Chapter 15: Gathering the Hearts and Minds of the People

Because of excessive killing, many people were afraid of Li Tang, and some even thought that Li Tang had done this!

The rumors around him did not shake his heart in the slightest, and what he thought was eternal!

"If you don't get bloody, how can you talk about the emperor!"

At the office of Li Tang of the City Lord's Mansion, Zhao Yun and Fan Li sat below to report their work.

"Lord, the weapons obtained from the three major families are enough to arm 10,000 troops! The money obtained is 10 million silver, and the grain and grass can feed 50,000 troops for two years!"

Fan Li is worthy of being a business saint, and he counted the specific numbers in just one night, looking at their tired faces, they were all caused by working overnight.

"The two of you have worked hard! I am grateful here, in the future, I will complete the cause of the great plan, and I will definitely let the officials record the exploits of the two! At present, if you have wronged the two of you, you can only seal Zilong as the captain of Fengluo, and Zibo as the deputy city lord of Fengluo City!" Li Tang stood up and bowed, expressing his gratitude in his heart.

People are emotional creatures, and as long as they are not ungrateful, they will express gratitude in different ways.

"The lord is polite, this is all the duty of people. ”

Fan Li and Zhao Yun hurriedly got up to help Li Tang up, with infinite gratitude in their hearts, and vowed to assist Li Tang in establishing great achievements.

For the ministers, there are three requests, one is full of revenge, the second is to be proud, and the third is to leave a book in history;

For generals, there are three seeks, one is to resist foreign humiliation, the second is to have enough food for soldiers, and the third is to expand the territory;

Li Tang's approach has just met the needs of the two, and it is certainly worthy of the support of the two.

"Lord, those who have attained the Tao have much help, and those who have lost the Tao have little help, the current plan should win the hearts of the people, the previous iron-blooded methods have made ordinary people fear us, only by getting their support, can we grow ourselves quickly. ”

When Fan Li was grateful in his heart, he made a suggestion to Li Tang.

In this regard, Li Tang agreed very much, and immediately nodded and said: "Well, if you want to achieve a great cause, you must win the hearts of the people, otherwise it will be difficult." ”

"In this regard, I would like to offer three principles: first, to return the land, so that the people may have land, and the people may have cultivation and seeding, second, to reduce taxes, and third, to abolish slavery. Fan Li suggested.

"Well, it's easy to get land, but it's hard to win people's hearts, so this matter will be done according to Zibo's proposal, and the people's hearts must be restored as soon as possible. Li Tang nodded, and couldn't help but feel a little anxious.

In order to gain prestige points, you must gain the support of the people under your rule, and until now, the people of Maple Fall City only have about one layer of people who support him, about two layers of people who hate him, and about seven layers of people who regard him as a stranger.

So, so far, his reputation points are almost negative!

After Fan Li finished speaking, Zhao Yun stood up and said: "Lord, now that there is enough money and food, but the number of troops is far from enough, I suggest starting to recruit soldiers." ”

Fengluo City is just a small city in Qingxiao Country, with a garrison of 5,000 people, but in terms of resources, Fengluo City can support 40,000 troops.

According to the ratio of the population, the ratio of the army to the common people is generally ten to one, and ten ordinary people can feed one soldier.

"Recruit 40,000 troops, and hand them over to General Zilong for training, and we must replace the 40,000 troops with elite troops in the shortest possible time. Li Tang nodded.

Soon after, two decrees were posted on the public notice board at the gate of the city, which set off monstrous waves in Fengluo City, which was as flat as a mirror, and made many people feel unbelievable!

"The city lord decreed, first, that all slaves whose ancestral home was in Fengluo City would automatically become commoners and receive four acres of land; second, ordinary people would receive three acres of land per household; third, Fengluo City would be exempted from paying taxes for three years......"

"Impossible!"

This kind of benevolent government can be said to be rare in a hundred years, many people have never seen such a decree in their lives, in the eyes of the people, every city lord is here to exploit them, and now that a good decree is issued, their first reaction in their hearts is impossible, and they feel that it is fantastic.

"Water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat. The mouth of the people is more important than the Sichuan, and if the river collapses, there will be many injuries, and the people will do the same. Taking copper as a mirror, you can be dressed up, taking the ancient as a mirror, you can know the rise and fall, and taking people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. "—Li Tang!

At the end of the pen, Li Tang quoted famous sayings and ancient sentences from his previous life to prove that he was different from the rest of the people, and that he was a person who sincerely worked for the welfare of the people.

"Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn a boat! Good sentences, can write famous sentences through the ages, it seems that this city lord is really different from the rest, as long as Li Tang City Lord does not forget his original intention, Fengluo City will definitely be able to develop rapidly. ”

Dressed in gray cloth and white, with their hair tied up with a wooden hairpin, this is the appearance of standard poor scholars, who are active in all classes, but have never come to the fore, because their rights are monopolized by the family.

And what Li Tang did when he came to Fengluo City hit the clan and blessed the people, so that they could see a glimmer of hope, a glimmer of hope for the rise of the children of the Han family.

The situation that there is no cold door for the top grade and no family for the lower grade may be broken.

Restricted by knowledge and learning, ordinary people in Fengluo City look very superficial, they only care about their own interests.

"Soldiers, the major affairs of the country, the place of death and life, and the way of survival, must not be ignored and ......"

The decree on recruiting soldiers also attracted the attention of many people, although there were many fields, but there were more people, and each household had only a corresponding field, resulting in a surplus of labor.

They do not have the idea that the world rises and falls, and the husband is responsible, only the idea that people do not do it for themselves, and the world will destroy the people, and in order to support their families, many people choose to join the army.

In order to highlight the importance of recruitment, Zhao Yun deliberately built a point general platform, and a huge drum was placed above the point general platform as high as one zhang, and a soldier was beating, making a huge sound, deafening, and making the listener's blood boil.

The handsome flags around fluttered in the wind, setting off the majesty of the general's platform, the Tang characters woven of gold wire, the Zhao characters and the maple characters woven of silver wire, shining under the illumination of the sun, so that the people who came to sign up couldn't help but quiet down.

"The people of Fengluo City, I am Captain Zhao Yun, from now on, I will protect the safety of Fengluo City, everyone, are you willing to raise your hands and fight hand in hand to protect the safety of Fengluo City?

Zhao Yun held the bright silver spear in his hand, and after he finished speaking, he used his arms to inject spiritual energy, and a white silver dragon burst out from the tip of the spear, rushing towards the mound of soil on the side, smashing out a huge crater, exuding heat.

"Shhh

"Yes, yes!"

Seeing Zhao Yun's strength, people who are still hesitating immediately choose to sign up, every boy has a dream of going to the end of the world with a sword in his heart, Zhao Yun's strength stimulates their inner blood and stimulates their pursuit of strength!

In just a few days, Zhao Yun recruited 40,000 soldiers, and the recruitment task was successfully completed!

Fan Li also led people to divide the fields to ensure that the people have ploughed and planted, and developed towards the expected goal!

After getting the benefits, the hearts of the people began to favor Li Tang and support Li Tang, what they wanted was very simple, that's all!