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18. Four big beetles in Huainan

The two Du Du of Feishui was separated, which is the northwest end of Shouchun City. An independent outer city was once built, called Jincheng. This city was built by Yuan Chongzu, a general of the Southern Qi Dynasty. The wall was once between Jincheng and Shouchun City. The Little Shiyan was built at the foot of the Little Shiyan. The Northern Wei came to attack Shouchun, and the army gathered in the south of the city. Yuan Chongzu broke through the small Shiyan. Countless soldiers and horses of the Northern Wei Dynasty were drowned.

However, after that, the Feishui Zuodu changed the route and now it flows from the north of Jincheng.

There is also a Zicheng in the center of Shouchun City. It turned out to be the palace city of Yingdu, the main gate of the Chu State faces south, and the gate is equipped with a guard of the thorn guard, so it is also called "thorn gate". Back then, Chunshenjun of Chu State went to the palace city from his own "Chunshen Small Town" in the southwest, and was killed. His head was thrown out from this thorn gate. Later, before Liu Yu usurped the Jin Dynasty, he rebuilt the old palace city, and then it was called "Secretary City" (Liu Yu had received nine tins at that time). Now, the Prime Minister is the location of the Military Prefecture Office, and the status is the same as the Hancheng in Yangzhou City.

Now Gao Yue, the Truth Country, has also come to the Prime Minister's City, which is worthy of its name and adds a lot of glory to Shouchunping. The soldiers of the Ya Army who gathered in Shouchun in batches have also begun the camp affairs:

Dingwu Army stationed in Dongtai Lake;

The Yining Army stationed at Yangma Creek in the west of the city;

Baodajun stationed in the ancient Xuankang city on Bagong Mountain on the north bank of the Feishui River;

There were also infantry and cavalry of the Fengyi Army led by Zhang Fen, stationed in Jincheng.

Of course, the entire Shouzhou government office was also welcomed by Shaopi Gate. In the team, there were not only Xu Ziyu, the governor of Shouzhou, but also Meng Zhongyang, the magistrate of Shoulu Inspection Court.

Meng Zhongyang's patrol was next to Chuanguan Lake, so there was a huge shipyard here, and the ships built could go along the Feishui River and into the Huai River and other river galaxies.

As for Xu Ziyu, eighty houses had been set aside in the Prime Minister's City in advance, and they were used as the office of Gao Yue's shogunate.

But who expected that Gao Yue got angry as soon as he arrived at the government office.

This temper was told to Xu Ziyu, the governor of Shouzhou. "I found the city of Yangzhou and checked the exams for the previous two years. Xu Envoys pricked the fields of fertile and abundant tea mulberry. Why did the exams for the exams for the consecutive palace? This time, I received tens of thousands of athletes and men, and all the people needed to be provided. Xu Envoys did this to make me feel at ease!"

Xu Ziyu had a bitter face for the blame for Gao Yue, but he could only bow down and did not dare to say too much.

Looking at Xu's face, Gao Yue knew that there was something else, and then he deliberately asked: "In Shouzhou, Anfeng Shaobi alone can produce much grain every year, why can't even meet the tax amount of rice in Hu Dou?"

Meng Zhongyang suddenly stepped forward and whispered to himself, please ask Ji Gong to remove the mixed people and have something to tell.

Gao Yue waved his hand, so the military officers and the soldiers left the hall.

"Duke Ji, it's not for other reasons. Huainan has been suffering from the Duzhisi's land for several years." At this time, Meng Zhongyang spoke boldly, and then he added, "It's not just the land, but also the salt administration, and the money. According to the humble opinion, if these three major harms cannot be solved, the burden on the people in the southeast of Jianghuai will only become more and more serious. Even if Huaixi is pacified, the humble person will be afraid that the Southeast will continue to make chaos and will never have any trouble."

"Once I used to be in the northwest, Xingyuan Yingtian, with great results, enough food and enough soldiers, why did the Huainan Yingtian become a disaster?"

