Chapter 37 Climbing and Climbing
The county soldiers all showed joy and temporarily forgot the bloody killing that just happened. After all, no matter how strict the military law is, as long as it is not violated, there will be no worries about death. The salary increase is a good thing to see. If you have money, what does it matter if you are stricter?
Wei Feng also gave Chu Shuang a satisfied look and said, "Since the mansion has given the military a raise, it is better to have good things to do, so he simply exempted the taxes and labor service in Yixingquan County next year. What do you think of this proposal?"
"Okay! General Wei pleads for the people, please accept it quickly!"
"The reputation of caring for the people of the government has been circulating for a long time. Today, the taxes and labor service are exempted from the public, and the reputation is beyond words. I can guarantee that the county fang will be surrounded by people who thank you!"
The county soldiers immediately burst into cheers. In terms of system, relatives of military households do not need to pay taxes and serve. However, in the past decade, with the increasingly strict tax service in the court, the escape of good people has gradually become a trend and has spread rapidly to the entire territory of Dajin. The gentry and Dingkou, Suoluo, have no obligation to pay taxes and serve. Each county can only focus on military households, because people with the status of tenants, Fotu households, and maids are not controlled by the court, and only military households are under the management of the military government. However, even so, the above levies cannot be completed every year. There is no way, and the farming staff is far from enough. Today, in the Great Jin Dynasty, there is no shortage of land, but people are lacking!
The opposite of the county soldiers was that the officials' expressions changed. The county magistrate hurriedly bowed to Chu Shuang: "Mr., it must not be possible. I, Yixing, have not completed the transfer amount in the state. What will the government pay for this reduction and exemption? How can I explain it to the upper hand?"
Chu Shuang subconsciously glanced at Wei Feng, and saw a sharp light burst out from Wei Feng's eyes, and immediately shivered. In fact, he knew that this was Wei Feng's way of buying people's hearts. As far as he could, he was very reluctant to reduce the exemption. It was better to have less than more things. Why bother to cause displeasure to the people? Maybe it would also attract suspicion, but he had no courage to refuse. More than one hundred corpses on the ground made his spine numb!
However, how should Wei Feng deal with it? What's more, the subordinates of the county are all supported by Chu Shuang from the taxes they intercepted. Without this part of the income, wouldn't they have to pay for it? For a moment, Chu Shuang was once again in a dilemma.
Everyone was waiting for Chu Shuang to express his opinion, but Chu Shuang's brows frowned and frowned, making people unable to touch them.
Wei Feng understood Chu Shuang's concerns and was unwilling to reveal the true relationship between the two, so he bowed: "Please ask the mansion to understand clearly. Now that the ten families in Yixing Township are empty, the tax collection has been difficult to collect, so he can only squeeze out a little from the gap between the thin population in the city and the more than 2,000 county soldiers. However, the soldiers are born and die, and live a life of not having enough to wear and warmth. If they don't have enough food and clothing, who will still work for the court? As for corvee labor, they will think it's okay not to charge for a year. Now they are desolate everywhere, so what's the use of collecting labor?
In fact, according to the last sentence, exemption from taxes and service for one year will make the fugitives return to their homeland. If there are too many people in the future, they are still afraid that they will not be able to collect taxes? At that time, the imperial court strictly followed the land occupation system. First, this was a decree issued by Emperor Wu, and no one dared to say half of the words in the court. Second, it can effectively reduce the burden on the people. One is passed on to ten, ten is passed on to a hundred, and the people will definitely pursue it. In less than a few years, Yixing's theory of prosperity will not be inferior to that of Wuxing, which is close to the neighboring Wuxing. Isn't this beneficial to you?"
"Uh?" Everyone thought, this is the same. An important indicator for the assessment of officials in ancient times was the population under the rule and the population was prosperous. In terms of political achievements, it was not inferior to the full payment of taxes. But what should we do in the court?
Wei Feng knew what these people thought, and then said, "Are you worried about the court urging you to pay? If the court really sends someone to come and drag it out for a while, it will be impossible to drag it over. Then the Duke will lead the way. We will squeeze a little bit to the court and at the same time complain about its suffering. I believe that with the Duke of the Lord Gaomen and other gentry, the Kuaiji King will have to give some face no matter what, not to mention that by next year, the court will not care about the tax and service at all!"
Everyone exchanged puzzled eyes. Taxes are the foundation of the country, and no dynasty will forget this matter. Why did he dare to say this? Was he nonsense or heard the news? Due to Chu Shuang's subtle attitude towards Wei Feng, everyone guessed that he might have been sent by the court. If it were an ordinary person, how could he dare to kill more than 100 generals in the army? However, no one thought about Wei Feng's identity as a bandit. After all, it was too sensational to hold a princess hostage!
Chu Shuang was also very enlightened. Wei Feng repeatedly mentioned that Wu would undergo a major change next year. Is this really true? You must know that if nothing happens next year, wouldn’t he betray his subordinates? How can he be convinced if the promise cannot be fulfilled? But when he thinks of Wei Feng’s decisive character, it is unlikely that he will bully each other with words, Chu Shuang couldn’t help but believe it a little.
