Three Kingdoms start to kill Guan Yu

Chapter 217 Hua Xiong: I'm fishing here, what do you think you have to provoke me?
In the Chang'an Imperial Palace, Hua Xiong stood here, looking around.

A little bit disappointed.

This is of course not because he is not in the harem at this time.

He is a handsome and decent man, how could he want to enter the emperor's harem when he is fine?
The reason for this is because Hua Xiong looked at the palace hall with admiring eyes.

It is found that the palace hall is not as elegant as the palace in Luoyang.

Compared with the other side, there is a lot of flavor difference.

But you can understand it if you think about it.

Luoyang has been the capital for hundreds of years.

Many palaces were repaired during the heyday.

It takes a long time and uses exquisite materials.

The imperial palace here in Chang'an is newly built, and it looks rushed. Naturally, it is not as good as the imperial palace in Luoyang, and has more charm.

In the main hall of the imperial palace, Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was sitting high. He was well-dressed, but he seemed a little drowsy and bored.

He is young and doesn't know much about many things.

And even if he understood, the debates among the ministers in the hall had nothing to do with him.

He seems to be high and high, but in fact he has no authority.

They just fight.

After they argued for a result, he would just nod or shake his head according to the result of their argument.

These he has done very skillfully.

Hua Xiong's state at this time is similar to the state of the little emperor Liu Xie, both in a state of mind wandering.

Regarding the debate in the hall, he didn't take it very seriously.

After all, he is just a warrior who only knows how to fight and knows nothing else.

And Dong Zhuo specially called him to come to the palace this time, and he didn't mean to let him participate in the debate.

It's just to let Hua Xiong increase his numbers and increase his momentum, that's all.

Hua Xiong could hear the contents of the debate in the hall.

The core around is money and food.

After arriving here in Chang'an, the money and food in Dong Zhuo's hands flowed out like running water.

It's not enough to make ends meet, and the shrinkage is extremely serious.

A penny is hard for a hero, Dong Zhuo has no money and food here, so he has to be controlled by others.

So this time, it was Dong Zhuo who was going to solve the money and food problem.

There are generally only two ways to solve the money and food problem.

One is open source, the other is throttling.

Throttling here, Dong Zhuo who is able to save has almost given it to the throttling.

The rest are things that cannot be frugal.

For Dong Zhuo today, the only way to go is open source.

Here, Li Ru, or Dong Zhuo, came up with the idea of ​​increasing business taxes.

The scholars in Guanzhong, as well as the officials in the imperial court, had great opinions on Li Ru's proposal and did not agree at all.

"After Xiangguo moved his capital to Guanzhong, he used various means, and at this time Guanzhong finally stabilized.

Many heroes in Guanzhong have already turned their hearts to the prime minister.

But at this time, Xiangguo wants to increase the business tax, and use this method.

I'm afraid that if this decree is issued, the many heroes here in Guanzhong will react greatly, and they will be alienated from the prime minister.

Please also think twice.

Moreover, there is not much business and trade. Even if the business tax is increased, the money and food that can be obtained are limited, and there is not much oil and water.

than normal tax increases.

Guanzhong and other places have a large population, and there are places like Liangzhou and Yizhou.

It only needs to collect a little more tax, and the money and food obtained will be massive.

Xiangguo's predicament here can also be resolved accordingly. "

Huang Wan, Lieutenant of Sili, stood with his hands folded, and said so sincerely.

But what he said made Li Ru want to yell at him.

He naturally knew why these people strongly opposed the collection of commercial taxes.

This is because many businesses here in Guanzhong are controlled by the aristocratic families and powerful landlords in Guanzhong.

Not to mention all of them, but at least [-]% out of [-]% are in the hands of these people.

At this time, to increase the business tax is to cut their flesh, and they are naturally unwilling.

As for what Huang Wan said, the large-scale levy sounds violent, and it seems very reasonable.

But really, it's an idea with no good intentions.

Guanzhong is not safe here.

The people who migrated from Luoyang and other places have not yet been arranged.

Even the ones that were arranged before have not yet settled down.

Generally, when encountering such a situation, it is necessary to reduce or exempt part of the tax in order to calm people's minds.

At this time, not only do not reduce or exempt, but also levy.

In Guanzhong and other places, great turmoil will inevitably occur.

People will be in dire straits!

In fact, some people really died, but Li Ru didn't care.

Dong Zhuo didn't care either.

What Li Ru cares about is the turmoil in Guanzhong and Liangzhou.

Especially in Liangzhou.

There are many Qiang people in Liangzhou, and it is located in a remote place, with little food output and strong folk customs.

It can be said that they are rebel professionals.

The rebellion has basically never stopped.

In the past, the big man invested a lot of money in it, which caused the big man to shed a lot of blood here.

It can be said that the big man has become weak, and the constant turmoil in Liangzhou has consumed too much money and food for the big man, which is also an important reason.

If you rebel even when you have nothing to do on weekdays, if you really want to start raising taxes at this time, then rebellion is inevitable.

It will greatly shake Dong Zhuo's rule, and even put Dong Zhuo into a situation where he is besieged on all sides.

It's a poisonous plan!
Li Ru held back the anger in his heart and shook his head: "No, Guanzhong and other places have just settled down.

Once taxes are raised on a large scale, it will be chaotic and the people will not be able to live. "

Huang Wan said again: "At this time, there is no way to have the best of both worlds, we can only compare the two powers and choose the lesser one.

Compared with these ordinary people, these heroes in Guanzhong are more powerful.

These people are the foundation of Xiangguo.

