"Big brother, we don't have any friendship with this Zhuo Ao, and now we have taken his Yuzhang and Luling, you say that if he doesn't attack it, forget it, this is sending money and food, what is this? It's not going to be for peace, is it? Yuzhang was too guarded by the mansion, Zhang Fei looked at the carts and horses in front of him, he had checked it just now, it was all grain, not mixed with other things, that's it, he was even more puzzled.

"Hey, Guan Hai, what do you mean by your new lord?" Zhang Fei turned his head and glared at Guan Haidao on the side with a pair of ringed eyes.

"Humph!" Guan Hai struggled, broke open Zhang Fei's palm, took out a letter from his arms and said: "This is a letter from my father-in-law to Uncle Liu, the lord said, the public is public and private, although now the lord and Uncle Liu are no longer in the same camp, but the old love is still there, and I also know that the uncle attacked my Jiangdong, it is involuntarily, I am afraid that the uncle will have no foothold, so I will send these money and food to meet the urgency of the uncle, the letter has been delivered, Guan Hai said goodbye." ”

"Uh...... General Guan came from afar, and the boat and car were tiring, so why not rest here for one night, so that Beiyi could fulfill the friendship of the landlord. Liu Bei didn't read the letter, but looked at Guan Hai gently, without seeing the tension of the past, not to mention anything else, in terms of life alone, Liu Bei is better than many princes.

"No, the general still has business to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time." Guan Hai shook his head and said.

"It's fine." Liu Bei took Guan Hai's hand and said: "Please tell Brother Zhuo on your behalf, prepare to send people under the fence now, many things are also involuntarily, and after he obtains the foundation of his life in the future, the land of Jiangdong will inevitably be returned without moving, please rest assured Brother Zhuo." ”

"Okay, the end will be brought to me." Guan Hai nodded. Take someone to say goodbye and leave.

After Guan Hai left, Brother Liu Bei opened Zhuo Ao's letter. It's all old words, nothing else. After reading the letter, not only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were at a loss, but Liu Bei was also at a loss, carefully thinking back to the situation when the princes were begging for Dong at that time, he and Zhuo Ao really had such a deep friendship?

"This Zhuo Ao seems to be a good person!" Zhang Fei touched his head and finally gave his own definition.

"Big brother, this is one of them. Will there be fraud? Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei and said in a deep voice.

There must be a fraud!

Although Liu Bei was at a loss, he knew very well that he and Zhuo Ao definitely did not have such a deep friendship, although he did not know Zhuo Ao's purpose, but as the old saying goes, there is nothing to be courteous, either treachery or theft, many things. It is impossible to take it for nothing.

"Perhaps." Liu Bei shook his head, he couldn't see through it, at this moment he was really eager to get an excellent military advisor to assist him, just like Guo Jia and Xun Yu beside Cao Cao. The wise men like Tian Feng and Fu Zhi beside Yuan Shao helped him analyze these things, so that he would not have such a headache.

"But it's a good intention. Yun Chang, I'll write a reply. It is a thank you for sending it to Jianye. Liu Bei shook his head: "You can't be rude." ”

A few days later. Zhuo Ao received Liu Bei's reply, and couldn't help but smile slightly: "The fish has taken the bait." ”

"Lord, are we just waiting?" A group of generals looked at Zhuo Ao in confusion.

"No way, now we have internal problems, we must first settle the inside, although it may not be right, but at this time, if the internal is restless, it is difficult for us to withdraw our hands to start a war outside, Liu Bei took Yuzhang, although it is our loss, but it also allows us to see the root of the problem." Zhuo Ao shook his head and said.

"However, now that everything is controlled by the gentry of the family, and the people's hearts are more inclined to the gentry, how to calm the people's hearts?" Zhang Ning sighed bitterly.

"Then create a contradiction between the gentry and the common people, Sun Shangxiang." Zhuo Ao shook his head and looked at Sun Shangxiang and said.

"The end will be." Sun Shangxiang stepped forward and arched his hand.

"The Sun family is actually strictly speaking, although it is in decline, it is also a wealthy family, I want to know the attitude of the Sun family." Zhuo Ao asked.

"Don't worry, after the death of my father and brother, Shang Xiang didn't see these wealthy families lend a hand, but suppressed my Sun family's property everywhere, and Sun Shangxiang took the lead of the lord." Sun Shangxiang said in a deep voice.

"That's good, if we want to be external, we must first unite internally, after all, the Sun family also has some prestige among the people, from now on, every time the Taishou Mansion gives an order, you will lead someone to post a list and explain it to the people, at least let me keep the decree of the Taishou Mansion from being misinterpreted, other people's previous identities are not disgraceful, plus the family gentry have been constantly smeared over the years, it is not suitable to do this, it is up to you to do it." Zhuo Ao said.

"The Last General's Order." Sun Shangxiang bowed and said.

"Okay, now there is an example, thanking the difficult life, in order to let the people have surplus food, after the discussion of the Taishou Mansion, it was decided to reduce the tax to twenty draws." Zhuo Ao said.

"My lord, how are we going to make ends meet?" Gan Ning and the others were shocked, one out of twenty, not to mention the big Han, since ancient times, there has never been such a low tax.

