Changfeng Thousands of Miles End Han Song

Chapter 388

Koryo is known as Little China.It is rumored that earlier, the courtier Kim Jin of Goryeo was sent to the Song Dynasty, and the poems and essays of Park In-ryang, who accompanied him, were published as "Xiaohua Ji" and circulated in the Song Dynasty, so that Goryeo won the reputation of "Little China".

But no matter how small China it is, Korea is also a foreign race.

Zong Ze is well aware of Qilu's current situation.In order to attract people's hearts and minds, the king of Qi exempted autumn grain last year, and this year he will exempt summer and autumn. He also plans to abolish poll tax.

Leaving aside the former, the Liangshan army could still afford the one-year land tax, but the straightforward abolition of the poll tax is a bit absurd.

This is not to say that the current Liangshan Army can earn hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars a year by collecting population taxes on the areas under its jurisdiction.The population tax in the Song Dynasty is very heavy, but it is not that high.

In the southeast, where the capita tax is the heaviest, the capita tax in some places is "only" [-] to [-] yuan. Otherwise, why would there be such a saying in the southern regions that "children are not raised without raising a child"?
Shandong is no richer than the southeast, and the capita tax has also been reduced, only about a hundred yuan per den.Under the tax system of Zhao and Song, this was a heavy burden for the people.But if this standard is applied to the entire "Qi State", the annual per capita tax is about [-] yuan.

Ding tax Ding tax refers to adult males, between the ages of 20 and 60.

Lu Qian didn't care about this small amount of money, but Wen Huanzhang thought that instead of exempting the entire population from paying, it would be better to only impose a tax on the population of military households.

Lu Qian thought for a while, and agreed immediately.

Zong Ze had no objection either.The people of Qilu have more than one year of self-cultivation, and when the people's strength is rejuvenated.The per capita tax is not a big burden.

"Cut the flesh and blood of other races to meet the needs of China. This is the inner sage and the outer king."

Lu Qian waved his hand and said shamelessly.

In addition to recruiting troops and horses, the Liangshan Army repaired land roads and rivers, established hundreds of officials and assistants, and some necessary government offices and schools. The expenses were high.Even though his existing money and food savings can still support him, they will eventually run out.In the end, we still have to take it from the people.

Zong Ze was the head of Lu Qianzhi's civil servants, and he explained all of Lu Qian's plans.According to Lu Qian's wishes, the taxation of the people will be greatly reduced, which is much worse than that of the Song Dynasty, so the treasury's fiscal revenue will also be greatly reduced.In the future, it will be time to use troops again, and money and food will be indispensable.Is it so demanding to rule the people, or raise a knife to cut the flesh and blood of foreigners... Zongze chose the latter without a doubt.

Although the concept of "if the name is not right, the words will not be right" deeply affected him, Zongze broke his previous persistence in the face of the extremely real problem of "the people of the Li people suffer".

But today, when Lu Qian mentioned Korea, he was shocked by his attitude of taking it as fish on a chopping board.It is the first time I know that "the inner sage and the outer king" can be explained in this way.Then a wave of contempt for himself rose in my heart.

Didn't he, Zongze, have made a decision a long time ago, so why would he regret what happened to Gao Li?This is the fake compassion of cats crying for mice, and it is also a kind of hypocrisy that cannot let go of one's figure.

As a political figure, as the highest civil servant in the land of Qilu, it is essential to have some pretense on the surface, but Zongze must understand his heart clearly.I think he has a thick face but a dark heart.

Done.The generals withdrew one after another, and several civil servants also withdrew. Only Zongze was left behind by Lu Qian.

After talking about it, Zong Ze said: "Your Majesty is very considerate. If you are so polite, you don't want to be ridiculed by the people of the world."

Lu Qian was very surprised by Zongze's attitude of approval, but when he heard his last words, he sneered: "How difficult is it to find fault with an egg? I raised thousands of troops just for a few cheap merchants and civilians, and compared to those Why is it not a ready-made excuse from the mouth of the scholar-bureaucrat?"

