Zhang Xiang and others were on the way back to Chang'an, God finally snowed, although it caused some obstacles to Zhang Xiang, but Zhang Xiang was still very happy, this heavy snow at least gave the people a little hope. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The things that the people want are generally very simple, God satisfies them, Zhang Xiang satisfies them, and the people will be obedient, Zhang Xiang went to Liaodong, only to find that Liaodong is really a cornucopia.

Gongsun Du held a cornucopia and shrunk for so many years, no wonder he failed, Liaodong is backed by the sea, not only an inexhaustible supply of sea fish, but also the most important sea salt, sea salt in the Central Plains is about the same price as grain.

That's the real good thing, Zhang Xiang decided to vigorously develop the commerce and trade of Liaodong, even if it is the tax of Haiyan, it can withstand the tax of a state, which is Zhang Xiang's minimum requirement.

Because the snow kept falling, so Zhang Xiang and others stayed overnight nearby, Zhang Xiang had a lot of people around him, so he naturally chose a large family, the Jin family, and the head of the family, Jin Lei, was the local county magistrate.

Naturally, he is also an official under Zhang Xiang, if it weren't for this, Zhang Xiang would be embarrassed to stay overnight, after all, there are so many people, no matter where they go, they will disturb the people, Jin Lei has not dared to leave the mansion since Zhang Xiang moved in.

Waiting for dispatch at any time, he doesn't even deal with local political affairs, if it weren't for the lack of political affairs in winter, Zhang Xiang would have picked him up a long time ago, and officials who don't do things for the people are useless, but Zhang Xiang also understands.

There are very few mavericks in this world, there are many people who go with the flow, and it is normal for the county order to do this, if Zhang Xiang really masturbates him, then it will make his subordinates chill?

What Zhang Xiang didn't expect was that he was assassinated that night, and the assassin assassinated not Zhang Xiang, but the local county commander Jin Lei, which is not a trivial matter, although the official rank of the county order is not large.

But the real power is very large, and the land of a county is an important part of Zhang Xiang's forces, Zhang Xiang will not tolerate it, if he doesn't meet it, forget it, he has his own people to deal with it, but Zhang Xiang just met it.

Or under his own nose, maybe the other party was unintentional, if he knew it earlier, he might not have done it, after all, Zhang Xiang and the others stayed in the Jin Mansion, and it was also temporary, and the assassin came in in a daze.

In the end, it was taken down by Zhang Xiang's guards, and Zhang Xiang regarded it as a provocation anyway, and what made Zhang Xiang most angry was that these assassins had all committed suicide, leaving not even a single person alive.

Zhou Cang personally participated in the process of catching the assassin, "The lord is wrong! Don't these people look like dead soldiers? ”

Zhang Xiang: "A group of assassins are dead, and they are not dead, so it means that you are too heavy and ignore my orders." ”

Zhou Cang: "The lord misunderstood, what his subordinates said is not what he meant, the meaning of the dead soldier is the elite who regard death as home, there are many such people in our army, and this group of assassins is indeed not afraid of death, but they have not been trained, and they are more like outlaws." ”

Zhang Xiang: "Whether I am a dead soldier or an outlaw, this is a matter that you should care about, as long as I see the results, I can casually check whether the foundation of this county order is clean, if it is a corrupt person, there is no need to investigate." ”

Zhou Cang went out that night, and it was in the heavy snow, and it was not so easy to follow Zhang Xiang with the tiger like a companion, once there was something, no matter what you were doing, you had to do it.

There was no room for bargaining with Zhang Xiang, and after Zhou Cang went out, he checked for a night, and finally had a little eyebrows, although he did not specifically find out who the assassin's main messenger was.

But it also narrowed the scope, and also checked Jin Lei's foundation clearly, "The lord, Jin Lei's statement in the local area is good, he should be regarded as a good official, and the problem should arise on the issue of taxation." ”

Taxation is the top priority in any force, and the amount of taxation represents the strength of the strength, "There is a problem with taxation, then it means that this Jin Lei is not a good official." ”

Zhou Cang: "Lord, this Jin Lei was originally a county in Bingzhou, after the eastern part of Youzhou was under the command of the lord, Jin Lei was transferred to the eastern part of Youzhou, a small half-level, and he will face the problem of taxes in winter, the taxes under the lord are collected once a year, but the taxes under Cao Cao are collected once a month, so the wealthy families in the county have resisted. ”

Zhang Xiang: "The eastern part of Youzhou and the eastern part of Jizhou were just beaten down by us, and there should be such a problem, how did other places solve it?" ”

Zhou Cang: "Cao Cao collects what Cao Cao collects, what we collect is what we collect, if you can't pay the tax, you will draw a mortgage first, and after all, our tax rate is not high in the coming year, if there is a shortage of grain, it will be good to govern, and the shortage of grain in Youzhou and Jizhou will break out because of this." ”

Zhang Xiang: "It's business, there's nothing wrong with doing this, whose idea is this." ”

Zhou Cang: "Mr. Huang Quan." ”

Zhang Xiang: "Huang Quan governs the entire Jizhou, and there has been no assassination, why is there a problem in this small county, isn't it that this Jin Lei is not doing well?" ”

