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Chapter 157 Game of Thrones (1)

"In this way, Zhongtong please leave. I just had a lot of things, so I won't send you any more. I'll forgive you for your sins."

"I dare not, Dinglie, please stay."

On January 25, 264 AD, just as Jian was waiting for people to move towards Luoyang, the Luocheng County yamen in Guanghan County was already full of people.

It’s nothing else, because Guan Yi set up the “Sima Kaifu Preparatory Office” here.

The news of the Yang'an Pass victory reached Chengdu, and there was a brief shock and silence throughout Chengdu. Then there was the ultimate madness.

It was eliminated at one time, capturing more than 100,000 enemy troops, and more than 200,000 civilians were captured. This kind of victory has never been seen since the founding of the Shu Han Dynasty.

Before Guan Yi's victory, the biggest victory of Shu Han was Jiang Wei's battle in Taoshui - annihilation of 30,000 Cao Wei Yongzhou troops at one time.

Not to mention that Shu Han did not have such a battle, even the Eastern Wu had never fought such a battle. Lu Xun's Battle at Shiting was already against the will of heaven, but it only killed 20,000 to 30,000 enemies.

Cao Wei itself had such a battle example: Sima Yi destroyed Liaodong, Wuqiu Jian destroyed Goguryeo and others, and the number of prisoners was far exceeded this number. But after all, it was a country that destroyed people. The country was destroyed, and of course, only a few prisoners were obtained.

In any case, when the news reached Chengdu, the people of Chengdu spontaneously celebrated the victory in Xindu. They once again consumed all the various alcoholic beverages in various shops in Chengdu.

The bureaucratic class of Shu Han also went crazy at this time - everyone knows that Guan Yi and his Fuxing Society had no one to stop the rise of Guan Yi in Shu Han. As long as this man is happy, no one can say anything about him even if he is the prime minister. Prime Minister Zhuge never fought such a beautiful annihilation battle during the five northern expeditions!

Then, after confirming that Guan Yi returned to Luocheng, the officials of Shu Han and aristocratic families sent their respective representatives to flock into Luocheng.

With the urinary nature of the time traveler, he did not have the patience to do these specific matters. So he handed over all the trivial matters such as welcoming and sending out the trip and connecting the tragic things to Chen Shou and Sun Gang. Then, Chen Shou and Sun Gang were in a tragedy.

Now, the pavilions outside the Luocheng County Government have long been crowded. Luocheng County Magistrate Du Zhen also urgently built more temporary pavilions on the open space outside the County Government Government. Even so, they are still not enough to use. Finally, Chen Shou slapped his head: Take out the military tent in the army!

Don’t say, once this tent is taken out, everyone will not go to the tent but go to the tent: otherwise, sitting in a place like a gazebo with only one roof, you can see me and I can see you. How embarrassing it would be.

"Brother, this is the general situation. Most people from Jingzhou and Dongzhou are seeking officials. Most people from Yizhou come to find out the news."

"Hmph, it's because these guys left their feet with Deng Ai." Guan Yi smiled with a sneer: "None of these things is the point, the point is whether they accept our new tax system?"

Yes, although Guan Da Sima has not really taken office yet, he has already begun to care about Da Sima's heart.

The so-called new tax system is actually not new at all. It is a continuation of the regular tax system since the Han Dynasty. Guan Yi is thinking about it here, but in fact it is one: "household tax".

The so-called household tax means the tax that your family should pay to the state. This tax is almost non-existent for ordinary people: because this is a progressive tax.

For example, if you have three parents in your household registration book, then, please pay three cents to the state every year as a tax.

If you have more than seven servants in your family besides your family of three? Sorry, if you reach ten people, please pay fifty cents to the state according to the standard of five cents per person.

If you are a big landlord, in addition to servants, there are tenant farmers who depend on you, it depends on how many. For more than one hundred people, each person will be charged for one hundred citations. For more than one thousand people, each person will be charged for one thousand citations... (This is for example, the actual proportion is not so exaggerated)

You can see clearly? The central government sets up such taxes to avoid unlimited expansion of aristocratic families: In this era of low productivity, the surplus value a person can create is limited. Under the premise that the household tax exists, the number of servants, tenants, family members and other things is not a good thing. This is a good policy for the country to strengthen centralization, limit the size of aristocratic families, and protect self-cultivated farmers.

However, whether a policy is good or not is good or not is just a prerequisite. The key is to see how the policy is implemented.

During the Liu Bei era, Fa Zheng and Liu Ba were all ruthless people, and the household tax system was implemented very well. The Yizhou family was highly restricted.

In the Zhuge Liang era, it was even more severe and severe. Moreover, Zhuge Liang set an example himself, so household tax was implemented very well.

During the reign of Jiang Wan and Fei Yi, although the rulings themselves were very strict, the policy began to relax because of insufficient prestige.

During the Chen Di period, this obvious policy began to be abandoned. As for now...haha...

Fortunately, the moral integrity of Shu Han officials has not fallen to the level of the late Eastern Han Dynasty: there are not many people in this family, but they just ordered a large household and paid extremely high household tax. It is obvious that the family has tens of thousands of servants, but they just say that there are only five or six people in this family.

