Zhao Jun received the news as soon as the decree-proclaiming team entered the boundary of Yunzhou County.
After carefully looking at the list of immigrants, I couldn't help but rub my chin in thought.
The guards and eunuchs included in this list are quite normal, and are the basic equipment of the general edict-proclaiming team.
But why do the names of the odd jobs here, such as the driver who drives the car and the groom who feeds the horse, look so familiar?
Zhao Jun suddenly had an idea. He quickly found a book as thick as a dictionary on the bookshelf in the study room and opened it. He also took out a thin booklet from a vase and started comparing it.
Soon, Zhao Jun's delighted voice sounded.
"Found it! Why does it look so familiar to me? The Imperial City Division is good at emotions!
Tsk tsk, isn't this three the groom from Kunning Palace in the past? I originally said that he was from the Imperial City Division, but I didn't expect that he would also come this time. "
After figuring out the identity of the person coming, Zhao Jun checked them one by one and finally found that except for one or two normal horsemen and coachmen, the rest of the people on the ninth floor were actually experts in the Imperial City Department!
Unexpectedly, the father actually arranged for them to come over. What did he want to do?
Zhao Jun fell into deep thought.
However, the information collected was too little, and he could not draw any conclusions. If it was related to him, then he would have to ask them to investigate the situation on his side. After all, he had been crying for poverty every year, so he must have given it to his old father. It left a deep impression.
But if you just want to explore your own situation, you shouldn't need so many experts, right?
They should have other purposes.
After thinking for a long time, Zhao Jun couldn't figure it out, so he simply stopped worrying about it. At worst, the soldiers would come to cover up the water and the earth.
After putting down the two secret books and returning them to their places, Zhao Jun immediately asked Wang Huai'en and others to inform Li Yi that their edict-proclaiming team had arrived.
Over there, Li Yi and others who received the news hurriedly made arrangements as soon as they received the news. The actors quickly released everything. The originally bustling Yunzhou City suddenly became quiet. There were only two or three people wearing clothes on the streets. People in rags were walking feebly.
If you look closely, you will see that all of these people have sallow faces, thin muscles, and numb eyes, and they look like they have been suffering from chronic malnutrition.
Occasionally, there would be some gravy residue on the corners of the mouth, but it would be quickly pointed out by my companions and wiped off immediately.
Most of the shops on the street are closed. Only a few shops selling necessities are open, but they are also empty and deserted!
The most popular street in the past, South Street, was all closed. There was no one on the street. Paper money was scattered everywhere. White flags were hung outside every door. I don’t know when they were erected at the intersection of South Street. I built a monument with the words "Military District" written on it. This monument is a bit new.
As for the Yunzhou Square in the middle, it was directly surrounded. There were people guarding everywhere to prevent people from entering. Everyone was too lost to go inside. The guards also pretended to be passers-by and secretly observed the surroundings.
In the military camp at the Nanyun Campus, a large number of new soldiers and veterans were given leave. Except for some who needed to be stationed, what was left in the army was a large number of wounded soldiers, some of whom had been transported back from the front line, and some who had been with the Tatars before. He fought with his son, and his wounds are not completely healed yet.
The placement of these wounded soldiers was also very skillful. The ones on the outside were those who had suffered old wounds from fighting with the Tatars, and the ones inside were those who had been injured in the front line and had relatively new wounds.
When everything was ready, everyone sent the news back to Prince Yun's Mansion.
Two or three days passed in the blink of an eye, as fast as if you had just yawned. The whole world had changed. The bustling and lively Yunzhou City in the past suddenly returned to what it was five years ago. Many people who were hiding in their homes after receiving the news were filled with emotion.
Yunzhou County informed the people of the county of the arrival of the imperial court officials early and asked them to cooperate in the performance.
The reason given is that Yunzhou County has light corvee and low taxes, and does not charge as heavy taxes as in the past. His Royal Highness, King Yun, told the court that Yunzhou County was poor and could not pay the money, so the exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the past were gone. .
