Governor please stay

Wang Wei glared at Xiao Yuanzhao, and asked back with displeasure.

Based on his tone and attitude, if it wasn't for the imperial court, Xiao Yuanzhao would have lost his temper long ago!

"Your servant is right, you are right... I have ordered my servants to set up a banquet to clean up the dust for my servant, this way please."

Xiao Yuanzhao said awkwardly, feeling very upset and feeling more confident.

It's okay, it's normal to be arrogant, but if you keep your eyebrows low, something big will happen.

Xiao Yuanzhao quietly comforted himself that he already had the confidence to spend time with his father Xiao Ji.Because of emotion and reason, Xiao Ji didn't take it seriously. Xiao Yuanzhao felt that he was the king of Hanzhong conferred by the court, and it was normal to push back Xiao Ji's unreasonable demands!

"Well, that's about the same."

Wang Wei gave Xiao Yuanzhao an encouraging look of "You're pretty good", and then strode towards the government office.After eating a delicious meal in the government office, Wang Wei came to the other courtyard arranged by Xiao Yuanzhao, and fell asleep with his head covered.

Chapter 645 I treat that tired teacher with ease

Generally speaking, whether it is Hanzhong or Shu, the connection with the south is still closer.The Yangtze River and the Hanshui connect Shu and Hanzhong respectively. Traveling to these two places by water is much more convenient than going through the mountains and taking the plank road in Guanzhong.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Prime Minister Zhuge used the Shu brocade produced in Shu for a long time, and transported it to Jiangdong by water to exchange for grain from Soochow to make up for the lack of grain output in Shu.

And Shu's long-term Northern Expedition strategy also used offense instead of defense to win the strategic initiative and relieve Soochow's strategic pressure.

It's a pity that Sun Shiwan is relatively useless, and the military system of Soochow is a big cancer for the forces that expand the territory, and it cannot change the strategic disadvantage.

It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the connection between Shu and the south of the Yangtze River became closer and closer, forming an economic pattern of "one boost and two benefits"."Kuimen", the key area connecting Shu and Jiangnan, has become a transit place where merchants gather and become deformed and prosperous because of trade.The Tang Dynasty set up Kuizhou Jiangguan Yamen here, specializing in collecting commercial taxes from passing merchant ships.

In the history of Liu Yishou's previous life, this place was very important. The imperial courts of all dynasties established the Yangtze River Pass here, and collected taxes until 1917.

It can be said that tax collection has been softened!

In view of the importance of Kuimen, Liu Yishou ordered the imperial court to issue a decree to set up a pass in Badong (Fengjie), send troops to station in Baidi City, change Badong County to Kuizhou, and establish the Kuizhou Governor's Mansion.And set up the Yangtze River Customs and Inspection Department here to be responsible for the safety of the Three Gorges waterway on the Yangtze River.

Xiao Yan was very lazy in governing. He didn't know how to pick up money all over the floor.

The current situation in Shu and Jiangnan has undergone earth-shaking changes compared to when Liu Yishou first took over Shouyang.

Since Xiao Ji took over the land of Shu, the people's livelihood was stable and the products became more and more abundant. Merchants kept coming and going between Shu and Jingxiang. The situation has long been different from the old days.

Nowadays, there are constant exchanges of people between Shu and Jiangnan, and property transactions are also quite frequent.Although Xiao Ji belonged to the vassal power that was bound to rebel in the future, this did not prevent Liu Yishou from building the tax collection gates on both sides first.

For tax collection, 1 is not too much, and one is not too little, as much as there is!The more the better.

If the business tax is raised, the agricultural tax can be reduced.In an agriculture-based social system, by collecting less agricultural taxes, making the people at the bottom rich, and trying to remove their personal attachment to the big families, business can develop naturally.

If business cannot develop, how can society progress?Many things are obvious!

No matter how powerful the wealthy family is, there is a principle that cannot be ignored as in the capitalist society: the overall consumption power of these people is extremely low!Moreover, these people cannot improve the spending power of the people at the bottom, which leads to great distortion of social operation.

The so-called people not making trouble is just the minimum requirement for the operation of society. If this is the highest requirement, Liu Yishou feels that he can throw off his arms and enjoy himself in time.

