"These Hu people who leaked the past are actually the remnants of Xianbei? Why didn't they come to Yinshan? Isn't it just a fall into my hands? Alas... It's a pity... However, the weather in Mobei is said to be getting colder and colder. I heard that there are a group of Semi people in the north of Jiankun, which is very interesting to gather people to go south to rob... So, do these Xianbei people want to do their own troubles, or have already joined forces with Semi people?"

Zhang Xiu, who was guarding Yinshan City, frowned and said to Wang Chang, with a little regret, a little worried, and a little excited in his tone. His news lagged a little behind and he could not get the latest information.

Zhang Xiu is not afraid of beating the Hu people, but fears that there is no Hu people to beating.

Over the years, Zhang Xiu has been in the northern desert, from a general under Zhao Yun to a deputy general of Yinshan. Now he has served as the chief general of Yinshan. He is well aware of the situation of the Hu people around him.

However, Wang Chang proposed a new idea, "What if the Xianbei people and Semi people are incompatible?"

"Hmm?" Zhang Xiu was stunned, and then thought, "This is something interesting... Tell me what you think...

"The Xianbei was originally in the Xiongnu land, and it was related to the surrounding Wuhuan people and the old tribes of the Xiongnu. They also had friendships, but there were few people among the Xianbei people, and they had no interactions with Jiankun..." Wang Chang said slowly, "There are many people among the Jiankun people. If the Xianbei people are related to the Seminar people, they should have more connections with Jiankun people..."

"Ah..." Zhang Xiu pondered.

Judging from the distribution of races in later generations, Xianbei and Wuhuan are relatively close to the Northeast fishing and hunting tribe factions, while Jiankun Rouran in the depths of the desert mostly belongs to the northern nomadic factions and borders the Aryan nomadic factions to the west. Therefore, Jiankun Rouran has many Semen people, and there are few contacts with Semen people in the Xianbei Wuhuan, which is normal.

『So my guess...』 Wang Chang gestured on the map, 『It was the Xianbei people in this group that were originally in the area north of Longyou. Something happened? It is very likely that the Jiankun Rouran tribe went south, and the vacant territory was invaded by the Semi people. Then the Semi people further advanced into the territory of these Xianbei people. The Xianbei people may not want it, or may be defeated... So these Xianbei people did not contact the Jiankun Rouran tribe, which had Semi people. They directly detoured through the Yinshan Xianbei old place to reach Liaobei... But these are all speculations, and the specific situation still needs to be investigated...』

The grassland and desert are like dominoes piled up together.

Zhang Xiu nodded, "Your guess seems to make some sense... Has there no news from Jiankun and Rouran people yet?"

『No, but Jiankun Rouran's tent is closer to the Northern Territory, so most of the news will be transmitted to the Northern Territory..." Wang Chang said, 『In addition, Jiankun's internal Poshihe abilities are limited, and it seems that he cannot fully control the other tribes...』

『This ability is limited, it is a good thing...』 Zhang Xiu nodded and said, 『Now Jiankun has a good reputation, saying it is a 70,000 string control soldiers, but in fact... Haha, it is just a pile of loose sand, without any threat. Among the 70,000, not to mention the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, even the Poshi River can control only three or four tribes close to their friendship, which can be at most over 30,000. Most of the other Jiankun people just nominally obey the orders of Poshi River, but in fact they do not pay taxes or pay tribute to livestock. If Poshi River shows a little fatigue, these tribes may not have the idea of ​​replacing them, so Poshi River must keep at least half of the troops to guard against these people... This is great...』

Wang Chang nodded, "And the biggest disadvantage of the Hu tribe is that the wolf will scatter when the wolf dies! If there is a cruel character among his tribe, it will be like a gathering of sand to form a tower, forming a threat and being difficult to deal with. But if the wolf dies... it is like Tan Shihuai from that time... Even the huge tribal alliance will collapse instantly..."

"Well, this seems to be mentioned in the report of the martial arts hall..." Zhang Xiu thought, "Since the Han Dynasty and the Huns fought, they chose to attack the royal court... Well, if they could join forces with the Northern Region and break the Xianbei royal court..."

