After hearing Liu Yu's affirmation of himself, Cui Yu felt very happy.
According to Cui Yu's idea, the position of 'Great Zhongzheng' that Liu Yu wanted to establish was almost as good as the title of the Three Dukes, and even exceeded the position of the Three Dukes in terms of far-reaching influence.
After all, the Great Zhongzheng has the power to decide the official career of scholars in various states and counties, whether they are from high-ranking families or poor families, so why don't they all have to rely on themselves as the "Great Zhongzheng"?
When he thought of this, Cui Yu felt even better. He suddenly thought of something and quickly continued to speak to Liu Yu.
"Your Majesty, my brother Cui Ao has sent me a reply," Cui Yu said.
Hearing Cui Yu's words, Liu Yu immediately became very interested.
"Oh? How did Cui Ao reply?"
This Cui Ao is the governor of Pingzhou in the Jin Dynasty and the captain of Dongyi. Although he is nominally the highest military and political officer in Pingzhou, Pingzhou, also known as Liaodong, has been a place of military disputes since ancient times. The Central Plains dynasty established here The highest officer must be a tough-minded person to control the many barbarian tribes in Liaodong.
Unfortunately, apart from being a Qinghe Cui family member, the reason why Cui Ao could serve as the governor of Pingzhou and the captain of Dongyi had nothing to do with his ability, and was purely due to the nepotism of Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou.
"In the letter, I advised Cui Ao to surrender anyway and submit to the emperor. Cui Ao was also very moved and wanted to submit to the emperor and serve his majesty," Cui Yu said.
"However, Cui Aochu arrived in Liaodong for only a year. His foundation has not been solidified. He lacks support internally. The foreign barbarians have not yet been overthrown externally. He is surrounded by the Dongyi tribes loyal to the Jin Dynasty. He does not dare to act rashly. His wealth and life are not important, and he cannot do anything for it. Your Majesty, it’s a big deal to protect Liaodong!”
Hearing these beautiful words, Liu Yu disapproved.
Obviously, since the defeat of Wang Jun of Youzhou and the imprisonment of Liu Kun as a prisoner by Zao Song, Cui Ao, who had just arrived in Liaodong and took office, has fallen into a huge passivity.
Although Cui Ao holds the titles of Pingzhou Governor and Dongyi Colonel, the tribes such as Murong Xianbei, Yuwen Xianbei, and Goguryeo in Liaodong are already too big to be commanded.
"Well, this matter is not urgent. It would be inappropriate if Cui Ao acted rashly and gave the surrounding Dongyi tribes an excuse to be deprived of their position."
Although Liu Yu felt that Cui Ao was a bit slippery, he could understand his difficulties.
"Gong Cui, just tell Cui Ao and allow him to continue to exchange letters in the name of the governor of Pingzhou in the Jin Dynasty. You can secretly accumulate strength and cultivate cronies. When he is strong enough, it will not be too late to bring him back to justice!"
After Cui Yu heard this, he quickly accepted the order respectfully.
Liu Yu knew that in the late Western Jin Dynasty, Murong Xianbei had begun a rapid expansion process in Liaodong. As early as the "Eight Kings Rebellion", many refugees from Jizhou and Bingzhou fled to Liaodong and were absorbed and used by Murong Xianbei. .
Although Cui Ao is not of great use today, he is still the highest military and political officer in name.
If Cui Ao acted rashly, he would definitely be easily solved by Murong Xianbei, and then Murong Xianbei would further become the nominal supreme ruler of Pingzhou, Liaodong.
Murong Xianbei in history was after the failure of Cui Ao's bold move. Murong Xian proclaimed himself the governor of Pingzhou and gained the allegiance of powerful Liaodong counties.
Therefore, although Cui Ao is of no great use, he can still suppress Murong Xianbei very well if he just stays like this.
After all, when a rookie is facing off against a skilled swordsman, don't take action easily. In this case, you can survive for a few more minutes.
After Liu Yu and his party returned to the city, Xi Jian, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately greeted them.
Seeing Xi Jian with a relaxed look on his face, Liu Yu knew that there should be better news.
"Mr. Xi, what's the good news?" Liu Yu asked immediately.
"Your Majesty, the general who conquered the west defeated the Hulu in Huai County, Hanoi County. Tens of thousands of enemy cavalry were blocked in Qinshui and were not allowed to advance eastward!" Xi Jian said loudly.
"Haha, okay, Zu Ti commanded only a few thousand soldiers, and the rest were drafted strongmen and refugees. He was able to bring a hundred thousand Huluton soldiers to the small Huai County. It really lived up to my expectations!"
