Liu He took a step back and said, "Although the Great Wall is good, can it prevent Rong Di's invasion?" The "Book" contains "Barbarian Summer", and the "Poem" says "Wild Fox Kongchi", which has long been a problem for China. Since the pre-Qin period, the Xiongnu have been a border victim for a long time. Although Xiaowu has four foreign affairs, Dongping Liangyue and North Korea, and the west is discussing Ershi and Dawan, and opening the way of Qiongqi and Yelang, they are all outside the desert and cannot be important for China. If you want to calm the external troubles in Youzhou, why not restore the homeland of Xiaowu to build a fence. ”

Liu Yu frowned when he heard this, what his son said was very reasonable, attack is the best defense. Although the homeland of Xiaowu has made great achievements, there is really no money!

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty placed thirteen state departments, and the boundaries of the counties of Youzhou at that time were far from the present. For example, the right Beiping County as an example: Han Cheng Qin system, right Beiping County Zhipinggang, under the jurisdiction: Pinggang, Shicheng, Wuzhong, Junmi, Xu Wu, Sunset, Changcheng, Guangcheng, Tugen, etc. In the Han Dynasty, the right Beiping County was one of the important border counties in the north to defend the nomadic Rongdi, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to the invasion of Wuhuan and Xianbei, the jurisdiction of the right Beiping County was greatly reduced, and only the southwest corner of the county in the Western Han Dynasty remained. The northern boundary is roughly north of the line of the present-day Great Wall. Lingsi County: Tuyin County, Wuzhong County, Xu Wu County, and Junmi County.

"Childe has such ambitions, I admire them very much. But now Youzhou is tired, money and food are insufficient, the three counties of Wuhuan are ready to move, and the Xianbei and brutal and cunning outside the Guanxi often peep into Youzhou, and dare to ask Gongzi what is the best way to solve this dilemma? Frustrated.

Liu He said: "Today's assassination history holds the festival to serve the Son of Heaven to please the minister!" Cover the rescue of chaos and violence, called the righteous soldiers; Wuhuan colluded with Xianbei to take advantage of Youzhou's fatigue to disturb the territory of the Han family, and relied on the strength of the people, which was called an arrogant soldier. However, the soldiers are invincible, and the arrogant will be destroyed first. ”

Tian Feng opened his mouth and said: "It is easy for the division to be famous, but the weight of the three armies, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved!" At present, our Youzhou army has more than 20,000 people in Guangyang County, 5,000 people in Dai County, 3,000 people in Yuyang County, 2,000 people in Zhuo County, 2,000 people in Liaoxi County, 3,000 people in Liaodong, a total of nearly 35,000 soldiers and horses, if you add 5,000 soldiers from Shi Gongsun Zhan, the governor of Liaodong who is not directly subordinate but can be dispatched, as well as a total of 3,000 people from Xuansu County and Lelang County, the total strength of the Youzhou Army has reached about 43,000 people. Right? ”

Liu He said: "Yes." ”

Frustrated and said: "Look at the Wuhuan tribe in western Liaoning, more than 5,000 people, Shanggu Wuhuan tribe is difficult to floor, more than 9,000 people, each called the king, between the Han family and Xianbei, and Liaodong subject country Wuhuan Su Fuyan Department, more than 1,000 falls, self-proclaimed king of the cliff, right Beiping Wuyan department, more than 800 falls, through this Lulong campaign, quite damaged, but there is Xianbei backup, so according to one fall and three mouths, the total number of Wuhuan tribes attached to more than 50,000 mouths, it is different from the Han ten households to draw one, growing from the back of a pony, if there is a war, Its strength can still remain the same as that of our Han army. ”

"Not bad." Liu He nodded: "Coupled with the fact that they come and go like the wind, just to plunder and not defend the city, our Han army is a little disadvantaged." ”

"In addition, there is the unstable factor of Xianbei. There are at least 100,000 soldiers in the eastern Xianbei, right? ”

Liu He said: "Roughly like this. But among the three tribulations, the first thing to do is to boost the hearts of the military and the people. It can be seen from the long history that why Xiaowu Kaibian was able to quickly stabilize the newly occupied land, and finally swept away the Xiongnu from all walks of life, and led the river west to the Western Regions? ”

"But because the immigrants actually opened the tuntian?" Wei You asked.

