Alien Summoning System

Chapter 322
"Brother, we don't have any friendship with this Zhuo Ao, and now we have taken his Yuzhang and Luling. You can say that he doesn't attack it with his hands. It's just a gift of money and food. What is this? Something? It’s not here to ask for peace, is it?” Zhang Fei looked at the mansion of the prefect of Yuzhang, which was full of grain and horses. puzzled.

"Hey, Guan Hai, what does your new lord mean?" Zhang Fei turned his head and stared at Guan Hai who was beside him with a pair of ring eyes.

"Huh!" Guan Hai struggled a bit, and then pulled away Zhang Fei's palm, and took out a letter from his bosom, saying, "This is a letter from my lord to Uncle Liu Huang. They are no longer in the same camp, but the old friendship is still there. I also know that the emperor's uncle attacked me in Jiangdong because he couldn't help himself. I was afraid that the emperor's uncle would not have a foothold, so I sent these money and food to meet the emperor's urgent need. , the letter has been delivered, Guan Hai bids farewell."

"Uh...General Guan is coming from far away, and the boat and car are exhausted, why not rest here for a night, so that Bei Yi can show his friendship as a landlord." Liu Bei didn't read the letter, but looked at Guan Hai gently, without seeing the old swords on the verge of breaking out, Not to mention other things, Liu Bei is better than many princes in this aspect of life alone.

"No, the general has business to do, so it's inconvenient to stay for a long time." Guan Hai shook his head and said.

"That's fine." Liu Bei took Guan Hai's hand and said, "General, please tell Brother Zhuo on your behalf. Now that Bei is living under the fence, many things are beyond his control. After Bei obtains the foundation of his life in the future, the land of Jiangdong will definitely be a bit Return it without moving, brother Zhuo please rest assured."

"Okay, I will definitely bring you here at the end." Guan Hai nodded, took his leave and left.

After Guan Hai left, Brother Liu Bei opened Zhuo Ao's letter. The whole text was reminiscing about the old days, and there was nothing else. After reading the letter, not only Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were at a loss, but Liu Bei was also at a loss. In such a situation, do you really have such a deep friendship with Zhuo Ao?
"This Zhuo Ao seems to be a good person!" Zhang Fei rubbed his head and finally gave his own definition.

"Brother, is there any fraud in this?" Guan Yu looked at Liu Bei and said in a deep voice.

There must be a scam!

Although Liu Bei was at a loss, he knew very well that he and Zhuo Ao definitely did not have such a deep friendship. Although he didn't know Zhuo Ao's purpose, but the old saying goes well, if you don't have anything to do, you can steal or rape. Many things can't be in vain take it.

"Maybe." Liu Bei shook his head. He couldn't see through it. At this moment, he really desperately hoped to get an excellent military advisor to assist him, just like Guo Jia and Xun Yu who were beside Cao Cao, Tian Feng and Tian Feng who were beside Yuan Shao. A wise man like Jushou helps himself analyze these things, so that he won't have such a headache.

"But after all, it's a good intention, Yun Chang, I'll write a reply letter as a thank you, and send it to Jianye." Liu Bei shook his head: "We can't lose courtesy."

A few days later, Zhuo Ao received Liu Bei's reply letter, and couldn't help smiling slightly: "The fish is hooked."

"My lord, should we just wait like this?" A group of generals looked at Zhuo Ao in puzzlement.

"There is no way. Now that we have internal problems, we must first settle down when fighting against the outside world. Although it may not be right, but at this time, if the inside is uneasy, it is difficult for us to pull out our hands to fight outside. Liu Bei took Yuzhang, even though we The loss, but it also let us see the root of the problem." Zhuo Ao shook his head and said.

"However, nowadays everything is controlled by the gentry of the aristocratic family, and the people's hearts are more inclined to the gentry. How to stabilize the people's hearts?" Zhang Ning sighed bitterly.

"Then create conflicts between the gentry and the people, Sun Shangxiang." Zhuo Ao shook his head, looked at Sun Shangxiang and said.

"The end is here." Sun Shangxiang stepped forward and cupped his hands.

"Strictly speaking, the Sun family is considered a wealthy family even though it is in decline. I want to know the attitude of the Sun family." Zhuo Ao asked.

"Don't worry, my lord. After my father and brother passed away, Shangxiang didn't see these powerful families extending a helping hand. Instead, they suppressed my grandson's property everywhere. Sun Shangxiang followed the lead of my lord." Sun Shangxiang said in a deep voice.

"That's good. If we want to go out to the outside world, we must first unite as one. After all, the Sun family also has some prestige among the people. From now on, every time the prefect's mansion makes an order, you will lead someone to post the notice and explain it to the people. At least let the decrees of my prefect's mansion not be misinterpreted, other people's previous identities are not honorable, plus these years the gentry of the aristocratic family have been smeared, it is not suitable to do this thing, so let you do it." Zhuo Ao said.

"The order of the last general." Sun Shangxiang bowed.

"Okay, now there is an announcement, expressing gratitude for the hardship of life, in order to allow the common people to have a surplus of food, after discussion among the members of the prefect's mansion, it was decided to reduce the tax to [-] in [-]." Zhuo Ao said.

"My lord, how can we make ends meet in this way?" Gan Ning and the others exclaimed in surprise, one out of twenty, not to mention the big man, since ancient times, there has never been such a low tax.

