Liu Bei's words really made Xun You stunned for a long time.

He suddenly remembered that Liu Bei had persuaded him many times to join the Xun clan and take charge of the Xun clan.

He suddenly regretted it.

Xun Su is a mediocre person, able to strategize, but unable to decide, and although Xun Yu has the characteristics of being soft on the outside and strong on the inside, he lacks the means to act resolutely and decisively, knows what to do, and always lacks some courage in the process of enforcement.

Knowing what to do, but always not doing it thoroughly, non-violent non-cooperation seemed to be the only thing he could do.

Neither of these men is the most suitable candidate for the patriarch.

If you let yourself do it, even if you don't have Cao Cao's decisiveness, you can at least catch up with Zhen Yan's progress, but it's a pity......

Thinking like this, Xun You suddenly had a bold idea.

While everything was still in time and there was hope, he decided to make a request to Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty, the minister has a request."

"Say."

"If the minister can persuade some of the Xun clan people to obey His Majesty's orders and put His Majesty's requirements first, then can His Majesty allow these Xun clan members to set up another Xun clan sect in Yin, Henan together with the minister?"

After Xun You finished speaking, he looked at Liu Bei nervously, worried that Liu Bei's hatred of Xun could no longer be contained, so he decided to kill Xun Clan.

But as it turned out, his worries were pointless, and Liu Bei was clearly more concerned about his emotions and wanted to exchange them for further loyalty.

So, Liu Bei smiled.

"I've been expecting you so much a long time ago, and I've been waiting for you to take the initiative to say it, but you haven't taken the initiative to say it, I thought Ling Zhi wasn't here, isn't it good now? If you are willing to cooperate, follow you to stay, and if you are not willing to cooperate, I will not stay, isn't this the best of both worlds? ”

Xun You was immediately moved.

"Your Majesty's understanding of the minister, the minister's heart!"

"Gongda, you have done so many things for me and relieved me of so many worries, it is only natural for me to do something for you."

Liu Bei smiled and held Xun You's hand and didn't let go for a long time.

Xun You didn't hold back the burst of tears, and cried bitterly in front of Liu Bei.

So the two officially agreed that Xun You would find collaborators within the Xun family who were willing to participate in cooperation, and the others would be given up by Liu Bei, and Xun You would not care about them.

As for what choice Xun Yu will make, it depends on Xun Yu.

Liu Bei will completely leave this matter to Xun Yu, and how Xun Yu views Xun Yu will determine how Liu Bei treats Xun Yu.

Xun You knew that this was Liu Bei's greatest trust and concession, and if he couldn't solve this matter, he could resign and take the initiative to exile to Liaodong or Lingnan.

So Xun Yu quickly took action, giving full play to his subjective initiative, and when Xun Yu was still trying to persuade those diehards, he took the initiative to contact the softer and more enlightened minority people in his impression.

When he saw people, he got straight to the point and put the words on the table to say.

"Your Majesty's attitude is like this, the attitude of the major families has also been clear, what Your Majesty needs is a family that listens to orders, not a family that opposes him everywhere, the Xun family has violated too many taboos, this is the last chance, if you miss it, there will be no more."

"If it weren't for the Xun family's early support for Your Majesty, which has been of great help to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will not have opened up to the Xun family again and again, so many opportunities, not everyone can have them, I hope you can seriously think about the current situation."

"The Cao family, the Xiahou family, the Zhen family, which of them doesn't have more land and property than the Xun family? Didn't you still fulfill Your Majesty's request? They have a long-term vision and don't care about the small profits in front of them, and I, Yingchuan Xun, want to lose everything because of the small profits? ”

"Your Majesty is different from the previous emperors of the past, don't compare the past with the present, you must understand that His Majesty the Emperor in the past could not command 300,000 troops, but now His Majesty the Emperor can destroy everything for him with an order."

"The situation has completely changed, the past is no longer back, this is the last chance, you must not miss it."

In three days, Xun Yu concealed from Xun Yu, secretly met with the clansmen he thought was reliable, and conveyed his wishes to them, and under the pressure of the ultimatum, the twelve clansmen chose to "surrender" to Xun Yu.

They decided to join Xun You's newly formed "Henan Xun Clan" and follow Xun You into the next era, even if they would pay enough taxes for it, it didn't matter.

