Han Tong has won countless battles and seen countless enemies, but this time, he was not happy at all. His heart kept falling, as if he had fallen into a deep abyss.

He looked at Zhao Kuangyi sadly and found that Zhao Er was also biting his lips tightly, and his eyes gradually turned into a terrible blood red!

“Are we wrong?”

A war-torn general actually asked such a question... Maybe he shouldn't have used troops to the outside world in large quantities and should have rested.

"It's not our fault, it's those people who regard the martial artists as straw dogs, exploit them wantonly, and put the burden of war on the head of Hedong, which crushed Hedong and forced Peng Hai to rebel!" Zhao Er said with all his teeth.

Han Tong pondered for a while and said with a wry smile: "The only one who can watch those people is His Majesty and the Marquis. If the Marquis were responsible for the expedition to the Western Regions and His Majesty was in charge of the capital, this might not have been the case."

Zhao Erke disagreed with Han Tong's opinion. He laughed mockingly, "A hundred thousand troops, hundreds of millions of military expenses, and millions of civilians... This power is enough to change the dynasty in the hands of anyone. In three years, how many people can instigate it? Can the relationship between the monarch and the ministers bear it?"

Han Tong was silenced. He was Chai Rong's loyal minister and Ye Hua's good friend. He did not believe that His Majesty, the wise and powerful emperor, would suspect his ministers, nor did he believe that Ye Hua, who only wanted to be the champion, would rebel... But he also knew what it means to be involuntarily!

Han Tong hugged his head in pain. After a long time, he said in a nearly crying tone: "What do you think?"

Zhao Er pondered for a while and said sadly: "It's just two choices. Either stop fighting against the outside world or give the warrior more power! You can't let the warrior fight desperately in front of you, but give the power to others to share the big cake!"

Han Tong took a deep breath, smiled bitterly, "I openly ask for power, even the queen is dead, what else can anyone else?" After Han Tong finished speaking, he shook his body and walked towards the Peng family step by step... Peng Hai is dead, he still has his wife and children. In any case, Han Tong will not let others hurt them again.

...

Kaifeng Ye Mansion.

There was only a large pot of thick millet porridge in front of the whole family. It was really rare that I found this bag of millet from Linzhou in the kitchen.

Ye Hua boiled it himself for three hours. He stood in front of the iron pot and endured the fumigation of steam. He cooked it not just because of the porridge, but because of his own heart!

The whole family could feel an unusual atmosphere. Even the three most noisy little guys dared not speak. They held the bowl honestly and drank all the millet porridge bite by bit. After a peek, my father had already put the bowl down, and my mother's eyes kept staring at my father.

"elder brother!"

Fu San said softly: "Don't blame yourself too much. I can still find ways to mobilize some money and provide some preferential loans. The difficulties will always pass. It is enough for you to have this heart. No one is a god, don't be stubborn... Besides, you are also familiar with history books. Which emperor who wisely and martial arts and expands territory is not moving forward with a lot of bones, but also with enemies and their own people! Emperor Wu of Han conquered the Huns and Emperor Taizong of Tang conquers Goguryeo, suffered much more losses than this. The uprisings and the wars are everywhere. In comparison, the situation in front of you is really insignificant..." Fu San kept saying, but his heart felt a different feeling. After all, he couldn't continue.

Ye Hua just smiled at her, "It's okay, it won't happen that you are worried about!"

Ye Hua smiled at the children again, "Do your homework well at home, don't run around, don't cause trouble for your mother, and don't bother the ancestor."

After all the instructions were explained, Ye Hua changed into his official uniform, packed up meticulously from top to bottom, got on his carriage, and went to the palace to meet him.

Ye Hua often came and went to the palace, which was similar to his home, and he didn't even have to hand over the sign. But this time, Ye Hua insisted on letting the eunuch report it, and he went in after receiving the order.

Compared to Ye Hua's formality, Chai Rong seemed much more casual. He was wearing a wide Taoist robe and prepared tea. When he saw Ye Hua come in, he asked him to sit down.

"I wanted to have some wine with you, but I was afraid of misleading things, so I prepared some tea and said... I said it straightforwardly, I want to hear your opinion."

Ye Hua leaned slightly and pondered for a moment: "Your Majesty, I think the matter in Linzhou is extraordinary. A rebellion may not represent anything, but my Great Zhou has one of the biggest problems that cannot be solved...that is the fairness of taxes!"

"In terms of per mu yield, the farms in Hedong are not much higher than those in the Central Plains, and even less. The reason why they can produce so much food is to use slaves and forcefully squeeze them. But everything has its limits. If it exceeds this level, the farms and ranches in Hedong will go bankrupt."

Chai Rong stepped in and listened silently, "I don't know, but if I don't conquer grain from Hedong and collect grain from the Central Plains, it will inspire civil unrest. In comparison, which situation is more terrifying?" Chai Rong said again: "Ye Qing, you will never advise me to suspend the conquest! This is impossible. I must destroy the Khitan, and as soon as possible! I will have to go to the Western Regions twice!"

