Wei and Jin Cooks

  Chapter 989 Nanyang King died of illness

After the rebellion in Ju County, he sent people to publicize Zhao Hanzhang's treatment of the leader of the bandits in Ju County, and turned out the "Book of Yumin", which was read back and forth for half a month by people in all counties who were walking around the streets with gongs , Let the people remember Zhao Hanzhang's love for the people and benevolence, and interpret the imperial court's plan for post-disaster reconstruction.

  At the same time, let Lizheng preach in many ways the fate of the Wang clan in Juxian County, and let each family restrain their children in the clan so that there will be no more rebels.

Then he began to send troops to suppress the bandits in Jizhou. All the bandits he killed were recorded, divided into fields, sorted out the land, rivers, etc., and those who were particularly cruel were thrown into the army as slaves, and the treasures and grains collected were filled into warehouses. Therefore, before the relief food in Yuzhou arrived, Jizhou already had food to relieve the victims, and began to use work as a substitute for relief.

  The arrival of the relief food in Yuzhou made Zu Ti more free, and then carried out more in-depth work-for-relief activities.

Most of the states in Jizhou can grow winter wheat, and the drought is not as severe as in Youzhou, so Zu Ti managed to buy wheat seeds. In addition to the wheat seeds sent by Zhao Hanzhang, most of the registered people were allocated fields and seeds. , plowing, planting, digging ditches, watering...all the people in Jizhou are busy.

  Even the army without the task of suppressing bandits joined in farming.

  Zhao Hanzhang ordered that all the army in the world, except the elite, all have the task of farming, serving as soldiers in wartime, farming in leisure time, training in slack time, striving for self-sufficiency.

  Zu Ti thinks her policy is very good. When they were in Youzhou, the two had an in-depth conversation on this matter. At the moment, there is no better way than soldiers farming.

   When the world is stable, they will reduce the number of soldiers and send more people to farm, and only keep a part of the army.

  The one who moved as quickly as Zu Ti was Zhao Ju from Yanzhou.

  Yanzhou is the most severely damaged state in this war. The whole area has been reduced to a battlefield, every county has been beaten, the people...displaced, and countless houses have been burned.

  The drought in Yanzhou was not very serious, but the tragedy was worse than that in Youzhou.

Zhao Ming knew that the situation in Yanzhou was very bad, and Zhao Ju was from Zhao Hanzhang's trilogy, so Zhao Ming trusted and relied on him even more. Zhao Hanzhang was still in the north, so Zhao Ming began to send people to Yanzhou to deliver relief food, and at the same time sent a large number of officials Go to Yanzhou and assist Zhao Ju in managing Yanzhou.

  With such great support, Zhao Ju can straighten out Yanzhou much faster.

When a person is sad, let him be busy, so that he has no time to be silent in the sad things; the same is true for a state of pain, let it be busy and rejuvenated, then the pain will not be just pain, but also Motivated.

  So he also let Yanzhou start planting winter wheat as quickly as possible, and actively resumed business in the state.

   Calculating that the rich and gentry in the state are not happy to make money, or that they don’t make money in a fair manner, so he can only write to Zhao Hanzhang to ask how to do it.

  Zhao Hanzhang directly gave him an idea, "Just reduce or exempt commercial tax."

  Zhao Ju was very troubled by this, and asked Zhao Hanzhang: "Since the envoy has issued a calculation order, it can be seen that there is a shortage of money. Isn't it contradictory to reduce or exempt commercial taxes at this time?"

  Zhao Hanzhang wrote to him, "Regarding money is quick money, and it is to solve the current plight of the empty treasury; business tax is a continuous policy, but the people are currently poor, and can be appropriately reduced to restore business."

  Zhao Ju understood, and immediately reduced or exempted some commercial taxes in Yanzhou. For example, he exempted all commercial taxes such as grain trading, and he also lowered the tax rates for commercial taxes in other industries.

   This is a small privilege that Zhao Hanzhang gave to the governors of the states.

