The Great Tang's network was currently only accessible to a small number of people.
Li Er and the other officials were part of this group.
They were using Xia Hua's dedicated network line.
Lin Hao looked at the contents of the chat group and clicked on the land measurement report.
The working group within the Ministry went down to supervise, and the local government measured and clarified, greatly preventing the concealment and underreporting.
Especially during spring plowing and summer plowing.
Those landowners with a lot of land had no way to hide it.
It was even more so after the Jianghuai Road had been cleansed.
Not only did they survey the land, but they also did a population survey.
At this moment, the group message lit up.
Zhangsun Wuji: "@ Lin Hao, when is the end-of-month work summary meeting for Minister Lin?"”
Fang Xuanling: "That's right, Minister Lin. There are many things that I need to discuss with Xia Hua."”
"Lin, don't be lazy."”
"
The day after tomorrow, Xia Hua will be there."”
“1!”
The screen was full of 1's.
He even felt that it was a little modern.
He informed Fang Ping that the end of the month summary meeting would be held the day after tomorrow.
Lin Hao was dressed in his summer clothes. When he walked into the department, he saw that all the officials of the Great Tang had arrived, and the members of Xia Hua were sitting at the side.
"Alright, let's start this meeting.”
He presided over the meeting.
Zhangsun Wuji and the others first explained the work situation.
"How's the population survey going?"”
"We've also completed a general survey. The Great Tang has a total of 2.8 million households and a population of 10.3 million," Zhangsun Wuji said.”
"That's not right." Lin Hao said indifferently,"What you're counting is the official household registration. What about those who don't have a household registration, such as servants?"”
The ancient population was very fishy.
It would be clear if he checked history.
That was calculated according to household registration. Only those with household registration were counted as the population.
However, there were countless people who were slaves, servants, and slaves who were raised by the landlord and the powerful.
These people were not counted in the population count.
And this group of people did not have to pay taxes.
This was the reason why the landowners and despots were getting richer while the commoners were getting poorer.
There were even cases of concealment, deception, and concealment of the population.
And after the natural and man-made disasters, it was even more so. Who knew how many households had disappeared.
Therefore, it was difficult to calculate how many people were hiding under the water without a thorough investigation.
"Aren't these the citizens of the Great Tang?”
Lin Hao asked.
Zhangsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling looked at each other, but Xia Hua remained calm and looked at Lin Hao in surprise.
He knew what Lin Hao wanted to do.
"Please enlighten me, Minister Lin."
Lin Hao waved his hand and said,"I don't dare to teach you. This kind of person must be counted in the population check. If there are local people who conceal it, they will be severely punished."”
"Send a working group down and work with the local government to re-investigate the population.”
"As long as it is a citizen of the Great Tang, it will be counted in the population.”
"We must calculate the true population.”
"Do you understand?"
"Understood. After the meeting, I'll get the Ministry of Revenue to arrange a working group."”
Lin Hao nodded and said,"After the summer harvest is over, we must strictly enforce it. Pay paper money and business taxes. We must keep an eye on them. Anyone who evades taxes will not be tolerated."”
"At the same time, strictly prevent merchants from maliciously suppressing grain prices. We can't let the people sell the grain in their hands at a low price in order to pay taxes.”
"In this regard, the government will have to balance the grain prices and purchase them in the name of the government.”
"In this aspect, you should know better than me.”
It was normal for him to consider this.
The government only accepted paper money. The common people could not pay taxes with grain on hand. Those merchants would definitely lower the price. Otherwise, if the government did not accept paper money, it would be a big problem if they could not pay taxes.
In the end, in order to pay taxes, they could only sell the food at a low price on the ground. They could barely survive for a year, but they could not even survive for half a year.
He couldn't even guarantee a living.
The people were injured, but the merchants benefited.
After that, Lin Hao asked about the bank.
The bank was developing extremely quickly now.
All the major cities had been opened. With the spread of modern supermarkets, paper money could be used in many cities. Only small cities or remote places still used copper coins.
It was already very fast for paper money to be so popular in two years.
"Chief of Staff Fang, do you have anything to say?”Lin Hao asked.
Fang Ping said,"There's nothing else to say. Xiahua will cooperate fully. The only thing is that the installation of electronic screens in the major cities will require the assistance of the local governments.”
Lin Hao said,"His Majesty wants to give a speech, so he needs Xia Hua to arrange the relevant equipment. This will be discussed by the Ministry and the local government will cooperate."”
