The Nameless of the Common Clans

The emperor claimed that he was ill and dragged Dong Zhuo to act in the government affairs, which seemed to be a compromise with Dong Zhuo. As soon as this news came out, the scholars who had made a fuss in Guanzhong also began to die down and no longer opposed Dong Zhuo. The government affairs were left to Dong Zhuo. control.

Just when everyone thought that Dong Zhuo would restrain himself because of their concession, at least he would no longer kill people at every turn, everyone's expressions changed as the court promulgated a new tax law.

Different from the previous poll taxes, this time the court collected taxes based on the area of ​​cultivated land. No matter how many people in your family, taxes were collected based on the land rather than the number of people. Moreover, Dong Zhuo's methods this time It was very tough and the army was directly responsible. Li Jue, Guo Si, Zhang Ji and Fan Chou, Dong Zhuo's confidants, led their troops to various counties and urged the local government offices to measure the land and pay taxes according to the land.

If the land in the world is divided into ten points, then at least eight points are controlled by aristocratic families. Dong Zhuo's new tax will naturally hurt the gentry and gentry who hold a large amount of land. The gentry that had originally decided to cease their activities, this time even if it is Wang Yun and others did not even lobby. The method worked, and some even directly gathered tenant farmers to resist. For a while, war broke out in Guanzhong. But these tenants who had just gathered were no match for the tiger and wolf troops under Dong Zhuo. The resistance that had just arisen had not yet taken shape. It was quickly extinguished.

Dong Zhuo even sacrificed his butcher's knife. In just half a month, he slaughtered people from the north to Longyou. Tens of thousands of gentry, nobles and their families died in this resistance. For a time, the government and the public were in panic.

"What is Dong Zhuo going to do!?" In Chang'an, in Situ's Mansion, Zhong Fu, Ma Rixi, Shi Sunrui and others gathered together for the first time. They all looked ugly. In half a month, the Guanlong clan was almost killed by Dong Zhuo. Half of them, even big families like the Huangfu family were almost exterminated.

Wang Yun's face was equally ugly. He looked at the crowd and said, "Thief Dong is following Chen Mo's example."

"Is it different?" Zhong Fu shook his head and said, "Although Bo Dao is a little younger and more energetic, he is still considerate of our scholars."

Many people know about Chen Mo's tax system in Bingzhou, but the problem is that Chen Mo's methods are much gentler than Dong Zhuo's, and at that time Chen Mo let go of interests other than salt roads and commerce, and then exchanged land from Bingzhou tycoons. Although the tax concession is not universally acceptable, the process is more gentle than Dong Zhuo's place now. They made peace a lot, and Chen Mo didn't force anyone to hand over the tenants. Chen Mo's attitude towards tenants has always been to support them if you can afford them, but if you can't support me, although the method is to use the government's reputation and tax exemptions to attract people. , but at least they followed the rules, and from the current point of view, the Bingzhou scholars did not suffer too much.

And now Dong Zhuo is holding a knife on the necks of the scholars and asking them to compromise. Is this the same?

Wang Yun shook his head and said nothing. Although on the surface, Chen Mo did not treat the Bingzhou scholars badly, but he gave the princes of the world a bad start. Before, Wang Yun thought that it was of little significance. Chen Mo's behavior can only be used in the future. The merging of states was carried out, but in Guanzhong and even in the world, this method would not work. But now Dong Zhuo followed Chen Mo, and the wealth and population he gathered in a short period of time were by no means comparable to what he gained from plundering as a bandit.

The most important thing is that if all the princes in the world follow suit, the consequences will be unimaginable to Wang Yun.

Of course, if Dong Zhuo had not been forced to the end of the road, no one in the world would use such an extreme method, but in the current situation, Dong Zhuo had a vague feeling of breaking out of the shackles of a scholar.

"We can't wait any longer!" Wang Yun stood up, looked at everyone and said solemnly: "Dong Zhuo must be killed as soon as possible!"

Dong Zhuo's style of play is a lose-lose situation. Although he has collected enough military rations, he has completely lost his heart as a scholar. No one will be willing to serve him anymore, especially this time when tens of thousands of people were massacred in half a month, and many vacancies in Guanzhong were left empty. Man, who can govern Guanzhong?

"It's just that I'm not sure now!" Zhong Fu frowned.

"Yes, now Dong Zhuo's confidants are sent to various counties. This is the perfect opportunity for us to take action. You can select warriors from among your disciples who are good at fighting. Even if you can't convince Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo himself, I can convince him to stand by and watch! As long as Lu Bu ignores this matter, Dong Zhuo is old, how can we not kill him?" Wang Yun stood up and looked at the people and said solemnly: "This move is not only related to the country, but also to our prosperity and decline. Do your best!”

"Don't worry, Situ. I have acquired a ranger from Luoyang. He is a direct disciple of the former swordsman Wang Yue. He was quite famous in Luoyang. As long as Lu Bu ignores this matter, it will not be difficult to assassinate the Dong thief!" Shisun Rui said loudly.

"Okay, I can mobilize a batch of powerful crossbows from the army. You can choose the best ones, and then the Dong thief will die without a burial place!" Wang Yun said with a smile, stroking his palms.

At that moment, everyone dispersed, and Wang Yun went straight to the Imperial Master's Mansion. In the past few days, Diao Chan had taken advantage of Dong Zhuo's banquet with the ministers to get close to Lu Bu's wife and daughter. Wang Yun's plan had been half implemented, and the next step was Find an opportunity.

