It was raining, a misty drizzle, the kind that constantly floated those little droplets that cannot be seen, dense and continuous, not only wetting people's clothes, but also wetting people's spirits.
Wang Yun died and his clan was exterminated. Diao Chan was the only one who could wrap them up in mourning and burn paper to pay their last respects.
In the rain, Diao Chan knelt quietly, wearing sackcloth and mourning, facing the direction of Chang'an City.
Lin Ze was standing quietly behind her.
Diao Chan didn't say a word. She didn't know what she was thinking. Even though she gave her heart to Lin Ze, Lin Ze couldn't know what her inner world was like. He didn't want to explore it. In fact, many people spent their whole lives. If you don’t understand your own mentality, how can you understand others?
Diao Chan must be sad and her mood must be complicated, but only if she figures these things out can she be happy. What she can do now is to stay with her and give her a solid backing.
Finally, Diao Chan stood up, looked back at Lin Ze, who was also soaked, and said, "My lord, I have nothing to worry about in this life, and I will never leave you again."
Lin Ze stretched out his hand to wipe the rainwater from her face and said, "Don't worry, in this world, as long as I have you, you will be there, and my husband is very healthy and will not die in the next hundred years."
Diao Chan was amused by Lin Ze.
"Okay, whatever is in the past will be in the past, let's go!"
Frightened and exposed to the rain, Diao Chan fell ill, but the army wanted to move, so she could not stay in Shangluo to recuperate and had to move with the army.
Fortunately, it is summer, the weather is not cold, the carriage is extremely comfortable, and there will be no problems with the maid serving.
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The Yellow Turban Army has been destroyed, and the only ones left in the world are some shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
The sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand. If you are in Jiazi, the world will be prosperous.
Such slogans are just a joke to the common people in later generations who have opened up their wisdom, but they are very lethal to the common people of this era, especially those who cannot afford to eat.
It was only summer in Shouchun when Lin Zechun left. The situation he had worked so hard to create was ruined by a rumor. What they said was that the prince-in-law was a lackey of the imperial court and ruined the good life of the people in Shouchun.
Some smart people choose to stay away from us. After all, you trample on people's farmland, burn down people's houses, and rob people of their wives.
But they had no strength to resist, and within a few days, they were completely wiped out by the 300,000 Yellow Turban Army.
Lin Ze was furious when he saw the corpses of the people and the trampled young crops on the road.
Huang Zhong and Wei Yan had seen the beauty of life here, and they were filled with anger when they saw such a scene.
Wei Yan first told Lin Ze that the wealthy family would definitely cause trouble, but he did not expect that the scale would be so large. He wanted to see how Lin Ze would deal with it.
Not only him, but also newcomers such as Chen Gong and Jin Xuan wanted to see how Lin Ze could handle such a disaster. A good bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a wise minister serves the master. Before becoming a loyal minister, , they want to see if their lord is really ambitious, talented, and capable of facing such troubled times.
When leading the troops back, Lin Ze didn't seem to be in a hurry, Huang Zhong was not in a hurry, and Xu Ziwu was not in a hurry, because they all knew that the Jiaolong Regiment's combat effectiveness was the strongest outside the Langya Regiment, with 10,000 troops. When everyone in the Jiaolong Group was training on their own, Lin Ze was the one who took the lead. Even Xu Ziwu didn't know what skills the Jiaolong Group had learned.
Moreover, they knew that Lin Ze had asked the Jiaolong Group to return to defense early, so they made the worst plan for the situation. Lin Ze once taught them a sentence, "When the situation is good, you should consider the worst. When the situation is good, you should consider the worst." When things go bad, you have to think about what’s best.”
This sentence will be useful to them throughout their lives.
Lin Ze was thinking about how he could stabilize his own territory. With what was happening now, it was obvious that his method would not work in the late Eastern Han Dynasty when the rules and war patterns were completely different.
He always believed that the most poisonous aspect of feudal society was land annexation.
In fact, just for land annexation, wealthy families do not enjoy tax exemption and exemption privileges. Land annexation does not cause much harm, so he prohibits collecting agricultural taxes. However, bureaucratic landlords are used to collecting agricultural taxes, so Lin Ze banned land sales. The common people will not farm your landlord's property. The land is gone, why do you collect taxes from other people?
Throughout history, no matter how reformed each dynasty was, they never found a true balance point between the two issues of "people's wealth" and "national strength". Lin Ze's method was the most scientific, monopolizing huge profits such as salt and iron. By reducing or reducing agricultural taxes in various industries, the people will be rich and the country will be strong.
However, this greatly harmed the interests of the wealthy families. If the people did not rebel, these wealthy families would fucking rebel!
I can use iron-blooded methods to fight against local tyrants and landlords, but the problem is still the same as before. I can't be a warlord in this area for the rest of my life. I must expand, and I can't let the tyrants in other places become a stumbling block for me.
So the main problem now is how to get these wealthy families to obey them willingly.
Lin Ze suddenly asked: "General Huang, how much money did we rob in Jingzhao County?"
Huang Zhong said: "That's a lot, countless, equivalent to half of Shouchun's money and food."
Lin Ze said: "General Huang, you keep half of this money as military pay for the army, and the remaining half should be given to Jin Xuan."
Jin Xuan stepped forward immediately and said, "My lord, do you have any good ideas?"
