Chapter 705: Drawing Salary from the Bottom of the Cauldron
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Long Yuan's hand not only smashed the county soldier on the horse, but also frightened the surrounding county soldiers to a big change. A county soldier instinctively reacted with a strange scream, and stabbed Long Yuan with a spear. However, his spear didn't stab Long Yuan in front of him, Long Yuan had already flashed to his side incredibly, reached out his arm, and pinched the throat of the county soldier, and he didn't see how he stored his strength, he heard a crisp click in the ear chakra, and then looked at the county
Bing, the cartilage of his throat was crushed by Long Yuan. The county soldier's eyes widened in disbelief and slowly fell down in front of Long Yuan. Long Yuan didn't even look at the corpse under his feet, his eyes scanned the hundreds of county soldiers and servants around him, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he asked with a cruel smile: "Who else wants to make peace."
Do I do it? Stand up now! ”
The surrounding county soldiers retreated one after another, looking at Long Yuan in horror one by one, and their hands holding spears trembled suddenly.
However, all the young and strong county soldiers have already been recruited and transferred away by Deng Feng, and the remaining county soldiers are mostly old and weak, or they are newly recruited and inexperienced recruits.
Seeing that Long Yuan stunned a person and a horse, and strangled a person to death, the county commander Zhong Wei and the county lieutenant Zhang Qing's faces turned pale, and their bodies trembled.
Let's not talk about whether Liu Xiu has laid ambushes around Chungling, just such a guard by his side is already difficult to parry.
At this time, Zhong Wei suddenly regretted it again, regretting that he had listened to Zhang Qing's words and had to come to Chungling to arrest Liu Xiu, but now it is difficult to ride a tiger, and it is not possible to go, nor is it to go.
Just when Zhong Wei's head was sweating, what should not be done, Liu Xiu in the courtyard asked again: "Where is Cai Yang Ling Zhong Wei and Cai Yang Wei Zhang Qing?" Liu Xiu's summoning voice made his two bodies tremble again, and they planned to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, but a young villager raised his hand and pointed at Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, and asked loudly: "Zhong County Order, Zhang County Lieutenant, Your Majesty is calling you two, you two."
Didn't you hear that? ”
Seeing that Long Yuan was alone, he was shocked by the hundreds of county soldiers and officials present, and the villagers of Chungling were also emboldened, and they no longer took Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing in their eyes at all.
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qinghan rained down, first glanced at the young villager, and then looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
They really don't have the courage to do it to Liu Xiu, although Liu Xiu only brought more than 100 people, but one of them is so good, so what about the others?
Just as the two of them were hesitating, the young villager asked loudly again: "Zhong County Commander, Zhang County Lieutenant, Your Majesty is calling you two!" ”
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing had more beads of sweat in their heads, the two glanced at each other, and asked each other with their eyes, should they enter the gate of Liu Liang's house, or should they not enter?
At this time, Liu Xiule asked hehehe: "Zhong County Commander and Zhang County Lieutenant, do you want me to personally invite the two of you in?" ”
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing's bodies were both shocked, and they didn't dare to continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, the two of them grinned secretly, hardened, and cautiously walked through the courtyard gate and into the courtyard.
Seeing this, the county soldiers and officials behind shouted one after another: "My lord? ”
Zhong Wei stopped, turned his head, and said in a deep voice: "You are all guarding here, no one is allowed to act without my order!" ”
As he spoke, his gaze happened to sweep over Long Yuan, and found that Long Yuan was also staring at him intently, his heart was cold, and he couldn't help but owe a debt to Long Yuan.
Long Yuan snorted coldly, withdrew his gaze, and looked at the county soldiers and officials opposite.
As Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing walked into the courtyard, the people present stood up one after another, and countless eyes were focused on the two of them.
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing didn't know how they got through the crowd or how they got to Liu Xiu. After standing still in front of Liu Xiu, the two of them were at a loss, they didn't smile on their faces, and their laughter was more ugly than crying.
"Bold!" Liu Xiu's side suddenly came from a loud shout, and he shouted gloomily.
His voice almost paralyzed Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, who were frightened by the bow, to the ground, and the two of them looked at Fu Di with hideous faces in a daze, and their bodies trembled.
"When you see Your Majesty, you two stand and don't kneel, do you know what crime to be guilty of?" Fu Di asked word by word.
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing's knees weakened, poof, poof, poof, two kneeling on the ground together, kowtowing forward, and stammering: "Weichen...... Wechen knocked on His Majesty......"
Liu Xiu looked at the two of them with a smile.
In the past, when he was still in Chungling, Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing were already officials of the county government, but they had not yet achieved the county order and the county lieutenant, Liu Xiu and the two of them had met, and they knew each other, but they had not had much contact.
He said slowly: "Zhong Wei, Zhang Qing! ”
"Micro ...... Wechen is here! Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing hurriedly agreed.
Liu Xiuxiao asked: "Why did you two come to Chungling with so many soldiers and horses?" ”
"This ......" Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing glanced at each other, subconsciously raised their arms, and wiped the sweat beads on their faces.
Zhang Qing is bolder than Zhong Wei, maybe he is a little thicker-skinned. He cleared his throat and said, "The ministers heard that His Majesty has arrived at Chungling, right...... It was a special trip to lead the county soldiers and government officials to protect His Majesty! ”
"Haha!" Liu Xiu laughed and said, "County Lieutenant Zhang is really the same as always!" "Cheeky as always!
Zhang Qing bowed his body and said seriously: "Your Majesty has praised it falsely, and Weichen is ashamed!" ”
Liu Xiu said: "Just now I have stated in public that I want to exempt Nanyang from taxes for two years, and two years later, I will implement fifteen taxes in Nanyang. ”
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, who originally lowered their heads and didn't dare to look at Liu Xiu, involuntarily raised their eyes, looked at Liu Xiu with surprise on their faces, and said hesitantly: "This ...... This ......"
