Gao Zhan led the elite soldiers into the house.

When he walked in, he lowered his head and looked at the corpses on the ground, then raised his head and looked at Gao Jun, "Brother, it seems that you have really offended a lot of people."

"Anyone who wants to kill you dares to do it in front of me."

"Uncle Nine?!"

Gao Yanzong put away the knife in surprise and walked quickly to Gao Zhan. Gao Zhan subconsciously took a few steps back, and the soldiers gathered around him.

Gao Yanzong did not realize this. He said angrily: "Uncle Nine!! Someone actually wants to murder Uncle Five!!"

"If I hadn't been here, I'm afraid Fifth Uncle would have been killed."

Gao Zhan looked at the murderous little fat man in front of him with childlike eyes, and chuckled. He pushed aside the soldiers on the left and right and walked to the other side, "Yes, I used to only think that you were naughty and ineffective.

I think I've actually made some progress."

He took off his sword and threw it directly to him.

"Take it, it's your reward."

Gao Yanzong was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed again, "Thank you uncle!"

Compared to the cold Gao Jun, Gao Zhan was closer to him in the clan, and everyone was more willing to interact with him.

Gao Jun slowly walked forward and looked face to face with Gao Zhan.

Seeing Gao Jun approaching, the soldiers on Gao Zhan's left and right showed some hesitation in their eyes, and lowered their crossbows slightly.

Gao Zhan frowned and looked at his brother, speechless for a long time.

Just as he was gently clenching his fists, there was a sudden noise outside again, "What happened?!"

I heard someone shouting, and soon, a general led his troops, pushing aside the soldiers in front of him, and came here.

The person coming is Lou Rui.

Lou Rui looked at the corpses on the ground and looked at Gao Jun and Gao Zhan in shock, "Your Majesty, what happened?"

Gao Zhan let go of his hand and pointed at the corpse on the ground, "Someone wanted to murder King Pengcheng. Fortunately, King Ande was with him and protected him."

Only then did Lou Rui notice the little fat man standing beside him. He reached out and rubbed his head, "It's you, why have you grown so much!"

"Uncle cousin!"

Gao Yanzong saluted him.

Lou Rui looked at the corpses on the ground, then looked at Gao Zhan again, "What should we do?"

Gao Zhan laughed and said, "You can take King Pengcheng to rest while I investigate this matter thoroughly."

Lou Rui was about to take Gao Jun away, but Gao Jun said: "No, I still have something to discuss with King Changguang. King Dong'an can take Yanzong to rest."

Lou Rui did not speak, but looked at Gao Zhan. Gao Zhan nodded. Lou Rui led Gao Yanzong away from here. The soldiers carried the corpses and retreated one by one. Gao Zhan asked the soldiers to guard outside.

The two brothers were the only ones left in the house.

Gao Jun watched everyone leave and then asked: "What do you think is wrong with the order to equalize land?"

Gao Zhan was stunned, "What?"

"The cultivated land, the people, the mines, and the pastures are almost all in the hands of the wealthy families and nobles."

"If the temple cannot collect taxes, it will have to be shared equally with the farmers."

"There are fewer and fewer farmers, taxes are getting worse year by year, wasteland is being reclaimed, and when the wasteland can be cultivated, I don't know who belongs to it."

"Only by forcibly taking back the cultivated land and distributing it to the people on a per capita basis can the normal operation of the temples be ensured. Otherwise, Daqi, which occupies the richest land, will become the poorest among the Three Kingdoms."

Gao Yan carefully analyzed the current situation.

Gao Zhan nodded, "I know all this, I did it before."

"No, you don't know."

Gao Jun interrupted his brother rudely and asked: "Do you know how much the taxes were in the first year of Emperor Jian's reign? Do you know the comparison of taxes in previous years?"

"Do you know how the Pseudo Week's taxes will be this year?"

"Do you know how many people there are in Daqi in name only? How many of them actually exist? What standards are used to collect taxes? How many can actually pay taxes?"

"Do you know how much food the border areas consume in a year? Do you know that Daqi can no longer afford the military rations in the border areas?"

Gao Jun's speech became faster and faster, and he said sternly: "The current tax revenue is insufficient. In order to maintain the army, we have to share the benefits with the farmers. The farmers go bankrupt and become tenants. The tax collection becomes even lower. The army has no food, so we will acquiesce."