'Well, I believe him once!' Chu Shuang was cruel and said loudly: "According to the request of General Guard, we will be exempted from taxes and service in the entire county for one year from next year!"
Suddenly, the county soldiers, including the soldiers brought by Wei Feng, all showed joy. Wei Feng hurriedly gave another tribute: "The emperor of the palace is generous, and the people who are righteous will be grateful for their kindness!"
"Yes, yes, the mansion is kind and righteous!" The officials also praised each other. In fact, tax exemption has little to do with them. If the county fang has no money, Chu Shuang will naturally pay the salary. It is not an exaggeration to say that the wealth accumulated by Chu in the past few decades is a drop in the bucket. Moreover, if the sky falls, there is a big man who is holding on to the court. If you want to blame Chu Shuang, you must find Chu Shuang first. In their eyes, Chu Shuang has become a favorite parent official at this moment.
Chu Shuang's old face was a little embarrassed and a little nervous. If nothing happened next year, the taxes in the court would probably be made by himself, but Wei Feng's assertion was not completely unreasonable. The court's young master was stupid, the powerful ministers were unrighteous, and the vassal states had different intentions to attack and kill each other. Judging from his years of political experience, once a chaos occurs, it will cause great chaos. Then, can this clan be spared?
Very suddenly, Chu Shuang's heart was covered with a shadow. She sighed secretly, then forced a smile and waved her hand and said, "You are too rewarded. This is just a part of my wish for the people of Yixing. You should not be praised like this! Okay, General Wei has taken over the entire army, and I don't ask much about the matter in the army. If you are interested, you can continue to stay. I will take the lead and say goodbye!"
Chu Shuang bowed to everyone, then called Chu Xiuzhi, and turned around and left with several guards. The remaining officials did not dare to keep them for too long. The bloody corpses were still lying on the ground, so they all gave in an excuse to leave.
As soon as everyone left, Wei Feng waved his hand!
"Dongdongdongdongdong~~" The dull war drum was beaten heavily, and everyone's faces were solemn, and they looked at Wei Feng straightened their backs.
After the three-way drum, Wei Feng announced loudly: "From today, the whole army will not be distinguished from each other and will strictly practice. First, each person will make two sandbags about ten kilograms and tie them to their legs. It will be completed within a half-time period, so don't delay it!"
"Avoid the order!" The soldiers brought by Wei Feng responded loudly and quickly scattered. Although the county soldiers were not clear about it, they did not dare to ask more questions. After receiving the order, they hurried back to the camp to get cloth strips and wrap them with sand. In less than a moment, everyone had returned one after another.
On the school ground, the formation of 1,200 soldiers was roughly divided into two teams, one with four hundred people, the queue was neat and surrounded by a slight murderous aura. The nearly eight hundred people next to each other were sparse, showing a scattered military discipline. However, Wei Feng did not intend to practice the queue first, he wanted to give these people a warning!
After tied mud and sandbags on his legs, Wei Feng glanced coldly and shouted: "First of all, run around the city. No one is allowed to retreat halfway. I will run with you! Let's set off!"
The county soldiers all turned into bitter faces in an instant. Although Yangxian was not big, only ten miles away, he was wearing dozens of kilograms of armor and tied a sand bag of twenty kilograms of sand on his legs. Wouldn't it be a life to run away?
The county soldiers and soldiers were loose in discipline and lacked training. Most of them were master soldiers. Have they ever suffered such hardship? Although their status was not as good as good people, they did not need to be corveted. In addition, there were more than ten years since the Battle of Feishui, and in fact they lived a comfortable life than good people. However, as the commander of the army, Wei Feng followed him, what else could they say? They could only follow him reluctantly. The four hundred soldiers were also frightened and quickly cheered up. Although they were used to Wei Feng's devilish training, running in armor was another matter!
Accompanied by the sound of chaotic footsteps, nearly 1,200 people ran out of the camp and ran at medium speed along the inner side of the city wall. People were attracted to watch one after another. Many of them lived in Yangxian for most of their lives, but had never seen soldiers perform. They were curious, and even children ran along the sides.
Gradually, some of the county soldiers could not bear it anymore, so they simply lay on the ground and gasped heavily. Wei Feng immediately kicked his butt: "Damn it, how far is it, run for me!"
"General, you can't run anymore. Or take off the armor and sand bags, and the last one can support you in running for a while!"
"Yes, please let the general know how to be kind to you!"
The sound of begging for mercy sounded, and with a crisp sound of "Bang!" Wei Feng shook his hand and whipped it up, and said angrily: "If you take my money, you have to practice hard. How can I just take money but not work hard in the world? Why should I raise a group of cowards? I started to complain? Hum? Damn, are you the ones who carry a hand? From today on, I will run for ten miles every morning. The training will also require you to peel off the layers of skins. If you don't suffer, you will get the combat power? If you can't run, you have to climb over for me, otherwise, the military law will serve you!"
The county soldiers quickly got up and continued to run. The new army Sima is a master who kills without blinking. Moreover, their military households have been destined to be a soldier since they were born, and they cannot do anything to leave the army!
Chapter completed!