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Chapter 86: It is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice

Moreover, compared to the abolition and establishment, there is a more important thing to deal with in central Zhejiang now, that is, the autumn grain transportation this year, which is the main part of the annual national tax.

In the past, Zhejiang would transfer most of the taxes collected from the taxes, and only the places where there was less money and grain were stored. However, now the Tang Muyi of Empress Zhang was in the three prefectures and 23 counties in Jinqu. Empress Zhang was very generous and announced that it would be exempted from the accumulated debts over the years, and this year it was only 70% of the tax collected from the grain. Moreover, Empress Zhang only took 30% of the grain tax, and the remaining 70% were used for local retention.

For local officials who have been busy urging money and grain, Queen Zhang is simply a huge favor, and I don’t know how much energy and time they have been saved.

For local people, they all feel that the burden this year is much younger than that of getting older, and the amount of money and food released is less than 70% or even 60% of that in previous years. Moreover, the local government and county treasury have suddenly become fuller.

In particular, although many gentry in Yanzhou Prefecture knew that this extremely generous policy would not last long, they still requested a reduction on the grounds that Yanzhou Prefecture was also Empress Zhang, Tang Muyi, and they also occupied a lot.

However, for the Hongguang court, although the entire wealthy south was under control, it could not increase revenue or reduce expenditure and was completely out of control, which led to the financial tension of Queen Zhang becoming particularly tense and unable to provide the military funds and food required for the northern aid to Gao Jie's troops in Jiangbei.

Now Mrs. Xing can be said to be a clever wife who cooks without rice. It is definitely a huge opportunity for the 30,000 to 40,000 troops to be held without the court's food and salary support. However, the support provided by the court can only be called a drop in the bucket, so she could only turn her mind to Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping.

Li Xiangjun could recognize Gao Jie's letter at a glance from Hou Fangyu, but because of this Hou Young Master, Li Xiangjun said bluntly: "If Xingping Bo wants to advance north, our Linhuai Town will naturally support it with all our strength, but the money and food we advance north in Linhuai Town cannot be solved. How could he let us use gold, silver and silk?"

Although Liu Yongxi has now taken the banner of Gao Jie, the banner of Linhuai Town is still unmissable, and the two sides are hundreds of miles apart. In a sense, the relationship between Liu Yongxi and Gao Jie can be described as "listening to the preaching but not the tune".

Under normal circumstances, Liu Yongxi obeyed Gao Jie's dispatch and sent troops to support Gao Jie's Northern Expedition. Gao Jie naturally had the obligation to provide the food and wages required for Liu Yongxi's operation, but now this situation is the opposite.

Jin'er also opposed Gao Jie's dispatch: "Although we say that the income and expenditure are barely equal, this is the result of our hard work and has nothing to do with Xingping Bo Gao Jie. Xingping Bo wrote this letter and asked us to provide gold, silver and silk, which is too simple to think!"

She even said very directly: "If Xingpingbo had this attitude towards his generals, I think this Northern Expedition will definitely not be possible. We can't let the soldiers go hungry to the Northern Expedition!"

Liu Yongxi knew that Jin'er's judgment was fine: "Precisely because this Northern Expedition could not be achieved, we should do our best to support Xingpingbo!"
Chapter completed!
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