However, at least now, due to the infinite weakening of the adjustment effect of household tax, the cost of aristocratic families is almost non-existent during the expansion process. This is something that Guan Yi cannot tolerate.

After Guan Yi took office, the first blow was to cut the tax system. The first blow of the tax system was to restore household tax.

You Yizhou family members have done a lot of things during this war, and there are also many things that fall into my hands. I want me to forgive me? OK! Do you cooperate with me to restore household tax? People from Jingzhou and Dongzhou want to be officials? OK! Do you cooperate again?

"Brother, these are all the first batch, and they are all here to test them. So there are almost no one who made a statement on the spot. Except for the visiting family and a few other families, the envoys from other families expressed their desire to go back and ask the head of the family."

Speaking of which, although the Dongzhou school is usually sarcastic, they bravely stood up when Shu Han was about to destroy the country. After the war, they were the first to actively get closer.

Of course there is a reason for this, because the Dongzhou faction clearly felt the crisis in this war: if Shu Han perished, they would have lived in Yizhou for more than 60 years and had their descendants reproduced for three or four generations. They would all be moved back to their respective ancestral homes according to the Nine-rank Zhongzheng system. And they had been away from their ancestral homes for the longest time. When they returned at this time, they would have a status in their ancestral homes. It is far worse than the officials of the Jingzhou faction who went back!

However, for Guan Yi, it is not enough to just surrender to the Dongzhou faction.

"Forget it, I'll give them some more time. If they haven't woken up before the truth is revealed in Chengdu, then I can't blame the knife in my hand for being unable to hold it."

At the same time, Chengdu Palace.

"He wants to be the Grand Marshal? He still wants to open a mansion?"

"Yes, your Majesty."

"He still wants my easy-to-can-eat?"

"Yes, your Majesty."

"Shaoxian, what exactly does he want to do? Is he equivalent to Sima Zhao? Shaoxian, won't you stop him?"

Seeing Liu Chan's hysterical roar, Huo Yi could only smile bitterly.

"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that if Guan Zifeng was really like Sima Zhao, he might not have asked His Majesty for such a request."

"Well, that's true."

As a king who has been an emperor for almost forty years, how could Liu Chan not understand the twists and turns in it: If Guan Yi aims to usurp the throne, then the most advantageous way is to force Liu Chan to abdicate and at the same time let the current crown prince Liu Xuan take office.

But Guan Yi did not do this, but instead let Liu Chan continue to stay on the stage. He also put his strong character and firm will. This time, he followed the Fuxing Army to fight and accumulated huge reputation, Liu Chen, who had accumulated great reputation, was promoted to the throne of the prince. This just proved that Guan Yi did not have the intention to usurp the throne.

"What the hell does he want to do?"

"Does Your Majesty want to hear Guan Zifeng's original words?"

"speak!"

"Guan Zifeng said that His Majesty has been in power for many years, and the country has been declining. It seems that His Majesty is not suitable for governing the country. Since this is the case, I would like to ask His Majesty to go to the harem to live and support and give him all the major affairs of the country. If he doesn't do it well, he will naturally die without a place to bury him. If he does it well, His Majesty may be able to become the ancestor of the universe (Liu Xiu) in the future."

"Well! Hum! Shuzi is so brave! The ancestor of their Guan family had a bad temper before, which made the late emperor and the prime minister coax him. Shuzi's temper is even more bad than Guan Yun! Shaoxian, don't you care?"

Boss, how can I control him? Can I control him?

Seeing Huo Yi silent, Liu Chan sighed: "Okay, let him start a government office as a Grand Sima. But I want to ask Shaoxian to be the Minister of Shangshu!"

Boss, aren’t you cheating me? Think about how Sun Feng, a powerful minister who was recently destroyed in Eastern Wu, died? Isn’t it just that the veteran Ding Feng cooperated with the emperor to set up a Hongmen banquet? If you leave me in Chengdu, how can Guan Zifeng sleep? If he can’t sleep, how can I sleep?

"Your Majesty, I am old and cannot take on this important task. I would like to ask your Majesty to invite other virtuous people."

"You! Shaoxian, don't you think about our old friendship?"

"Your Majesty, it's not that I am not remembering the old feelings. The situation is really like this. And Your Majesty, I also say my confidant: After the King of Northern Earth takes office, please ask Your Majesty to grant the eldest son the emperor to King Zhuti. I am in Nanzhong and can take good care of the eldest son. If Guan Zifeng really does a great deed, the Liu family's incense will not be destroyed!"

"This... OK, okay, you all go. All go! I don't care about this country anymore. If the prince wants to be the Grand Marshal, he will be the prince, and if he wants to change the prince, he will be the prince. I will only be responsible for spending the world and drinking in the future. I don't care about all these common things!"

“…uh, your Majesty…”

"What else do you want to do with me?"

"Guan Zifeng said that he wanted Princess Shangling to be his wife..."

"Dong~~~~~"
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