Yuan Chang, Dian Wei, Yu Ban, Lü Bu, eight strong generals, 5,000 cavalry, and Lü Bu's 800 camps, 1,000 cavalry, and 3,000 infantry, set off for Yecheng.

Yuan Chang, Dian Wei, and Lü Bu led the cavalry back first, and General Yu Ban and Bajian led the infantry behind.

On the way back, Yuan Chang had already thought that if he hadn't appeared at that time, Yuan Shao would not have fallen for Gongsun Zhan's plan to break the Zhanghe. Because, Cao Cao's men and horses have already appeared outside Yecheng, if Yuan Chang didn't make a move at that time, it would be Cao Cao's men and horses who made a move. At the same time, Yuan Chang has also seen the power of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and I have to say that it is indeed a strong cavalry, no wonder it can leave a name in history.

In four days, Yuan Chang, Dian Wei and Lu Bu returned to Nanpi, and Yuan Chang couldn't take a break, so he immediately summoned everyone to the mansion to discuss matters.

The texts present were: Guo Jia and Cai Yong; Wu You: Zhao Yun, Dian Wei, Han Sui, Lu Bu, Ye Gucheng, Ximen Blowing Snow, Lu Xiaofeng, Hua Manlou and Sikong Picking Stars; and Master Craftsmen: Ma Jun and Ou Nanbao.

In terms of talents, Yuan Chang's command is already a full group. Of course, Lu Bu is not Yuan Chang's subordinate, and can only be regarded as a union.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have good news and bad news for everyone. From now on, Bohai County will not be under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, and we will no longer have to obey the appointment of Bohai County. Of course, if there is a war in Bohai County in the future, Jizhou will not give us any help, and we will have to rely on ourselves. Bohai County's autonomy is both an opportunity and a challenge. It is up to all of us to work together and develop together. Whether Bohai County rises to the occasion or perishes in development depends on everyone's efforts. I hope we can get out of the predicament and create a glorious history, which is worthy of our short 100-year life!"

Yuan Chang said impassionedly, feeling that he was good, and if he was put in the government of his previous life, he would also be an excellent leader. It's a pity that he just finished speaking, but he saw that everyone didn't react in the slightest, as if they couldn't understand Yuan Chang's words.

It seemed that seeing Yuan Chang's depressed expression, Zhao Yun was still empathetic and explained: "My lord, the military advisor has already told us that we will have such a situation before, so we are already mentally prepared." ”

Yuan Chang understood why everyone didn't react so much, so he glanced at Guo Jia resentfully.

"Ahem!"

Guo Jia couldn't stand Yuan Chang's eyes, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Lord, my subordinates have expected this situation. Therefore, some preparations have been made. After the previous battle, we have made a feud with Gongsun Zhan, although Gongsun Zhan's goal is Jizhou, we have to defend against it. Therefore, his subordinates asked Zhao Junwei to recruit troops in Bohai County. Nineteen counties under the jurisdiction of Bohai County, except for Nanpi, each county is scheduled to recruit 3,000 soldiers, and Nanpi County is scheduled to recruit 10,000 soldiers. ”

"Haha, I don't have to worry about the military advisor's work. ”

Seeing Yuan Chang's face change back, Guo Jia breathed a sigh of relief, don't grab the lord's lines in the future, otherwise he will be remembered again, fortunately, Guo Jia was prepared.

"Captain Zhao, how is the recruitment situation now. ”

Zhao Yun bowed, his face was not very good-looking, and he frowned and said: "Lord, Jizhou has never been short of food, so very few people will go to the army to reduce the burden on their families. Therefore, according to the information reported below, the situation of conscription is not very good, and even half of the conditions have not been fulfilled in each county. Nanpi is okay, because of the previous battle with Gongsun Zhan, there are also 6,000 people who have signed up, and in a few days, it will be able to meet 10,000 people. ”

The reason why the people of this era are soldiers is to be able to live, unlike any righteous father and responsibility in the previous life. If there is little food in the family and there are many men in the family, some people will go to the army to reduce the burden on the family. However, in grain-rich places like Jizhou, Xuzhou, and Jingzhou, the people basically do not lack grain. In Yanzhou, Bingzhou, Yangzhou and other places, because of the geographical location, the crops are not so easy to grow, the grain production is very bad, and most of the people are willing to serve as soldiers. Just like in the Three Kingdoms, every time Yuan Shu went out to fight, he led 100,000 soldiers, because Yangzhou had a large population and easy recruitment, so Yuan Shu had so many soldiers. Youzhou is a bitter cold land, rice is difficult to grow, and corn and potatoes, which are easy to grow alive, have not yet been spread. Therefore, there is no shortage of soldiers in Youzhou.