Liu Yu was naturally very happy about this result.
In fact, Liu Yu's expectation for Zu Ti was to help Guo Mo defend the eastern corner of Hanoi County. As long as he defended this part, he could prevent the Huns and Jiehu from Zhao State from connecting on the plain.
"Not only that, Your Majesty, Sili Colonel Liu Tun reported that after more than ten days of looting on the south bank of the river, the barbarians not only found nothing, but also repeatedly ran into the walls of Wubao. They had withdrawn westward on their own a few days ago." Xi Jian added.
Upon hearing the news, Liu Yu nodded, already having a rough judgment in his mind.
"The Sili area on the south bank of the river has already been completely white. Not to mention the Hulu who couldn't grab anything, even Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, couldn't collect any food and grass supplies in this area."
Liu Yu already had a very clear understanding of the situation in Sizhou through information obtained from various parties.
"In this way, after the Hulu on the south bank of the river retreat, the Hulu on the north bank of the river will definitely not be able to stay for long. Otherwise, we will send a surprise force to go north along the river in boats to cut off the Hulu's retreat. At the end of the hundred thousand strong crossbows The Hulu must either go hungry and fight to the death with us, or they have to go back to Pingyang via the Taihang and Wangwu mountains in the north of Hanoi County!"
When Liu Yu said this, he was already very excited. He even forgot for a moment that he did not have enough ships to transport troops to cut off the Huns' retreat.
"Your Majesty is right. After the Hulu soldiers massacred Luoyang, their bags were already full. The Hulu soldiers must have wanted to return to Pingyang to enjoy themselves. If the Hulu Liu Cong had not wanted to show off his force, he would not have rushed to send troops to Hanoi! "
After Xi Jian took the words, he continued to analyze Liu Yu's words.
"Although we don't have boats and can transport troops westward to intercept the Huru's return, I feel that we can use the strategy of suspicious soldiers to force the Huru Liu Cong in Hanoi to retreat early!"
"How to implement the 'suspicious soldier strategy'?" Liu Yu asked.
Today's Zu Ti army is basically composed of civilians recruited from the south of Jizhou. If these tens of thousands of people do not fight, they can cultivate the rations needed by hundreds of thousands of people, so Liu Yu definitely wants to end the defensive battle of Hanoi County as soon as possible .
"Your Majesty, you can order Lieutenant Liu Tun to spread flags on the south bank of the river, fake boats, and pretend that he wants to cross the river to the north. There will definitely be Huns' patrols to report to the Hun Liu Cong. Come on, even if Liu Cong refuses to retreat, the Hulu generals under him must be mentally unstable. After all, they have already enjoyed looting, who is willing to stay in a dangerous place for any longer!" 518 Chinese website
After hearing Xi Jian's method, Liu Yu felt that it was very feasible.
It was nothing more than asking Liu Tun to set up some enchantment formations on the south bank of the Yellow River in Sizhou to scare the Huns.
If the Huns are not afraid, or have seen through the Han army's "suspicious tactics", it doesn't matter. Anyway, in more than a month, it will be midsummer. Nearly 100,000 Huns gathered together, and there were many There is a high probability of seasonal plague outbreaks.
After Xi Jian helped Liu Yu fill in the specific details, Liu Yu felt a little relieved. After all, this time the Huns' offensive seemed to be menacing, but in fact it was a weak force, and it was so easily resisted.
However, these Huns are like a pack of wolves. The full wolf and the hungry wolf are definitely two different things.
When the Huns attack again next time, they may not be able to retreat so easily.
"The Huns only occupied half of Sizhou and Bingzhou, but they could be so arrogant. Now that we have nearly five states, we can only use the 'suspicious tactics' to retreat the enemy and reduce hundreds of thousands of Han people to nothing." The Hulu cows and horses are helpless, I really feel ashamed!"
Liu Yu couldn't help but said to Xi Jian with some annoyance.
Hearing this, Xi Jian felt relieved and quickly comforted him.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. The Xiongnu and the barbarians rely on one hundred thousand Huns from five tribes. Although they occupy not many counties, they are all fertile lands that are easy to defend and difficult to attack. Therefore, every time we send out troops, we only need to Leave a small number of troops to guard against Liu Kun, and then you can go out in full force and defeat the few with all your strength."
"Although His Majesty now controls the five prefectures of Qing, Xu, Yan, Hebei, and Henan, it is difficult to count the taxes, taxes, and servitude of the powerful prefectures and counties. In addition to tens of thousands of military households in professional fields, the food and grain that can be obtained may not be the same. There are many Huns.”
