Han Xiang

Chapter 159 Great Kindness to the People, Small Kindness to the Country

Sun Ce withdrew his troops, and Hefei was lifted from the state of war.

All government offices and camps in the city, like a vegetable market on weekends, suddenly became very busy, especially Lu Su's chief secretary's mansion.

After the war, the counting of losses, the registration of meritorious service, the assessment of the identity of new refugees, the statistics and distribution of relief food, etc., were all centralized and handled by the head office.

When Long Xiang rushed to the chief book's mansion, Lu Su was still busy checking the cost with the small officials.

The moment he saw Long Xiang, Lu Su pointed at him and went up to him.

"Yun Qi? If you don't come, I will go to find you."

"Oh? Zijing has something to do with me?"

Lu Su nodded solemnly: "There are more than ten thousand refugees in Lujiang, and half of them are craftsmen. Do you know what this means?"

"Isn't it a good thing? These craftsmen are involved in all walks of life. As long as they are properly guided and used, Hefei can basically be self-sufficient. To be honest, I am more worried about the flow of businessmen. Maybe it is Deng Dang's kind of meticulous work." Long Xiang frowned. .

Lu Su shook his head and sighed: "Yun Qi only sees the benefits of being a craftsman, but he doesn't see the risks involved."

"Craftsmen build cities and improve their lives, but they still have risks?" Long Xiang was extremely surprised.

Lu Su bitterly explained: "Yuan Shu raised so many craftsmen at the beginning because he had a population of one million in Huainan, but now Hefei has less than 7 people. Counting the more than [-] people in the craftsman camp, the current number of craftsmen in Hefei accounts for the total number of people." If there is more than [-]%, it cannot be supported if it continues.”

Long Xiang swallowed his saliva, and asked in a low voice: "Hefei has stored some food in the past two years, and Zheng Bao's confiscated a lot."

"No matter how much food is stored in Hefei, it will be exhausted sooner or later, so it is necessary to plan ahead."

"There is grain in the official storehouse, how long is it enough?"

"Up to two years."

"So fast?"

"The large number of people naturally consumes quickly, especially when there is a sudden influx of a large number of refugees. Even if they can farm the land immediately, it will take several months to reap the grain. Many of the advance payments will not be recovered."

Long Xiang upholds the good habit of hoarding food and carrying risks, just like Chinese people like to save money.

When he knew that the deposit was only enough to spend two years, Long Xiang suddenly felt a little nervous, worried that there would be a catastrophe and war, and two years would be quite fast.

"Zijing means"

Looking at Lu Su, Long Xiang hesitated to speak.

Lu Su stroked his beard and said: "As the saying goes, increasing revenue and reducing expenditure, the top priority is to increase revenue in the front. Hefei is adjacent to fertile land with watering. In the past, there was Shouchun Yuanshu in the north and Chaohu Zhengbao in the south. In order to weaken the existence of Hefei, it was only in the downstream. Small area farming;

Now that Yuan Shu and Zheng Bao are dead, it's time to make use of the fertile soil on both sides of the Strait. We can take advantage of this slack to reclaim wasteland and plant seeds in the coming year. "

"good."

Long Xiang nodded affirmatively, and then asked: "What about throttling?"

Lu Su continued to add: "Throttling expenditure is naturally a reasonable plan, and it can only be sustained if it is carried out step by step. Is there a limit to Hefei's acceptance of refugees? It can't be endless, right?
There is a limit to Hefei's accommodation. In addition, should the distribution ratio of farming income be adjusted again?There is too much left for the people”

"In a city as big as Hefei, it's easy to accommodate 10 people, but now it's less than [-]. In addition, I don't recommend raising taxes. Without the support of the people in Guizhou, how can we keep it so easily? Let alone them Sending food and goods in wartime, just strictly observing order and obeying orders is already very good." Long Xiang gave different opinions.

Lu Su bitterly explained: "Wan County was captured by Sun Ce in two days, but Hefei blocked Sun Ce back. Hefei will definitely become the first choice for refugees in the vicinity. Do you think 10 people will wait for a long time? We'd better think in the long run; low taxes Although the policy of endowment and benefiting the people can quickly gain people's support, it is difficult to last long, and it is not conducive to the country."

