"That's all well and good, but if the two taxes are too high, will the merchants agree?" muttered Chase, who had worked in civil affairs for a while and knew the terrible bargaining power of the citizens. "It doesn't matter, our army's custom shop tax is roughly set according to the annual income of shops in the city, and the poll tax shall not be increased without authorization. Wu Yingying was worried that the generals would increase the poll tax without authorization, and emphasized that the shop tax had the effect of regulating the gap between the rich and the poor to a certain extent, while the effect of the poll tax was the opposite: "In a few years, the taxes paid to us by these merchants will definitely be much richer than the taxes paid by the imperial court in the past." Wu Yingying affirmed quite confidently. Now that the Anxi Army has completely controlled the Hexi Corridor, although it is impossible to imagine how the merchants with the autonomy of the city will create trade wealth, but without the control of the government and the difficulties of the officials, the vitality of the commercial economy will definitely be better than under the control of the imperial court. Thinking of this, Wu Yingying added: "All armies do not need to be stationed in the city, but only choose another dangerous place next to the city and set up a fortress to settle the army." The military government is not allowed to engage in business for profit, and violators will be dismissed. ”

"Could it be that the state city is completely handed over to those merchants to govern by themselves?" Yu Furen asked rhetorically with some puzzlement.

"Of course not, the military government is to set up a criminal court in the city, appoint state officials and arresters, and specialize in picketing and violating criminal laws. In addition, let the elders of the Orthodox sect set up the Inquisition to prevent people from confusing the public. Let the businessmen set up their own commercial courts, and let them arbitrate all disputes that do not involve criminal law. Chase: You are going to set up a roving commercial tribunal to inspect the cities and hear commercial and civil lawsuits. Citizens of each city can choose whether to settle their disputes in their own commercial tribunal or in a circuit court. Wu Yingying saw that all the generals carefully wrote down the arrangements of the court, these generals already have a lot of experience in dealing with disputes in Lanzhou, and they know that this matter is extraordinary, if it is set up improperly, the military and political chief will be full of lawsuits. "Also, from now on, the courts of each city will accumulate case law. Wu Yingying thought for a while and added.

In this way, for more than ten days in a row, Wu Yingying explained to the commanders of the various armies about the affairs of governing the local area like a nagging Tang monk, and for these generals who have been rolling on the battlefield for half their lives, all kinds of merchants and shade household autonomy structures have indeed freed them from cumbersome civil affairs to the greatest extent, and everyone is willing to lie down and collect money. And for those people under the rule of the Anxi army, the meaning of the word "autonomy" was not tasted for a long, long time before they could taste the sweet taste in the sourness.

The will of the imperial court soon came down, I don't know whether it was Zhao Jiong or Zhao Pu's handwriting, anyway, it greatly praised the courage and loyalty of Wu Yingying's department, gave the banners of each army, and announced that Wu Yingying changed the town of Anxi to observe the four prefectures of Liangling, Gansu. It seems that the imperial court is still quite satisfied with Wu Yingying's knowledge. If he could get up quickly and enter the court, the court would be even more satisfied. The battle on the Eastern Front was imminent, Dong Zunzhi was ordered to hand over Lingzhou City to the Anxi Army, and he led 2,000 forbidden troops in the city to escort the Anxi Army to envoy Wu Yingying into Beijing. Since the will was announced, Dong Zunzhi had sent people to urge Wu Yingying several times, as if he was worried that Wu Yingying would not leave Hexi.

Wu Yingying's original personal guards have been assigned to serve as the backbone of various armies, and what he brought into Beijing this time were 300 tooth soldiers selected in the process of the new Sixth Army. Zhang Zhongyao, the captain of the Chengying battalion, had great merit in Hexi, but he could not be awarded the command of the army, Wu Yingying felt sorry for him, and happened to need an officer who was familiar with the situation of the Bianliang court as his deputy, so he appointed him as the captain of the Ya military camp to show his trust. In this way, the generals will instead congratulate Zhang Zhongyao. After everything was ready to stop, he made an appointment with Dong Zunzhi to set off on an auspicious day. And the Bai Yu Army, who was worried about the attack of the Dang Xiang Tuoba clan, wanted to return to Dijinze as soon as possible, and set off before Wu Yingying.

This morning, when he heard three doors, Wu Yingying said in a deep voice: "Come in." When I saw it, Yu Fu Renliang stood at the door with a solemn face, and arched his hand: "The White Feather Army returned to Dijinze today, and Renliang came to say goodbye to the adults." ”

Wu Yingying said with a smile: "Later, I and the generals will send off Bai Yu's children, won't General Yu Fu say goodbye twice." Before the words fell, the smile on his face converged, and after Yu Furenliang, who was originally dressed in military uniform, entered the door, he actually pushed Jinshan and poured jade ~ Zhu to kneel on the ground, and knocked down three times.

"The man has gold under his knees, General Yu Fu, what are you doing!" Seeing that Yu Fu Renliang, who had always been arrogant on weekdays, actually said to kneel and kneel, Wu Yingying didn't feel a little at a loss, and he didn't have time to reach out to help, Yu Furen Rail had already stood up, looked at Wu Yingying, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, in order to save the whole army's dependents, I went to danger in person. Over the years, the war is dangerous, but I am afraid that I may not have the opportunity to bow down to the adult, and the benevolent track will be reckless once, regardless of the success or failure of this go, this heart follows the adult, and the benevolent track has no regrets. "It turns out that the situation of the White Feather Army is the most dangerous among the armies, and Yu Furen Rail has gone back to the party departments this time, and he may not have the certainty of victory, and Wu Yingying himself is in the mouth of the tiger in Bianliang, in order not to leave regrets in the future, he simply bowed down to the courtiers first, in order to show his determination to follow.

Two days after Bai Yujun left, it was finally the day when Wu Yingying himself set off. The yellow calendar says that the West is beneficial, avoid being a stove, and it is advisable to travel.

Listening to Zhang Zhongyao's invitation to travel, Wu Yingying pushed open the door and came out to see, I don't know when, the courtyard was already neatly filled with officers above the centurion, I don't know when they gathered in Wu Yingying's courtyard, saw Wu Yingying come out, and at the same time made a way, and saluted Wu Yingxing under the command of the commanders of each army. Seeing Wu Yingying's inquiring and reprimanding eyes, Zhang Zhongyao explained rather embarrassedly: "The adults don't want to be public, and the subordinates know about it, but they have to let the brothers express their hearts." Wu Yingying stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, without saying anything, there were more than two hundred men in the courtyard, all of them stood as tall as guns, Xin Gu, Chase, Luo Youtong, and Lin Hong were all in it, and their eyes were full of loyalty and eagerness, so that the originally calm Wu Yingying couldn't help but feel upset and his heart fluctuated, he straightened the helmet, straightened the scarlet big scarlet on his shoulder, snapped, and returned the military salute to more than two hundred loyal subordinates, and said loudly: "All the kings work hard, wait for the return of Wu heroes, and open up thousands of miles of rivers and mountains with the kings!" I don't know if the farewell officer understood this sentence that suddenly came to his mind, Wu Yingying walked down the steps, slowly walked through the centurion's crowd, and he really greeted each centurion with his eyes, and finally walked out of this courtyard. After parting here, the heroes of the Anxi Army will go to all sides to expand their territory, win on the battlefield, and when they meet again in the coming year, I don't know which brothers will be missing. Wu Yingying's heart couldn't help but suddenly swell with a trace of sadness, and he immediately suppressed this sorrow, only full of hot pride, and strode out of the door.