Liu Biao's governance method was different from others. He entered Jingzhou alone and relied on the support of the local family to gain a firm foothold in Jingzhou. He did not clean up the strength of the local family. Liu Xie led the entire court to flee to Xiangyang. The court also did not have this ability and also needed to rely on the recognition of the Jingzhou family.

The man is soft-hearted and the man is short-handed. War is a bottomless pit. The consumption of 100,000 soldiers and the strong people transporting grain requires at least three or four million stones of grain a year. The seven counties in Jingzhou have a total of 6.5 million people. However, Nanyang County is actually in the hands of Liu Bian, and Dong Hu will never allow the power of the court to enter Nanyang County. In other words, the 2.5 million people in Nanyang County will be deducted.

On the surface, Dong Hu would never allow the court to enter Nanyang County because it was a buffer neutral area. The question is, can Liu Bian secretly provide a large amount of money and food to the court in private?

cannot.

Liu Bian was the prefect of Nanyang County, but the real power was in the hands of He, so He would never secretly give the court money and food.

Just from He Jin's performance when recruiting foreign soldiers to force her, we can see that this woman has a strong personality and a far-reaching political mindset. What's more, his son's loss of the throne has a lot to do with the ministers in the court.

After Emperor Liu Hong's death, He Jin seemed to be in power in the court, but in fact he did not have such great energy. Without the acquiescence of the three dukes and the support of the court officials, he was not qualified to force He, Liu Bian and his son.

The three dukes did not acquiesce, and the court officials did not support He Jin to start a war with the Ten Constables. The world would not have reached this point, and Liu Bian would not have lost the throne. What's more, Liu Xie's biological mother, Wang Meiren, was killed by He's family. How could she be willing to support Liu Xie and the court?

This is the grudge between He and Liu Xie and the court officials. The most serious one is Dong Hu behind Nanyang County. If Dong Hu did not support him, the mother and son would not only occupy Nanyang County, which is comparable to that of a state, but also be able to leave Luoyang alive.

If Dong Hu is angered, who will save their mother and son if he secretly gives money and food to the court on a large scale?

Even if Liu Bian wanted to fully support Liu Xie, He would never agree. In this way, Jingzhou would only have four million people left. Not to mention Wuling, Changsha, Lingling, and Guiyang, the mountain barbarians need to consume some money, grain and ammunition. Even without these additional consumption, can each of the four million people tax one stone of grain?

Obviously it is impossible. Tax one stone of grain for each person means that a family taxes five stones of grain. According to the thirty taxes of the court, it is impossible for a family to have 150 acres of land.

Can taxes be increased, such as one ten taxes?

cannot.

Dong Hu can have ten taxes, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao can have ten taxes. As long as the captive tax is abolished and the taxes are even more taxes, they can all taxes one ten, but Liu Biao cannot do it! The reason is very simple. Liu Biao entered Jingzhou alone. He could hold a firm seat in Jingzhou, relying on the support of the local family in Jingzhou. If the local family in Jingzhou does not allow it, he would not think of increasing taxes.

Increase taxes cannot be increased by just talking. For example, the land tax for people is thirty-one tax, and the landlord's tenant rent can reach 70%. However, if the tax reaches 10 tax, the landlord's tenant rent will still be 70%. That is to say, one of the tenants or landlords must suffer losses. If the landlord suffers losses, it will not cause too much social problems. However, if the tenants who are already struggling to survive suffer losses, it is likely to cause large-scale hunger problems.

Increasing the burden on tenants will cause great social concerns. The best solution is to let wealthier people bear the losses. The key is whether the landlords and wealthy families are willing to lose?

Dong Hu, Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao have direct troops. If the landlord and rich family are dissatisfied, they can directly pull them out and chop their heads. However, Liu Biao does not have the ability. After he ran to Jingzhou, the troops were recruited and supported by local clans, so he naturally does not have the ability to kill whoever they want, and he can only use the means of winning to maintain his status. Since it is wining over, it is natural to give the local clan many benefits. The family that has gained the benefits will naturally say good things to him, and Liu Biao will also gain a reputation for benevolence and virtue. In fact, he himself cannot compare with any prince.

If Jingzhou wants to increase taxes by a large number of people, it must be supported by local tribes. Otherwise, Jingzhou will be able to provide four million stones of tax-taxed grains with only the Nanjun, Jiangxia, Lingling, Guiyang, Wuling and Changsha counties, whether it is Liu Biao or the court.

Without the support of Nanyang County of "Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou", Jingzhou is just a lame duck. Unless the Central Plains have been warring for years and countless fleeing people flocked to Liu Biao's territory on a large scale, the Xiangyang court could support up to 30,000 or 50,000 soldiers and horses, and each county had some uneasy Wuling Man, Wuxi Man, Lishui Man, Qian'an Man and other mountainous mantras. In this way, do each county need three or five thousand soldiers to station in each county? With seven or eight, it would be good that the Xiangyang court could maintain 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers and horses.

Without Nanyang County, the Xiangyang court had only a large number of refugees injected into the influx of foreigners, and selected some young and strong soldiers from the refugees as direct troops, and used refugees as direct military farming people of the court.

Only when the imperial court has mastered some direct troops and some farming people who belong to the court can it integrate all the manpower and material resources in Jingzhou to expand outward.