"As the saying goes, there are many people and power is great. How can someone refuse to vote? If there is no place to settle in the city, the latecomers can live outside the city. If it is impossible to build a new city, why not? Zijing just said that low taxes will not last long, and it is not good for the country. Why? untie?"

Long Xiang looked like he was asking for advice, he really wanted to hear what the ancients thought.

In the world before Long Xiang, some experts said that high housing prices were not conducive to the struggle of young people, and they thought that Lu Su's argument seemed somewhat similar.

Lu Su had to explain: "Giving low taxes to the people is a great good for the people, but a small good for the country. There are three reasons. First, the rich people but the poor country must be coveted by foreign countries, and military disasters will continue;

Second, if the people have more than enough, they must be lazy, orderly when they are poor, and cunning when rich, this is the nature of self-interest;
The third is that the rich are greedy for life. When they are poor, they can die for a meal.At that time, no matter how high the prestige of the people was, who would still be willing to fight? "

Long Xiang replied confidently: "It's not okay if the tax is too low, but if the tax is too high, the people will have no hope. Let's just strike a balance. At present, Hefei's government and the people are divided into half, and it doesn't matter if the people keep more temporarily.

For example, bricks, cement, houses, furniture, etc., all the things that the people need are made into official camps like salt and iron; as long as the people's expectations are constantly raised, there will be no surplus food for laziness and greed for life, and no impoverish the country. "

"That depends on the ability of the politicians."

Lu Su thought carefully about everything in Hefei, and Long Xiang seemed to be implementing his idea, so the conversation stopped abruptly in the middle.

Long Xiang pointed at Lu Su and said with a smile, "I have Zijing to help me, so why should I be afraid?"

While shaking his head, Lu Su showed two fingers. He seemed to be telling the other party that he had less than two years left, and hoped that Long Xiang would not rely too much on him.

Long Xiang's face suddenly became serious, and he whispered: "I will remember the three-year agreement at any time, now take me to a secret place, and I have something very important to tell you."

"Well, Yun Qi will follow me."

Seeing Long Xiang's solemnity, Lu Su immediately led the way and found an empty room.

"What happened?"

Lu Su closed the door and couldn't help asking.

Long Xiang took out the copied 'Clothing Belt Edict' from his bosom, handed it to Lu Su mysteriously and said, "Zi Jing, look at this first."

"Ok?"

Lu Su took the silk book with both hands, and immediately opened it to read the contents of the book. He was startled by the first word in the opening paragraph.

'I've heard that in the greatness of human relations, father and son come first;Those who are close to the powerful ministers act as thieves, come from the gate of the pavilion, and talk about the rank of assistants indiscriminately, which is really a crime of deceiving others. '

"this is"

Lu Su was so shocked that he couldn't speak, the silk script was clearly an edict from the emperor, and it was entrusted to a certain important minister, how could it appear in Long Xiang's hands?

Leaning beside Lu Su, Long Xiang explained in a low voice: "This silk is a copy, the authenticity is written by His Majesty with finger blood, hidden in the jade belt to hide from Cao thief's eyeliner, and brought out of the Forbidden Palace by Uncle Dong Guo."

"Then why"

When Lu Su heard the name of Guojiu at this time, he mistakenly thought that Dong Cheng was the master of Longxiang, but he felt that the possibility was unlikely, so he didn't ask directly.

Long Xiang said solemnly: "Zi Jing asked me before, who is the Ming Lord in my mind? I think I can give you the answer now. Now the emperor's blood edict is on him. A few months ago, he fled Xudu under the pretext of intercepting Yuan Shu. He It is General Zuo of Han Dynasty, Marquis of Tinghou of Yicheng, and leader of Yuzhou Mu."

"Liu Xuande!"

After Lu Su shouted the last three words, he immediately covered his mouth with both hands, his clear eyes were full of surprise.

(End of this chapter)