For this reason, Xu Chu transferred Lejin to Juchao County to strengthen the defense of the front line in the south of the county, and on the other hand, he ordered the county officials to hurry up and prepare for the crime in case of emergency.

After arranging these two things, Xu Chu suddenly asked Zhou Yidao: "Duke Zhou, was there a practice of reducing or reducing taxes in counties before the county dynasty?" ”

According to the Han system, even the chief executive at the county level and even the state level has no right to reduce or exempt taxes from the jurisdiction, and Xu Chu also knows this, so he is actually consulting Zhou Yi with this question, is this matter appropriate to do at this time?

The private order to reduce the tax is suspected of encroaching on the imperial court, but this is only secondary, the important thing is whether the scholars of this county will have an excessive reaction to this after passing through the two departments of the north and south to supervise the post and county, which requires the head of the local scholars, Zhou Yi, to nod.

Zhou Yi felt Xu Chu's heavy gaze, and after a little consideration, he asked rhetorically: "Which counties does the government want to reduce or exempt taxes?" ”

"Anhui County and Juchao County."

"If there are only two counties, there is no barrier to come, and the county below the prince is it."

Xu Chu smiled when he heard this, and gave Zhou Yi a grateful look by the way.

However, it was said that Xun Yu received the official letter issued by the county government, and said happily to Liu Bei, Gan Ning and others at that time: "The county court has decided to reduce or exempt the taxes of Juchao and Anhui counties, which is a good thing!" ”

Liu Bei also nodded happily and said: "For the people of the two counties, this is a great drought and a rainstorm, but for the thieves hidden in the market and the valley, this is a dark fire and a rainstorm." The prince not only uses soldiers like gods, but also knows the people's feelings very well. ”

This order issued by Xu Chu was extremely beneficial to Xun Yu's next use of troops, which not only appeased the people of the two counties who were in a state of imminent war, but also cracked down on the thieves hiding everywhere. As far as Qin You, who went into the mountains and surrendered to the thieves before that, his family was a big family in Juchao, and there were still many remnants of the party who were close to him left in Juchao and Anhui County, lurking in the markets of the two places, ready to make trouble at any time, and now the cold winter is coming, and if the people who lack food and clothing at home do not have the support of the government, they are likely to be forced to follow the thieves in order to save their lives. But now that the county government has ordered a reduction in taxes, a considerable number of families will no longer have to worry about how to survive the cold winter, at least this winter. This is equivalent to isolating the remnants of the thieves and greatly reducing the aftermath of Xun Yu's battle.

Xun Yu was still insufficient, and said to Liu Bei: "The county court ordered tax reduction, I am afraid that there are still many people who are difficult to survive, Liu Jun, please also make a hard trip these days, visit the county, and help those people in need." ”

This move was exactly what Liu Bei wanted, and he immediately responded and said, "What Xun Peng said is to prepare for this." ”

Seeing Liu Bei leave, Xun Yu was thoughtful.

This is the first real cooperation between him and Xu Chu, he is very satisfied with Xu Chu's trust and support for him, and he is also very satisfied with Xu Chu's attitude towards the people of Qianshou, which coincides with the way he believes in governing the country......

……

……

Yao Sheng set out from Shu County, passed through Jiujiang County, took a boat to the ferry port of Liyang, the state capital, landed at Dantu in Wu County, and after a short rest, immediately set off for the first destination of the trip, Qu'a.

The reason why I went to Qu'a first was because the magistrate of Qu'a County was Gu Yong, one of the four surnames of Wu County. The reason why Yao Sheng attaches so much importance to Gu Yong is because of what Cai Yong explained to him before leaving.

Gu Yong is Cai Yong's disciple.

This point was somewhat unexpected by Yao Sheng, who had been away from home as an official since his early years, and what surprised Yao Sheng even more was that Gu Yong was not only Cai Yong's disciple, but also Cai Yong's favorite disciple in Wu Land over the years. The pronunciation of the word 'Yong' in Gu Yong's name is the same as Cai Yong's 'Yong', and this name was chosen by Cai Yong for him, which shows Cai Yong's love for him.