There is another fact that cannot be ignored: the transportation cost of the ancient agricultural tax was often astonishingly high!The commercial tax is mainly based on currency, cloth and other items, and the transportation cost is low, especially the commercial tax collected near the waterway pass.

The state collects business taxes more efficiently and at a lower cost.

Liu Yishou upholds the concept of "the rich pay more taxes, the poor pay less taxes, make up for the deficiency and lose the excess", doing something and not doing something.The tax that should be collected is not soft.

After Wang Lin arrived in Kuizhou with the Changde navy, she served as the governor of Kuizhou's governor's mansion, where she remodeled the old dock, expanded the scale, built warships and merchant ships, and sent people to patrol the river.Raise part of the military expenditure by selling merchant ships and tank ships.

The imperial court also ordered the establishment of a customs office in Kuizhou to collect merchant tax on passing merchant ships and poll tax on passing passengers in accordance with the central government order.The tax collected does not pass through Wang Lin's hands, but is distributed by the central government (not necessarily transported back to Jiankang).

The two are at the same level and do not contradict each other.

Liu Yishou was quietly and actively preparing for the attack on Shu.Now that Hanzhong hasn't even been won, he just wants to conquer Shu. It seems that the four words "Delong Wangshu" are not enough to describe his ambition of this old coin.

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The autumn harvest is over and the weather is fine and suitable for marching.Yang Zhong led [-] elite soldiers, first arrived in Yingzhou (Wuchang) on ​​a navy ship belonging to the forbidden army, and then took the Han River to Xiangyang.

After a short rest and resupply, he went upstream along the Han River to Hanzhong, taking a boat all the way without stopping.

Although this trip passes through many places, it actually takes very little time.In ancient times, ships could travel [-] miles upstream and [-] miles downstream in one day and night, which is far faster than the fastest land march.

Whether it is marching or supplying, the waterway is the kingly way, and it is the cheapest mode of transportation, there is no one.

Duan Shao followed Yang Zhong to observe Liang Jun's organization and operation mode with cold eyes, and many questions that had been pressing in his mind before were answered.What was the secret of Liu Yishou's victory in the past, Duan Shao had never figured out before.

Now it seems that it is the so-called "using a boat as a horse".

Originally, he wondered why Yang Zhong's elite soldiers were not worthy of horses.Now I also want to understand, in fact, the reason is very simple: because it is not used at all!

In the south, the boat is the horse, and the water is the road.If you can't get rid of the habit of not being able to march without land, then as long as you fight in the south in the future, you will definitely lose.

"General Yang, five hundred soldiers are too few to attack Hanzhong. If the bandits from Guanzhong come to attack, how should we deal with it?"

Unable to bear it, Duan Shao asked with some doubts.They were about to arrive in Shiping County, and to be honest, there was not much left for them.

He has an idea in his heart, but whether to say it or not depends on the specific situation.

This time Duan Shao's temporary official position was "March to join the army", but in fact, he was sent by Liu Yishou for "internship", and he did not have the authority to command soldiers and horses, not even two or three soldiers.

So whether this battle is successful or not, Duan Shao is not very responsible.Even if he was defeated, and Liu Yishou came to question him afterwards, it would be Yang Zhong who was unlucky, and he would never blame Duan Shao.

However, Duan Shao spent so much effort, ran more than 1000 miles, came to Jiankang from Hebei to join Liu Yishou, and even sent out his precious sister. Could it be that he took a boat with Yang Zhong and walked along the Han River to see the scenery? what?

Obviously what he wants is not to be taught a lesson by the enemy in the first battle, and return to Jiankang after being defeated in disgrace!

Duan Shao has high expectations for this battle, he not only wants to win, but also wins beautifully!Great battle!As long as this battle is prestige, he will gain a firm foothold under Liu Yishou's command.

Seeing that Yang Zhong was silent all the way, Duan Shao was actually very upset.To be honest, although Yang Zhong is well-known, Duan Shao is really afraid that he is a fraud.

Who knows if these people are all in Liu Yishou's favor, and pigs can fly in the wind?

"General Duan is still not familiar with my lord's style. My lord has already told me about the risks of this battle before we set off. We are not fighting alone. We just need to act according to the master's established strategy.

But now that this topic is mentioned, what does General Duan think about it? "

Yang Zhong asked calmly.

