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Dongfang Chen asked: "Why should I blame the envoy?"

"After all, it is the general who insists on handling it according to the law. If the general wants to turn a blind eye and close one eye, the master is afraid that he will return to Pingcheng with Cui Hao at this time. I'm afraid the honor is really more ominous than ominous, don't tell me you don't have any grudges against this general in your heart?"

"Hahaha..." Dongfang Chen laughed loudly, drank a glass of wine and looked at Zhao Junsheng and said, "If the master died of a personal enmity, as a disciple, I will definitely avenge him, but if the master dies because of the law , but I have nothing to say, I am convinced! As a normal person, I am naturally resentful towards the general's actions, but I am more pleased! If the general is extrajudicial, although I am grateful to the general, I will be even more grateful. Disappointed, this is not the master in my heart! Besides, the general is not able to decide the life and death of my master, this matter has to be decided by the court in the end, the general fulfills his duties, what is wrong with this?"

Zhao Junsheng stood up and bowed to Dongfang Chen: "Mr. Zhao understands righteousness, and Zhao admires it!"

One day later, Zhao Junsheng was promoted to the court to try the case that Kou Qian was killed by three frontier patrol cavalry. At the same time, he and Cui Hao were also held accountable for fleeing the Liaodong battlefield without authorization. This case attracted a large number of people. Watch, Kou Qianzhi confessed to both cases. ---- Fast update, no anti-theft ---

Three days later, Zhao Junsheng was promoted again, but Kou Qianzhi did not submit a plea. Zhao Junsheng sentenced Kou Qianzhi to be executed in court and reported to the court for approval.

After the trial of the case, Kou Qianzhi was imprisoned, but Hua Mulan came to bid farewell to Zhao Junsheng.

"Brother Junsheng, the Right Wing Army has lived in Youzhou for more than ten days. The soldiers have rested and the wounded are almost healed. We have to set off and return to Pingcheng!"

Zhao Junsheng wisely did not say anything to persuade him to stay, "When do you plan to leave?"

"Tomorrow, let's go early in the morning. Now the weather is getting colder. We must return to Pingcheng before the temperature drops drastically!" Hua Mulan said.

Zhao Junsheng nodded: "Okay, I'll have someone prepare half a month's food for you, which should be enough for you

We have arrived in Pingcheng, I will give you part of the property and supplies seized from the Yan army, and you can take them away tomorrow! "

Hua Mulan hastily declined: "I'll take half a month's food and grass, but I don't need any belongings or other belongings. You can keep them all. You need to spend a lot of money to manage Youzhou, and you can't do without your belongings anywhere! "

Zhao Junsheng waved his hand: "No, Mulan, listen to me, some of these properties were captured by the Youzhou Army, the Right Wing Army and Gao Xu's 4000 troops. You don't have to, but what about the soldiers of the Right Wing Army? If you have a small family, the families of the fallen soldiers also need pensions. If you don’t give them some rewards, what will they think of them and their families? Listen to me, you can accept it with peace of mind. Although human lives are worthless these days, you must not let the soldiers under your command We are chilling, those who should be rewarded should still be rewarded, and those who should be compensated should also be compensated!"

"Okay, I'll take it!"

After Hua Mulan received the grain, grass and property sent by Zhao Junsheng, she asked the quartermaster to load the grain, grass, and reward all the property to the soldiers according to their merits, including those who died in battle. Nothing was left behind, and the soldiers were very moved when they learned about it, and they respected her even more.

After sending away Hua Mulan and the right wing army, Zhao Junsheng began to formally and comprehensively govern Youzhou. On the one hand, he sent officials to supervise the collection of taxes and the sowing and irrigation of crops after the autumn harvest; on the other hand, he sent people to strengthen border defense and military equipment.

The collection of taxes after the autumn harvest is the top priority of government affairs in Youzhou Governor's Mansion during this period. After ten days, Zhao Junsheng has received relevant reports from various counties and counties, and the taxes on wealthy households, nobles and noble families On the contrary, it is easy to collect. After all, there have been lessons learned before. Even Xianbei nobles like the Baba family were eradicated because they refused to pay taxes.

Zhao Junsheng was very puzzled by this and asked Pei Jin: "Why is it easy to collect taxes for nobles and gentry, but it is difficult for ordinary people to collect taxes?" gone?"

