Tao Shang secretly knew that leading the army was just a side job for Han Hao, and his main government affairs were still responsible for farming and mulberry farming in Hanoi.
Encouraging teachers to farm mulberry trees, accumulating grain and grain, and diligently cultivating military equipment. This is what Han Hao is really good at. Wang Kuang must have noticed this, so he not only gave him the right to engage in military training, but also
Fully responsible for Hanoi's government and tax affairs.
However, so many things are left to him alone, it is true that he can do more work... His position is just a job... The pottery merchant secretly said how much salary Wang Kuang gave him per year... This Hanoi prefect is really good at handling people.
"Han is responsible for the training of Taishan soldiers and the agricultural and mulberry taxation in Hanoi. He is really hardworking and meritorious... I just don't know how much the agricultural taxation in Hanoi County can reach every year?"
According to the idea of the pottery merchant, Han Haonai was a leading figure in history who worked with the famous scholar Zao Zhi to help Cao Cao implement farming. His experience and insights in agricultural taxation must be unique. He managed the farmland taxation department in a county in Hanoi. Although the scope was not small,
But for Han Hao, it should be within the scope of his ability. The pottery merchant asked this question, firstly to find out the truth, and secondly, he also wanted to take the opportunity to find out how much agricultural tax revenue a large county could get every year.
The donkey also learned valuable lessons from him.
Unexpectedly, when Tao Shang asked this question, Han Hao's face suddenly turned red, and his expression became extremely awkward in an instant.
That was not a pretense, but a kind of shame from the bottom of his heart... Tao Shang didn't understand why Han Hao was so embarrassed.
Faced with the pottery merchant's problem, Han Hao hesitated and weighed it for a long time, and finally revealed to the pottery merchant the amount of agricultural tax collected by Hanoi County this year...
Upon hearing this number, the pottery merchant suddenly became confused...
Seeing the potter's surprised expression, Han Hao quickly whispered to the potter: "Mr. Tao, please don't tell me about the low agricultural tax revenue in Hanoi County..."
"So few!" The pottery merchant opened his eyes wide and shouted in surprise, causing everyone around him to turn their heads to look.
"Don't make any noise to me..." Han Hao's expression was as if he had swallowed a fly alive, and he finished the words with a dark face.
The pottery merchant hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do it... It's just that I didn't expect the taxes in Hanoi County to be so low... I have three counties and three countries in Xuzhou, and the agricultural tax in at least one county seems to be twice as much as yours in Hanoi County."
Not only that, but as far as I know, Hanoi County is on the border of Sili, so it should be considered a large county, right?"
Han Hao couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this: "You, Linhuai County in Xuzhou, have 12 counties, and Donghai County has 13 counties. They are among the best among the counties. The largest county among them has a population of only 700,000... Hanoi County has 18 counties.
There are 240,000 households and more than 867,000 people. Mr. Tao, do you think Hanoi County is a big county?"
The pottery merchant heard this and said curiously: "In that case, the young man Guan Han is not a mediocre person, nor is he someone who enriches his own pocket. With this amount of money..."
Han Hao laughed, shook his head and sighed: "Mr. Tao, there are so many prominent families in Hanoi... Most of the reclaimable land belongs to them. Mr. Tao comes from a famous family, so he must know more about this than Hao."
There are a lot of them.”
After hearing this, the potter's face turned red... He really wasn't quite sure.
"I do know that there are many prominent families in Hanoi..." the pottery merchant said curiously: "But what does this have to do with not being able to collect agricultural taxes? Can prominent families pay less taxes?"
Han Hao took a deep look at the pottery merchant, as if he was looking at an idiot... The answer was quite obvious through this expression.
The pottery merchant suddenly realized: "Looking at Han Cheng's expression, I can tell that Hanoi's prominent families can pay less taxes!"
Han Hao grinned and whispered: "Master Tao, I know I know, could you please not say it directly in front of so many people? It's very embarrassing for me..."
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There are many famous families in Hanoi, and the most influential among them is undoubtedly the Ping clan of Binh Yi, whose ancestor was Han Aihou, the king of Korea during the Warring States Period.
Later, there was the Li family in Yewang County. It is said that the ancestors came from the surname Ying, and the generation of the current head of the family has become stronger and stronger. The head of the family, Li Shao, once served as the governor of Jizhou... In history, after Li Shao became unemployed,
Because of his family's reputation, after Yuan Shao replaced Han Fu to lead Jizhou, he was appointed as the prefect of Julu by Yuan Shao. He was later dismissed because of his vacillation.
The Zheng family in Ji County is a branch of the Zheng family in Xingyang. The ancestors of the Zheng family in Xingyang can be traced back to the Zheng Kingdom, which was entrusted by King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty. The leaders of the Zheng family in Xingyang are famous scholars Zheng Tai and Zheng Hun. Zheng Tai is currently the Yilang, and
In history, Zheng Hun was one of the important political officials in various places in Cao and Wei. Under the leadership of these two people, the Zheng family gradually developed into one of the five famous seven surnames in Chinese history... And the Zheng family in Ji County
The head of the family is Zheng Yan, brother of the Zhengtai clan. Although his reputation is not as good as that of Zhengtai, he cannot be underestimated.
There is also the Sima family in Wen County. The head of the family, Sima Fang, was the previous order of Luoyang when Dong Zhuo moved the capital. Now he is traveling to Chang'an with the emperor. The Sima family in Wen County has his eldest son Sima Lang temporarily acting as the head of the family and presiding over family affairs.
