Nanyang, Wancheng.

"Wenyuan, why are the taxes this year so low?" Lu Bu looked at this year's tax book and asked with a frown.

"Lord, this is also a helpless move. Many people in Nanyang have moved to Jingzhou or Guanzhong to escape the war. Nowadays, many fields are deserted. Naturally, they cannot be compared with the past. Moreover, since we came here, many tax revenues have not been raised." Zhang Liao.

He smiled bitterly.

"Can't take it back?" Lu Bu frowned: "Why is that?"

"Many local gentry do not accept the governance of our army, and naturally they are not willing to pay taxes." Zhang Liao frowned and said, Lu Bu's Nanyang governor was appointed by Chen Mo, but many gentry in Nanyang thought that the emperor was not in Chang'an, and the current court had no right to appoint him.

He refused to pay taxes to the government office on the grounds that he was an official.

"Bang!" Lu Bu slapped the table and snorted coldly: "It's not up to them!"

"Lord, what's the matter?" Outside the door, two burly figures stepped in and bowed to Lu Bu.

"We're here just in time!" Lu Bu took a deep breath and said, "Gather your troops and get ready to take action."

"My lord, if you try to rob someone by force, I'm afraid you'll be even more disappointed!" Zhang Liao quickly stood up and advised.

"Of course we can't rob by force, we only take what's ours." Lu Bu took out a bamboo slip from his arms and read it carefully: "I have thought about it, since no one is willing to be used by us, then the entire Nanyang will be under martial law.

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"What is military control?" Zhang Liao asked puzzledly.

"Everything is done according to the rules, and Nanyang's taxation follows the example of the Grand Master in the past. Instead of collecting a poll tax, all fields are taxed. The amount of tax paid is based on the number of fields. The army goes door to door to collect it. In addition, other things are also like running an army.

That's governance!" Lu Bu may not be good at governance, but he has quite a lot of experience in running an army.

"This..." Zhang Liao looked at the bamboo slips in Lu Bu's hand: "No one has ever used this method."

"Then our army will start using them." Lu Bu said coldly: "Since these people are not willing to be used by me, then they should be good citizens and go to work hard! You and I will divide Nanyang into Hou Cheng, Cao Xing, and Song Dynasty.

Xian, Wei Xu and Wei Yue are in charge of the same territory. We will not take it by force, but we must pay not a single grain of tax!"

Chen Mo's strategy for Lu Bu was not to help Lu Bu find any advisers, but to let Lu Bu treat the entire Nanyang as a large military camp. There was no need for a government office. The army directly replaced the government office and was responsible for supervision, tax collection and governance. All things were done according to the Han Dynasty.

The law came to do it and turned the entire Nanyang into a military garrison.

In addition, there is an army specifically responsible for supervising the soldiers, which is directly responsible to Lu Bu. As a result, Nanyang's economy will definitely be affected, but Lu Bu's control over Nanyang will reach an unprecedented height.

This method is somewhat similar to Shang Yang's method of farming and fighting back then, but it is a simplified version, and it is also the method that Chen Mo thinks is most suitable for Lu Bu. Otherwise, Lu Bu would not be able to persist until Chen Mo confronts Guanzhong, and Xiliang Integration will be annexed by other forces.

Moreover, Chen Mo also intends to use this method in Xiliang, Hetao, Yunzhong and other places in the future. Lu Bu just provided Chen Mo with some examples.

"Here!" Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er didn't think too much. Since Lu Bu gave the order, they immediately carried it out.

"Lord, who taught this method?" Zhang Liao didn't stop him. He also felt that this method was suitable for Lu Bu, but he always felt that this method had disadvantages and felt like he had set back hundreds of years of history.

"Chen Mo." Lu Bu frowned.

Zhang Liao frowned. If this method is really effective, why doesn't Chen Mo use this method?

But I can't worry about that much now. If we don't use this method, Nanyang may not even be able to collect military rations from taxes this year.

Seeing that the New Year was approaching, but Nanyang was in a state of desolation, Lu Bu divided his 50,000 troops into 30,000, led by six men: Wei Xu, Cheng Lian, Hou Cheng, Hao Meng, Cao Xing, and Wei Yue.

Five thousand people were scattered around to measure the land. Those who had already paid taxes were ignored, but those who had not paid taxes went from door to door to ask for them.

Those who paid taxes in Nanyang were basically ordinary people or some wealthy households who did not dare to resist Lu Bu. However, most of the big households joined forces to resist Lu Bu's rule in Nanyang, and the resistance was the most fierce.

How could the organized power of local powerful forces compete with the veterans of many battles under Lu Bu's command? In the past ten days, nearly fifty households had been wiped out. Lu Bu had always acted against these gangs, always making obstacles for himself and hindering the management of the government office.

The local gentry didn't have the slightest favorable impression, so they were naturally merciless in their actions.

Within half a month, the voices of Nanyang's resistance disappeared. Lu Bu's iron-blooded methods made these Nanyang gentry see it. This Lu Bu was an iron fool. He just flipped the table for fun and wanted to govern Nanyang by force. Now, he wanted to

If you continue to stay in Nanyang, you have to abide by Lu Bu's rules, but with the method of collecting taxes from fields, those who will suffer the most are naturally the local gentry who own large fields.

Wancheng has become lively in the past few days. With the arrival of Lu Bu, the Nanyang gentry who have moved out of Wancheng have gathered in Wancheng in the past few days, hoping that Lu Bu can take back his life.