Of course he knows who Duan Shao is, but Liu Yishou has already said that everything is up to him, so just listen to Duan Shao's words, and it is Yang who needs to make a decision. Someone carried it.

"I believe that Xiao Ji's soldiers are not to be feared, even if they attack the city, it is impossible to kill them.

All it takes is an edict from the imperial court to be sent into the enemy camp, and Xiao Ji's troops will stagnate.

If the imperial court can garrison heavy troops in Kuizhou and make a gesture of attacking Berkshire (Chongqing City), Xiao Ji will naturally be cautious and dare not attack Hanzhong by force.

Therefore, we only need to garrison at the entrance of guarding Hanzhong, that is, garrison in the easternmost Chenggu County.Send people to Xiao Ji's camp and tell them that the court soldiers are at their side, so that they should not act rashly.

The road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong can only take Baoxie Road, which is north of Nanzheng.We can wait for the Guanzhong people to attack Nanzheng, take advantage of their unpreparedness, and then fight from the east of Nanzheng.

With that exhausted division, our army can be defeated in one battle. "

Duan Shao cupped his hands and said to Yang Zhong.

Ok?

Yang Zhong was taken aback for a moment, thinking about Duan Shao's suggestion just now, the more he thought about it, the more subtle it became!

Xiao Ji didn't know how many soldiers and horses the imperial court had come to Hanzhong, so it was best if the 500 people from Yang Zhongbu didn't show up outside Nanzheng City.

If Xiao Ji knew that only so few people had come to the imperial court, it would make this vassal feel desperate to take risks!It's hard to say what will happen then!

At that time, it would be even better if the court did not send troops!

If you don't go to Nanzheng City, Yang Zhong's army will set up banners in Chenggu County. Xiao Ji has no internal response and can't tell the truth.In this way, Xiao Ji can be scared away before the main force of the imperial court arrives!At least to prevent the opponent from entering!

On the surface, Xiao Ji himself did not take the matter of taking back Hanzhong into account.Moreover, even if Hanzhong is lost, it is nothing more than gain and loss, and there is no missing piece of flesh on his body, which will not damage Xiao Ji's foundation.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to fight desperately with the soldiers and horses of the court, besides, Xiao Ji is not ready to completely turn against the court!

What's more, Liu Yishou also made a move in Kuizhou.

Once Xiao Ji heard that the imperial court was ready to go east of Bajun (Chongqing), the entrance to the southeast of Shu, he would definitely return to Chengdu, or even increase troops to Bajun, to prevent the imperial court from attacking.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible for Xiao Ji to give Liu Yishou an excuse to attack him!

One accident, Liu Yishou took the opportunity to attack, and Xiao Ji was in trouble.At that time, there will be great chaos in Shu!

So when the situation is not right, it is inevitable for Xiao Ji to retreat to Hanzhong!

As for those people in Guanzhong, it is not easy to get out of Guanzhong, and coupled with the hardships in Guanzhong, those people are hungry and red-eyed.They are all masters who don't see rabbits and don't scatter eagles. Obviously, it is impossible to retreat because of a little threat from Liang Guo. A big battle between the two sides is inevitable.

In the face of them, it is more effective to directly show a knife than to speak.

Those people will either not come, or they will definitely have bad intentions!They will bite whoever blocks them, whether it is Xiao Ji's troops or Liang Guo's court troops, it makes no difference to them.

Duan Shao said not to garrison the army outside Nanzheng City, but also to avoid fighting those people in the first place!If he fought the Wei army in Guanzhong at the first time, then it was obvious that Xiao Ji would "see the dishes" according to the results of the battle.

But Yang Zhong and the others didn't act immediately, so of course Xiao Ji couldn't just sit back and watch Nanzheng be captured by the Wei army, fighting with it was inevitable.

It has to be said that Duan Shao's idea is very clever, in line with the essentials of the art of war.

It can be said that it is unexpected, attacking unprepared, and soldiers never tire of deceit!

Dealing with different enemies in different ways, this kind of thinking is very high-end.Yang Zhong recalled Liu Yishou's explanation before he left, and now he had to admit that Liu Yishou is really powerful, and he has already seen through Duan Shao.

Duan Shao's strategic vision is indeed extraordinary!

Liu Yishou knew that Duan Shao would definitely die in this expedition, so he sent him to accompany the army.