"At that time, Gu Yuan sighed that although he was young, he was quick to think, quiet and single-minded, and his art industry was progressing, and he was really a Qiliner of Wu County." Cai Yong said.

Gu Yong, Ziyuan sighed.

Not only Cai Yong, Xu Chu also told Yao Sheng to pay more attention to Gu Yong, because Xu Chu knew that this Gu Yong was an important figure in the later Eastern Wu regime. With such a talent, Xu Chu has no reason not to pay more attention to it.

Yao Sheng didn't know that Gu Yong was Cai Yong's disciple, but he knew that in addition to Gu Yong, there were two well-known children in the Gu family. One is Gu Yong's half-brother, the name of the emblem sighs, and the other is Gu Yong's brother, whose name is Tongzitong, all of whom are good talents.

When he arrived at the Qu'a County Temple, Yao Sheng met him, and Gu Yong heard that Yao Sheng was coming, swept the couch to greet him, and treated him as a guest, which was quite a sign of seeing each other and hating each other. Yao Sheng stayed in Qu'a for two days, talking with Gu Yong about Yangzhou celebrities and people's livelihood. Of course, during this period, both sides were testing each other, Yao Sheng wanted to know Gu Yong's attitude towards Xu Chu, and Gu Yong wanted to know what the 'Yuzhou Tiger' behind Yao Sheng was towards Yangzhou scholars.

Gu Yong's answer was: "My generation of students has no intention of getting into meaningless disputes, as long as the people of the state and county are rich and their families are at ease, they will be satisfied." ”

Yao Sheng's answer was: "Xu Hou started from the end of Wei, respected celebrities, the monarch Cai Gong, Yingchuan Xun Wenruo, Xin George, including people like Xia, who were vulgar and unliterate, were all reused by Xu Hou. ”

After saying goodbye to Gu Yong, Yao Sheng successively went to visit the homes of the Lu, Zhu, and Zhang ethnic groups in Wu County, but these families, except for the information fed back by the Lu Kang clan in Yuzhang Taishou, were more unexpected, and the Zhu and Zhang clans seemed to be not very interested in Xu Chu, the tiger who was born out of nowhere.

Yao Sheng also knew that this was because Zhu Huan and Zhang Yun were now under Zhou Xin's door, and after a few days in Wu County, he went south to his hometown of Wucheng County, went to his hometown to have a look, and then returned to Lujiang to restore his life. His home is near the temple in Wucheng County, and after riding into the city, he thought about visiting his parents and officials in his hometown first.

Wucheng County is not big, next to the two mountains in the south, one is Shicheng Mountain, the other is Baihu Mountain, in the early years when the world was still peaceful, Yao Sheng often asked friends to go hunting in the mountains. Now that he has revisited the old place, Yao Sheng, who was riding a horse slowly, lost his mind for a while.

"Oops! Okay, you're blind, didn't you see my master's car?! ”

might as well bump into a rough man in brown clothes, Yao Sheng hurriedly reined in the horse, and before he could apologize, the man opened his mouth and scolded.

Yao Sheng was furious. Needless to say, he was surprised because he was wearing a robe and a short sword at his waist, but anyone with some eyesight could see that he was not an ordinary person, but he dared to scold him like this.

Yao Sheng glared at the rough man in brown and saw an ox cart behind him.

There is a shortage of horses in Yangzhou, so the gentry mostly use oxen to drive, but the ox cart in front of Yao Sheng is obviously unusual. First of all, he was very gorgeous, and the car carved from good wood was extremely beautiful, nearly twice as large as the average car, and because it was large, two cows were used. Looking at the front and back of the car, nearly a hundred Haohao slaves are flying and domineering around them, and this person must be extremely rich and noble.

Yao Sheng is a local, but he can't remember any family in the county with such a big pomp.

At this moment, a person poked out of the ox cart, looked at Yao Sheng coldly, and suddenly said, "Oh, it turned out to be Yao Jun!" ”

Yao Sheng didn't expect this person to be in the car, and said in surprise: "Yan Hu? ”