Nanyang, Wancheng.

"Wen Yuan, why is the tax so small this year?" Lu Bu looked at this year's tax books, frowned and asked.

"Lord, this is also a helpless move, many of the population of Nanyang have moved to Jingzhou or Guanzhong to escape the war, and now many fields are barren, naturally they can't be compared with the past, and since we came here, a lot of taxes can't come up." Zhang Liao smiled bitterly.

"Can't take it?" Lu Bu frowned: "Why is this?" ”

"Many local gentry do not accept the governance of our army, and naturally they are not willing to pay taxes." Zhang Liao frowned and said, Lu Bu's Nanyang Taishou was sealed by Chen Mo, but many gentry in Nanyang refused to pay taxes to the government office on the grounds that the Son of Heaven was not in Chang'an and the current imperial court had no right to be crowned.

"Bang!" Lu Bu slapped the table and snorted coldly: "This can't help them!" ”

"Lord, what's the matter?" Outside the door, two burly figures stepped in and bowed to Lu Bu.

"Just in time!" Lu Bu took a deep breath and said, "Gather the soldiers and horses, and get ready to start." ”

"Lord, if you rob it, I'm afraid it will be even more disappointing!" Zhang Liao hurriedly got up and persuaded.

"Naturally, we can't rob it, we only take ours." Lu Bu took out a bamboo slip from his arms and read it carefully: "I have already thought that since no one is willing to be used by us, then the entire Nanyang will be under military control!" ”

"What is military management?" Zhang Liao was puzzled.

"Everything is done according to the rules, and the Nanyang tax follows the example of the Taishi of the year, does not collect poll tax, and pays taxes on all fields, how many fields pay how much tax, and the army collects them door-to-door, in addition to other things, it is also governed like the army!" Lu Bu's governance may be poor, but he has a lot of experience in governing the army.

"This ......" Zhang Liao looked at the bamboo slip in Lu Bu's hand: "No one has ever used this method." ”

"Then our army will start using it." Lu Bu said coldly: "Since these people don't want to be used by me, then be a good citizen and go to farming!" You and I will divide Nanyang, Hou Cheng, Cao Xing, Song Xian, Wei Xu and Wei Yue are in charge of one place, we will not forcibly seize it, but the taxes that should be paid cannot be less! ”

Chen Mo's strategy for Lu Bu was not to help Lu Bu find any strategists, but to let Lu Bu treat the entire Nanyang as a large military camp, without the need for a government office, the army directly replaced the government office, responsible for supervision, tax collection and governance, all things, according to the Han law, the entire Nanyang turned into a military camp.

In addition, there is an army dedicated to supervising the soldiers, directly responsible to Lu Bu, so that Nanyang's economy will definitely be affected, but Lu Bu's control over Nanyang will reach an unprecedented height.

This method is somewhat similar to Shang Ying's method of cultivation and warfare back then, but it is a simplified version, and it is also the method that Chen Ming thought was most suitable for Lu Bu, otherwise it would be difficult for Lu Bu to hold on until Chen Mo integrated Guanzhong and Xiliang and was annexed by other forces.

Moreover, Chen Mo also intends to use this method in Xiliang, Hetao, and Yunzhong in the future, and Lu Bu just provided Chen Mo with some examples.

"Whoa!" Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er didn't think too much, since Lu Bu gave the order, they immediately went to carry it out.

"My lord, who taught this method?" Zhang Liao didn't stop it, he also felt that this method was suitable for Lu Bu, but he always felt that this method had drawbacks, and he felt that he had gone back hundreds of years to history.

"Chen Mo." Lu Bu frowned.

Zhang Liao frowned, if this method was really useful, why didn't Chen Mo use this method?

But I can't take care of it so much at the moment, if I don't use this method, Nanyang's taxes this year may not even be able to make up the military rations.

Seeing that the New Year is approaching, but Nanyang is a depression, Lu Bu divided the 50,000 soldiers and horses under his command into 30,000, which were led by Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and Wei Yue.

Nanyang basically pays taxes by ordinary people or some wealthy households, and they dare not resist Lu Bu, but most of the big households join forces to resist Lu Bu taking charge of Nanyang, and the resistance is also the most fierce.

It's just that the local heroes have organized themselves, how can they compete with these veterans of a hundred battles under Lu Bu, in ten days, nearly fifty households have been wiped out, and Lu Bu has no good impression of these local gentry who usually disobey the yang and yin and obstruct themselves everywhere to hinder the management of the government office, and they naturally show no mercy when they move.

But in half a month, the voice of Nanyang's resistance disappeared, and Lu Bu's iron-blooded methods made these Nanyang gentry see that this Lu Bu is an iron Hanhan, just flip the table when he plays, and govern Nanyang by force, now, if you want to continue to stay in Nanyang, you have to follow Lu Bu's rules, but in the way of collecting taxes from fields, the most affected is naturally the local gentry who have large fields.

Wancheng has begun to become lively in the past few days, and with the arrival of Lu Bu, the Nanyang gentry who have moved out of Wancheng have gathered in Wancheng in the past few days, hoping that Lu Bu can take back his life.

"General Wenyuan, Wen Hou doesn't know when he has time?" Outside the door of the government office, several Nanyang celebrities lowered their posture this time, and when they saw Zhang Liao coming out, they hurriedly rushed up and surrounded Zhang Liao.

