Things came too suddenly, and a Roman Empire appeared all of a sudden, which made many of Zhang Yu's plans messed up.

The Roman Empire, extremely powerful, may really be on the same page in the future.

Now that he knew that there was such an existence, Zhang Yu felt that the process of unifying China must be accelerated.

Zhang Yu asked Xi Zhicai to recruit soldiers and horses.

"Recruit an extra 100,000 and let them stay in New Beiping." Zhang Yu said.

Train 100,000 more soldiers and horses, and be stationed in New Beiping, and Zhang Yu will have 100,000 more mobile soldiers and horses.

An extra 100,000 soldiers and horses means an extra 100,000 soldiers and horses.

However, the situation has changed and must be adjusted.

"I have a suggestion, discuss it with you first, and then discuss it with others when I return to Jiangdong." Zhang Yu said solemnly.

Extensive consultation is required, and that is necessarily a more important decision.

Gu Yong and Xi Zhicai couldn't help but adjust their sitting posture.

"I plan to raise taxes, now our tax rate is not very low, not the highest, tax increases will definitely have a certain impact, but now the fiscal deficit is very large, if you want to develop rapidly, you can't do it without money."

Rome put a lot of pressure on Zhang Yu, and the two sides fought for development, who developed fast, who occupied a large territory, and who had a large population in the future, which were all advantages.

And Zhang Yu now has too many entanglements, and there is no way to be like Rome, which is already a unified and powerful empire.

Xi Zhicai and Gu Yong both knew why Zhang Yu was so cautious, and raising taxes was indeed a big deal.

Now Zhang Yu's tax rate is set at 20%, and the tax rate of 20% is not low, but because there is no exploitation by the landlords, the people can get real 80% of the results.

In many places, only 50 percent of the tax may be collected, but less than 50 percent of the tax reaches the hands of the peasants, and this is the disparity.

"My lord, the tax increase will not add any difficulties to our governance, and the people's lives will be good, and they will not rise up against the lord because of the lord's tax increase, but how much does the lord plan to raise the tax rate?" Gu Yong evaluated and said.

"At most, one percent, and if necessary, the tax can be appropriately reduced." Zhang Yu said.

Add one percent of the tax, and it becomes a thirty percent tax, which is much heavier, but the people can still get seventy percent of the harvest.

"Lord, it is reasonable to increase the tax by one percent, at least it is much lower than in many places, I don't know how many times the tax has been added in the Han Dynasty, and the tax will be levied several times a year, and the people have endured it. However, the subordinates suggested that the lord could reduce taxes in the event of a natural disaster or where there was damage. Xi Zhicai said.

Zhang Yu had some new ideas.

After refining it a little bit in his mind, he said: "I want to divide the tax rate into regions, and the tax rate of 30% in rich areas, and 20% and a half in border areas or places with poor land. ”

"So good, so fair." Gu Yong said.

"Okay, I will go back to Jiangdong as soon as possible to improve the new tax law, and you will investigate the various regions, and if it is implemented, you can formulate the most reasonable decree." Zhang Yu said.

Youzhou expands the army, this Jiangdong may also need to expand the army, and a lot of money will be needed at that time, without raising taxes, except for borrowing money, Zhang Yu can't think of any other way.

When you borrow money, you have to pay it back, and you also need to pay interest.

However, Zhang Yu's expenditures are not rewarded, and a large amount of them are invested in the military, which can only be consumed.

If you borrow money to invest, you can get it back later and pay it back when the time comes.

However, the follow-up Qian Zhangyu also had arrangements, and he borrowed and repaid, which was also difficult to do later.

Therefore, collecting taxes is a one-time thing, and there is no need to pay it back.

The specific things are left to Gu Yong and Xi Zhicai to operate.

Xi Zhicai began to be busy recruiting soldiers and horses the next day.

It is necessary to re-establish an army and garrison New Beiping.

The next day, Zhang Yu continued to improve the plan for raising taxes with Gu Yong.

A few days later, Zhang Yu perfected his plan and then headed south back to Jiangdong.

On the way, Zhang Yu was thinking alone on the bow of the boat.

"We must speed up the process, and to quicken the pace of reunification, we must actively attack and expand our strength." Zhang Yu thought.

"Yuan Shu should disappear, and only Yuan Shu can fight."

After Zhang Yu considered it, the most suitable person to start around was Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu was not having a good time at this time, although Lu Bu had joined, his strength had not recovered much.

The years of war have depleted Yuan Shu's family funds, and the people are also miserable.

A few days later, Zhang Yu returned to Jiangdong.

After he arrived in Jiangdong, the royal city had been built, and the royal palace in the royal city was built at the same time as the others, and the royal palace was relatively simple, and it had been built a few months in advance.

But the city was still very empty, because there were not so many people.

The people will not move in so quickly, they will have to come step by step.

The palace has been built, and Zhang Yu's family has also lived in the palace.

After Zhang Yu arrived, his generals and Wenchen also arrived at the palace.

Zhang Yuping retired from the irrelevant personnel, and then said: "Gongtai, I invited you to come this time because there are important topics that you need to study. ”

Chen Gong was also invited by Zhang Yu, so Zhang Yu explained to Chen Gong first.

Chen Gong was also helpless, he liked Jiangdong Academy very much, but he didn't like to participate in the political whirlpool again.

Zhang Yu invited him to discuss this time, and Chen Gong was afraid that Zhang Yu would force him to join Zhang Yu's inner group.

"Ladies and gentlemen, something big happened in the north this time..."

Zhang Yu explained the reason why Yu Fuluo went east.

Several generals under Zhang Yu, Gao Shun, Ling Cao, Dian Wei, Zhou Cang, and Yu Ban knew and some didn't, but they were all shocked.

This time, Wenchen was only Zhang Zhao, and Chen Gong was present at the same time.

"Master Zhang, I have a suggestion below."

Zhang Yu was a little surprised, it was Chen Gong who spoke first.

"Please speak on the public platform."

"Master Zhang, I suggest that this matter is important, and you can invite Bachelor Cai, Lu Lao, and Zheng Lao together." Chen Gong suggested.

Cai Yong and the other three have not participated in political affairs for many years, no matter how important the matter, Zhang Yu will not alarm them, and occasionally Zhang Yu will discuss with Lu Zhi the way to govern the country and the army.

Seeing Zhang Yu's doubts, Chen Gong said: "Lord Zhang, the appearance of such a big enemy outside this territory is no longer a matter of one family, but a matter of the entire Chinese nation, and no one can stay out of it. ”

Yes, this is no longer a civil war, it is already a national war.

"Okay, I've just come back, I'll rest for a night, think about other things, tomorrow afternoon, we will meet again, and Lao Gongtai will go back to invite the three elders." Zhang Yu adopted Chen Gong's suggestion on the spot.

Chen Gong is bloody, and it can be seen that Cao Cao was released at the beginning, and he ran with Cao Cao.

Chen Gong went back to invite the three elders, and the three of them also felt obligated to hear it.

(End of chapter)