"What news does Bo Fu make you so happy!" Zhou Yu was very puzzled that it was just a letter from home, how could it bring such results? You must know that Sun Ce was really trying to choose someone and eat them, but now he is relieved. The fundamental reason is that the letter from home.

"Gongjin, you and I are still struggling with how to deal with the poisonous plan of King Liu Mang of Shu. Here, my second brother has prepared everything for me!" Sun Ce pointed to the letter proudly and proudly and said that Sun Quan was his second brother, his elder brother was like his father, and Sun Jian died early, so Sun Ce treated Sun Quan with deep feelings. His younger brother was promising and could share his troubles with his brother, which made Sun Ce very happy!

"Oh!?" Zhou Yu walked over. He and Sun Ce had a very good personal relationship and often walked around the Sun's house. It can be said that Mrs. Sun was almost treating Zhou Yu as half of her son. If Sun Ce's sister Sun Shangxiang was not really young, she might have married Sun Shangxiang to Zhou Yu. So she picked up the family books and started reading them without caring about it. The more Zhou Yu read, the more shocked he became. The entire letter completely understood Liu Mang's recruitment strategy.

Liu Mang lacks people under his command. He has tens of hectares of fertile land in his hands, which is a lot of wealth. Shouchun's fertileness is not bad compared to Xuzhou. The annual output value can be supplied to a state. Otherwise, Yuan Shu would not have built a luxurious palace in Shouchun that is no worse than Luoyang and Chang'an in Yangzhou. It is impossible for him to have money to rebuild it after Shouchun is breached. If the fertile land that is left there, which is uncultivated, will become a barren land, and then this wealthy land will become a barren land! Therefore, Liu Mang must find someone to help him cultivate the land.

Now the princes of the whole world have taken the issue of people and population seriously. Without population, there will be no taxes, and without population, there will be no soldiers. The annual consumption of the population is huge. Before the war at the end of the Han Dynasty, the population is 60 million, but now it is less than one-third. There are countless casualties in a war. Let’s take the recent war!

Cao Cao lost 60,000 people on Guandu. Yuan Shao lost 150,000 more. In this half year, the 200,000 people disappeared. This does not include the destruction of cities along the way and casualties of the people. Such battles are staged every day under the land of China. The battle between Liu Biao and Sun Ce in Jingzhou, the battle between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao in Guandu, the battle between Ma Teng and Sui and Wu'an in Xiliang, and even Liu Paopao fought with Liu Mang some time ago.

In the war, not only did the soldiers die, but more of the people die, so the land of the Han Dynasty is very vacant now.

Even Liu Paopao knew that after being driven out of Xuzhou by Lao Cao, he would have to lead a large number of people. Although there was a suspicion of using the people to disrupt the pursuers, Liu Paopao had a concern for the future.

A 30% tax seems almost a fantasy, but if you think about it, it is better to get a little bit than to get nothing. This way, because of the advantages of land policy, it can bring a huge population base to the Liu Mang army. In this way, Liu Mang can not only conscript troops and also have military rations input. Why not do it? And the most important thing is that once the people come to Liu Mang's command, they will not be able to do it! The tax of 30% can be a year, half a year, or even a part of the people. These fleeing people leave their original homes and give up their fields. It is too late to turn back! They can only bite the bullet and fall for Liu Mang's fool.

Therefore, what Sun Quan wrote in his family letter to Sun Ce was that since King Liu Mang of Shu wanted to implement 30% of the tax, we should fulfill him. Not only did he fulfill him, he would also put His Highness the King of Shu on the commanding heights of morality, call him the saint king, and widely publicize among the people.

It is better to lose than to block! Dayu told me this truth completely that you would not let the people go to Shouchun. Can you do this? Kill them? If they are afraid of death, they will not go. The river bank is so long, how much of your armor is there! Moreover, the soldiers recruited are all from these people, and they will have the will to fight against their fellow countrymen! Once Liu Mang is placed on the commanding heights, tell the people that Liu Mang is a great saint. Under his rule, Shouchun only collects 30% of the taxes, and he will never increase taxes, help Liu Mang promote it, and let his reputation spread throughout the streets and alleys. When Liu Mang's reputation spread throughout the Han Dynasty, Liu Mang dared to make excuses! He dared to adjust taxes!

If Liu Mang adjusts taxes, it means being untrustworthy. This is a taboo for the superiors. Once Liu Mang adjusts taxes, he will be criticized by the people of the world. He will still have prestige in the future! Liu Mang has offended the gentry in the world. If he offended the people of the world again, even if Liu Mang is the true emperor, he will never be able to get the world again. Liu Mang's father-in-law Lu Bu will follow Liu Mang to become a joke in the world.