When Liu Yu heard this, he already understood what Xi Jian meant.
In fact, this is a big problem that no monarch can get around after the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
In today's Central Plains, due to years of famine and war, most of the civilian farmers have already fled. However, these people are the main targets of the government's tax collection. As a result, the government must be extremely poor. jingle.
And those powerful people who were already powerful, relied on their ability to protect themselves, not only kept their original family businesses, but were even able to absorb more refugees. Compared with before, the powerful people's own strength has not declined but has increased. .
Of course, those powerful dock owners who were at the center of the war were not included in this list. After all, under the strong pressure of the Huns, both powerful and common people were the prey of the Huns.
"Although these powerful families have the ability to protect the people, they can also cause harm to the local area!" Liu Yu couldn't help but say.
"However, if we are to clean up the fields and villages where powerful people in the prefectures and counties have hidden themselves, not to mention whether there will be any daring people to rebel, even if they are just officials who can do calculations, I don't have enough manpower!"
Nowadays, in the area controlled by Liu Yu, the powerful states and counties also pay taxes, but the taxes are just the land registration and household registration of the Jin court government. Compared with the actual taxes that should be paid, it is simply pitiful.
In addition to the small changes in the land area, the household registration yellow list has long since become unknown to the mother and father. Many household registrations have fled, and no one can be found if they want to collect taxes.
Only a few places, such as Qingzhou, have done simple re-counting, and most other areas are in a state of stocking.
"Your Majesty, these are extraordinary times. How can we act as we did in peaceful times! To collect taxes, we do not necessarily need clerks to compare their own money. As long as an amount is determined in advance, the officials of the state and county will decide the amount according to each family. Just collect it," Xi Jian said.
"Collect a fixed amount of tax?" Liu Yu was slightly surprised.
Among the taxes collected since the Han Dynasty, there is often a head tax, which often needs to be accurate to the number of people in each household. The rest of the property taxes are often linked to the household registration, so once the accurate household registration yellow book is lost, In the chaotic era, the imperial government was often blind, and powerful people from various states and counties took the opportunity to seize actual power.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Xi Jian saw that Liu Yu was very interested and immediately continued.
"Your Majesty, you can first rate the states and counties into the upper, middle and lower grades, and then rate the counties in each state into the upper, middle and lower grades. In this way, each county will then classify the big and small powerful, Guizhou leaders, etc. into the ninth grade, in order By collecting taxes, we save the trouble of liquidation and sorting out.”
"After all, even if the county is liquidated, most of the officials used are powerful tribesmen. I'm afraid there will not be much less concealment among them."
After Xi Jian finished speaking, he took out a roll of books that had been prepared.
"Your Majesty, please read it. This is the detailed law that I have prepared for a long time. I have wanted to submit it to Your Majesty for a long time, but the time has not come for fear of disrupting Your Majesty's overall situation."
Seeing the warning, Liu quickly took Xi Jian's memorial and read it carefully.
After carefully looking at Xi Jian's tax implementation method, Liu Yu immediately understood the key.
The taxes levied every year are now determined according to the state, county, and household registration level. In this way, as long as the powerful Wubao Manor does not leave, taxes must be paid. There is no reasoning at all, and Concealed opportunities.
Moreover, Liu Preliminary took a look and found that the taxes levied by these powerful people were far within the range of the powerful people. After all, as soon as this method came out, the powerful people would wait for the tax levels to be determined before they could reclaim wasteland and increase their income. , and will not pay more taxes.
Even if this was the case, Liu Xuan looked at Xi Jian's estimate and found that the taxes in the four and a half states could be doubled.
Obviously the tax is not high, but why is it nearly doubled?
However, Liu Yu took a closer look and saw where the extra taxes came from.
"Haha, wonderful, Mr. Xi's method is really wonderful!" Liu Yu couldn't help but admire.
It turns out that Xi Jian fixed the number of each level of powerful people in prefectures and counties. As a result, the taxes paid by some powerful people were basically the same as before, but the taxes paid by some powerful people increased a lot. As a result, The powerful states and counties will also find it difficult to unite due to the uneven distribution of spoils.
Of course, in the assessment level, powerful people who are excluded will no longer have the confidence to cause trouble.
Moreover, under Xi Jian's tax system, the local tycoons in Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Xuzhou who originally enjoyed preferential treatment from Jin Dynasty officials were deprived of preferential treatment as long as they did not obtain official positions in Qingzhou and Han Dynasty.
We cannot let these powerful men left over from the Jin Dynasty enjoy the preferential treatment of the "Han Dynasty" but not be loyal to the "Han Dynasty".
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