Liu He stepped back and said, "Will the Great Wall be able to prevent the invasion of Rongdi? The Book of Books records 'barbarians and cunning Xia', and the Book of Books says '生后六后', which has been a problem for China for a long time. Since the pre-Qin period, the Xiongnu have been a border disaster for a long time. Although Xiaowu has been in the four barbarians in the east, Korea, attacked Ershi in the west, Dayuan, opened Qiongba and Yelang, but they are all outside the wasteland and cannot be considered serious. If you want to pacify the external troubles of Youzhou, why not build barriers to the hometown of Xiaowu in the time of Xiaowu?"

After hearing this, Liu Yu frowned. What his son said was very reasonable. Attack was the best defense. Although I made great achievements in my hometown of Xiaowu, I really had no money!

Emperor Wu of Han established the thirteen prefectures. At that time, the borders of the counties in Youzhou were far away and the remaining are now. For example, Youbeiping County was the example: The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and Youbeiping County was under the jurisdiction of Pinggang, which was: Pinggang, Shicheng, Wuzhong, Junmi, Xuwu, Sunset, Changcheng, Guangcheng, Tugen, etc. In the Han Dynasty, Youbeiping County was one of the important northern border counties to defend against the nomadic Rongdi. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the invasion of Wuhuan and Xianbei, the jurisdiction of Youbeiping County was greatly reduced, and only the southwest corner of the county in the Western Han Dynasty was left. The northern boundary was roughly north of the Great Wall line today. Four counties were led: Tuyin County, Wuzhong County, Xuwu County, and Junmi County.

"I admire the young master for such ambition. But now Youzhou is exhausted and lacks money and food, and the three counties of Wuhuan are ready to move. The Xianbei outside the pass is cruel and cunning. He often peeks at Youzhou. How dare you ask the young master if he has any good plans to solve this dilemma?" Ju Su said.

Liu He said: "Now the governor holds justice to the emperor to punish the unjust ministers! It is called righteous soldiers when he rescues the chaos and punishes violence; Wuhuan colludes with the Xianbei to disrupt the territory of the Han family while taking advantage of Youzhou to rely on the masses to rely on their strength, which is called arrogant soldiers. However, the righteous soldiers are invincible, and the arrogant ones will be destroyed first."

Tian Feng said, "It is easy to be famous in the army, but the three armies are so important that the troops will go ahead before they can be moved! At present, our Youzhou army has more than 20,000 people in Guangyang County, 5,000 people in Dai County, 3,000 people in Yuyang County, 2,000 people in Zhuo County, 2,000 people in Liaoxi County, 3,000 people in Liaodong County, 3,000 people in Liaodong, totaling nearly 35,000 troops. If you add the 5,000 troops and 5,000 troops and horses in Liaodong State Chief Gongsun Zan, who is not directly affiliated, can be dispatched, as well as Xuantu County and Lelang County, a total of 3,000 people, so the total strength of the Youzhou army has reached about 43,000 people. Right?"

Liu He said: "Yes."

Ju Su said: "Look at the Qiu Liju tribe in western Liaoning. There were more than 5,000 people. The Wuhuan tribe in Shanggu was unloaded. There were more than 9,000 people, each proclaiming kings, wandering between the Han Dynasty and the Xianbei. The Wuhuan Supuyan tribe in Liaodong vassal state, more than 1,000 people, proclaiming himself the King of Qiao, and the Wuyan tribe in the right ping, and more than 800 people. After Lulong's battle, it was quite damaged, but there were Xianbei supporters. Therefore, according to the three entries, the total number of Wuhuan tribes was more than 50,000. It was different from the ten households in the Han Dynasty and grew up on a horse. If a war started, its military strength could still remain the same as that of our Han army."

"Not bad." Liu He nodded: "In addition, they came and went like the wind, just to plunder and not defend the city. Our Han army was a bit disadvantageous."

Ju Su continued: "In addition, it is the unstable factor of the Xianbei. At least 100,000 soldiers can be fought in the Eastern Xianbei, right?"

Liu He said: "It's roughly like this. But among the three troubles, we must first inspire the hearts of the military and the people. The chief minister can tell why Xiaowu opened the border and quickly stabilized the newly occupied land, and finally wiped out all the Xiongnu, and spread the Western Regions in Hexi?"

"But because of immigration, it is actually a military farm?" Wei You asked.

