Chapter 16 The embarrassed Chai Rong The arrogant Wang Jun

Later Zhou sent troops to destroy several surrounding separatist regimes, so people sent these credits to Wang Jun's head, Wang Jun's prestige in the Later Zhou at this time is a straight rise, there was already the post of prime minister, and now there are glorious military merits, Wang Jun is really called the last person below, above 10,000 people, his power is getting bigger and bigger, and now he has really embarked on the peak of life. Because of his great merits, even the emperor Guo Wei of the Later Zhou Dynasty tolerated him by three points. However, the great man taught us that we must be humble and cautious, the higher you stand, the heavier you will fall once you fall, Wang Jun at this time obviously did not realize this problem, and the danger was quietly trying to get close to him, but he didn't know it.

The hidden dangers of the Later Zhou were eliminated, and even the powerful Liao people were defeated, and for a while, the Later Zhou became smooth, the country and the people were safe, and everyone did not notice that the seeds of turmoil had actually been planted at this time.

Everyone, even Guo Wei, didn't realize that he never gave Chai Rong a chance to show his ability. Chai Rong, the later Zhou Shizong, became more and more embarrassed, his qualifications made everyone despise him, and Chai Rong did not have any exploits to take a shot.

When Guo Wei was the privy envoy in the Later Han Dynasty, Chai Rong was the general of the left prison guard.

When Guo Wei led the army to the expedition, Chai Rong was the envoy of the Guizhou Festival, and the Tianxiong army was the commander.

When Guo Wei rebelled, Chai Rong stayed behind.

Liu Chong rebelled, and it was Wang Jun who resisted Liu Chong, so Chai Rong could only wait and see from afar.

It was the boss Guo Wei who rebelled everywhere and quelled the rebellion, and there was no chance for Chai Rong.

In other words, Chai Rong has never led an army to fight alone, and everyone thinks that Chai Rong is a rich waste who eats and waits for death and eats the food of his ancestors. This was an extremely difficult situation for Chai Rong in the early days of his reign, civil officials dared to confront him in public, and military generals dared to defect in front of the battle. This also further fueled the arrogance of some powerful ministers, such as Wang Jun. Wang Jun can always find some reasons to attack Chai Rong and confront Guo Wei, so as to expand his power in the court.

In this way, the contradiction between Wang Jun and Guo Wei and Chai Rong's father and son is intensifying, and soon, a new round of competition will begin again.

The PK between Wang Jun and Chai Rong began, and Guo Wei, as the boss, naturally had to pay attention at all times. Actually, it's nothing, isn't our life spent day by day between you fighting and fighting?

However, Wang Jun and Chai Rong, who are the parties involved, will not think so, you must know that there is no struggle that will not pay a price.

Liu Chong's defeat and retreat, Murong Yanchao's demise, these were all great victories under the personal command of Wang Jun. Therefore, the fair people also put these credits on Wang Jun, and for a while, they were constantly praised and praised. Wang Jun became one of the top celebrities in the next week, and Wang Jun, who had climbed to the commanding heights, turned around and saw a person Guo Wei.

Wang Jun found out that his top boss Guo Wei was really frustrated during this time, what was Guo Wei doing during this time?

When Guo Wei showed his talents in Wang Jun and calmed down the Quartet, he dealt with several things about his mother-in-law as if he had nothing to do. These few things are so small that the emperors of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms will not do them.

What's the matter? When Zhu Wen was fighting, he sent more than 10,000 ploughing cattle. If there was no suspense in the past, these ploughing cattle would definitely become military rations. But I don't know what happened to Zhu Wen suddenly, Zhu Wen drove these ploughing cattle back to his own territory all the way, and perverted distributed these ploughing cattle to his own peasants, and the peasants who were very surprised suddenly heard Zhu Wen's words: "I can give these ploughing cattle to you, and you have to pay some cattle rent regularly in the future." "It sounds quite reasonable, it's nothing to pay some compensation with ploughing cattle, but decades have passed, don't talk about these ploughing cattle, even if the cattle and grandchildren of these ploughing cattle are almost dead, but the emperors of all dynasties have not forgotten the cattle lease contract signed by these farmers and Zhu Wen, and the cattle rent has been paid until now.

Guo Wei is really boring, Guo Wei actually felt that there was a problem with the old contract that had been implemented for decades, and unconditionally rented these cattle to delete, which was the first thing Wang Jun looked down on Guo Wei.

For another example, there is another thing, in the five dynasties and ten countries, it is not the one that blows. Cowhides are a military supply of the state and are not allowed to be sold freely, and anyone who sells them is punishable by death. It was even harder for the cattle farmers, who had to pay a certain amount of hides, and if they did not pay enough, they would be punished with death. Think about it, in that era of mutual conquest, can you still find a calf, and then let him grow up slowly, and finally succeed in picking off the cowhide? Surrender to the state. I don't know how many peasants were harmed by this damned policy and died on cowhides.

And then what? Guo Wei ignored his own country, gave up the urgent needs of the army, and issued such an order. From now on, the cowhide handed in by the people will be reduced by two. That is to say, it was necessary to hand in three cowhides, and one could be handed in. And if there is really no cowhide, you can use grain instead of cowhide, and all the grain out of ten acres of land can replace a cowhide. If the common people still have leftover cowhides, they can buy and sell them freely, even with other countries.

Not only that, Guo Wei banned all the profit and tax products except salt, including iron and wine, and the people can not only buy and sell freely, but also have no problem manufacturing. You can also trade with other countries.

This is a serious matter. This is simply a great disapproval of the world, which has caused a strong impact on the country's finances and taxes. At that time, when national security was the most important, this simply encouraged the people to rebel. For the people of the next week, this is the country's shaking power. This was not even a suitable country for human beings at that time.

This is the second thing that Wang Jun looks down on.

And the thing that Wang Jun looked down on the most was that Guo Wei actually revised the most basic national policy of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Before Guo Wei, all the emperors were very interested in the international people's livelihood, that is, whether the grain was harvested. Therefore, all the emperors adopted the method that all the peasants could only cultivate on a divided land and were not allowed to run. Just run and kill you. Then every year someone will come to check if there is a good harvest, and if there is not enough food on the land, they will kill you.

For the state, of course. You are the state, your land is the state, the grain that is harvested in the land is the state, and your wife and children are the state. Even if you die, you will bury it in the land so that it can be more fertile.

As for Guo Wei, he actually gave the land to the farmers for free, and not only that, but also gave the farmers a large number of cattle and farm tools. Land tax was waived.

After a while, Zhou's officialdom shook, and the officials didn't understand what Guo Wei wanted to do? There are even rumors that after Zhou Guoben was shaken, the country would not be a country.

So what is Guo Wei doing? What will happen to Wang Jun and Chai Rong? We'll talk about that next time.