But now, Dong Hu has not caused too much war and turmoil in the Central Plains. Before the Central Plains formed a large-scale refugee wave, he had already stabilized the Sili School Command, Nanyang County, Yingchuan County, Liang State, Yanzhou, Qingzhou and other places. If a refugee wave really occurs in Yuzhou, countless refugees will definitely be intercepted by Nanyang County if they want to go south to enter the territory of the court. It is almost impossible for the Xiangyang court to obtain a large number of foreign refugees.

Although Dong Hu gave Nanyang County to Liu Bian, he occupied half of the land through commercial means such as iron mines, salt, coarse cloth, and wine. Even if Liu Bian was unwilling to support countless refugees, Dong Hu would definitely take action.

Dong Hu analyzed the world situation for Liu Bian over and over again, and told him again and again that there was no hope of revival of the Han Dynasty. He thought that he had already given up his heart, but after all, he lived next to Liu Xie and was not a person with a firm mind. Others persuaded him to do justice to the country and the country, so it was easy for him to be soft-hearted and give him some support within his ability.

For Dong Hu, no matter how hard Liu Bian tried, the revival of the Han Dynasty was only an illusion. In Xiangyang, there were court officials fighting openly and secretly with the local families in Jingzhou, and outside, there were threats from a prince such as Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Ce, etc., and the lack of financial resources... With internal and external troubles, the revival of the Han Dynasty was just a dream.

...

The two brothers squatted on the ground head-to-head, and they went back and forth, killing blood...

"Brother, you lost again..."

"Come again!"

...

"Not coming! You're cheating!"

Dong Hu was so exhausted by Liu Bian that he was so frustrated that he wanted to beat him up.

"Brother, you are cheating..."

"snort!"

Dong Hu pressed his big hand on Liu Bian's head and rubbed it randomly. The original liangguan had been thrown away by him, and Liu Bian's head also became a chicken coop, like the Qiang people with disheveled hair...

"Brother, you are cheating. I promised that if you lose, you will marry..."

"Hmph! We're talking about you winning, let's find a good match for your sister!"

"Brother, you are cheating..."

Liu Bian also wanted to promote the annoying girl. Dong Hu couldn't allow him to speak, get up and leave, and blocked his ears with two thick fingers. Anyway, no one around knew about it, but how could Liu Bian let him go?

"Brother..."

Liu Bian finally gained the upper hand on the chessboard, so he allowed Dong Hu to play tricks. He held his clothes and chased him from the backyard to the front yard. But when he saw Liu Yan, he became honest in an instant.

The brat was afraid of Liu Yan, but Dong Hu was not afraid. He threw a nuclear bomb at the anger girl as soon as he came up.

"My aunt wrote to me, saying that if you don't get married, you will become an old girl, saying that she would ask us to find you a good husband..."

"You want to care?"

“It’s quite arrogant…”

Dong Hu slapped Liu Bian on the shoulder, but the man looked at Liu Yan who ignored him.

"Whether or not is your own business. We shouldn't care about you, but you always seek our troubles, so we decided that even if we tie you up, we will tie you back to Wancheng!"

"Dare you dare?"

After hearing his words, Liu Yan seemed to be an angry rooster. Dong Hu walked up to her without any worries, leaned his body and stared at her eyes with a solemn expression.

"We dare!"

After saying that, Dong Hu turned around and pushed open the door. Liu Bian hesitated for a while, but followed silently. Only Liu Yan, who was hesitant, was left outside the door...

"snort!"

Liu Yan breathed continuously and snorted heavily, as if she was very disdainful of Dong Hu, but she still strode into the room and saw a pair of strict eyes as soon as she walked in...

"An hour ago, Brother Bian said, the more we ignore you, the more you will be troubled with us and ask us to marry you..."

"Who...who said he was going to marry you?"

When Liu Yan heard "marry you", she finally looked a little panicked. She blushed and turned her head away and didn't dare to look at her. Before Dong Hu nodded, Liu Bian became anxious.

"Sister, brother, he..."

"You want to care?"

"Sister..."

"snort!"

Liu Yan glared at Liu Bian, seemingly aggressive, but Dong Hu sighed a little in his heart. How could he not see her pretentious behavior for two lifetimes? But he didn't want to get involved in this kind of evil fate, so he was silent for a few breaths and spoke again.

"We have always regarded you as younger brothers and sisters, just like Chong, Feng, Fang, Wen Yuan and others. Even if you deliberately cause some trouble for us, we will just treat you as nonsense."

"As long as it is not a traitor or evil, we can tolerate it, but you should know that when your aunt speaks about marrying you, it means that your actions make your aunt feel uneasy. As Bian said an hour ago, we can allow you to help the court, and you can recruit soldiers and horses in Yuzhou, but we will not sit idly by and watch you turmoil Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but you are doing such a thing."

"So, your mother is uneasy and worried that we will attack you, mother and son."

Dong Hu frowned slightly and said seriously: "What you did put your mother and your brother in danger. You have been our commander of the army, so you know that even if we are the commander of the Liangzhou army, you must consider the attitude of the generals in some things."

"We don't care about your private collusion with the court. Even if you convince Gongsun Zan, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Tao Qian and others to persuade them to unite to fight with us, we don't care too much, because those people are foreign enemies, and the worst situation is that they join forces, just like when they join forces to siege Luoyang."

"but!"

"We absolutely do not allow chaos in the areas under our rule!"
Chapter completed!