And compared with the abolition of the establishment, there is now a more important thing to deal with in Zhejiang, that is, this year's autumn grain shipment, which is the bulk of the annual state tax.

In the past, most of the taxes collected in Zhejiang would be transported to the top of the house, and only a small amount of money and grain would be stored in the place, but now the three prefectures and 23 counties in Jinqu are all Tang Muyi of Empress Zhang, and Empress Zhang announced very generously that she would exempt the arrears accumulated over the years, and this year only 70% will be levied, and the grain tax collected by Empress Zhang will only take 30%, and the remaining 70% will be used for local retention.

For the local officials who have been busy urging money and food, Empress Zhang is simply an imperial grace, and I don't know how much energy and time they have been saved.

As far as the local people are concerned, they all feel that this year's burden is much younger than in the past, and the money and grain provided for the relief are less than 70 or even 60 percent of those of previous years, and the local government and county treasuries have also suddenly become full.

In particular, although many gentry in Yanzhou Mansion knew that this unusually generous policy could not last, they still asked for exemption on the grounds that Yanzhou Mansion was also Empress Zhang, Tang Muyi, and they also accounted for a lot.

However, for the small court of Hongguang, although the entire rich south was under control, because it could neither open source nor throttle, military expenditure was completely uncontrolled, which caused Empress Zhang to become particularly financially tight after such a toss, and she was unable to provide the military money and food needed for northern aid to Gao Jie's department in Jiangbei.

The current Mrs. Xing can be said to be a good woman, and it must be difficult to hold a large movement of 30,000 or 40,000 troops without the food support of the imperial court, but the support provided by the imperial court can only be called a drop in the bucket, so she can only hit Liu Yongxi and Xing Shengping with her ideas in the end.

Li Xiangjun could recognize at a glance that Gao Jie's letter was from Hou Fangyu's hand, but it was precisely because it was from the hand of this Hou Gongzi, so Li Xiangjun said unceremoniously: "Xingpingbo wants to go north, and our Linhuai Town is naturally fully supportive, but our money and food from Linhuai Town to the north have not been solved, how can he let us take the gold, silver and satin out?" ”

Although Liu Yongxi has now played the banner of Gao Jie, the banner of Linhuai Town is also correct, and the two sides are separated by hundreds of miles.

Under normal circumstances, Liu Yongxi obeyed Gao Jie's dispatch and sent troops to respond to Gao Jie's Northern Expedition, and Gao Jie naturally had the obligation to provide Liu Yongxi's food and salary for his actions, but now this situation is the other way around.

And over there, Jin'er also objected to Gao Jie's scheduling: "Although we say that the income and expenditure are barely equal, this is the result of our hard work, and it has nothing to do with Xingping Bo Gao Jie, Xingping Bo wrote such a letter and asked us to provide gold, silver and satin, which is too simple!"

She even said very directly: "If Xingpingbo has this attitude towards his subordinates, I don't think this Northern Expedition will definitely succeed, and the soldiers can't be starved in the Northern Expedition!"

Liu Yongxi knew that Jin'er's judgment was fine: "It is precisely because this Northern Expedition cannot be successful, so we should do our best to support Xingpingbo!"

Li Xiangjun didn't expect Liu Yongxi to do this, but Jin'er suddenly figured it out: "Brother Yongxi, since you have decided to support Xingpingbo's Northern Expedition, then Jin'er will also fully support it, but to what extent do we support this Northern Expedition?" ”

Although Liu Yongxi said that he would "do his best to support Xingpingbo", Jin'er knew very well that this was just a verbal exaggeration, and it was impossible for Liu Yongxi and Linhuai Town to gamble all their resources on Gao Jie's Northern Expedition, and they must have reservations.

Liu Yongxi has long considered this: "Sister Xiangjun, I'll tell you, you can write it!"

Looking at the increasingly unfamiliar words on the letter in his hand, Li Xiangjun immediately picked up the pen: "Uncle Sincerity, I think you should think twice!"

Liu Yongxi told Li Xiangjun very clearly: "Tell Xingping Bo that I have a total of 500 elite cavalry, and this time I will personally command these 500 elite cavalry to cover the Northern Expedition army!"

Jin'er hurriedly said: "It should be enough to dispatch a team of five hundred horses, we only have a total of five hundred horses!"

Liu Yongxi said very clearly: "It's not enough, it's not enough at all, in addition to that, there are 2,500 infantry, and I can solve half of the food and salary of all these horse teams and infantry teams by myself!"

Now even Li Xiangjun doesn't understand why Liu Yongxi is so enthusiastic about Gao Jie's Northern Expedition, 500 horses and 2,500 infantry are almost all the resources that Liu Yongxi can invest, after all, Liu Yongxi has to leave some soldiers and horses in Linhuai's territory.

And Jin'er suddenly calmed down: "Is Brother Yongxi still ready to provide money and food to Xingpingbo?" ”

Liu Yongxi replied: "There is definitely no money and grain, but I just have 2,000 stone miscellaneous grains and 600 pieces of cloth on the canal, I don't know if Xingpingbo is interested?" That's all I can help with!"

Li Xiangjun couldn't understand Liu Yongxi's thoughts at all, but Jin'er resolutely supported Liu Yongxi: "We still have some idle seizures here, so it's better to hand them over to Xingpingbo this time!"

The seizure she said refers to the seizure in the previous battle of Linhuai, although most of the loot has been used in Linhuai Town, but after all, there is a lot of idleness, and now Jin'er is holding the idea of waste utilization, and Liu Yongxi also agreed: "This may be the biggest investment after our Nandu, but I also hope that it is the investment with the highest return!"

Although Liu Yongxi looked light-hearted, Li Xiangjun grew up in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion since he was a child, so he could naturally see the tension and entanglement in his heart, so she immediately asked: "Do you want to discuss this matter with the battalion officials below?" ”

Liu Yongxi told Li Xiangjun: "I must discuss it carefully, but I have already made up my mind about this matter, and Sister Xiangjun will help me explain it to everyone!" Sister Xiangjun, don't write this letter to Xingpingbo, just help me write it to Mrs. Xing!"

Although Li Xiangjun didn't know that Liu Yongxi suddenly changed her mind, she suddenly thought of what she had seen and heard in Yangzhou, and had an extremely absurd and even unbelievable guess.

She felt that this kind of speculation definitely underestimated the little sincere uncle in front of her, but for some reason she still knocked over the vinegar jar.

The little sincerity in front of him seems to be far-sighted, but the full support for Gao Jie's northern attack is actually just to please Mrs. Xing, so this little sincerity is too ridiculous and nonsense?

But only this kind of speculation can explain why Liu Yongxi made such a big disappointing decision, so Li Xiangjun couldn't help but smile slightly: "Why did you write to Mrs. Xing?" Wouldn't it be better to write to Xingpingbo? ”

Liu Yongxi's expression was very calm, but Li Xiangjun could see the entanglement in his heart, and Liu Yongxi said after a while: "It works better to write to Mrs. Xing......