They went to rob themselves, and as a result, more people went bankrupt, and the cycle continued, with each year becoming worse than the previous year, and each day becoming worse than the next! The disaster could not be relieved, so they just pretended that nothing happened and the people really could not pay taxes, so they sent armies to massacre villages and towns.

They ransacked their homes and destroyed their families.”

The more Gao Jun spoke, the more excited he became. Suddenly, a look of fatigue appeared on his face, and he closed his mouth helplessly.

Gao Zhan was still a little surprised at this moment. He had a rough idea of ​​what Gao Jun said, but he had never really looked at it seriously.

The situation isn't that bad, right?

Gao Jun said quietly: "Lao Jiu, even Liu Taozi can clearly see the truth behind this, why can't you?"

Gao Zhan suddenly felt a little angry.

Recently, he became angry when he heard this name, but before he could get angry, Gao Jun said again: "When leaving Jinyang, His Majesty once asked me, who can inherit the throne, you or the prince."

Gao Zhan's anger disappeared and he looked at him eagerly, "What did brother say?"

"I said it would be more beneficial to the world if you inherited the throne."

Gao Zhan was stunned.

He was dazed for a moment, then woke up and asked angrily: "Brother! How can you take such a big risk for me?"

"If your Majesty harms you because of me, how can I survive?"

"Brother, do you not care about your own safety so much?"

At this time, Gao Jun was stunned. He seemed to have arrived at a strange track.

Gao Zhan took the initiative to step forward, took his hand, and angrily scolded: "Brother, please don't do such worrying things again in the future!"

Gao Jun didn't know how to answer for a while.

Gao Zhan hurriedly brought wine and food to calm his beloved brother. Regardless of Gao Jun's objections, he forced Gao Jun to sit on the upper seat, while he sat close to his side and poured wine for him.

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"Brother, I still remember that when you were young, you always studied with those great scholars. Once, a doctor scolded you, so I washed him all over with chicken!!"

Gao Zhan smiled and talked about what happened when he was young last year.

Gao Jun sat in the upper position, with some memories in his eyes, "Yes, I remember that eldest brother beat you so hard that you couldn't get out of bed for several days."

"Hahaha, yes, that doctor was specially invited by the eldest brother, but he was tricked by me and insisted on leaving. I hid under the second brother's bed, but the eldest brother found him out and beat me terribly."

Gao Jun nodded and said with a chuckle: "I remember that at that time, you were just as naughty as Yanzong."

"Hey, the fifth brother is different. Yanzong is not as good-looking as me, but the second brother is more like him."

"Haha, you guy."

The two brothers chatted intimately. Half an hour ago, it was the two brothers who tried to murder. Now, it is the same brothers who are intimate. The desire for power turns brothers into enemies, and enemies into brothers.

Gao Zhan was drinking and suddenly asked: "Brother, are you still acquainted with Liu Taozi?"

Gao Jun put down the wine cup in his hand and said seriously: "I've never met him before."

He added: "Some time ago, Gao Yanzong came here and said he was protecting me when I went to Yecheng. He always mentioned Liu Taozi."

"And many of the people who protected me just now have Cheng'an accents."

Gao Zhan frowned.

Gao Jun continued: "I previously thought that he was an ambitious man and should not be trusted easily. Now it seems that I was wrong."

"oh?"

"Brother, why did you say this?"

"At the beginning, His Majesty wanted him to go to the Western General, hold envoys, and serve as the governor of Shuozhou, and the commander-in-chief of the military affairs of Shuo, Heng, Yan and other six states."

Gao Zhan was immediately startled, "What??"

Gao Jun added: "It was my advice that made His Majesty change his mind and re-establish Beishuo Beiheng without giving him the governor and envoys. It was also my request that Hu Luxian and Bao Xian be assigned to him, so that the three of them could be assigned to him.

Defending together and opposing each other.”

Gao Zhan wiped the sweat from his forehead, luckily it didn't work.

He has caused so many troubles in those two broken states. If he really becomes the governor of six states, how can he still do it?

Gao Jun said: "He must know these things, but this time, he still sent someone to rescue me."

Gao Zhan felt a little uncomfortable when talking about this matter, but fortunately Gao Yin didn't mean to delve into it further.

Gao Jun said: "If he really has thoughts of rebellion, then there is no need to save me."

"If the land is not equalized, the temples will be in chaos and no one can control it. This is a good thing for ambitious people."

Gao Zhan glanced at Gao Yun and said nothing.
To be continued...