   When everything was waiting to be done, in order to better adapt to the policies of the states, she allowed them to be independent within a certain range, but these things still needed to be reported to the court.

  Yongzhou's Fu Zhi is writing to Zhao Hanzhang, hoping that she can allow Yongzhou to avoid the calculation of money and some taxes.

  Yongzhou, especially in the area of ​​Jingzhao Mansion, has experienced food shortages for several consecutive years. Not only the people have suffered heavy losses, but the local gentry and rich people have also suffered heavy losses.

  When Zhao Hanzhang's counting order arrived in Yongzhou, Fu Zhi knew that the money would not be collected in Yongzhou. If it was collected by force, Yongzhou would definitely be in chaos.

  So he didn't act, but appeased the officials in the state and asked them to wait a little longer, and he would intercede with the court.

As a result, as soon as Thaksin’s letter was written and circulated, the King of Nanyang in Chang’an had already ordered the collection of money. Because he knew that it was difficult to collect money, he directly sent troops to collect it with the officials and servants. The main targets were wealthy businessmen and some powerless people. the gentry.

  As for the officials and gentry whom Zhao Hanzhang named and added, he did not move.

However, this move caused chaos in Chang'an. When Fu Zhi received the news and rushed back to Chang'an from Yongzhou, Nanyang King had already been rammed by rioting Chang'an rioters. He died of illness.

Chang'an is still in chaos. The confidants of Nanyang King want to suppress it forcefully and avenge Nanyang King, but they are afraid that they will not be able to control the situation. At that time, not only Zhao Hanzhang will question the crime, but Chang'an will also be captured by rioters. Fu Zhi rushed back while hesitating. Zhao Hanzhang's letter of appointment also arrived, and she directly removed Nanyang King from the position of governor, and appointed Fu Zhi as governor of Yongzhou.

  Nanyang King's confidants were overjoyed, and immediately threw the mess in Chang'an to Fu Zhi.

  Fu Zhi was exhausted, so he could only come forward to appease the people of Chang'an. This time, he also used Zhao Hanzhang's reputation for benevolence, and promised to make a petition to ask Zhao Hanzhang to exempt Yongzhou's money and... part of the tax.

  Under Fu Zhi's efforts, the chaos in Chang'an was brought under control, but their emotions were still fluctuating between grief and anger, and they were afraid that a small spark could ignite them.

  So Fu Zhi didn't dare to relax a bit, so he could only write another letter to Zhao Hanzhang, telling her that the King of Nanyang was dead, and secondly, mentioning money and taxes again.

  In Yongzhou, especially in Chang'an area of ​​Jingzhao Prefecture, the food shortage has always been serious.

  In order to defend the checkpoints of the Jin Dynasty, the taxes levied have always been heavy, and the army has to be tight when there is food. Even so, there are many soldiers in the army who suffer from hunger.

   Just look at Bei Gongchun. When he was a general in Chang'an, the soldiers in his army were often hungry and dying.

   In the final analysis, it is because Chang'an's civil affairs are not done well, and there are some disasters every year. Most of them are minor droughts, and a few are attacked by rebels. It is difficult for the people to farm with peace of mind.

   There is no income, but it is spending. In addition, the King of Nanyang has no management talents, and only knows how to collect taxes blindly, so that Chang'an is caught in a vicious circle.

When Fu Zhi was sent by the first emperor, Chang'an was already dying of illness. He took many measures to ease the situation in Chang'an, but with Nanyang King, many of his policies could not be implemented, or half of the implementation would be cancelled. Bind hands and feet.

  Nanyang King "died of illness" this time was unexpected, but... Fu Zhi was not sad, and even breathed a sigh of relief. He was just worried about the future of Chang'an.

  Although he was thick-skinned, Fu Zhi still couldn't help mentioning the third point. He hoped that the imperial court would give Chang'an some relief money and food to help them tide over the difficulties.

  Chang'an, it's too miserable.

  (end of this chapter)