Liu He smiled and said, "The military farming system has stabilized the refugees and accumulated military rations. But this is only a stable military morale and refugees. To get rid of Youzhou's fatigue, we must reform the tax system. In the early Han Dynasty, 30 taxes were levied, 3 stones of grain tax were levied, 2 stones of straw taxes were levied, and 2 stones of manuscript taxes were levied, and 20 cents of adults were calculated for the annual tax of 120 cents, and 20 cents of minors over seven years. In addition, there were vehicle and ship taxes, refusal, taxes, taxes on rent, taxes, municipal taxes, customs and stocks, taxes on customs taxes, alcohol taxes and other fake taxes. After the Guangwu Restoration, there were also taxes that were repeatedly increased. The people had been injected into the public in one year, and half of them entered the public, so the remaining was only enough for food and clothing. The Han family reduced the rent of land, and once in the thirty taxes, there were often renewal taxes, and the tycoons were siege, and the land was robbed for fake taxes. The name was thirty taxes, which was actually five."

"Does my son want to?" Liu Yu frowned: Are you going to challenge the system?

"Oh? I hope to hear the young master's strategy." Ju Su said with great interest.

"Now the Central Plains are in decline, natural disasters and man-made disasters are everywhere, and refugees are everywhere, and the people are unable to settle. I want to implement taxes based on a mu and tax. I will collect households: four liters of millet per mu, two pieces of silk in households and two kilograms of cotton. The rest will not be able to promote it."

Liu He means to unified taxes into two categories: land tax and household tax, and determine land tax for four liters per mu, and household tax for two pieces of silk and two kilograms of cotton per year. It is considered to be customized. Except for normal taxes, no additional taxes will be imposed. Other taxes such as Guanjin and municipal rents are exempted and those that should be reduced will be reduced.

"The people are in distress, the simpler the taxes, the better! Abandon all kinds of complicated taxes, only land tax and household tax, and commercial taxes only collect customs tax and municipal rent. In this way, the people of Youzhou will be able to fully collect the hearts of the people."

Liu He paused and said, "After the people's hearts are in line, we should regain the morale of the army. What is the gain of joining the army? It is nothing more than defending the country's food and food. Whether it is refugees, bandits, Wuhuan, Xianbei, or all forces surrender, they will be exempted from crimes. Those who are willing to join the army do not have to bring their own weapons and armor, and their families will be exempted from taxes and labor. Those who do not want to join the army will never force recruitment. They will exempt the soldiers from taxes and labor service. In this way, they will be able to fully collect the soldiers."

Ju Su walked excitedly and said, "What the young master said is really a good word! The soldiers who fought on the battlefield are actually all about their parents, wives and children. Now I am exempt from taxes and labor service in their families. All the soldiers know that the elders in the family are safe and their hearts are naturally stable. Good, good, good, this strategy is excellent. What is the best strategy for the young master?"

Liu He smiled and said, "If you win the hearts of the people and the army, you will not be worried about joining the Wuhuan. You can take advantage of the situation to suppress and pacify and use them together. Those who are in line will prosper, and those who are in line will perish. After the army and the people are in peace, you can try to regain Xuantu County and Lelang County, and attack Gaojuli and the Three Hans."

Tian Feng said: "Young Master, how did Wuhuan suppress the pacification?"

"Since the revival of Guangwu, the four barbarians in China have been rebelling and subjugating. The root cause is that they are not at ease in their hearts, and the other is that local officials treat him harshly." Liu He looked at Tian Feng and said.

Ju Su said in surprise: "What's the solution?"

"There are many barbarians around the Han Dynasty. The barbarians who surrendered to the remote areas do not pay taxes, and only their leaders can pay tribute to the emperor every year. I won't talk about this for the time being. I will only say that there are three barbarians in the hinterland of Youzhou, which are the most powerful. One is the three counties Wuhuan, the second is Xuantu County, the second is Fuyu of Liaodong County, and the third is Goguryeo, which is entrenched in the Yalu River area. Because Wuhuan once helped Guangwu to seize the world, the Han Dynasty treated him very well, and allowed some of the surnames to be not required to go to

When the imperial court paid taxes, the other barbarians only had to pay for forty cents each year. Fuyu, who was close to him, had to pay 40 cents a year because Qin destroyed Yan State and attached himself to the King of Qin. At that time, it was agreed that he would pay 2,016 cents a year to pay 1,800 cents a year to pay tribute to the court and pay 1,800 cents a year. Its ordinary households paid 80 feet of cloth every year, and could use 30 chicken feathers to make feather arrows to fill taxes. Since the establishment of our Han Dynasty, Fuyu's taxes were also collected according to the amount during the Qin period."

