Although all the merchants have opened their doors, but they do not do business, the goods cannot be circulated, and the people cannot guarantee even the most basic livelihoods, and in the long run, it may lead to riots among the people.

Fortunately, at the beginning of next month, it will not be the same scene again, although the impact of this turmoil is not small, but things are still developing in a good direction.

There is only one point, after listening to the conversation between Liu He and Zhuge Liang, Zhong Lixun and Pang Tong immediately raised the same question.

With Zhuge Liang's talent, he must be able to predict the current result, even if he needs silver taels to expand his armaments, Zhuge Liang will never make such a move.

In this regard, Liu He also has the same attitude as the two of them.

When he came back from Zhuge Liang's Mansion just now, Liu He was thinking about this matter all the way.

This account, in fact, is also very easy to calculate.

In the past, the tax rate was 20%, but now it is mentioned as 70%, and one month is equivalent to the tax silver in the past six months.

In this way, 10% of the tax silver is used for the most basic expenses, and the previous 20% tax rate is half and half, and the 10% is removed, and the remaining 10% is left.

Today, the tax rate of 70% is still 10%, and the remaining 60% is exactly half a year's amount.

This account belongs to the government, and in the account of the merchant that Hua Chi calculated for Liu He, there is about half of the profit, and the merchant can still have 30% left after paying 20% of the tax before.

In other words, if the tax rate is temporarily increased to 40%, instead of the current madness of 70%, it will still be within the range that merchants can afford.

Fifty percent of the profits, pay forty percent of the tax, even if only one percent is left, it is still a little profitable, think about it from another angle, in order to get more profits, these businesses will also rack their brains to make the business bigger, just from the tax point of view, but not necessarily a bad thing.

For the government, whether the tax rate is 40% or 70% is nothing more than a matter of two months and a month, and if the tax rate is maintained at 40%, it can also ensure that the tax money can be collected on time every month.

Liu He felt that even he could understand this account, and Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of Yizhou's affairs, could not be unclear.

But Liu He also has another layer of consideration, he has never interfered in government affairs, in case there is anything hidden in it that he doesn't know, he has never known.

But as soon as Zhong Lixun and Pang Tong said this, Liu He was convinced of his previous thoughts.

Zhuge Liang did have a problem in handling this incident.

It's just that Zhuge Liang's words were obviously complaining, which made Liu He, who consciously took care of his losses, finally decided to make it better to make small things small.

Since this matter is about to pass, no one will mention it from now on.

The most important thing at the moment is how to minimize the impact of this incident on the hearts of the people of Chengdu.

For this reason, Liu He discussed with Zhong Lixun and Pang Tong for a long time, and specially called Hua Chi to listen to his opinion.

In the end, Liu He drew up a set of plans to appease the people, and adopted different policies according to the intensity of the attitude shown by the people later.

Everything is arranged, just wait for the beginning of next month, when this decree is repealed, how will all the merchants and people in Chengdu react.

In the past five days, Liu He has not been idle.

This sudden change gave Liu He a strong sense of crisis.

In the past, the Tianji Battalion's focus on intelligence collection was mainly focused on the activities of other forces, but this time, Liu He ordered that every corner of Chengdu City, large and small, must be investigated, and strive to grasp all the first-hand situations in the city.

This investigation really found out something.

In fact, it is not a big deal, that is, the expansion of armaments in the past few months was not handled by Zhuge Liang, but was entrusted to Fa Zheng with full responsibility.

If this matter is put in the eyes of others, it should not be a big deal, but for Liu He, who is most familiar with Zhuge Liang, he feels a little unusual.

Zhuge Liang has always been personally involved in everything, whether it is political or military, no matter how big or small, he has always done it himself.

But this time, he handed over such a big thing as army expansion to others to do, which is not like his style at all.

The most important thing is that since Guo Qing told him that Liu Fu was the eyeliner that Fa Zheng had placed in his house, Liu He's attitude towards Fa Zheng has always maintained a kind of vigilance.

"In addition to expanding the army, what else did he do or did he do in the barracks?" In the meeting hall of Tianji Mansion, Liu He sat in the center and asked Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan on the side.

In addition to Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan, today's Tianji Camp has another master of intelligence collection, and that is Guo Qing.

Without waiting for Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan to answer, Guo Qing took the lead in taking a few steps forward, hugged his fists and said: "When Fa Zheng exercises every day, he will come to the school in person, which is called to inspire the morale of the army. ”

Guo Qing has just joined the Tianji Battalion, and he is not among the twelve horsemen of the Tianji Battalion, and his status in the Tianji Battalion is naturally under Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan.

Treating Guo Qing, Liu He subconsciously always maintained an attitude, this person should be used, and he must use it well, but he must hold him down, and he must not be allowed to have other thoughts.

Liu He glanced at Guo Qing noncommittally, but did not let him continue, but turned his head and looked at Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan, "What do you think about this matter?" ”

Qian Zhuan and Tai Meng glanced at each other, hugged their fists and said, "Brother Guo Qing is right, Tai Meng and I have the same opinion as him." The words that Fa Zheng said on the school floor every day took all the benefits into his arms, and just based on those words, it was easy for the soldiers to think that he Fa Zheng was the only one in the entire Chengdu City, and he really cared about the life and death of the soldiers. ”

Liu He nodded thoughtfully and waved his hand, "Okay, you guys go back and rest first, if there's anything, I'll call you again." ”

After the two left, Liu He sat alone in his seat, thought for a long time, and suddenly asked Guo Qing, who was always standing respectfully on the side: "Who is on duty in the Son of Heaven's dormitory today?" ”

"Huangmenlang Deng Yu Deng Gonggong." Guo Qing replied without hesitation.

Liu He smiled faintly, "It seems that you didn't come to me empty-handed, and you also brought your Guo family's intelligence network all over the world." ”

Guo Qing said calmly: "This is not the Guo family, it is my own." From the age of fifteen, I began to deploy spies everywhere, and the first results of the past few years have been working for me. ”

"What about you?" Liu He smiled playfully, "How does your ability to gather intelligence compare to Tai Meng and Qian Zhuan?" ”