Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 426 Dilemma
Kuizhou Fengjie.

After Luo Youdu captured Kuizhou, he was not in a hurry to continue to march. Instead, he implemented benevolent government in the local area, abolishing the system and policies of Mengshu that oppressed the people, and brought the system of the Central Plains into Kuizhou.

The people of Kuizhou lived next to Jingxiang, and they yearned for life in the Central Plains.

Now that Luo Youdu is here in person, the system of absorbing their blood will be abolished one by one.

The people of Kuizhou were grateful to Luo Youdu and shouted long live as if they were celebrating the new year.

Luo Youdu listened to the praise, but felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and said to Lu Duoxun, Han Wei, and Zhao Jizha who came with the army: "The common people are too easily satisfied, and I feel a little ashamed."

He knew in his heart that the court tax rate under his rule was not low.

Because he doesn't want to be a conservative master.

The court in charge of Luo Youdu has a very strong enterprising spirit. It is almost an open matter to restore the old places of the Han and Tang Dynasties and to conquer Khitan in the north.

Recovering the lost land requires fighting, and the Northern Expedition to Khitan, going deep into the grasslands of the North, and the jungles of the Northeast, requires a lot of money and food support.

How did the money come from?
It has to be obtained from the people.

It's just that Luo Youdu has a certain bottom line. First of all, he has to meet three points, eat enough, not freeze to death, and have a little extra money to save, or to see a doctor, or to improve his life during the New Year.

As for a well-off life, in this feudal era, in all fairness, it was almost impossible.

Not to mention the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty lived a comfortable life because the Song Dynasty used the wealth of a country to support the city of Bianjing.

It is only the people of Bianjing who live well.

In the Song Dynasty, there were three redundancies and two accumulations, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, redundant expenses, poverty and weakness, and the end of the Song Dynasty was never resolved.

When Zhu Xi commented on this dynasty, he said unceremoniously: The methods of carving and peeling of the ancients are all prepared in this dynasty.

Jinshi Lin Xun also said: "The number of the two taxes in this dynasty will increase to seven times depending on the Tang Dynasty."

During the more than 430 years before and after the Song Dynasty, there were more than [-] peasant uprisings recorded in historical materials. On average, there were every year, the most in all dynasties.

Therefore, no matter what dynasty it is, whether it is Han, Tang, Song or Ming.

The common people are satisfied if they can maintain food and clothing.

The taxation of Luoyu's new dynasty only satisfied this point, and the people of Kuizhou actually responded in this way.

Apart from making Luo Youdu feel ashamed, there is also a little sigh.

Lu Duoxun flattered and praised: "Your Majesty has a benevolent heart, and he should be a model for the eternal sage."

Zhao Jizha said with emotion: "This time when I entered the Central Plains, I saw a scene of prosperity. Only then can I know what a wise king is. The people of Bashu can finally get rid of the enslavement of the Meng family..."

He also squeezed out a few tears as he spoke, to show that the reason why he rebelled against Shu was to save the people of Bashu from slavery, and he had righteousness in his heart.

Luo Youdu disliked Zhao Jizha in his heart, but there was no disdain on his face, but approval instead.

A gentleman has the usage of a gentleman, and a villain has a usage of a villain.

Zhao Jizha's character is indeed not good, but he has been an official in Shu for many years, and it is still very useful for this time to destroy Shu.

Han Wei was born in poverty, and before Han Tong made his fortune, he also suffered hardships, and said: "What the common people ask for is food and clothing, but how many people can achieve this? It is not easy for Your Majesty to take care of this. What's more, if you care about your own livelihood, you care less about armaments. In the future, even if the bandits enter the country, even if the world is rich, how can it be against the barbarian butcher's knife?"

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "It makes sense, civil and martial arts should be equal in order to achieve long-term peace and stability."

While talking, Luo Youdu received the news that Meng Xuanzhe sent General Shi Kai to lead [-] troops eastward.

"It's finally here!"

