Chapter 250 I couldn’t escape after all, in the palm of your hand!

Author: milk sugar sugar sugar

Chapter 250 I couldn’t escape after all, in the palm of your hand!

Chengdu's reputation as the "Land of Abundance" comes from an article in "Warring States Policy·Qin Policy".

——“The fields are fertile, the people are prosperous, there are thousands of chariots, millions of enemies are fighting, the fields are fertile for thousands of miles, the reserves are abundant, and the terrain is convenient. This is called Tianfu, and it is the most powerful country in the world.

There is another saying that there is no severe cold in Bashu in winter and no scorching heat in summer. In addition, the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project, a thousand-year irrigation and water conservancy project, keeps Chengdu moistened by water all the time.

It is precisely for this reason that along the banks of the Minjiang River in the west of the Chengdu Plain.

Different from other places, after winter, it is already withered.

Here, the floor is paved with felts. People sit on the ground in twos and threes along the shore. There are also scholars composing poems while drinking wine from the flowing water. The mountains are soft, the water is soft, and the warm breeze is intoxicating.

Ever since Cao Cao withdrew his troops, this place has been peaceful and peaceful.

At this time, Liu Bei, together with various civil and military officials, was slowly moving along the river with a vast convoy of carriages.

A group of civil and military officials learned about this from Fazheng, who was beside Liu Bei.

The purpose of this trip was for Liu Bei to take hundreds of officials to pay homage to someone. The scenery along the way was pleasant, and there were many people flying kites with their boys. The kite landed on Liu Bei's carriage.

Liu Bei ordered all the convoys to stop, and then personally helped the boy take off the kite...

These boys didn't understand. The adults on the side were frightened and thanked them repeatedly: "Thank you, Mr. Xuande, thank you, Mr. Xuande..."

Soon, the arrival of Liu Bei and his entourage attracted many people who were sitting around on the mats and having fun.

Many people crowded over, including some following Liu Bei's motorcade. They seemed to be extremely curious about the movements of this new owner of Yizhou.

Ma Di also followed the large army on horseback. He waved his whip suddenly, and the horse galloped a few steps to catch up with Yang Yi in front.

We are both from Jingzhou, so we have always chatted about everyday things, and more importantly, about practical matters.

"Zhuge Military Advisor asked Wei Gong to go to Jingzhou to test the disciple of the Guan family. Now they have brought back the answer sheet, but Zhuge Military Advisor and Wei Gong never mentioned the matter of the Guan family disciple again. I think they left the second general a bit of trouble, and that's why

Shiro Seki has a false reputation, and he’s a fool if he doesn’t dance!”

Yang Yi was too lazy to pay attention to him and waved her hand gently: "Let the elder think what he thinks..."

Yang Yi's reply seemed to...give Ma Di a new understanding.

"Hahaha…"

He laughed out loud, "Wei Gong, Wei Gong, it seems that you are also afraid of the second general... But whether you are afraid or not, true talent and learning are true talents and learning, and a crane that does not dance is a crane that does not dance. This

How can it be changed? Didn’t the military advisor also teach you that I must tell the truth at all times?”

hehe…

Faced with Ma Su's words, Yang Yi smiled, but he remained noncommittal.

But he secretly thought:

——"I'm afraid that if you tell the truth, you, Ma Youchang, won't be able to accept it!"

——"Zhuge Military Master does not accept Yun Qi as his disciple, why is it because he has a false reputation? It is because Yun Qi's light shines too brightly, and Zhuge Military Master cannot teach him!"

Yang Yi originally wanted to open her mouth and say a few words.

Unexpectedly, at the stall where he was talking to Ma Su, the civil and military people around him were also chatting about something, and the voices of the conversations were getting louder and louder, attracting the two of them at once.

"Commander Zhuge really has a solution. The rising prices and hoarding that have plagued Sichuan for so long have been solved by a small commercial department. Now, prices have calmed down, and the boiling public complaints have finally been settled... Collection of commercial taxes

, and even more to enrich the treasury, but all they paid was to raise the status of these merchants and abolish their humble status. Zhuge Military Advisor is already running a mill with the wheat picked up, a business without capital and profit. "

"Yeah, I can't accept the fact that this commercial office run by Zhuge Military Advisor is not acceptable... But what I admire more is Zhuge Military Advisor's 'empty city strategy' to retreat Cao's army. This is courage. There is reality within the imaginary, and there is emptiness within the reality. That is

Cao Cao also fell into the trap, so you can't accept it! Such an 'empty city' strategy is unprecedented and unprecedented."

Because the Department of Commerce;

Because of the empty city plan.

For a time, Zhuge Liang's reputation in Shu was unprecedented.

Every word of his civil and military speeches was filled with admiration for him.

But at this time, a sharp voice sounded, "Speaking of which, Cao's army has retreated and prices have leveled off. Why hasn't General Zuo distributed the acres of fertile land in Yizhou? So many meritorious officials are eager to see it through!"

