However, it was said that Liu Bei was named the history of Qingzhou Thorn, and everyone came all the way to Linzi in a few days.

Linzi, the capital of Qi during the Warring States Period, has the highest level of urbanization in Qi among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, and Linzi is the most prosperous in the city.

Liu Bei and other ordinary people came to Linzi City, to see that at that time, it used to be the capital of Qi during the Warring States Period, and it was the most prosperous in the city at that time, but now the scenery is no longer there, the city wall has been dilapidated in some places, and the whole city looks lifeless.

"I didn't expect that the former capital city would become like this!" Zhao Yun sighed.

"Yes, it's all the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a big city, and it didn't even fall like this." Chen Zhi should also be in harmony.

Zhang Fei suddenly shouted angrily: "I hope those yellow turban thieves come soon, as long as he comes, watch me stab those yellow turban thieves with 10,000 transparent holes." Zhang Fei's words were very loud, Xin Hao, Zhao Xu and others had known him for a long time, and they were used to it, otherwise, Zhang Fei would have to be scared half to death when he suddenly screamed.

Liu Bei also sighed slightly, and a group of people and horses just walked to the city, only to see that the guards on the city were on guard, and saw the banner of the Han Dynasty, and wrote "Liu Bei, the left general". The guards in the city talked a lot, "I don't know if there is another person who is greedy for life and afraid of death." "Maybe he's a corrupt and perverted person."

Liu Bei and the others walked to the foot of Linzi City and shouted: "Liu Bei, the new Qingzhou assassin, is here to take over." ”

After a while, the officials of all sizes in Linzi came out to greet them, and Liu Bei and the others hurriedly dismounted and returned the salute, only to see those officials kneeling down and saying, "Welcome to the new assassin." ”

Liu Bei hurriedly said: "You don't have to be polite! Hearing that the Linzi Yellow Turban Rebellion was serious, Liu Bei came here and must be pacified to ensure that the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

When those officials heard Liu Bei's words, they all rejoiced: "Finally, there is a master!" Now most of the Yellow Turban thieves in various places have been suppressed, the Yellow Turban Thieves in Xuzhou were suppressed by the assassin Shi Taoqian, all transferred to Qingzhou, Linzi bore the brunt, the predecessor of the assassin Shi was weak and incompetent, and the Yellow Turban Army fled without a fight, and we were oppressed by the Yellow Turban thieves. ”

"Well, Liu Bei will definitely live up to the trust of you and the people." Liu Bei replied heavily.

In Linzi for a few days, what made Zhao Xu himself feel admired was that the affairs of Linzi were all managed by Fa Zheng alone.

Not to mention, it's okay to let Zhao Xu manage the law, after all, you can use force to restrain those world hooligans, but in the face of big and small things, Zhao Xu feels a headache when he looks at it, let alone take care of it.

And Liu Bei saw Fazheng's ability, not only did he feel more relaxed in his heart, but he was also very grateful for Zhao Xu's recommendation, and felt that Zhao Xu sent him such a good talent, that is, worshipping Fazheng as a teacher, eating at the same table, sleeping in the same bed, and discussing things in the morning and evening.

Alas, Liu Bei is not good at this, he likes to sleep with others so much, and he still thinks that Liu Bei has a habit of dragon yang? This is true for Guan Yu and Zhang Fei in the Three Kingdoms, the same is true for Zhao Yun, and even more so for Zhuge Liang.

In fact, Fa Zheng is still like this, for these rear affairs, Zhuge Liang is the first in the Three Kingdoms, and Zhuge Liang will be invited to come out when he will come, but Zhuge Liang is only more than ten years old now, so he can only let Fa Zheng work hard for a while. Guan Yu, Chen Dao, Zhao Yun and others haven't seen Fa Zheng's plan yet, but first see with their own eyes Fa Zheng's ability to deal with internal affairs, even if Zhang Fei, Dian Wei, and Zhou Cang see it, they can't help but admire it, and they all call Fa Zheng Mr. and respect him very much.

This treatment is not even when Zhuge Liang first returned to Liu Bei, when Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain in the Three Kingdoms, he slept in the same bed with Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were unwilling, and their attitude towards Zhuge Liang was also very arrogant, until Zhuge Liang showed his outstanding talent, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei's attitude towards him changed, and now because of the arrival of Zhao Xu, Fa Zheng emerged in advance, but it was better than Zhuge Liang back then.

With Liu Bei's permission, Zhao Xu implemented a strategy similar to that of later generations against the powerful landlords in Linzi. As for the big landlords and big bureaucrats who occupy surplus land, they will distribute it to the peasants through negotiation or direct confiscation and gratuitation, so that the heavy burden of grain paid by the majority of the peasants to the landlords every year is relieved, and the annual income of the peasant people is taxed at the rate of 10 and handed over directly to the government. For landlords, they are still required to pay two-tenths of their annual income.

For farmers who do not have farm tools, cattle and other farming tools, let the blacksmith make more farm tools, rent them to farmers at a low price, and do not pay taxes for the first half of the year of farming.

This reform, the people praised Zhao Xu and Liu Bei, Liu Bei and others quickly won the support of the people of Linzi, for those powerful landlords to oppress the people, the light is to blame, the heavy is to fill the army, raid the house, but there are resistors, Zhao Xu directly sent troops to suppress, kill without forgiveness.