Luo Youdu smiled and said: "It seems that Zhen's face is much better than Gao Huaide's."

This time when Shu was destroyed, Luo Youdu's troops were divided into two groups.

The Northern Route Army took Ma Renyu and Kang Zaiyu as the front, and Gao Huaide deployed as the capital of the Xichuan camp, leading [-] soldiers and horses to the south.

And he led [-] land and water troops into Shu from Jingzhou West Road.

I only took Kuizhou this way, but because of Wang Zhaoyuan's relationship, the North Route Army took down Hanzhong Xingyuan Mansion in one fell swoop, and seized nearly 25 hu of grain.

It was obvious that the Northern Route Army had even more momentum, but Shi Kai went straight eastward and charged towards Kuizhou.

Give enough face...

But Luo Youdu is here, waiting for him.

"Master Zhao Ke, it's up to you next!"

Luo Youdu patted Zhao Jizha on the shoulder.

The Hakka envoy was the official appointed by Luo Youdu to Zhao Jizha.

Zhao Jizha did this kind of work when he was in Bashu.

This is a position to receive the Quartet's memorials and foreign envoys.

In the past, before Bashu was forced to surrender by Luo Youdu, the main task of the Hakka envoy was to appease the ethnic minorities in the territory.

The largest minority is the Bamin.

Of course, tracing back to the source, the Ba people are regarded as local aborigines, because Qin Shihuang destroyed Ba, and for thousands of years, people from the Central Plains continued to enter Sichuan to avoid war disasters, and the Han people became the dominance of Ba and Shu.

This is the inevitable result of the general trend.

Part of the Ba people assimilated with the Han people, and some Ba people lived in the mountains and forests, leading a life of poverty.

More Ba people will choose to go to the mountains or live with Han people because of the local government.

As for the Ba people under Meng Chang's rule, they naturally chose to go to the mountains to avoid exorbitant taxes.

They are no small force.

Luo Youdu won the hearts of the people in Kuizhou, in order to recruit the Bamin of Shu.

Zhao Jizha was flattered and said: "Your servant, I promise to complete the task."

Watching Zhao Jizha leave, Luo Youdu smiled and said, "Now I'm waiting for Shi Kai to take the bait!"

Lu Duosun continued to flatter his horse and said: "You planted the cause yourself, so naturally you have to taste the fruit yourself. Your majesty uses soldiers like a god, and my subordinates admire them!"

Luo Youdu smiled leisurely.

He stayed still, not only to win the hearts of the people, but also to let the Bashu army suffer the consequences.

Meng Chang used the land of Bashu to build his capital, so the closer it is to Chengdu, the more people in Shu will like it.

On the contrary, the farther away from Chengdu, the more difficult the people's lives, and the more they hated the bureaucrats of Shu.

He was sure that Meng Shu would not dare to fight head-on with him, and that the other party would only dare to stick to the city, using the geographical advantages of the steep mountains and rivers of Shu to fight a war of attrition.

This war of attrition is about resilience and the hearts of the people.

Instead of going deep into the hinterland and giving them a chance to fortify the wall and clear the field, it is better to pull it out and fight.

Stretch Meng Shu's front...

It is enough to attack with the Northern Route Army.

As the emperor, Luo Youdu is very Buddhist now, and has no intention of competing with Gao Huaide.

Ever since Shi Kai led the army to go out on the expedition, he had a sense of foreboding.

Luo Youdu's East Route Army has a lot of thunder and little rain, which is abnormal.

Relying on the strength shown by the Central Plains army breaking through the two major army strongholds of Sanhui and Wushan in one go, and the navy breaking through Fengjie's defense line along the river, the prefectures of Anzhou, Kaizhou, and Wanzhou were unable to resist the Central Plains army.

Shi Kai's original plan was to defend the Jiangzhou defense line against the Central Plains army, but now he has received letters for help from the governors of Anzhou, Kaizhou, and Wanzhou one after another, and he is in a dilemma.

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