If Liu Mang did not adjust the tax, he would stick to it. Although Liu Mang had a large amount of land in Shouchun and the fertile land in Shouchun was also very plump, don’t forget that fertile land was limited after all. How many people could Liu Mang accept in thousands of acres of land? Three-layer tax? His army wanted to drink the northwest wind in the future! And the more people, the more pressure Liu Mang will be under, and the greater the burden. With more people, he will need a large amount of food supply. Liu Mang’s current food and grass are allocated to him by Lujiang Lu Bu, and a large number of people are pouring in, even if this year, he will have established a large amount of food supply.

If you plant food, you will have to have a harvest next year. But this year, those people must not skip food! Where does this food come from? Then you, Liu Mang, have to supply it. After all, they are recruited by you. Liu Mang can supply tens of thousands of people's food and drink? 50,000,000? 100,000? Or 200,000? Even if the food is enough, you don't need seeds to farm! All the fertile fields are made of seeds, so I'm afraid that Liu Mang will drink the northwest wind himself. If you lack food, you will die miserably. Those hungry people can do anything.

Why are there troubled times? One reason is that those gentry have ambitions and want to get a better family status and get more resources in the world! Another reason is that the people can't live without food.

If you can't survive, you will naturally rebel! What Sun Ce wants now is not to block the people of Jiangdong and not to go to Yangzhou, but to let them go. Not only will they let them go, Sun Ce can also encourage them to go, as long as the general number is controlled, Imagine throwing more than 100,000 people into Liu Mang and Lu Bu's territory. These people cannot produce food in the first year, but they also have to eat. Where does the food for these people come from? Naturally, Lu Bu's army needs to allocate grain. How many military rations does Lu Bu have enough hundreds of thousands of people to eat and drink? You must know that Cao Cao has almost three states but cannot afford a 100,000 army.

The Lu Bu army itself had an army and these people were waiting to lose food.

Moreover, Sun Quan asked Sun Ce to send envoys to contact Liu Bei in Yuzhou, Cao Cao in Yanzhou, and even Liu Biao in Jingzhou. There is no eternal enemy among the princes, but only eternal interests. Does Liu Biao in Jingzhou have no objection to the Lu Bu army? Lu Bu has fought Huangzhou and killed many Jiangxia soldiers and captured the son of Liu Biao's general Huang Zu. I believe that Liu Biao will not refuse to have such an opportunity to weaken Lu Bu army.

There is no need to do this. You, Liu Mang, lack of population, and need population! Jiangdong sends Liu Mang hundreds of thousands of people, Jingzhou Liu Biao sends hundreds of thousands more, and then lets Liu Bei and Cao Cao of Yanzhou use hundreds of thousands of people. Then, Shouchun and Yangzhou will directly enrich the people. The consequence of this is that there is no food to eat. If Liu Mang and Lu Bu's army distribute the food to the people, his army will probably go hungry, and the morale of the army will naturally be unstable, and the population is millions! Is it enough to rely on military rations? If there is not enough, wait for the people to rebel! The hungry army faces a large group of hungry people who are desperate for life. Sun Ce is very happy to think about it!

If Lu Bu's army was cruel enough and his food was not distributed, so that his army would be full and the people had no food to eat, then the same result would be the same. Even if Lu Bu could suppress it, Lu Bu's army would have suffered heavy casualties. The most important thing is to break the trust of the world. Without trust, it would be difficult to move forward.

Will you believe a person who is not trustworthy? You will follow him, will you work hard for him? You will definitely not. By then, Liu Mang will really lose a lot of rice.

"Haha, my second brother is the pillar of my Sun family. I have my second brother to rest assured to my Sun Ce!" Sun Ce was happy to a certain extent. It was originally a situation of suffering losses, but was twisted by Sun Quan, and it turned into a dead end. It was the death of the Liu Mang army, Lu Bu army. You must know that Sun Ce had not been able to take down Wancheng and eliminate Lu Bu. Now, only hundreds of thousands of people can eliminate Lu Bu in Lujiang, so why not do it!

"Second son Sun Quan?" Zhou Yu thought a little. He was not as stunned by this good news as Sun Ce, but his heart was tightened. This plan was amazing. Without excellent wisdom, it can be seen from this that the second son is very talented, but talented people will surrender to others! Zhou Yu didn't know Sun Quan, Cao Cao once said that life and death should be like Sun Zhongmou. At that time, Sun Quan was still very young and knew strategy. If Sun Quan was Sun Ce's son, then this was a blessing in Jiangdong, but Sun Quan was Sun Ce's younger brother. Brothers could really get along well together! Is this second son really not ambition at all! Zhou Yu was silent. He didn't know how to remind Sun Ce that although Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had a good relationship, they were both brothers! But Sun Quan was related by blood. Compared with Sun Quan, he was still an outsider.
Chapter completed!