The Red Turban Army of Qingfeng Army currently occupies the land of four roads, and the land of four roads is distributed in a triangle, and Zhou, Anqing, Shouzhou, in the three vertices of the triangle, Luzhou, just in the center of the triangle, and the city of the three apexes, the distance is about the same, but Anqing is slightly remote because of the Chaohu Lake barrier.

In less than a day, the civil, military, and military generals from all over Shouzhou, Luzhou, and Hezhou all gathered in the Hezhou Taishou Mansion to conduct the first collective meeting of Hao Renxi's return from the expedition, and the scene was very spectacular.

Li Pushengli's identity as the commander of the army sat first on the left-hand side, followed by the role of civil officials, Chaohu Shuixiong Liao Yongan, Governor Shi and Shouzhou Taishou Mu Youcai, Luzhou Taishou Luo Ben, Hezhou Taishou Yu Yanyu, Jiangfang Wanhu Jiaolu, Iron Mine Mill Thousand Households Mobley, Copper Mine Thousand Households Ma Wenguang, Liu Bowen Joining the Army, Yu Tongyuan Joining the Army, Yu Tongyuan Joining the Army, Duan Guifang Joining the Army (Anqing Xinshui), Joining the Army Lu Yanyu (Anqing Xinshui) and so on.

On the right hand, Yang Zhengtai, the first master of the Flying Mountain Barbarian Cave, followed by Fu Youde, the left army of the Governor's Mansion, Li Zongke, the head of the Anqing Army, Wu Liuqi of the right army, Shan Jun, the former army, Jiao Lu, the firearms battalion, the left sentry ranger Hu Dahai, the left guard of the Governor's Mansion Wu Liujiu, the right guard of the thousand households, and so on.

Shi Nai'an, Zhang Poyu, Yu Dechen, Geng Zaicheng, etc., were unable to participate because they were located in Anqing and had a long distance.

Hao Ren sat in the chief position under the Su Wei deputy Qianhu Futong and Yu Tonghe's Su Wei, first the army and then the government, and listened to the recent work reports of all parties.

The military and politics are huge and complex, nothing more than the increase in the army, the expansion of the population, the increase in production, etc., not to be repeated one by one!

"The governor is merciful, and the people under his rule are exempted from taxation within a year, which is deeply popular, but I am the governor of the governor's history, in order to raise the cost of the army, it is really nerve-wracking, and now it is the end of the year, and the rule of Shouzhou has reached the one-year period, how to tax the people in the next step, please also ask the governor to instruct!" Mu Youcai shook the feather fan and spoke first.

Hao Ren also considered this problem, the purpose of occupying a vast territory is to collect taxes and solve the problem of foster care for the army and bureaucrats, if it were not for Hao Ren to sell weapons and bronze mirrors to the rebels in the east in a timely manner, and get a large amount of grain in Anqing City, otherwise, the finances of the Qingfeng army would have collapsed long ago.

If the tax is too light, the income from the tax will not be enough to cover the expenses of the huge army, and if the tax is too heavy, it will hurt the people and cause the people to flee.

Hao Ren wants to rely on the common sense of future generations to develop products with commercial value, build a business empire, and rely on the profits to supply military supplies, but the current war is not a peaceful era, and there are too many uncertainties if he wants to rely on commerce alone.

Moreover, what can be sold at present, in addition to weapons, there are only mirrors, the weapon market space is limited, and it is necessary to select customers, and when the war in the Central Plains gradually calms down, the weapon market will also disappear, relying on glass mirrors alone is not enough to build a huge commercial system.

"What do you think?" Hao Ren didn't know anything about taxes, and his head was too big to think about, and he couldn't take care of it.

"Taxation is a major matter related to the long-term stability of the people under the rule of the governor. What's more, the governor belongs to the rule of King Ming, and it may be inappropriate to make laws without permission, and this matter needs to be considered in the long run, so it is better to follow the old system of Mengyuan first! Liu Bowen said.

Mengyuan's old system, although there are many inappropriate places, it can be regarded as a charter to follow, for a while, it is really difficult to come up with a charter, Liu Bowen's suggestion is a good way.

"Then follow the old system of Mengyuan and Yuan, and only collect land endowments, commercial endowments, Ding endowments, and municipal endowments, and other harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes will be cancelled for the time being!" Hao Ren suggested.