Hearing Zhao Xu's measures, several powerful clans took the lead in resisting, Zhao Xu immediately took Dian Wei, Zhang Fei and a few short-tempered fierce generals to lead troops to suppress it, and directly killed those few people who resisted on the street, and searched their homes completely. Hmph, don't blame me for being ruthless, if you don't make an example, you wealthy families don't know how powerful you are. After copying the landlord's house headed by those few people, most of the powerful clans saw it and did not dare to disobey, but they still said bad things about Zhao Xu in front of Liu Bei behind their backs, and Liu Bei couldn't help but worry about the rebellion of the clan, so he summoned Zhao Xu to discuss with Fa Zheng.

"Boxiong, filial piety! Isn't this too tough for the Haoqiang clan, if we don't get the support of the Shi clan, I'm afraid it will be difficult to gain a foothold in Linzi!" Liu Bei asked Zhao Xu worriedly.

"The lord is too worried, I am in favor of Boxiong's method, those landlords oppress the people on weekdays, they should learn a lesson, not to mention that most of the people work hard every year, hard work every day, but in the end they can't even eat themselves, the lord is also from a poor background, why not see the people die because of the landlord's heavy taxes!" The law is the right way.

"Xiaozhi is right, the lord knows how much property the landlords who were fired. Zhao Xu asked.

"I want to hear about it."

"The powerful families led by the copied families have more than one million coins alone, as well as countless gold, silk and satin."

"What, so much!" Liu Bei exclaimed in amazement, although Liu Bei will be the emperor in the future, but now he is still a poor and white boy. In fact, it wasn't just Liu Bei who was amazed, when Zhao Xu and the others first saw the property found from those Haoqiang's homes, not to mention the amazement, they were simply frightened, obediently, Lao Tzu had never seen so much money in his two lives. These are the people's fat and people's ointment, these bitches raise, big fish and meat every day, the people do things for them every day, but they still can't eat enough food at the end of the year, no wonder there is a smell of wine and meat in Zhumen, and there is a saying that the road is frozen to death.

"Lord, these are all the people's fat and people's ointment that those powerful clans have scavenged on the people, if they are not severely punished, why are the people angry!"

Liu Bei slammed his fist on the table, "Well, these scum, Boxiong, filial piety, you are doing well!" ”

"Lord, the former Warring States great sage Xunzi once said: The monarch is also the boat, the people are also water, the water can carry the boat, and the boat can also be overturned, since the lord wants to serve the world with benevolence and righteousness, he should also follow the royal road and convince people with virtue, not to mention that with the full support of the people, why not be afraid of those powerful people!" Zhao Xu continued.

"Well, the monarch is also water, and the people are also boats; Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize a boat. Liu Bei carefully recited this sentence, "Today, I heard Boxiong, filial piety and straightforwardness, and I am better than ten years of study, okay, you can do it!" ”

"Thank you, my lord, I still have one thing to ask for."

"Oh, Boxiong, please."

"Now that we have just arrived in Linzi, the financial resources are insufficient, we can break the boundary between the square and the city in the city, the trading time in the city is not limited, set up a night market and a Xiao market, set up a grass market in the village, reduce the poll tax at the city gate, encourage merchants to enter the city to trade, set up a city in the southeast, northeast, northwest, and southwest of the city, merchants can live here, move the family into the center of the city, the center is also the place of government, set up at the east, west, north and south corners of the city as a training place for the army, and other places for civilians to live, I don't know what the Lord wills."

"What!" Not only Liu Bei, but even Fa Zheng was also shocked. "Boxiong, your other suggestions are good, but if you move the merchants into the city and lower the gate tax, who will want to farm! Valuing commerce over agriculture has been the way to take trouble since ancient times! ”

"Don't be anxious, my lord, for merchants, we can increase the tax, collect 3,000 a month and pay one-fifteenth of the tax, more than 3,000, 12 draws 3, more than 5,000, 10 draws 2, more than 10,000, 10 draws 3, more than 50,000, 10 draws 3.5; If there is a tax evasion or tax evasion, all of their family property will be confiscated and the army will be confiscated for three years, so that the peasants and businessmen will make progress together, and not only will we not lose money, but our finances will also be greatly increased. Zhao Xu replied.

"For the Yellow Turban disaster is serious now, and merchants enter the city, a part of the army can set up a dart bureau in the city, specifically to escort those who enter the city and leave the city, and charge a certain fee." Similar to the hired bodyguards of later generations. "In addition, there are four avenues, and there is a county government leading directly to the city gate, which is convenient for governance, and a road is also built around the inner wall, so that the troops can catch up with the city wall as quickly as possible......"

Hehe, it's good that I'm good at learning history in later generations, otherwise I Zhao Xu really can't play with these, it seems that reading more books is a lot of benefits!

Liu Bei and Fa Zheng listened to it with relish, and they listened to Zhao Xu's words, which is better than more than ten years of experience! Zhao Xu was resolute in his work, and the measures he proposed were quickly implemented in Linzi and the surrounding villages.

For a short period of time

In less than a month, the businessmen who were originally worried in Linzi City heard Zhao Xu's tax and management law, as well as the implementation of the night market and Xiao Market, etc., and bought land and set up shops in the city, and some far-sighted wealthy families also bought land in the city, many businessmen poured into the city, the city was lively during the day, and the lights were bright at night, and the enthusiasm of farmers in both the city and the surrounding villages was greatly improved, and the rural grass market was also very lively. In such a short period of time, Linzi faintly has the momentum to surpass Luoyang.