Chapter 117 Ming Gong, Liu Bei is available

Liu Bei accepted Zhou Xing's proposal and asked the county officials to find candidates and prepare to take concubines.

Although there are Mrs. Gan and Mrs. Mi now, both Mrs. Gan and Mi only gave birth to daughters, not sons.

Liu Bei definitely wants a son.

It just so happens that you have to live in seclusion now. As the military advisor said, taking concubines can also make Yuan Shao think that he is addicted to women and is not a person with great ambitions.

On the one hand, he asked a thousand soldiers and horses led by Liu Zheng to return to Beihai Xiami, but Liu Zheng did not return and went to Ju County to step up recruitment with Zang Ba Sun Guan.

While waiting for news from Yuan Tan.

Although I have mentioned the conditions to Liu Xian, I still need Yuan Tan to agree.

If Yuan Tan doesn't agree, all preparations will be in vain.

By the way, Liu Xian returned to Pingyuan and told Yuan Tan the situation in detail.

"Ming Shijun, the rice and wheat are not ripe now, and Liu Bei has implemented a lenient policy of tax reduction and exemption, and has many officials. It is indeed difficult to come up with so much money and food at the same time. After three months, the rice and wheat are ripe, and he

Only by collecting taxes can we come up with two million yuan and fifty thousand shi of grain."

"Liu Bei also said that he was willing to reduce the number of soldiers, leaving only 2,000 men in each county. If this was true, and he actually handed over the money and food three months later, maybe we misjudged him, and he had no different intentions. Even if he had

If he has a different intention, after handing over the money and food, it will be difficult for him to raise more soldiers. If there are few soldiers, there will be nothing to fear."

Liu Xian does not want to speak for Liu Bei. If he really gets money and food back from his mission to Beihai this time, it will be his contribution.

If Liu Bei really reduces his troops and hands over money and food, proving that he has no ambition to seize the state, then there is nothing to worry about.

"Three months, three months..." Yuan Tan murmured.

"Mingshijun, three months will pass quickly, we can wait." Liu Xian advised.

"Three months later, the rice and wheat are indeed ripe, and there is food to harvest, but Yecheng..."

Yuan Tan is worried about his father Yuan Shao's opinion and wonders if his father will agree with his decision.

"The general has already said that Mingshijun can make the final decision on matters in Qingzhou. Moreover, if Yecheng is asked to send troops to help attack Liu Bei, I'm afraid it will appear that Mingshijun is incapable of governing the state and needs help from Yecheng.

If Liu Bei really hands over the money and food and sends it to Jizhou, it will show the prestige and ability of Mingshijun. Qingzhou will be safe, and the general will feel at ease, and he will also praise Mingshijun for his good management of the state. In the future..."<

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Liu Xian knew that Yuan Tan and his brothers wanted to please Yuan Shao in order to fight for heirs.

If Yuan Tan governs Qingzhou well, he can also govern the four states of Hebei or the world well in the future. Yuan Shao is very likely to let him inherit the business.

"What Biejia said is that I can make the decision on Qingzhou's affairs. There is no need to ask father for advice on this matter." Yuan Tan nodded slightly, "Liu Biejia, do you think Liu Bei will really hand over the matter in three months?"

Will you provide money and food? Is there any fraud involved?"

"Probably not. I have left people in Beihai and Donglai. As soon as Liu Bei makes any changes, we will know immediately. Liu Bei has promised now that if he cannot come up with money and food in three months, it will not be too late for us to send troops to conquer again. By then

If a teacher is famous, then people in the world will be above reproach."

"Well, then I'll give him three months. You ask people to pay more attention to the soldiers and horses in Beihai and Donglai. If he recruits troops aggressively and wants to fight with troops, come and retaliate immediately."

"No."

Yuan Tan agreed to Liu Bei's request and promised to give him three months to raise money and food.

On the one hand, he sent people to Beihai to inform Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he sent people to Yecheng to report to Yuan Shao.

Of course Liu Bei was extremely grateful, and Yecheng had no objections. He only said that he could make his own decision regarding Qingzhou.

