Pseudo-Qi, Hanoi.
The scorching sun is shining high, baking the earth.
The farmer was barefoot and slowly moved his body on the street like a walking zombie. He could no longer lift one leg and could only drag it on the ground.
After walking a few strenuous steps, the farmer finally stopped. He raised his head in despair and stared directly at the scorching sun in the sky.
"Pa."
The farmer fell down and could no longer move.
On both sides of the road, at regular intervals, you can see several people lying on the ground, men, women, young and old.
The streets were silent and the doors of the houses on both sides were closed, making it look like a ghost town.
At the end of the street, a plaque of a restaurant was shaking gently.
I saw a man with a big beard squatting at the door, holding a small hammer, and gently knocking on the brand new wooden door.
The new door was considered strong. The man beat it for a long time, then stood up, closed the door, and opened it again.
After trying it a few times, I wiped the sweat from my forehead and looked inside with a smile.
"Shopkeeper!"
"I've already installed it!"
A rather wealthy man with a round belly came out, looked at his new door again and again, looked at it for a long time, and then nodded with satisfaction.
"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being Carpenter Liu, his craftsmanship is truly unparalleled!'
"You have been busy for a long time, please eat something first, and I will ask someone to get you money...\n
Carpenter Liu quickly shook his head, "I've eaten, I've eaten, I've eaten at home, don't bother."
"It's okay! There will be many things that will need you in the future. I just moved here and I still need to buy a lot of furniture...:"
The store owner was very enthusiastic and asked the carpenter to sit down and ask the boy to bring him some food.
It's not something rich, just a bowl of rice porridge.
The craftsman thanked him again and again, and then started eating.
The two of them sat near the gate, talking and laughing while eating, looking at the scenery outside the gate and seeing the hungry people everywhere on the street, the craftsman couldn't bear it in his eyes.
"Autumn harvest... During the autumn harvest, people can be forced to look like this...,
"It has never been so excessive in the past. This year, more than 30 miscellaneous taxes have been added, and the land tax has been increased three times. I can't survive, I can't survive."
Looking at the sad face of the craftsman, the shopkeeper said helplessly: "There is no other way. There is a rebellion in Hebei. The temples are anxious to put down the rebellion, and the national treasury does not have much food, so we can only take it from the people..."
The craftsman didn't say anything, he just gulped down the porridge in front of him.
The boy quickly brought the wages and gave them to the carpenter. The carpenter squeezed the money bag in his hand and said,
Feeling its weight, I couldn't help but look at the store in front of me.
"Dianjia Wang, you are a good person, thank you, thank you...
"I should thank you for doing things for me."
"No, these days, those who can pay their wages are good people. Many times, I work for nothing...\n
The carpenter said a few words, his face suddenly became hesitant, and he suddenly asked: "Dian Wang is from the south, right?"
"Yes, my hometown was invaded by the Chen people, so I came to settle here."
The carpenter looked helpless, "Why don't you continue walking a little further north? Why stop here?"
The store owner was very surprised, "If we go further north, wouldn't we be in the territory of the rebels?"
"Rebels?"
The craftsman asked back, then looked around and whispered: "The prince is in the south, so it is normal for him not to know the situation here."
"After you moved here, you have always taken good care of us. You will help us if you have any leftovers, and you will let us do errands. I shouldn't have said these things originally, but if you continue to stay here,
There will be danger."
The carpenter said angrily: "They say the people in the north are traitors, that they cannibalize people and eat children...\n..\n
"If you ask me, when it comes to cannibalism, who can compare to this lonely big mouth?"
"In the past, he could still show off a little bit and walk around a bit, and we could take a breather, but what about now?"
"In the past two years, he has continuously levied taxes, and many families were forced to death. In addition to the taxes, he also arrested people to work as laborers, dig ditches, and build cities. Even craftsmen were arrested to make iron weapons and weapons.