Ye Hua was speechless, and Chai Rong's ambition was inspired by him... In fact, any time traveler wanted to occupy thousands of miles of territory and create an unprecedented prosperity.

But few people noticed the price of prosperity!

Especially if you put an expedition of more than 100,000 people on a few places, this is absolutely unbearable pressure.

Just like the Guanzhong Plain in the Han and Tang Dynasties, sooner or later there will be a day of exhaustion. When Guanzhong declines, the empire will lose the courage to expand externally...

"Your Majesty, if you really want to continue the war, I have only one strategy."

"The plan will be released?"

"Comprehensively implement cooperatives!"

"What does it mean?" Chai Rong said in confusion.

"Your Majesty, you mostly seize grain in Hedong because the farms in Hedong are efficient and have too much grain reserves. The small farmers in the Central Plains are scattered and cannot supply so much grain, and the efficiency is also very poor... If farmers are organized based on villages and towns, they will consciously hand over the surplus grain to the cooperative. It turns out that the court needs to trade with thousands of farmers, which is like a messy head and can't make sense. But if it becomes hundreds of thousands of villages and towns, the situation will suddenly change, and the extraction of surplus grain will become much easier and the supply will be more sufficient!"

"And after doing this, every battle was done, grain was extracted from the whole country, so there was no problem of more grain from Hedong and less grain from the Central Plains. Fair taxes can naturally eliminate public grievances and make everyone convinced!"

...

The conversation between Ye Hua and Chai Rong was not tense, but was completed in peace.

Ye Hua's view is very clear that the small peasant economy cannot withstand large-scale mobilization, and whether it is foreign military use or large-scale road construction, it will not work.

To solve this problem, you have to organize the farmers.

This is an obvious thing.

However, there has always been a rule that the more foggy things appear, if you put it bluntly, there is nothing to be surprised about.

On the contrary, the simpler the simpler the things you understand, the more you can’t continue to push them!

At present, there are less than a thousand prefectures and counties in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even so, the bureaucracy system is already very large and the cost of operation is extremely high.

If hundreds of thousands of villages are added, each village will arrange a tax collector and grain collection person, which is actually far more than these!

Where did the officials come from?

How to ensure integrity and self-confidence?

How to manage the assessment?

Moreover, in the past, Chai Rong always opposed the control of the aristocratic families and the division of the power of the court. If a cooperative was established, would the power of the court be undermined?

Can the existing local officials agree?

Chai Rong felt a strong sense of powerlessness for the first time. He thought about it and fought against the outside world. This was his established national policy... In fact, it had nothing to do with Ye Hua's encouragement. Chai Rong inherited Guo Wei's world as an adopted son. He had to flourish the foundation of the late emperor and make achievements far beyond the past dynasties in order to prove himself, convince everyone, and tell everyone that it is natural to give him the throne!

The war cannot be stopped, this is Chai Rong’s bottom line.

But the trouble is also in front of you, how to solve it?

Chai Rong called Prime Minister Wang Pu to the palace.

"Your Majesty, there are actually previous examples to follow." Wang Pu said: "Take Lingnan as an example, the court established many military camps, allowing some meritorious soldiers to settle their homes in Lingnan, hire the people, use slaves, and cultivate the land. If the power of the village and town is handed over to the soldiers, they have fought wars, have prestige and means, and should be able to complete the mission of the court. But this is the case..." Wang Pu did not continue, but he could not understand the meaning... he still had to continue to authorize the warrior!

Although Chai Rong has always suppressed civil servants, he has never been ruthless to the generals. Zhao Kuangyin made great contributions, but as a loyal and brave uncle took down the inspection. Zhang Yongde, who was obviously accused, took the opportunity to remove his official position. Until now, the inspection position is still empty.

If it were really based on Ye Hua's idea and establishing countless cooperatives would be equivalent to abolishing the gentry group and bringing a stronger Wufu group?

Moreover, these warriors not only control people, but also go deep into all villages and towns and can directly control every citizen.

At this point, the civil servant group had no strength to resist, and even the literati would kneel down collectively and become the warrior's minions and lackeys.

Chai Rong is still confident that he can face the martial arts man, except Ye Hua, and others, dismissed from office or beheaded, are not at all difficult.

But what's next?

Where is the crown prince Guo Zongxun?

Is there any way he can fight against the warriors?

What about the prince after?

...

"Master, go back!" Fu San stood behind Ye Hua and whispered: "It's late at night, and the whole family still has to rely on you!"

Ye Hua nodded slightly and suddenly said, "You said, I claim to be a friend, but I came up with an idea to poach people. Is it still a good friend?"

Fu San grabbed Ye Hua's arm and walked into the room step by step.

"How can I understand something that the master can't even figure it out... I only know that there are too many things in this world that cannot be solved by the loyalty of a friend!"

The next day... the palace issued an order to completely reduce the taxes levy in Hedong. In addition, the former Hedong Transportation Bulletin Guo Wuwei was greedy for the country, causing civil rebellion, and was sentenced to death!

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