When Sun Ce received Huang Zhong's military report, the autumn harvest had ended. After basic evaluation by the Military Advisory Office, he accepted Huang Zhong's request and immediately ordered people to prepare food and grass and transport matters.

Huang Zhong must fight steadily and use war instead of training. One of the most direct consequences is the extension of combat time and the increase in materials required. However, these things are not urgent. First, Huang Zhong will rush to collect autumn grain outside Fangling City, and eating it for one or two months is not a problem; second, Hanzhong's strategy was originally a long-term strategy, and he did not expect Huang Zhong to complete the task quickly. The one-year plan turned into two years, and the two-year plan turned into three years, and there was no principled difference.

From a certain perspective, he is not afraid of Huang Zhong slowing down the pace. What he is afraid of is that Huang Zhong is eager to prove himself and is eager to make contributions. Guo Jia once said that if he has desires, there will be flaws. Although Wu Yi is not a famous general, he is not a mediocre general and has a good geographical advantage. If Huang Zhong is anxious, he may capsize in the gutter.

Of course, he was not idle either. After approving Huang Zhong's request, he immediately issued an order to engage in a public opinion war in Nanyang, Luoyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia and other counties. He asked Gu Hui and others to write articles, reiterate the war a few years ago and the fact that Wu Yi had invaded before, and put the responsibility for the war on the court, dressed himself up as the injured party, and launched a counterattack.

To prove this, he made public the news of Xu Rong's appearance in Chang'an.

As expected, the name Xu Rong suddenly stimulated the nerves of the people of Nanyang, especially the people of Shunyang. The painful experience of being massacred by Xu Rong six years ago suddenly recovered. Some people scolded the court for not distinguishing right from wrong, ruling the government in chaos, and some wrote to the court to kill Xu Rong to apologize. For a time, public opinion was surging. Some people thought that the newspaper capacity of each issue of five days was limited, so they engraved and printed leaflets at their own expense and distributed them everywhere. Some people came to Xiangyang to petition, begging Sun Ce to negotiate with the court, and begged to kill Xu Rong to avenge the people of Nanxiang and Shunyang.

Even Sun Ce himself did not expect the development of the situation.

After discussing with Zhang Hong, Guo Jia and others, Sun Ce decided to follow the public's wishes and submit a memorial to the court, asking the court to kill Xu Rong and give an explanation to the people of Nanxiang and Shunyang. In addition, they did not let another heavyweight: Zhang Liao. Zhang Liao went to war with Xu Rong, and he couldn't understand the relationship between the massacre of the city. Since he wanted to kill, he would kill them together, and it was difficult to see if the court was willing to let them go. Zhang Liao was a subordinate of Lu Bu, and was in charge of the Jinwu Sima, responsible for maintaining the public order in Chang'an. His identity and value had exceeded Xu Rong.

Sun Ce wrote a memorial and sent several related newspapers and leaflets to the court. He also specially selected several victims of the family who were destroyed and killed, and asked them to go to Chang'an to pray to the emperor.

At the same time, Sun Ce announced several orders:

Because Yizhou provoked and war broke out, more money and food was needed. The debts that should be paid back this year should be pushed back and taxes were also increased. In order to avoid excessive burdens from the people, the new commercial tax law must be implemented in the country, and those who evade taxes must be imposed on wealthy merchants. Those who evade taxes must be severely punished until their homes are confiscated. The sales of strategic materials such as grain, cloth, salt, and iron must be strengthened, and there must be permissions for entry and exit, otherwise it will be considered as capital.

In order to prevent more offenses, he needed to strengthen defense and repair relevant cities, fortresses and roads in the territory. Therefore, it was necessary to collect corvee on a large scale, and to strengthen national training, conduct military training for men and women who meet the service age, and be ready to expand the scale of the war at any time.

Strengthen the investigation of the ban and strictly prevent detailed haunting. Report suspicious people in the village immediately, and do not let anyone be suspected of colluding with the enemy.

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After orders were issued, Jingzhou was rioted, and the stability that lasted for several years was broken. Almost everyone felt the impact of the war. Under the conscious control of the counties, this anger eventually burned to the court. Ordinary people were less affected, that is, they had to participate in military training. The food could not be sold freely, so they could only be sold to the government. Every now and then, they had to accept inquiries from the town pavilions. The direct loss of profit was limited, and even if they had any opinions, they would just complain. However, the influence of wealthy families was great. They lost real money and silver, which were caused by the court. In addition, the Situ Mansion had previously withheld Nanyang cloth, which forced them to travel thousands of miles to Liaodong to do business. The resentment had been accumulated for a long time, and now it all broke out.

Not long after, articles questioning the destiny of the great man appeared in the newspaper.

The imperial court moved the capital to Guanzhong, is this considered to be the order again or the establishment of a new dynasty?

Is the sage system a tyrannical Qin farming war? The Liangzhou people are known for their cruelty. The imperial court introduced a large number of Liangzhou people into Guanzhong. Did he lead beasts to eat people?

The King of Wu practiced benevolent government and benefited the whole world. Why did the court not sincerely invite him to take charge of the government and put his memorial on the ground and respond to the story?

Yizhou is still Yizhou of the court. Cao Cao and Wu Yi attacked Yizhou. Why didn’t the court care about it and didn’t even have an edict to punish it?

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For a time, Kanto was full of discussions and there were many different opinions, and Jingzhou, as the center of public opinion, was even more intense.

However, the General's Mansion remained silent and insisted on not participating in any discussions, but just doing what he should do. Jingzhou Governor Du Ji personally met with the Prime Minister Zhang Hong, Nanyang Prefect Yan Xiang and others to investigate the tax. Soon after, Mi Zhu rushed to Nanyang and specifically presided over the collection of commercial taxes.

Mi Lan came to Nanyang with Mi Zhu and brought her twin daughters who had been born for several months. Looking at the two identical and pink villains, Sun Ce was so happy that he could not stop calling them Dashuang and Xiaoshuang. He is now a group of children, but the twin sisters who really named him were the twin sisters. The other children were decided by his father Sun Jian or his mother Mrs. Wu.

In front of the giant businessman Mi Zhu, with Mi Lan, who is skilled in calculations, the people who do business based on their family background in Nanyang are not enough to see. After the account book passed through the eyes of the brother and sister, what did they do, how much tax should be paid, and how much fines should be paid, and how much should be fined. No one can resist the pursuit of what should be paid, and the confiscation should be confiscated.

Sun Ce's pocket quickly bulged, but he immediately spent the money. He consigned the people to build cities, build roads, ask for money and grain, Huang Zhong fought on the front line, Zhou Yu asked for money and grain, Cai Yong asked for money and grain, and schools in various counties added money and grain, and each signature represented a large sum of money and thousands of money and grain flowed from him, and he often felt unreal, as if he was in a dream.

When a lot of money and food were passed, Sun Ce made a memorial to the court with confidence. Because of the war provoked by Yizhou, the deficit of money and food increased again. This year, there was no money and food to the court. If the court had surplus, I hope I could allocate some money and food to help me.

Of course, in order to show respect to the court, there will be no shortage of tribute. The New Year is here, Changsha's oranges, Runan's celadons, Danyang's light-transmitting mirrors, Wujun's glasses, Nanyang's Salvia miltiorrhiza, Nanjun's wine, and trucks of ships to Chang'an.

In the midst of hustle and bustle, the three years of Jian'an ended.
Chapter completed!