..\n.\n.\n.No one can escape, people die piece by piece...:"
"They keep saying it's to defeat the rebels. I don't know what's going on with the rebels, but here, the mansions of the officials are getting more and more luxurious, and their cronies are getting richer and richer. Just us..."
n"
The carpenter said seriously: "The officials here are all evil spirits. If you spend too much money, you will be harmed by them sooner or later. I have relatives who went to the north. They all said that the situation there is different from what the gentlemen said. Like you
People who can read and write like this can still be put to good use there. We people like us don’t have the ability and can’t go there. You are different. It’s better not to think about settling here. If you can, go to the north as soon as possible.”
Hearing what the carpenter said, the shopkeeper stroked his beard and said, "Speaking of which, I also have friends in the north. They said:
People like us don’t have much convenience there, but craftsmen like you live a very good life there.”
"Ah?"
The craftsman was a little puzzled, "Are they also arresting people to forge iron?"
"I heard that craftsmen are being recruited over there. Craftsmen with special talents can enter the factory and receive official salary, and work with the salary!"
"Weren't there a lot of doctors running around at the beginning?"
"These doctors go there to get their salaries. They really have a medical clinic and a hospital. When the doctors go there, they can continue to do their own thing with their salaries!"
The shopkeeper talked about many things enthusiastically.
There are many things that the craftsmen have heard of for the first time.
He was stunned for a while. When the store owner finished speaking, the craftsman looked stunned and said, "You are so familiar with the situation there, why don't you go by yourself?"
"Hey, you just said that I can run over easily, but how can it be that easy? If you are like this, you can take your family with you and drill into the dense forest in the north. Once you get out, you will reach someone else's territory. You don't have to worry.
Eat and drink."
"But what about me?"
"I have a big industry, and even loading these things requires several big trucks. How can I get there?"
"We people have been targeted for a long time and there is no way we can escape."
The shopkeeper sighed and the two chatted for a while before the craftsman said goodbye and left.
The shopkeeper stood at the door, watching the carpenter disappear into the distance.
The boy on the side slowly walked forward and cursed in a low voice: "Dugu Yongye, this thief, is simply crazy. These taxes are even more exaggerated than those in the Gaowei period. In order to go against His Majesty, he will not hesitate to do anything.
Is it to this point?"
The shopkeeper stared at the street in front of him and said softly: "Actually, the people in the Heluo area are better off...\n...After all, he thinks that the people here are his own people, and the other newly acquired lands are the most important."
Tragically, in order to raise military expenses, he suddenly caused a food disaster in the wealthy areas south of the river...:"
"He didn't care about those states and counties at all. He even sent troops to collect taxes by force, burned down the villages that resisted, and massacred villages and cities...
"I don't know if Duan Shao has some regrets in his heart?
17
Jinyong City, Shangshu Terrace.
Dugu Yongye and Duan Shao sat facing each other, with many officials sitting below them.
Duan Shao squinted his eyes and carefully looked at Dugu Yongye in front of him.
Speaking of which, when he first arrived in Heluo, Duan Shao didn't take the man in front of him seriously at all. Dugu Yongye's military ability was not bad, but in front of Duan Shao, it was just like this, not top-notch.
As for strategy, Duan Shao looked down upon him even more. He basically had no strategy, and all he played was the same thing as the old Xianbei military leader.
Therefore, Duan Shao did not take him seriously at all. After arriving at Jinyong City, he quickly divided his army, led the elites out to fight, and alienated them.
When things reached this stage, everything was under Duan Shao's control. He felt that Dugu Yongye would definitely not be able to stand such a threat and would be eager to take action against him, and he had also prepared all countermeasures.
But at this moment, Dugu Yongye suddenly changed.
He personally rushed to a place thirty miles away from the city to clean up the dust for Duan Shao and others. He personally rewarded many soldiers, and then led everyone to Hanoi without stopping, and took everyone to inspect Liu Thief's battle across the river.
The battlefield is still guarded by many elite Liu thieves.
He gave the reason for letting Duan Shao and others return. He found that Liu Taozi's favorite general Yao Xiong had gathered an army and seemed to be attacking Hanoi, so he summoned everyone. Unexpectedly, Yao Xiong pretended to attack him, but in the end he
Suddenly he crossed the river to defeat the Puppet Zhou.