Half a month later, Yuan Tan learned that Liu Bei had really disbanded some of the soldiers in Beihai and Donglai, leaving only two thousand soldiers in each county, and let the extra soldiers go to farm.

Even the soldiers who were chasing the bandit Guan Cheng in Langya were transferred back and sent away to farm.

At the same time, Liu Bei has a new concubine, and his general Zhang Fei is also getting married, and Xia Mi in Beihai is immersed in celebrations.

Moreover, Liu Bei is instructing county officials to step up the collection of tax and land taxes.

This news made both Yuan Tan and Yuan Shao feel at ease, believing that Liu Bei had no ambition to seize the state.

But in Xia Mi, Beihai, first Liu Bei took a concubine, then Zhang Fei took a wife, Zhou Xing, Tai Shi Ci, Jian Yong, Sun Qian and others drank for several days without doing anything.

At the same time, all county and county officials were dispatched to collect the people's taxes.

It was spread everywhere that because Yuan Zhoumu asked for 2 million yuan and 50,000 stones of grain, he had to give it within three months. When the time was up, if he didn't give it, he would lead his troops to conquer.

Therefore, the range of tax collection had to be changed from the age of twenty to fifty-six to from the age of fifteen to fifty-six, and the amount of taxation was restored from one hundred yuan to one hundred and twenty yuan.
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Originally, the land tax had to be changed from fifteen to ten to one, but General Liu Zuo sympathized with the suffering of the people and could not bear the overburden on the people, so he had to reduce troops and save food. In addition to leaving two thousand soldiers and horses in each county to protect the county,

All the remaining soldiers scattered back to the fields to farm in order to accumulate more food.

Therefore, the land tax rate has not been changed and is still charged at the rate of 15% tax.

In Langya, Zang Ba and Sun Guan quickly recruited 3,000 people and handed them over to Liu Zheng for command.

Liu Zheng first led these three thousand people to Langya County near the sea. Then under the banner of Guan Cheng, in Guan Cheng's name, he hurried westward, hid in the mountains at the junction of Mount Tai and Qi, and built forts.<

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Liu Bei promised to hand over 2 million yuan and 50,000 shi of food to Yuan Tan, which not only reassured Yuan and his son, but also reassured Lu Bu.

After Guan Yu and Tai Shici killed the two Liaodong generals and defeated the Liaodong troops, Lu Bu had been worried that Liu Bei would come back to seize Xuzhou with him.

Now I heard that Liu Bei promised to hand over money and food, and took the initiative to reduce the number of soldiers and scattered them in the fields. This made Lu Bu understand that Yuan Shao and his son must not trust Liu Bei enough to make such a request.

Liu Bei's agreement to hand over money and food showed that he was unable to resist the Yuan family and had no ambition to seize the state, so he agreed to the request.

Since he has to hand over money and food and reduce his number of soldiers, it is even less likely that he will come back to rob Xuzhou.

Although Liu Bei and Zang Ba were on good terms and joined forces to suppress the bandits, the soldiers Liu Bei sent to Langya County to suppress the bandits were also transferred back to Beihai and dispersed back to the fields, so Langya had nothing to worry about.

With Zang Ba's thousands of soldiers and horses, Lu Bu didn't take it seriously. In his opinion, Zang Ba's people were no different from the rabble, and at most they were a little stronger than the rabble.

At this time, Cao Cao was mainly dealing with Zhang Xiu in Nanyang, which allowed Lu Bu to have nothing to worry about and could concentrate on dealing with Yuan Shu.

However, Yuan Shao and Lu Bu were both relieved, but Cao Cao was not.

After he heard the news that Liu Bei promised to give Yuan family money and food, and took the initiative to reduce his troops and take concubines, he felt uneasy and was pacing back and forth in the house, waiting for Guo Jia.

I walked to the door several times and looked around, looking a little anxious.

Finally, I heard footsteps outside the room, and then saw Guo Jia hurriedly entering.

"Ming Gong, Liu Bei is available."
Chapter completed!