Three Kingdoms Super Cultivation System

After listening to Xu Shu's plan, Liu he was surprised and pleased and cheered again and again.

"Good, good, Yuan Zhi's plan is the key to the Qiang people. There are many foreign nationalities around the Han Dynasty. The most powerful are the Western Qiang tribes and Koguryo. As long as these two clans are destroyed, the stability of the Han Dynasty can be guaranteed for hundreds of years, and the contribution of Yuanzhi is indispensable, which is enough to make the name of the Han Dynasty down to history and silk. "

Xu Shu said modestly, "I dare not take credit for the small size of the minister."

Since he returned to Luoyang from Yuzhou, Liu He has been in a gloomy mood and full of worries. However, after Xu Shu's strategy, he felt relieved.

However, Xunzi looked up at him, and Liu he noticed that he was eager to speak but stopped.

"If Wen has something to play?"

Xunzi stepped forward: "it's hard for me to see that your majesty is in a happy mood. I can't bear to make your majesty unhappy again. It's just..."

Liu he recalled: "ah, since there are state affairs, they should be dealt with. Am I such a despotic monarch?"

"Yes." Xunzi just opened his mouth.

"Does your majesty still remember the rumor about slandering your majesty that you heard many days ago in Luoyang City?"

Liu he a Leng, said: "is not Wen Ruo remind, I nearly forgot this matter."

Xunzi said: "although the court made a statement to clarify, but the rumors did not stop, but became more and more intense. According to local officials, this rumor has been heard not only in Luoyang, but also in other places such as Binhe, Ji, Liang, Yan, you, and even Qingzhou and Xuzhou. Among them, Yanzhou is the most powerful. "

Liu He's face was black: "hum, it's really Cao Cao's handwriting."

"I'm afraid it's more than that." Xunzi shook his head and said: "with Cao Cao's ability, we can't make such waves. There must be other people and families behind them, who will help the flames and help the tyrants."

"Hum, a group of clowns, what am I afraid of?"

Liu He disdained to say, and then he looked at Xunzi: "what do these rumors say?"

"This..." Xunzi seemed hesitant.

"Wen Ruo, what do you have to worry about? But it doesn't matter. "

With Liu He's words, Xunzi boldly said it.

"There are those who say that your majesty values commerce but despises scholars, hears biased opinions, slanders loyal officials, appoints people to be cronies, and keeps away from the wise men. In addition, it is said that our army has become increasingly arrogant and arrogant, bullying men and women. The generals have bought a wide range of properties and houses, and countless beautiful beauties have been singing every night. They have lost their fighting spirit. "

"Nonsense!" Liu he denounced angrily.

"It is." Xunzi said: "these rumors were all made up into a series of stories, such as a Sima in general Guan's army who forcibly occupied the women of any family in a certain month or a year. Which Marquis under general Gao's command, and who has robbed the fertile land, is a model. "

Liu He waved a big hand: "preach to all parts of the country, strengthen inspection, and seize the disseminator immediately when encountering such rumors."

"No Xunzi stopped in a hurry.

"After these rumors spread, some people often disappeared after they talked about it in the streets and alleys. There are rumors in the street that his majesty ordered people to arrest them and bring them to justice, so as to seal off the public."

Liu he smelled the speech and did not speak for a long time, but his face was very ugly.

"Well, I'm going to live up to my accusation."

"Your Majesty is right." Qian Li put in a word: "even in Bingzhou, people often talk about it. In their words, they are more alert and frightened to his majesty, to the imperial court, to our soldiers, and even more so to the rest of the States and counties."

Xunzi frowned: "this is not the most serious."

Liu he turned to look at him: "how, or how rumors, more hateful?"

"There is a rumor that has spread most widely, and the people are most scared about it. It has almost reached the point where everyone talks about it and everyone sighs."

Looking at Xunzi's description, Liu he could not help but sit up straight: "a mere rumor, how powerful it is?"