"You guys also know that the taxes in Goguryeo are even heavier than those in Fuyu. Fuyu collects taxes in households, but Goguryeo collects taxes in terms of mouth. Adult Goguryeo barbarians need to pay one piece of cloth every year, and minors over seven years old have to pay two meters of cloth. You must know that Goguryeo and Fuyu are adjacent to each other, and both are barbarians, why do they favor one and the other? Therefore, Goguryeo often arrears taxes. Once local officials are urged to force them, they gather to rebel, which is actually because of unfairness. If you want to calm the foreign barbarians, you should re-arrange taxes with them. In this way, everyone will be convinced. Not only will they not rebel again, but they will even fight for the Han Dynasty. Why not do it?"

Ju Su said: "So that's it! The conscripted soldiers in the army will be exempted from taxes in accordance with the Han army's rules. All weapons, armor, food, etc. needed to join the army will be supplied by the army. In this case, the barbarians must truly obey me!"

"How is these villains possible? They must be Chineseized. They have no written or historical records. Therefore, the children of their leaders will be allowed to enter the Han Dynasty to learn Confucian classics, wear the clothes and clothes of our Han family, and say the words of our Han family. After this three generations, can they still be barbarians? Those who do not follow the Han Dynasty will be killed! Secondly, migrate the Han people outside Liaodong, immigrate to the border, and consolidate the border."

"Young Master has a great plan!"

Liu Yu frowned and said, "The three strategies I mentioned are: the first one is to reform taxes and taxes to win the hearts of the people; the second one is to exempt soldiers from taxes and labor service from their families to collect the hearts of the army; the third one is to reduce the taxes and taxes of barbarians to collect the hearts of barbarians. These three strategies are all clever plans, but in the final analysis, tax cuts have greatly reduced the income of government officials. If this continues, can Youzhou still have enough money and food to support the soldiers?"

Liu He smiled and said, "In the first year of Xiping, the household registration nationwide was checked, and there were more than 1.8 million people in Youzhou. Although there have been many wars over the past few decades, it is generally stable. In terms of its population, there should be about 1.5 million. In addition to the 500,000 naturalized barbarians, there are still one million people. Five households are a household, and there are 200,000 households. The so-called three-year storage is a year of accumulation. According to this calculation, one can draw one digit for four households without affecting people's livelihood. In this way, 300,000 or 40,000 soldiers can be recruited. Although taxes are reduced and exempted, the soldiers in Youzhou There are only 43,000 people in total, so how can I not be able to support it? It is important to know that the taxes received by counties in the past still need to be handed over to the court, and they may be embezzled by officials at all levels in the middle, and there will be losses on the transportation route. But now my father is in charge of Youzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou, and there is no support. Now Youzhou is a burden to the court. If you don’t ask the court for money, the court will be grateful. Therefore, all the money, grain, taxes collected can be retained by themselves. Even if the tax is reduced, it is still more than enough to support these 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and officials in various counties."

When Liu Yu heard this, he thought silently for a while. Even if the Han people only counted the grain tax of 30 taxes, if each household could have 50 acres of land, the yield per mu would be calculated as the lowest two stones, and the annual grain tax would be one million stones. Even if the grain tax of 40,000 military households was removed, more than 800,000 stones could be received. Based on the fact that each soldier ate four kilograms of grain every day during the war, it would be enough to support nearly 70,000 troops.

This is just the grain tax of the Han people. Others include household tax, commercial tax and other taxes, as well as taxes that barbarians need to pay. In this way, it is indeed enough to raise soldiers and have surplus.

But the problem is that if the new tax system is implemented in Youzhou, it will definitely be boycotted by the landlords and powerful people?

"Now, Guangyang, Youbeiping, Yuyang and Dai County are in chaos. The powerful landlords have long fled. The power of the gentry has weakened. However, haste will not reach it. Although Dai County and Yuyang are obeying the orders of the governor's office, they are still watching. Only Guangyang and Youbeiping are in the hands of the real person. Therefore, the prefecture should start with Guangyang County, followed by Youbeiping." Tian Fengdao.

"Since the plan has been decided, please follow my son to Youbeiping to assist him." Liu Yu said.

"promise!"

"Thank you father!"
Chapter completed!