Chapter 618: Give your father a generous gift and sell favors by the way
In the end, Yizhi adopted and agreed to this opinion, and soon, it was conveyed in the form of a holy decree, and the Bashu Weekly, which had already been opened in the Bashu region, spread the news to every county in Bashu as quickly as possible.
This made those Bashu family gate lords shake greatly, or they were very angry and frightened. But they did not dare to move, because the garrisons of each county were already ready to go, and they were exercising day and night outside the cities.
And the first batch of tens of thousands of soldiers who originally surrendered to the rule of Ben Gongzi were scattered and sent over to be reorganized into the local garrison, of course, all of them were reorganized in different places, for example, the soldiers of the five counties in northern Shu ran to Shuzhong for reorganization, and Shuzhong was transferred to southern Shu, in short, those soldiers will not be reorganized in their hometown.
Although tens of thousands of people were not scattered, the strength of the garrisons in various places was fully doubled, and it made those family lords feel the oppressive power brought by force. After that, a large number of officials were asked to report to Beijing, and their places were taken by officials who had arrived from Chang'an.
The family valves in Shu finally found out sadly. It turned out that they relied on force and failed in front of the army of the Chinese Empire, and now, they want to rely on those officials to grind foreign workers with the empire, but after Ben Gongzi came to such a desperate plan, all their efforts came to naught, and more importantly, even if they wanted to resist, they had to ask those well-equipped garrison troops who were extremely loyal to the empire whether they were collectively blind and deaf.
Eventually, they had to succumb to the violence of the state, and on the tenth day after the autumn harvest was completed, the news reached Chang'an, where 77.68 million mu of land in Bashu had been expropriated for 15.58 million stones.
The tax rate is 10 percent, which seems high, right? But the problem is that the common people do not need to pay any more contributions, let alone serve. In other words, the rent adjustment of the Tang Dynasty will no longer appear, and the common people who farm the fields, the cloth they weave by themselves, can be sold by themselves, and they can go to the city to find some work to do when the farmers are not working.
It is precisely for this reason that the people of the land of Bashu are happy to pay the autumn grain. After that, the established grain department purchased 23.75 million stone of grain in the land of Bashu.
That is to say, a total of 39.33 million stone grain was obtained in the land of Bashu, of which 20 million stone grain and stone were stored in granaries in various places for emergency needs, such as disaster relief. He also took out 4 million stone as military reserve food to prepare for the future conquest and pacification of Jingxiang.
The other 19,330,000 stone grain was all transported to Guanzhong, and the Guanzhong area also obtained a bumper harvest, and the grain obtained was similar to last year, and at the time of the autumn harvest, the heroes of the world once again sent grain merchants representing their respective strength into Guanzhong.
"This is really strange, there are countless fertile fields in Jingxiang, and in the past two years, there has been no major disaster, and the grain is completely self-sufficient, but why did Xiao Mo also send a grain merchant over." Ma Zhou's brows furrowed, and he looked at the information in front of him and said.
"It's not because Xiao Miao, the Emperor of Great Liang, is courting His Majesty." Du Ruyan smiled faintly. "The people who came this time are not only the grain merchants of Liang State, but also a number of powerful people in the world have already sent grain merchants over, and in addition to the grain merchants, they have also sent some envoys."
"Oh?" I had just finished lunch, and I couldn't help but open my eyes as I was leaning against the couch railing and closing my eyes. "Send an envoy at this time? Could it be that the amount of food they need is huge? ”
"This, the minister doesn't know, but what are the envoys sent, there are records on it, please Your Majesty to take a look." Du Ruhui took out a piece of paper from the desk and presented it to my desk.
Li Zitong, Shen Xingfa, Du Fuwei...... It seems that all the heroes in Jiangnan have also sent envoys, hehe, I am really curious, what do they want to do? Wang Shichong also sent an envoy, I really want to see what this guy wants to say? I looked at the information, raised an eyebrow and smiled.
"Your Majesty, would you like to meet these envoys?" Ma Zhou came out and asked at this time.
"See, naturally I want to see it, I really want to see what these guys are planning." I touched my chin. Since someone is here, I naturally want to know a thing or two for myself, and see what these Jiangnan heroes want to do.
"However, we will see you until the auction of grain is over." I thought about it and came to a conclusion.
"By the way, how is the situation on Tang Gong's side?" At this time, Wang Shichong had already turned his attention, and Xu Shiji and Li Shimin had a tacit understanding to stop each other, plus Li Yuan took back the northern part of Hedong County, and now Li Yuan's pressure can be said to be much easier.
"Tang Gong also sent a grain merchant, this time, I am afraid that the food needed will not be less than last time. After the confrontation with Wang Shichong, coupled with the fact that Wang Shichong seized several pieces of territory, although the pressure on Tang Gong was greatly reduced after the battle between General Wei and Zheng Jun, his situation this year is still worse than last year. Fang Xuanling said on the side.