"General Wenyuan, I don't know when Marquis Wen will be free?" Outside the gate of the government office, several Nanyang celebrities lowered their posture this time. When they saw Zhang Liao coming out, they hurriedly swarmed up and surrounded Zhang Liao.

There is no way. This time Lu Bu collects taxes directly from them for five years. According to Lu Bu's current tax law, more than half of the food in the family can be moved away. Lu Bu was not here five years ago.

"Everyone, please don't interfere with official duties. My lord has been very busy these days. I'm afraid I don't have time to see you all." Seeing these famous people who Lu Bu usually couldn't see, they gathered together this time. Even with Zhang Liao's temperament, at this moment

I'm also a little bit happy. I used to swallow my humiliation and wanted you to come and do things, but now I have changed my strategy and no longer need officials. After everything has been changed to military control, these people are licking their faces and coming to flatter me. If I had known this, why bother in the first place?

Several celebrities looked at Zhang Liao striding away with somewhat unsightly expressions.

"Brother Changliu, what should we do now?"

"How did I know this reckless man was so unruly!"

"No sound, this is outside Marquis Wen's Mansion, there are many ears and eyes!"

"Let's wait a little longer. We have to meet Marquis Wen. This method of military control is harmful to people's livelihood. If Marquis Wen is short of people, there are many outstanding people in Nanyang. I can recommend some people to help Marquis Wen manage the place."

"Who is Lu Bu's origin? Is he worthy of us serving him? If he doesn't change, we will move away from Nanyang."

"You can try to see if you can move your family property away. If you can, we will move away together with Brother Wenyi."

"..."

On the other side, in Lu Bu's mansion, Zhou Cang walked in quickly, grinned at Lu Bu and said: "My lord, your move is really powerful. Those bullshit celebrities couldn't even see anyone before, but now they all come to ask for permission."

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"What celebrities? They are just a group of selfish people who used to show off their power, but now they just want to pay less taxes, so they came here to ask for help." Hu Che'er on the side said disdainfully, and then looked at Lu Bu and said: "My lord, I really don't see you.

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"No!" Lu Bu looked at the content on the bamboo slips and sneered: "If I had known it was so easy to collect grain, why would I have bothered to talk nonsense with them before? The taxes collected now alone are enough for our army for three years. Seeing that they have

What's the use? I have many warriors under my command to fight the war. I can't trust these people to make suggestions. I inform the officers and soldiers of the three armies to take care of their hands and feet and don't plunder the people. If you miss next year's spring plowing, you will be severely punished!"

"Here!"

Watching Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er leave, Lu Bu looked at the treasury taxes recorded on the tax book. Leng Jun couldn't help but smile a little. Managing the place... is also very simple.

Lu Bu is looking forward to next year's taxes. If taxes can be as high next year, then he can recruit another army of soldiers and horses.

However, Nanyang’s small population is a problem. How can we get more people?

Lu Bu stood in front of the map, looking at Yingchuan, Runan and Jiangxia from time to time.

Discuss with Liu Biao first and ask him to send some of his people to farm the fields. As for Cao Cao, it will be much easier... just rob him. Anyway, his alliance with Liu Biao is to deal with Cao Cao, and sooner or later he will fight.

But let’s run Nanyang well first.

Lu Bu looked at the letter sent by Chen Mo. He wanted to build arrow towers and checkpoints at strategic points in various places to restrict the outflow of people. In addition, he wanted to check household registrations. There were a lot of things to do.

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"Lord, this..." Chang'an, Li Ru looked at Chen Mo's letter to Lu Bu, and looked up at Chen Mo with some surprise. If Lu Bu really followed Chen Mo's method step by step, the Nanyang gentry would not be wiped out by Lu Bu.

Your energy will be severely damaged.

"There is no way. It is difficult to find a military advisor for Fengxian, but he has his advantages. Instead of asking for help in a low voice, it is better to let him manage the place like an army, similar to a military camp." Chen Mo took back the letter with a smile and prepared it.

The fire paint was sent to Lu Bu.

"But if this happens, Lu Bu will definitely become the target of public criticism!" Li Ru said with a bitter smile.

"No, it's not ten years ago now. Brother Meng De is now gathering strength to prepare to attack Xuzhou. Even if the Nanyang scholars invite him, he won't come. I will definitely not send troops here. Liu Biao's words..."

Chen Mo thought for a while and said: "If Liu Biao insists on attacking, we will take the opportunity to take over Nanyang."

If Liu Biao betrays the alliance and joins forces with the Nanyang nobles to deal with Lu Bu, Lu Bu may not be able to withstand it, but this will give Chen Mo an excuse to annex Nanyang. When the time comes, Chen Mo's power will be able to connect the north and the south.

However, Chen Mo speculated that Liu Biao might not be willing to fight Lu Bu now. After all, both himself and Cao Cao would be eyeing this territory. If Liu Biao took the initiative to attack, the person he would face next would not be Lu Bu, but Lu Bu.

Chen Mo or Cao Cao.

Scholars are strong, but if we look back carefully, over the years, with the rise of Chen Mo and Cao Cao, the power of scholars has been continuously reduced. Cao Cao directly massacred famous scholars, and although Chen Mo did not directly do it, he was deceived by himself.

There are many celebrities who have been ruined. Now that Lu Bu has done something like this, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has shaken the foundation of the scholars. It is not that he himself has caused much harm to the scholars, but what Lu Bu has done has exposed the world to all the princes.

It was a path to a strong army that would be followed by others in the future. The backlash suffered was less than that of Lu Bu, but the damage caused was greater than that of Lu Bu.
Chapter completed!