Wei Feng was sent out in the morning and was busy until the afternoon before he initially incorporated the surrendered soldiers. More than a thousand other escaped people were chased by the cavalry and killed half of them. The rest were escorted back as prisoners.

Wei Feng had just taken a breath, when Gao Liang's prefect Feng Ying had already stepped forward, as if he was hesitating, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "Eunuch, I heard that you have specially set new tax regulations for the tenants of the fortress. I wonder if this is the case?"

"Not bad!" Wei Feng nodded and said, "What do you think of Taishou Feng?"

"This..." Feng Ying hesitated a little and solemnly bowed: "The general's move is beneficial to the people, but I am worried that it may cause criticism. Someone else will be passed to the court, and I am afraid that it will be suspicious of the court!"

"Oh?" Wei Feng smiled and said, "Premier Feng, I will not hide it from you. I received a letter two days ago. Huan Xuan had usurped himself as Duke of Chu and changed his reign to Long'an to a tycoon. His unjust intention was obvious. Dai Chan only lasts three or two years. At that time, I will lead the army north to punish the court for the rebellion. You said, if I behead Huan Xuan and be entrusted by the emperor to record the affairs of the Shangshu, who else would criticize him? How could the court be suspicious?"

Feng Ying smiled bitterly. Wei Feng accused Huan Xuan of being unfaithful, although he was very confident, he was also ambitious? At least, everything he did since he came to Guangzhou was not in line with his duty as a minister. However, Feng Ying was a person who knew the current affairs. The Jin Dynasty was finished. The key was that his clan could flourish!

In fact, Feng Ying also understood that Wei Feng could gather a large number of troops in a short period of time and increase the chances of winning the Northern Expedition. However, some things have to be reminded, so he said: "It is admirable for you to worry about the country and the people. However, whether it is the governor or the prefect, the income is basically derived from taxes. Now that you have cut most of the money at once, you may not even be able to pay your salary in the future. What's more, you also stipulate that a good person must pay for his service for more than ten days. Where can you get so much money from the official teeth? Please think twice!"

Wei Feng smiled and said, "Premier Feng. Take Anping as an example. More than 10,000 households, the total number of households is only 70,000 to 80,000 yuan, so how much food can be collected every year? But when I settled the fort, except for recruiting some strong people to join the army, most of the rest will stay in the local area. The forts in Gaoliang County alone account for 400,000 yuan. There are also people who have to pay taxes to the court after going down the mountain. I wonder if you have calculated how much income will the increased household registration bring?

Moreover, the accounts cannot be calculated like this. How much losses will the people suffer from escaping and rebellion every year? The cost of maintaining stability is extremely unfair. For example, Kuaiji, after Sun En's rebellion, Kuaiji promoted light taxes and taxes throughout the county, and the people lived and worked in peace. The county government also saved a lot of money accordingly. I think the same method should be applicable to Guangzhou. Of course, tax collection alone is actually extremely limited. No matter how much you collect, you can only maintain food and clothing and make money. If you want to make a fortune, you have to open up your source!

Well, since I have said this today, I will open the skylight to talk to you. Although Panyu has a prosperous foreign trade, it does not have a special tax levy department, which has caused huge taxes to be lost in vain. Therefore, I have entrusted Gongyi and the prefect of the South China Sea to establish the Maritime Bureau to engage in taxation of foreign trade. You can imagine how rich the future income will be. The planned three counties of Gaozhou are naturally not as good as Panyu in trade. However, I have another way to make money. In ten years, Gaozhou will never be subsidized by the Three Wus!”

Feng Ying is also an old-fashioned person. He was not tempted by the beautiful prospects thrown out by Wei Feng. Instead, his heart was filled with deep confusion. Gaoliang, Jinkang and Xinning counties accounted for the majority of the mountainous land, and there was actually not much arable land. Nowadays, trade cannot be done, and tax collection was mixed up by Wei Feng's new policy, and it was almost impossible to collect much. It would be good if he could not pay it down. It was difficult to have enough food and clothing, and he was still comparing with the Three Wus? But in this case, he dared not say to Wei Feng in person.

Wei Feng glanced at him and said lightly: "Prince Feng, I understand what you are thinking. I am afraid that the three counties will encounter some difficulties in a short period of time. Otherwise, the money gathered in Gaoliang Fortress all comes from Gaoliang, and it is inappropriate to take them all away. After relocating the tenants in the fort, if there is a surplus, the governor's department and the prefect Yamen each take half of each of them?"

Feng Ying suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, and his heart was sweeter than eating honey. The wealth accumulated by Lijiashan City over the past century was unimaginable, let alone dozens of other forts in the three counties?

Feng Ying bowed deeply to the end and praised sincerely: "The envoy is kind and virtue, and I believe that the prefect of Jinkang and Xinning County will be grateful. I would like to thank the envoy for my behalf on behalf of Gaoliang!"

Wei Feng smiled slightly and said, "Premier Feng doesn't have to do this. Since I was attacked by Guangzhou, how can I not benefit the local people? Do you think it's?"

