou and Suzhou is better than that of Xiangyang. The reason why someone chose a trade center in Xiangyang was to cover more places. Kan Zeyu, you must consider the transactions of salt and iron and other materials, and appropriately limit these transactions to Xiangyang, Liangzhou, Suzhou, Yangzhou and Hongzhou, which will naturally attract a large number of merchants."

"Traditional commerce is difficult to drive a large increase in local taxes in a short period of time, so it was decided to set up shipping commercial ports in Yangzhou and Suzhou to attract overseas trade in Guangzhou and other places to these places. This matter still needs serious discussion."

"Kan Zeyu, you have clear requirements for business matters. Within one year, the commercial taxes in various places must fully meet the expenses of the Iron Blood Army and local governments. Within three years, the commercial taxes must account for about 80% of the entire tax."

The development of commerce must have many problems. An emerging class will be born with the development of commerce. However, the wheel of history will always move forward. Li Rupei has thought of these for a long time, which is also due to his identity as a time traveler. However, he has enough confidence to guide all this and restore the glory of the early Tang Dynasty. This is not his purpose. He wants to let the Tang stand at the top of the world and let the influence of the Tang Dynasty spread all over the world. (To be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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