Yuan Chang listened to Zhao Yun's report and frowned. In these years, it is not impossible to recruit soldiers, but that will cause dissatisfaction among the people, and if the people's hearts are lost, it will be difficult to get it again. Just like Liu Bei, at the beginning, although he was defeated, he had been buying people's hearts, and everywhere he went, there were people willing to join his team. Just like when he left Xinye, hundreds of thousands of Xinye people were willing to leave their homeland and follow Liu Bei to live in a new place.

Yuan Chang will also do it to buy the people, but it takes too long, like Liu Bei, who was not called emperor until he was in his fifties, as a traverser, if he mixed as bad as Liu Bei, he could buy a piece of tofu and die.

Thinking of this, Yuan Chang looked at Guo Jia and said, "Strategist, how is the tax in Bohai County now?"

Guo Jia had already understood the situation in Bohai County, and he said directly: "My lord, the tax in Bohai County is fifteen and two. ”

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang set a policy of fifteen catties of one tax, that is, fifteen catties of rice had to be paid one catty as a tax. And when it came to Wenjing, it was even more relaxed, and it was changed to 30 taxes and 1. With such a low tax, the people are naturally full of enthusiasm for farming, planting more, paying less, and the people themselves are more, so it has also created the prosperity of "the rule of Wenjing". However, by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, due to the long-term use of troops against the Xiongnu, the treasury began to be empty, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed to the policy of fifteen taxes and one one.

In the later period, most of the land was in the hands of the big families, who of course hoped that the lower the taxes, the better, and that they would be able to earn more.

And Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty, after Liu Xiuguang Wu Zhongxing, the treasury was empty, and Liu Xiu changed the tax to ten taxes and one, which was repaid. You must know that most of the land is in the hands of the big families, how can they endure such high taxes. Therefore, the joint pressure on Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu was able to establish the Eastern Han Dynasty regime, relying on these big families, Liu Xiu had to change back to the policy of thirty taxes and one one.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, the political situation was turbulent, the dictatorship of foreign relatives, the dictatorship of eunuchs, coupled with the war against Xiqiang that lasted for decades, the cost was huge, and the military service was heavy, and the imperial court had to raise the tax to 15 taxes. However, the treasury was still not replenished, so the tax was continued to be raised, and the tax was changed to 15 and 2. It can be said that the emergence of various contradictions, coupled with the increase in taxes, was the inevitable result of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Of course, in order to curry favor with the imperial court, some officials raised local taxes to ten taxes and two or three, or ten taxes and five taxes. With such high taxes, how can the people survive?

The tax in Bohai County is 15 taxes and 2 taxes, and the people will not be dissatisfied with the grain varieties in Jizhou.

After listening to Guo Jia's words, Yuan Chang thought about it and said directly: "Military Division, change the fifteen tax two to the thirty tax one." This news must be publicized to every common person, and local officials must not be allowed to conceal it. ”

"Lord, I don't understand, aren't the people even more reluctant to be soldiers?"

Dian Wei touched his head and asked suspiciously. Of course, except for Guo Jia, most of the people present didn't understand very well, and Cai Yong also seemed to understand, understanding a little, but not completely understanding.

Yuan Chang did not hide it, and explained very simply: "The people are a group of simple people, who treats them badly, they may forget after a while." However, whoever is good to them, they will remember it for a lifetime, the people do not ask much, and it is the majority of the officials who are greedy and not satisfied. Now their tax is fifteen taxes and two, and if they reduce the tax and change it to thirty taxes and one, they will feel that Ben Taishou is a good person, and they are more willing to let the men in the family join the army to repay Ben Taishou's kindness. Although some of them took advantage of the kindness of the people, they had to do so. If Bohai County were lost and became the territory of other forces, the people would not have such a low tax. To put it simply, we are mutually beneficial. ”

When everyone heard this, Cai Yong naturally understood this, but Yuan Chang obviously had other reasons for doing this.