"That's right, that's right!" Feng Ying agreed repeatedly. In fact, he didn't ask any questions. Although Wei Feng's purpose of sending troops was to destroy common landlords, due to extremely generous resettlement measures for the tenants, it will inevitably affect the tenants who depended on scholars. There is no way. Seeing that others who were originally tenants now have land and land, and only pay very little taxes, who is willing to continue to be a tenant?

It can be foreseeable that Dingkou, which is protected by scholars, will inevitably gradually breed troubles. Even if you don’t cause trouble, at least you will have no gradual nature in your work.

But the so-called "small mouth and soft-working" means that Wei Feng is not given any money or grain from the fort, and no one can say anything, because breaking the fort has nothing to do with the local area, so how can we get the benefits if we don't work hard? But Wei Feng not only gives it, but also gives half of it. Since it has suffered such a great sweetness, Feng Ying will not be able to ask again.

Seeing Feng Ying's expression, Wei Feng smiled meaningfully. From a legal perspective, he raised troops to attack the common landlords' armed forces, and even seized their land. There was no problem with population and property, but he could not harm the interests of the scholars on the surface, because he himself was the representative of the interests of the gentry introduced by Wang Xie Chu and other major clans, so he could only use a hidden and subtle way to gradually weaken the strength of the gentry. As for the problems he faces in the future, it can be solved through negotiation.

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After taking half of the reassurance given by Wei Feng, Feng quickly said goodbye and left. Wei Feng was not in a hurry to send troops. On the one hand, the surrendered soldiers needed further identification. On the other hand, they also needed to understand the general situation of each fort. It was not until the morning of the fourth day that Wei Feng sent troops again. This time, there were no reinforcements in Lijiashan City.

The 20,000 soldiers surrendered without fighting, scared the courage of the forts. They didn't even dare to move, so they could only huddle behind the city wall and wait quietly for the result.

There were more than 10,000 surrendered soldiers, most of them would be released as good men after the war. Wei Feng only selected 5,000 troops from them. This part of the troops remained unmoved for the time being, and they were left to defend the camp with three thousand infantrymen and two thousand Gaoliang County soldiers. Two thousand cavalrymen each surrounded the two northeastern city gates. The west gate was still lurking two thousand cavalry thirty miles away. Wei Feng himself led 4,000 cavalry and 7,000 infantrymen to attack the south gate.

Although there were not many troops and no tools such as ladders and flying ladders, Li Xun and his son at the top of the city were all tightly tightly with their faces showing nervousness in their eyes.

Wei Feng's scheduled attack range is not large, roughly extending fifty feet to the left and right with the city gate as the center. The newly built two rushers are responsible for the city breaking mission, and the crossbow cannons and the divine arm crossbow provide fire cover.

Seeing the army formation under the city approaching, Li Xun glanced coldly and shouted: "I don't say much nonsense. As long as you work together to defend foreign enemies, I will not treat you badly. Otherwise, Li will not survive and your relatives will not be able to escape. Now obey the orders, the crossbowman stepped forward, rolled stones, wood, and boiled oil ready!"

Although the soldiers were reluctant, even the soldiers were even emitting a huge hatred in their eyes, they had no choice but to act according to the order. The crossbowmen filled the arrows and rolled the strings, lined up the battlements, and the oil pan was burned with crackling sounds. The rolling stones and wood could be thrown into the city at any time.

However, what was scary was that the army under the city stopped the formation at about two hundred steps and was obviously going to launch a long-range strike. Li Xun couldn't help but feel regretful. He had no catapult. In order to avoid suspicion in the court, he had never built a catapult. He didn't think the court would send troops to siege, but who could have expected that someone would come?

Li Lin also held a similar idea and turned around and said, "Father, his things are only dozens of. How many can he call each other at once? Let's pay attention to concealment. However, in case of precautions, please ask your father and brother to quickly avoid the mountain. Here you teach me, and I will not teach the enemy to take a step to the city!"

Li Xun hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Be careful!" After that, he hurriedly left with his eldest son.

Li Lin looked down again and happened to meet Wei Feng's gaze, but Wei Feng looked left and right as if he didn't exist.

The messenger shouted: "Let it go!"

Suddenly, "Twist!" The bowstrings sounded in succession. First, the divine arm crossbow fired eight-inch iron arrows at the head of the city. This time, a thousand pieces were all brought, and used in two batches. Five hundred were fired at each time, which was enough to cover the distance of fifty feet each centered on the city gate. Some defenders who could not dodge were immediately shot into the door and screamed and fell to the city. Most of the rest were unwilling to fight with the court. Seeing that the offensive was so fierce, they hurriedly squatted down and heard the jingling sound of arrows shooting stones. Every two breaths, there would be a wave!

Li Lin also squatted behind the battlements, but didn't know what to do. Even if the soldiers were forced to shoot arrows, they could not hit the other side. She was anxious for a moment. Suddenly, another shrill sound of breaking through the air sounded. Then, the city wall rumbling loudly. It turned out that the stone bullet hit the city wall. Although it was only firing sixty kilograms of stone bullets, its power was not to be underestimated. Some soldiers who could not dodge were beaten into meat paste on the spot. Some stone bullets happened to hit the oil pan, and boiling oil immediately splashed everywhere!
Chapter completed!