This is the case in Liangshan Prefecture, and the situation in the north is similar. The army of the Great Yan Imperial Court has a total of four parts. The core Yanshan Army is the most elite army in the entire Great Yan and the foundation of the royal family.

Under the Yan army, it is the army of the four towns, the four town armies of Zhenbei, Zhennan, Zhendong and Zhenxi, all of which are formed into an army of warriors, among which the Zhenbei Army is led by the Baizhan Hall of the Imperial Court, and sits in Yanshan Wanqian City, which is the main force of the Great Yan to resist the Northern Barbarians.

Under the army of the four towns, it is the Twelve State Army, the Liangshan Army is one of the Twelve State Army, the Twelve State Army is a lot worse than the above five armies, and the enlistment conditions of the non-commissioned officers are no longer required to be warriors, ordinary people can enter, if they become warriors, they can serve as small officers like the army commander and team leader.

Below, there are the soldiers defending the city from all over the country, most of them are soldiers who were injured and retired on the battlefield, retired and discharged, or the children of military families with average talents, and there are strong ones among them, but the good and the bad are uneven, and the combat effectiveness is average.

Among the twelve state armies, the rest of the Kyushu are 100,000 troops, but the three armies in the north have the threat of the Northern Barbarians, which are 150,000 troops, and His Majesty specially approved the King of Beiliang to form an elite cavalry of tens of thousands of people to resist the Northern Barbarians.

The number of troops in the north is the largest in the entire Great Yan, and it is the largest among the twelve states of Great Yan. However, in the three northern states, the people are the least of the twelve states of Dayan, and the land is also the most barren.

The twelve states of Dayan, whether it is the five states of northern Yanbei or the four states of southern Yan, the people have taken root and multiplied here since ancient times, the culture is prosperous, the population is large, the land is fertile, and it is suitable for farming.

Only the three states in the north are the land that Yan Taizu knocked down from the Beiman, which was originally a grassland and was used to grow crops, and the harvest was not high. The people of the three northern states have all migrated from Yanbei, and although they have been multiplied for a hundred years, they are still far behind the rest of Kyushu.

Moreover, there are frequent wars in the north, and the soldiers' pension is a big head, and the pension that needs to be spent in a year is even more than the military salary of the army.

The King of Beiliang has taken root here for several years, and he knows the situation in the north well, and what is the productivity of the north, there is no reason for the King of Beiliang not to know, so why should he compete with Dayan for the north.

Just as Chu Jiang was thinking, Chen Gong on the side then spoke: "But the officials of Liangshan Prefecture have never collected ten taxes and four taxes, at the beginning of the establishment of the northern border, it has always been ten taxes and five, thirty years ago it became ten taxes and six, and ten years ago, ten taxes and seven!" ”

Chu Jiang frowned slightly, ten taxes seven, this is already the tax in the last years of the dynasty, throughout the history of China, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the late Three Kingdoms, and the last years of the Southern Dynasties, only these times can the tax reach such a point.

Similarly, ten taxes and seven taxes also mean that this life is ruined, the people are not happy, and the dynasty is about to fall!

"Gongtai, the taxes are so heavy, how can the people live?" Although there is extraordinary power in this world, and there are mysteries in literature, Taoism and martial arts, the people who farm the land are still ordinary people, and there is no difference from the ancient times in the previous life.

"My lord, in the past five days, I have studied the livelihood of the people in the north. The northern territory is vast and sparsely populated, although the yield of farmland is low, but the number is large, the fields in the hands of the people are abundant, if you are industrious, ten taxes and seven, there is still a way to live! ”

Chu Jiang suddenly, there are fewer people and fewer people, in the last years of the ancient dynasty, not only was there less land, but also the taxes were heavy, so naturally he couldn't survive. Nowadays, although the tax in the north is heavy, there are many heavens and earths, as long as you are diligent and have a variety of fields, you can still survive.

"Ten taxes and seven, the tax of the six counties is eight million taels of silver per year, and the tax of the entire Liangshan Prefecture is about 10 million taels, which can supply the Liangshan army. If the war is not fierce, there will still be a surplus. ”

"I see." Chu Jiang nodded slowly, if he can be self-sufficient, then there is no problem.

If the north is unable to be self-sufficient, once it becomes independent, it will not be wiped out by the northern barbarians, and a large number of people will starve to death due to food problems. If the population is small and cannot support the army, it must be disarmed, and the army will be reduced and will not be able to fight against the northern barbarians, and it will be destroyed sooner or later. Such a northern border, smart people will not want it.

"Gongtai, after taking these six counties, will it help us?" Chu Jiang looked at Chen Gongdao.

"Yes, it was a great help!" Chen Gong immediately nodded.

"Although the amount of taxes is certain and needs to be handed over to the King of Beiliang and cannot be misappropriated, among the more than eight million taels of silver, it is no problem to secretly deduct more than ten or two hundred thousand taels. Grain production depends on the weather, in case of any disaster, the output will inevitably decrease, but how much to reduce is up to us, as long as the quantity is appropriate, it will never attract the attention of King Beiliang. ”

"With the brocade guard, the shadow guard and the dark guard can't find anything, this is one of them!"

Second, the imperial court tax is not silver, but only calculated in silver, mostly offset by grain, as well as cloth, silk, and even iron ore, fur, wood, stone and other raw materials can also be used to offset it. Merchants also pay taxes on goods, such as porcelain, wine, various fabrics, jade, and so on. ”

"These things are generally handled by the local government offices, and now the right to deal with them also falls into our hands, all kinds of excellent raw materials and refined grains and other precious items, we can give priority to the supply of precious items to the army under our command, and we can also replace some cherished items from the inside."

Chu Jiang showed a smile on his face, this is a good job, to put it bluntly, he is a logistics manager, a proper fat job, even if he is not greedy, there are many benefits of invisibility.

"There is also good news, among the six counties, there are spare treasury silver and grain, and other precious raw materials are also in reserve, these things can be borrowed temporarily." Chen Gong said with a smile.

After a pause, Chen Gong said here: "Similarly, the family background of the six county guards is quite solid, and the Jinyi Guard has found a large amount of gold and silver in their homes, and the six counties together have nearly 600,000 taels of silver, which have been secretly escorted to the Jinyi Guard's stronghold, and the adults can call it at any time." ”

Chu Jiang's eyes suddenly lit up, and sure enough, the wealth still needs to be seen by the imperial court, and several county guards are in charge of the finances of a county, and the wealth that is arbitrarily intercepted is a wealth that ordinary people can't imagine. Dayan County Guard is a liuguan, changed every three years, and the current officials are all two years ago, and in two years, a county guard secretly pocketed 100,000 taels of silver. And these have not affected the operation of the imperial court, and there is no hidden income from top to bottom that can not be found at all.

"The Northern Barbarian army is about to go south, how many of their county guards can receive a callup?"

Wang Hu's intelligence will naturally be sent to Chu Jiang, the Northern Barbarian Army is about to go south, and the entire northern border is preparing for a big war, and logistics is the top priority, so preparations must have begun.

(End of chapter)