However, there is still a big problem with this plan.

There are a total of five roads between Hanzhong and Guanzhong. Although the Baoxie Road is the flattest and closest one, this road is often interrupted due to flash floods, landslides, mudslides and other reasons.

Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

In fact, from the Southern and Northern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, the most important passage from Guanzhong to Hanzhong was the stable "Chencang Road", which was the road that Han Xin took when he entered Guanzhong from Hanzhong and wiped out the "Three Qins" during the conflict between Chu and Han. .

"How about Wei Jun taking Chencang Road?"

Yang Zhong asked in a deep voice, without mentioning anything else, he was obviously a knowledgeable person.

Since everyone is in the same circle, and no one is a rookie who just joined the army, there is no need to talk about the scene of mutual admiration, and we can just get to the topic directly.Yang Zhong expressed his meaning very clearly.

As soon as Duan Shao heard this, he knew that the other party had listened to his suggestion just now, and asked a very high-level question, almost pointing directly at the core of his suggestion just now.

The Chencang road is very long, and it is entered from the west entrance of Hanzhong.This road is not bad, but it will give the Nanzheng defenders time to warn, and it is difficult to achieve the suddenness of the battle.

Again, in the age of cold weapons, communication and transportation are severely restricted. Any decision-making is a competition in terms of "advance".

Wei Jun took Chencang Road and needed to penetrate the entire Hanzhong Basin to reach Nanzheng City.Obviously Xiao Yuanzhao will not be intimidated, and the siege battle will be a fierce battle.And Baoxie Road can start from Guanzhong and go straight to the north of Nanzheng to achieve the suddenness of the battle. At that time, Xiao Yuanzhao will definitely be defenseless!

In a similar situation, there is no so-called absolute good or absolute bad. It is a gamble on luck, and it is also related to Xiao Yuanzhao's coping ability.If Xiao Yuanzhao is a complete waste, and the Liang Guo court doesn't come to respond, and Xiao Ji doesn't respond, then it's actually safer to take the Chencang way.

In addition, it is necessary to consider the so-called "accident".

The suddenness of the start of the battle obviously ranks first, and the advantages of Baoxiedao are incomparable to other plans.

But what if the praise ramp is blocked?

Similar to the question of whether a negative is positive or negative, no famous general can answer it. It can only be said that luck is also a very important part of war.

"I guess those people in Guanzhong must take the slope of praise. They came here with the intention of never returning. Naturally, they want to do everything to the best."

Duan Shao said with certainty.

Yang Zhong was completely speechless. After talking for a long time, he still had to guess the size in the end.Wei Jun took Chencang Road and they were one way to deal with it, and taking the praise ramp was another way to deal with it. Which one should we choose?

"General Duan has a problem for me."

Yang Zhong sighed with emotion.

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"After arguing for a long time, which way are you going to go!"

In the study of the Prime Minister's Mansion where He Bayue lived in Chang'an City, facing the quarreling generals, He Bayue couldn't help but growl at them.

Everyone shut up obediently, waiting for He Bayue to speak.

"My lord, there must be one of Chencang Road and Baoxie Road, and the other options are not worth mentioning. It's just that which of these two roads to take is still unclear."

Su Chuo cupped his hands and said to He Bayue, also full of helplessness.

Li Bi said to take the way of praise, Wei Xiaokuan said to take the way of Chencang, the two quarreled so much that they almost started fighting in the study.

Chapter 646 It's not the prime minister who is in the dream, but you!

The weather after the autumn harvest is already a bit cool, the busy season of farming has passed, and the air is full of that bleak smell.In front of the Prime Minister's Mansion where He Bayue lived in Chang'an City, the servants were sweeping the withered yellow leaves all over the ground, one or two of them looked weak and absent-minded.

However, the atmosphere in the study of the mansion is far less relaxed than outside.To be precise, he was very nervous, even to the point where he blushed and his neck was thick, and he wanted to "persuade the other party".

Li Bi has long been displeased with Wei Xiaokuan who always plays tricks and doesn't have the ability to fight in battle.Of course, he has a straightforward temper, and everything is written on his face.The old coin Wei Xiaokuan may not think highly of Li Bi either, maybe he also thinks that the other party is just a reckless man before the battle.