sbdcsierra Chapter 586: Brother Xu Told Me
Chapter 586: Brother Xu Told Me
It was in the afternoon that Xu Qing returned to the Taoyuan Inn. When Xu Qing came back, the inn and shops rented by the Liuzhou State Commercial Institute in advance had almost been evacuated. Only the Taoyuan Inn was still stubbornly waiting for Xu Qing to come back.
When Xu Qing walked to the door of Taoyuan Inn, he saw a little girl standing in front of the door, looking towards the main street all the time, until he saw a familiar figure appearing at the end of the road, a smile appeared on his face, and he looked towards Xu Qing ran over.
Xu Qing looked at Xiao Ruxue and said, "I'm back."
Xiao Ruxue asked curiously; "Didn't you say you were going to send Sister Bing'er to the border? Why did you come back so soon?"
Xu Qing sighed and said, "I was cut off halfway..."
Xiao Ruxue blinked her eyes: "By whom?"
Xu Qing said: "Her father."
"Ah?" Xiao Ruxue asked in surprise, "Is that General Long coming to Chu?"
Xu Qing nodded and said, "I didn't expect that either."
Xiao Ruxue asked again: "I packed our luggage yesterday, when shall we go back?"
Xu Qing said: "Shall we set off tomorrow?"
Xiao Ruxue nodded vigorously and said, "Okay!"
While chatting, the two walked towards the Taoyuan Inn.
"I want to hear a story tonight."
"speak."
"I want to eat grilled fish."
"bake."
"You said that when the hawthorn is ripe, you will make rock sugar Calabash for me."
"How do you remember?"
"I remember it clearly in my little notebook! Don't try to renege on it!"
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Xu Qing walked in with Xiao Ruxue, and the new shopkeeper of Taoyuan Inn immediately greeted him: "Master and the second lady are back?"
As soon as the shopkeeper of Taoyuan Inn finished speaking, he seemed to realize that the woman beside Xu Qing was Xiao Ruxue, and immediately knelt down and said, "Princess Yongle, this subordinate deserves to die."
It's not that the subordinates made a slip of the tongue, but that the subordinates deserve to die.
If he didn't deny it, then he affirmed it. He just accidentally said what was in his heart.
Xiao Ruxue showed complacency on her face, and waved her hand casually: "Go down."
The Taoyuan Inn showcase said: "Thank you Princess, Second Madam...cough cough...Princess, go slowly, Dean, go slowly..."
Xiao Ruxue and Xu Qing went upstairs, she shook Xu Qing's arm and said, "Can you reward him with something after you go back?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "A few words about Second Madam have already reached your heart?"
Xiao Ruxue snorted softly: "I don't care, I'm happy."
Xu Qing nodded: "Okay, thank you, Xueer will do whatever she wants."
I have to say that sometimes even if you know that some people are flattering people, you also know the purpose of doing so, but it's really nice to not be able to hold him back.
The second lady made the little girl elated with a few sentences, insisting on rewarding her...
When I was leaving with Long Binger, when I was arguing about whether to ride one horse or two horses, it appeared very timely.
Now Xu Qing suddenly understood why the ancient emperors liked to favor traitors so much.
All of them are talents, they speak nicely, and they only want to please the emperor.
No wonder the emperor liked them.
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Frontier of Chu State, Xincheng
This city was renamed by King Xian, and it was also the first city they won in this battle!
New City, New Atmosphere.
Vientiane update!
Hope this is a good sign.
Everyone in the new city, including the surrounding villages, was also rejoicing.
Because today the virtuous king personally ordered the tax reduction and exemption for one year here.
This year, Xincheng also suffered from a large-scale drought. The grain harvest in the surrounding villages was 30-40% lower than in previous years, and they had to pay rent and taxes. The remaining grain had to tighten their belts to survive.
But at that time, Xincheng was a border city of the Zhou Kingdom, and the court basically did not care about it. The officials in the government only collected taxes, so how could they care about the lives of their people?
If the tax is reduced or exempted due to the drought, it will affect the county magistrate's achievements!
It is not the first time that concealment and non-reporting have been done.
There have been rumors from a long time ago that this time is a trick of the court, and His Majesty took advantage of the emptiness of Chu State to find an excuse to insist on fighting, and Chu State is the teacher of justice.
At the beginning, they didn't dare to listen. If the government found out about these things, they would lose their heads!
Looking at it now, Chu State is not only a teacher of justice, but also a reborn parent.
When conquering a city, not only did the soldiers not indulge in burning, killing and looting, but some soldiers helped repair and build houses for those who were destroyed by thunder and fire, and helped orphans and widows carry water and firewood. Where did they find such a good army?
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Garrison Fuchu
King Xian sat in his seat, listened to Xiao Ye's report sentence by sentence, and said, "Oh? We also do the work of carrying water and chopping firewood? Isn't this too much?"
Yes, even if the army of this era does not slaughter the city, it is common for them to plunder after capturing the city. Once the army captures the city, the soldiers it belongs to seem to have a legal license to rob.
Food, money, clothes...
It is very rare for the army of Chu State led by King Xian to be able to do nothing wrong with the people in the city, and it is even more kind to recreate the same thing if they can reduce the tax burden for one year. King Dexian was a little surprised.
Xiao Ye said: "This is taught by Brother Xu. The mass base is our revolution... ahem, it is an important condition for our victory in the war. Only those who win the hearts of the people will win the world. Although we have captured the new city, it is not the same for this place. We are very familiar with it, if the enemy army shoots back with their carbine, we will be caught off guard, and we will not be able to unleash the power of thunder in the city."
"But if the people here return their hearts, then this city is equivalent to having tens of thousands of our spies who are familiar with the human terrain. It is very cost-effective to do so."
The virtuous king nodded thoughtfully, and said: "What you say makes sense, this kid always catches my eye, don't look at this kid being extremely lazy, but he has some insight that even the two prime ministers in the court, left and right, are far behind .”
Xiao Ye continued: "I have other things to do when I come here this time."
The virtuous king asked, "What else is there?"
Xiao Ye said: "The land here is mostly concentrated in the hands of a few landlords. Although the people don't have to pay taxes, they still need to pay rent."
King Xian nodded: "What do you think?"
Xiao Ye said: "Brother Xu told me that the ruling class must always represent the interests of the majority of the people, so that the people will lift you up high, this is the foundation of maintaining the rule, and these people hold the Landlords with a huge amount of land are the opposite of the vast majority of the people, and should be the targets of our suppression. Moreover, these landlords who were originally from the Zhou State were based in the Zhou State, not in the Chu State. It's okay to be cruel."
"Of course, these landlords can't be beaten to death with a stick, otherwise it will be a big trouble for them to fight back together. Some of them should be recruited and some should be suppressed. Some small landlords and landlords who build bridges and roads to do good deeds can be recruited and appreciated, but Those big landlords who are in charge of a huge amount of land, no matter good or bad, must be resolutely suppressed, and must not be allowed to let it go, and it is definitely not a good thing to concentrate a large amount of land in the hands of one family."