"The general deliberately let Princess Anle go in Fuhu Mountain, right?"
"You saw it."
"Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the general treats this little princess very differently."
"Hahaha." Xu Zongwen covered himself with a short and awkward laugh.
Xi Jian: "Confucius said that food, sex, and the relationship between men and women should be taboo, so why should a general avoid it?"
Xi Jian thought that Xu Zongwen would find an excuse to keep Murong Ling, but Xu Zongwen sent Murong Ling away as promised, which Xi Jian did not expect.
Xu Zongwen: "You may not always get what you like. In the same way, you don't necessarily have to stay with the person you like. It's not beautiful to force others to do something difficult."
After saying that, Xu Zongwen returned to the Zhou Mu Mansion with his hands behind his back.
Xi Jian stood there in silence for a long time, seeming to be thinking about what Xu Zongwen said.
"How does the general know what the little princess is thinking? He is so sure that the little princess doesn't want to stay with the general." Xi Jian chased after him.
Xu Zongwen: "I am a Han, she is a Xianbei, I am the general who conquered the north of the Jin Dynasty, and she is the granddaughter of King Yan. I am destined to be enemies with the Yan State in this life, and we will fight to the death. Even if she can stay with me, that will be A moment cannot last forever.”
"If so, wouldn't it mean that I missed her life?" Xu Zongwen stopped, turned his head, looked at Xi Jian, and said sincerely.
Xi Jian smiled bitterly and said: "The general's words really make me ashamed. I didn't expect that in the end I was unfounded."
"Forget it, I'll go." Xi Jian passed by Xu Zongwen and went to check in on his own.
"The marriage that has begun is unstoppable by human power!"
Since being appointed as the Chief of the General's Office of Zhengbei, Xi Jian has been assigned to a duty room. The duty room is very close to Xu Zongwen's study. However, the duty room is always filled with endless paperwork and bamboo slips. .
Most of the documents sent from the Jiankang court and Taifu's Mansion were written in silk script, silk and paper, but the military orders sent from the Zhengbei General's Mansion were all written on bamboo slips, and were sent to the Zhengbei General's Mansion by the generals of the Xiaoqi Army and the Wolf Guard battalions. The relevant military affairs are also written only on bamboo slips.
Therefore, there are obviously not many affairs, but the amount of documents on one side and the bamboo slips on the other is completely different.
For this reason, Xi Jian had already proposed to Xu Zongwen that all the bamboo slips should be replaced with paper. However, Xu Zongwen used the Xiaoqi Army to build the first building. The plaque of the General's Palace for the Northern Expedition has not yet been hung up. Luoyang is in urgent need of money. The reasons were ruthlessly rejected.
Indeed, the signs of the Prefecture Mufu can still be picked. General Zhengbei's station is only temporarily settled in Luoyang. It is not certain where he will be stationed in the future. Now he is spending money lavishly. The gold, silver and jewelry in Fu Hui's secret room are no longer available. More is not enough to be extravagant.
You must know that Xu Zongwen now has more than 10,000 elite soldiers under his command, as well as 20,000 new soldiers who have just been recruited. He opens more than 30,000 mouths every day, and he has to rely on himself just to eat.
The military pay issued by Jiankang is still on the way, and with the officials exploiting and intercepting it, by the time it reaches Luoyang, it may not even be half of it!
living comfortably without anybody's help.
Xu Zongwen had been discussing with Pei Qing for days on how to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and he had not had a good sleep for several nights.
Xu Zongwen's complexion was not good, and Pei Qing was not much better. His eyes had long turned into panda eyes. He yawned all day long, lacked sleep, and was very tired.
"Mr. Auxiliary Machine, what's the method for farming?" Xu Zongwen suddenly remembered Cao Cao's method for farming.
The farming system was a system in which governments of successive dynasties after the Han Dynasty used soldiers and landless peasants to cultivate wasteland in order to obtain military supplies or tax grains.
At that time, Cao Cao adopted the suggestions of Zao Zhi and Han Hao and recruited farmers to work in the fields near Xuchang. He obtained millions of dendrobium grains that year, which greatly solved the food and salary problem of Cao Cao's army and laid a solid foundation for Cao Cao to conquer the Central Plains and annex the princes.
"If there is no good strategy, the farming method is not a bad idea!"