At this time, Gu Xiu, the only one who was still in the inner hall, slowly explained Meng Zhongyang's statement: "If you don't talk about Shouzhou, just talk about Chuzhou. During the Daizong Dynasty, due to the difficulties of the national economy, the Duzhi Department not only built fields in the border areas, but also set up fields in the mainland prefectures and counties. There were Chuzhou. As a result, the fields were not yet harvested, the governor and the town general began to install their confidants as "banking fields officials". There were hundreds of fields in two or three hundred hectares of land. These people not only received the salary of the government, but also promoted quickly. The governor and the town general immediately put three thousand Chuzhou in another 3,000 yuan.

The household is set as a 'other household', called Yingtian, but in fact it is to occupy all the taxes of these 3,000 households. In addition, other households have to be exempted from the ranks, which means becoming the governor. The private slaves of the town generals have failed to make ends meet. Not only can they not be subject to the needs of the court, but they also have to eat a large part of the state of Chuzhou that pay money every year. In the end, the court ruled that the Duzhi could only abolish the Chuzhou camp. However, the government had a certificate. The governor and the town generals disobeyed, claiming that this camp was "the prime minister's remote leadership" and continued to occupy the land officials. The other households and the fields did not let go."

"I am the prime minister, why don't you know that you still have the fields in Chuzhou far away?" Gao Yue was very angry.

Gu Xiu smiled, "But the name of Chuzhou Yingtian is indeed what you 'reigned' by Mr. Ji."

These words and this smile made Gao Yue sweat.

It’s not that he, the Minister of the Central Secretariat, attracted a lot of wind, but he lamented that the southeastern Jianghuai area is indeed different from the Xingyuan in the past. Although it is rich, the accumulated problems are too profound.

At this time, Gao Yue turned to Xu Ziyu and Meng Zhongyang, "Is this the same thing in Shouzhou?"

Xu Ziyu finally dared to speak: "I also have camp fields in Shouzhou... When Li Xilie rebelled, Shouzhou, Luzhou and Sizhou were once separated in Huainan Town. Jianshoulusi Observation Envoy was appointed by Zhang Jianfeng. Zhang Jianfeng asked his general Yin Que to fight against Huaixi. Later, the observer was removed. Zhang Jianfeng moved to Xuzhou, but Yin stayed and still occupied the camp fields. Now, there are nearly 10,000 troops in Shouzhou, with hundreds of horses, almost one-third of them all. They first found some barren and remote places, hired people to farm with the pickle money given by the state, and then used these fields to force the people of Shaobi to exchange for their own fertile fields. After a few years, the people were displaced and their resentment was overwhelmed, and the state's financial plan was even more exhausted. This is the reason why I took the post of the Shouzhou exam every year."

"As for the salt administration, paying money..." Meng Zhongyang was still waiting to replenish the other two evils, but was stopped by Gao Yue.

Gao Yue said to him coldly: "According to my opinion, Huainan still has the fourth harm."

Meng Zhongyang looked confused.

Gao Yue said: "The fourth harm is tea!"

These words were shocked Meng Zhongyang's steps backwards.

After all, the main responsibility of the Shoulu Inspection Institute is to serve as the Salt and Iron Society within several states.

Gao Yue's words were directed at him.

"Originally, Huainan and Xuanrun areas were taxed tea. The government set up places on important roads in Tea Mountain, estimating the price of the tea leaves transported, and then extracting 100% of the tax. When Duke Han Jin was the governor of Xuanrun, he changed the tax tea to tea. This was not a good policy, but since your salt and iron department mastered the tea profit of Jianghuai, he has become more and more powerful. Did you occupy the tea garden in the name of the officialdom? Did you force tea farmers to transplant tea trees in the officialdom? Did you force tea farmers to press the price of tea farmers and then raise the selling price of tea merchants? The salt and iron department earns nearly 200,000 guan per year in Huainan, which is a great market."

"The main master is to offer it to the court and the holy master to support the country's economy and military use..." Meng Zhongyang's face was as dark as earth, and his teeth were fighting.

"What a good man who supports the country's economy and military use, only cares about official property and sales, forcing tea farmers into mountain sheds, and forcing tea merchants into tea owls. Every year, Wu Shaocheng comes to the border of Shouzhou and Luzhou to plunder tea gardens, kills the people, and invades prefectures and counties. Isn't it the 'bandits' you forced out to lead the way?" Gao Yue was furious.
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