Chen Gong also came forward, wanting to hear what Lin Ze had to say.
Lin Zedao: "Tell me, what is the most important thing a person wants to do when he has money?"
Chen Gong said: "It's natural to be sensual and indulgent. When people have money, they want to enjoy it."
Lin Zedao: "When dealing with wealthy families, they only have one advantage, which is that they have a rich family and can spend hundreds of thousands at will to recruit troops. If we rob them and the world doesn't accept it, we can let them hand over the money to us!"
Chen Gong pinched his beard and said, "I am willing to listen to my lord's opinions!"
Lin Zedao: "I plan to open a restaurant in Xinyang, a place where 'drinking, sex and wealth' can be gathered together. It's not a casino, but you can gamble on anything you want. It's not a brothel, but the women there can accompany you to do anything. The scale is certain It needs to be big, the service must be in place, and it should be made into a place where the prince enters and the eunuch leaves.”
Lin Ze has been thinking about it for a long time. When people are rich, they want to enjoy themselves, eat, drink and have fun, have sex with dogs and horses, fight cocks and lackeys, be accompanied by beauties, sing music and listen to operas. In less than five years, all the descendants of these wealthy nobles will be turned into prodigal sons. .
Chen Gong frowned, but Jin Xuan looked very interested and said, "But brothels can't make a lot of money."
Lin Ze smiled and said: "The scale is different. In our place, as long as the guests have money, we must make them feel like emperors. As long as they have money, they can live there for a lifetime."
Lin Ze looked at Chen Gong and said, "Moreover, we can set up an intelligence department. With such a place as the source of intelligence, we can know about any slightest disturbance anywhere in the world."
Huang Zhong laughed loudly and said: "My lord, you really have a wonderful idea, and you can open a restaurant. My lord's cooking skills are unparalleled in the world. If you bring a few cooks out, you will have to overcrowd just to eat."
"Yes, there are also erotic arts, which must be sparse but refined, because high-end people will definitely look down on vulgar fans."
At this time, Chen Gong said: "My lord, this goes against the ethics of our Han Dynasty!"
Lin Zedao: "Mr. Gongtai, I understand what you mean. Everything we are doing now is actually to protect our people. We do not collect taxes from the people. To accumulate capital, we must use some low-level means, which is immoral. But it works. Besides, truly talented and learned people will not come to such a place."
Chen Gongdao: "I am worried that while such a place attracts wealthy families, it will also attract our soldiers and officials and breed corruption."
Lin Ze's face turned cold and he said: "National law is ruthless, and military law is even stricter. Mr. Gongtai, I will leave the supervision to you."
Chen Gong was relieved. He found that Lin Ze's strategy was far more terrifying than he imagined. Lin Ze's next words made Chen Gong completely surrender to Lin Ze.
"In addition to supervision, there is one more thing that must be done by Mr. Gongtai!" Lin Zedao: "The people's minds should be enlightened. The wisdom of the people will make the country wise, and the strength of the people will make the country strong. I want to open a printing library, poetry and poetry, workers, peasants, medical personnel, etc. , as long as it is a book that is beneficial to the country and the people, it should be printed in large quantities and circulated throughout the world. Let our descendants be able to admire the wisdom of our ancestors. In this way, we can also prevent some of the best things from being lost."
Chen Gong sighed: "My lord really has a big plan, a big mind, and is focused on the future. But I think it is better for us to know the military manual. What if the people in the world know it and can learn to deal with us?"
Lin Ze smiled and said: "Mr. Gongtai, in this world, whether it is Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian or Liu Biao, they are all Han officials, and the lands under their jurisdiction are all Han people. Although the world is in chaos, we are brothers after all. If we fight, the world will inevitably return to unity, and it doesn't matter if they learn it, it can just improve the national strength."
"But……"
Lin Ze interrupted: "Mr. Gongtai, I know what you are worried about. Learning the art of war depends on spirituality. Everyone in the world knows that my cavalry, Lin Ze's, is good at crossing and piercing the face. They also know that my horses have hoofs." They have iron and stirrups, but they are not my opponents yet. Fighting cannot rely solely on military skills, but also requires a kind of spirit."
Chen Gong thought about Lin Ze's words seriously. It was true that ever since Lin Ze rose to prominence in the Jujube Alliance, he had never taken the lead in charging. His team, as long as he was there, was a group of lunatics.
When Chang'an was surrounded by Wang Situ, Lin Ze only had 200 people around him, but Huangfu Song was forced to hold tens of thousands of people from taking action. No one can learn this kind of spirit.
Lin Ze took out a booklet from his arms, handed it to Chen Gong, and said, "Mr. Gongtai, this is the secret book of movable type printing."
"Movable type printing?" Chen Gong picked up the brochure and started reading it on horseback. The more he looked at it, the more solemn his expression became. Movable type printing is an invention that will last forever.
At this moment, he decided to follow Lin Ze for the rest of his life and he would have no regrets in this life.
With these two sets of policies, Lin Ze's territory can be made monolithic and there will be no more troubles. But right now, destroying the 300,000 rebels is the top priority.
That was 300,000 troops. Huang Zhong and Wei Yan were surprised that although Lin Ze was on the way to Shouchun, he only maintained the current status of 308,000 troops and did not move other legions over at all. This battle, How is he going to fight?