"This is also true, I hope that Tang Gong will insist on it again, at least for another one to two years." I touched my chin and laughed. The longer Li Yuan supports me, the more Dou Jiande, Wang Shichong, Liang Shidu and others among the Central Plains heroes will not be able to deal with me with all their strength.
And it is precisely with Li Yuan's containment that this son can settle down and work hard to develop Guanzhong and attack Bashu, speaking of which, I really have to thank Li Yuan, the old man, for his struggle.
"Your Majesty, rest assured, Zheng Jun is now restrained by us, and it is not so easy to move north, without the pressure from the south, the pressure on Tang Gong is much smaller, but Your Majesty, we are afraid that we have to help Tang Gong to do it, otherwise, Tang Gong will not be able to support it for so long." Qu Tutong stroked the long beard under his chin and smiled.
"Yes, the pressure on Tang Gong is not small now, although Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong jointly deal with Tang Gong, however, he is not dedicated, because he fought with Luo Yi before, and suffered losses, and now, he still wants to try to compete with Luo Yi again, in order to suppress Beiping County and Liaodong to the north." Li Jing sat in front of the map next to him and said.
I nodded, agreeing with the statements of these important ministers, it is indeed time to give Li Yuan a taste of sweetness, although he is not done or instructed by this son to cover the left and right in the land of Shanxi to fight against the world's heroes, but his position is really good, just stuck between me and the Central Plains Zhuxiong, so those guys want to enter the Guanzhong, then Li Yuan is the biggest stepping stone, and if he doesn't clean up, he won't dare to enter the Guanzhong with peace of mind.
Therefore, whether Li Yuan himself is willing or not, he can only honestly continue to be a door god, I believe that this old man must be very speechless, but he can't let it, after all, he has such a big territory, if he lets it, where can he go?
When my mother-in-law returns to her parents' house, my son will personally go to the Tang Guogong Mansion to meet Queen Dou. Thinking of this, I smiled lightly. "I will give Tang Gong a generous gift, and by the way, I can also sell personal favors."
"Don't make trouble, husband, the concubine is watching the child." Sister Yaoguang glared at me stupidly, and stretched out her fist and gently slapped me in the chest.
"What's the trouble for my husband, I just want to hug my lady, and our little princess must not mind. Isn't that right, Kid Night? I was smiling and lying on the seat of the wide carriage, and my little princess was lying beside me, babbling and playing with her mother, a pair of big black eyes were so clear and bright, but unfortunately, there was no camera in this era, no video recorder, otherwise, I really wanted to record this scene in front of me.
The Yaoguang girl smiled sweetly, her eyes and pretty face were full of joy, as well as the pride and kindness of being a mother. The little girl who used to like to lose her temper has finally grown up and become, and she has become the mother of my child.
To this day, I still remember the scene when I first met, and I actually regarded her as a sissy little white face at that time.
"What are you laughing at? A bad guy. Sister Yaoguang turned her head, saw my expression, and couldn't help but reach out and pinch the bridge of my straight nose and said angrily.
"What's the matter, I'm thinking about it, I want my husband to recover from a serious illness at the beginning, and was pulled by your second brother to participate in the outing, the scene when we met, in the blink of an eye, many years have passed." I grabbed Yaoguang's slender hand, put it in front of my lips and kissed it, and smiled with emotion.
Hearing my words, Sister Yaoguang's gaze couldn't help but soften, and she shook my hand back. "Husband, it was eight years of great cause, and now, seven full years have passed."
"Seven years?" I rested Sister Yaoguang's hand on my forehead and couldn't help but repeat with some emotion. "Young boys and girls at that time, old husbands and wives today......"
"Nonsense, husband, you are only in your early twenties now, how old are you? How can the concubine not be seen. Yaoguang girl said angrily, while taking another empty hand and continuing to tease Xiao Ziye.
"Hehe, how tender do you think your husband is?" Ben Gongzi laughed a few times, his hand gently wrapped around Yaoguang's slender waist, and his waist had completely recovered his past curves, but the plump double pills on his chest and the upturned buttocks were at least one number bigger than before he had a baby, and his figure was even more sexy and hot.
"Husband, what are you talking about? Tender...... God, it's okay for our daughter to be called tender, husband, you are also a dignified husband, but you actually say tender? Yaoguang's eyes widened, and she couldn't laugh or cry for a long time.
"Why, can't you be called tender as a husband? In front of an old guy like General Qu Tu, if you are a husband, I belong to a young man who is so tender that he can pinch out the water. Ben Gongzi pinched her smooth pretty face and smiled.
"And how do you compare to Midnight?" Yaoguang smiled and pointed to the little night next to him, Ben Gongzi could only be speechless, and then took out this girl in retaliation, causing a burst of coquettishness.