Liu He smiled and said: "The tuntian system has certainly stabilized the displaced people and accumulated military rations. But this only calmed the morale of the army and the displaced people. In order to get rid of the fatigue of Youzhou, it is necessary to reform the tax system. At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the grain tax was 30 and 1, and the tax was 3 stone and 2 stone for manuscript tax per hectare, and there were 120 yuan per year for adults, and 20 yuan per year for minors over seven years old. In addition, there are vehicle and vessel tax, change money, occupation tax, reckoning tax, city tax, customs and Tianjin tax, six animal tax, liquor tax and other kinds of fake taxes. The Han family reduced the field rent, thirty and one tax, often more endowment, and the salty out, and the wealthy people invaded the mausoleum, divided the field and robbed the leave. Thirty taxes are one, and five taxes are real. ”

"What do you want?" Liu Yu frowned: Are you going to challenge the system?

"Oh? I wish to hear the strategy of the son. Frustrated with interest.

"Now that the Central Plains is withering, natural disasters and man-made disasters are happening, the displaced people are everywhere, and the people are difficult to stabilize.

Liu He's meaning is to unify the tax into two categories: field tax and household tax, determine that the field tax is four liters per mu, and the household tax is two horses of silk and two catties of cotton per year. Others, such as taxes such as customs and Tianjin, city rent, etc., should be exempted and reduced.

"The people are in need, and the more concise the taxation should be, the better! Eliminate all kinds of complicated taxes, only collect land tax and household tax, and only collect customs tax and city rent for commercial tax, so that it will be able to collect the hearts of the people of Youzhou. ”

Liu He paused and said: "Since the people's will is attached, we should collect the army's heart." What is the purpose of being a soldier in a war? It is nothing more than to protect the family and defend the country. Whether it is a homeless person, a bandit, a Wuhuan, or a Xianbei, those who come to surrender from all forces will be exempted. Those who wish to serve in the army do not need to bring their own weapons and armor, and their families are exempt from taxes and forced labor. Those who do not want to join the army will not be forcibly conscripted. Exempt the soldiers from taxation and forced labor for their families. In this way, the hearts of the soldiers will be captured. ”

When he heard this, he paced excitedly and said, "What the son said is really a good word!" The soldiers fought on the battlefield, and they were actually concerned about their parents, wives and children at home. Now I am exempt from taxes and forced labor for his family, and the soldiers know that their fathers and elders are well, and their hearts are naturally stable. Good, good, good, this is a great idea. What's the big plan for Childe? ”

Liu He said with a smile: "After receiving the hearts of the people and the army, it is not necessary to worry about the Wuhuan inside, but you can take advantage of the situation to suppress and appease and use it, those who follow will prosper, and those who oppose will die." After stabilizing the army and the people in this way, they can try to recover Xuansu County and Lelang County again, and crusade against Goguryi and Samhan. ”

Tian Feng said: "Dare to ask Gongzi, how does Wuhuan suppress it?" ”

"Since the rise of Guangwu Zhongxing, the four Yi of our China, no matter which ethnic group, have rebelled, and the root cause is because of the injustice in his heart, and the second is that the local officials treat him harshly." Liu He looked at Tian Feng and said.

Frustrated, he said, "What's the explanation? ”

"Around my big Han, there are many barbarians. The barbarians attached to the remote lands did not pay taxes, but only paid annual tribute to the Son of Heaven by their great chieftain, not to mention for the time being. It is only said that in the hinterland of Youzhou, there are still three barbarians, the most powerful. One is the three counties of Wuhuan, the second is the Fuyu of Xuansu County and Liaodong County, and the third is Goguryeo entrenched in the Yalu River area. Wu Huan once helped Guangwu seize the world, so the Han family treated him very well, and authorized some of the surnames to not have to pay taxes to the imperial court, and the rest of the barbarians only needed to pay forty yuan per person per year. And the neighboring Fuyu, because Qin destroyed the Yan State and was attached to the King of Qin, it was agreed at that time to pay a tax of 2,016 yuan to the imperial court every year, and a tribute of 1,800 yuan every three years. Its ordinary households produce 8 zhang and 2 feet of cloth every year, which can be used to make 30 chicken feathers and arrows to cover taxes. Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the taxes of the husband and the rest have also been collected according to the amount of the Qin period. ”