"Minister Zhangsun, Duke Fang, we'll be depending on you.”
"Alright, I'll post it after the meeting."”
After the meeting, everyone left.
Fang Ping found Lin Hao and said,"You want Li Shiming to abolish the slaves?"
Lin Hao was not surprised and shook his head slightly."It's not exactly an abolition of slaves. It's just a different method.”
"What do you mean?"
He explained.
It was actually very simple. The slaves of the Great Tang were all citizens of the Great Tang. How could they bully their own people? If they wanted to bully, they could bully those who were not of the Great Tang.
Fang Ping did not say anything and left.
Lin Hao went to the palace and told Li Er about this matter.
"I knew this day would come.”"But do you know how much money the government will have to pay once you carry out this?" Li Er said.”
Lin Hao said,"That's not how you calculate the accounts. You have to know that the taxes paid to the Great Tang by releasing those people and distributing the land are not a small amount.”
"Moreover, after the family branches and leaves, one family will become four or five. How many people will have to reclaim the land and turn it over to the national tax?”
"Your Majesty, don't tell me you don't know how to account for the increase in population?”
"There's also Goguryeo. There are so many fertile fields there, so don't they need people to grow there?”
"Besides, how else can we take away the land from the landlord?”
He paused and said,"The change of dynasties is due to the problem of land. After Your Majesty has resolved it, you will be laying down a foundation for eternity."”
Hearing this, Li Er's face turned red.
What he feared the most was that the Great Tang would perish like the previous dynasty.
Lin Hao's words hit his butt.
Whoosh!
Li Er let out a heavy sigh and said,""I will consider this matter for a while and give you an answer. However, regarding the matter of reopening the population survey, I will fully support you.”
"Alright."
Lin Hao also doesn't force the people to be in the army.
Li
Er wrote a letter to Li Chengqian.
Li Chengqian frowned and started searching online.
There was not much of this kind of news.
The root cause of the downfall of dynasties was the serious problem of land annexation.
"If the ancient people were given a map, they wouldn't have had to annex the land and the people would have had no way out.”
"Every time, it's a reshuffle, and then the same thing happens again.”
"As long as they conquer other places, the problem will naturally be solved once they have more land.”
"..."
Li Chengqian's eyes lit up when he heard this answer. He began to ponder over it carefully.
The fundamental reason was that the land was rolled up. A small number of people owned a large amount of land, while most people had no land to cultivate.
What if there were more lands?
Outside.
There was a reply, which was to shift the conflict and expand outward.
After Li Chengqian finished reading, his spirit was greatly roused, and he started to write furiously.
How could Lin Hao know that Li Chengqian, this brat's idea, became more and more radical?
When Li Er showed him Li Chengqian's letter, he could not help but be stunned.
"Lin Hao, what did Gao Ming learn? Why did he become so domineering now?”
This tyranny was not that tyranny.
Instead, it was the opposite of the kingly way.
"Your Majesty, do you think there's something wrong?" Lin Hao asked.”
Li Er frowned and slowly shook his head.
"Then it's done." Lin Hao shrugged and said,"The Crown Prince's words mean that he is now considering the interests of the Great Tang.”
"I understand."
Li Er said,"Since Gao Ming is like this, then why should I be so cautious? Isn't it that I can't even compare to my son?"”
"Lin Hao, I think we'll make a move on Tubo in half a month.”
"Take advantage of the arrival of winter to end the battle quickly and destroy Tubo.”
"Can Xia Hua do it in a short time?" he asked.”
"Your Majesty wants Xia Hua to be the leader of this battle?”
"Yes."
Lin Hao shook his head slightly and said,"Your Majesty, forget it. The Great Tang will still be the main force and Xia Hua will be the support. In a short period of time, the war can still be resolved."”
"In that case, I don't have much left.”
Li Er didn't say much."You're still the commander in chief?" he asked.”
"Don't, we just fought. Let the Great Tang do it. My altitude sickness isn't small.”
"You can continue to play tricks."
…
Door of Transmigration.
A highland troop walked out.
The establishment of a regiment.
He was quickly transferred to the border between the Great Tang and Tibet.
This time, the Tang border army was marching towards Tubo.
As expected, when winter arrived, the Tibetans were taken care of.
Then Songzan and Luzan were captured alive and escorted back to Chang 'an.