When this voice came out, the voices around Deng Shi suddenly became noisy.

It is as if everyone, whether they are the "Dongzhou Faction", the "Jingzhou Faction", the Elder Faction, or the Jiangjun Faction, is eager to see through this fertile farmland that stretches thousands of miles away.

The only ones who are unhappy are the local factions in Yizhou who are least valued. This fertile wilderness... was originally the land of their Yizhou people, but now...

"well--"

The faint sighs of these Yizhou people are like a stone sinking into the sea, unable to withstand the slightest wave.

But someone reminded me.

"Speaking of which, my lord has summoned so many of us to pay homage to the deceased this time. Who are we paying homage to? Who is so proud of us?"

As this sentence came out, the whole audience fell silent for a moment.

Finally a voice came out, "Probably it belongs to Liu Zhang's father, Liu Yan. My lord and he are both Han clan clansmen, and he has repeatedly mentioned that seeking Yizhou... is not allowed. I'm sorry for him."

!It is reasonable to pay homage."

"That's right." Someone immediately agreed, "Cao Cao was a traitor. When he conquered Ye City, he massacred the city, but he did not forget to express his condolences to Yuan Shao. I heard that he cried heartbreakingly in front of Yuan Shao's grave and died... Our Lord is like this

Benevolence? How can he be inferior to that thief Cao?"

"If this is the case, when we go to Liu Yan's ancestral hall later, we must join our lord in grieving our hearts and crying so hard..."

These comments reached Ma Su and Yang Yi's ears.

Ma Su shook his head slightly and said, "It turns out that this is to pay homage to Liu Yan. Haha, everyone in the world admires false reputations. After all, Uncle Liu is not exempt from the vulgarity!"

Yang Yi listened and remained silent.

He felt that...because of what Yun Qi mentioned in his answer sheet, today's "memorial ceremony" might not be that simple!

Let’s wait and see!

…

Over there.

Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were sitting in the same carriage, and Fazheng was also...

Whatever Liu Bei wants to promote, Zhuge Liang's support alone is not enough, because behind Zhuge Liang is only the "Jingzhou faction", while behind Fazheng is the now larger "Dongzhou faction".

"——In the world, human beings are precious. The king and the herdsmen are established, and they follow the rules. The tracks of horses are on the four poles of longitude and latitude. The sky is bright and clear, and the common people are prosperous."

Liu Bei said: "Cao Cao was a great treacherous person, but he also wrote such a poem in "Duguan Mountain" that 'people are precious, establish a monarch and herdsmen, and follow the rules'. I think he also realized it.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it."

"He is clear... If Cao Wei only wants to stand for one or two generations, then maybe it is enough to rely on the clan and the clan, and not care about the life and death of Li Shu. But if Cao Wei wants to survive through thousands of generations and remain standing, he must have this world.

A clear understanding that time is valuable."

When Liu Bei said this, Zhuge Liang took out another bamboo slip from his arms and handed it to Fazheng.

He explained: "This is the "Rent Regulation" promulgated by Cao Cao in his vassal country. It was promulgated and implemented as early as the fifth year of Jian'an, and has been extended to the entire north in recent years!"

"It is not an exaggeration to say that the "Rent and Adjustment" has changed the Han Dynasty's four-hundred-year-old oral tax (poll tax), and you won't know this without checking it. After checking it, it is shocking!"

Zhuge Liang's tone was serious, with a bit of regret in it.

Previously, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei were all focused on "inside Shu" and "resisting Cao's army", and never calmed down to check Cao Wei's political orders.

It was Qia Qia Yunqi's answer sheet that "abolition of the poll tax" and the implementation of "dividing the land into acres" caught the eyes of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

This also made them have a strong interest in Cao Wei's agricultural administration and land tax system.

You wouldn't know this unless you investigate, but after an investigation, it was found that Cao Cao was already far ahead of them in the reform of "taxation".

Cao Wei's "Rent Modulation" abolished the poll tax to a certain extent...

To put it simply, it is equivalent to Cao Cao directly canceling the "head tax" in the nine states under his jurisdiction and improving it to "calculated on a per-household basis", with each household having a fixed share every year.

That is to say, the rent for each mu of harvested land is four bushels of dendrobium, and each household is required to pay two pieces of silk...

It cannot be added arbitrarily.

Compared with the original per capita tax payment, this method of tax payment undoubtedly greatly eases the tax burden of the entire family.

In other words, if a family has one child and five children, the tax paid is the same.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, in addition to the land rent system, people also had to pay cust tax and millet tax, which was equivalent to the "land rent surcharge".

It can be said that Cao Wei was ahead of Shu Han and Soochow in terms of taxation.

It’s also more popular!

And these…

If it weren't for Guan Lin's answer sheet, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang would not have noticed this, let alone Fazheng.
To be continued...