In fact, what Zhao Junsheng said was not accurate, the previous tax items of the Northern Wei Dynasty were not only the collection of agricultural tax and commercial tax per acre, but also many complex taxes such as poll tax and city gate tax.

In order to avoid taxes, the family and the noble family concealed the number of a large number of family members and servants, concealed the number of acres, and the serious land annexation, which caused the total amount of taxes paid by the imperial court to become less and less, which was basically the case in the later period of all dynasties.

Pei Jin said: "The reason for this situation is, on the one hand, the audacity of the family and the nobles; On the other hand, they colluded with some officials in the government, and the officials were bought by them, so they turned a blind eye when they counted the acres and population! ”

Zhao Junsheng sighed when he heard this: "It seems that in the future, it is necessary to strengthen the supervision of officials, and at the same time, it is also necessary to increase the punishment for deliberately concealing the amount of population, land and trade transactions. After you go down, think about this matter carefully, and write a note to show the general! ”

"Yes!" Pei Jin agreed.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Now that the autumn harvest is over, the people have sown the seeds after the fields are ploughed, the weather is getting cooler, and there is basically nothing to do in the farmland. ”

"Okay, General!"

Within two days, the letter of the Assassin's Mansion was sent to the county and county offices, and the project of clearing the silt and gravel accumulated in the river in winter, reinforcing the river embankment, and building water conservancy facilities was in full swing.

This year, the tax collection of the Assassin's Mansion was smoother than in previous years, the amount was ten times more than in previous years, and there were also a large number of seizures in the battle of this conquest of Yan State, and Zhao Junsheng was not short of money, and provided them with a lunch while letting the people serve as conscription, which also did not cost much.

The people are still grateful to Zhao Junsheng, thinking that he is more benevolent and righteous than any previous Youzhou assassin history, after all, the previous Youzhou assassin history has never done this, and the people not only have to complete the conscription issued by the government, but also bring their own food.

Zhao Junsheng was not short of money, the salaries of the officials and the salaries of the army were naturally paid in full, and the copper coins, buckets of grain, and horses of cloth were all real things, and they were distributed to the officials and generals, and they all laughed openly.

Zhao Junsheng also wrote to the county officials, at the end of the year, in each county, each county should select officials with outstanding political achievements, and also select a diligent, conscientious and responsible representative among the officials.

For a time, the officialdom atmosphere of the government at all levels was clear, and no one wanted to be compared, after all, everyone had to be faceless.

When the government at all levels was organizing the people to clean up the silt and sand and gravel of the river, strengthen the river embankment, and build water conservancy, Cao Jiao also returned to Jixian County from Jieshi Mountain with soldiers and horses.

This year, the official affairs of government affairs have been carried out, and then Zhao Junsheng is ready to carry out some rectification in military affairs, and now his prestige in the Youzhou military is in full swing, and no one dares to oppose the rectification of military affairs.

On the night of October 18, the lobby of the Assassin's Mansion.

Zhao Junsheng sat on the main seat, the generals stood on both sides, and there were two documents next to him to make a transcript of the military minutes.

"I summoned you here tonight to make some adjustments and changes in military affairs, in the past, our Youzhou army only had 3,000 people, and after this war to conquer the east, almost half of it was lost, it is necessary to make a supplement, and at the same time, we must also strengthen the supervision of military discipline, and strengthen the training of tactics and combat skills!"

Speaking of this, Zhao Junsheng glanced at the generals and said to Bai Jinguang: "Bai Jinguang, Wei Chi Yandong is now in Pinggang, to guard Jiyang, the post of Youzhou Army Sima is up to you, and later this general will write to the imperial court to recommend him as Jiyang Taishou, you will immediately start conscription after you take over the post of Youzhou Army Sima, this time we will change the object of conscription, not only allow Xianbei people to enlist, but also allow Han people to enlist, and also allow strong men of other ethnic groups to enlist, military salaries and other treatments are all treated equally, and promotions in the army are all based on ability and military merits, regardless of background, For this reason, a special post of recording has been set up in the establishment at all levels to record the exploits of the war! ”

"This matter is not only unfolding in the Youzhou Army, but also in the garrisons of the garrisons in various counties!"

Bai Jinguang stood up and hugged his fists and promised: "The last general will obey the order!" ”

Zhao Junsheng continued: "This Eastern Crusade, we brought back a total of more than 6,000 prisoners, these captives are Yan Army, all are trained soldiers, if they are allowed to go to farming is too wasteful, but because they are prisoners, it is too much risk to directly turn them into an army, so the general thought about it, or decided to let them go to Tuntian first, while Tuntian while drilling, at present our Tuntian army has about 15,000 people, if you add these more than 6,000 people, there are nearly 22,000 people, Not only can it afford the food and grass needs of the entire Youzhou soldiers, but there is also a large surplus! ”

"Gao Xu!"

"The last general!" Gao Xu stood up and hugged his fists and agreed, this was the first time he had publicly appeared in front of the generals and colonels at all levels of the Youzhou Army.

