Also in Jiangdong, the scene on Zhang Zhao's side of the old school was completely different from that on Sun Quan's side.
In fact, as the leader of a large family today, Zhang Zhao is really familiar with how to lead Jiangdong.
After just taking control of a large amount of military power and political power in Jiangdong, as the people saw, his strategy was to rule by doing nothing.
Just like Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, he reduced taxes and labor, released a large number of prisoners, and even opened various trade restrictions. In the past, ordinary people could also participate in certain industries that were only the privilege of wealthy families.
It seems that the old-school officials headed by him are really wise?
At least in the past month or so, Jiangdong has shown a vitality and vitality that was absolutely impossible when Sun Quan was in power.
Although Zhou Yu's death had a great impact on Jiangdong's strength, for the people, they didn't care if there was one more Zhou Yu or one less Zhou Yu.
Therefore, when the wealthy family came to power and promulgated a series of decrees to stabilize people's livelihood, Jiangdong not only quickly restored stability, but people even began to spread the idea that the Sun family was the real cancer in Jiangdong.
Of course, these are all small things.
——
How could Zhang Zhao and others be so kind to relieve pressure on the people?
They can continuously improve their strength and accumulate wealth by squeezing the people. What if they reduce the taxes on the people and slow down the speed of accumulating wealth, and they are left behind by Liu Bei or Cao Cao?
With this idea in mind, they enacted a decree that looked very friendly on the surface. In fact, they were thinking about how to make up for this loss of income from other places.
And as long as you think about it along this line of thinking, the solution that every nobleman comes up with is not too far off - salt.
In other words, over the years, although Jiangdong has remained wealthy, and many emerging gentry families have even appeared, there are only a few families that are truly at the top.
The reason is that they control the output of almost all types of salt in Jiangdong.
As for monopoly, if we put it aside for thousands of years in the future, this kind of behavior will obviously be boycotted and despised by people.
But in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when everyone was in danger and self-protection, and even survival could not be guaranteed, who could care about monopoly issues?
And even if there are people who really have this intention, they probably don't have the ability.
In the end, Zhang Zhaoming on the surface reduced the taxation and labor of the people, but in fact soon he secretly adjusted the price of salt with his fellow nobles.
If people don't eat salt, they will die...
The common people seem to be gradually realizing that something is wrong these days, but with no one speaking out for them, who dares to really point out such a thing?
When Sun Quan was in power, he sent out soldiers and horses to patrol the streets, and they would walk through the shops in a swagger. People could see these soldiers from a distance, and they knew when they could chat and when they couldn't talk.
But now that aristocratic families have come to power, people have discovered how free Sun Quan's formal inspections were when he was here.
Nowadays, people on the street dare not speak casually, because it is impossible to tell people from aristocratic families by their appearance.
This also leads to the fact that even an ordinary waiter may secretly be paid by a wealthy family to constantly look for those who make rude remarks in his own restaurant or teahouse.
People die for money and birds die for food. As long as you give money, you can easily divide the scattered masses.
But even if they know this, who can stop it?
There are no regulations in this world that restrict the rich's ability to use money.
As a result, less than half a month later, Jiang Dong suddenly "died".
It is more silent than before, more lifeless than before. The streets are extremely depressed, and everyone's face is full of fatigue and melancholy.
It seems that it only took Zhang Zhao more than a month to bring Jiangdong back to the Eastern Han Dynasty when Emperor Ling was still alive.
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"Mr. Ge, there seems to be a public riot in Poyang... There are also similar situations in Lujiang. The number has increased several times compared to last month."
The speaker's name is Kan Ze. His official position is not too high, but he is a county magistrate.
However, this man liked to study Confucianism and was proficient in calendars, etc. Zhang Zhao knew that he was good at learning, so he recruited him to Wu Commandery to temporarily serve as a ceremonial officer.
only…
Kan Ze did not agree with Zhang Zhao's superficial efforts these days, so that every time he reported to Zhang Zhao the news of people's riots in various places, he felt extremely heartbroken.
"Oh, I understand. They are just a group of unruly people. Since they are near the Lujiang River in Poyang, let Zhu Ran, who has just been reinstated, lead troops to suppress them."
Zhang Zhao didn't even look back, he was still buried in front of the case, dealing with some documents that Kan Ze didn't understand.
This made Kan Ze very painful. After holding it in for so long, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he walked up to Zhang Zhao and said bluntly:
"Mr. Ge! We can't go on like this anymore!"
"If they live a stable life and have enough food and clothing, people will naturally not riot. The reason why so many riots have occurred can only be because we have something wrong."
"Mr. Pavilion, the series of decrees you issued a few months ago have been reviewed by subordinates. There is absolutely no problem with the content of the regulations. As long as we follow the provisions of the decrees, no matter what, the people's lives will be better and better.
good--"
"However, the current situation is exactly the opposite."
Kan Ze sternly supported the table and leaned directly in front of Zhang Zhao.
The atmosphere in the venue became weird.
In all these years, no one has dared to speak to Zhang Zhao like this, but Kan Ze did it.
only…
Zhang Zhao straightened up with a smile. He squinted his eyes and looked Kan Ze up and down.
Kan Ze is not short, on the contrary, he is very tall, but maybe because he lived a relatively poor life and didn't pay much attention to it, he looks extremely thin.
But at this moment, he stood up straight, with fire in his eyes, and no intention of backing down.
This made Zhang Zhao a little irritable.
"You mean that the reason why this happened is that I failed to implement the decree I issued, right?"
"Whether it is or not, Mr. Ge, you know it in your heart. I am not qualified to criticize your actions. I can only remind you——"
Kan Ze slapped the reports of riots in various places on Zhang Zhao's desk and continued:
"If this situation cannot be alleviated and pressure continues to be exerted on the people, Jiangdong's subversion may be just a thought."
…
The place was extremely quiet, and the two looked at each other in silence for who knows how long.
Zhang Zhao smiled, as if he suddenly thought of something, so he directed the door and said:
"General Zhu Ran hasn't left yet? Go and ask him to come -"
Kan Ze frowned, as if he didn't quite understand what Zhang Zhao was trying to do.
Zhang Zhao just shrugged, knowing that Kan Ze was confused, he answered his question:
"Since you care so much about the people, you will go with General Zhu Ran to suppress the riot this time."
"When will there be no more riots in various places? When will you come back to me?"
Kan Ze was stunned, and then a look of anger appeared on his face, because he understood that Zhang Zhao actually meant to not only demote him, but also arrange for him to complete a task that he was extremely repulsive and unacceptable to disgust him.
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"Mr. Ge! You..."
"Okay, come on down, I want to rest."
Zhang Zhao waved his hand, and someone immediately dragged Kan Ze out of the door.
Maybe it was too hard to believe that Zhang Zhao would be like this. When Kan Ze was dragged down, he couldn't say a word.