There are other famous families, although not as powerful as the four above, but they have been established in Hanoi for many years. Some families have their roots here for hundreds of years. The famous families occupy a lot of land in Hanoi and raise livestock in the county.
Most of them are owned by prominent families, and many prominent families took advantage of the chaos of the Yellow Turban Uprising to map out territories, monopolize important economic industries, and collude with each other. They are extremely powerful. Many industries and economic lifelines related to taxation in Hanoi County are controlled by
In the hands of these noble families, Hanoi repeatedly changed its governors. Many policies regarding the economic direction of the county required discussions and trade-offs between the then-serving governors and the leaders of the noble families before they could be implemented.
Not to mention asking these noble families to pay agricultural taxes, if these ancestral clans do not cause trouble for Wang Kuang, Wang Kuang will burn high incense.
This time Bao Xin and Tao Shang led troops to Hanoi. Naturally, the heads of the prominent families knew that Wang Kuang had brought foreign troops into the country and had naturally sought their permission in advance. Moreover, with such a big event happening in Hanoi, the heads of the prominent families in Hanoi
The owner of the house naturally also needs to participate.
The Xuzhou Army and Bao Xin's foreign troops were stationed on the outskirts of the city, and the main characters followed Wang Kuang into the city and entered the prefect's mansion, where a banquet had already been held.
Waiting for them in the prefect's mansion were not only Wang Yun and Huangfu Song's former colleagues, Grand Secretary Nong Zhou Zhong and Wei Lieutenant Zhang Xi, but also leading figures from various prominent families in Hanoi, and the current heads of the four prominent families in Hanoi: the Ping family in Pingyi.
The masters are Pingzheng, Li Shao, the head of the Li family in Yewang, Zheng Yan, the head of the Zheng family in Ji County, and Sima Lang, the acting head of the Sima family in Wen County.
After the main characters entered the main hall, Wang Kuang introduced everyone one by one, and then everyone took their seats.
After everyone sat down, Wang Kuang ordered the waiter to fill everyone's cups with wine, then raised the cups and said with a smile: "Today we are full of distinguished guests, young and old, gathering together, which really adds to the glory of the king's mansion! Wang has prepared a small amount of wine for the guests.
Wang Situ, Huangfu Zhongcheng, Yuncheng and Tao Gongzi take the wind and wash away the dust! Come, sir, and drink from this cup!"
"Wait a minute."
Among the four prominent families in Hanoi, Ping Zheng, the head of the Ping family, spoke first and said: "Don't be in a hurry to drink. We might as well listen. The prime minister of Jibei and Mr. Tao from Xuzhou are not comfortable operating in Yanzhou and Xuzhou, so they come to Hanoi."
Land, but what is it for? Let’s explain the matter clearly first, then the wine will taste sweet.”
Wang Yun had no expression when he heard this, as if he had expected it. After all, the old man was from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he was a leader among the party members. He knew very well about the power of the gentry in the local area, so he was not surprised... After all, Wang Yun was also considered a leader.
One of the famous families, tracing back to its origins, is much more powerful than the famous families here.
Huangfu Song looked thoughtful.
Tao Shang secretly thought to himself, how could they not know what we are doing here? Now, if we ask the question in reverse, it is clear that we are intentionally looking ugly...
It seems that these Hanoi noble families do not want us to come here to conquer the Baibo Army.
Bao Xin put down the wine cup in his hand and said loudly: "I have heard for a long time that the yellow turban bandits from Baibo Valley and Bocheng have gathered people to disturb one area. Bao and Mr. Tao from Xuzhou are planning for the world. Under the orders of the leader Yuan, they will meet with Wang Gongjie.
, jointly lead the troops to suppress this bandit! At the top, we serve the imperial court, and at the bottom, we save the people. I wonder if this answer is satisfactory to Mr. Ping?"
Faced with Bao Xinyi's righteous tone, Ping Ping was not moved at all. Instead, he turned to look at Wang Kuang and said: "Master Fu, General Bao said he is here to work with you to suppress thieves. I wonder if this is the case?
I don’t know the details.”
Wang Kuang laughed and said: "In the letter between Benchu and Wang, I mentioned that sending troops would be a big deal... This matter needs to be discussed in the long term."
Li Shao, the head of the Yewang Li family, bowed his hands to Bao Xin and said: "General Bao, Hanoi has its own soldiers and horses, as well as local officers and soldiers. There is no need to bother outsiders in suppressing bandits. General Bao
Waiting for someone to come all the way to personally lead the troops would be... haha..."
The implication was that Bao Xin and others had stretched their hands too far.
The aristocratic family did not have private soldiers, but they were in charge of the local economy, land and many other connections. As a prefect who was parachuted from the imperial court, Wang Kuang had trouble subduing everyone at the same time, so he was quite constrained in doing things.
Some people may think that as a leader, it is easy to deal with the local nobles. After all, you have soldiers and generals, and you just have to dare to resist and kill them... But to be honest, this idea is too naive.
Wang Kuang was sent by the imperial court to serve as the prefect of Hanoi. It was true that he had soldiers in his hands. It would not be difficult to use force to intimidate and kill these nobles. However, after doing so, Wang Kuang's political reputation was basically completely ruined. After all,
Biaozi like Dong Zhuo are a rare breed.
It is still unrealistic to only rely on force to scare local powerful people, unless they are forced to the last step. Given the current power and reputation of these local governors, it is still unrealistic.
After all, future generations have never heard of a case where a leader would use the police to shoot and kill outstanding entrepreneurs.