Zhao Junsheng said: "Appoint you as the commander of the Tuntian Army, and the 4,000 cavalry will also be taken by you to train the more than 20,000 Tuntian troops for the time being, especially in terms of military discipline, we must be strict and strict, and we must not relax!" ”

Gao Xu clenched his fists and agreed: "Obey!" ”

Zhao Junsheng looked at one of the few civil officials present at the generals: "Huang Shiyan! ”

"The subordinates are here!" An official in his thirties stood up and agreed, he was previously the county magistrate of Yuyang Lu County, and he was very proficient in the management of farmland affairs, and the cultivated area of Lu County was only at the midstream level in the entire Youzhou, but this Huang County Commander relied on his own talent to make Lu County's grain output rank first in Youzhou.

Zhao Junsheng admires Huang Shiyan very much, the key is that Huang Shiyan is still from a poor family, he understands his new policy very thoroughly, and the implementation is also in place, so Zhao Junsheng transferred him to the Assassin's Mansion to join the army as a civil cao for three months, in charge of the state's reclamation and storage affairs, and has done a good job since he took office.

Zhao Junsheng said to him: "This general will recommend you to the imperial court as Yuyang County Cheng, and appoint you to Yuyang County Cheng as the ambassador of Youzhou Tuntian, in charge of the Tuntian affairs of the 22,000-strong Tuntian Army, and Gao Xu is in charge of drills, the functions and powers of the two of you are separated, and the Tuntian Army will do farm work when it has agricultural work, and conduct military drills when there is no farm work!" ”

Huang Shiyan agreed: "My subordinates thank the general for their support, and they will fulfill their duties and live up to the general's kindness!" ”

Zhao Junsheng said to Dongfang Chen again: "Dongfang Changshi, how are the 30,000 households brought back by our army from Yan State settled? ”

Dongfang Chen stood up and arched his hand and said: "All the houses have been settled, the foundations of the houses, the farmland and the first month's grain have been distributed to each household, and all kinds of farm tools and livestock will also be distributed to them one after another, and they are currently building houses according to the style and size prescribed by the Thorn History Mansion!" ”

Zhao Junsheng nodded and said, "Very good, the weather has turned cold, and the food for relief must be distributed regularly every month!" When they have built their houses, the land has frozen, and it is time to turn over the soil and sow seeds, and then they can hire men among them in the name of the government to repair the old walls, passes, and roads in various places! ”

"Especially the roads, some roads should be widened, the roadbed should be tamped and reinforced, and if possible, they should be paved with sand and gravel, and warm clothes and cloth should be used as wages for their employment!"

Dongfang Chen touched his beard and said: "This method is good, not only did not let them be idle in winter, but also let them earn clothes for themselves and their families to survive the winter!" ”

Cao Jiao stood up at this time and hugged his fist at Zhao Junsheng and said: "General, my subordinates think that it is necessary for us to build a pass on Jieshi Mountain on the coastal road, the terrain of that place is dangerous, if we build a pass, it will definitely be impregnable!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought for a while and said: "General Ben will think about this matter, and after a few days, General Ben will check the siege of dredging and strengthening the river embankment in various river sections, and then go to the border to inspect the passes, and then go to the Jieshi to inspect on the spot before making a decision!" ”

In the next few days, Zhao Junsheng inspected the river cleaning and river embankment reinforcement and siege in various river sections, and was about to go to the border areas to inspect the passes after the inspection, when he suddenly received a report from the Assassin's Mansion that the relevant yamen of the imperial court had sent an official document requesting the Youzhou Assassin's Mansion to send someone to escort Kou Qianzhi into Beijing for trial.

Zhao Junsheng knew that there were other twists and turns, Kou Qianzhi's business in Pingcheng and the court over the years was extraordinary, and it was normal for someone in the court to protect him, but he didn't know who was contributing, you must know that the weight of his current Youzhou assassin history was extraordinary, with General Zhendong and Fan Yanggong as the Youzhou assassin history, his words were still very weighty, how could ordinary court ministers dare to offend him easily?

Besides, there is Zong Ai in the court to help him, Zong Ai will definitely not fight with him, and the identity of this powerful person is worth scrutinizing.

When Zhao Junsheng was thinking about this matter, Zong Ai sent someone to send him a letter, he opened the letter and looked at it, only then did he know that the person who wanted to save Kou Qianzhi turned out to be the Empress Dowager Bao, and now the imperial court is the Empress Dowager Dou is in charge, no wonder the relevant yamen of the imperial court will send someone to ask the Youzhou Assassin Mansion to send someone to escort Kou Qianzhi into Beijing for trial.

It turned out that this Empress Dowager Bao turned out to be a loyal fan of Kou Qianzhi, Dou heard that his idol had committed an accident in Youzhou and was going to be sentenced to death, and it seemed that it was no big deal for her to exercise a small privilege to keep her idol alive as the ruler of Great Wei.

Zhao Junsheng put away the letter and said to the person who reported the letter: "Okay, let the superintendent send someone to escort Kou Qianzhi to the capital and hand it over to the relevant yamen!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng then sent someone to find Guo Yi and instructed: "We are too slow to get the news of what happened in the capital, send someone to the capital to set up a news collection point, and deliver the news in a fixed place with a letter eagle, if there is any wind and grass in the capital, we will get the news as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes, General, my subordinates will go back and select the right people to rush to the capital!"