Lin Feng looked serious and continued: "The second aspect involves exemption from corvee and taxation. For what purpose do I want to exempt myself from corvee in front of all the Xia prisoners?"
"There are two main reasons for this."
"First, the people in the Xia Kingdom have a very hard life. They have endured extremely heavy taxes and levies in the past twenty years. The people have no money or food at all, so many people have to become thieves. Bandits are raging everywhere.”
"If you want to collect taxes, it's impossible. There is no possibility of collecting taxes. There are bandits everywhere. There are already few people in the local area. If corvee is imposed, the situation of the people will be even more difficult.
"This is a premise."
"Secondly, the Xia Kingdom is corrupt. Even if you order to levy it, you can't levy it and you can't collect the money at all. For the sake of long-term stability and future development, the imperial court will most likely choose tax exemption. So why not declare tax exemption now? Winning over these prisoners of Xia State and making them publicize it?"
"So, that's the argument that involves exemption from corvee and taxation."
"If Da Qin wants to completely control the land of Xia Kingdom, it cannot continue the exploitative policy, but must put in effort and effort to manage it. Only in this way can it completely gain a foothold and make this land a part of Da Qin. "
"If it is just used as a territory to grab profits, as a place to search for profits, the final result will be nothing. The people in these places will resist the Xia Kingdom now, and will continue to resist the Qin Dynasty in the future."
Lin Feng looked at Xun Peng and said, "General Xun Peng, what do you think?"
Xun Peng smiled, couldn't help scratching his head, and said: "Lin Houye's analysis does make sense."
Bai Cejun said: "What about the third aspect?"
Lin Feng continued to explain: "The third aspect involves money. Da Qin's finances are not well-off, and it is only now that it is better. It seems that the Xia Kingdom was also tortured by the emperor. In fact, the Xia Kingdom, It’s not as barren as it appears.”
"The Xia Kingdom is indeed short of money, but the people who are short of money are the poor people in the local area. These people can't survive and their lives are precarious. But the powerful people of the Xia Kingdom, especially the princes and nobles living in Anyi, they are extremely rich."
"These people live a luxurious life and have lots of money."
"General Xun Peng said that we have to spend money and pay a lot of money, which is actually wrong. The princes and nobles of Xia have countless wealth in their homes, and they have hoarded a lot of food. These people are not good people."
"And there is countless money in Li Chong's Mansion, the emperor's private treasury. It is the emperor's private treasury. Li Chong's Mansion doesn't care if Xia needs money, and they just ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to raise food and supplies. Money and stuff.”
"Our army will march into the Xia Kingdom and deal with all these rich and unkind dignitaries."
"The emperor's inner treasury, seize it."
"According to my estimate, this amount of money is at least tens of millions of taels of silver. The dignitaries of the Xia Kingdom are so wealthy, so they don't have to worry about running out of money. As long as they are willing to confiscate their homes, there will be plenty of money. And they will confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. Kill these People will still support and support powerful people who are rich and unkind."
Lin Feng's eyes were sharp and he said: "It is precisely this kind of house confiscation that is the key to winning over the hearts and minds of the Xia people."
Bai Cejun nodded.
He is a warrior.
He didn't think there was any problem in killing these corrupt officials and powerful people who were unkind and greedy for wealth. He would kill them if they should.
Xun Peng was completely convinced and said solemnly: "Master Hou's analysis is indeed brilliant. So, what about this last aspect?"
Lin Feng's face became serious and he said: "Actually, it involves the fourth aspect, which goes beyond the question of General Xun Peng just now. The fourth aspect I want to talk about is that after we enter the Xia Kingdom, in order to truly establish a foothold in Xia State, In order to truly turn the Xia Kingdom into a part of the Great Qin, the Great Qin army must have an agreement."
"The officers and men of the Qin Dynasty must commit no crime in Qiu."
"The people in Xia Kingdom cannot be harassed in any way, and no one can rob or plunder."
"This is a fundamental thing."
"If the army of Great Qin plunders and robs ordinary people everywhere in the Xia Kingdom, eventually all the previous promises and all the efforts will be turned into water. If you want to truly gain a foothold in the Xia Kingdom, you must treat the people of the Xia Kingdom as Zuo is a citizen of Da Qin."
"This is the yardstick that must be adhered to."
"Whoever violates this bottom line will have only one fate, and he will be killed without mercy. Please let Bai Shuai, General Xun Peng, and General Wang Lie implement this and publicize it. Say hello early and everyone will know it, while problems will arise later."
Lin Feng said: "Please tell me, Commander Bai."
Xun Peng echoed: "Lin Houye's analysis is seconded by General Mo. In the past, General Mo led his troops to guard Shuzhou. There were several generals who led troops to guard Shuzhou, and they were indeed able to make the Bo people and The barbarians are afraid, but there are always local barbarians who rebel."
"Why? It's because the local army soldiers often harass the Bo people and barbarians in these places. Compared with the Hu people in the north, these Hu people live in pursuit of water and grass, but some barbarians and Bo people in Shuzhou, they It’s settled, it’s already farming.”
"Under this premise, harassing these people from time to time will inevitably lead to rebellion."
"The final result is to continue to cause turmoil, which is to make all the barbarians have no sense of belonging to the Qin Dynasty. After the general left, he strictly ordered the soldiers to harass the people, and even showed kindness to the Bo people, barbarians, etc., and then suppressed the fortresses with forceful means. Rebellious people.”
Xun Peng said: "With the continuous use of kindness and power, the chaos in Shu was finally settled, and there was no longer any rebellion by the local barbarians and Bo people. The same is true for us now in Da Qin."
Bai Cejun glanced at Xun Peng in surprise, nodded in approval and said, "Don't worry, Lin Feng, I will implement it."
Wang Lie said: "I will reiterate it again."
Lin Feng nodded and said with a smile: "General Xun Peng, do you have any other questions?"
"there is none left."
Xun Peng chuckled.
In his heart, he was quite happy because he had no other doubts in his heart.
Lin Feng looked at the Xia soldiers who kept leaving. These people keep leaving, and there should be very few people left in the end.
This can be determined directly.
Lin Feng didn't think there was any surprise, as long as he could keep some of it.
Lin Feng turned his eyes, looked at Ying Wu, and ordered: "Ying Wu, now Qi Feixiong has been killed and the Xia Kingdom has been defeated. You can use the people at Heibingtai to spread the news to Anyi first, further disrupting Anyi." People's hearts. At the same time, we spread the word that Xia Kingdom is defeated by Da Qin. Only when people's hearts are panicked will we attack more smoothly."
"Here!"
Ying Wu answered directly.
He left in a hurry.
Spreading the news must be arranged immediately.
Lin Feng said no more. Now everything is in order, all he needs to do is to send troops. Time passed little by little, and all the prisoners who wanted to leave in Xia Kingdom left, and it was already past noon. In the end, there were only more than 1,500 Xia soldiers left as prisoners of Xia.
Bai Cejun directly integrated this group of people into Xun Peng's Black Dragon Army.
He did not order to set off immediately, but made a special trip to rest in place for a day. The next day, he led his troops to Yangcheng in Xia Kingdom.