Wang Chang nodded and said, "If you can break the royal court, it will be great. However, in this desert, there are endless yellow sand and many oasis, and it is quite unwise to search for it. Therefore, to determine the location of the royal court, even if it cannot be broken, you can drive it away... The captain, now the Southern Xiongnu people may use it. After all, in the desert, you can still use it for information... In addition to the remnants of Xianbei, there are also these Semi-men..."

Zhang Xiu nodded, then frowned and said, "I don't know Cao Zhe... Forget it, just do our business first!"

Wang Chang was about to take the order and left, but was stopped by Zhang Xiu, "Wen Shu wait..."

Wang Chang thought Zhang Xiu had any other instructions, but he couldn't see Zhang Xiu pick up the latest martial arts lecture hall newspaper from the table beside him. "Wenshu, have you read the latest news of this issue?"

Wang Chang nodded.

Zhang Xiu said a little embarrassedly: "Can you ask for advice?"

Wang Chang hurriedly said, "You are polite, Chang will definitely know everything."

『Thank you, thank you, come and sit down.』 Zhang Xiu pulled Wang Chang down, then took the newspaper to Wang Chang's approach, and asked, 『In this newspaper, what does "the body of China is different from the barbarians" mean? This... I looked at the Huns, and they also had one head and two eyes...』

『Oh, the lieutenant, this "body" means "national body"," Wang Chang said, 'In the past, the cavalry in Chang'an had a discussion in Qinglong Temple, saying "the system of the country", so it was called "national body".

"Oh, so that's it." Zhang Xiu suddenly realized, and then said, "Then what does this "the use of money is not just the right of mother and son?"

"The power of the mother and son comes from a written article by Duke Shan Mu of the reprimand King Jing." Wang Chang was naturally more familiar with these allusions than Zhang Xiu. "In the 21st year of King Jing, he would mint big coins. Duke Shan Mu of the two kings blocked it, saying that money was used to save the people by natural disasters and disasters. Therefore, the people were worried about it, so they used to make heavy coins to do it. Therefore, if the mother and son do it, they could do it. If they were not overestimated, they would do it more lightly and do it, and they would not abandon the heavy. Therefore, if the son and the mother do it, they would do it with small profits..."

Zhang Xiu tilted his head, his eyes turned into a mosquito-shaped repellent. After a while, he said, "What does this... mean? I still don't understand..."

『Ah...this..." Wang Chang thought about it and simply took out some coins from his body. 『The lieutenant, the mother's money is this gold coins, and the son's money is copper coins. With only mother's money, that is, only gold coins will be inconvenient for the people, but if there are only son's money, there will be a lot of copper coins, just like the Wuzhu coins were flooded back then...』

"Oh!" Zhang Xiu nodded suddenly, "I understand, I understand! Then why would the lord say that the use of money in the Western Regions can help all nations and control the world? I think among Jiankun and Rouran, well... there are even more distant tribes, some of which don't even have coins, so how can they be used to make them?"

Wang Chang smiled, "The confusion of the lieutenant in Qinglong Temple has been discussed... But this is a long story..."

"Oh? Tell me, tell me..." Zhang Xiu became interested. Seeing that Wang Chang seemed a little thirsty, he immediately asked the guard to come and go.

Wang Chang took a sip of water and said, "If you talk about this, you have to talk about it from the Spring and Autumn Period..."

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If Beiqu only existed as a temporary market and a craftsman's house when Feiqian first built Beiqu, then Beiqu is now considered a small primary industrial city.

The wood, coal mines, metal mines, rock mines, etc. of Luliang Mountain gather in Beiqu, and then large-scale hydraulic and fireworks were built on both sides of the Beiqu River, which almost spitted black smoke and molten iron. The farmers around Beiqu Gongcheng and some handicraftsmen almost existed to provide the needs and uses of these Beiqu Workers.

This is the prototype of an industrial city.