Zhou Cang: "Yuxi County is against the main road of the county border, there are a lot of business trips to and fro, in fact, the business tax has not been clear, the local wealthy tax evasion is very ordinary, Jin Lei is a little inflexible, a little tough in the means, so it attracted the disaster of killing." ”

Zhang Xiang: "The local tycoons dare to assassinate the officials under me, which is really bold, which means that the taxes have not been collected yet." ”

Zhou Cang: "The two sides are still at a stalemate. ”

Zhang Xiang: "Chuanwu's order tax must be paid within three days, if anyone does not pay the killing, although I Zhang Xiang is from Youzhou, but I will not do any favoritism, these people are disadvantageous to my knife!" ”

Zhang Xiang ordered, the entire Yuxi County was shaken, Zhang Xiang's army can be said to have taken the eastern part of Youzhou without blood, so to the local people, it is also a gentle means.

The local people are very supportive of Zhang Xiang's army, because Zhang Xiang is also from Youzhou, much closer than Cao Cao, a native of Yanzhou, and Cao Cao is not even as good as Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao at least started in Hebei, while Cao Cao started in the Central Plains, the distance is too far, naturally he will not get the support of the people, and Cao Cao has never paid attention to the territory of Youzhou.

Everyone can see that Youzhou is Zhang Xiang's sooner or later, Cao Cao did not waste that strength in vain, this time Zhang Xiang was ruthless, and the people below were very surprised, but they did not dare to disobey, and some gossip also spread from the local wealthy families in the county, saying that Zhang Xiang forgot his roots.

Zhang Xiang cannot deny that most of the backbone of the army are Youzhou people, so Zhang Xiang attaches great importance to this kind of rumor, once he doesn't get it right, he will recognize the big mess, Zhang Xiang personally met with the heads of wealthy families in these places.

These wealthy families usually show off their might, but after seeing Zhang Xiang, they began not to speak, and finally Zhang Xiang opened his mouth first, "You have opinions on my decree, you can mention it now, I am from Youzhou, so naturally it will not be difficult for my own people." ”

"Lord Governor, isn't the tax too high?" After waiting for a long time, someone finally dared to speak, and Zhang Xiang was really afraid that they would be happy to be a stuffy gourd.

Zhang Xiang: "The tax is too high, this is a year's tax of course, if it is much less than in previous years, you are all heads of the family, you should know whether what I said is the truth." “

"If we can reduce or exempt this year's taxes, we will definitely pay the full amount next year." People are all of these, and if you give him a good face, he will become more and more insatiable.

Zhang Xiang: "I am courteous enough to you, just because you are from Youzhou, I am also solving the problems caused by excessive taxes, I think you have also seen it, don't you believe me." “

Zhang Xiang's tone aggravated, and the heads of the family didn't even dare to raise their heads, "I, Zhang Xiang, am not a person who forgets his roots, Youzhou is my hometown, I will not treat my own people badly, let me get by, and you will have a better time." “

In the end, these wealthy families had no choice but to pay all the taxes, these families all had family backgrounds, Zhang Xiang gave them three days, and they handed it over in one day.

Zhang Xiang also saw the virtue of these people, being stingy is really stingy, and he didn't even want to do anything to break the fortune and avoid disasters, Zhang Xiang also knew that he would repay the peach, and the outstanding children in these families were taken away by Zhang Xiang.

There are not many opportunities to cling to Zhang Xiang, these families have no complaints, these wealthy children still have some talents, Zhang Xiang is from a local wealthy family, and the land of Yan Zhao is extremely martial.

These children of wealthy families have two brushes, at least more powerful than Zhang Xiang, and the most important thing is that Zhang Xiang also discovered a talent, this talent is not from these wealthy families, but from Jin Lei's mansion.

Part of the reason for the assassination of Jin Lei by a local tycoon is this talent, he is a small official under Jin Lei, responsible for proving things on paper, very good at arithmetic, and he can calculate the tax evasion of various families.

And the accounts are very clear, Jin Lei only took the accounts he calculated to ask for it, naturally it is much more than ordinary people, this is what these families owed before, and of course it is troublesome to pay it back.

The local tycoons didn't know about this little official, they all thought that Jin Lei did it, it can be said that Jin Lei was carrying the black pot for the little officials under him, and even Jin Lei himself didn't know it, so he was confused.

This little official Zhang Xiang has personally seen it, it is the kind of person who is very inconspicuous, Zhang Xiang gave him a problem, it is actually very simple to use modern methods, but it is much more troublesome to use ancient algorithms.

This little official was stunned and calculated it for an hour, the perseverance in it is self-evident, of course, his arithmetic talent is also there, Zhang Xiang decided to reuse him, arithmetic talents are still very useful in internal affairs.

Presumably Yin Kui and Fa Zheng will like it very much, "Where are you from?" “

At this time, this little official didn't know that the person in front of him was Zhang Xiang, but he also saw that Zhang Xiang's background was not simple, and a gorgeous costume was not something that ordinary people could have, "The villain Zhong Bin is from Luoyang." “

The origin of Luoyang people is not so simple, after Luoyang was destroyed, few people regard themselves as Luoyang people, it seems that this inconspicuous person, the background should not be simple. (To be continued.) )