"Although the tyrant transferred the army of Lanchi Camp and there were no large-scale troops in the Guanzhong area, Chang'an City, as the foundation of the emperor, has been based on my investigation and settlement over the past two years. In this Chang'an City, there are 36 Hu Ben Guards who maintain order, distributed in important places in Chang'an City, each with a hundred people. Moreover, these Hu Ben Guards will be mobilized once every ten days to prevent the Hu Ben Guards from stationing in one place for a long time." Chen Lin and others, who had been targeted by the Tingwei, gathered together with the secret son who had left Xu You, after Chen Lin arrived, and pointed to the map.

If the designers of Chang'an City were here, they would have been surprised to find that this map of Chang'an City drawn by them in the past two years is more detailed than the original design drawings. The most important thing is that Chang'an City has a huge drainage system. Even if ordinary people have seen these drainage systems when Chang'an City was built, they do not know the function of this thing, but at this moment, they are clearly marked on this map.

"Why is this?" Chen Lin looked up, looked at the commentator in confusion, and frowned.

"In order to prevent these Hu Ben Guards from stationing in one place for a long time, exploiting the people in places where supervision is not in place, forming some... According to the court, it is called unspoken rules, rules that are free from Han laws." The commentator thought for a while and explained.

After thinking for a while, Chen Lin nodded and said, "No matter how aside, this emperor does things without any loss. Even the hearts of the people are counted. But aren't you afraid that these Tiger Guards will complain?"

"Kong Zhang was joking. The military pay of these Hu Ben Guards is not low, ten times that of our soldiers, even ordinary county towns. The military pay of Hu Ben Guards is three times that of our soldiers. Moreover, the families of the soldiers can enjoy a farm tax of 30% lower than that of ordinary people in the court." The commentator shook his head and said.

With such high treatment, I have been more strict in control, and there are a lot of people who want to get in.

When Chen Lin heard this, she couldn't help but gasp and looked at the literary scholar incredibly and said, "Where did the imperial court get this money? And as far as I know, the agricultural tax in the imperial court is not high, and the agricultural tax is almost one-fifth of my Jizhou every year. Without the agricultural tax, how can the imperial court get this money and grain to support so many Hu Benwei?"

The Hu Ben Guard is not an army, just like the yamen runners in ordinary counties. Usually, the yamen runners belong to officials and are not in the court level. The salary is generally paid by the county magistrate. A county magistrate has such a high salary. In Chen Lin's opinion, the emperor is thinking about it.

"Kong Zhang, don't underestimate these Tiger Guards. In addition to the first batch of Tiger Guards, the new family's Tiger Guards have been rigorously trained by the court in recent years. Most of them have been injured on the battlefield and entered the Tiger Guards. The combat effectiveness is very considerable. Moreover, Brother Kong Zhang only saw that Chang'an is in order now, but he is entirely responsible for the Tiger Guards. After the lord defeats the emperor, I really hope that the lord can learn the emperor's set, so that the ruler can be kept in chaos. Moreover, any city with the Tiger Guards has a certain combat effectiveness. If an enemy attacks in, a group of troops can gather to fight the enemy in a short time." The literati smiled and said, "And this is an important town like Chang'an, an ordinary county town, the Tiger Guards are only 200, and if there are fewer, there are fifty."

"Then where do these money and food for raising soldiers come from?" Chen Lin frowned.

"Here!" The scribe pointed to a large area marked on the map with a small sword and said, "After the reconstruction of Chang'an City, it has expanded a lot, and its population has also increased sharply. But don't think that all places in Chang'an City are residential. This area is a market specially divided by the emperor, merchants from the Western Regions, merchants from Jiangdong in the south, and even merchants from Kushan, Anxi, Daqin and other places. In the past two years, every time a transaction is completed, the upper part has to pay 10% of the profits to the government. The government is not only responsible for the security of both parties in Chang'an, but also issues a business quotation. As long as there is this business quotation under the rule of the court, no local officials have the right to charge any fee in any form."

Looking at Chen Lin's surprised expression, the scholar smiled bitterly: "Not to mention other counties, the tax revenue of Chang'an City alone is enough to provide the emperor with military pay and food for the Hu Ben, the Tingwei and all the troops. Not to mention, the royal business also holds trade in fine salt, glass, Han Xing plow, and soap. You must know that these things are only available in the court now. The lord once asked someone to learn how to make fine salt, but he never knew the law. In addition, the trade between the court and the countries in the Western Regions. In short... the court now has the most money. As for military food, although the general people have too much surplus grain, they can't finish it after all. Most of the surplus grain will be sold to the court. The price of grain purchases of the court is fair, and ordinary vendors dare not earn from the court in this matter."

Chen Lin's eyes lit up when she heard this: "This is an opportunity. Just find someone to raise the price of grain, which will definitely cause shortage of military rations in the court."

Shaking his head, the scholar smiled and said, "Brother Kong Zhang, don't think too much, it's impossible."

"Why is this?" Chen Lin said in confusion.

