On the painting boat, the wind lantern illuminates the night, the candle shadow shakes red, and sprinkles colorful halos on the water surface.

The beautiful red man tapped on the sandalwood board, sang tactfully, swayed and danced, and was extremely soft.

Ma Qiancheng and Gao Changxin were drinking each other, and on the table was a map spread out.

Gao Changxin hesitated: "Military master, it's not ...... to talk about things in this kind of place It's not good. ”

Ma Qiancheng casually wiped it on the waist of the Qinglou woman who floated over, causing her to scream, but he didn't look at her, and said to Gao Changxin casually: "What's not good, it's been a month, the overall situation has been decided, and I should teach you a lesson." ”

At first, it was said that they would come to visit the painting boat the next night, but the chores in the Beifu army were busy, so it took a whole month for the two of them to come over.

"The key question is ......" Ma Qiancheng took a sip of wine and said leisurely: "Every time you come over, you sit on the edge of the bed and talk with Aunt Hong, and I can hear it clearly next door." This time, I will coax you, you are good-looking. ”

Gao Changxin's fair face suddenly turned red: "The military master...... This...... I'm still a virgin!"

Ma Qiancheng spewed out a breath of wine and slammed the wine glass on the table: "I'm twenty years old, and I still haven't broken it, do you practice children's skills? ”

He raised his head again and sang: "Go aside, go there, and go looking for flowers and willows." Those who walk side, walk there, don't get tired of gold bottle wine. ”

"Life in the world, you want to be comfortable. Changxin, your biggest problem is that you are too restrained. Panic, when you have experienced a lot, you should forget who your first woman's surname was, and what she looked like. In this kiln, there is one thing that I forget, so the ancient generation of heroes said it well - why forget your worries, only prostitutes ......"

Gao Changxin was blocked by Ma Qiancheng's words, and he couldn't refute it at all. After a while, Fang said: "Military master, it took a lot of effort for Wang Jiansheng to lure Xiangxi Tusi. Why did Gang Leader Chen arrive with the military master's handwritten letter, and they turned against each other again as if they had knocked five stones, and they didn't want to cut off the grain route of the Yizhou army?"

Ma Qiancheng showed a leisurely look and dipped his fingers in the wine. Four words were written on the case.

When Gao Changxin looked at it, these four words were: four public and six people.

"Four Publics and Six People...... Isn't it the famous good governance of the Qingcheng Wang family?" Gao Changxin wondered.

In the past, when power was centralized, taxes were extremely light, often fifteen taxes and thirty taxes. However, there are many of them, one is the corrupt officials and the local tyrants who exploit them layer by layer, the second is the cleverly set up various kinds of donations, and the third is the unpaid forced labor to work the people.

Later, Haoqiang evolved into sects and local tycoons, and power was dispersed. The tax system is intuitive.

Taking the Qingcheng royal family as an example, the area under the control of the Qingcheng faction is taxed at a rate of forty percent no matter where it is. If it is a complete reward for the territory of a retainer, or the territory of a vassal sect or a wealthy family, the landlord will take 40% of it, and only need to hand over a small part, but he must bear the obligation to send troops in time of war. If it is only handed over to the acting officer to govern, then the acting official can only get some remuneration for doing things. Most of them are handed over, and the total is still 40%.

At the same time, unpaid forced labor was abolished. When the people are recruited to do things, they need to be paid. In many cases, the money and goods collected were returned to the people in this way.

Coupled with the need to fight wars in troubled times, taxes are already on the heavy side. The taxes of the four princes and six people of the Qingcheng faction Wang family are undoubtedly much lighter than those of the five five, sixty-four and even seventy-three in other places.

"That's why I said that Wang Jiansheng is a hypocrite, and his whole family is a hypocrite. Ma Qiancheng said disdainfully.

He took a sip: "This so-called four princes and six people." What is the difference between it and those faint gentlemen who sold their fame and reputation in ancient times, and what kind of fifteen taxes and thirty taxes were one, but as a result, they didn't have enough money and tried every means to squeeze the common people?"