Pei Jin replied: "Xungui and the aristocratic families are afraid that the gains will not be worth the loss if they refuse to pay taxes, so naturally they dare not risk their lives to fight against the government; and some of the common people who refuse to pay taxes really have no property and food, and they can't pay them if they want to. , Part of it is that the officials sent by the government are not as brutal as before, so they are bold, and if they can refuse, they will refuse!"

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while after listening, and asked, "Have you thought about how to deal with this situation?"

Pei Jin said: "Now the tax law of my Youzhou is that only those who have land and shop properties pay taxes. Those who have no land, no shops and properties do not pay taxes, and pay according to the number of acres of land and shop properties! Those who really can't afford the tax Most of the ordinary people suffered from disasters. The idea of ​​the subordinates and other officials is to exempt the people who were affected by the disaster from taxes; some people pay taxes on the grain and money left after the farming income has been paid off. The way is to forcibly take back the money and food from the creditors. The government is the biggest creditor of the people. But the one who wants to take the money, will be arrested and put in prison after checking it out, don’t worry if he doesn’t pay it!”

After hearing this, Zhao Junsheng nodded in agreement: "This method is fine, so let's do it accordingly!"

He thought about it and said: "We still have a lot of wasteland in Youzhou that has not been reclaimed. In my opinion, those people who have no land are allowed to reclaim wasteland. Each household is allowed to reclaim up to [-] mu. No tax is charged for the first three years. After three years, the tax will be collected. If each household has less than [-] mu of land, they can also open up wasteland until they have [-] mu of land, but they are not allowed to occupy more. Deed!"

Pei Jin said: "In this way, wouldn't those households with more than a dozen people still be hungry and unable to pay taxes?"

"That's because their big family is crowded together!" Zhao Junsheng said, and instructed: "In this way, the governor's office will issue another household registration order, and adult men must separate their families after they get married!"

"Separation? This seems to be feasible. It is similar to the Tweeting Order of the Han Dynasty. It can prevent the family from being overpopulated and not being able to eat enough.

It can also solve the problem that the family is getting bigger and bigger over time! "

Another advantage of family separation is that it can solve the problem of over-concentration of a large amount of land and property resources by the aristocratic families, causing the aristocratic families and nobles to fight each other.

After the promulgation of this decree, the sons of nobles and gentry who became relatives, especially the concubine, clamored all day long to find the elders to divide the family property, and they would not stop regardless of the family property. This made Lord Xungui and the patriarchs of the aristocratic families very angry. It was all caused by the governor's mansion. If the governor's mansion didn't issue such a decree, how would the children below dare to make trouble?

In the era of the patriarchal system, the government's decrees could not even control the families, and the heads of the clans had the right to decide the life and death of the clan members. However, Youzhou at this time is different from before. Under the leadership of Zhao Junsheng, the government The decree can even control the village. No matter how the clan wants to set up a torture hall privately, it has become a thing of the past to decide the life and death of the clan members privately.

After the implementation of Zhao Junsheng's family separation system, many aristocratic families and honorable families in Youzhou were torn apart because of this family separation system. The fields were divided up by the children, the property was also divided up, and the patriarchs also lost their voices. qualifications, and can no longer control the life and death of the clansmen as before.

On this day, Pei Jin reported to Zhao Junsheng with a happy face: "General, the amount of taxes collected this time is extremely impressive. Guess how much more than in previous years?"

"Tell me, this general can't guess!"

Pei Jin stretched out a finger: "Ten times more taxes!"

Zhao Junsheng gasped, "Doesn't this mean that those aristocratic and honorable families in the past concealed most of their property?"

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In fact, what Zhao Junsheng said was not accurate. The previous taxation items in the Northern Wei Dynasty were not only agricultural tax and commercial tax, but also poll tax, city gate tax and many other complex taxes. ----Update fast, no anti-theft--

Aristocratic families and honorable families concealed a large number of servants and servants in order to avoid taxes, and concealed the number of acres of land. Coupled with serious land mergers, this resulted in a decrease in the total amount of taxes paid by the imperial court. This was basically the case in the later dynasties. .

Pei Jin said: "The reason for this situation is that, on the one hand, the aristocratic families and nobles acted recklessly; on the other hand, they colluded with some officials in the government, and the officials were bribed by them, so they turned a blind eye when checking the land and population. One eye!"

