Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 127 Calling the Gentleman
Shi Shouxin has a clear personality of likes and hates. If you are friends with him, his attitude and style are extremely cute, but if you are an enemy of him, he will smear you to the end, no matter right or wrong.

Shi Shouxin is quite greedy by nature, but he is not short of money. With his achievements, it is not too much to transport a carload or two of belongings. Now he only chose a piece of yellow leather, obviously caring about friendship and leading by example.

Cao Bin, Pan Mei, Zhao Ting, Zhang Qiong, Chang Side, and Zhang Xiong were also invited to choose some belongings by themselves.

With Shi Shouxin as an example, most of them chose some symbolically.

The most valuable is actually Zhang Xiong, who chose a set of exquisite Four Treasures of the Study.

But judging by his appearance, he probably doesn't know the price of this thing.

Indeed, because Zhang Xiong took the lead in the rebellion, he felt that he had to be worthy of those who were willing to follow him, so he began to read and write, and at the same time let others read the art of war with him.

I planned to buy the Four Treasures of the Study, but I didn't have the money, so I took it when I saw it was available in the warehouse.

Luo Youdu didn't care either.

Different times face different situations and environments, and it is inevitable to make corresponding changes.

In this era, if you want to emphasize military discipline, you must feed the soldiers.

Don't expect them to work for you until you feed them.

The money and silk in this treasury are of great use to Luo Youdu in his hands, but after a little thought, he still took it out to reward the army.

In the current situation, the combat effectiveness of the army trumps everything else.

After clearing the government treasury, Luo Youdu immediately invited the prestigious big households in Luzhou City, and asked them to meet with the government office in an hour, and invited six people in total.

Among them, the patriarchs of Zhang, Hong, and Liu, the surnames of Luzhou, and Fang Huizhen, Cen Yangjun, and Mi Hua were three famous local scholars.

Before the appointed time, the heads of the Zhang, Hong, and Liu families had already arrived, and Fang Huizhen, Cen Yangjun, and Mi Hua came one after another.

Luo Youdu thought to himself: "It's interesting!"

Guo Rong let him know the affairs of Luzhou and gave him the right to act according to circumstances.

Then this Luzhou is his base camp.

The first thing he has to do is to stabilize Luzhou, use Luzhou as the foundation, and then expand to the four directions.

To gain a foothold in Luzhou, it is indispensable to get the support of the local people.

Among the six people he invited today, one of them did not come.

Luo Youdu's next order was to ransack the house and exterminate the family.

At this moment, thinking about Nantang's kindness is not loyalty in Luo Youdu's eyes, but a thunder that explodes at any time.

Being able to come, whether it's true or false, is a good start.

The six people arrived ahead of schedule, and Luo Youdu also received them ahead of schedule.

Luo Youdu did not pretend to be a gesture, but greeted him at the gate of the government office.

"Meet Mr. Luo!"

The six of them were obviously flattered. As fish in other people's hands, it is already very good to be treated like this.

"Everyone is welcome! Please come in and talk inside!"

Arrange the seats for the six people in turn according to their ages, and then go to the main seat to sit.

Luo Youdu looked at the stiff six people and said: "Don't be too restrained, everyone. I came to you today to pass on the decree of my Great Zhou, that's all. After taking Luzhou, the officials of the Luzhou government escaped There is not one left, so I went directly to check the government affairs files of the government office, and understood why they escaped cleanly."

"This kind of waste moth that oppresses the people, one by one falls into my hands, and I have to move my head."

"As an official of the people's parents, in office, regardless of people's livelihood, excessive taxation, laziness and neglect of government, what do you do with it? It's better to bury it underground and nourish the land."

The faces of all the people turned pale.

Fang Huizhen responded embarrassingly: "What Mr. Xiang said is reasonable."

People with their identities are living quite well, but they also know the lives of the common people well.

It is really inappropriate to say that officials are levying excessive taxes and extorting money, being lazy and slack in government.Many things are not the fault of the officials, but the emperor Li Jing.

Li Jing was extravagant, so he set the tax extremely high and levied a lot of miscellaneous taxes.

But from Li Jing's point of view, the people can still live a good life. He thinks that he ate the meat and left the bones and soup for the people. The people should be content and grateful.

But it never occurred to him that with his birdish appearance, he still expects to be filled with Qingshui yamen?

You take a sip of bones and soup, and I take a piece. It is obvious how much is left in the hands of the common people.

It's not that Luo Youdu is ignorant of the situation, but he deliberately said this to ask them to handle their affairs well, otherwise they will lose their heads.

I don't need you to sincerely surrender, but as long as you have done something for Da Zhou and want to return to Southern Tang alone, it will not be easy.

"They are all my Chinese people. It hurts my heart to see the people of Luzhou suffer such hardships. Today I will abolish all exorbitant taxes and use the laws of my Great Zhou to rule the people. Regarding the confidentiality of the law, I have written a notice. You Help to announce it. It depends on the agreement with Luzhou, and it must not be violated. It is up to you to issue the order."

As he spoke, he asked people to distribute the notice to everyone, and then said: "I respect the good news from all of you."

Luo Youdu looked at the six people with a smile.

The six people looked at the announcement given by Luo Youdu, and their hearts were ashamed.

In terms of virtuousness, Guo Wei, Guo Rong and his son, who are hardworking, are not at the same level as Li Jing, who is ambitious and extravagant.

The defeat of the Central Plains was like that, and the two generations of Guo Wei and Guo Rong developed in less than six years, and they were strong and strong, and they had the potential to aspire to the world.

However, Li Jing had only been in power for 13 years, and he actually forced the people of Huainan to rebel.

The gap between them can be imagined.

The six people understood that once the Great Zhou system was announced, ordinary people in Luzhou and small and medium-sized tenants would surely cheer.

If the Southern Tang regained Luzhou in the future, it would be difficult to restore the original system.

Moreover, as system promoters, they will inevitably be implicated.

The Zhang family advocated that Liang Yu should compromise first, and said: "Go back here and tell the villagers that the benevolent teacher has arrived, and tell everyone about my benevolent government."

Someone first took the lead in compromising, and others naturally expressed their willingness to serve.

Luo Youdu secretly smiled inwardly.

There is a saying that the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms have the benefits of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.

In other eras, it would be necessary to win over the local rich, not to mention offering sacrifices.

But in this era, don't look at their domineering and domineering at ordinary times, but whenever they have swordsmen, those domineering soldiers are the first to grab the rich and powerful.

Rich, food and women.

Luo Youdu said: "Is there any rising star in your Zhang family? There are many positions in Luzhou that lack people. You recommend someone to help me manage this place."

As soon as he said this, the Patriarchs of Hong and Liu immediately looked red-eyed.

Zhang Liangyu was overjoyed and hurriedly said, "Thank you, Mr. Xiang, for your support."

Scholars like Fang Huizhen, Cen Yangjun, and Mi Hua were also moved. Who among these scholars would not want to be an official?
Except for a few people with true temperament, who are willing to be hermits and work hard all their lives to manage their status as scholars, isn't it just because they want to get an official position?
Now that most of the Luzhou officials have fled, it is time to sneak in.

Luo Youdu's mention also aroused their keen minds.

Good job!

After sending the six people away, Luo Youdu sent people to invite all local businessmen with certain assets in Luzhou.

　Xie Shuyou Shijiang's [-] rewards, Nanning Zhou's [-] rewards, Leon's [-] rewards, thank you for your support!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)