If the people coming to the court this time know that Yunzhou County is so prosperous and rich today, then the court will definitely turn its attention to Yunzhou County again. By then, everyone will want to pay a little bit of agricultural tax and poll tax like now. Or sometimes, King Yun Mian simply refuses to accept it, which is impossible.
Nowadays, most of the people in Yunzhou County have migrated, and there are very few indigenous people.
But no matter where they come from, they have all paid the heavy taxes of the imperial court before, and they also know how heavy the burden of taxes can be on the body, which makes people breathless.
Now in Yunzhou County, the poll tax and some other miscellaneous taxes have been basically exempted.
The agricultural tax is only collected from people who have land, and the tax is very low. There are very few fields in Yunzhou County, so the Yunzhou County Yamen only collects a symbolic amount.
In other words, Nanli County collects taxes according to their original taxes, and now it can be said that they are using Nanli County's tax revenue to provide blood to Yunzhou County.
As for the people who migrated there, they could accept the fact that the taxes there would be higher than here, because the land in Yunzhou County was not only small, but also too barren to grow much food.
Not only was each person in Nanli County given ten acres of land, the land was also fertile, with three crops a year!
Even with such a high tax, the harvest in one year is much greater than the income from farming in Yunzhou County.
Now that the people from the court are here, if they know the current situation in Yunzhou County, maybe the tax that once made people breathless will be pressed on everyone again. Naturally, no one wants to go back to the previous hardships. day.
Therefore, everyone in Yunzhou County responded to this acting event and honestly followed the government's arrangements and hid at home.
When we were recruiting extras, many people signed up to participate. If they hadn't been eating too well and being too fat, everyone might have gone out to the streets to show off their acting skills.
Now he can only watch at home through the crack in the door the refugees who have just arrived and haven't had time to recuperate yet acting in their true colors on the street with envy.
While everyone in Yunzhou County was preparing the stage, the edict-proclaiming team, one of the protagonists of the scene, finally arrived outside Yunzhou City.
Although Yunzhou City has been expanded to a certain extent, the lack of manpower in Yunzhou County at that time only saw some expansion. The current appearance is not much different from the city walls in the pass, which did not attract the attention of the edict-proclaiming team.
When the group of people were still five or six miles away from the city, they set up a team to declare the decree. They marched with great fanfare and a full posture.
When they arrived at the city gate, Yuan Lijie, the team leader, frowned immediately when he saw the two city defenders who were either lame or missing hands.
Isn't this huge Yunzhou City even able to find two intact city defenders?
They actually let two disabled military households guard the city gate.
At this moment, someone on the side stepped forward and whispered: "Eunuch Yuan, please do not take him lightly. Although these two people are physically disabled, the murderous aura in their bodies and the fierceness and confidence in their eyes can clearly be seen as being from above." Those who have been on the battlefield, and they are designated as elite soldiers who have fought and won battles!
I heard that Yunzhou County had a fight with the Tatars before, and these two people must have been one of the participants in the war at that time.
Now Yunzhou County can only defend the city with wounded soldiers, which shows how tragic the original battle was, and it was a last resort. "
Yuan Lijie nodded understandingly after hearing this, and looked back. The person he reminded himself just now was one of the people in the team who had been arranged by his godfather.
The man who nodded to him nodded back and quickly returned to the team.
Yuan Lijie then stepped forward and shouted to the two city defenders: "Please call Prince Yun's Mansion. I have come from Bianjing to deliver the order on behalf of the Holy Spirit!"
The two city defenders immediately showed "shocked" expressions, and then the soldier who was missing a hand quickly nodded and said: "I will go to report to the palace soon."
After saying that, he quickly entered the city and left in a hurry.
Yuan Lijie nodded with satisfaction, not paying attention to the flattering smile of the other soldier, and retreated to the team, closing his eyes and waiting for the arrival of King Qiyun.
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(End of chapter)
