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Zhong Wei thinks that in the battle of blocking the township, Deng Feng still has a great chance of winning, so now that Liu Xiu appears on his land, he can't sit idly by.

Under Zhong Wei's order, all the county soldiers and government officials of Caiyang County were assembled, and then, the county ordered Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, the county lieutenant, to personally lead a cadre of county soldiers and government officials to go to Chungling.

Caiyang is not a strategic location, but a small county town located in the south of Nanyang, and the county soldiers of the county plus dozens of officials in the county can barely make up enough for 500 people.

On the way to Chungling, Zhong Weicai suddenly realized a very serious problem, he called the few officials who went to Chungling to investigate, and asked, "How many soldiers and horses did Liu Xiu bring to Chungling?" ”

The officials looked at each other, and one of them said, "Lord Hui, probably ...... There are probably more than 100 rides. ”

Zhong Wei raised his eyebrows and asked uncertainly, "Only more than a hundred riders?" ”

Several officials nodded together and said, "That's right, my lord! Indeed, there are only more than 100 rides, and we can see it very clearly! ”

Zhong Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief, if Liu Xiu only brought more than 100 riders, then it was not impossible for him to catch Liu Xiu with his more than 500 people.

Zhang Qing said on the side: "Liu Xiu's courage is inevitably too great, only with more than 100 horses, he dares to go deep into Chungling, my lord, it seems that today is the right time for us to make a great contribution!" ”

Zhong Wei's mind turned around and said: "Don't be careless, Liu Xiu is an extraordinary person, since he dares to ride to Chungling with only more than 100 people, he must have something to rely on!" ”

Zhang Qing gasped, thinking about it carefully, Zhong Wei's concerns were not unreasonable, and he asked cautiously, "My lord, Liu Xiu...... Liu Xiu wouldn't have set up an ambush near Chungling, right? ”

"Huh?" Hearing him ask this, Zhong Wei felt a bottomless feeling in his heart, and felt a cool breeze rising from his back spine.

He swallowed his breath with difficulty and said, "Otherwise, let's not go to Chungling, or...... Let's go back to the city first! ”

Zhang Qing thought for a while, shook his head and said, "My lord, now we have to go to Chungling!" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhong Wei looked at him in surprise.

Zhang Qing said: "If you don't go to Chungling this time, Deng Feng will blame it, we really can't explain it, but if you go to Chungling, whether you fight with Liu Xiu or not, we have something to say on Deng Feng's side!" ”

After hearing this, Zhong Wei thought about it carefully and nodded thoughtfully.

Chung Ling.

Liu Xiu held a banquet in the old house of Liu Liang's family and entertained the people of the whole village.

In the past, the Liu family was the surname in Chungling, but now the Liu family has basically moved to Luoyang, and there are many fewer people in the village, but even so, the courtyard is full.

Among them, there are men and women, old and young, so it is not lively. Liu Xiu did not sit in the house, but sat on a mat in the courtyard like all the villagers.

After the banquet, Liu Xiu picked up the wine glass, raised his glass to the people present, and said: "When Xiu is in Chungling, thanks to the more care of the villagers, Xiu is grateful, here, Xiu first toasts all the villagers with a glass!" ”

"Your Majesty is so polite!"

"Your Majesty is tormenting the villain!"

The villagers hurriedly picked up the wine glasses and toasted Liu Xiu one after another.

The people drank all the wine in their cups. As soon as Liu Xiu put down the cup, an elderly middle-aged man couldn't help but ask: "I heard that Your Majesty is blocking the township and fighting Deng Feng, I wonder if Your Majesty is sure of this battle?" ”

Hearing his question, the villagers present looked at Liu Xiu in unison, this question was exactly what they wanted to ask but didn't dare to ask.

Liu Xiu smiled indifferently and asked, "What does Uncle Zhang think?" ”

"Uh......" The middle-aged man hesitated as to answer. Zhang Yi glared at him and said loudly: "Since Your Majesty can go back to the Tomb to worship your ancestors, it means that Your Majesty has full confidence in this battle!" ”

The villagers present nodded their heads one after another, feeling that Zhang Yi was reasonable. Zhang Yi turned his head to look at Liu Xiu again and asked, "Your Majesty, I don't know if the villain is right?" ”

Liu Xiu smiled on his back and praised: "Uncle Zhang's words are very kind. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass and drank a glass alone with Zhang Yi. Liu Xiu's easy-going attitude made the villagers present a lot more relaxed, and the atmosphere of the banquet became more and more cheerful.

As everyone drank more and more, people's words also increased, especially those women who loved their parents on weekdays, and even opened the conversation box, and also discussed some things about Liu Xiu's childhood. Among them, a middle-aged woman was so drunk that she stood up, staggered to Liu Xiu's seat, and said: "When Ah Xiu was young, he was silent and withdrawn, but who would have thought that Ah Xiu would be able to be like this when he grew up

out of the breath, and also made the son of heaven! ”

As soon as these words came out, Fu Di, Long Yuan, Long Zhun, Long Xiao and many Yu Linwei present all fell on the middle-aged woman.

In front of the Son of Heaven, saying that the Son of Heaven is silent and withdrawn, isn't this looking for death?

Another middle-aged man hurriedly stood up, walked quickly to the middle-aged woman, dragged her hard, and then bowed to Liu Xiu in fear, and said, "Neizi has a gaffe, please don't blame Your Majesty!" Liu Xiu didn't care at all, and waved his hand to the middle-aged man, signaling him to be exempt. He turned his eyes to look at the middle-aged woman, and said softly with a smile: "I thought that being a man should be cautious in words and deeds, in fact, governing the country is the same as being a man, you must listen more, do more, and talk less."

