leonardwarren Chapter 115
Chapter 115
Yang Guangduan sat on the throne of the dragon chair, looked at Shifei Xuan, and chuckled: "If you honestly answer Xuan's question, Xu doesn't mind giving you a pain." "
"It's just, you're ready to plot against you, do you think Xu will kill you so simply?"
A trace of coldness appeared on Yang Guang's face.
Yang Guang could see that for Shifei Xuan at this time, death was a relief.
Since this was the case, Yang Guang didn't want to kill her.
"I want you to see with your own eyes how I, the Great Sui, swept the world and drove the Cihang Jingzhai behind you from above the clouds into the dust..."
Yang Guang suddenly got up and walked in front of Shifei Xuan.
Concubine Shi Xuan looked at the man in front of her, and a trace of regret suddenly rose in her heart.
Master once told her that the Great Sui Empire was not far from the destruction of the country, and Cihang Jingzhai needed to go down the mountain to find the true dragon Tianzi.
Shifei Xuan always believed what her master said.
But at this time, Master Xuan had doubts in her heart.
The Great Sui Empire is really about to be destroyed?
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Goguryeo.
Bai Qi led an army of 300,000 to reach Liaodong City.
He first had the army stationed not far from Liaodong City to adjust.
Bury the pot to cook and put on the appearance of a banner.
The soldiers of Goguryeo in Liaodong City saw this scene and thought that Dasui had brought another million-strong army to Liaodong City.
Then when he saw the silver-armored general who had killed 300,000 Goguryeo elites in the legend, he was immediately frightened and closed the city gate.
The soldiers on the city wall did not even dare to stick their heads out, lest the arrow of the Great Sui come and kill him.
Bai Qi was very clear at this time that Goguryeo's national strength was now empty, and there were not many soldiers defending this Liaodong City.
Under such a superiority in troops, it was easy to take Liaodong City.
However, they belong to the siege side, and these guys from Goguryeo have strengthened the city of Liaodong countless times.
It was to resist the army of the Great Sui.
How to take Liaodong City and minimize losses is a problem that Bai Qi is considering now.
Thinking of this, Bai Qi immediately gathered all the generals and went to the big tent to discuss.
These generals all thought that General Bai was about to prepare to attack the city, and they did not chew the food in their mouths, so they gobbled up a few mouthfuls and immediately put on their armor and ran over.
Walking into the military tent, Bai Qi looked at the feverish expressions of the generals, and he understood the thoughts in the hearts of these soldiers.
Finally killed under Liaodong City, they all wanted to take Liaodong City with a bang, and then point their swords at Pyongyang.
After everyone saw Bai Qi come in, they immediately asked.
"General Bai, are we preparing to attack the city?"
"General Bai, General Bai, let the last general be the vanguard, the last general's big knife is already hungry and thirsty!"
"General Bai, don't believe him, there are three hundred capable people under the last general, and when night falls, I will let them sneak into this Liaodong City, and when the time comes, it will be caught inside and out, isn't this Liaodong City captured?"
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Bai Qi listened to this, frowned slightly, raised his hands and pressed down, signaling everyone to be quiet.
For Bai Qi, they were still afraid, and immediately all quieted down.
Bai Qi looked at the generals and said slowly: "Pass the order down, so that the three armies are not in a hurry to attack the city, and rest well!" "
"The specific siege time, wait for General Ben's notice!"
After saying this, Bai Qi did not explain too much and walked out of the big account.
Everyone watched General Bai finish his order and leave, only then did they dare to whisper.
"General Bai, why is that? We have an army of 300,000, why don't we take Liaodong City in one go? "
"That's it, we don't know why, we don't dare to ask!"
"In my opinion, don't be weird in that yin and yang, General Bai naturally has a reason to do this, you just listen to the order, otherwise be careful with your head!"
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When everyone heard this, they immediately left the big tent honestly and returned to the ministries to convey orders.
Bai Qi naturally knew that these generals would have such questions, but he didn't want to explain it, nor did he have to explain it to them.
Those who understand naturally understand.
The army is laborious, and it is difficult to exert its full strength if it does not rest well.
Under such circumstances, a rash siege of the city will not be worth the loss.
Of course, this is only one aspect.
Soldiers, sophistry also.
He just wanted to put on a posture that he was about to attack and give the Goguryeo soldiers in the city.
In this way, whether these Goguryeo soldiers could sleep at night was unknown to him.
Bai Qi is very clear that the best policy is to surrender without a fight.
To take Liaodong City, with their current strength, they can do it at any time, and the key is how to minimize the loss.
Another point is that Bai Qi led the army this time, not just to defeat Goguryeo.
In addition, he still carries a special mission given to him by His Majesty.
Bai Qi has not forgotten this.
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Palace.
In the middle of the partial hall.
Yang Guang is thinking about how to make up for the gap in the national treasury.
The main source of money from the treasury is taxes.
The taxation of the Great Sui is mainly divided into two types.
Agricultural tax and commercial tax.
Among them, the agricultural tax is collected once a year, and Yang Guang asked Hubu Shangshu to collect taxes by mu, which is an agricultural tax, and it will not be effective until next year at the earliest.
Therefore, Yang Guang can only do business taxation.
The commercial tax of the Great Sui includes a very large number of taxes.
In addition to the contents of land occupation, registration and registration, etc., the city tax is taxed according to a certain proportion of the merchandise transaction value, which has become the main part.
In addition, the Great Sui also set a checkpoint tax.
That is, a checkpoint is set up to collect a commodity circulation tax.
Any merchant who passes through this level needs to pay a certain amount of taxes, such as fish salt...
Checkpoint tax is a major component of commercial taxation.
Yang Guang thought of the practice of pilot free trade zones in later generations.
Very simple.
Cancel the checkpoint tax directly!
Why is the checkpoint tax abolished?
After the abolition of the checkpoint tax, the price of goods themselves will decrease, the purchasing power of the people will increase, and the circulation of goods will be more frequent.
Here the population will be more concentrated, which will promote the exchange of goods more, which will form a virtuous circle.
The economy of the entire region will be thriving.
In this way, the city began to prosper.
Although the checkpoint tax is gone, other taxes have increased, such as taxes and fees generated by the purchase and sale of goods.
Moreover, such a move invisibly improved the status of merchants, and more peasants went to business, and the land vacated by this naturally returned to the hands of the imperial court...
The imperial court had more land that could be redistributed to the peasants, greatly alleviating the problem of land annexation.
The abolition of the checkpoint tax is the core concept of the pilot economic and trade zone in later generations.
It is precisely by relying on this that the prosperity of commerce has been greatly promoted, and even began to radiate around, forming a certain economic belt...
Now, in the current situation of the Great Sui, the abolition of the checkpoint tax will reduce a large part of the tax, but in other aspects, it can make up for it.
On the whole, after the abolition of the checkpoint tax, the commercial tax of Dasui will not only not decrease, but will also increase greatly.
And the impact of abolishing the checkpoint tax is not just in terms of taxation.
The current situation in the Great Sui Dynasty is already waiting for a hundred industries to be revived, and it will take a long time to recover, and the abolition of the checkpoint tax can reduce the pressure on the people.
When the people are out of pressure and living conditions are better, this recovery time is shortened...
Thinking of this, Yang Guang stood up directly from the dragon chair.
"Come, summon Shangshu of the household to enter the palace!"
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