In Beiqu, most people are workers who work in workshops. They sell labor in the workshop every day, then get remuneration, and pay once every ten-month. Then the money obtained by these workers quickly becomes various wealth, rice, oil and salt in shops in Beiqu.

The shop merchants took the money and happily went to the farmers in the countryside to purchase scattered agricultural goods, went to Pingyang and Chang'an to purchase bulk goods, transported various steel and bronze products produced in Beiqu to Pingyang, Chang'an, and then took the items needed by Beiqu workers from Pingyang, Chang'an, and then continued.

The workers in the workshop were very happy.

The farmers and women around are also happy.

The merchants in Beiqu City were also happy.

Everyone made money, gained benefits, and was very happy.

So, is anyone who lost money in this?

Zhang Shi, the magistrate of Beiqu County, has been thinking about this issue all the time, but the more you think about it, the more confused you become.

The accounts on the table are clearly reflected. Although the population of Beiqu cannot match those of Shandong's large counties, the taxes far exceed those of Shandong's large counties.

Money cannot be born out of thin air, but the question is why can Beiqugong City collect a lot of taxes and get a lot of money?

The key is that the taxes of the great men before, especially when they had to close the bill, were simply resisting the countryside, howling every village, and even some tax officials who accidentally left alone would die inexplicably in the mountains.

The folk customs of the Han Dynasty, especially the northern border, were still a bit tough.

Sometimes, in order to reduce the quota for mental calculation, rural folks will even throw away the newborn baby directly or drown them.

If you can say that you can kill your children, then you will be polite to the tax collectors who come to your door?

So once it is time to collect taxes, a large number of soldiers are required to go to the countryside to collect in groups. This model does not last long. After all, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so many times the tax tasks are subcontracted to labor dispatch... uh, subcontracted to rural households and land gentry.

After outsourcing, the officials in the court were relaxed. Sitting on the high hall, you can eat and drink, and you can not have to worry about the pain of hard work, and you can also deliver the money to the front on time and at the right time. Why not do it?

Unfortunately, what followed was the huge power of the rural gentry, which then reversed the Han Dynasty.

Zhang Shi knew this a little, so he could understand that the orders of the General of the Cavalry did not require local surnames to collect taxes, but were collected by inspections. But what Zhang Shi didn't know was why the rural people were so resistant to paying taxes before, but now they were so happy to pay?

Especially mental calculation.

Over the years, Zhang Xi has heard less and less about falling to death or drowning babies. Almost all farmers and workers are happy about the birth of their children, and even come to the government to register their household registration after the full moon. Perhaps it is because the government promised that a man would reward a pot of wine and a lamb after the full moon, and a girl would reward a bundle of cloth and a pig?

This practice is not unique to the Han Dynasty. It appeared as early as the Warring States Period, but why did the Han Dynasty stop doing it later?

These all kinds of questions are in Zhang Shi's mind, but he never gets any answers.

Zhang Shi held the pen and calculated the income and expenditure of Beiqu this year. He put the tip of the brush in his mouth and held it casually. On the one hand, it was because the weather was cold. If it was placed outside for a while, the brush would easily freeze over a while. On the other hand, it was also his habit for many years. When he was a poor scholar, if a brush was frozen, it would have to be regretted for a long time.

"Ling Zun!" Before the inspector Cheng Yun arrived, the voice came in first. "It is said that Fan gathered a lot of people, and he probably had some plans!"

"Ha!" Zhang Shi sprayed out the brush, and then ignored the ink on his mouth, and opened his mouth with a big mouth of ink, and laughed with black teeth and black tongue, "These guys are so bold! But I don't know that today's Hedong is no longer the same as before! I'll stare at it! Just wait for them to come!"

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Whose hedong belongs to?

Fan Xian thought Hedong should be his.

His ancestors lived here, and whether it was Fei Qian or Zhang Shi, they were all outsiders.

Did the outsider actually ride on the heads of the locals?

The "hate" of locals towards foreigners actually comes more from conflicts of interests.

Just like when Fan Xian first welcomed Fei Qian, he has become very disgusted with Fei Qian. The main reason for his disgust is that Fei Qian's various new systems.