"Businessmen are seeking profit, who is willing to do this?" the scribe said with a wry smile.

"Without a lord's reputation, can't it be possible?" Chen Lin said in confusion.

"One, there is no wealth, the price of grain purchase given by the court is very reasonable, and the people are relatively more convinced of the reputation of the court. If you want to raise the price of grain, you must at least be at a price 50% higher than the price of the court. Second, today is different from the past. When the court invited the Su family to join the royal trading company, the Su family only sent a side branch Su Chi to join, refusing to cooperate fully with the court. Now the Su family has broken their heads and wants to join the royal trading company, but the royal trading company does not recognize any Su Chi, except Su Chi.

If the Su family wants to join the royal business, they can only join the family under Su Chi and let the side branches decide. Today, no merchant is willing to offend the royal business, even the lord cannot do it. Third, even if the first two points are done, the food and grass accumulated by the court in recent years is enough for the army to spend ten years, and it will be really red to raise the price of grain. Within ten years, the court will not have any food shortage. However, if the price of grain higher than 50% of the market price is maintained for ten years, it is impossible to do it even if the lord's strength is devoted to it."

Chen Lin stared at her eyes when she heard this. It seemed to be omission, but in fact, it was not feasible. This time, Yuan Shao suffered a great loss in Liyang. The money and food in the treasury may not be maintained for half a year, let alone ten years. Even if the Jizhou family is willing, I am afraid that if they really do this, the Jizhou family will be starved to death before the imperial army is out of food.

"In this way, there is only one way to attack?" Chen Lin frowned and looked at the map of Chang'an.

"Strong attack?" The scholar smiled bitterly and shook his head, "Kong Zhang, don't blame me for increasing the ambition of others. Even if we want to attack, there are 3,600 people in the Hu Ben Guard alone, and 800 people in this Chang'an City. In addition, there are 5,000 Yulin Army guarding the city, with nearly 10,000 people. In the past two years, although we have secretly persuaded some aristocratic families, the court now has extremely strict restrictions on the private soldiers of the aristocratic families. According to different grades, the highest private soldiers exceeds 200, and in the past two years, according to the method left by Ziyuan, we have evaded the court's rules and transformed private soldiers into various businesses of the aristocratic families. But even so, we should not get more than 2,000. How to attack vigorously?"

Chen Lin browsed and said, "This is not the empty appearance behind me. How many soldiers did the emperor leave behind me?" There are nearly 10,000 armed forces in Chang'an City, as well as border areas, Western Regions Protectorate, Hetao and even Shuzhong. If this is the case, as long as the emperor is willing, he can draw 100,000 people from Guanzhong at any time. Moreover, without harming people's livelihood, the newly drawn people can even go to the battlefield to kill the enemy directly. This...

For a moment, Chen Lin was a little muggy. This time she traveled thousands of miles to Chang'an to confirm that the emperor's rear was as stable as Mount Tai and could not be shaken at all?

"Now, there is only one way to make the turmoil in Chang'an." Looking at Chen Lin's distracted look, the scholar smiled bitterly.

"Oh?" Chen Lin's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she looked at the literary scholar and said, "Brother Yuanshan has a clever plan?"

"The trick is not to be said. Now that we want to attack hard, we can only set fire. Although the Hu Ben Guards have strict inspections, there is a place where the Hu Ben Guards cannot take care of, which is the waterway of Chang'an City." Pointing to the map, the scholar smiled and said, "Although this place is dirty, it can lead to all corners of Chang'an City. As long as we use this waterway to set fire everywhere in Chang'an City, we will surely make all the people and horses in Chang'an City run away. At that time, we can even go through this place and directly attack the inside of the imperial city!"

"Good plan!" A loud laughter sounded, but it was not Chen Lin who spoke. In the astonished eyes of the two, the door was kicked open.

A man with a short figure and a sturdy aura all over his body came in. When he looked into the yard through his head, Chen Lin was shocked to find that the dozens of guards in the yard had fallen into a pool of blood at some point.

The scribe saw the fierce man's moment and trembled all over and said calmly: "General Shi, you have violated the Han law when you trespassed into the house like this."

"Ha~" Shi A looked at the two of them with a smile: "I really think my Hu Ben Guards are all blind? Haven't you always opposed Your Majesty's strengthening of the rule of law? Why did you use Han Lu to talk to me at this time?"

"Why did General Shi say this? We are all duty merchants..." The scholar wanted to argue, but Shi A interrupted directly, but his eyes had already fallen on Chen Lin, and he sneered: "Why, the famous scholars of Guangling and the chief clerk under Yuan Shao are now going to be vendors?"

"You...how do you know me!" Chen Lin said in surprise.

When the scholar on the side heard this, he couldn't help but slapped his head, and he exposed his identity so simply.

"Sima Shangshu just went to Tingwei's Mansion, and then came here. Let's go with me." Shi A took out a token from his arms: "Don't worry, since I, the Hu Ben Guard, have everything I should have, let's go."
Chapter completed!