"Whether it is ten draws or twenty draws, if the original method is used, most of the money and food will go into the pockets of the gentry. If you want to make a big profit, you have to start with the gentry. Shang Xiang, there is another list called Commercial tax, starting today, each county will set up a market, and pedestrians and caravans will no longer need to pay the city gate tax. However, for all transactions in my city, [-]% of the tax will be collected as a commercial tax. Xiao Zhao and Gloria, you two are careful, and you used to have the most contacts with the common people and gentry, so this matter is up to you two to build the market."

"In addition, all the shops in the market are owned by the prefect's mansion. Any merchant who wants to do business in the market needs to rent the shops in the market. As for the trading income, we don't care, but we need to pay the rent on time. Pei Yuanshao, You are responsible for the security of the market, and if anyone causes trouble in the market, regardless of the reason, they will be sent to jail together."

"Yes."

"Is this okay?" Zhang Ning frowned.

"Whether it works or not, we will know in the future." Zhuo Ao said with a smile: "In addition, each county should build a private school."

"What is a private school?" Zhang Ning and others asked in confusion.

"It's a place similar to an academy, but the private school is only for children's enlightenment and literacy. The people in my territory, whoever wants to have children in the family, can send their children to study in the private school. The private school does not charge external fees."

"My lord, where can we find so many gentlemen?" Zhang Ning asked with a frown. In the three counties under Zhuo Aosu's control, there are many vacancies for officials. How can there be so many scholars for education.

"Scholars from poor families may not have much talent and learning, but as long as they can teach people to read and write, they don't need much knowledge, and these people should be easy to find, and aristocratic families will not support idlers. We can contribute funds to help them have Make a living." Looking at the puzzled crowd, Zhuo Ao waved his hands and said, "Okay, there is no need to discuss this matter, let's do it."

"Yes." Everyone bowed and left, only Xiao Zhao and Gloria stayed.

"Husband, didn't you say that the aristocratic family is the foundation of this world? Why..." Xiao Zhao looked at Zhuo Ao suspiciously.

"You can see it?" Zhuo Ao smiled.

"What my husband did seems to have nothing to do with the aristocratic family, but first making the taxes public, cutting off the opportunity for the aristocratic family to make a profit from it, and then using commercial tax to control the aristocratic family's business routes, and then establishing a private school, it can be regarded as cutting off the roots of the aristocratic family, right? .” Xiao Zhao laughed.

"There is progress, but it is still a little bit short of breaking the roots of the family. Private schools are just enlightenment education, giving the poor people more opportunities to learn to read, and also giving those poor scholars a livelihood. What they do is nothing but the hearts of the people." Zhuo Ao smiled. road.

"In this way, the family will only hate us even more." Xiao Zhao said distressedly.

"Even if you don't do this, they won't think highly of you." Zhuo Ao shook his head and said: "In this era of heavy family status, our identities from the beginning have been destined to be difficult for us to get the support of the aristocratic family. Asking for dignity will only make people take it lightly. Lu Bu is the best example. He is number one in the world, but in the end his wife and children are separated, and his family is destroyed. Since no matter what you do, it is difficult to get their kindness, so why bother? Going to make a compromise and lose your dignity for no reason?"

Zhuo Ao sighed: "Dignity is easy to put down, but it is difficult to pick it up again."

"So..." Xiao Zhao hesitated.

"So the path you have chosen is to become the enemy of the world's aristocratic families. This path is not easy to walk, and it can be said that every step is difficult." Zhuo Ao sighed.

"Husband, will it take a lot of time? If it's too troublesome..." Xiao Zhao hesitated. At the beginning, they didn't expect so much, so they begged Zhuo Ao to help. They didn't expect it to be so complicated.

"It won't take a few days, the world is basically at peace now, the rest of the things have been arranged, there will be no problems if there are capable ministers in the court, and I should relax." Zhuo Ao laughed.

In the next period of time, Jiangdong was calm, except that the owner here was replaced by Zhuo Ao, there seemed to be no change, that is, Zhuo Ao did not get angry because of Liu Bei's attack, but repaired with Liu Bei, and the two sides exchanged letters constantly. It was passed down as a good story in Jiangdong.

In addition, the people of Wu Jun, Danyang, and Kuaiji have a strong sense of belonging to the new monarch. The tax has changed from the previous three out of ten to the current twenty out of one. I can't describe it anymore. This tax is basically like a symbolic meaning. On the contrary, Dazu of the aristocratic family has recently sent people to publicize that Zhuo Ao used to be a yellow scarf, which gradually made the people feel bored.

What happened to you in the past?

I heard that the prefect has recently set up schools in various counties to enlighten the children of the common people for free, and has received a lot of support from the common people.

In fact, it is said to be enlightenment, and it is actually a place similar to a nursery school. The people are busy with work and have no time to take care of their children. Sending their children to school is a peace of mind, and it is always good to be able to read some words.

The aristocratic family wanted to stop them, but they couldn’t stop them. Although there are not many capable poor scholars, the group of poor scholars themselves is flooded. It is impossible for them to recruit all the poor scholars, and there is not enough gold and silver to support them. , it is even more impossible to recruit students like Zhuo Ao. Learning has always been controlled by the aristocratic family. If everyone is qualified to learn it, then the imperial court and the government's dependence on the aristocratic family will be greatly reduced , the aristocratic family will not be able to maintain its current detached position.

Fortunately, it's just some enlightenment knowledge, and those poor families can't teach too many good things, but each family has increased the restrictions on the poor family's children, which invisibly aggravated the conflict between the two sides.

(End of this chapter)