He felt very guilty for interrupting this crusade and repeatedly stated that he would never do so again.
Duan Shao's thought of jumping over the wall in a hurry did not appear, nor did he rush to take action.
He did not dismiss the generals who fought with Duan Shao. Instead, he continued to re-appoint and promote them. He also did not put pressure on Duan Shao. Instead, he passed the power in the court to Duan Shao and continued to use him as the leader.
Just when Duan Shao couldn't figure out the situation, Dugu Yongye played a more critical card.
Little Emperor Gao Yan.
Duan Shao brought the emperor here and left with his people. Dugu Yongye went to see the emperor all day and night, gave him gifts, arranged teachers for him, found various classics for him, and arranged playmates for him.
, personally taught him swordsmanship, archery, etc.
Where has the little emperor seen anything like this?
When Duan Shao came back, the little emperor's position had changed greatly.
Duan Shao could do nothing about it.
What followed was the most vicious. Dugu Yongye entrusted state affairs to Duan Shao, and then used Duan Shao's name to crazily plunder many states and counties outside Heluo, summoning troops, hoarding grain and grass, and building city defenses...
\n.Dugu Yongye’s strength is developing rapidly, and Duan
Shao quickly broke away from the local officials and wealthy families. Duan Shao could not refuse, because they really needed to accumulate strength as soon as possible, and if Duan Shao refused and felt that these could not be done...:.that would be to voluntarily give up power to Dugu
Yongye can take power directly.
Duan Shao felt great pressure at this moment.
Dugu Yongye sat in front of Duan Shao with a smile, and there was unspeakable malice hidden under that smile.
Duan Shao subconsciously looked to his left and right, but there was no one around him who could advise him.
He didn't understand what was going on with Dugu Yongye.
A violent warrior quickly grew a brain within a few months and became so difficult to deal with.
Originally, when he ended the campaign, his advantage was already 70% to 80%, but after so much trouble, the advantage instantly fell into the opponent's hands.
Duan Shao slowly looked at a young man sitting not far away.
That young man is called Gao Su, and I heard he is one of the latest conspirators recruited by Dugu Yongye, and he is from Hanoi.::
Recently, Dugu Yongye has paid more and more attention to this young man, and Duan Shao suspects that all this has something to do with this young man.
Dugu Yongye said: "Da Sima, you are already the Queen of Autumn...\n
"During these days, there were a large number of rebels all over the world. They took their things to join the rebels. There was a rebellion in the iron factory in Hanoi. More than a thousand craftsmen fled. They killed the iron officials and even destroyed
The blast furnace..."
"The situation in other places is also getting worse. They are bewitched by thieves..."
Duan Shao interrupted him, "Thieves Liu have been thinking about the iron factory these days. I heard that they severely attacked the officials of the iron factory. Even the important officials in the court were punished because of the iron factory."
was dismissed because of something,
Put them in jail... After they eliminated those who were corrupt, they improved the treatment of the craftsmen in the factory and put them under the direct jurisdiction of the temple... I think these are things we can emulate."
"We currently only have six iron works. Compared with the rebels, they are too small. The Hanoi Iron Works has suffered a huge blow."
"The problem is not how to stop these craftsmen, nor how to arrest the craftsmen. The key is whether we can also eliminate corruption and private appropriation and improve the treatment of craftsmen..."
Dugu Yongye was very surprised, "Da Sima, these iron factories are the responsibility of our troops stationed in various places. What do you mean? Do you want to take the iron factories away from these generals? You are
Are you accusing these generals of embezzling iron and mistreating craftsmen?"
The surrounding officials suddenly became relieved.
Duan Shao clenched his fists.
Is it unclear to you yourself?
When Duan Shao heard in Jinyong City that there was a big chaos at Liu Taozi's side, even Wei Shou was implicated.
He was overjoyed and hurriedly sent someone to investigate, hoping to see Liu Taozi's joke.
After checking, I found out that they were renovating the iron factory.
Hebei is rich in iron, but only the generals know about the conditions in these factories and mines. The corruption, indolence, and abuse are so serious that ordinary people cannot imagine them.
