Soon.

With the person who participates in the assessment after passing the assessment. He successively entered various places, and the nobility of Koto also stabilized.

After all the nobles and common people stabilized, Koto returned to calm.

At this time, everyone thought that now that Jiangdong had been decided, and the king of Chu had already finished sacrificing the ancestors and sages of Wuyue and Yue, he should soon leave Jiangdong and return to Yingdu.

As a result, the king of Chu has been stranded in the Huiji Palace, and has no intention of returning to Yingdu.

This disappointed many people who had expectations in their hearts.

As time passed, it soon came time to harvest rice in Koto.

Then, after the people of Jiangdong had harvested all the rice in the field, they saw that the local children were still singing the song of Jiangdong's tax exemption, and until September, they did not see the nobles of the county come to urge grain.

At this point, all the people of Jiangdong finally landed on the stone in their hearts and were completely relieved.

For a time, all over Jiangdong began to sing about the benevolence of the king of Chu and thanked the king of Chu for his great kindness.

But at this time, the king of Chu was still living in the Huiji Palace, and he neither went to inspect various places, nor did he have the intention of returning to Yingdu.

Just when everyone was speculating about the mind of the King of Chu.

On the first day of the ninth month, the Chu army outside the city of Huiji suddenly divided into 50,000 Chu troops and went to various places in Jiangdong.

Just when everyone was in doubt, on September 15, the king of Chu, who lived in the palace of Huiji, issued three edicts in a row.

"The edict, due to the extinction of a large number of the original Jiangdong nobles, many people returned to the direct command of the government, and the local officials were too few to manage. Therefore, the widow decided to organize the people into households, and to count the people, and to make the people a soldier, five households, a chief, ten households, and a chief, to manage the people, and to guard against thieves. ”

"The edict made it to the widow that he saw that a large number of Jiangdong people had no land to cultivate, so in order to reassure the people and ensure that the cultivators had their own land, it was decided to grant Wang Tian to cultivate according to the household and population, so as to reassure the people, and pay the annual military land tax, land tenant population tax, and so on according to the agreement."

"The edict made the country fall to the outside world, and a large number of soldiers retreated to the mountains, forests and swamps for thieves. The widow felt that it was not easy for the thieves, so he decided to pardon the thieves, and as long as he surrendered to various places within three months, he could organize his household into a people. If it is stubborn, after three months, those who are not registered in the Chu State, all the officials of the people of the Chu State can be arrested and ask the government for rewards. ”

On this day, in Kuzhu County, after the autumn harvest, Li Zhong, who did not know how to marry a wife due to the extinction of the Li family, took all the family's savings and came to the county government to give a dowry gift, hoping that the government would appoint a wife for himself.

At this time, in order to increase the population, the government had already intervened in marriages and forced marriages for older men and women. This kind of thing was in the country before, and the current state of Chu also has it.

Therefore, as soon as Li Zhong came, the people in the government accepted the dowry and responded to the matter.

Then, Li Zhong, who was satisfied, left the county government and rushed home.

Before leaving the city, when passing by the official office, Li Zhong suddenly heard the edict of the king of Chu.

With gratitude to the King of Chu, and with a faint intention of going back to show off, Li Zhong stopped at the place where the list was issued, and then listened to the officials of the official palace reading out the edict of the King of Chu.

As soon as he heard that this matter was directly related to himself, he immediately hurried forward.

As a result, when Li Zhong squeezed to the front of the public list, he found that he was illiterate, not only did he not know the Yue language, but he also did not know the Chu language.

Then, Li Zhong listened for a while, but he knew that the king of Chu had issued three edicts.

He didn't care about the householders, he didn't care about the thieves, he only cared about how much land he could divide and how much grain he had to pay.

Just listened for a while, and knew that the two people in his family could be divided into twenty-five acres according to the output of eight stones per mu, and suddenly smiled.

Then, Li Zhong found that he couldn't figure out how much tax he had to pay, the military tax on land and land rent, etc., and there were too many taxes to pay, and he couldn't remember it clearly, and it was far less clear than the time when Li directly told him how much grain he had to pay before the harvest every year.

Therefore, when the little official read it out, he was panting, and immediately asked the little official: "Dare to ask the nobles, how much tax do we and the people have to pay every year for this king's edict?" ”

The little official glanced at Li Zhong, who was tall and big, but a little cowering, and immediately knew that this person was the head of Qiantou outside the city, so he was lukewarm: "Close to fifty percent!" ”

When Li Zhong heard this, he was very happy, and the tax handed over to the King of Chu was no more than that handed over to the Li family.

It's just that Li Zhong thought that in a good year or a war, the grain handed over to the Li family would suddenly increase greatly, so while the little official was panting, he hurriedly asked again: "Dare to ask the nobleman, what if it is a good year?" How much tax do I have to pay for the people? ”

The little official looked at Li Zhong, who was looking forward to it, suppressed the anger in his heart, and coldly spit out two words: "Half." ”

Li Zhong heard the indifference of the little official, but in order to ask for clarification, he still asked with a skewed face: "Nobleman, if there is a war, how much tax will I have to pay." ”

When the little official heard this, he saw that Li Zhong was strong and strong, and endured his anger, and said slightly angrily: "This strong man, how many times have I told you, it is half, whether it is a good year or not, whether there is a war or not, it is the same, and every year is half of the harvest." In addition, in the event of a disaster year, there will be another reduction, but in any case, it will certainly not exceed half. ”

Li Zhong heard that although the tone of the little official was not good, but after figuring out the tax he wanted to pay, he still gave the little official a salute with great joy, and then instantly poured out a strong sense of gratitude from his heart, opened his mouth, and then praised: "The king is benevolent and righteous, and only half of the tax is charged." ”

As soon as these words came out, they were immediately sprayed by another person around them: "What bullshit benevolence, it's all shit, when King Yue was there, we only had to pay forty percent of the tax, and now as soon as the king of Chu comes, the tax we wait for will rise to fifty percent, it's better to..." Hmm... Hmm..."

Before the man could finish speaking, he was covered by the person next to him, and then he was dragged out.

At this time, the person who dragged him away was still making amends: "Everyone, he was drunk early in the morning, lost his words, lost his words. ”

As soon as the two men left, the surrounding people immediately began to talk.

"Sure enough, he was drunk, no matter whether it was a bumper harvest or a war, he called half the harvest as usual, and the king of Chu was really benevolent."

"Yes, from a certain point of view, the current King of Chu is as virtuous as the legendary King of Yue, Gou Jian."

"Yes, no wonder the King of Chu can destroy the Yue Kingdom, it turns out that the King of Chu is as virtuous as the previous king who destroyed the Wu Kingdom back then."

Li Zhong heard that many people agreed with his thoughts, and couldn't help but smile again, just as if the person was really drunk just now.

Just as he was about to open his mouth again to praise the King of Chu, at this time, a deep voice came from behind him: "I have long heard that the taxes of the Chu State are heavy, and sure enough, I have to pay half of the tax." But fortunately, I was already prepared. ”

"Yes, but fortunately, it's not in the Qin State, otherwise I wouldn't have to pay half of the tax."

When Li Zhong heard this, he suddenly turned around, and was about to reprimand the two who spoke, but found that there were many people behind him who showed the same expressions as these two people, as if they really had to pay a lot more taxes.

Li Zhong: "···"

Then, someone said: "However, after the king of Chu divided the field, each family has its own land, although it cannot be bought and sold, there is no need to worry about the good land that he takes care of in the future and suddenly divides it to others, which is also a good thing." ”

"Yes, the king of Chu divides the field, which is much stronger than when the king of Yue was there."

Li Zhong: "···"