"Whether it is one out of ten or one out of twenty, if according to the original method, most of the money and grain will go into the pockets of the gentry, if you want to make a big profit, you have to start from the gentry, Shang Xiang, and there is also a list of texts, called commercial tax, from today onwards, each county town set up a market, pedestrians, caravans, no need to pay the city gate tax, but in my city, do business, need to extract one percent of the tax, as a commercial tax, Xiao Zhao, Gloria, you two are careful, in the past is also the most contact with the people and gentry, this matter, It's up to the two of you to do it, and make sure you set up the market. ”

"In addition, in the market, all the shops are owned by the Taishou Mansion, and all the vendors who want to do business in the market need to rent the shops in the market, as for the income from the sale, we don't care, but we need to pay the rent on time, Pei Yuanshao, you are responsible for the security of the market, if anyone makes trouble in the market, regardless of the reason, they will be imprisoned together."

"Yes."

"Is that okay?" Zhang Ning frowned.

"Yes or no, we will know later." Zhuo Ao smiled: "In addition, in each county, a private school should be built. ”

"What is a private school?" Zhang Ning and the others wondered.

"It's a place similar to a academy, but the private school is only for children to enlighten literacy, and the people in my territory, who are interested in having children, can send their children to study in a private school, and the private school does not charge for external fees."

"My lord, but where are we going to find so many gentlemen?" Zhang Ning frowned and said, now the three counties controlled by Zhuo Aosu have many vacancies in officials, where can so many scholars use them for education.

"Poor scholars, although they don't have much talent to learn, as long as they can teach people to read and write, they don't need to learn too much, and these people should be easy to find, and the big families will not support idlers, we can fund to help them have a livelihood." Looking at the puzzled crowd, Zhuo Ao waved his hand and said, "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter, let's do it." ”

"Yes." Everyone bowed and retreated, only Showa and Gloria remained.

"Husband, didn't you say that the family is the foundation of this world? Why do you want to ......" Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously.

"Can you see that?" Zhuo Ao laughed.

"What the husband did seemed to have nothing to do with the family, but first made the taxes public, cut off the opportunity for the family to make profits, and then controlled the family's business routes with commercial taxes, and then established a private school, which can be regarded as breaking the roots of the family." Xiao Zhao said with a smile.

"There is progress, but the roots of the broken family are still a little worse, and the private school is just enlightenment education, so that the poor people have more opportunities to read, and also give those poor scholars to find a life plan, and those who do it are nothing but the people's will." Zhuo Ao laughed.

"In this way, the Maison will only hate us even more." Xiao Zhao said distressedly.

"Even if you don't, they won't look up to you." Zhuo Ao shook his head and said: "In this era of heavy families, our initial identity is already destined to be difficult for us to get the support of the family, even if you put down your dignity to ask, it will only make the family look down on it, Lu Bu is the best example, the first in the world, but in the end his wife is separated, and the family is ruined, since no matter what you do, it is difficult to get their kindness, why bother to compromise and lose your dignity?" ”

Zhuo Ao sighed: "It's easy to put down such a thing as dignity, but it's difficult to pick it up again." ”

"So......" Xiao Zhao hesitated.

"So the path you choose is to be the enemy of the world's families, this road is not easy to walk, but it can be said that it is difficult step by step." Zhuo Ao sighed.

"Husband, will it take a lot of time? If it's too much trouble......" Xiao Zhao hesitated, at first, they didn't expect so much, so they begged Zhuo Ao to help, but they didn't expect it to be so complicated.

"It won't take a few days, the world is basically peaceful now, the rest of the things have been arranged, there will be no problems in the court, I should relax and relax." Zhuo Ao laughed.

In the next period of time, Jiang Dongfeng was calm and calm, except that the owner here was replaced by Zhuo Ao, there seemed to be no change, that is, Zhuo Ao was not angry because of Liu Bei's attack, but reconciled with Liu Bei, and the two sides exchanged letters constantly, which was rumored to be a good story in Jiangdong.

In addition, it is the people of Wujun, Danyang, and Huiji who have a strong sense of belonging to the new monarch, and the tax has changed from three out of ten in the past to one out of twenty now, and the micro tax can no longer be described.

What happened to people in the past, and what did it matter to you?

I heard that recently Lord Taishou has set up schools in various counties to enlighten the children of the people for free, and has received the support of a large number of people.

In fact, it is said to be enlightenment, in fact, it is similar to a nursery school, where people are busy with work on weekdays and have no time to take care of their children, so it is always good to send their children to school, first, to worry, and secondly, to be able to read and write.

The family wants to stop, but can't stop it, although there are not many capable Hanmen scholars, but the Hanmen scholars themselves are flooded, they can't include all the Hanmen scholars under the door, the gold and silver mountains are not enough, and it is impossible to recruit students like Zhuo Ao, learning this kind of thing, has always been the family can control, if everyone is really qualified to learn, then the court, the government's dependence on the family will be greatly reduced, and the family will not be able to maintain its transcendent status.

Fortunately, it is just some enlightenment knowledge, and those poor scholars can't teach too many good things, but one family after another has increased the restrictions on the children of the poor family, which has invisibly greatly aggravated the contradictions between the two sides. (To be continued.) )