Sure enough, I only heard Yuan Chang continue: "There is another point, when everyone is busy with life, there will definitely be no other thoughts, and their lives will not be saved, let alone others? For example, businessmen, they make a lot of money, and they can use the money to buy officials, become petty officials, or spend money to learn from their children and grandchildren, and in the future, they can also glorify their ancestors. The same is true for the people, who already have so much food at home, and no longer worry about food, so they don't need more manpower. Obviously, they are not willing to do so, because it is very difficult for them to go to school at this age, so they will let the men in their family become soldiers, make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, and become generals, so that they can also glorify their ancestors. For these reasons, as long as taxes are lowered, there will certainly be more strong men who will be conscripted into the army. ”

After listening to Yuan Chang's detailed explanation, everyone suddenly opened their mouths, it turned out that this was the reason. Cai Yong also sighed in his heart, Yuan Chang is only sixteen years old, but he can think of so much, it is really terrifying.

I saw Guo Jia stand up and say solemnly: "The lord is so benevolent and righteous, and he blesses the people, this decree will be written by the lord himself, and it will be spread to the nineteen counties of Bohai, so that the people of Bohai will know the prestige of the lord." ”

Yuan Chang's expression froze, and he glared at Guo Jia.

Guo Jia, this guy obviously wants to see Yuan Chang make a fool of himself, and today's writing font is Lishu, which is extremely complicated. In his previous life, Yuan Chang wrote simplified Chinese characters, which were simplified from regular script. The regular script is a simplified version of the official script, which shows that Yuan Chang's handwriting is unsightly. said that Yuan Chang had never shown his handwriting in front of others, how could Guo Jia know that Yuan Chang's handwriting was terrible?

Don't forget it, Guo Jia, Zhao Yun, Dian Wei and Han Sui have Yuan Chang's words in their hands, Zhao Yun and the three of them won't think so much, Guo Jia is not simple, and he can naturally deduce Yuan Chang's words from the notes. was cheated by Yuan Chang for so much money, Guo Jia and their hearts are of course unbalanced, they can see Yuan Chang make a fool of themselves, I believe everyone is willing.

"The military advisor and I are like one, what is the difference between you and me, I think it is inscribed by the military advisor. ”

Yuan Chang gritted his teeth and said word by word.

"Such a great achievement, the subordinates did not dare to take credit, or the lord himself inscribed. ”

The two of them pushed back and forth, and everyone saw something, they were very calm and looked at their noses and noses, and the game between the lord and the military advisor was not something they could participate in.

However, not everyone has that kind of realization.

"My lord, military advisor, why are you so humble, if you don't want to, let me come. ”

Dian Wei jumped out, and immediately attracted the murderous eyes of Yuan Chang and Guo Jia, Dian Wei immediately shrank into the corner in shock, the eyes of the two were too terrifying, even worse than the tiger. No wonder everyone didn't react, he jumped out alone, it was really a death, Dian Wei was very depressed and drew circles in the corner.

"Haha!"

Yuan Chang laughed loudly, and did not refuse, and simply responded: "Since the military advisor said so, I am not humble." However, now we still have important matters to discuss, the inscription of this order, and we will come back later, what do the military advisors think?"

Guo Jiahu looked at Yuan Chang suspiciously, but Yuan Chang agreed, so he took a step back.

Yuan Chang suffered a secret loss, and naturally his heart was unbalanced, and he would not revenge a gentleman. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, but Yuan Chang does not think that he is a gentleman, so it is too late for the villain to take revenge for a year. After thinking about it, Yuan Chang felt as if he hadn't looked for Guo Jia and them to fight the landlord for a long time, and today it seemed that he was having fun again, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but show a wicked smile.

Guo Jia also saw Yuan Chang's treacherous smile, and secretly exclaimed in his heart that it was not good, but he was not afraid, just see what Yuan Chang did, and he took it.

After Yuan Chang thought of a way to retaliate, he looked at Cai Yong and said, "Dean Cai, the little nephew has a request, and I hope Dean Cai can agree." ”

"If the adult asks for anything, the old man can do it. ”

Now it is a discussion, everyone is commensurate with their official positions, and Yuan Chang calls Cai Yong the dean. And Yuan Chang humbly called him a little nephew, and Cai Yong would not call him a virtuous nephew, there are no rules, everyone understands this.