Zhao Junsheng sighed after hearing the words: "It seems that the supervision of officials will be strengthened in the future, and at the same time, the punishment for deliberately concealing population, land property, and business transaction amounts will be increased. Those who are serious will be decapitated! You should think about this matter carefully after you go down, and write a statement to show me!"

"Yes!" Pei Jin agreed.

Zhao Junsheng also said: "Now that the autumn harvest is over, the people have already sowed the seeds after the fields have been plowed. The weather has turned cold, and there is basically nothing going on in the farmland. Next, the people will be recruited during the dry season of the rivers in Youzhou. Desilting the river, reinforcing the embankment, building water conservancy facilities, etc., should be put on the agenda and implemented as soon as possible. After you go down, discuss with Dongfang Chen and the others to come up with a plan!"

"Okay, General!"

Within two days, the Governor's Mansion's document was sent to the county governments, and the projects of cleaning up the silt and gravel accumulated in the river in winter, reinforcing the embankment, and constructing water conservancy facilities were in full swing.

The tax collection of the governor's mansion this year is smoother than in previous years, and the amount is ten times higher than in previous years. A large amount of money was also seized in the battle against Yan. Zhao Junsheng is not short of money. For lunch, it doesn't cost much.

The people are also grateful to Zhao Junsheng, thinking that he is more benevolent and righteous than any other governor of Youzhou in the past. After all, the governor of Youzhou has never done this before. Bring your own meals.

Zhao Junsheng was not short of money, so the salaries of the officials and the military pay of the army were naturally paid in full. Copper coins, buckets of grain, and bolts of cloth were all real things, and they were distributed to the officials and soldiers. Hands, each of them laughed so hard that their mouths parted.

Zhao Junsheng also wrote to the governments of counties and counties that by the end of the year, officials with outstanding political performance should be selected in each county and county, and a diligent, serious and responsible representative should also be selected from among the subordinate staff. If there are vacancies for official positions, such People will be recommended to the imperial court first by the governor's office. ----Update fast, no anti-theft--

For a while, the officialdom of all levels of government was cleared up, and no one wanted to be compared to others, after all, people need face.

When the governments at all levels were organizing the people to clean up the river silt and gravel, reinforce the embankment, and build water conservancy, Cao Jiao also returned to Ji County from Jieshi Mountain with his troops.

This year's government affairs have been carried out, and Zhao Junsheng plans to carry out some rectification in military affairs. Now his prestige in the Youzhou military is in full swing, and no one dares to object to the rectification of military affairs.

On the night of October [-]th, in the lobby of the Governor's Mansion.

Zhao Junsheng sat on the main seat, and the generals stood on both sides, and there were two clerks beside him to record the minutes of military meetings.

"The purpose of calling you here tonight is to make some adjustments and changes in military affairs. In the past, our Youzhou Army had only 3000 people. After this war to conquer the East, it was almost half lost. It is necessary to supplement and strengthen Military discipline supervision, strengthen tactical and combat skills drills!"

Speaking of which

In the same day, Zhao Junsheng looked at the generals and said to Bai Jinguang: "Bai Jinguang, Yuchi Yandong is now in Pinggang and wants to guard Jiyang. You will be the Sima of the Youzhou Army. Later, this general will write to the court to recommend him. As the prefect of Jiyang, after you take over the position of Sima of the Youzhou Army, you must start conscription immediately. This time, we will change the object of conscription, not only allow Xianbei people to join the army, but also allow Han people to join the army, and also allow strong men from other ethnic groups to join the army. All treatment is equal, and promotion in the army depends entirely on ability and military exploits, regardless of background, for this reason, a post of recorder is specially set up in the establishment at all levels to record military exploits!"

"This matter is not only carried out in the Youzhou Army, but also in the garrisons of the various counties!"

Bai Jinguang stood up and clasped his fists in agreement: "The general will obey!"

Zhao Junsheng continued: "We brought back more than 6000 captives during this Eastern Expedition. These captives were all Yan soldiers, and they were all trained soldiers. It would be too wasteful to let them specialize in farming, but because they are captives, It would take too much risk to directly turn them into an army, so the general thought about it, and decided to let them go to the fields first, and practice while fielding the fields. At present, our field army has about 5000 people. Among the more than 6000 people, there are nearly 2 people, not only can afford the food and grass needs of the soldiers and generals in Youzhou, but also have a lot of surplus!"