。 The monarch speaks less, and the ministers can talk more, so that they can brainstorm and come up with a good strategy for governing the country! The middle-aged woman didn't seem to understand, but she still pretended to understand. She asked with a smile: "Ah Xiu, now that you are the Son of Heaven and Chungling is the emperor's township, when you defeat Deng Feng and govern Chungling, will you reduce or reduce taxes?"

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was called 'Ah Xiu' by a village woman, Liu Xiu was not only annoyed, but laughed, stroked his palm and said: "You can be exempted from taxes for two years, and after two years, you can implement fifteen taxes and one one." ”

The fifteenth tax is to take out one-fifteenth of the annual income and pay taxes to the government. When Wang Mang was in power, it was changed from ten taxes to eight taxes and seven taxes, and in addition, there were many miscellaneous taxes.

The lives of the people are miserable, and the families at the bottom can't live at all, so they can only sell their sons and daughters.

Now Deng Feng is in charge of Nanyang, and he also collects heavy taxes. But there's really no way around it.

There are more than 100,000 troops under Deng Feng's command, and the army under the command of Yan Cen and Dong Xun also needs Deng Feng to raise, so many soldiers and horses, they have to eat, drink, wear and use every day, this is all money, but where does the money come from? You can't rob, you can only tax.

With so many troops, they only rely on Nanyang to support them, if they don't levy heavy taxes, what else can Deng Feng do?

In this case, when I heard that Liu Xiu said that if he ruled Nanyang and implemented the fifteenth tax and one tax, people's faces all showed joy, and they slapped their hands and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, Your Majesty has not forgotten your roots!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty really takes care of the emperor's hometown."

Regarding everyone's reaction, Liu Xiu smiled in return. He believed that his words would soon spread throughout Nanyang.

As the saying goes, attacking the enemy is the bottom, and attacking the heart is the top. Deng Feng, Yan Cen, Dong Xun, they have so many soldiers and horses, they all gather in Nanyang, and they only rely on Nanyang to raise, and the lives of the people in Nanyang can be imagined. He knew very well that in order to raise so many soldiers and horses, the burden of the people of Nanyang was heavy, and he also understood the eagerness of the people of Nanyang to reduce the burden, so he stated in public that he would be in Nanyang after defeating Deng Feng and taking over Nanyang

The implementation of fifteen taxes and one is also the return of he, the son of heaven, to the emperor's hometown. When the people of Chungling listened to Liu Xiu's words, they were naturally overjoyed, and they couldn't keep their mouths together one by one, hoping that Liu Xiu's Han army would be able to defeat Deng Feng at once, and Liu Xiu would be able to take over the entire Nanyang County immediately, and he would no longer have to suffer heavy burdens

Suffering.

Just when the villagers were rejoicing, Cai Yang ordered Zhong Wei and Cai Yang Wei Zhang Qing to rush to Chungling with the county soldiers and government officials.

Long Xiao, who was guarding outside, saw a lot of county soldiers and servants, he walked into the courtyard quickly, came to Liu Xiu's side, and whispered in his ear.

After Liu Xiu heard this, he asked in a low voice: "Can you see clearly, how many county soldiers and officials are there?" ”

Long Xiao said: "There are about five hundred people. ”

The corners of Liu Xiu's mouth hooked, and said, "Cai Yang ordered this to bring out all the available people." ”

"Exactly, Your Majesty, are we now?" Long Xiao looked at Liu Xiu.

At this time, Zhang Yi walked over with a staggering smell of wine, and asked curiously, "Your Majesty, is something wrong?" ”

Liu Xiu looked at Zhang Yi, and then at the other villagers, and found that everyone was staring at him with big eyes, he said with a smile: "It's nothing, it's Cai Yangling and Cai Yangwei who have arrived." ”

He said it lightly, but the faces of everyone present changed the same. Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing have already taken refuge in Deng Feng, and now the two of them have come to Chungling, definitely to arrest His Majesty.

Before the villagers could react, they heard rumbling footsteps outside.

The movement outside made people's faces more and more ugly. Liu Xiu didn't think so, to be precise, he didn't take Cai Yang's county soldiers and servants in his eyes at all.

He unhurriedly raised his head to Long Yuan on the side and said, "Open the door, since the guests have come to the door, there is no reason for us to turn them away." ”

Long Yuan bowed in response, then walked quickly to the courtyard door, and with a bang, pulled the door open with a bang.

Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, who were originally standing in front of the courtyard gate, were startled by the sudden opening of the door, and the two subconsciously took a step back, and at the same time raised their hands to hold the saber under their ribs. Seeing clearly that the people standing outside were Cai Yangling Zhong Wei, Cai Yang Wei Zhang Qing, and many county officials and officials, some of the villagers in Chungling were full of fire, and the young and strong young men stood up one after another, and some of them were holding small wooden tables in their hands.

Some people were still holding dishes and chopsticks in their hands, and they glared angrily at everyone outside.

Liu Xiu waved his hand to the young men who stood up, signaling everyone to be calm. He raised his head to look at the people outside the door, and asked slowly, "Who is Cai Yang Ling Zhong Wei and Cai Yang Wei Zhang Qing?" ”

Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing stared blankly at the people in the courtyard, and no one dared to answer.

Long Yuan stepped forward and walked out of the courtyard, he first came to Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, looked the two of them up and down, and then walked directly past the two of them.

He came to a county soldier sitting on a horse, looked up at the people on the horse, and said word by word: "Even if the minister of the court and the central government, when he sees me, there is no one who does not dismount!" ”

The implication is that you are a county soldier, and after seeing me, you still dare to sit on a horse? The county soldier first looked at Long Yuan, then at Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing, not knowing whether he should or should not do it now. He was waiting for Zhong Wei and Zhang Qing to make a clear statement, Long Yuan suddenly put one hand around the neck of the war horse, and took a step forward with both feet.