Instead of going to Diao Chan, Wang Yun came to Dong Zhuo to create this opportunity.

Dong Zhuo was in a good mood these days, and most of the depression that had been clinging to his heart had dissipated as the food and grass problem was solved. He was currently discussing matters with Li Ru.

"Father-in-law." Li Ru put down the bamboo slips, looked at Dong Zhuo and said with a frown: "Although Chen Mo's method is good, the scholars in Guanzhong are now taking up official positions. Half of the counties in the Jingzhao area are without county magistrates. If things go on like this, chaos will inevitably happen again."

"I also know." Dong Zhuo nodded and sneered: "It's just to let these scholars know who has the final say in Chang'an. But the power has been established, how to show mercy next?"

Dong Zhuo was unwilling to abolish the new tax law. He had already seen a way to suppress the scholars. It was impossible for him to completely abolish it.

"No, we can follow Chen Mo's example!" Li Ru shook his head and said: "First, we can send envoys to discuss with Chen Mo the opening of a salt road. The method of merging states is also feasible in Guanzhong. In terms of doing business in the Western Regions, my father-in-law can do what Chen Mo did. By opening up border trade and reducing business taxes, Chang'an can connect to the Western Regions, and the benefits are not much less than those of horse trading on the border. Of course, some families can also be exempted from taxes based on their official titles. "

"Grand Master, Situ Wang Yun wants to see you!" Lu Bu came to the door and saluted Dong Zhuo.

"Let him come in." Dong Zhuo nodded when he heard this, looked at Li Ru and said, "You said that Prince Master also came to plead for mercy?"

"That's right." Li Ru coughed lightly and smiled.

Soon, Wang Yun came in, saluted Dong Zhuo and said, "Master, what you are doing here is related to the new tax."

"Oh?" Dong Zhuo looked at Wang Yun and asked with a smile, "Master, what are your suggestions?"

"Nowadays, all the officials in Guanzhong are angry, and they are even more afraid of the power of the Grand Master and dare not serve in official positions. There are many shortcomings in the heads of counties and counties in Guanzhong. Yun believes that at this time, we should not be aggressive and should focus on appeasement. "Wang Yun bowed.

Now you know how to give in? Why is the arrogance from before gone? Dong Zhuo sneered in his heart, but didn't say anything.

Li Ru on the side smiled and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Situ has to say?"

Wang Yun glanced at Li Ru, with a sinister look in his eyes, and saluted Li Ru: "Actually, the officials in the court and the wealthy gentry of Chang'an intend to apologize to the grand master. I thought that they could hold a banquet to summon the officials to discuss it. A countermeasure."

Li Ru knew very well that the so-called negotiation was just to persuade Dong Zhuo to make a concession. However, it was just right. If the quarrel continues like this, it will only be a lose-lose situation. Guanzhong still needs scholars to govern. At present, Dong Zhuo cannot be traced Nod.

"That's alright!" Dong Zhuo understood and nodded: "Actually, I don't want to push you too hard. It's just that since entering the customs, everyone has only known how to disobey the imperial decree and prevent the implementation of the imperial decree, so I went out of my way. In this way, I will be there tomorrow. There will be a banquet for the ministers at Fengyi Pavilion. When the time comes, the ministers can bring their families and we will discuss the matter later."

This was considered a private banquet. The ministers brought their families. The ministers were with Dong Zhuo, while the family members were with Dong Zhuo's female relatives. The two parties were separate.

"The grand master is generous and allows me to go and inform all the ministers now." Wang Yun looked overjoyed and stood up and bowed.

"Master, you don't have to be like this." Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "By the way, it's not a problem for your adopted daughter to be waiting in my house all the time. I'm going to give her to Fengxian tomorrow. I don't know what happened to Fengxian recently. He is always absent-minded. You should try to persuade him. If he continues like this, he may not be as energetic as before. "

"Don't worry, Grand Master, I'll go right away!" Wang Yun said with a smile, "Also, let me see my little girl and give you a few words."

"Go." Dong Zhuo waved his hand.

Wang Yun immediately said goodbye and left to find Diao Chan.

"See you, father." Diao Chan stepped back and bowed to Wang Yun.

"Have you ever had any friendship with the Lu family?" Wang Yun looked at his cheap daughter and smiled lovingly.

"We already have some friendship." Diao Chan nodded lightly.

"Tomorrow, traitor Dong will hold a banquet at Fengyi Pavilion, and the ministers and their families will also come. You try to send his wife to traitor Dong's room, take off her clothes, and then go find Lu Bu and tell him that Dong Zhuo If you want to cheat on his wife, I will bring Dong Zhuo into the house." Wang Yun said calmly: "Whether you want to go with Lu Bu or go back to Bingzhou, I will help you."

"Here~" Diao Chan responded softly.

"This is a drug. It has a certain smell. You can decide how to use it." Wang Yun handed the things prepared in advance to Diao Chan. As for whether the tiger and wolf medicine was useful, he didn't care.

Diao Chan didn't understand why Wang Yun, a famous person, always had these things on his body, but he didn't dare to ask more questions and took the medicine bottle and bowed again.

This is the place where the female family members of Taishi Mansion live. Wang Yun didn't want to stay long. He left in a hurry after saying a few words. Diao Chan was just the first step. There were still things to arrange for the ministers. Tomorrow was a crucial day. , whether or not Lu Bu can be alienated depends on tomorrow.