"The princes also know that Goguryeo's taxes are heavier than those of Fuyu. Fuyu collects taxes on a household basis, but Goguryeo collects taxes on a verbal basis, and adult Goguryeo barbarians need to pay one piece of cloth every year, and minors over the age of seven also need to pay two zhang of cloth. You must know that Goguryeo and Fuyu are adjacent to each other, and the two sides hear each other, both are barbarians, why do they favor one over the other? For this reason, Goguryeo often defaulted on paying taxes, and once the local officials urged the slightest urging, they would gather people to rebel, but in fact, it was all because of injustice. If you want to settle the foreign country, you should re-agree on taxes with them. In this way, everyone will be happy and convinced, not only will they not rebel again, but they will even fight desperately for the Han Dynasty, why not? ”

"I see! The soldiers who were conscripted in the army were exempted from paying taxes according to the example of the Han army. All weapons, armor, food, etc., needed for the army are supplied by the army. In this way, I think Zhuyi will truly obey me! ”

"How is it possible for these villains? They must be sinicized, they have no writing and no historical records, so let the children of their various leaders enter my Han Dynasty to learn Confucian scriptures, wear my Han family's clothes, and say the words of my Han family, so after three generations, but it is still barbarian? Those who are not pro-Han will be killed!! Secondly, the Han people were relocated outside Liaodong, immigrated to the real border, and consolidated the border. ”

"Childe's plan is very big!"

Liu Yu frowned and said: "The three strategies mentioned by Wu'er, the first policy is to reform and pay taxes, which is to collect the hearts of the people; The second policy is to exempt soldiers from paying taxes and conscription in their families, in order to collect the hearts of the army; The third strategy is to reduce the barbarian tax, which is to collect the barbarian heart. These three strategies are all clever plans, but in the final analysis, it is a tax cut, which greatly reduces the income of the government. ”

Liu He said with a smile: "In the first year of Xiping, the whole country checked the household registration, and there were more than 11.8 million people in Youzhou. In the past few decades, although there have been many wars, on the whole it is quite stable, and its population is still about 1.5 million. In addition to the 500,000 naturalized barbarians, there are still a million people. With five families as one household, there are 200,000 households. The so-called three-year savings have one-year accumulation. In this way, it is possible to draw one piece from four households without affecting people's livelihood. In this way, 30,000 or 40,000 troops can be conscripted. Although the tax has been reduced and reduced now, the total number of soldiers in Youzhou is only 43,000, so how can they not afford to support it? It must be known that in the past, the taxes received by the county still needed to be handed over to the imperial court, and they might be embezzled by officials at all levels in the middle, and there would be losses on the transportation route. And now my father is in charge of Youzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou have no support, and now Youzhou is a burden to the imperial court, and the imperial court is thankful for money without asking the imperial court. Therefore, all the money, grain, and taxes collected can be retained by themselves, and even if the taxes are reduced, it is still more than enough to feed the 50,000 or 60,000 soldiers and horses and the officials of the counties. ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he silently thought about it for a while. Even if the Han people are counted alone, with a grain tax of 30 and 1, if each household can have 50 mu of land, and the yield per mu is calculated at the lowest 2 stones, the grain tax collected in a year should be 1 million stones. Even if the grain tax of 40,000 military households is removed, they can still receive more than 800,000 stones. Based on the calculation that each soldier eats four catties of grain a day during wartime, it is enough to feed nearly 70,000 troops.

This is only the grain tax of Hermes-Epitek, but there are also household taxes, commercial taxes and other taxes, as well as taxes that the barbarians need to pay. In this way, it is indeed enough to raise soldiers and have a surplus.

But the question is, if the new tax system is implemented in Youzhou, it will definitely be resisted by the landlords?

"Now Guangyang, Youbeiping, Yuyang, Daijun four counties border chaos land, the powerful landlords have long fled, the power of the Shi clan is weakened, but the speed is not reached, Daijun, Yuyang listen to the order of the assassin Shifu, but still wait-and-see, the real hands are only Guangyang and Youbeiping, so when the state governs Guangyang County, Youbeiping is second." Tian Feng said.

"Now that the plan has been decided, Gong and Wu'er will go to Youbeiping to assist him." Liu Yu said.

"No!"

"Thank you, father!"