Liu Xiu asked puzzledly, "Do you two have any objections?" ”
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing's bodies were shocked, and they hurriedly kowtowed forward, saying, "Weichen doesn't dare, it's just ...... Just ......"
It's just that now Nanyang is not under the control of Luoyang, but under the control of Deng Feng, you Liu Xiu, the son of Luoyang, said that you will be exempted from taxes in Nanyang for two years, it is useless!
Liu Xiule said hehehe: "Deng thief Chen Bing blocked the township, and wanted to fight to the death with me in the township, and when I defeated the Deng thief, Nanyang will naturally return to the imperial court." ”
Listening to Liu Xiu's confident words, Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing looked at each other cautiously, and then the two said in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming, love the people of Nanyang, this is the luck of Nanyang!" The luck of the people of Nanyang! ”
"Hmm." Liu Xiu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Today, I returned to Chungling, firstly, to worship my ancestors, and secondly, I have not seen the villagers in the same village for many years, and I miss it very much. ”
Speaking of this, he paused, and then, Liu Xiu slowly stood up, walked around the table, and came to Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing. The two tensed their nerves, and their heads hung lower.
Liu Xiu stood still in front of the two of them, and said word by word: "After I leave Chungling and return to the township, if the villagers in Chungling are missing a hair, I will ask you two." Can you two hear me clearly? ”
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing have no great skills, they are both grass on the wall, Liu Xiu is worried that after he leaves Chungling, the two of them will take revenge on the people of Chungling in order to curry favor with Deng Feng.
Liu Xiu's words moved the villagers of Chungling without dissatisfaction, but Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing were trembling with fright, and said urgently: "Weichen...... Weichen will definitely do his best to protect the villagers of Chungling and not let His Majesty worry......"
"Alright, you two get up!"
Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing were relieved and stood up from the ground tremblingly.
The coldness on Liu Xiu's face disappeared, and he said with a smile: "Zhong County Ling and Zhang County Lieutenant came by coincidence, just in time for me to invite the villagers of Chungling, you two sit down and eat some together!" ”
"Wechen don't dare! Wechen don't dare! Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing held their shoulders, shrunk their necks, and shook their heads again and again.
Liu Xiu smiled and said briskly: "Now it's time for me to invite you two." ”
"Thank you...... Thank you, Your Majesty! Under Liu Xiu's arrangement, Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing sat down during the banquet.
This meal, the two of them can be said to be ignorant, a meal, I don't know how to finish the meal, and when the two of them said goodbye to Liu Xiu and returned to Caiyang City, the two of them felt that their cheeks were about to stiffen with laughter. Zhong Wei turned his head to look at Zhang Qing, who understood what he wanted to ask, shook his head again and again, and said with palpitations: "Liu Xiu is not something we can deal with, my lord, you also saw it just now, one of the guards beside Liu Xiu is still so good, really moving."
Let's start, our hundreds of brothers, I'm afraid it's not enough for people to stuff their teeth! The top priority is to report to Deng Feng as soon as possible, push the matter to Deng Feng, and we can get out! ”
Hearing his words, Zhong Wei nodded and sighed: "That's the only way!" Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing had not returned to Caiyang City, so they sent county soldiers to block the township, reported to Deng Feng, and made it clear to Deng Feng that Liu Xiu was now in Lingling, but Liu Xiu was beside him, there were many soldiers and horses, and the soldiers were strong and strong, which was not something that Caiyang County could deal with
。 It was also because of the ventilation reports from Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing that Deng Feng knew that Liu Xiu had gone to Chungling. In this regard, he was surprised and furious, and found Yan Cen and Dong Xun to question Dong Xun face to face.
You have been operating in the township for many years, and any wind and grass here cannot be hidden from your ears and eyes, but now? Liu Xiu left the barracks in the township and went to Chungling, you don't know anything about such a big thing?
Under Deng Feng's questioning, Dong Xun sweated like rain and stammered: "General Deng, during this time, the enemy army ...... There really isn't any large-scale movement of the enemy army! ”
Liu Xiu is a dignified son of heaven, who would have thought that he would dare to go to Chungling with only more than 100 horses, return to his hometown to worship his ancestors, and feast the people of his hometown.
The war is imminent, and Liu Xiu's return to his hometown this time really has the effect of drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle.
The people of Chung Ling and Cai Yang spread Liu Xiu's governance everywhere, saying that Nanyang is the emperor's hometown, and when Nanyang returns to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, His Majesty will exempt Nanyang from taxes for two years, and after two years, Nanyang will implement fifteen taxes and one one.
Two years of tax exemption, fifteen taxes one, these two policies to the people of Nanyang temptation is too great.
The people of Nanyang have suffered from the scourge of war, for many years, has been a heavy tax pressure, and now the Son of Heaven in Luoyang said that Nanyang should be exempted from taxes for two years, and after two years, 15 taxes will be implemented, which makes the balance in people's hearts immediately tilt.
Deng Feng's foundation in Nanyang is the people's heart, and now with Liu Xiu's governance policy being spread, Deng Feng's foundation was immediately shaken, and the people of Nanyang did not want to experience conquest again, did not want to fight again, and did not want to suffer from heavy endowments. On the frontal battlefield of the confrontation between the two armies in the township, Liu Xiu's salary draw from the bottom of the kettle is not so obvious, but in the hinterland of Nanyang, Liu Xiu's salary from the bottom of the kettle has begun to ferment rapidly, which will be especially obvious in the next war.