As long as you can survive, you can live well.

Other persuasions have no results, and more branches that Xun You has not even touched have naturally had no results.

Xun You doesn't have much wealth, and he can't come up with much money to make up for everyone's losses, what he needs is a group of rational people who are absolutely easy to talk to.

He didn't even think about what he could do with the people who couldn't talk well.

Xun Yu used so many benefits to tempt people who were unmoved, and he knew that he had absolutely no choice.

That's just like Liu Bei said, give up the plot of helping others and respect the fate of others, anyway, the Xun family is still there, there are fewer people, and the remaining people will not be surnamed Xun for this.

As long as the Xun bloodline is passed on, it can be regarded as the right ancestor.

Three days later, Xun You completed his set plan, made a list and handed it to Liu Bei, and reported to Liu Bei, Liu Bei was happy with Xun You's performance after learning about it.

"Gongda, you did a good job, if you had controlled the Xun clan earlier, I don't think the Xun clan would have come to this day."

Liu Bei said with emotion: "But fortunately, the Xun clan can be preserved, and the ancestors of the Xun clan will definitely be pleased because of your efforts." ”

Xun You sighed, and he didn't know whether to be happy or sad.

A few days later, Xun Yu visited Liu Bei again and informed Liu Bei of his "achievements", saying that he had persuaded another clansman to be willing to cooperate with Liu Bei, and as long as he had a little more time, he would definitely be able to persuade the entire Xun clan.

Liu Bei comforted Xun Yu again and reiterated his opinion, but if Xun Yu wanted to continue, then continue.

It doesn't matter anymore, Yingchuan Xun is destined to have no future, the future belongs to Henan Xun,

He didn't say this, but saying it in front of Xun Yu was really hurtful, Liu Bei was not a devil after all.

Subsequently, Liu Bei no longer cared about this matter, but began to lay out the entire Dutian operation.

In his preparations, Dutian had to follow the order of Jiangbei first and then Jiangnan, because his ruling foundation in Jiangbei was more solid, while his ruling foundation in Jiangnan was not so solid.

Moreover, there is no longer a military group in the north that is not outside the order, and there is no formed armed force that can resist Liu Bei's Dutian order, and individual and scattered resistance has no effect at all.

The south is different, there are a large number of foreigners in the southern part of Yizhou, the same is true in the south of Jingzhou, and the same is true in the Yangzhou area, where the mountains are rampant, on the contrary, there are very few good people.

If the Dutian Order is promoted simultaneously in these places, I am afraid that the pressure on Guan Yu and Liu Sheng will be very great, and there is no need.

Therefore, following the principle of first north and then south, Liu Bei is ready to take the lead in developing Dutian in the Jiangbei region.

In terms of agricultural tax, everyone pays the tax together, but there will be different levels of taxes for different land amounts.

According to the family as the unit of production, if a family only owns less than 500 acres of land, the tax is very low.

500 mu to 1,000 mu is considered a grade, and the tax of this grade is not high.

1,000 to 3,000 is a grade, and the tax at this grade will be raised a little.

Three thousand to five thousand is a grade.

Five thousand to ten thousand is a grade.

More than 10,000 acres of land, 10,000 to 30,000 is a grade, 30,000 to 50,000 is a grade, and more than 50,000 acres of land are harvested.

Putting aside other aspects of taxation for the time being, in terms of agricultural tax, which is the basic part of the empire's tax revenue, Liu Bei's hand mainly wants to protect the interests of yeoman farmers as much as possible, reduce their taxes, and enable them to have savings as much as possible and have the ability to resist all kinds of disasters.

In a certain sense, more tax revenue will be distributed to high-income earners, and agricultural taxes will be collected from them to subsidize the state and adjust the distribution of tax revenues.

On the basis of comprehensive Dutian, following such tax rules to formulate a new tax law, pay a new round of taxes, and reverse the underlying logic of taxation is something that Liu Bei feels can spend decades to accomplish.

In the next few decades, he will continue to devote some of his energy to this field for a long time, and as long as it can be successfully implemented, he feels that he is very successful as an emperor.

It doesn't matter if this policy can be achieved or how long it can be maintained, as long as it continues to be done, it will always have an effect.

