However, in this historical time and space, because of Zheng Xiaoming's relationship, Liu Biao was unable to occupy Xiangyang and took control of Jingzhou in the south.

In the original historical time and space, Liu Biao had to wait until this year before being sent to Jingzhou by Dong Zhuo after Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou.

And Liu Biao also entered Jingzhou single-handedly. With the help of the Jingzhou nobles, he suppressed the powerful clan thieves and became a prince.

In this historical time and space, because Zheng Xiaoming made his fortune in Nanyang, he had huge support in Nanyang. Moreover, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha who also belonged to Jingzhou, had always been Zheng Xiaoming's younger brother.

Under the influence of one south and one north, the entire Jingzhou turned to Zheng Xiaoming early. Naturally, there was no such thing as Wang Rui being killed.

There will be no chance for Liu Biao to take over, and now only Liu Yan is left to deal with.

After all, the situation in Sichuan was dangerous and it was difficult for the army to penetrate deeply. Liu Yan sent troops early to occupy various checkpoints entering Sichuan, blocking traffic and making it difficult for imperial messengers to enter Sichuan.

However, to deal with this person, using force is not the best strategy, but should be dismantled through policy.

The first was to remove Liu Yan from his post as pastor of Yizhou, recall him to Luoyang, and appoint him as Sikong, one of the three princes.

The edict was passed down, and people were asked to publicize it to all the counties in the world. Zheng Yun was then asked to send people to sneak into Sichuan to publicize the imperial decree. Liu Yan was not allowed to isolate the information.

At this time, Liu Yan had only two choices, either to be obedient and return to Luoyang, or to raise troops to rebel.

Liu Yan didn't dare to rebel, and he was unwilling to go to Luoyang. He just kept delaying it because of illness.

Unfortunately, Zheng Xiaoming did not give him a chance to delay. He had already sent Lu Zhi, the new governor of Yizhou, and removed Lu Zhi from the position of Shangshu Ling.

Moreover, Zheng Xiaoming also sent two thousand troops to escort Lu Zhi. Unless Liu Yan directly raised his troops to rebel, it would be impossible to intercept and kill the bandits using Hanzhong's five measures of rice.

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At this point, people in Yizhou were in turmoil. Not many people were willing to follow Liu Yan in rebellion, and they basically advised Liu Yan to obey the court's orders.

Those wealthy people in Sichuan even spoke with threats!

They didn't want to follow Liu Yan on the pirate ship.

Liu Yan was not a strong military man at first, but the imperial authority was forced to separate one side after another.

At this point, under internal and external pressure, we can only accept our fate, obediently leave Yizhou and go to Luoyang.

In the next two or three years, Zheng Xiaoming made a series of dizzying personnel transfers, moving governors and governors back and forth from various places.

Those who were disobedient were simply transferred. Even those who were obedient but stayed in one place for too long, more than three or five years, were all transferred.

Then, institutional reforms were carried out and the governor was officially appointed as the top chief executive of a state.

Because the governor originally had the connotation of spying and censorship, the connotation of supervision was too strong, and some of the names were unfair. Later, the governor was changed to governor.

The governor only has administrative powers and is not allowed to control military power. He also sets up state captains to take charge of the military power of a state, but is not allowed to control administration, money and food. The military and political affairs are completely separated.

At the same time, the prefectures and counties also handled the same thing. The prefects and county magistrates were in charge of administration, and the county captains and county captains were in charge of military affairs.

Outside the Central Secretary's Desk, there is a Central Secretariat. The Central Secretariat is also a group of secretaries, but it is only responsible for military affairs. The Secretariat is only responsible for government affairs, and the military and political affairs are separated from the central level at the same time.

Of course, this is only a preliminary reform, and Japan and Japan will continue to reform and further split the power.

Governing a big country is like cooking a small dish. You must not rush it.

For example, Wang Mang originally came to power with the support of the whole country. Then he collapsed after a series of hasty and failed reforms. Zheng Xiaoming certainly cannot follow in his footsteps.

While the military and political affairs are separated and personnel are transferred, what is more important is the reform of the military system.

A standing army system was established, and the state financed a standing army of 200,000 people.

Although the system established by Liu Xiu saved money for raising troops, the standing army was not too small, so those who controlled the military were prone to military coups.

Moreover, once there is an emergency or special situation, this system of temporarily recruiting soldiers will respond too slowly.

For example, the sudden Yellow Turban Rebellion left the Luoyang court, which had no troops, with no choice but to delegate power to local governments, which in turn led to the expansion of local power.

The establishment of a standing army system can effectively solve these problems, but it also brings new problems, that is, financial constraints.

Tax revenue in the Eastern Han Dynasty was very painful.

The existence of a large number of tyrants and countless bankrupt farmers has made the country's foundation and tax-paying farmers increasingly scarce.

Therefore, it is most important to expand the group of homesteaders, that is, to expand the tax base.

There are only two ways to do this.

One is to encourage land reclamation and resettle farmers. The other is to take action against the powerful and acquire land from their hands.

The first one is simple and relatively easy to do. However, the effect is not very good and cannot last for too long.

Zheng Xiaoming naturally chose the second option and attacked the powerful.

However, this method is too dangerous and often leads to rebellion.

Therefore, Zheng Xiaoming kept delaying until five years later, when his rule was stable and more than 100,000 elite troops were prepared, before he started taking action.

He originally planned to reform the tax system and convert the poll tax into a land tax.

Originally, the taxation of the Han Dynasty did not matter how much land your family owned, it only mattered how many people your family had. Everyone had to pay taxes, even children aged seven or eight had to pay half of the tax. This was called oral calculation.

It is also one of the major contributors to taxes!

It is said that the Han Dynasty had very few taxes, one tax per thirty, which means that it only paid one-thirtieth of the output of one acre of land. This is simply a myth.

Because this land tax is only a small part of the Han Dynasty's tax revenue, it is used to support officials. The biggest part is the oral calculation, and this oral payment is still paid every quarter.

Zheng Xiaoming's reform was originally to convert all the messy taxes into land taxes and set a ratio that the people could bear.

However, after actually understanding it, I found that the situation was not that simple.

Because in this era population is more important than land.

In the original time and space, it was not until the middle and late Tang Dynasty, when the population was large and the land was small, that the reform of the two tax laws began. The tax system that had been based on population since the Warring States period was changed, and the ancient tax system changed from "Shidi Taxpayer" to "Shidi Taxpayer".

The transformation of "giving up people and taxing land".

However, this also means that the court's principle of controlling private ownership of land is gradually changing to non-intervention or less intervention.

Everyone knows what will happen once the government does not interfere, or interferes less with the land private ownership process. That is land annexation!
Chapter completed!