In the end, Pei Qing and Xu Zongwen discussed implementing the farming system in the Xiaoqi Army to reduce military expenditures, increase military food reserves, and encourage the people near Luoyang to actively cultivate wasteland. Only when things are abundant and people are prosperous can Luoyang become prosperous as soon as possible.
Once Luoyang becomes stable and prosperous, the surrounding people who have been repeatedly affected by wars will be attracted to Luoyang. With a large population, Luoyang will develop faster. A city built with people's hearts is the strongest!
Pei Qing's tone became excited: "In addition to enforcing the farming law, it is best to reduce the taxes of the people in Luoyang's jurisdiction. In this way, the general can gain more support from the people, and the foundation of the Xiaoqi Army in Luoyang will be more solid..."
"Sir, what you said is true. I will report the tax reduction and exemption to the imperial court immediately." Xu Zongwen didn't know much about taxation. He only knew that in the heyday of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, the tax was only thirty to one.
Pei Qing opened his eyes wide: "Adult men in the Jin Dynasty can be divided into seventy acres of land, but the actual tax collected by the court is only fifty acres of land, and the tax rate is five taxes and one..."
Thirty tax one is one-thirtieth, five tax one is actually twenty percent, one-fifth. There is actually a six-fold difference between the Han Dynasty tax rate and the Jin Dynasty tax rate!
In addition, after losing half of the country in the north, the people of the Jin Dynasty received less land, but the taxes they paid were not reduced. You can imagine the burden on the people at the bottom!
While Xu Zongwen and Pei Qing were discussing political affairs, there was a rush of footsteps outside.
"General, Fu Hui is making trouble again!" Zhang San opened the door and stood outside without entering the duty room.
Xu Zongwen glanced at Zhang San and said indifferently, "Just let him make trouble and ignore him. If you have to report such a trivial matter, what use do you have?"
Zhang San was anxious. He raised his head and reminded him seriously: "General, the people who went to Chang'an to ask for Hanoi County are back."
"What did King Qin say?" Xu Zongwen said goodbye to Pei Qing, then stood up and walked out.
Zhang San: "It's still the same as before. The King of Qin said that the people are in our hands, not only the city, but also his life."
This Qin King Fu Jian really has a personality!
Also, after all, even Yecheng was captured by Murong Chui. At this time, brothers Murong Hong and Murong Chong must have also surrounded Chang'an. He had too much to take care of himself!
Fu Hui lost Yuzhou and Luoyang. How could the King of Qin use the city to redeem his incompetent son who lost his troops and territory like this?
Xu Zongwen put on his boots and followed Zhang San to see Fu Hui.
Historically, Fu Hui seems to have returned to Chang'an after his defeat. However, he did not get a good ending when he returned to Chang'an. Instead, he was forced to commit suicide by his father, King Fu Jian of Qin.
Nianzai Fuhui presented the imperial seal, and Xu Zongwen planned to save his life.
"What? Take me back to Jiankang?" Fu Hui shook his head: "If you don't go alone, you won't go even if you kill me!"
Xu Zongwen said: "Don't you still know your current situation?"
Fu Hui looked at Xu Zongwen and suddenly became energetic!
"As the son of the King of Qin, you were crowned Duke of Pingyuan and granted the title of Shepherd of Yuzhou. However, you lost a large area of Yuzhou territory. Your general Mao Dang was killed in battle and almost all of his army of 100,000 was wiped out. Do you think you will be able to return to Chang'an again? Will it end well?"
Xu Zongwen carefully analyzed Fu Hui's situation and tried his best to interrupt his thoughts of returning to Chang'an.
"If you can follow me back to Jiankang, the Emperor of Jin Dynasty will definitely reward you heavily in order to show his favor and majesty. Then you can at least become a rich man and don't have to be involved in Qin's fight for the right to inherit the throne. Wouldn't it be nice to live a peaceful life in this troubled world?"
Fu Hui: "General, will the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty really treat me well?"
Xu Zongwen: "I would say that you voluntarily surrendered, and then I gave you the credit for presenting the imperial seal. It is not an exaggeration to say that you can be made a county prince based on this credit alone."
"Jun Gong?" Fu Hui couldn't believe it. He looked deeply at Xu Zongwen.
Xu Zongwen nodded slightly: "It's just that you have to have a good attitude. Why don't you change your surname to Sima and call it Sima Hui from now on? Your Fu family originally had the surname Pu, so it's not an exaggeration to change it again, right?"
"Sima Hui, Sima Hui, Sima Hui..." Fu Hui kept chanting this new name.