Correspondingly, Liu Bei also began to make some requirements for the tax department of the household department, asking them to set up eight different tax collection groups for these eight grades of basic agricultural tax groups to divide the national tax payment groups.

These are all long-term and continuous work, and if they are done well, they will be of great use to the country.

Although from the perspective of historical experience, planning is one thing, and implementation is another, but there is a qualitative difference between having and not having these two things.

At the national level, the use of the tax system to implement a policy of wealth redistribution and bias towards the interests of farmers is a great step forward.

Moreover, this tax hierarchy system actually has a certain differentiation effect on the large wealthy families.

The big family is not monolithic, and there are rich and poor inside, rich and oily, and poor to the core.

Just like Liu Bei's family back then, Liu Bo was very rich and wealthy, while Liu Bei's family was a poor weaving mat seller, and the two families even had a relatively close kinship.

Different tax levels target different groups of people, and different groups will be divided within a family, making it difficult for them to agree on their interests with each other, making personal interests and family interests seriously conflict.

This is conducive to the division and disintegration of the wealthy and large clans at the economic level.

Some people who don't have much land, have little taxes, and can even get some benefits from this new policy, feel that there is no need to risk their lives for this tax, and even have some vague expectations for this.

Some people have a lot of land, and the new policy is clearly to cut their flesh, they want to play with the imperial court, but they can't gather everyone's strength to fight against the imperial court.

For officials, because of political reasons, it is even more complicated to think, especially for an official who grew up under Liu Bei.

The Cao family, the Xiahou family, and the Zhen family all made their choice automatically, and the Xun family was later helped by a rebellious clansman to make the choice they should have made.

With such a successful case, Liu Bei believes that in the final choice, the resistance he will encounter will not be very strong, most of it may be a local rebellion, and the overall rebellion is unlikely, and the local garrison is enough to deal with it.

After determining many details of the "Dutian Decree", Liu Bei rubbed his eyes and lay down for a while.

He thought that he had been constantly preparing for Dutian since the sixth year of Zhongping, using the elimination of political enemies as a means, but the essential purpose was to reduce the intensity of the all-out confrontation that Dutian would encounter.

In the earliest days, the eunuchs, the conservatives of the modern literary school, the ancient literary school, and the old military faction, as well as the landlords and powerful people in various places, each of these power groups was counted as one, and all of them could launch a huge force to resist Liu Bei when they were in the field.

Dutian involves core interests, and when Liu Bei's power is unstable, once this interest is touched, and the bureaucrats cannot find a strong enough deterrent and a sufficiently abundant replacement, it is conceivable to turn into an all-out confrontation.

In this way, Liu Bei will be the enemy of the bureaucrats in the world, and he can only rely on the army in his hands, and the probability of his defeat will be unimaginably great.

Now, however, he has greatly weakened the forces that can oppose him with the constant use of political warfare against his political opponents, and over time, the education system he controls has produced reserve officials who obey him rather than the traditional tycoons.

The rebels have nothing to use to control his existence, and he, in turn, holds the lifeline of the rebels - the authority of the world.

Dutian will win, Dutian will win.

Liu Bei already has such a full grasp.

Therefore, at the farewell banquet after the end of the New Year's Festival, Liu Bei told his cronies and subordinates that Dutian was about to be in full swing, and the Han world would face a more severe test, and they would also face many rebellions, which needed them to deal with them with resolute military means.

"I've never been worried that you won't be able to win the battle, and I've never worried that those worms will become a threat to the big men, but that doesn't mean you can relax and ignore nothing, that's not the case.

Ladies and gentlemen, no matter what kind of enemy we face, we must maintain our vigilance, you must know that no matter how weak the enemy is, there is a possibility of a Jedi turnaround, and no matter how strong the army is, there is also a possibility of defeat. ”

For this point, the feudal officials and generals have said that they have understood, will keep it in mind, and will never slack off, if the loss is caused by slackness, they are willing to bear it.

So Liu Bei relieved them to return to their respective jobs, telling them that it would not take long for his decree to reach them, and at that time, the real test would begin.

In fact, although Liu Bei's worries in this matter are not wrong, in a sense, Liu Bei did not fully understand the thoughts of the generals and the feudal officials.

To be precise, they are more excited than worried.

(End of chapter)