Gao Changxin said with a solemn expression: "Please teach the military master." ”

Ma Qiancheng said: "Taxes paid elsewhere are all collected in kind, and they are calculated according to the normal output of the field. In the event of a poor harvest, the above will reduce it as appropriate. If there is a good harvest or an increase in the harvest due to hard work, the excess will go to the people. ”

"And the Qingcheng royal family, for convenience, asked for silver or copper coins to be levied to facilitate operations. The people had to exchange their agricultural products for silver money and pay for them, and they would inevitably suffer a loss when they sold them, and the poorer and more remote the place, the more expensive and cheap the money, the more difficult it was to pay the amount. ”

"The four princes and six people, in the first generation of the Wang family, may be regarded as good governance, but later the territory is larger, not only fertile flat land, but also mountains and hills, and the cruelty to the people is reflected. ”

"In the time of Wang Jiansheng and his father, the people in the border areas have repeatedly rebelled because of this matter. The reason why Wang Jiansheng was besieged as soon as he took the throne was not because his father caused the people to sell their sons and daughters and be displaced!"

Ma Qiancheng took another sip of wine and said: "If Wang Jiansheng is really a hero, he should change the tax in money back to the tax in kind when he comes to power, but he is busy grabbing land and should have forgotten about it." Just take care of your own imperial plan hegemony, where can you take care of thousands of exiles and thousands of ghosts crying!"

Gao Changxin was stunned and said, "I see...... A group of toasts in Xiangxi took refuge in Qingcheng for their love for the Fu family. However, the land of Xiangxi is the poorest, there is not even rice, only some miscellaneous grains and local products, how easy is it to pay taxes with money? After they realized how much oppression they had to suffer under the command of the Wang family, they could not survive at all......

Ma Qiancheng laughed: "So let's just say it, it's always easier to beat him." ”

Gao Changxin was silent, and only then did he know where the fatal flaw Ma Qiancheng said was. Wang Jiansheng's bureau is not leaky, and he plays Long Aotian around, but the miscalculation lies in the system. The military master was able to catch this flaw in an instant and act like lightning, completely turning the situation in an instant, with a sharp eye and a sharp decision, which was simply terrifying.

Ma Qiancheng said again: "Although Gang Leader Chen went alone in name, I actually secretly sent five hundred iron gunners to infiltrate the mountains of Xiangxi as a ronin, and attacked everywhere with those Xiangxi native soldiers......

"Gang Leader Chen is a talent who is good at inciting and using troops, and he has been in contact with me, so I can remind him of the key points of his battle according to the situation in the mountains and rivers. Wang Jianxu, a woman who has a little insufficient brain in addition to her big breasts and big buttocks, what can she do?"

Gao Changxin asked again: "Wang Jiansheng didn't send anyone to persuade again?"

Ma Qiancheng sneered: "Yes, but it's useless?" He promised that the land of Xiangxi could not pay taxes for five years, and in the future, he could also pay taxes in kind with an exception. But those Tusi have already been instigated, cut off his food supply, and killed his soldiers, how can they believe his words anymore? Not to mention that Gang Leader Chen has been fighting with them all the time, if someone is not strong-willed, Gang Leader Chen will not find a way to kill him?"

He leaned back on the chair, raised his head to the sky, and said: "So, people's livelihood is the foundation of the struggle for hegemony, and you can't play these virtual things." If our successor is Wang Jiansheng's kind of goods in the future, you can chop him up with a knife, this broken position, whoever likes to sit and who sits, if you are interested, it doesn't matter if you sit. ”

Gao Changxin hurriedly said: "The subordinates don't dare!"

"We are brothers, you are a dog's head!" Ma Qiancheng burst on his head and said angrily.

Gao Changxin rubbed his head and asked, "Then take advantage of the quagmire that the Qingcheng army is in a quagmire, and there is no way to advance or retreat, let Long Aotian quickly reorganize people's hearts, and then organize a large army to enter Xiangxi and wipe out the elite of the Qingcheng faction?"

Ma Qiancheng shook his head: "No, I want to write another letter, this letter is for Wang Jiansheng." ”

Gao Changxin was slightly surprised, and then said, "I understand...... If Long Aotian is allowed to swallow the nearly 10,000 elites of Qingcheng in one bite, how can he take us in his eyes in the future?"

Ma Qiancheng snorted and said appreciatively: "The son can be taught!"

He asked for a pen and paper from ** on the painting boat, borrowed wine and angry books, and his handwriting was scribbled, but he was vigorous and unrestrained, like an angry dragon and a tiger, and he was extremely public.

The letter is very brief.

"The younger brother does not need a soldier, that is, the eldest brother is embarrassed, and if he does not retreat, the younger brother will send all the Jiangdong children to prepare for the eldest brother to watch, and he will benefit 30,000 heads. (To be continued......)