Very disgusted.

Tian Zheng cut off his financial path, while the inspector stabbed him in the back.

Because since these inspections were established, the unruly people gradually no longer feared him and no longer listened to him.

Although the unruly people are tricky, most of them are stupid. Even if there are occasionally some shrewd people, they cannot figure out the complex calculations and laws. They can only listen to Fan Xian to explain them, so in the end, Fan Xian can make a profit from it.

To give the simplest example, when there are funds to allocate funds to the people and what benefits are there, do the bad people know what should be? Large-scale households will add some similar but notable processes to it, such as asking the bad people to prove that his father is his father, his mother is his mother, his child is his child, and he himself is himself. Then, he asked the bad people to sign here and stamp it where to stamp it. Even if everything is done, then finally have to prepare a file, wait for three or five days, one or two months, and half a year to get the money, and the bad people still have to go there again...

In this way, the unruly people will think that it is not worth the trip so many times, so they simply stop taking it. The more they don’t receive these originally supposed benefits and exemptions, the more they will get Fan Xian’s will. After all, the sand gathers into a tower and accumulates a lot...

Not to mention the tax calculation, the conversion between property, the interest rate difference between one in and one out...

After the inspection came, these financial channels were cut off.

If that's all, that's fine. After all, even if the wealth path was too much, it would be impossible for the court to have benefits every day and exemptions every year. The authority to collect taxes could not be distributed to all major households.

Another way of wealth was cut off, which made Fan Xian feel heart-wrenchingly painful.

The Han Dynasty originally had many hidden households and subscribed households.

This problem did not occur after Guangwu, but appeared very early, at least during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.

In history, if civil officials talk about military service in the future, there must be a chain of contempt that they eat empty salary and blood. It seems that if they don’t say that, it cannot reflect the nobleness of civil servants. However, civil servants may not have much chance to eat empty salary and blood and blood, but civil servants can eat hidden households and drink civil servants every year, and even eat more than military generals and drink even harder!

These civil servants also like to wear gloves, Fan Xian used to be a pair of gloves. No matter which civil servant comes up, he inserts it, stirs it up, and then leaves after he feels good, and then throws Fan Xian off...

During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, fighting with the Xiongnu finally led to "waste in the country and halved the household registration". The first half of this sentence is true. After all, the civil servants in the court at that time were not like feudal bureaucrats in later generations. There was no truth in the volume of absurd words, but the second half was false.

In fact, in the late years of Emperor Wu of Han, the population declined by about 4 million compared to the early years of Emperor Wu. Since fighting against the Huns every year, the total population dropped from 36 million to 32 million. And where did the so-called "halving household registration" start? It's actually very simple. The total population did not drop so much, but the total taxes dropped by half!

The population has not been cut in half, but the taxes are only half as early as possible. So where will these taxes go?

Just like the feudal dynasties in later generations were a local feast during disasters!

Until the period when the bald head was strong, there was no change. The front line was tight and the back was tight. Everyone knew that the destruction of the country was right in front of them, but after all, it was not in front of them yet!

To accomplish these things, they are inseparable from the close cooperation of bureaucrats at the upper and lower levels and local tyrants, as well as the emperor's acquiescence and the ministers' pretending to be deaf and dumb. When Emperor Wu felt something was wrong in the later period, he wanted to change it back, and it would be left alone, just like Emperor Guangwu once wanted to "save the field", but almost saved his life.

This is what Fan Xian was angry about.

Everyone eats and drinks human blood on the table, why is it more noble than anyone else?

Why do you have to be famous for yourself? Then those civil servants pretend to be human, and they can in turn accuse local officials of insults, and have nothing to do with them? If the civil servants hadn't nodded and agreed, would they have completed so many procedures and procedures? Wouldn't you take so much money?

Now, as soon as the cavalry arrived, the civil servants who had received the money in the early years either ran away, collapsed, or refused to admit their conscience. Only Fan Xian’s own property is in Hedong, and he can’t escape or collapse!

What's this fucking thing?
Chapter completed!