"You know what I know this time. Don't worry about what outsiders say. Just go..." Lu Qian ordered Zongze to arrange the head and tail of the merchant ship's sailor, and Zongze took the order and left.

Now that the ice along the coast has not yet melted, it is too early for the Liangshan Army to truly enter Korea.Everything can be arranged in time, and everything can be deployed in time.

After Lu Qian held meetings with civil and military courtiers for many days, his workload plummeted again.

Zong Ze was a good prime minister, Lin Chong and the others recruited an army for training, and they were under Lu Qian's nose from the beginning to the end.In the first half of February of this year, Lu Qian had a rare and comfortable life as an otaku.

But in the second half of February, as the local garrison troops dispatched from various state capitals gathered in Qingzhou, Lu Qian became busy again.He haunted the army again and again, but he was busy and happy.

Being in the midst of armies, he witnessed the growth of his own strength, what could make him happier than this?

Humans are a very complex animal, and everyone has their own unique three views.Later generations Yang Ma used to play with fire and said: Are you happy?
But what is happiness for human beings?

Lu Qian felt that the so-called happiness, in the final analysis, is to see whether one's selfish desires are satisfied.And the vast majority of people use two different scales to measure happiness—the degree of satisfaction of desires.

Just like himself.

In his eyes, there is a kind of happiness that is the happiness of others.It is obvious at a glance based on the desires of others that have been fulfilled.

For example: This guy is very rich, with a very good income, luxury cars and houses, beautiful girls..., taking advantage of the fact that he is a lowly dick, and has a super miserable life.

The biggest basis for a person's view of his or her own happiness is the potential desires that he has imagined, hoped for, made efforts for, or has not made efforts for yet to be satisfied. Only he himself knows best, and others may not be able to fully understand them. .

One of Lu Qian's great wishes is to unify the whole country, then conquer as many lands as possible, and kill all the lands he can.This is not only to leave a large foundation and a large family property for his descendants, but also to realize his dream of a cynical youth, a dream that Huaxia will truly become "Tianchao Shangguo".

The future of Lu Qian's harem that Wen Da and Xuan Zan laughed at would be chaotic, but he himself was not worried at all.Because he felt that he was capable of earning a throne for all his sons.

In today's era, it is unrealistic to build a unified, centralized, and huge super empire.

Like Zong Zhou, enfeoffing the world is the real way, the real way to expand the sacred territory of China.

To achieve such an ambitious goal, Lu Qian needed a powerful army.

You know, even if the big counselor who was beaten up by him actually puts all his strength out, he can pull up an elite force of no less than 20 people, which is something that the current Liangshan army cannot resist.Therefore, the Liangshan army is still weak and needs to be strengthened urgently.

In this way, seeing these new troops transferred from various state capitals, even though they have just been trained and are far inferior to the veterans of the Liangshan Army, they are just a group of rookies, but this still makes him very happy.At that moment Lu Qian was absolutely happy.

Although he woke up the next day, he felt that he was very unfortunate.My wish is to grow taller than Mount Everest, and the Mariana Trench cannot submerge my head, but now I am shorter than Mount Tai.

"Beep……"

A sharp whistle sounded, and at the same time the leader shouted loudly: "Let's go—"

There are many assembled local garrison troops practicing on the campus.

Walking in unison, then standing still, turning, turning half a circle with the pacesetters on the left and right as the basic point, as well as setting up guns, raising shields, etc., are the most basic training.Not far away, the garrison of Jinan Prefecture was climbing up and down, walking on balance beams, climbing sheep and horse walls, jumping ditches, etc. There was a water leak next to it, and the timing was very strict.

Farther away, a group of hundreds of new recruits was conducting a quick formation drill under the circumstances of a cavalry raid.

The cavalry rushed out from behind the shutter a mile away, and charged at the infantry on the march.The sound of rolling horseshoes, galloping cavalry, even though these recruits knew it was a fake, the recruits were still timid, and the results of the drill were not ideal.