There is no way, this time Lu Bu collects taxes and they directly collect taxes for five years, according to the current tax law of Lu Bu, more than half of the food in the family can be moved, and Lu Bu was not here five years ago.

"Don't interfere with official business, the lord has been quite busy these days, I'm afraid I don't have time to see you." Looking at these celebrities who Lu Bu can't see on weekdays, but this time they came over, even with Zhang Liao's temperament, he was a little dark at the moment, he couldn't help but want you to do things before, but now he has changed his strategy, and he no longer needs officials, after they have changed to military management, these people licked their faces and ran to flatter, I knew it was so, why bother in the first place?

Several celebrities and gentlemen looked at Zhang Liao with some unpleasant expressions and strode away.

"Brother Changliu, how are you doing now?"

"How did I know that this reckless man was so unruly!"

"Silence, this is outside the Wenhou Mansion, there are many ears and eyes!"

"Wait, always meet Wenhou, this military management method is harmful to the people's livelihood, if Wenhou is short of people here, this land of Nanyang is full of outstanding people, you can recommend some to help Wenhou govern the place."

"Where is Lu Bu from? Worthy of our service? If he doesn't change, we will move out of Nanyang. ”

"You can try to see if you can move the family property, if you can, we will move away with Brother Wenyi."

“……”

On the other side, in Lu Bu's mansion, Zhou Cang walked in quickly, grinned at Lu Bu and said, "Lord, your trick is really powerful, those bullshit celebrities, they couldn't even see anyone before, but now they all came to take the initiative to ask for a meeting." ”

"What Baume & Mercier? However, a group of selfish people, who used to show off their might, now just want to pay less taxes, so they came to ask for help. Hu Che'er on the side said disdainfully, and then looked at Lu Budao: "Lord, really don't you see?" ”

"Nope!" Lu Bu looked at the contents on the bamboo slip and sneered: "I knew that it was so easy to collect grain, why bother talking nonsense with them before?" The taxes collected now alone are enough for our army for three years, so what's the use of seeing them? In the war, there is no shortage of warriors under my command, and they can not be trusted, so they can not be trusted, inform the officers and men of the three armies, take care of their hands and feet, do not plunder the people, if they miss next year's spring ploughing, they will be severely punished! ”

"Whoa!"

Watching Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er leave, Lu Bu looked at the warehousing taxes recorded in the tax books again, and Leng Jun's face couldn't help but show a little smile, governing the local ...... It's easy, isn't it?

Lu Bu is looking forward to next year's taxes, if next year's taxes can be so high, then he can recruit another army of soldiers.

However, the small population of Nanyang is a problem, how can we get more population?

Lu Bu stood in front of the map, his eyes glancing at Yingchuan, Runan, and Jiangxia from time to time.

Let's discuss with Liu Biao first, and let him send some of his population to plow the fields, as for Cao Cao's side, it is much simpler...... Just grab it, anyway, I am in alliance with Liu Biao, and it is also to deal with Cao Cao, and sooner or later I will have to fight.

But let's talk about Nanyang first.

Lu Bu looked at the letter sent by Chen Mo, and there were really a lot of things to do to build arrow towers and checkpoints in various places, restrict the outflow of population, and check household registration.

……

"Lord, this ......" Chang'an, Li Ru looked at Chen Mo's letter to Lu Bu, and looked up at Chen Mo with some consternation, if Lu Bu really proceeded step by step according to Chen Mo's method, even if the Nanyang Shi clan was not cleared by Lu Bu, it would be greatly damaged.

"There's no way, it's difficult to find a military advisor for Feng Xian, but he has his advantages, instead of asking for someone in a low voice, it's better to let him manage the place according to the general management of the army, similar to the military tun." Chen Mo smiled and took back the letter, made a fire paint, and asked people to send it to Lu Bu.

"But in this way, Lu Bu will become the target of everyone!" Li Ru smiled bitterly.

"No, it's not ten years ago, Brother Meng De is now preparing to attack Xuzhou, even if the Nanyang scholars invite him, I'm afraid they won't come, I won't send troops here, Liu Biao's words ......" Chen Mo thought for a while and said: "If Liu Biao insists on attacking, we just take the opportunity to take Nanyang." ”

If Liu Biao reneged on the covenant and joined forces with the Nanyang clan to deal with Lu Bu, Lu Bu might not be able to resist it, but in this way, it just gave Chen Mo an excuse to annex Nanyang, and when the time came, Chen Mo's forces would be able to penetrate the north and south.

However, according to Chen Mo's speculation, the current Liu Biao may not be willing to fight Lu Bu, after all, in that case, he and Cao Cao can both focus on this territory, if Liu Biao takes the initiative to attack, the next thing to face is not Lu Bu, but Chen Mo or Cao Cao.

Scholars are strong, but if you look back carefully, over the years, with the rise of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, the right to speak has been constantly reduced, Cao Cao has directly slaughtered celebrities, and although Chen Mo did not do it directly, but there are many celebrities who have been ruined by their own pits, and now Lu Bu is such a hand, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is shaken to the foundation of scholars, not how much harm he has caused to scholars, but what Lu Bu did, to see another road to a strong army for the princes of the world, and some people will follow suit in the future, and the backlash will be smaller than that of Lu Bu, But the damage caused was greater than that of Lu Bu.

"The lord has no last resort, and Confucianism admires it." Li Ru smiled and arched his hand, in this way, Lu Bu is equivalent to clearing a lot of obstacles for Chen Mo, and Chen Mo is not a little unlucky.