After this meeting, the various programs began to work in parallel.

The entire Koto Expressway is running.

There are more than a dozen plans, and the most urgent is to raise taxes and fight foreign wars.

Zhang Zhao is mainly responsible for raising taxes.

The policy was formulated, and then the seal of Zhang Yu Bohai King was stamped, and then the seal of the state pastor was stamped, and then it was officially released.

Zhang Zhao asked that the news be passed on to each village, and then the village chief conveyed it to each household.

At the same time, Zhang Yu ordered all intelligence officers to pay close attention to the dynamics.

And Zhang Yu began to promote the plan to attack Yuan Shu.

Attacking Yuan Shu, two people can't be avoided.

One is Sun Ce, and the other is Cao Cao.

They are too close, and they are closely connected to Yuan Shu, and if Zhang Yu wants to attack Yuan Shu, they will definitely not just take a look.

"Send the letter to Sun Ce and Cao Cao immediately."

Zhang Yu personally wrote two letters and sent them to Sun Ce and Cao Cao.

Zhang Yu ordered the army to prepare while waiting for news.

Zhang Yu arranged things in two days, and the rest was to wait.

After being a little free, Zhang Yu went to find Zhang Zhao.

"Zibu, did the tax hike cause any strong reactions?"

The tax increase is related to the situation in the entire Jiangdong, and Zhang Yu is still very concerned.

Zhang Zhao had been busy, and when he saw that it was Zhang Yu who came in, he put down the work in his hand, and then asked those who were doing the work to go out first.

"My lord, most of the areas have just issued notices, and they haven't received much impact yet, but this tax increase will definitely affect many people."

"At present, the surrounding area has been conveyed, and the reaction is also good, except for a few people who are more excited, most people do not have much reaction except for worry."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, Zhang Yu frowned and said, "What are they worried about?" ”

"I'm worried that once this tax increase is opened, we will continue to raise taxes in the future, and we will raise taxes if we don't have money, and these people are having enough of taxes." Zhang Zhao said.

At the end of the Han Dynasty, taxes were like cow hair, all kinds of taxes.

Only Zhang Yu's side has a simple tax, and there are not so many taxes, but this time the tax has also been raised.

"Do you want us to issue a notice and promise them in my name that we will not collect taxes indiscriminately." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Zhao waved his hand and said, "Don't, don't, don't." Your image is also very important, and although we don't want to raise taxes in the future now, we will increase taxes if we really need to. Your identity as a lord does not need to promise anything to a group of ordinary people. ”

Zhang Yu didn't say much, in fact, he didn't care too much about his image, but his authority was to be maintained.

"Okay, but we have to think of other ways to reassure the people, if a huge Jiangdong is fluctuating, it won't be a big thing."

Money is needed, but the situation must not be chaotic, let alone used.

Zhang Yu's plan is also very simple, he publicly ordered that the palace can only have three dishes and one soup for no meal, except for pregnant women, and children can make another dish.

Plus, no one can only make five sets of clothes a year.

A very simple order, which was immediately issued and publicly distributed to the counties of Jiangdong and Youzhou.

What does this decree do, and why does it reassure people?

Zhang Zhao received orders, and these orders were to be conveyed by him.

A clerk asked, "Lord Zhang, there is no need for the lord to be so himself, he is usually thrifty enough." ”

Zhang Zhao shook his head and said: "The lord is a man of great wisdom, and with a government decree, the hearts of the people are stable. ”

"Why?"

"The lord told everyone that he was not a person who was greedy for pleasure, let alone a tyrant, and when the people thought about it, they knew that the lord would not raise taxes arbitrarily in the future, and people's hearts would naturally be stable."

"Gao Ming, the lord is really smart." Engaged said.

Zhang Zhao took the decree to the clerk and said, "Issued to the counties, send it immediately." The sooner the better. ”

A battle that may cause a relatively large fluctuation in people's hearts was handled by a fluttering decree.

When the people know the decree issued by Zhang Yu, they will naturally be moved and more relieved.

Zhang Yu will not be rampant, and he will rarely take the initiative to attack others, nor will he be reckless, so what are the people worried about.

An extra 10% tax will not have a very big impact on their lives, and they are worried about the future.

This paper order worked very well, and some foreign forces tried to use it to fan the flames, but they found that they could not stir up the hype at all.

The people suddenly supported Zhang Yu even more, leaving them at a loss.

Although they also fooled a group of people, they were quickly wiped out.

A potential crisis was thus resolved.

Then, soon after that, another news came from the palace.

"A month later, Zhang Yu is going to get married and marry Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao."

This was not a hot topic, they had already been engaged, and Zhang Yu also promised the two of them that he would marry them when he came back.

More importantly, the list and menu of the banquet that came out of the palace.

There are more than 200 people on the list, Jiangdong high-level, and half of them are from Jiangdong Academy.

But the menu is very simple, twelve dishes, there are no expensive dishes, and the wine is a long time, but it is Zhang Yu's own wine, which is produced by himself, and the cost is originally small.

"Oh, this is so wronged by the two mothers."

"Lord Zhang is now the prince, how can this be."

"We don't agree, we should marry the two ladies in a beautiful way."

"It's only twelve dishes, which is simpler than the two cows in our village marrying a daughter-in-law."

"Hey, Zhou Laosan marries his daughter-in-law, twenty dishes, one-third of which are meat, and the wine is enough."

"The prince marries his daughter-in-law, and it is nothing to set up a flowing water banquet for three days and three nights."

There are all kinds of heated discussions among the people who are discussing this wedding.

Zhang Yu has also held several weddings before, some grand and some simple, but this time the impact is especially great.

The twelve dishes are not expensive dishes, they are all relatively ordinary dishes, the kind that can be bought with materials in the market and can be consumed by ordinary people.

Now that the people of Jiangdong are rich, a small number of people may surpass Zhang Yu for a wedding, not to mention those merchants and families.

After receiving the news, Zhang Zhao smiled and said: "The tax increase will not cause any more big chaos, and the people will definitely support it." ”

Zhang Zhao was also worried that the people would resist, and it would be very troublesome to deal with it when the time came.

But Zhang Yu released two messages one after another, and all the troubles were stopped at once.

Zhang Yu asked for the harem so much, and asked himself, what else did the people have to worry about.

They are all against Zhang Yu, but not against his tax increase, but against the fact that his wedding is not grand enough.

"I heard that Yuan Shu spent millions to marry a concubine, and thousands of people were invited, how can our lord marry two princesses, how can he be worse than Yuan Shu."

"Haha, don't talk about Yuan Shu, Boss Wang, who opened a rice shop, married a concubine, isn't it also a sensation, the scene is more magnificent than that of the county guard."

(End of chapter)