Xun Yu's face was serious and worried: "it is said that his majesty has been fighting for many years, but his Treasury is empty, and now he wants to expand his army. It can be said that It can be described as militarism. And the Treasury is hard to support, so So... "

Liu he went on for him: "so it was rumored that I would like to increase taxes?"

Xunzi nodded: "his majesty is brilliant."

Liu He laughs coldly. Tax collection is naturally the concern of the people. No one will like to increase taxes. In the minds of the people, these two words are more terrible than any poisonous snake or beast. Therefore, there is the sage's admonition that "taxes are fiercer than tigers".

"How do I plan to raise taxes according to rumors?"

Here is Qian Li's reply: "reply to your majesty, today's imperial tax is mainly composed of land tax, Geng tax, oral tax, Suan tax and tariff."

"The land tax was calculated from the output of land acre. During the reign of emperor huanling, the land tax increased gradually, from 40 tax to 15 tax per year, and local officials and rich families arbitrarily exploited and imposed various taxes and levies. As soon as his majesty ascended the throne, he made great efforts to straighten out the land tax. Now, the land tax is forty-five and one tax. ""Geng Fu is for men over the age of 22 to take up corvee. If they refuse to do so, they will pay 300 yuan of tax per person. However, in decades, the tax has been raised to more than 1000 to 2000 yuan in various places. Now, after the rectification of the court, it has been unified into 150 coins. "

"Oral tax is the annual tax that people who are seven years old and less than fifteen years old have to pay every year. However, the taxes are increasing from 100 yuan to more than 1000 yuan, and the newborn babies have gradually been included in the oral tax."

"In the same way, when the tax is calculated to be over 15 years old and under 56 years old, the annual tax is levied on the people who are over 60 years old or even 70 years old, and the tax rate is greatly increased."

"In the past few years, your majesty has made great efforts to reform the corrupt policies, crack down on local tyrants and reduce tax rates. It has been very effective. The people are grateful for their gratitude. Therefore, wherever your Majesty's army goes, the people have exhausted their oars to meet the king's Division."

What Qian Li said, Liu he was also very clear that only by reducing taxes, reclaiming wasteland, prospering commerce and trade, and increasing the revenue of the national treasury instead of reducing, could Liu he be able to support such a large army.

Qian Li continued: "however, it is rumored that your majesty will raise the land tax to 15% or even 10% tax. At the same time, in order to increase the number of troops, his majesty had to reduce the age of corvee to 16 and raise it to 3000 yuan. The tax on the mouth, the tax on calculation, the tax on money, and the tariff have all been greatly increased. If it is less than twice, it will be three or five times. What's more, it is said that we should increase it by more than ten times. "

"It's ridiculous. Does anyone believe such groundless things?"

Liu he doesn't know whether to laugh at those who listen to rumors or to be angry with those who spread rumors.

"I don't know how many people believe it, how many doubt it, and how many people don't care about it. But since these days, many people and big families have moved away from the land under his Majesty's jurisdiction and have gone to places such as Qing, Xu, Yu, Jing, and so on. I'm afraid that there are hundreds of thousands of people."

Qian Li said this, let Liu He heart only a little disdain heart, also disappeared, the face also became extremely solemn.

"How long has it taken to scare away so many people?"

"Exactly." Qian Li nodded his head and said, "among them, most of them are local giants. His majesty had suppressed these local clans, but now hearing such rumors, those who had never been an official in the imperial court but had extensive assets in the local areas were naturally frightened and eager to flee. If this rumor is allowed to continue to spread, there will be at least one million households and millions of people within the jurisdiction of the imperial court within one year. "

One side of Xu Shu, also heard some surprise: "do not want to just a few words, a few stories, unexpectedly also have such power? The departure of millions of people is not conducive to the taxation and conscription of the imperial court. If they went to the territory under the jurisdiction of Liu Yan, Cao Cao and others, they would be no different from the enemy. "

Liu He also felt a bit tricky. When he was in charge of local affairs, he had never been able to move in from other places. It was the first time that he saw so many people moving from under his administration to other places. Now I'm under control all over the country, with a registered population of less than 20 million. I've gone for millions at a time, which can be said to be a bone breaking injury.

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