Chapter 464: Tian Feng Suggests to Reform the Tax System

Time flies, and soon at the end of April, the reconstruction of Luoyang became smoother after Tian Feng joined. You must know that some people describe Tian Feng as a person with "good and flat talents". They are not comparable to Lou Gui and Zao. Although I was reluctant when I first came here, after passing Huangfu Chaobo's saddle, I was very respectful and respectful. As long as Huangfu Chaobo was in Luoyang, he would ask Tian Feng for advice on all matters, and even when Huangfu Chaobo was away, there would be a lot of subordinates and warriors under his command. Any unresolved matters will be discussed with Tian Feng. This respect and respect is completely different from Tian Feng's depression and frustration when he was in Jizhou.

Not only that, as long as Tian Feng puts forward a suggestion, as long as Huangfu Chaobo thinks it is feasible, he will arrange people to carry it out resolutely. From the appearance, Tian Feng is just a supervisor, but in fact, he is already a veritable prefect The first person below. As the days went by, Tian Feng enjoyed a life in which this talent could be brought into full play. Zaoyi, who went to Chenliu to sign the covenant, has also returned to Luoyang, and brought back 500,000 shi of grain from Chenliu again.

After a month of adjustments, Huang Zhong has finished adjusting the soldiers of the Luoyang Army. Seeing that Luoyang's grain had suddenly increased by more than two million shi, and there were two million gold in his hand as a support, Huangfu Chaobo swiped his pen and asked Huang Zhong to make a thorough adjustment to the entire soldiers under his command. The preparations are in place at one time, and all soldiers with qualifications below the C level will be dismissed, and all soldiers and horses will only be kept above the C level. Not only that, the C-level soldiers are defined by Huangfu Chaobo as defensive wars, and they are mainly stationed in counties and unimportant passes. The first-level soldiers are defined as warriors, and all A-level soldiers are focused on training, ready to be used to attack the legendary elite soldiers and even iron-blooded soldiers.

However, after such a large-scale adjustment, Huangfu Chaobo was shocked when he saw the number of soldiers and horses sent by Huang Zhong and the amount of money and food consumed each month. Including Luoshen Town and Longhua Town, the entire Huangfu Chaobo has 109 soldiers and horses, a total of 22 schools. million gold.

"Brother, you, you, you... are you mistaken? Why are there so many soldiers and horses with 120,000 soldiers and horses? You also need to consume 200,000 shi of food every month. Are you sure you are right?" ?” Huangfu Chaobo stammered;

"Young master, the general will be guaranteed by the head of the project. This number is already the most conservative force." With that said, Huang Zhong opened the map of Luoyang and explained to Huangfu Chaobo, Tian Feng, Lou Gui, and Zaoyi one by one; "Look, gentlemen, there are currently five counties around Luoyang under the rule of Luoyang, four of which are garrisoned by our own troops, plus Sishui Pass, a total of five city passes, and I have only placed 3,000 guards. There are a total of 15,000 people, including 10,000 soldiers from Hangu Pass and 1,000 cavalry from the two infantry schools. If the Hulao Pass is equipped with the same force, the total is 22,000. Luoyang After the reorganization of the city, General Dian guarded 7,000 people, 15,000 high-level soldiers, 30,000 ordinary soldiers, 5,000 soldiers and horses from the first school of the Navy, and guards for the next few counties. A total of 15,000 people, plus 5,000 people from Luoshen Town, Longhua Town plans to have 5,000 cavalry and 5,000 infantry, a total of 15,000 people. The total is 124,000 people. So ..."

Huangfu Chaobo touched his forehead and said, "Brother, do you mean that the current military strength is far from enough?"

"That's right. Normally speaking, our current military strength is far from sufficient. For example, Luoyang City has only 52,000 soldiers and horses, which is far from being able to deal with the invasion of foreign enemies. In addition, there are 3,000 soldiers in each county. There are not enough horses and soldiers to guard the city, but because the current counties have not yet recovered, so it is barely enough for now. Then there is Longhua Town, and now Baihu Town has begun to be built. There are only 10,000 soldiers in the two towns and two passes Horses are not enough. If you really want to have enough troops, Luoyang and the surrounding counties alone must add 20,000 guards and 30,000 soldiers. Besides, there will be Henan, Goushi, Xincheng and The four county towns in Liang County need to be attacked,

There will definitely be losses of soldiers, so tens of thousands of auxiliary soldiers and civilian husbands need to be recruited. "

After hearing Huang Zhong's words, Huangfu Chaobo turned his head to look at Tian Feng and Lou Gui, who nodded in agreement. Tian Fengdao: "According to the minimum of 5,000 guards in the county, there must be at least 20,000 guards in the county, and other soldiers need to be counted as mobile soldiers. For example, there are 30,000 guards in Ye City, and there are nearly 30,000 guards in the camp outside the city. There are 100,000 troops, plus about 50,000 soldiers in several other counties and cities. Although Han Jizhou has less than four prefectures, there are nearly 400,000 to 500,000 soldiers."

"Uh, then our food and grass can't last long. Now the annual food income is less than half a million shi, and the money is less than a hundred gold. How can we maintain so many soldiers?"

"Don't worry, my lord, the low grain income is mainly due to the fact that the Yiren territory in the area under our control has only begun to recover this year. In addition, only five of the twenty-one cities in Luoyang are in our hands. When the grain is harvested in the second half of this year , Luoyang’s food income will definitely exceed 1.5 million shi. Even if the army’s expenditure cannot be maintained, it does not need too much subsidies from the prefect’s mansion. The tax is the same, not to mention the surrounding counties, even Luoyang’s tax is pitifully small. In fact, if Luoyang wants to change this predicament, as long as it takes back the thirteen cities in the Kanto, it will be enough to maintain hundreds of thousands of soldiers with money and food for a year." Zaozhi said;

"That can't be rushed. We haven't even fully developed the counties around Luoyang, let alone expect Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to return those counties to us." Huangfu Chaobo shook his head and said;

After listening to the words of several people, Tian Feng said: "Actually, adults can change the tax system!"

"Um?"

"Change the tax system?"

"What do you mean, sir? How to change the tax system?" Huangfu Chaobo was puzzled;

"When Feng was in Jizhou, I heard that Yuan Shao ordered to change the grain tax system in order to maintain the hundreds of thousands of troops in Bohai. Instead of paying grain according to the amount of land in villages and towns, he would pay grain according to the number of people. Each person averaged 5 catties of grain per month. It is impossible for the subordinate villages and towns to underreport and covertly report." As a hostile force, Tian Fengna was very concerned about Yuan Shao's situation, so when Huangfu Chaobo asked him, he would be able to answer it.

"What about the commercial tax? How should the commercial tax be changed?" Huangfu Chaobo asked after listening;

"I haven't heard of any changes in commercial taxes." Tian Feng said;

"Okay then, let's order Luoyang to change the grain tax from mu tax to head tax. It's the end of April, and there are still two months before the grain harvest in the first half of the year, so let's start implementing it in July!" Huangfu Chao Bo said, now it has to be like this.

"The next official takes the order!" Zaoyi heard this, and immediately stepped forward to take the order happily.