"Luoyang raised 100,000 Chinese troops to Guanzhong!" Pang Qing read the latest battle report.

"One hundred thousand?" Yang Zheng was a little surprised, not because there were too many troops, but because they came so quickly.

With the current strength of Liangzhou, Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui want to destroy themselves with an army of 140,000, which is almost a pipe dream.

Sima Zhao also dispatched hundreds of thousands of troops to deal with himself, and 140,000?

Zhong Hui doesn't have this ability, right?

If it wasn't for himself, it might be for Shu.

"Where's the grain?" Guanzhong has been deserted, and it is impossible for 140,000 people to drink the northwest wind, right?

"Sima Zhao levies taxes, and officials are nine and one citizen." Pang Qingdao.

In the later period of Emperor Ming, Zhongyuan Tian was given to the second official eight people, and under such heavy taxes, I don't know how the people survived.

"Isn't Sima Zhao afraid that the officials will force the people to rebel?" Yang Zheng shook his head, this time Sima Zhao made a bloody investment, if he couldn't destroy the Shu Kingdom, or destroy himself, the territory would definitely be turbulent.

In fact, since Cao Cao pioneered the Tuntian system, there have been people fleeing.

It is unlikely that it will rise up, the military strength of the Central Plains has always been very strong, and the people have already been killed.

The tax is too heavy, and the blow to the private sector is all-round.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked the Xiongnu in the north, vigorously looted the people, and the newly born children had to pay taxes to the state when they were three years old, called "export money", and paid the calculation at the age of fifteen, that is, the poll tax, each person had to pay to the state every year, and must use currency, and the middle would be squeezed by the price of grain......

There is a clear record of this in the Han book: Emperor Wu conquered the four provinces, re-endowed the people, and the people gave birth to a child at the age of three to export money, so the people were in great difficulty, and as for the birth of a child, it was very sad.

In fact, the Central Plains at the end of the Wei Dynasty was even more miserable than the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty treated everyone equally, regardless of whether he was a powerful person or a common man, he paid taxes the same.

Even the rich and powerful will pay more, and it is the rich man's leeks that are cut by the order.

At least there is still a way for the people to live.

And Sima Zhao's heavy endowment was completely apportioned to the powerless people.

The nobles had various ways to evade heavy taxes, not to pay taxes, or even to pay less.

First, the government couldn't figure out how many households they had hidden and how many fields they had encircled.

Second, the government itself is a strong and powerful clan of scholars, and they will pay their own taxes with their lives?

Sima Zhao dared to play like this, and Yang Zheng had to admire his courage.

But then again, as long as the scholars are on Sima Zhao's side, the loose and unorganized people at the bottom will not be able to make any waves.

Compared with the Central Plains, Liangzhou's taxes are much lighter.

Slaves, waiting to be returned, and governing the people, only need to pay enough land taxes, complete one or two months of military training every year, and basically have no other trouble.

Farmers can fish, hunt, livestock, make some handmade products, and sell them in the market.

Or work for the government, there is no salary, mix three meals a day, fill the stomach, and also save food.

In addition to the fields, Liangzhou's salt, livestock, and iron are all official camps.

A random salt lake in the West Sea is enough to eat for dozens or hundreds of years in the whole world.

Livestock is also one of the huge advantages of Liangzhou, the whole world also Liangzhou to adopt a large-scale official camp, in the vast grassland of Hehuang, Xihai, Hetao, Zhangye set up pastures, a livestock, can eat and work, the value is huge.

There is also commercial tax, which accounts for an increasing proportion of the government's fiscal revenue in recent years.

The Central Plains warriors are getting stronger and stronger, and their needs are also rising.

Pepper, spices, Shu brocade, mink fur, agate, precious stones, amber, rhino horn, ivory and other luxuries must transit through Lingliangzhou.

Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, there will be a long camel caravan from the west, these exotic businessmen's food, clothing, housing and transportation, all have to be in Liangzhou, they are extremely generous, driving the economy of Liangzhou, so that the people can also get some oil and water.

Since the elimination of the Fuqu Department, the business environment in Liangzhou has greatly improved, and many merchants from the Western Regions simply buy mansions directly in Guzang.

Last year, after breaking through Chang'an and killing Sima Fu and Wang Ji, the price of Guzang's mansion rose like sesame blossoms, and it had the temperament of a metropolis.

There were commercial taxes, salt and iron, and livestock supplements, and gold and silver were piled up in the Liangzhou public treasury.

Therefore, every time there is a big war, there is basically no need to squeeze the people.

The whole Liangzhou is on the rise, and the people can get along safely.

At Yang Zheng's suggestion, some far-sighted heroes also formed caravans and started bulk commodity trade.

In addition to merchants, the number of Tianzhu monks in Liangzhou continued to rise.

The significance of the Hexi Corridor, in addition to the economy, is actually a place of cultural collision.

The plateau, the grassland, the Central Plains, and the Western Regions converge again, constantly colliding with powerful sparks of civilization.

The Chinese civilization is great and splendid, but there are also merits in other civilizations.

Western civilization can catch up because it has not closed itself, whether it is plundering or crusade, it is a constant collision of civilizations.

On the contrary, the Chinese civilization entered a period of comprehensive decline after the Song Dynasty, losing the Hexi Corridor, Yanyun could not be recaptured, and the pioneering spirit was gone......

Yang Zheng has always felt that civilization is not only poetry and painting, but an inner and upward spirit, a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend, you can be a poet and painter, but you can't only be a poet and a painter.

For monks, Yang Zheng does not encourage or support.

Many of the monks were well-educated and well-educated, and after obtaining the consent of the government, the city of Guzang began to build a Buddhist temple.

The temple is managed under the name of the Xuanyi Division, and every monk needs to register and make a register, and only when he gets the degree of the Xuanyi Division is the legal monk.

After the capture of Chang'an, Liangzhou seemed to enter a new stage.

In the spring of this year, a large number of scholars popped up from nowhere, and there were as many as 1,000 people.

In the past, there were only about 100 people at most, and when there were few, there were 40 or 50 people......

With so many scholars, the original examination room could no longer accommodate them.

Liangzhou is different from other places, regardless of family background, regardless of background, the scholars are strong and strong, and the Hanmen Shu clan are all treated equally.

Yang Zheng simply took a new look and took the exam on the street.

Cleaned up Guzang Street, spread futons and tables, and arranged more than 2,000 elite armor soldiers to carry knives and spears to maintain order on the scene.

In the northwest, no matter what you do, you can't do without knives.

Flying in the sky, running on the ground, there are wolves and beasts everywhere.

You have to carry a knife when farming, you have to carry a knife but also a bow for grazing, and you have to carry a knife even when you go to the street to buy vegetables, otherwise you will be embarrassed to have a cordial and friendly communication with others.

This is also one of the unique cultures of Liangzhou.

As long as you don't wear armor and hold a crossbow, the government never asks.

This battle frightened many soldiers, some immediately withdrew from the examination room, and some people had ugly faces, and from time to time they secretly glanced at the armor soldiers around them.

The people around are three floors inside and three floors outside, all of which come to see a freshness.

As long as they don't make noise, the government will be up to them.

This is actually the first test set by Yang Zheng.

Literati without courage are basically unable to do anything in the northwest.

The Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qianghu will not reason with the powerless scholars, and the naturalized Yi people are also relatively angry......