The date of Zhang Yu's proclamation as emperor has been set, which is a major historical event that may mark the complete demise of the Han Dynasty.

Although there is no emperor in the Han Dynasty now, the country name is still there, and there are many Han clan relatives at the same time.

Once someone raises the banner of the Great Han, the Great Han can still exist in form.

But at this time, there will be another emperor in the land of China.

Zhang Yu immediately asked the intelligence agency to take action, when this news came out, there would definitely be people who were unwilling to be lonely and wanted to do something.

Then let them do it, in their own territory, and dispose of it if they find it.

Zhang Yu asked Guo Jia to pay close attention, and once he found out, he would spy on him secretly first, and then report it to him.

Zhang Yu didn't do it, once he did, he would completely destroy them.

A few days later, Zhang Yu asked again about the progress of preparations.

"My lord, there are a few problems, you are the emperor, and some policies should be promulgated, such as amnesty for the world, such as tax cuts, and so on." Gu Yong said.

Zhang Yu nodded, and then asked everyone.

"What good advice do you have?"

Chen Gong said: "Lord, it is a big deal to be called the emperor, it is okay to amnesty the world, those who are not felons will be released, and the tax reduction can be appropriately reduced, which mainly depends on our financial support." ”

After the general tax reduction was also without swords, the great cause of reunification is far from being realized, and the army still needs a lot of money and food.

"Okay, when the time comes, some prisoners will be released and commuted, and those prisoners of war will be pardoned, but they can't go back and continue to build roads, just with our people, they can get the wages they deserve."

There are tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and they are still building roads.

The difference is that most of the prisoners of war belonged to Yuan Shao's family, and now that Yuan Shao has perished, let them go, they have nowhere to go, they can only become the people under Zhang Yu's rule, so Zhang Yu simply pardoned them from the beginning.

Forgive them and make them their own people, killing two birds with one stone.

"In addition, tax reduction is also necessary, and all taxes in China will be reduced to two and a half, including the landlords and the government, and all the sum cannot exceed two and a half." Zhang Yu emphasized it in particular.

A few people couldn't help but be stunned, this is Zhang Yu going to dig a pit for a few princes.

All of China, even the territory that is not its own is reduced in taxes.

In other words, what qualifications does Zhang Yu have to let others reduce taxes?

Of course, Zhang Yu is not qualified, although he will be called emperor at that time, but the other princes will not recognize him.

When the time comes, it will be a dead letter, and it will have no effect.

But a few people understood that it was powerful.

On Zhang Yu's side, all the taxes add up to two and a half percent, why should they pay fifty percent or even eighty percent of the taxes?

Several other princes, the common people had almost no land of their own, and they were all farming for the landlords.

However, the landlord mainly collects taxes, and after collecting them, the government has to collect taxes, and generally collects more than 50% of the taxes.

Fifty percent of the tax, that's terrible.

Zhang Yu raised the tax rate before, and it was far lower than them.

Cao Cao collected relatively little, he collected thirty and a half, but after he collected, the landlord had to collect a wave, and there was not much in the hands of the people.

Zhang Yu's side has reduced taxes, and it is also stipulated that it is up to two and a half.

They don't cut taxes?

Yes, Zhang Yu will publicize it through centralized channels, and then the people will know that the taxes here are so low, why are they so high.

It's the other way around.

If you don't oppose it, don't dare to oppose it, it's okay, one day it will break out, when Zhang Yu fights over, who will the people support?

Why should these princes pay such high taxes to them?

This is also the cleverness of Zhang Yu's policy.

It was stipulated that taxes should be reduced, but the princes did not listen, but the people were very willing to support Zhang Yu, the emperor.

This is a big problem for them.

Zhang Yu began to let him plan this incident, which was not a trivial matter, affecting all the princes.

This will definitely make them uncomfortable for a while, and at the same time, it will also tell them how powerful Zhang Yu has become, forcing them to carry out reforms and make them lower their taxes.

Zhang Yu is against all the landlords, that is, against most of the families, and it is not the first time that Zhang Yu has done this, in the face of the general trend, they have no room for resistance.

Several people in the cabinet are here, and after some discussion, there will not be too many problems in the territory controlled by Zhang Yu.

"My lord, although our army has increased and there have been more wars at the same time, now that we have more tax sources and financial sources, the tax cut will not affect it too much." Gu Yong said.

To reduce taxes, it is necessary to reduce income, which is a big test for Zhang Yu, who has been fighting.

But now overseas output has also been increasing, especially in the Fuso region, where Zhang Yu is simply engaged in predatory mining.

A large amount of wealth flowed in, and Zhang Yu had the confidence to reduce taxes.

Zhang Yu's pottery, tea and silk are even larger in scale, and a large number of them are sold to the Tianzhu region.

Tianzhu has a huge population and is a huge market.

That's it, Zhang Yu can support it, so the tax is reduced.

After determining that it would not have a significant impact on the territory, Zhang Yu ordered it to begin.

"Okay, hurry up and deal with this matter, the intelligence side, Feng Xiao will arrange it."

Guo Jia has always been the existence of the intelligence chief, but in fact, about half of the information is in the hands of Zhang Yu.

Two intelligence systems, supervising each other.

Guo Jia agreed to come down and tell Zhang Yu: "Lord, we have also received an important piece of news. ”

Between Zhang Yu's doubts, Guo Jia said: "Three months ago, Xun Yu left Xuchang, first went to Jiangdong, stayed in Jiangdong College for a few days, and then went all the way north, and now he has been in Qingzhou for a few days, and his subordinates judged that he would come to New Beiping." ”

Xun Yu, Wang Zuozhicai, has always been an important minister by Cao Cao's side.

But when Cao Cao gave up Liu Xie and let Liu Xie die tragically in Luoyang, this Xun Yu gave up on Cao Cao and secretly escaped.

Zhang Yu was surprised.

"It's unexpected, pay close attention, but don't disturb him, when he arrives in Youzhou, this king will go to see him in person."

Needless to say, Zhang Yu was very surprised that Xun Yu was able to escape.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Cao Cao and his important ministers were not there, this Xun Yu would almost be under house arrest and would have no chance to come out at all.

Cao Cao knew Xun Yu's talent very well, and he would never let him go.

However, at that time, he couldn't take care of a deposed Xun Yu at all.

Xun Yu was desperate for Cao Cao and was unwilling to help him.

If it weren't for cherishing talents, and the Xun family had an important position in him, Cao Cao would even have to attack Xun Yu, and he wouldn't get it himself, and he wouldn't let others get it.

However, Xun Yu actually escaped, and fled to Zhang Yu's side.

Xun Yu arrived in Jiangdong first, and he really wanted to go to Jiangdong to see what kind of existence it was and why it had changed so much in a few years.

(End of chapter)