As long as they can stand firmly with Xiangguo, there will be no chaos in this level.

At least there will be no big trouble.

Xiangguo has many elite soldiers and generals, and when he was in Luoyang before, he defeated the bandits in the Kanto region.

Here in Guanzhong, even if there are some ignorant people, some thieves who don't know how to sympathize with Xiangguo's hard work, they cause some troubles.

With a strong general like General Hua around, these people can be easily wiped out! "

Hua Xiong, who was wandering there, thinking about something, heard someone mentioning himself, and subconsciously followed the reputation.

I was seeing Huang Wan looking at me and talking here.

These people, arguing and arguing here, mention what they do?
I am a person who is here to fill the number.

Thinking of this, Hua Xiong glanced at Huang Wan with some dissatisfaction, turned his eyes away, and then looked at the architectural style of the hall.

But his glance made Huang Wan feel uneasy.

Feeling offended.

Hua Xiong is a reckless man, what does it mean to see himself this way?
He is a celebrity and a veteran of the Han Dynasty.

Noble status.

As a result, this fellow sees himself this way.

With contempt and disdain.

Really infuriating!

What I and others are arguing here, I'm afraid this reckless man can't understand it, just like a stupid cow listening to the sound of a piano.

As a result, this guy, after he mentioned his name, dared to look at him like this.

Really infuriating!
Naturally, Hua Xiong didn't know how much his own glance had hurt Huang Wan.

He only cares about being in the middle of the wrangling between the two groups of people, wandering off his mind.

Since Dong Zhuo pulled him to fill up the numbers and build up his reputation, he naturally had to do his own job with peace of mind.

Although Huang Wan spoke seriously, Li Ru just didn't listen to what he said.

When there is no dispute, someone will come out to smooth things over.

Servant Sun Rui looked at Li Ru and Huang Wan, and said, "I have a method here, which can solve the problem without increasing any taxes."

Hearing what Shi Sun Rui said, everyone cast their eyes on him.

Even Dong Zhuo and Li Ru felt that this scholar Sun Rui couldn't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth.

But at this time, I still couldn't help but want to hear what this guy said.

What if it really works?
"The reason why Xiangguo wants to increase taxes is because the money and food costs are too high, and there is no money and food in his hands, right?"

The scholar Sun Rui looked at Dong Zhuo and said.

Dong Zhuo nodded.

If it wasn't for the lack of money and food, he wouldn't be bothered to do this.

"In fact, food can also be bought with money, so in the final analysis, what is lacking is money.

Apart from obtaining money, there is another way to obtain it.

That is minting money!
Since there is a shortage of money, why doesn't Xiangguo make money?
In this way, the problem of insufficient money can be solved in one fell swoop without increasing taxes! "

Shi Sun Rui said sincerely.

When Hua Xiong heard this, he glanced at Sun Rui indiscriminately.

His heart can be punished!
Dong Zhuo was surprised when he heard this.

However, he did not express his opinion immediately, but looked at Li Ru.

At this moment, Li Ru bowed his head in thought.

After doing this for a while, he shook his head and said: "No, there are not many copper mines in Guanzhong and other places, and the effect of smelting copper and making money is too slow.

And here in Guanzhong, the price of food and other things is too high, even if more money is minted, it will be earned by profiteers soon..."

Saying so, he glanced at Shi Sun Rui.

"This is also one of the reasons why Xiangguo is planning to increase the business tax!"

Hua Xiong nodded secretly when he heard what Li Ru said.

Although Li Ru didn't know enough about this matter, he didn't see the greater insidiousness of this trick.

But as long as Li Ru can find a reason to reject Shi Sun Rui's proposal, and if he does not agree to do so, it will be done.

Shi Sun Rui shook his head, arguing that Li Ru's thinking was wrong.

Huang Wan, Yang Biao and others also spoke accordingly.

Situ Wangyun didn't say much about this matter.

On Dong Zhuo's side, Li Ru is the only one who can speak eloquently and can fight at this level.

On the opposite side there are Huang Wan, Shi Sun Rui, Yang Biao and others.

And these people obviously came prepared.

In this case, even though Li Ru was fighting with reason, he was gradually lost and fell into a disadvantage.

After a while like this, Li Ru was almost speechless after being argued by these people.

After all, these people are veterans in court debates, and many of them are very knowledgeable.

This is exactly what they are good at.

Huang Wan's face was serious, but she couldn't help laughing in her heart.

Li Ru is really not good at arguing with himself and others on this.

This time, they have already won.

Although Li Ru is still holding on and refuses to agree to their two methods, the increase in business tax proposed by Dong Zhuo is also impossible to implement.

The two methods they proposed were themselves used to disrupt the situation.

It would be best for Dong Zhuo to agree to implement it here, and it would not be a big loss to them if they disagreed.

As long as it can be guaranteed, Dong Zhuo's proposal to increase business taxes cannot be implemented, so that Dong Zhuo will not get too much money and food.

That is a huge victory for them.

They just wanted to use money and food to keep Dong Zhuo trapped.

Compromise to them step by step!

When the emperor fought against them, he did not know how many times he compromised, let alone Dong Zhuo.

Seeing the complete victory in this incident, Huang Wan looked solemn on the surface, but in his heart he was full of spirit.

His eyes fell on Hua Xiong.

Seeing that Li Ru was already suppressed and had no strength to fight back, and Hua Xiong was still in a state of wandering, he couldn't help laughing secretly.

It really is a savage.

Thinking of the look that this guy gave him before, he couldn't help but open his mouth to Hua Xiong at this moment...

(End of this chapter)