The efficiency of the iron factory was reduced by at least 60 to 70% in the hands of these corrupt soldiers. They ignored management and only thought about making profits, regardless of the life and death of the craftsmen. Some even sold the iron-making tools to private individuals.
The factory.:::.The situation is so bad.
Liu Taozi attacked Tiequan directly, took back the temple from Tiequan and the army, and killed all the Tieguan and related officials inside and outside.
Heads are rolling.
Then new officials were dispatched to take over these matters, and a special supervision agency was added. Then they began to increase efficiency, smelt with all their strength, and increase efficiency in iron smelting!!
Duan Shao became more and more jealous as he watched, and even couldn't sleep.
For national affairs, the foundation lies in agriculture and the means lie in iron.
Iron is the means of all policies. Iron is needed to cultivate land, to fight wars, to kill people, and to make money.
Sure enough, before Duan Shao could recover, the enemy's new policy had attracted great attention. The chained craftsmen in Henan began to think of ways to escape and fled to Hebei.
Duan Shao also wanted to do what Liu Taozi did, to attack the irons controlled by the army and take them back to the temple.
But looking at Dugu Yongye's stunned expression, Duan Shao knew that it was impossible.
If he enforces it forcefully, there will be no need for Dugu Yongye to take action, and the angry army will come to kill him.
Prestige is prestige, and interest is interest.
Duan Shao no longer insisted, and followed Dugu Yongye's request and issued orders to arrest the craftsmen and to prevent domestic craftsmen from escaping.
The discussion ended hastily, Duan Shao was worried and left the place without looking back.
Dugu Yongye sent away many other officials with a smile. When everyone left, Yang Su, who had the pseudonym "Gao Su", strode to Dugu Yongye's side.
"General..."
"Hahaha~~"
Dugu Yongye smiled, took Yang Su's hand cordially, and looked at Yang Su with sparkling eyes.
What a fucking talent!!
When the other party first came to the country as an envoy, Dugu Yongye still looked down upon the other party, thinking that the other party was too young.
But after agreeing to secretly form an alliance with the Zhou people and getting help from this person, Dugu Yongye was immediately relieved.
This guy is even more comprehensive than Zu Ban!
Internal affairs, diplomacy, military affairs, economy, strategy, Dugu Yongye all doubted whether this guy had been studying since his mother's womb. He knew everything, and no matter what Dugu Yongye asked, he could give perfect answers.
Dugu Yongye mentally compared him with Liu Taozi's Zu Ban, and then he was surprised to find that Zu Ban was not as good as this young man!
Dugu Yongye is becoming more and more proud now, and he even feels that he has some destiny.
How else to explain that a random envoy from the Zhou people had such an amazing talent?
I heard that wise kings in ancient times were best able to meet such virtuous ministers.
Yang Su's face was slightly gloomy, and he sneered and said: "Now, Duan Shao can't sit still, General,
We still don’t have to worry, we should continue to endure it and wait for Duan Shao to take action first. We will fight with him. Whoever can’t hold back first will lose..."
Dugu Yongye nodded quickly, "Okay."
"But, this craftsman thing...\n.
"This is easy to handle."
"This is the case with the unruly people in the world. Once you are tolerant to them, they will despise the government and rebel. You can find a place in Jinyong City, and then capture the families of the ironworks craftsmen and put them in the city. Who can
Whoever dares to run away or not do things carefully will give the heads of their family members to the other party... In this way,
Don’t worry about them running away or not trying their best.”
Dugu Yongye clapped his hands.
"good!"
"In the autumn season, will Liu Taozi come to attack us?"
Yang Su shook his head disdainfully.
"General, don't worry. I know Liu Taozi's weaknesses best...:. People who seek fame and reputation are nothing to worry about. Instead, it's Zu Ban beside him. This guy does bad things and won't be restrained by anything. He
He is our biggest enemy."
Dugu Yongye laughed loudly.
"In my opinion, you are ten times more talented than Zu Ban!!"
"I have Yang Jun to help me, why should I be afraid of Liu Taozi?!"
Chapter completed!