Yun Hao felt a little dizzy, he thought that there were many water bandits in Dongting Lake, but he didn't expect that there were so many. Wang Zhe said that there was foam at the corners of his mouth, but he hadn't finished speaking.

"Wait a minute, how many water bandits are in this Dongting Lake!" Yun Hao really didn't want to listen to it, according to Wang Zhe. The 200,000 people in Dongting Lake are definitely a conservative statement.

"Grandpa! There is no way to say this, many water bandits are fishermen on weekdays. If you meet the right one, grab one, and if there are officers and soldiers to escort you. They do their duty to fish, and almost all the places around Dongting are like this. If it is really killed, everyone in the 800-mile Dongting Lake should be killed. Wang Zhe said helplessly.

"That's all that?" Yun Hao's eyes widened, this was not quite the same as what Zhang Baoxiang said. It seems that it is really not easy for Li Xiaogong to be here.

"Dongting Lake has been a mixed place of Han and Yi since ancient times. The previous dynasty destroyed the Chen clan in Jiangnan, and many defeated soldiers ran to the edge of this Dongting Lake. This was the beginning of organized bandits in Dongting Lake, although the previous dynasty occupied Jiangnan. But the center of gravity has always been in the north, and it does not attach great importance to Jiangnan. Especially in the two lakes area of the land of smoke miasma, it is even more beyond the reach of the whip. Under such circumstances, this Yueyang City was about to be occupied by water bandits.

Since the second year of Wude, the imperial court sent the king of Hejian here. The King of the River killed a group of water bandits, making the situation better. But how can the accumulated diseases of the past twenty or thirty years be completely eliminated in a few years? Especially those places that are usually for the people and bandits in times of chaos are even more difficult to deal with. You can't kill them all!

If you follow the method of King Hejian, the life of the common people will be better, and with slow education, you may be able to change your outlook. Who would have thought that the imperial court sent down heavy taxes in order to conquer the grasslands. The life of the people became bitter all of a sudden, and you let him not rob the hungry man?

After all, things in Dongting Lake are going bad. That is, the events of more than a year have all been made by taxes. To tell the truth, many people have been forced to live really hard. In order to collect taxes, the previous assassin used all kinds of methods. Some methods lack morality, and villains are embarrassed to say it. Where is this the practice of the prosperous imperial court! Those officials appointed by the imperial court are really ......! Wang Zhe wanted to speak and stopped, saying too deeply might offend a large number of people. That is, only he and Yun Hao were in the room, otherwise they would never say such a thing.

"Officials also have their difficulties, a piece of paper pressed down on it, what do you let them do. It's all money!

The grassland was filled with gold and silver in the first battle, and the treasury was starved to death. If you don't have money or food, what will you give to the soldiers? If you don't have money or food, what can you do to care for the disabled? Money is used everywhere, and the court can't make money. It can only be apportioned to various places, and Jiangnan is relatively rich compared with Hebei and Shandong. The tax burden is heavier, which is also a helpless move.

It seems that if you want the turmoil in Jiangnan to be calm. Tax cuts are the number one priority! Yun Hao shook his head helplessly, this matter really can't be blamed on the officials. If the amount pressed down above is not completed, not only will he be dismissed, but he will probably be convicted for it. Between the death of others and their own death, the officials chose to take the lives of others without hesitation and live for themselves.

But it's not right to say that it's just to satisfy Li Er's ambitions! The Eastern Turks often harassed the northern border of the Tang Dynasty, a border defense line that stretched for thousands of miles. Everywhere is the land where the Turkic war horses gallop freely, and they can't hold anywhere if they have to be armed. If you really want to fill these thousands of miles of border defense, I am afraid that it will not be enough for the population of the entire Tang Dynasty to fill it.

During the Wude period, the crown prince Li Jiancheng even suggested that Li Yuan move the capital to avoid the Turkic disaster. If it continues to make trouble like this, Datang will die sooner or later. I don't know how many Han people in the world will suffer again, and the tragic scene of Wuhu Chaohua may reappear in the world.

A lot of people who can't help it, things that can't help it have led to today's situation. No wonder it is said that if you understand helplessness, you can understand history. Yun Hao now knows how difficult it is to govern such a country. The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, and the most cruel trade-offs need to be made for the continuation of the national ancestry. Not everyone has the perseverance to do such a thing.

"The villain knows it too! But Grandpa, you got to the point, if the court agrees not to pay heavy taxes anymore. Maybe things in Dongting Lake will get better. After all, not everyone wants to live a life of licking blood from the knife. When Wang Zhe heard that Yun Hao was going to talk about tax reduction, his eyes immediately widened.

This is a good thing for their businessmen, not to mention that they can save a lot of money every year by hiring a dart board. When the people's lives are better, the money in their pockets will become more and more abundant. For them, it is a great benefit.

"It's not so easy to appease the homeless people so that they can live and work in peace and contentment. Besides, if you don't do it, you will be killed. It's like you said that the water dragon king, but he can't dodge that knife. Yun Hao said coldly, if you want those homeless people to abide by the rules, you have to use people to set rules. The leader of those water bandits is a natural baby. With prestige, connections, and leadership skills, it would be a waste not to sacrifice their heads.

"It's natural if they don't die. The king of Hejian County is also unreasonable, and the king of Hejian County can be regarded as a narrow escape from death this time. The culprit is the Water Dragon King. I don't know how the big marshal is going to get rid of them, the villain is willing to do his best to do his best for the big marshal. ”

"After a while, you go to Ling Jing and ask him to help you compile the things in Dongting Lake into a book. Ben Shuai wants to give His Majesty a detailed excerpt, remembering that it is not allowed to exaggerate or compress. Everything must be done according to the actual situation! What kind of sin is it to bully the king, I don't need to tell you this handsome! Yun Hao squinted his eyes and looked at Wang Zhedao.

"No! The villain understands! The villain went to find Ling to join the army! Wang Zhe saw Yun Hao's expression and hurriedly bowed his hand. I'm afraid that this high-powered grandfather will be unhappy again!

After Wang Zhe walked out, Yun Hao paced in the study for a long time. Lift the pen to Li Er's piece and put it down, put it down and lift it up again. It's hard to write!

If it is written truthfully, it will definitely scold all the officials in the world. But these officials are all collecting money for the emperor and the court, and from Li Er's point of view, there is nothing wrong at all. In fact, the levy of heavy taxes was also agreed to by Li Er.

If the vagueness just passes, it won't even be a fart. Li Er had no idea how far the situation in Jiangnan had deteriorated. If he hadn't come to Yueyang City by himself, maybe the water bandits would have begun to brew an attack on Yuezhou by now!

It's hard!

In the end, Yun Hao still decided not to write a recital for Li Er. Instead, write a long letter, and the personal letterhead is much more gentle than the excerpt to the imperial court.