"Dean Cai, my little nephew has always had a bad memory and often forgets something. So, I wanted to find someone to help me. Miss Zhao Ji is erudite and talented, and her memory is amazing, and my little nephew wants to ask Miss Zhao Ji to be my secretary, and I hope that Dean Cai can agree. Of course, Miss Zhaoji's secretary position is also an official character, and she has a fortune, so it is calculated according to the seventh grade, what does Dean Cai think?"

Historically, Cai Yong's home had a collection of 10,000 books, which were later destroyed in the war. Cai Yan, on the other hand, memorized the content of two or three thousand volumes with his memory, which was obviously very amazing. Therefore, Cai Yan is very suitable for this secretary.

As the so-called secretary has something to do, and he has nothing to do as a secretary, Yuan Chang obviously has sinister intentions.

Yuan Chang traveled to this era, promoting social progress is a goal, and sitting on the beauty of the public is also a goal. He and Cai Yan are affectionate and concubines, and it is naturally not difficult to put Cai Yan by his side to cultivate feelings. Moreover, Liu Xi and Zhen Jiang both knew his intentions for Cai Yan, and he understood that Liu Xi and Zhen Jiang would taste it in their hearts, so they could only comfort the second daughter later. No matter how hard it is to learn Liu Da'er to shed some tears, since he wants to hug left and right, he should always pay some.

Cai Yong thought for a moment, and finally nodded: "Since the adult said it, the old man has nothing to do." If the little girl does something bad, the adult can punish her!"

Cai Yong knew Yuan Chang's thoughts and wanted to improve the status of women. In the feudal era, such an idea was undoubtedly crazy, but although Cai Yong was a Confucian disciple, he was not pedantic, so the reaction was not very large, on the contrary, Cai Yong was eager to see how far Yuan Chang could go. Therefore, Cai Yong believes that Yuan Chang's promotion of Cai Yan to the position of secretary and giving him an official position is Yuan Chang's first step. There are not no female officials, there are female officials in the palace, and the grade is not low, there are female officials of the third or fourth grade. However, female officials only exist in the palace, but there is never a female official outside the palace. If Yuan Chang appoints Cai Yan as secretary, he will not be opposed by too many people.

Of course, if Cai Yong knew Yuan Chang's thoughts, it is estimated that he would directly use the 10,000 books in his family to smash Yuan Chang to death, and he actually wanted to harm his daughter. However, fortunately, Cai Yong didn't know, and after Cai Yong knew, it was estimated that Yuan Chang and Cai Yan would also cook raw rice.

After Yuan Chang discussed with Guo Jia and them here, he had to talk to the officials of Bohai County at the government office, and those present were Yuan Chang's henchmen, and the subordinate officials of Bohai County were the real executors. As for whether they will agree, Yuan Chang doesn't care, anyway, now Bohai County is completely controlled by him, and those who don't agree will just roll out one word. With Cai Yong here, Yuan Chang is not afraid that no one is available in Bohai County.

"My lord, now that Bohai County is out of the jurisdiction of Jizhou, how to develop the economy is also a problem. ”

The problem of conscription is solved, and how the economy develops is naturally a question. Guo Jia's talents are mostly on military strategy and strategy, and internal affairs are obviously not very suitable. Therefore, Guo Jia can only ask questions, but there is no solution. In addition, Yuan Chang wants to reduce the taxes of Bohai County, and the economy of Bohai County will be even more severe in the future.

Of course, economic problems are not a problem at all for Yuan Chang, who has crossed over.

The agricultural tax is only a small part, and if it develops to a certain extent in the future, it can even be exempted, as it was in the pre-time period. However, it is obviously not so simple to get rid of agricultural taxes now, first of all, what needs to be done is to develop business, which is fundamental.

At present, Yuan Chang still has the funds to develop, and the gold and silver treasures looted by the villagers in the village are innumerable, which is enough to be used for a long time. However, now that Bohai County is out of Jizhou's jurisdiction, every project has to be financed. The salaries of the officials of Bohai County, the salaries for the conscription, and the funds for Cai Yong's construction college, etc., there are many places where there is a shortage of money anyway. If you really want to use the money in your own village, it is estimated that it will be spent in less than two years, so economic development is the last word.