Then, Li Er waved his hand and snapped it.
After that, they would transfer officials to Tubo. No, they should ask the Western Protectorate to take over the management.
Other arrangements were also being followed up.
"A portion of the Tibetans fled to Sindhu.”
"They want to beg the Sindhi King to restore their country!”
Hou Junji reported.
Li Er frowned slightly."There are still fish that slipped through the net. This is troublesome. Lin Hao, what do you think?"”
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We won't be able to cause any trouble. Now that we have the Protectorate of the Western Regions and a regiment of Xia Hua stationed there, in time, it will completely become the territory of the Great Tang.”
Lin Hao said with a relaxed expression,"Moreover, the Xia Navy's winter operation has also begun.”
"Operation Winter?"
Li Er and the others were stunned."What is it?”
"This is the navy's plan. It doesn't involve the Great Tang, so it's not convenient to disclose it."”
Li Er and the others did not ask further.
As long as it didn't involve the Great Tang, Xia Hua could do whatever he wanted.
However, this winter operation made his heart feel like it was being clawed by a cat. What exactly was the plan?
Lin Hao laughed in his heart. What else could the navy's development plan be?
When he returned to the pick-up base, Fang Ping pulled him and said,"The navy is heading south, and they're about to pass by A6Ma. When they reach Sindhu, you'll need to fly over and set up a teleportation portal.”
"When the time comes, we will build a supply port there.”
"Understood!"
…Sindhu
Sea.
The warship sailed through the waves.
Hurrying to Sindhu.
Sindhu was not their ultimate goal.
The final target is the oil East.
When they arrived in Sindhu, the engineering team disembarked and began to build the airport.
Once he was done, he would report it to the Tang headquarters.
Lin Hao took a plane and rushed over. As soon as the transmigration gate was released, countless resources came over to replenish the fleet before setting off again.
"You Dong."
he murmured as he watched the fleet leave.
That place was filled with gold.
After enduring for so long, the country finally reached out its hand.
He did not immediately return to the Great Tang. Instead, he waited for the fleet to reach Youdong before heading over again to place the Teleportation Gate.
The large-scale oil extraction equipment meant that the underground gold liquid would be officially extracted.
Lin Hao stayed here for a long time.
Because it was winter in the Great Tang, it would still be cold if they went back.
It was freezing cold.
The climate here was much hotter.
…Da da
da da!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The battle ended.
The soldiers escorted the captives back.
This was the 16th battle the navy had experienced after landing in Youdong.
"This East Rome is a little too lively.”
Lin Hao raised his eyebrows and said.
The navy boss sneered,"We have no interest in them for the time being. Our focus is on the oil field. Otherwise, we can take a detour to the Mediterranean and destroy them."”
There was no canal yet. If the navy wanted to go to the Mediterranean Sea, they could only bypass the Black Region and enter from the other side of the straits.
However, he did not have that much energy now.
Lu Haikong was still hogging the huge oil resources that had not been mined yet.
It had to be known that the oil industry had made a few countries 'mouths full of oil. The country had invested too much in this.
"But we can't let them harass us.”Lin Hao said,"We've been thieves for a thousand days. How can we guard against thieves? We're doing construction, but they're doing destruction. It's impossible to guard against them."”
"We are also considering this issue.”
Yang Hai said,"The higher-ups have requested that we see the oil coming out at the beginning of the year and then ship a batch back."”
"Time is tight."
He spoke bitterly, but his expression was full of joy.
The navy is a big oil guper.
A single movement of the warship would be equivalent to ten thousand taels of gold.
It was an undeveloped oil city, and the navy could use it as they pleased during training. It was not a problem at all.
However, the prerequisite was to develop it, otherwise everything would be a fantasy.
While building the oil pipeline, they had to fight the Roman army.
This Roman was also stubborn. So many of them had been killed, yet he still came to send them off.
It greatly delayed the construction period.
Yang Hai asked for instructions from the navy, and then fired a missile rain at the Roman Empire.
It directly extinguished the Roman Empire.
The city-states were in chaos, so how could they care about the matters of Youdong?
The construction period was greatly accelerated.
Zhenguan five years.
The first batch of oil was finally delivered to the oil tankers.
There were more than thirty tankers in total.
They were all filled to the brim. After returning from the transmigration gate, another batch would come over and take turns.
"In time, will the national oil price drop to a few cents per liter?”
Lin Hao touched his chin and pondered.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]