"Reduced food?"

Pang Tongxing's eyes lit up, and he nodded and praised: "The prime minister's plan is very good, what the people ask for is nothing more than filling their stomachs, and now once the tax is reduced, they will be happy and wholeheartedly support the prime minister." ”

Man Zhong also echoed: "As long as the people are stabilized and not instigated, those powerful clans will not be able to make waves, and Yuan Shao's public opinion offensive will naturally be shattered, and the prime minister's plan is very clever." ”

Su Zhe smiled but did not speak.

At this time, Man Zhong said again: "But those powerful people of the world have been apportioned grain and grass, I am afraid that they will be dissatisfied, in case they can't incite the people, they have to risk making trouble, but what should be done." ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "Once the clan is in trouble, we must divide our troops to suppress it, for the number of soldiers and horses we are now struggling with, any division of troops is not advisable." ”

Su Zhe looked confident, and said with a flick of his hand: "This is also simple, whoever dares to make trouble, the Manchus will destroy me, kill a few typical Shuwei first, and the rest will naturally be afraid of death, so they can only obediently obey." ”

"Also, give me an order to each county, if any family is strong and dares to resist taxes, the local people can be allowed to spontaneously assist the government to forcibly raid their homes, and the income from the seizures, except for the food rations prescribed by law, will be divided among the people who assist the government, as a reward for their loyalty to the imperial court."

As soon as these words came out, Pang Tong and Manzhong's eyes lit up.

Su Zhe's move, this is to use the power of the people to deter those powerful people.

The clans have money, food and soldiers, and it is absolutely no problem to pull them out alone and deal with those rabble people.

What's more, the people are scattered, and they usually don't dare to provoke the world, after all, there is no benefit, and a thankless thing will be done by fools.

Now it's different, not only does the government support them to take the lead, but after copying the family's home, they can also divide the property, and there are great benefits, of course they have to scramble to do it.

The word "interests" can easily organize these former rabble and turn them into a living force that Su Zhe uses to deter the powerful and powerful in various counties.

"I have to say, the prime minister's move is ruthless enough." Pang Tong sighed.

Su Zhe smiled: "This is the power of the people, Yuan Shao and they rely on the clan, and I, Su Zhe, rely on the people, to see who has stronger backing." ”

The threat of the clans in various states was easily resolved by Su Zhe's slight tricks, and for a while, the atmosphere became relaxed.

Man Chong suddenly remembered something, so he said: "Right now, Yuan Shao's army is heading south, and the decisive battle is imminent, I am only afraid of Sun Ce in Jiangdong, and Dong Zhuo in Guanzhong will not sit idly by, these two people should not be underestimated." ”

Su Zhe said disapprerovingly: "Then you can rest assured, Dong Zhuo and Sun Ce are not stupid, they will only help Yuan Shao a lot when they send troops at this time, I expect them to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." If I win, they will not dare to send troops, and if I am defeated, they will take the opportunity to send troops to carve up my territory and share a piece of the pie with Yuan Shao. ”

Pang Tong nodded and said: "The prime minister sees it clearly, the key to this north-south decisive battle lies in the victory or defeat between us and Yuan Shao, and the rest are side skills, which are not worth mentioning." ”

Su Zhe raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "So, let's take care of our spirits and wait for Yuan Shao to make a move, and we just need to see the move." ”

The three of them drank all the cups, and laughter rang out in the tent.

……

Thousands of miles away, Moling City.

In the lobby of the state capital, Sun Cegao sat on it, listening to Zhang Zhao read out the latest information sent from the Central Plains.

Yuan Shao led an army of 200,000 to the south, Su Zhe went north to the Yellow River with all his troops, and the decisive battle of the two princes of Su and Yuan in the Central Plains was about to break out.

After listening to what Zhang Zhao said, Sun Ce sighed: "If I lead the naval army to attack Qingxu at sea at this time, the result may be completely different." ”

Zhou Yu said: "It's too late to say anything now, with the lesson of the last time, the Su thieves have taken strict precautions along the coast of Qingxu, and it will not be so easy for us to go to the sea to sneak attack again." ”

Sun Ce snorted and said proudly: "So what, if it doesn't work at sea, I'll come up on land, send an order down, gather soldiers and horses, I want to take Shouchun first, and then take Xudu!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's color changed.

Zhou Yu hurriedly said: "Bo Fu is calm, we must take Shouchun, but not now." ”

"Why?" Sun Ce glared at him.

Zhou Yu said slowly: "If we send troops now, the Su thieves will definitely send a large army to aid Shouchun, when the enemy army becomes more, we may not be able to easily capture Shouchun, but instead help Yuan Shao divide the troops of the Su thieves, why should we bother." ”

"That's right, I can't let Yuan Shaobai pick up the cheap." Sun Ce nodded yes, "That Gongjin thinks that when is the best time for us to send troops." ”

Zhou Yu sneered: "That is naturally when the Su thief was defeated by Yuan Shao and the hearts of the people everywhere collapsed. Not only Shouchun, but when we go west to Jingzhou and take Xuzhou in the north, we will be able to take Erzhou without much effort. ”

Sun Ce nodded again and again, and praised: "What Gong Jin said is extremely true, since I can borrow Yuan Shao's hand to get the land of the two states without a fight, why should I do it myself, let's just sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight." ”

Zhou Yu laughed, and the atmosphere in the hall was pleasant.

At this time, Xu Shu, who had been silent, said: "Has the lord ever thought about what if Yuan Shao is defeated?" ”

In the lobby, there was silence.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Xu Shu, and his expression was shocked, as if he had heard a puzzling fantasy.

Then the crowd laughed.

Sun Ceqiang couldn't help but laugh, but said: "I said Yuan Zhi, you can't help but think too highly of Su Zhe, you mean that Yuan Shao's 200,000 army will be defeated to him with only 90,000 horses?" ”

Xu Shu was expressionless, and said silently: "Don't forget, my lord, Su Zhe had less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, but Liu Biao had 100,000 soldiers and horses, but in the end he was defeated by Su Zhe, the head of the Nine Wonders, has always been a person who can create miracles." ”

In a word, when it came to everyone's laughter, even Sun Ce suddenly fell silent, as if he had some kind of enlightenment.

After a while, Sun Ce nodded and said, "Yuan Zhi's reminder is right, Su Zhe is a person, everything is possible, and we must take Yuan Shao's possible defeat into account." ”

At this time, Zhou Yu sneered: "Even if an accident happens and Yuan Shao is defeated, then the Su thief will definitely go north with his whole division and seize Hebei. ”

Sun Ce's eyes lit up, and he nodded: "Gongjin is right, whether Su Zhe wins or loses, the initiative is on our side, what we have to do now is to watch the fire from the other side and sit back and watch the show." ”

In the lobby, the atmosphere regained confidence and relaxation.

Xu Shu's brows were always locked, and there was no optimism in his eyes.