That actually just changed them from a two-way marching column into a more solid square formation.

The distance of one mile is indeed very short for the cavalry.But for them to rush out from behind the baffle and increase the horse's speed, it also requires a speed-up process.If the infantry can stay calm and arrange themselves in the square formation practiced during recruit training, with the shield at the front, followed by the spear, and then the sword, there will definitely be enough time.

Otherwise these are meaningless.

But the result is very unsatisfactory.

From the day a recruit joins the army to becoming a rookie who has initially mastered combat skills, three months is not a long time.But from a rookie to a veteran who has gone through battles, it will not be enough time for you without seeing blood on the battlefield.

But overall Lu Qian is satisfied with these new troops.He randomly selected two troops. Both of them were qualified in physical training. Not to mention fighting each other with weapons, their archery and crossbow skills were very good.At least he performed well on the school field.

At the same time, the loyalty of the soldiers to him is generally high.

These recruits were either refugees or young men from various places who took the initiative to join the army. It could be said that they were all favored by Lu Qian, so their loyalty was naturally high.

Especially those troops who had been cordially 'received' by Lu Qian, their collective loyalty soared.I just don’t know how long it will retain its value!
As of the end of February, Lu Qian also used Li Dao as his envoy to Korea.The shadow of the sail of the ship has just disappeared from Weihai Port, and more and more troops have gathered in Yantai Port and Weihai Port.

Everything is going according to plan.

Qi Lu's every move was watched by countless pairs of eyes around him, Zhao Ji didn't know what Lu Qian was going to do.Why are [-] to [-] troops suddenly assembled in Yantai and Weihai?But there is nothing wrong, it is always right to urge the Western Army.

In February and March, the earth warmed up, and Tian Hu, the traitor in the east of the river, was about to move again.Zhao Ji could see very clearly that Tian Hu's intention was in Taiyuan, and this guy had a big plan!

But now he can only endure.Patience until the arrival of the Western Army, and then divide the troops into two groups to wipe out Tian Hu, Wang Qing and his like at the same time, and then march south to Pingla, and finally fight to the death with the Liangshan bandits.

This is Zhao Ji's plan.He is a very smart person, and he failed to negotiate with the Liangshan bandits before, but this does not mean that he has nothing to gain.First of all, he can be sure that the Liangshan bandits don't want to fight anymore.This is the most important point!
Song Shi and Qi Lu are afraid of beating wolves with hemp poles, which is definitely not empty talk.

In this way, he will let this enemy not move first, just like cutting down a tree, first cut off the branches and leaves, and then cut down its trunk.

Although the bandit Liang would never let himself do it like a big tree that doesn't know pain, but Zhao Ji privately believed that there would not be too much conflict with each other in the first half of the year.

At most, Huainan lost, or a group of Liangshan bandits went outside Tokyo to show off their might.

Zhao Ji didn't find out, since last year's winter, the bottom line in his heart has been withdrawn again and again, and his face will be completely changed.

……

Yiducheng, State Guesthouse.

Fang Hao, who had a rough and reckless appearance, now had a gloomy face, showing no trace of recklessness.

The person opposite him is none other than Gao Yu.The latter had a frosty face, obviously equally unhappy.

"What does Lu Qian want to do by sending tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to Yantai Port and Weihai Port? It's really hateful. My sister is all his, and he still covers it up so carefully?"

Fang was not afraid that Lu Qian would make a mistake, and the two sides agreed that the two sides would take the Yangtze River as the boundary and reach Jiangzhou [Jiujiang] in the west.Not long after the agreement was signed, Lu Qian would not slap himself in the face.

However, Liang Shanbo is not so strong that his army is so strong that he has a lot of surplus. Now that he suddenly gathers troops, he must have a plan.But to make the two of them feel bad, they racked their brains and couldn't think of a reason.This makes Fang Hao and Gao Yu feel frustrated in their IQs.

(End of this chapter)