The Mengyuan tax is not heavy, composed of two parts of the field and the branch, in the north of the implementation of the two taxes of Tian and Ding, in the hometown of the Southern Song Dynasty, the continuation of the Song Dynasty'summer and autumn' tax law, but on this basis, to add the "rat consumption" and "sub-examples" and other names of tax-bearing grain, often the additional tax is more than the tax, and then because of the years of war, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes collected in the name of the clever project have caused a heavy burden to the people.

Hao Ren abolished these harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, which belonged to a low tax system.

"In this way, I am afraid that the tax income will be difficult to support the army and officials!" Robben Road.

"I have ordered Wu Liuqi and Shi Nai'an to set up cards at both ends of the Yangtze River under their rule to collect customs duties on passing ships, and we have military reclamation of official camps, private reclamation, and confiscation of the land and property of criminal rich families, together, enough to support our army supply!" Hao Ren said.

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On the surface of the Yangtze River, there is a fleet of seven or eight hundred large and small ships moored, the bow of the ship is to the west, and the word "Tianwan" on the big flag is very eye-catching.

"This expedition to the west, I have received the news that Xu Shouhui has ascended the throne in Hankou, and Zhao Pusheng has also captured Chizhou, although I can't bear to be separated from Li Dashuai, but I can't hide Li Dashuai, so I have to set up a banquet to see off Li Dashuai, please Li Dashuai drink this cup first!" Hao Ren said with a wine glass.

Li Pusheng drank all the wine, and said with emotion: "Hao Du Du is righteous, and he fulfills Pu Sheng's loyal and righteous life, Pu Sheng is grateful, Pu Sheng originally wanted the army to stay with Hao Dudu, Hao Du Du not only let me take away the people who are willing to follow me, but also generously gave me ten artillery pieces, twenty ships, and now the Du Du is about to go east, it is the time to employ people, Pu Sheng left at this time, it is indeed a little unkind!" ”

"Hey!" Hao Ren excused himself: "Li Dashuai is too foreign when he says this!" Li Dashuai and I co-camped, outstanding achievements, Chao County, Lujiang, are Li Dashuai led people to capture, now Li Dashuai to the west, Guozuo air command two cities, is worthy of it, it is better to give the west side of Anqing Taihu, Wangjiang County, to Li Dashuai, Li Dashuai west to the end of the sky, anyway also have their own garrison place. ”

Li Pusheng originally wanted to leave by himself, Hao Ren would make it difficult for him, and if he didn't get it, he would have to come to a 'thousand miles to ride alone', but he never expected that Hao Ren asked him to lead the troops away, and Hao Ren also sent ships and cannons, where did he dare to ask for Hao Ren's territory.

"I can't do it, I can't do it! The governor has already given too much to Li, if it weren't for the governor's thoughtfulness, maybe the Chaohu water army would have been wiped out by Chen Yexian's water army! ”

"Li Dashuai is loyal and righteous, Guozuo hates not to be with his brother, now Li Dashuai is going west, you and I belong to different camps, I hope you and my brother will not meet on the battlefield in the future!" Hao Ren said earnestly.

Liao Yongzhong stood on the bow of the ship, covered his eyes and looked at the sky, and urged to the shore: "Li Dashuai, hurry up and board the ship, I'm afraid the sky is going to change!" ”

Liao Yongan and Li Pusheng have been in the joint venture for a long time, and their feelings are quite sincere, holding Li Pusheng's hand and saying: "I am also separating from my brother today, I heard that the Tianwan regime despises literati, Yongan is a literati, and he can't kill the enemy with Li Dashuai, and please don't be surprised by Li Dashuai, fortunately his brother Yongzhong is a military general, so let his brother and Dashuai accompany him!" ”

"Brother Xian, don't blame yourself, the foolish brother reads all the hard work of the Tianwan regime and the family teacher, and now abandons the Yongan brother and goes to the other, is there a lot of brother, I hope I will have a period later!" Li Pusheng hugged his fist.

"There will be a date later!" Hao Ren and Liao Yongan hugged their fists and Li Pusheng resigned.

A team of boats went up the river and finally disappeared at the end of the sky, leaving only two lonely figures on the riverside, Hao Ren and Liao Yongan.

Exactly: the lonely sail is far away and the blue sky is endless, and only the Yangtze River skyline can be seen.

"How can you bear to be separated from your brother?"

Hao Ren refers to the fact that Liao Yongan and Liao Yongzhong belong to two camps, brothers respectively.

"Now that he has placed his brother in the Tianwan regime, this is the time for him to make contributions, although the governor can rest assured, the younger brother is the same as Yong'an, and he is loyal to the governor!" Liao Yongan said with an unfathomable smile.

(To be continued.) )